Lin Feng cautiously sized up the other party, confirming that he was an ordinary person without martial arts skills, before stepping forward and saying, "We are indeed a hunting team. What do you want?"
The servant was instantly overjoyed, looking as if he had seen a savior, and hurriedly said, "That's wonderful! Are you all heading to Shangyang? I wonder if my young master could join you on your journey?"
Lin Feng frowned immediately and exchanged a glance with Yin Fan beside him; both of them looked wary. In such a remote place, the sudden appearance of someone who wanted to travel with them was naturally suspicious.
"Sorry, we have a mission to complete and it's inconvenient for us!" To avoid any surprises, Lin Feng refused directly.
The servant was startled and quickly added, "Don't worry, we'll pay. We can discuss the amount."
"No way!" Lin Feng still refused. "We won't take this order."
"This..." Pu Cong said anxiously and somewhat angrily, "One hundred taels to buy your escort of my young master to Shangyang, is that alright?" As he spoke, he directly took out the silver notes.
"This isn't about the money!" Lin Feng became even more suspicious of the other party's intentions and became even more wary. "We won't accept any more money." After saying that, he turned around and prepared to leave.
"Wait!" Pu Cong seemed to be angered as well, stepping forward to block the group, saying with some embarrassment and anger, "You are extremely rude, you are just a bunch of strange creatures..."
"Jia Yi!" Before he could finish speaking, a deep reprimand suddenly came from inside the carriage, "Don't be rude!"
"Yes, young master." The servant immediately lowered his head and shrank back to the side of the carriage.
The next moment, a slender hand slowly lifted the carriage curtain, and someone stepped out. A warm breeze seemed to blow by, and the temperature around them seemed to rise a few degrees.
Upon seeing the other person's appearance, all the teammates present, even Youyou, were taken aback. It was a man, dressed in a blue robe, with a face that was otherworldly and captivating. His features were sharply defined, like a sculpture, and his hair, as black as jade, was tied back and shimmered with a faint sheen. Despite his gentle and refined appearance, beneath his sword-like eyebrows were a pair of slender, captivating eyes, as if one glance would be enough to make one fall in love.
There was a moment of silence in the room. No one had ever seen such a handsome person, let alone a man.
The other person, however, seemed to have long been accustomed to the gazes of others, and looked over with a dazzling smile on her perfectly proportioned red lips.
For some inexplicable reason, Youyou felt a sudden weight lift in her chest, a strange emotion welling up within her. She suddenly felt an urge to forgive him no matter what he did. Was this what they meant by "beauty is justice"? She never knew she was such a sucker for good looks?
"My servant was rude; I hope you heroes will forgive him." The man had already alighted from the carriage and bowed to Lin Feng, displaying the courteous and respectful demeanor of a nobleman. "He was only worried about my safety. I've always been frail, and it took me several days to travel before I met you all. He was just in a hurry..."
Before he could finish speaking, he suddenly let out a heart-wrenching cough, his beautiful face turning bright red. He coughed so hard that he became unsteady on his feet, as if he might collapse at any moment.
It turns out he was a sickly beauty; upon closer inspection, his face did indeed show signs of illness, and his figure appeared exceptionally thin.
The initial wariness among the crowd eased somewhat, but Lin Feng still frowned and replied, "Young master, you are too kind. We are just ordinary beast hunters and do not deserve to be called heroes by you."
"Cough cough cough... Please don't misunderstand, everyone." The other party smiled amiably, weakly supporting the servant beside him as he explained, "We are not bad people, it's just that during our journey... cough cough... we unexpectedly encountered a beast tide. Originally, there were dozens of people in the group, but in the chaos, we were all scattered, and now only my servant and I are left. We really can't find the way back to the city, so we asked to travel with you all."
"You encountered a beast tide?!" Lin Feng exclaimed in surprise, asking urgently, "When did you encounter it? How large was it? What kind of beast tide was it?" The beast tide in the border town had passed some time ago, and theoretically, there shouldn't be any more monsters on this side of the official road. However, this was only at the end of the official road, and the footprints all over the ground did prove that monsters had been there. If the situation was serious, they would have to consider whether to take another route.
“About five days ago!” the man explained. “It wasn’t a large-scale operation, only about a dozen demonic beasts in total. But… we are all ordinary people, and we couldn’t handle them. In the chaos, we… cough cough cough.” Before he could finish speaking, he broke into another fit of heart-wrenching coughing. It seemed as if those few words had exhausted him greatly.
"Young Master!" The servant beside him hurriedly helped him steady, then turned to the crowd with a hint of self-reproach and complaint, saying, "If we knew the way back to Shangyang City, we wouldn't be here waiting for someone to come and beg you!"
Lin Feng hesitated. Judging from their appearance, they didn't seem to be faking it. Even if they had ulterior motives, two people with no martial arts skills and frail health were not beyond their ability to handle in numbers. In the past, it would have been a simple matter of helping them, but now…
He glanced back at You You, who was instinctively being protected by everyone, and asked, "Miss You, what do you think..." After all, nothing is more important than the safety of this noble lady.
Youyou was taken aback, and blurted out subconsciously, "I'll do whatever the boss says!" That's how team-oriented she is as a teammate!
"..." Is he really that cooperative?
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The man on the other side seemed to only then notice You You in the crowd, and paused for a moment. "So you're all escorting a noble lady." He suddenly realized, first bowing and smiling at You You, then taking out a waist token from his pocket and saying, "Please rest assured, everyone, I am Xun Rong from the Xun family of Shangyang, and I am not some petty person!"
"You're from the Xun family!" Lin Feng was startled. He took the waist token from the other party and examined it closely. Sure enough, the character "Xun" was written on it.
"Really?!" Yin Fan also went over to take a look. The Xun family of Shangyang was no ordinary aristocratic family. It was said that many cultivators had emerged from the family, and they had close ties with various immortal sects.
"It's true." Given Lin Feng's background, he could naturally tell that the waist tag was genuine. Even if a young master from such a family had fallen on hard times, he would never harm a noble lady.
"In that case, you can follow along!" Lin Feng finally nodded, and without further delay, he turned around and called for everyone to set off.
"Thank you!" Xun Rong bowed again, gesturing for his attendants to pull the carriage up and join the procession. Whether intentionally or unintentionally, he turned to look at You You in the crowd, giving her a captivating smile. Compared to his previous righteous demeanor, this smile inexplicably carried a hint of... ambiguity?
Youyou: "..."
Meow meow meow?
(⊙_⊙)？
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