The difference in strength is an objective fact. If you can't beat someone, you can't beat them. It's not something Sun Qingyu can deny just because he doesn't want to admit it.
Sun Qingyu admitted to himself that it wasn't because he was self-aware, but because Ye Liang's strength was so overwhelming that he had to acknowledge the gap between them.
In other words, such people bully the weak and fear the strong, and do not deserve sympathy!
Because of their own strength, they have become accustomed to bullying the Meng family. They are used to being bossy and domineering, and they do not feel that this is not what they should do. On the contrary, they feel that it is their right.
When faced with Ye Liang's formidable strength, they adhered to the principle of "a wise man doesn't suffer a loss in front of him," which is a classic case of bullying the weak and fearing the strong.
Just after the small bridge was destroyed, a passerby came carrying a water jug, wanting to come and get water.
Seeing so many immortal cultivators here, and that the bridge had been destroyed, some of them dared not speak out in anger, but could only express their anger silently with their eyes.
Seeing their anger, Meng Xiaoru quickly explained, "Gentlemen, there's a beast king lurking at that abandoned ancient well ahead. If you go there to fetch water, you'll surely die. Even I, a cultivator, almost died there just now. I was saved by this young master from the Broken Bridge. He left the Broken Bridge and carved the inscription on the stone tablet to warn those of you who will pass by later not to approach this place, lest you be devoured by the beast king. You've really misunderstood us."
After hearing Meng Xiaoru's explanation, these passersby were not unreasonable.
Immediately realizing his mistake, he came over to apologize to Meng Xiaoru, Ye Liang, and his junior sister, saying, "So that's how it is. We misunderstood you great immortal cultivators. Thank you all for saving our lives."
"You flatter me. The person you should really thank is this young master from the Bixian Sect." Meng Xiaoru didn't take credit for it and happily pulled Ye Liang over to accept the villagers' gratitude.
"Thank you, young master!" The villagers thanked Ye Liang again in detail.
Ye Liang gestured for them not to stand on ceremony, saying, "This place is truly eerie. Beast Kings frequently appear here. If you encounter anyone else in the future, please tell them not to come here to fetch water. They might never return."
"Yes." The group readily accepted the order.
As they were talking, the low growl of a strange beast echoed from the depths of the forest once again. The sound wasn't loud, but it was loud enough for people standing far away from the forest to hear.
They were ordinary people. Let alone hearing the voice of the beast king, even just encountering tigers and leopards in the mountains would be enough to make them fearful.
At that moment, they were extremely grateful that they had met Ye Liang here. Thanks to his reminder, they had not mistakenly entered this place and lost their lives.
"A new strange beast has appeared?" Upon hearing the beast's voice, the junior sister wanted to rid the people of this menace.
Knowing what she was thinking, Ye Liang said, "It seems that we won't be able to kill all the strange beasts here anytime soon. The bridge has been broken as a warning, so later visitors won't accidentally wander in and lose their lives. We can continue on our way without worry."
"Hmm." The junior sister had no objection to this.
She sensed it too; these strange beasts all crawled out of that abandoned ancient well. As long as that abandoned ancient well existed, strange beasts would continue to crawl out of this place, and it would probably be impossible to kill them all in a short time.
We really should get going first.
"What are you all still babbling about? Let's hurry up and leave." At this moment, Sun Qingyu, who knew how powerful the beasts here were, heard the roar of the Beast King behind him and was already a little afraid of this place. He just wanted to leave as soon as possible.
His urging made Meng Xiaoru want to laugh, but she didn't dare to actually laugh at him.
The Eternal Sect is not one that she and her Meng family can afford to offend.
He only dared to think to himself, wasn't Sun Qingyu so high-spirited before? Not only did he ignore the warning on the wooden sign that warned of the danger here, but he also swung his spear and cut down the wooden sign, insisting on fighting the Beast King.
Now that they've fought once, he couldn't even withstand a single move and was almost instantly killed by the Beast King. Now that he knows how powerful it is, he's lost his previous arrogance.
Indeed, reality is the best teacher. Reality has taught Sun Qingyu to be in awe.
"It's too dangerous here, we'll take our leave now." Upon hearing the roar of the beast king coming from here, the passersby who came to fetch water lost all interest in getting water. They hurriedly bowed to Ye Liang and rushed back to the main road.
They were not immortal cultivators, so they were naturally even more afraid of strange beasts lurking in these deep mountains and dense forests.
"Let's leave here too." Ye Liang didn't look down on these cowardly commoners.
They are not immortal cultivators; their wisdom lies in not being forceful.
He understood them perfectly, and he led his junior sister and Meng Xiaoru behind them to keep them in check.
With them walking slowly behind, the villagers who ran ahead felt more at ease.
With Ye Liang around, who could easily kill the Beast King, Meng Xiaoru felt more at ease than ever before.
This sense of security was something I had never felt before when I teamed up with Sun Qingyu to travel.
Even as the sounds of new strange beasts echoed through the mountains and forests, she felt no fear whatsoever.
She also noticed the little mountain deer Bao'er, who was always closely following her junior sister, and said with great affection, "Junior sister's spirit pet, this little red deer, is really cute. Not only is it cute, but it is also very brave. In the battle with the fish demon king just now, it bravely charged in. It doesn't look like a deer that eats grass at all. Its courage is more like that of a tiger or leopard."
Others admire and envy her deer, which is something that makes her, her junior sister, happy and proud.
The junior sister even knew how to be modest, smiling as she replied to Meng Xiaoru, "What Sister Xiaoru said isn't entirely correct. Actually, my Bao'er is truly a little timid by nature, like a deer. But that's just its nature. After being nurtured, Bao'er shares my fate and body, so it won't fear any beast king and will dare to fight alongside me against those powerful beast kings. However, when it's not fighting beast kings, it calms down, and its timid nature sometimes shows. But that's just its little deer nature, and I don't mind at all. On the contrary, I quite like the natural instincts Bao'er sometimes reveals. Ye Liang, am I right?"
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