"Ye Liang, why are you helping them upgrade their weapons! The people from the Haoqi Sect are so arrogant, they clearly look down on us."

They continued on their way, the junior sister still harboring some resentment towards Ye Liang for giving the Haoqi Sect members free weapon upgrades.

Ye Liang lay back in the car, a blanket covering his legs, and said with a smile, "I know they look down on us."

"Then why did you help them upgrade their weapons? You're just too kind." It was unclear whether the junior sister was complaining about Ye Liang or praising him.

Ye Liang smiled and said, "Junior Sister, if you look at the problem from a different perspective, it becomes simple. When I help them strengthen their weapons, it's not just about increasing their strength. With increased strength, their chances of defeating that harmful spirit beast will likely increase significantly. If they win and eliminate the harmful spirit beast, that will benefit the people. So why wouldn't I lend a hand? Besides, I know you're not a petty person. You just can't stand those Haoqi Sect members, so arrogant and self-important, thinking they look down on our Bixian Sect. Don't worry, Junior Sister, in the future, we'll make sure no one can look down on our sect."

Ye Liang's words made the junior sister feel relieved and she smiled with joy.

She loved hearing Ye Liang say things like that; it made them feel more comfortable than anything else.

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Hang Jingyi of the Haoqi Sect, who had parted ways with Ye Liang, was also not at peace with himself at this moment.

He knew his own situation perfectly well; he was not liked by Ye Liang and the others. However, strangely enough, Ye Liang still helped him strengthen his weapons and improve their combat power.

This unexpected turn of events meant that, although Hang Jingyi wouldn't admit it verbally, he was inwardly impressed by Ye Liang's character.

He was probably not the only one who thought this way; his fellow disciples who accompanied him must have thought the same thing.

Even if they didn't say it, judging from the joy in their eyes and the way they took out their weapons, which had been enhanced by Ye Liang, and examined them carefully, it was clear that Ye Liang's kindness had taken root in the hearts of these junior brothers.

It seems we really owe Ye Liang and the Bixian Sect a huge favor this time!

Hang Jingyi suddenly realized that compared to Ye Liang, who was so kind and righteous, he himself was a truly despicable person.

Take this parting of ways as an example. Although he spoke very nicely when he said goodbye to Ye Liang, he knew in his heart that he was using the excuse that there were harmful spirit beasts doing evil elsewhere and that he needed to go and eliminate them to part ways with Ye Liang. In fact, his real purpose was just to avoid the attention of the evil sect.

Ye Liang must have been secretly followed by members of the evil sect along the way, so he would feel very dangerous if he followed them.

Ultimately, they distrusted the members of the evil sect, believing them to be capricious, cold-blooded, and bloodthirsty. Therefore, they felt that continuing to follow Ye Liang was extremely dangerous, and thus found a good excuse to delay their arrival in Song City by a few days.

They really wanted to avoid the attention of the evil sects.

Avoid confrontation for now.

Now, I suddenly feel a little regretful about it.

Feeling that he shouldn't have been so petty and used so much scheming, he should have been more open and honest and continued his journey with Ye Liang to Songcheng.

Traveling with such a person and making friends with such a kind and benevolent person, Hang Jingyi now feels that even if it means taking some risks for them, it would be worth it.

Unfortunately, there's no going back in life.

Since we've already parted ways, there's no turning back.

The only thing that made Hang Jingyi feel gratified was that, although he had left under a pretext, the story of the spirit beast harming the villagers was not entirely made up by him.

While they were having breakfast alone outside, they overheard merchants talking about the matter. At that moment, he suddenly had a plan: he could use this as an excuse to part ways with Ye Liang.

But at this moment, Hang Jingyi's thoughts had changed.

At this moment, he felt ashamed that he had already used cunning and scheming. He thought it better to use this trip to genuinely help the villagers rid them of harm, to do something righteous and chivalrous, and to put his conscience at ease.

It was all worth it; Ye Liang acted out of a sense of righteousness and selflessly helped so many of them strengthen their weapons!

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At noon, we went to another city, and again, we were taken care of by people from the evil sect.

The food and drinks were all prepared for Ye Liang.

Lin Yan is so thoughtful.

Although Ye Liang was not short of money and could prepare such a grand spectacle himself, the feeling of someone else's dedication was different from the grandeur he bought with his own money.

Although he still hadn't been able to see Lin Yan, through her care and concern, Ye Liang felt as if he were communicating with her on a spiritual level, and their friendship seemed to be growing stronger.

This is of course only natural.

Isn't it through this mutual care that the bond between friends is undoubtedly strengthened and enhanced?

In the afternoon, we were in the wild again.

Second Senior Sister and Little Fox have made good progress. At noon, Little Fox even dared to come out of the carriage and run to the little nest that Second Senior Sister specially brought out for it, the basket, to continue its afternoon nap.

It must recognize the basket to know that it can run inside and sleep as soon as the basket appears.

It seems that the second senior sister and the little fox have made quite a bit of progress.

When we stopped to rest, the little fox went out to play and had already run into the mountains and forests. It wanted freedom and could get it anytime.

However, when the second senior sister couldn't find it and started calling to it, the little fox hesitated for a moment, but in the end, it ran back, looking back every few steps.

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