Not to mention Xie An, whose sense of smell was so keen, even the dull-witted Xie Shuci could smell the strong, pungent stench of blood.
It carried the aura of death, like a black vortex, swallowing everything around it.
"Xie Shuci, take them away quickly!" Li Song suddenly turned around and shouted at him.
Xie Shuci glanced at him subconsciously and saw countless dark figures leap out of the alley behind them. Their eyes were bloodshot, their fangs were bared, and their long tongues dripped with foul-smelling saliva. Their bodies shot towards the disciples like arrows.
Xie Shuci was stunned, but he didn't dare to delay. He grabbed Xie An with one hand and carried A Dong with the other, and ran towards the inn.
Ah Dong leaned on his shoulder, watching the carnage unfold behind him. The roars of beasts and the cries of humans blended together, creating a sound-producing scene straight out of hell.
"Brother Xiao Ci, please help them." A Dong trembled in his arms, his little hands clutching Xie Shu Ci's clothes. His voice was barely audible, but Xie Shu Ci heard it clearly.
Xie Shuci knew what was happening behind him. All the sounds were tearing at his eardrums. He had never seen such a terrifying scene before. His legs went weak with fear, and he had to grit his teeth to keep leading them forward.
Help my ass! If Xie Shuci goes back, those bastards will definitely kill him, especially since he has two burdens with him!
Xie Shuci gritted his teeth, remaining silent, and continued running forward. He wanted to cover A Dong's eyes, but he couldn't free his hands. His palms were covered in cold sweat, and the wind felt like needles pricking his face. He knew he couldn't stop; if he stopped, he wouldn't be able to run anymore.
"Adong, close your eyes," Xie Shuci said in a low, hoarse voice.
"Young Master, it's terrible! Bai Yi can't hold on any longer!"
"Young Master, let's retreat!"
"They're controlled by that monster; we can't defeat them. Let's retreat!"
Li Song gritted his teeth and persevered. After cleaving a vicious dog in two with his longsword, he glanced back at Xie Shuci and the other two, who hadn't gone far.
"We cannot retreat. We must kill them all. Don't forget there are other civilians among us!" Li Song said.
"Bai Yi is dying!"
Xie Shuci finally led the two back to the inn. He put A Dong down and let go of Xie An's hand. His legs were indeed trembling slightly. He gritted his teeth, patted A Dong's head, and said, "Take Brother Xie An back to his room. Don't come out until I get back."
Ah Dong, his face pale, asked, "Where are you going?"
Xie Shuci forced a smile. "Didn't you ask me to help them? How could I help them with you two with me? Alright, I'm leaving."
Xie Shuci led the two into the inn and was about to close the door when Xie An suddenly grabbed his wrist and asked silently, "Where are you going?"
Xie Shuci bent down and pressed his lips to the back of his hand, saying, "A chivalrous act."
After saying that, he pulled Xie An's hand down, then closed the door and turned to leave.
On the way, he picked up a wooden stick to use as a weapon. He heard the roars of wild beasts in the distance, which made Xie Shuci's scalp tingle.
Xie Xiaoci, don't back down! Don't fucking back down! You fucking give me some face! How can you live with yourself if they die? They're just a few dogs! You're holding a stick, dogs are terrified of sticks, you know?
"Ahhh!" Xie Shuci shouted a few times to bolster his courage, then closed his eyes, brandished the stick, and charged forward.
"Aaaaah! Take this! Dragon Tail Swing—take this!"
Xie Shuci waved a stick wildly in front of him, as if afraid that something would come near him.
Li Song felt the gust of wind and turned around, nearly getting hit on the back of the head with a stick. He dodged to the side, turned around and saw Xie Shuci. He was so angry that he laughed, and it took him a while to grab Xie Shuci's wildly flailing hand. "I told you to go back to the inn, why are you back again?"
Xie Shuci opened his eyes a crack, and for a moment he thought the monsters were speaking human language. But when he saw Li Song standing in front of him, completely unharmed, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
"I'm a cultivator too, let me lend you a hand... Ah!!!"
Before Xie Shuci could finish speaking, a bloody mess lunged at the two of them. It had a gaping maw, half of its body was sliced off, and one eyeball was dangling out. It was still alive and could still attack! This was practically cheating!
Xie Shuci was terrified and turned pale. Li Song swung his sword and cleaved the thing in two. At that moment, Li Song was like Ultraman in his eyes!
He had originally planned to appear before them with great fanfare, leading them out of the encirclement and showing off his skills at a crucial moment. But now, for the sake of his own life, he decided to cling to a powerful figure first.
In the blink of an eye, Xie Shuci grabbed Li Song's sleeve, afraid that he would abandon himself and run away into the monsters.
"Right side! Holy crap! It can still move even without a head?"
"Left side! Pfft—Holy crap! Blood, blood's all over my face!"
"Shut up!" Li Song was already struggling with a burden, and Xie Shuci kept nagging in his ear, which annoyed him so much that he wanted to chop Xie Shuci up as well.
"Where are the blind men?" Li Song asked.
Xie Shuci said, "I've taken them back to the inn."
"Young Master, Bai Yi..." a disciple shouted.
Li Song's expression hardened. He slashed aside the few creatures beside him that could hardly be called "dogs" and walked towards Li Baiyi, who was lying pale-faced against the wall.
