As he gazed at this woman before him that possessed a hot and sexy figure, Tang Ye said in a light voice, “Big Sister Qing Hong, you seem to have been intentionally maintaining your distance from me since last night?” Since last night, Qing Hong’s attitude towards him had changed, and she seemed to be intentionally maintaining her distance from him. He knew that perhaps it was because of his strength. But no matter what, he’d taken Qing Hong to be his friend, and he didn’t wish for this friendship to vanish just like this. When she heard Tang Ye, Qing Hong’s lips moved, and she wanted to deny it. However, when she noticed Tang Ye’s serious expression, she didn’t give an excuse in the end and just sighed lightly. It was undeniable that she had a good impression of Tang Ye, and she hoped to take Tang Ye as her friend. However, Tang Ye was a disciple of a sect and a very promising one at that. Moreover, it was very difficult for there to be any friendship between mercenaries and disciples of sects, and it was none other than because they were people of different status. If it was any other mercenary, that person would definitely feel extremely excited from being able to become friends with a disciple of a sect. However, she didn’t think like this because this sort of friendship was mostly done out of pity. When he saw Qing Hong remain silent, Tang Ye continued. “Big Sister Qing Hong, I don’t know why you’ve been intentionally keeping your distance from me. However, I want to tell you that I’ve really taken you to be my friend!” “Why?” asked Qing Hong. “I’m only an ordinary mercenary.” Tang Ye said with a smile, “I treat others how they treat me. When we entered Snake Forest and while I was hiding my strength, you didn’t look down upon me or keep your distance from me as the others had. Conversely, you protected and cared for me at all times. From that moment onwards, I’d taken you to be my friend.” “If I knew you were so strong, then I wouldn’t have poked my nose into your business.” Qing Hong rolled her eyes at Tang Ye while she revealed a smile because she was able to sense that Tang Ye had spoken sincerely. Tang Ye smiled and said with a serious expression, “Big Sister Qing Hong, I think that that friendship isn’t something that requires strength, money, or other things. So, some of your thoughts are really bad.” Qing Hong wanted to refute him, yet her face suddenly turned red. Because when she heard Tang Ye say ‘some of your thoughts’, it made her think of something. She’d intentionally kept her distance from Tang Ye not because she was unable to become friends with him, but because.... When she thought of some things, her face turned even redder. When he noticed Qing Hong’s face suddenly become red, Tang Ye was slightly baffled. I didn’t say anything that exceeded what was proper! Why has this bold and straightforward woman’s face turned red? When she noticed Tang Ye staring at her, Qing Hong suppressed the embarrassing thoughts in her heart before glaring fiercely at Tang Ye, and she said, “What’re you looking at!?” Wow. Tang Ye was completely speechless. He really wanted to say that she was incomprehensible, yet he restrained himself in the end. Presently, Qing Hong seemed to have stopped intentionally keeping her distance from him. So, if he were to say that to her, then he would probably be unable to avoid being cursed at. With a flip of his wrist, a Strength Talisman appeared in Tang Ye’s hand, and he passed it to Qing Hong before he said, “Big Sister Qing Hong, this is for you. I’ll see you next time.” As soon as he finished speaking, he didn’t stay here any longer and flashed towards the distance. As she watched Tang Ye’s figure vanish, Qing Hong said to herself, How embarrassing! He’s only 16 or 17 years old, how could I possibly have had such thoughts? When she noticed the talisman with a golden flame on it, Qing Hong’s figure instantly froze, and her hands couldn’t help but tremble. After a long time, Qing Hong hurriedly placed that talisman behind the clothes at her chest, and then she raised her head to gaze at where Tang Ye had vanished into the distance. She seemed to be dazed as she muttered in a low voice. “A high-grade Strength Talisman.... How... how could this be possible?” ...... Tang Ye dash madly all along the way, and he ceaselessly flashed amidst the thick forest like a nimble monkey. During this period of time, he’d encountered some unknown Darkbeasts. However, he didn’t make a move against them because the grades of those Darkbeasts were too low, and he intended to head to Nether Wolf Gorge to search for those formidable Nether Wolves. After dashing madly for a few hours, Tang Ye finally stopped, and then he leaped up a large tree at the side before staring towards the distance. In the distance, the mountain range towered into the clouds and continued without end. It was impossible for him to see the end of it. As he gazed at the boundless mountain range, Tang Ye’s expression was heavy as he said in a low voice, “According to legend, there’s an enormous Darkbeast Empire at the central area of the Grand Myriad Mountains. I wonder if it’s true. If I have the chance in the future, I definitely must have a look.” When he spoke up to here, he shook his head and said with self-ridicule, “If I’m unable to become an outer court disciple 20 plus days from now, and if I’m unable to defeat Liu Qingyu three months from now, then I wouldn’t even have my life, let alone being able to have a look at the Darkbeast Empire.”