The crown prince said, “Of course I ran when I heard that the weird snake likes to eat fat people! But for some reason, I kept running into all sorts of beasts. Linglong, I’m never going to leave you again! All of them tricked me; it’s only safe at your side.”

The others had strange looks on their faces. This crown prince really was worthless.

Gao Ying couldn't continue listening to this and explained after a cough, “At the time, all of you were trapped by the Jade Moon Serpent and we had no way to help you. That was why we wanted to hurry back and ask for reinforcements.”

There were many elites from powerful clans there. They obviously knew what the others had really been thinking. Saying that they were going to ask for reinforcements was just to make it sound a bit better. But they also understood why the others had done what they did. If they had been in that position, they would most likely have chosen to bring...