"No way! It's all because of you that I'm penniless now." Li Qingrong frowned, glaring at Jiang Yuetong, and continued, "If you don't give me some compensation, how can I help you in the future?"

Jiang Yuetong raised an eyebrow; what she said did seem to make a lot of sense.

If we want Li Qingrong to grow stronger quickly, we should definitely give her something, otherwise it will be too slow.

Jiang Yuetong casually took out a storage bag from her spatial storage and said, "Besides these, if you come across any useful herbs later and want to refine pills, I'll help you get them."

Hearing this, Li Qingrong became even more certain that Jiang Yuetong wanted her to save people.

But with so many capable people around Jiang Yuetong, why did she choose a newbie like her?

Li Qingrong stopped thinking about it when she couldn't figure it out.

She used her divine sense to examine the storage bag Jiang Yuetong had given her and discovered it contained countless pills, including fourth-grade pills that she couldn't cultivate.

There are also dozens of mid-to-high-level spirit talismans!

Li Qingrong was so excited she almost shouted it out.

She can currently only refine pills of the lower third grade. She used them to exchange for several intermediate-grade spirit talismans on the black market, and added a few other things to get a high-grade spirit talisman.

These things were for her to save her life in the secret realm, and she didn't have them anymore, otherwise why would she have followed Jiang Yuetong?

"This, this is too valuable."

Although Li Qingrong said that, she had already put away the storage bag in her hand.

Jiang Yuetong: "..."

Ha, do you think I don't know you?

Jiang Xinyao, who was standing to the side, blinked in astonishment, clearly not having reacted yet.

"Um, could you help me after you've finished talking?" The old man pressed his face against the edge of the formation, smiling ingratiatingly at Jiang Yuetong.

Jiang Yuetong turned and walked towards him, reaching out to touch the array imbued with powerful spiritual energy. She asked in a deep voice, "Who are you? How did you get sealed here?"

Upon hearing this, the old man almost burst into tears.

"I am a member of the Holy Sword Sect, and I came to the secret realm for training just like you. I accidentally triggered a mechanism and was sealed here for the past two hundred years."

Seeing that Jiang Yuetong remained unmoved, and fearing that she might disagree, the old man said excitedly, "Please help me! Once we get out of here, I will definitely repay you!"

After looking around, Jiang Yuetong ignored the old man's pleading eyes and stepped toward the stone door beside her.

She said, "Let's go."

After realizing what was happening, Jiang Xinyao quickly followed.

"Young friends from the Eastern Region, your master and I are truly sworn brothers!" the old man called out to their retreating figures.

But no one stopped. The old man called out to Li Qingrong, who was walking at the very back, "Girl, you are also a member of the Holy Sword. You wouldn't stand by and watch your senior die, would you?"

Li Qingrong stopped and looked at him, spreading her hands helplessly, "I'm sorry, there's nothing I can do about it."

With that, she turned and left.

After walking for quite some time, Jiang Yuetong could still faintly hear the old man's shouts.

She seemed to start crying as she shouted.

Jiang Xinyao felt a pang of sadness upon hearing this. She tugged at Jiang Yuetong's sleeve and shook it, her heart filled with reluctance: "Sister, are you really not going to help him?"

Jiang Yuetong flicked her forehead with her fingertip, "Don't meddle in other people's business, he's not one of ours."

“But…” Jiang Xinyao frowned slightly.

Jiang Yuetong interrupted her, "There are so many disciples from the Holy Sword Sect who have entered the secret realm. When the group behind catches up, there will always be a few who will help him."

"Okay." Jiang Xinyao thought about it and agreed that it made sense.

"That swarm of Blood Demon Spiders has been gathering for a long time and has probably surrounded this cave by now. We're all barely able to protect ourselves, and you, little girl, still have the mind to worry about others?"