This was why he stayed at Celestial Spring for so long. It was to keep the little Stranger company if only for a little while.0

From the moment Innocent Miao and her men showed up, Ye Qing had been tempted to slay them on the spot. The group had arrived a day ago, and they were here for the little Stranger. To that end, they had figured out its behavior like the back of their hand and readied all sorts of tactics to lure it into their trap. For example, they tried sharing interesting stories of the jianghu to bait it into leaving the Celestial Spring, eating delicious food and wine to tempt it and more.0

Unfortunately for them, the little Stranger seemed to have noticed their malice as well. It rarely left the Celestial Spring, and even if it did, it took care to walk around them. As a result, Innocent Miao and her group wasted a whole day trying and failing miserably to capture it.0

The only reason...1