Qu Ruilin looked puzzled after hearing my words: "You mean, you're going to leave alone with your people?"

"right!"

I nodded frankly: "Your team has too many wounded. It would be too much of a waste of time for everyone to walk together. We have no obligation to take care of your wounded and thus waste our own time!"

Qu Ruilin expressed strong dissatisfaction with my going back on my word: "The cooperation in finding the Miao Jiang Immortal Palace was an agreement you reached with Sheng Nan!"

"The initial purpose of our cooperation was simply to find clues about the Miao Jiang Immortal Palace. Now that we have the location, the next step is to find Duan Jinyan. Since our goals are different, we should go our separate ways."

I know that if we abandon them now, it will take a lot of effort for Qu Ruilin and the others to get Wei Shengnan out of here.

I also knew that if I did this, Qu Ruilin would definitely misunderstand it as kicking someone when they're down and deliberately delaying their search for the Miao Jiang Immortal Palace so that I could achieve my goal faster.

But I had no choice.

The bloodshed in Ping'an Village deeply affected me.

I must stop Duan Jin; I cannot allow him to continue indiscriminately killing innocent people and committing atrocities.

After hearing my answer, Qu Ruilin glared at me fiercely: "Your Duan family's offspring are indeed all ungrateful wolves!"

Upon hearing Qu Ruilin curse me, Monkey stepped forward, knife in hand, and said, "You bastard, if you say another word, believe me, the Marquis will rip your mouth open!"

"never mind!"

I interrupted the monkey and looked at Qu Ruilin without any remorse: "We are willing to risk entering the forest to rescue people, and we are even willing to share information about Miao Xiaoxian with you. We have already done more than enough! You expect us to waste our time to help you take care of the wounded. What's the difference between that and being a prostitute while pretending to be virtuous?"

"We can get this done even without you!"

Qu Ruilin threw down a vicious remark, then turned and went back to their camp.

"Pah! This kid acts all high and mighty all day long. What's so great about him? The Duan family owes him, but the trouble was caused by Duan Jinyan. Why is he always taking his anger out on you?"

The monkey spat at Qu Ruilin's retreating figure: "Young Master Duan, in my opinion, we should sever ties with this bastard. I think he's the one who's an ungrateful wretch!"

"Forget it, now is not the time to discuss these things! Besides, it seems that there is no wrong way to look at the grudges between the four sects from any perspective."

I waved my hand: "Time is of the essence. Once Duan Jinyan's men get the clues, they will definitely launch an investigation as soon as possible and head to Qingyun Town. If we want to catch up with them, we have to set off now, otherwise we will repeat the same mistakes as in the Far East!"

After listening to my words, Jiang Man looked at my leg with some concern: "But you're so badly injured, can you still hold on?"

Manjing stepped forward in a deep, resonant voice: "No problem, I'll carry my older brother out of the forest!"

There's no time to lose.

After we came up with a plan, we acted overnight and left the area under the cover of darkness.

In order to enter Ping'an Village, our group spent several days wandering through the primeval forest.

In contrast, the return trip went much more smoothly.

The forest was set up with a formation to mislead people using visual effects. As long as we could find a normal path, it took us less than five hours to get out of the forest.

I finally breathed a sigh of relief when all the instruments were back to normal.

Jiang Man replaced the satellite phone battery, made a call, and said to me, "I've contacted security to come and meet us, and I've also asked them to gather relevant information about Qingyun Town. We can rest for a bit now."

With my mind preoccupied, I naturally had no desire to rest: "Let's walk a little further out. The more we walk, the more time we can save."

Jiang Man waved her hand: "There's no need for that. They came up the mountain by helicopter. What took us several days to trek, they arrived in just a few hours. I'm sure we won't have to wait too long."

Upon hearing this, the monkey's eyes widened: "Holy crap! Miss Jiang, if your family has this kind of ability, why didn't you say so sooner? If you can come here by helicopter, what was the point of all the suffering we endured before? Was it to reminisce about the bitter past?"

I responded on Jiang Man's behalf: "We came to Ping'an Village before to investigate the Miao Jiang Immortal Palace. Making too much noise was like pointing the way for others. Now that we have intelligence, even if someone comes with the Jiang family's security, they won't find anything! If we were worried about others getting ahead of us before, now is the time for us to get ahead. However, even if Tianxia Group sends a helicopter, we still have to go a distance further. The Ping'an Village area is a radio dead zone. If the plane goes there rashly, there might be problems."

After a whole night of fussing, we finally boarded the helicopter arranged by Tianxia Group.

The helicopter sent by the Jiang family was a sightseeing helicopter rented locally, with only four seats.

According to the pilot, we were to be taken away in two groups.

However, now that something has happened in Ping'an Village, this forest is also full of danger. After my repeated insistence and the financial offensive of Tianxia Group, the pilot finally compromised and violated the rules by squeezing us into the cabin.

After a two-hour flight, as dawn broke, we arrived at a county town 400 kilometers away from Ping'an Village.

Looking down from the vantage point, the mountain below had its peak leveled, but the outline of the building was still visible on top.

Judging from the layout, this should be a mine, and below us is a manor built inside the mine area.

Seeing me staring down, Jiang Man explained, "Down below is a graphite mine. Tianxia Group owns 30% of the shares in this mine. The security company providing us this time is the owner of this mining group."

The monkey sitting in my lap looked on with envy: "Having more friends makes things easier. No matter where you are in the world, you can just make a phone call and you'll definitely have friends to help you."

As soon as the helicopter landed, a middle-aged man in a suit strode over and said to Jiang Man with a smile, "Miss Jiang, I am Wu Zhong, the vice president of Jintu Mining. I am sorry for not welcoming you properly!"

The monkey chuckled upon hearing this: "Why are you being so polite? We came by plane. Why are you going to greet us from afar? Are you going to fly up to us?"

Wu Zhong didn't mind and handed over a folder: "Miss Jiang, President Xie went to Beijing to attend a meeting of the Ministry of Environmental Protection. He repeatedly told me to take good care of you. I have prepared all the guest rooms for you and made a list of the necessary items. If you see anything missing, I will have it prepared immediately."

Jiang Man smiled gently and pushed open Wu Zhong's folder: "Mr. Wu, you're too kind. We're just staying here for a short time and will be leaving soon. However, my friend is injured, and I hope you can find a doctor first!"