Gu Yuan looked at Gu Ting with a strange look and asked with a smile: "Do you trust me so much? You have to know that I am a man, and you are a woman, especially a woman who is not bad looking!"

Gu Ting sneered at Gu Yuan and said, "You can control yourself in the desert, but you can't control yourself in the Sand City. Then I can only say that you are a complete idiot."

Gu Yuan looked at Gu Ting with a dark expression, then said, "Then the question is, what can you give me? Why should I be your bodyguard and let you order me around?"

"I may not be able to give you anything substantial right now, if that's all I can do..."

"No! If you can't give me what I want right now, I can't possibly agree to your request. You should choose someone else."

Gu Yuan interrupted Gu Ting directly and decisively.

"you!"

Gu Ting widened her eyes. This guy didn't even wait for her to finish speaking!

"What do you mean by 'you'? I've already saved your life, which is already a great mercy on my part. Now you're actually trying to get something for nothing? Asking me to protect you? I think you're asking too much, right? Do you think I, Gu Yuan, am the kind of person who gets taken advantage of and is ordered around by others?"

Gu Ting looked at Gu Yuan with a cold smile on her face, then said, "So what exactly do you want? I don't need you to stay by my side for long, nor will I order you around. I only need you to take action when necessary. And I won't restrict your freedom. You just need to wait until my spiritual energy has recovered a little, then you can leave."

"It's not about the time. What I care about is the compensation. What you can give me determines whether I will take the job or not."

Gu Yuan looked at Gu Ting and said lightly.

"I really can't tell that you are such a money-grubber?" Gu Ting said in surprise.

"I'm not a money-grubber, I just don't want to do anything that will put me at a disadvantage. Okay, stop talking nonsense and tell me what you can give me. Tell me your compensation first, and then I'll consider whether I want to stay. Of course, before that, I can tell you with certainty that you do look okay, but in my eyes, you're just average. I don't like you, so you don't have to worry about your own safety, let alone what I will do to you." Gu Yuan said seriously.

Gu Ting took a deep breath. Although she didn't think she was a peerless beauty, she was definitely a beauty. Was she really that unattractive in his eyes? Even when she had no spiritual energy and was powerless, he had never had any bad thoughts towards her.

"Is it because he is really a good person or because I am really unattractive?" Gu Ting murmured, and began to doubt whether there was something wrong with herself.

"How is it? Have you thought it through?" Gu Yuan asked.

Gu Ting thought for a moment and said, "I really don't have anything on me right now, but you're the only one I can trust. So, I'm the daughter of the Gu family. If you don't believe me, you can go and ask around. If you help me, I'll owe you a promise. You can ask me to do anything for this promise, but it can't be excessive. Of course, as long as it's not excessive and I can do it, I will definitely do it."

"Words are just empty words, they're not enough. You're making it very difficult for me..."

Gu Yuanyangke raised his head and said in a low voice.

Gu Ting took another deep breath, suppressed her inner emotions, then raised her right hand and said, "I, Gu Ting, swear by the ancestors of my Gu family that what I just said is absolutely true. If there is even a trace of falsehood, may I be struck by five thunders from heaven and never be reborn."

"What the hell? Are you really that cruel to yourself?"

Seeing that Gu Ting came up and swore a solemn oath directly, and swore by the ancestors of their Gu family, Gu Yuan had nothing to worry about.

After all, a poisonous oath has no binding force between ordinary people, but for spiritual cultivators, it is no joke. Oaths taken under the laws of heaven are influenced by the laws of heaven in every way. If you do not abide by your oath, you will most likely be punished.

"Hmph! I've said what I need to say. Whether you're willing or not is up to you. If it weren't for a reason, I wouldn't be able to return to the clan in my current state. I wouldn't let a mere seventh-level spiritualist like you be my bodyguard." Gu Ting said coldly.

Gu Yuan touched his nose awkwardly. It seemed that what she said made some sense. After all, Gu Yuan was only a seventh-level spiritual master, while the guards around her were all at the level of half-step spiritual masters.

"It's just strange. I remember there were four guards at that time. Two of them followed us into the oasis and eventually died under the claws of that big tiger. Then there were two guards who were arranged outside the oasis. Why didn't I find them this time?"

Gu Yuan frowned, then looked at Gu Ting, but this guy seemed to have completely forgotten about this matter.

Gu Ting looked at Gu Yuan and asked, "Let me ask you again, are you willing or not? If you are, let's go together now. If not, let's go our separate ways now and no one needs to worry about anyone else."

Gu Yuan thought about it, then nodded and said, "I can agree, but let me make it clear first. I will leave when your spiritual energy recovers enough to protect yourself. Also, I don't want to do anything I don't want to do."

Gu Ting nodded and walked forward, apparently agreeing with Gu Yuan's statement.

"Hey, hey, hey, since we are partners now, shouldn't we be honest with each other?" Gu Yuan immediately caught up and asked with a smile.

"Be honest? What the hell are you talking about?"

Gu Ting walked slowly in front and asked.

"I really want to know why you were injured? And what are you doing in the desert? Can you satisfy my curiosity?"

"Sorry, no!" Gu Ting replied neatly.

"Forehead……"

Although Gu Yuan asked on purpose, he still felt embarrassed to be rejected directly.

"You don't need to know things that you shouldn't know. Why bother about so many things? Haven't you heard that the more you know, the faster you die?" Gu Ting asked back.

"Hehehe, is that so? I'm just very curious. What do you think we should do?" Gu Yuan scratched his head and said nonchalantly.

Gu Ting sneered and ignored Gu Yuan, walking forward on her own.

The outline of the sand city is already visible to the naked eye, and it is not far from entering the sand city.

After walking for about half an hour, the two finally arrived outside the Sand City.