"Is it dead?" Lin Jingyuan asked.
"See for yourself." Li Ze closed his eyes and silently absorbed the baleful energy from the demonic beast's body. In fact, not only the demonic beast, but also Lin Jingyuan and the other two had baleful energy, only the baleful energy on the three of them was weaker, while the baleful energy on the fourth-order demonic beast was stronger.
Lin Jingyuan was speechless. He was told to see for himself? Was this the attitude of a Qi Refining cultivator towards a Foundation Establishment cultivator? Where was their reverence for the strong?
Well--
That doesn't seem right either. The three of them, who were at the Foundation Establishment stage, were saved by a mere Qi Refining stage cultivator. So, it seems that the Qi Refining stage cultivator is much more powerful than them, who were at the Foundation Establishment stage.
No wonder they are so disrespectful to their seniors!
"Are you pretending to be weak to deceive others? You're not even in the Qi Refining stage. Let me guess what realm you're in, late Foundation Establishment stage? Or early Golden Core stage?" Lin Jingyuan stared intently at Li Ze.
Li Ze rolled his eyes. "I'm a genuine Qi Refining stage cultivator. I just have a stronger divine sense."
As he spoke, he sat up, then struggled to stand up straight, and walked step by step toward the corpse of the fourth-tier demon beast, putting the corpse into his storage bag.
"The stench of blood here is too strong and will likely attract wild beasts and monsters. I'm leaving now," Li Ze said calmly.
"Huh?" Lin Jingyuan looked surprised. "You're leaving already?"
They saved three disciples of the Crimson Pill Sect, and they didn't ask for any reward?
Li Ze looked up at Lin Jingyuan, "Is there anything else?"
"No." Lin Jingyuan shook his head, then nodded. "Why don't you go all the way and lead us away from here?"
Looking at the unconscious Gu Junyu and Liang Chen, Li Ze coldly refused, "I have no strength left."
"Then how about some more pills?" Lin Jingyuan took out a few more jade bottles from his storage bag. Under Li Ze's indescribable gaze, he patted his chest and assured him, "Don't worry, there won't be any adverse reactions even if you take too many of these pills."
Under Lin Jingyuan's silver tongue and pitiful pleas, Li Ze finally agreed to help him take someone away.
He and Lin Jingyuan each swallowed a handful of pills. After the medicine took effect in their bodies, they carried Gu Junyu on their backs and Liang Chen on their backs, staggering away from the place.
The mountain path was difficult to walk, and Li Ze almost fell several times. Lin Jingyuan was not much better off. He first offered to lead the way, but after falling a few times, he could only obediently follow behind Li Ze.
Lin Jingyuan looked at the slender young man in front of him, carrying a taller man on his back, walking step by step more steadily than he, a grown man, and felt ashamed.
Is he really just someone with a stronger spiritual sense?
Lin Jingyuan didn't know whether he should believe it or not, but if not, why would He Yu lie to them?
After walking for two hours, making sure they had gone far enough, Li Ze put Gu Junyu down and said, "Let's rest here."
Lin Jingyuan put Liang Chen down from behind, then collapsed to the ground, panting heavily, "I'm exhausted."
Li Ze didn't reply, leaned against the big tree, and fell asleep.
Lin Jingyuan noticed that his breathing was gradually stabilizing, raised an eyebrow, and thought, "He's asleep already?"
Are you really that confident in him?
Lin Jingyuan was quite surprised. This was the first time he had ever met someone like this—aloof, composed, honest, and simple, seemingly without any guile, almost too naive. Most importantly, he was also incredibly handsome!
Whose son is this? How could his family dare to let him go out alone? Aren't they afraid he'll be tricked?
Li Ze was unaware of Lin Jingyuan's thoughts. He slept from daytime until dawn the next day.
When Li Ze opened his eyes, Lin Jingyuan was sitting cross-legged opposite him, seemingly in a meditative state. When Li Ze sat up, Lin Jingyuan also opened his eyes.
"Awake?" Lin Jingyuan asked, his voice a little hoarse.
Li Ze hummed in agreement, glancing at the other person's clean clothes, wondering when they had changed. He then turned to look at Gu Junyu and Liang Chen, noticing that they had also changed their clothes.
"Are they still not awake?" Li Ze asked.
"I woke up once in the middle of the night, then fell asleep again," Lin Jingyuan replied, asking, "Is Fellow Daoist He's injury any better?"
Li Ze nodded, "You're all fine now. I see your injuries have healed. I have to continue my journey, see you later."
Are they leaving again?
Do you really not want to be with them?
Lin Jingyuan asked somewhat helplessly, "Fellow Daoist He, is there something urgent?"
"No," Li Ze answered crisply.
“Since there isn’t one, Fellow Daoist He, why don’t you come with us? We can look out for each other. Besides, you saved the lives of three of us. If we just let you go like this, my senior brothers will definitely blame me when they wake up,” Lin Jingyuan said.
Li Ze frowned. "You don't need to take this to heart."
Lin Jingyuan glared at him, “How can this be? You saved our lives, so we owe you a life and a debt of karma. If we don’t repay this debt, what will happen if our minds are disturbed in the future? Once our minds are disturbed, our path to immortality will be ruined.”
Li Ze frowned even more deeply. Was it really that serious?
Lin Jingyuan secretly observed Li Ze's expression and thought to himself that this boy was really easy to fool.
In truth, Li Ze wasn't easily fooled; it's just that he was a demon and didn't understand cultivation techniques. If he knew more, he wouldn't have been so easily intimidated by Lin Jingyuan's few words.
Li Ze naturally couldn't ruin Lin Jingyuan and the other two's path to immortality, so he had no choice but to stay. Seeing that he had sat down again, Lin Jingyuan began to tell him about the three of them and the fourth-tier demon beast.
"If it weren't for your help, what use would the three of us have had the Flame Sand Sand? We wouldn't have been able to enjoy it." Lin Jingyuan still couldn't help but feel lingering fear.
Li Ze remained noncommittal and offered no comment.
"Fellow Daoist He, you haven't heard of the Flaming Sand Tang?" Lin Jingyuan asked curiously. This is a sixth-order spiritual fruit, so why is the other party so calm?
Li Ze shook his head. "Never heard of it." He also showed no interest.
Lin Jingyuan inexplicably understood what Li Ze hadn't finished saying. Instead of introducing the Flame Sand Fruit to him, he simply said, "This is an extremely valuable spiritual fruit, one that is hard to come by. You not only saved us, but also helped us preserve the Flame Sand Fruit. Just name whatever you want, and as long as we can do it, we will certainly not refuse."
"I don't need anything." Li Ze refused decisively. He didn't rely on spirit stones for cultivation; some food and other necessities were enough for him.
Lin Jingyuan glared, "Nothing at all? Then what are you doing in the Endless Mountains?"
"I'll earn some spirit stones. But I've already earned enough." Two fourth-tier demonic beasts should fetch a good amount of spirit stones.
Lin Jingyuan: "......."
"Our Crimson Pill Sect's secret realm will open in a month. I wonder if Fellow Daoist He would be interested in entering and taking a look?" Gu Junyu, who had woken up at some point, extended an invitation to Li Ze.
Lin Jingyuan's eyes lit up. "That's right, how come I didn't think of that? Our Crimson Pill Sect's secret realm is rich in spiritual energy and has countless spiritual herbs. Cultivators flock there like moths to a flame. Fellow Daoist He, you must have never been inside, right?"
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