She can’t stand the sight of me?! Yang Ye was stunned for quite a while before he recovered from his shock and said, “Why?”

Qian Lankong spoke indifferently, “There’s no reason. In short, I won’t join your Sword Alliance. Return my soul once you’ve recovered, and then we’ll go on our separate paths.”

“Do you not want to leave this place?” asked Yang Ye. He was slightly reluctant to give up.

“No one doesn’t want to leave.” Qian Lankong continued, “I believe that you have a very good chance to leave this place.”

Yang Ye was puzzled, “Then why aren’t you willing to join the Sword Alliance?”

She glanced indifferently at him and said, “I don’t want to become the sword in another’s hand again, and I don’t want to obey the orders of others anymore. Now, I just want to live for myself. Understand?”

Yang Ye fell silent. He felt that this was probably the reason why she refused to join the Sword Alliance. It made sense because no one was willing to become the sword in another’s hand. She’d obeyed the Slayer Pavilion’s master and been his sword for the sake of taking revenge. Yet...