CHAPTER 354: CHAPTER 354

"I think you’re being foolish! We don’t even know who those people are or what their cultivation level is, they can destroy the Immortal Lock Stone. If we band together, we might not even be enough for their meal, and yet you want to split up and go courting death?"

"I think you’re the foolish one. Did the Emperor ask for us to bring people to the Fifth Prince? Does the Emperor even know we exist? At the end of the day, it’ll be the Fifth Prince who takes the blame. If someone tells you to go, will you actually go? Is the Fifth Prince your benefactor? If the Crown Prince asked me to go, I might consider it."

The several members of the Imperial Guard exchanged looks before immediately dispersing, pretending to look for someone, but in reality, it was more like a casual stroll.

In the small grove, Princess Qian Yang watched the four strangers with trepidation, but the big black dog had already started wagging its tail at Cen Lizhui, chasing after him trying to sniff him.

Cen Lizhui dodged with annoyance, making shooing motions and noises like "go! go!" as if swatting flies, full of reluctance, and definitely not willing to let the big black dog sniff his behind.

"I didn’t expect dogs to like you so much..." Dog lover Chen Muxue’s eyes reddened with envy, making "chook chook" noises at the big black dog, which only returned a side-eye.

Hey, that dog, dark skinned but with big white eyes!

After her failed attempt, Chen Muxue became frustrated. Relying on her current status as a cultivator, knowing that ordinary dogs can’t hurt her, she went up and directly grabbed the big black dog, vigorously rubbing its head.

"Awoo!"

Princess Qian Yang had been observing for a while and hesitantly said, "Did you... did you take a liking to Little Black? If you like Little Black... I... I won’t give him to you! Little Black is my best friend!"

Unexpectedly, when it came to her dog, Princess Qian Yang showed unprecedented courage, trying to take a step forward bravely to block the dog, when suddenly Little Black didn’t care at all, nudging forward after Cen Lizhui, causing Princess Qian Yang to fall face-first to the ground.

Princess Qian Yang got up painfully, brushed off the dust, and changed her tone: "Forget it, if you really want the dog, it’s yours. Actually, we’re not that great either..."

"Pfft... cough." Chu Wuyi coughed lightly and said gently, "Princess, don’t worry, we’re just passing by and can’t find our way out, we don’t need the dog. Chen just likes dogs and is petting it a bit."

The big black dog protested with a series of "awoo awoos." Is this called ’petting’ just twice? Its head was rubbed with such force sparks were flying, any more rubbing and it would go bald!

Hearing this, Chen Muxue withdrew her hand, scratched her head, and said, "It’s like this, Princess, we mean no harm, it’s just... um, we’re cultivators, and there was an issue while Sword Flying, we fell and ended up here, but we can’t find our way out. It would be great if the Princess could help us out."

But Princess Qian Yang looked wary: "You just said you were bad people!"

"Just kidding!"

"Uh..."

Everyone turned to look at the Imperial Guard who suddenly barged in, making the scene awkward and the atmosphere tense and frozen.

This poor member of the Imperial Guard had clearly thought, no one should come to this place, right? So he wanted to sneak in and slack off, but as soon as he arrived, he found himself confronted by a suspicious group—a woman and three men, all cultivators, fitting the description perfectly...