Clean Up, Part V

Loong Chen was satisfied with Hou Jingshu’s response and left. Well, maybe satisfied wasn’t the right word. He grumbled and complained as he left, after all, but he seemed to realize Hou Jingshu would not budge on this. That did make Wu Jian wonder why he was being so accommodating, though. Loong Chen was an overbearing and arrogant man who listened to no one, yet he was willing to compromise with Hou Jingshu. Was it because she was Seiryuu’s descendant?

Even though she hadn’t gotten nearly enough sleep, Hou Jingshu had gotten back to work, and Wu Jian was left with nothing to do but cultivate. This battle may have been an easy victory, but he recognized that it wasn’t because of his strength. Hou Jingshu had weakened Li Liang to the point where the man couldn’t defend against Wu Jian’s space techniques. The battle would have been much harder if she hadn’t fought him first.

She took the lion’s share of the burden this time.

That was why he needed to be stronger.