Granny Gui was furious as she glared at Lu Yin. “What exactly is it that you want?”

Lu Yin coldly answered, “I don't know. Let me think about it.” 

Granny Gui was stunned; he didn’t know? How could he even give such a reply? 

Hai Qiqi was also bewildered by Lu Yin’s response. 

All of the other people in the area were similarly stumped. 

However, Lu Yin truly did not know what to say. If he tried to use Hong Ying as a hostage and leave the Starfall Sea, then he would be obstructed at every turn by Flying Horse Manor and the Tong family. It was even possible that a World Imprinter like Madam Hong would intervene. Additionally, if he tried to escape to the Outerverse, he might expose that secret passageway. Although that gap in the Astral River could be closed through lockbreaking, that required time, and Lu Yin did not believe that he could successfully complete it under the eyes of a World Imprinter. 

And as to whether a way to the Outerverse or Hong Ying was more important, Lu Yin was still uncertain. If the Flying Horse Manor abandoned Hong Ying, or if the Tong family took the risk of breaking off their relationship with Flying Horse Manor by disregarding Hong Ying’s life or death, then it might actually be possible that he would end up leading these people to the Outerverse. 

The risk of taking the captured Hong Ying back to the Outerverse was naturally too great as well,...