So when word of Xiao Ren's ruthless pursuit spread throughout the Death Zone, Xie Chuncan had indeed actively stepped forward to participate. In his recollection, it was a carnival that mobilized the entire Death Zone—for no other reason than that the bounty on Feng Ren's head was a pardon.

Whoever gets this token will have the right to leave this deadly place.

According to Xie Chuncan, everyone in the death zone at that time was eager to do this. In this land where the law of the jungle has been developed to the extreme, no one needed to think about whether hunting down a girl who had not yet reached the foundation-building stage was just - because they were following the "laws of nature."

Chasing and killing is also a technical job that requires thinking. At least those who followed the scattered clues in a swarm didn't even pick up a hair of Xiao Ren, and the exhausted and wounded Xiao Ren was hit by Xie Chuncan.

Logically, Xiao Ren had little chance of escaping the crowd, but she had Feng Xue by her side, a near-cheat. Feng Xue constantly traded positions with Xiao Ren, exploiting their fear of harm to carve out a path for survival. Taking advantage of Xiao Ren's single head and the fact that the reward couldn't be shared, Feng Xue provoked three or four internal conflicts, preventing Xiao Ren from being torn apart by the ravenous predators.

However, the two methods they had been using to delay time did not work for Xie Chuncan.

Because Xie Chuncan was acting alone, he left them no room for provocation, nor did he need to worry about his "teammates" suddenly changing their ways and shifting the blame. He set a trap to trap Feng Xue, splitting the two who had been desperately trying to stick together. While ensuring Feng Xue wasn't harmed at all, he forced Xiao Ren into the most severe situation possible.

"The net I used to trap Feng Xue was made from frost bark." Xie Chuncan casually knocked on the tree trunk beside him. "You should have experienced how tough this bark is. Even if a normal Qi-refining cultivator died in it, they wouldn't be able to break it open. Besides, Feng Xue doesn't even have a weapon. She should just watch helplessly as I shoot her to death with my little blade."

"...Brother Xie, there's no need to tell me such a heartless thought." Luo Jiujiang said helplessly, "As a normal person with a conscience, I can't help but enforce justice and beat Brother Xie."

"I just want to tell you how shocked I was at that moment." Xie Chuncan's tone was solemn. It was obvious that even though it had been so long since the incident, he still couldn't forget it. "I didn't expect Feng Xue to be able to tear the net apart with her bare hands, fly over to Feng Ren, and block the arrow for her."

At this point, Xie Chuncan, already a Foundation Establishment cultivator, gathered all his strength and fiercely scratched the bark. The next moment, he showed Luo Jiujiang the tiny wood chips and a broken nail he had scraped off. "She was only at the third level of Qi Refining at the time... She must have used all the strength she'd used to give birth to a child."

"I always thought that a young lady from the upper realm like her would only treat Feng Ren as a sword, a knife, a follower to show her status, a dispensable subordinate... I never thought that she actually regarded Feng Ren as a sister she was willing to sacrifice her life for."

Xiao Ren is not a puppet following behind others, but he himself is the cowardly, begging dog who does whatever it takes to get what he wants.

Xie Chuncan was stunned, as if recalling his feelings at that moment: "Exactly the same posture... To protect my sister, my mother died in this way."

Yet, many years later, in the irreversible passage of time, the former victim had unexpectedly switched places with the perpetrator. The scene he had witnessed in a pool of blood, he now had to watch again from a high vantage point on a tree branch.

"I used to think I had nothing left except the desire for revenge, but it wasn't until that moment that I realized... Compared to revenge, my family probably didn't want to see me become like this. They would definitely prefer me to be a human being."

"Xie is not completely destitute. At least there is still a human heart beating in his chest."

Xie Chuncan's continuous arrows have always been his specialty. At that time, Feng Xue was injured and unable to move, and Feng Ren was already at the end of his strength. As long as he loosened his fingers and shot an arrow, he could take off Feng Ren's head immediately.

But he put down his bow.

At that moment, he didn't even think about the final fate of the last person who robbed Feng Xue's dry food. He just jumped down from the tree, took out all his medicine and handed it to Feng Xue, who looked alert.

Then he turned around, leaving his back to Fengxue Fengren, and the slender snow-white feather arrow turned to point at the monk who was chasing towards the pass.

"Pack up and run," Xie Chuncan said decisively, "I'll defend you until I can no longer do so. For that offense with the arrow, I'll pay with my life!"

………

At this point in the story, it sounds like a story of a young man who went astray and finally found his way back. Perhaps there is an opportunity for the three of them to form a team and be able to trust each other's backs.

Luo Jiujiang was listening intently. When he saw Xie Chuncan pause, he urged him, "Brother Xie, why don't you continue? Judging from this, the relationship between Brother Xie and Miss Feng Xue shouldn't be this bad, right?"

Xie Chuncan sneered twice, "You don't know what happened next... Feng Xue had connections in the court who could help her. She only escaped for less than half an hour when news came down that the hunt for Xiao Ren had been cancelled. But I, Xie, incurred public wrath by playing the hero and violated the underlying rule of this place that is inhumane. Although I wasn't hung on that wooden pole and skinned alive, I was hunted like a rabbit for the next six months!"

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