Although Xie Nanyou was still full of doubts, she nodded. "Fine, I won't go down. Stay a bit further away from me." If anyone got too close, they would likely be implicated by her. To be safe, it was better to keep her distance.
Zhang Qiling looked at Xie Nanyou. "Alright." With that, he raised a hand to tuck the stray locks of hair on either side of her face behind her ears, then turned and walked down the stone steps.
Standing at the foot of the steps and looking up, he saw the nine-tailed phantom flickering behind her. A crack of thunder exploded right beside his ear. Xie Nanyou clutched her chest from atop the high platform. Suppressing the urge to rush back up to her, Zhang Qiling turned and walked outward; he still had work to do.
Chapter 23