Xie Shuci quickly followed.
Li Song stretched out two fingers to check Li Baiyi's breath, and his expression instantly turned much uglier.
"Young Master, we have no Resurrection Pills, and Bai Yi won't last until the Return to Immortal Gate. What should we do now?!"
Li Song's face was pale, his lips trembled slightly, and a look of pain appeared on his face. They had overestimated themselves. How could a small immortal sect like theirs covet the inner core of a spirit beast with two hundred years of cultivation? Even if the inner core could help the Li family participate in the immortal sect selection, it would be too much of a waste to risk the lives of their disciples for it.
"I..." Li Song shook his head in confusion. He didn't know what to do either. His martial uncle was still chasing that monster, and he didn't know how to save his junior brother...
Just then, a pair of clean white hands reached out from the side, holding several small porcelain bottles of different colors in their palms.
"Um, I have a few bottles of pills in my pocket. Do you see if you have any Soul-Returning Pills?" Xie Shuci said.
Although Li Baiyi had drawn his sword at him yesterday, Xie Shuci decided to let bygones be bygones and not hold it against him. After all, his life was more important than anything else, whether it was someone else's life or Xie Shuci's own.
Li Song was stunned for a moment, his gaze towards Xie Shuci was both surprised and complicated.
Xie Shuci added, "I still have a lot of pills in my room, all given to me by my fellow disciples. Why don't we take him back to the inn first?"
His eyes were sincere and clear, like a sky full of stars. Li Song was stunned for a moment, then suddenly looked away, his throat dry and his voice hoarse: "Thank you."
Li Song poured a pill from the porcelain bottle and fed it to the unconscious Li Baiyi.
"We don't need your help here. Please carry Bai Yi back to the inn. We'll be right back after we clean up the body," Li Song said.
Although there were many of these manipulated vicious dogs, they were originally just ordinary domestic dogs and were no match for a group of cultivators. Although the junior disciples were also injured, the damage was not serious.
However, the wound on Li Baiyi's chest was clearly different; it was not inflicted by these vicious dogs.
Xie Shuci looked at him with some disgust at the bloodstains all over his body, and then noticed that he was barely breathing. She asked, "He won't die on my back, will he? I'm not carrying him, it's too scary."
Li Song glanced at him, somewhat amused and exasperated. "No. Your pill, though not a life-saving pill, can still temporarily save his life."
"That's good." Xie Shuci nodded, and he and Li Song helped Li Baiyi up and put him on their backs.
"Holy crap..." That's so damn heavy!
Xie Shuci gritted his teeth. Everyone else was injured except for him. He couldn't just leave this loser on his back to them, could he?
He steeled himself and carried Li Baiyi back to the inn. Pushing open the inn's door, his legs felt unsteady, each step like walking on cotton, his calves trembling. With great difficulty, he stepped across the threshold, and the tension in his mind suddenly snapped. His legs buckled, and his body collapsed to the ground.
Just as his legs were about to kneel on the ground, a pair of arms supported his shoulders and pulled his kneeling body into their embrace.
Xie Shuci smelled the faint fragrance emanating from the blind boy and, remembering the bloodstains all over his own body, instinctively pushed him away to prevent him from getting covered in blood. But Xie An's movements were somewhat forceful; his hand gripping Xie Shuci's arm was like an iron clamp, and he grabbed the unconscious Li Baiyi from Xie Shuci's back and casually threw him to the ground.
"..." Xie Shuci saw Li Baiyi lying at his feet and, remembering his injuries, couldn't help but gasp. "Oh dear, he's a wounded soldier. What if he dies!"
Xie An couldn't hear his mutterings. He pulled the man into his arms, brought his nose close to sniff, and smelled the strong stench of blood on him. Xie An's face darkened, and he ran his long fingers over the man's body, as if checking for injuries.
"Ouch...be gentle! It tickles!"
"Alright, alright!" Xie Shuci quickly pressed his hand down, his face pressed against Xie An's collarbone. His legs were really weak and he couldn't muster any strength, so he simply turned his head away, used his teeth to pull his clothes aside, and pressed his dry lips against the little blind man's warm collarbone skin, opening and closing his mouth as he said, "I'm not injured, it's all monster blood."
Xie An's body stiffened, and the hand gripping Xie Shuci's shoulder tightened suddenly, causing Xie Shuci to cry out in pain, "What are you doing!"
After confirming that Xie Shuci was not injured, he let go of her hand.
Xie Shuci, having lost his support, nearly collapsed to his knees. He barely managed to steady himself, rolled his eyes at Xie An, and muttered, "Something's wrong with you."
Xie An: "..."
"Brother Xiaoci, are you alright?" Adong ran out from the corner, but seeing that he was covered in blood, he didn't dare to approach him for a while.
Xie Shuci shook his head. "What could possibly happen to your little brother Ci? Look at me, I'm covered in blood, all my spoils of war, not a single one alive."
"Wow! Brother Xiaoci, you're really amazing!" Adong ran up to him excitedly.
Xie Shuci laughed loudly, hands on his hips, "Of course! Who do you think I am!"
Xie An pursed his lips speechlessly.
"cough……"
The wounded man, lying peacefully on the ground, let out a faint sound.
Xie Shuci realized what was happening and quickly helped the person up from the ground.
"Sorry, sorry, I forgot about you."
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