Xiao Yi Xian Is Dead?

"I'm from the Myriad Medicine Pavilion..."

Hearing the figure's cry for help, Flowing Cloud froze slightly.

Someone from the Myriad Medicine Pavilion!

Xiao Yi Xian was from the Myriad Medicine Pavilion.

Wasn't that exactly who he had been looking for?

His expression changed, and Flowing Cloud swiftly headed toward the figure.

Very quickly, Flowing Cloud got a clear look at him.

He was a handsome young man, but his refined face was now covered in dirt, leaving him looking extremely bedraggled.

"Help!"

At this moment, the young man claiming to be from the Myriad Medicine Pavilion finally reached Flowing Cloud, his face filled with panic.

"Brother, what happened?" Flowing Cloud looked behind the young man but saw no danger, making him look at the youth in confusion.

"Whew..."

Having reached Flowing Cloud, the young man panted heavily, terror and urgency filling his eyes.

"I'm a clerk from the Myriad Medicine Pavilion who entered the mountains to gather herbs this time. Along the way, we ran into a pack of Bloodthirsty Demonic Wolves..." The young man did not hesitate and blurted out what had happened in one breath.

"Brother, could you please go out and call people to save them? Myriad Medicine Pavilion will definitely reward you handsomely!" the young man pleaded.

"What!"

"You encountered a pack of Bloodthirsty Demonic Wolves? What about Xiao Yi Xian?" Flowing Cloud was startled and hurriedly pressed for answers.

He did not care in the slightest whether the others lived or died, but nothing could happen to Xiao Yi Xian.

"Xiao Yi Xian is in there too. She's in danger as well!" The young man was slightly taken aback when Flowing Cloud mentioned Xiao Yi Xian, then quickly replied.

Flowing Cloud's heart jolted.

By this man's account, wasn't Xiao Yi Xian now facing near-certain death?

Nothing could happen to Xiao Yi Xian. Otherwise, who would he ask for the cave treasure?

Thinking of this, Flowing Cloud urgently asked, "Tell me quickly! Where is Xiao Yi Xian?"

At this moment, he could no longer care that the Dou Qi in his body had yet to fully recover.

Saving Xiao Yi Xian's life was the top priority.

"About a thousand meters from here..." The young man pointed behind him.

"Brother, hurry and go call for help. The more people, the better. Myriad Medicine Pavilion will definitely reward you handsomely..."

The instant the young man finished speaking, Flowing Cloud vanished from where he stood, turning into an afterimage as he raced toward the direction the young man had indicated.

The young man stared blankly at the spot where Flowing Cloud had disappeared, only coming back to his senses after a long while.

"I hope you can save Xiao Yi Xian!"

Xiao Yi Xian's image flashed through his mind, and a trace of guilt rose in the young man's heart.

The moment they had encountered the pack of Bloodthirsty Demonic Wolves, he had secretly fled backward while the other mercenaries fought to the death, barely managing to save his own life.

Though he felt ashamed, the young man did not regret it.

Even if he had to do it again, he would make the same choice.

After all, every man for himself—such was human nature.

Within the forest, Flowing Cloud's figure darted rapidly onward, and he soon covered roughly five hundred meters.

"Nameless, go ahead and take a look. You must save a white-clothed girl named Xiao Yi Xian!"

Thinking that Xiao Yi Xian could be killed by the Bloodthirsty Demonic Wolf pack at any moment, Flowing Cloud was so anxious that he no longer cared about their original plan and directly ordered Nameless, who was hidden in the shadows.

In Flowing Cloud's memories, Xiao Yi Xian was always dressed in white, so she should be easy to recognize.

"Yes, Master!" Nameless's cold voice came from the void. Then Flowing Cloud saw an afterimage flash past him at incredible speed, instantly reaching a point a hundred meters away.

"Damn Bloodthirsty Demonic Wolf pack. If you ruin this young master's plans, I'll wipe out your entire race." With a ruthless thought, Flowing Cloud no longer held back his Dou Qi and rushed toward the destination at full speed.

A moment later, the rapidly advancing Flowing Cloud suddenly smelled a pungent stench of blood, and his heart shook.

"Looks like it's up ahead!"

Following the direction of the blood scent, Flowing Cloud accelerated once more and soon reached his destination.

"Damn it, I'm too late!"

When Flowing Cloud arrived and saw the scene before him, his expression changed drastically.

What met his eyes was a ground strewn with severed limbs and mangled corpses—some human, some Bloodthirsty Demonic Wolf. The scene was incomparably bloody.

"Could Xiao Yi Xian have already fallen victim to them?" Flowing Cloud swept his gaze around but found no trace of anyone alive, and his heart immediately turned cold.

"No... no..."

"Xiao Yi Xian is such an important character in the original story. She can't possibly die like this."

Flowing Cloud looked dazed as he muttered to himself.

Yet he had one worry in his heart.

His arrival might have caused a butterfly effect, leading to Xiao Yi Xian's unfortunate death.

It can't be this unlucky, can it? Flowing Cloud silently prayed.

If Xiao Yi Xian had truly died ahead of time because of him, Flowing Cloud would truly have nowhere to vent his misery.

"Hm, where's Nameless?"

Suddenly, Flowing Cloud thought of Nameless, who had arrived ahead of him. Why was there no sign of him now?

"Nameless, where are you? Come out!" Thinking of this, Flowing Cloud immediately called for Nameless.

"Master!" As soon as Flowing Cloud's voice rang out, Nameless's figure quickly appeared before him.

"Nameless, where did you go? Did you find Xiao Yi Xian?" Flowing Cloud asked anxiously.

"Reporting to Master, by the time this subordinate arrived, there was not a single survivor here. This subordinate has killed all the remaining Bloodthirsty Demonic Wolves."

Nameless bowed. "This subordinate searched the area just now and found no white-clothed girl matching Master's description. She has likely... met with misfortune."

"What!" Disbelief flashed through Flowing Cloud's eyes upon hearing Nameless's words.

His gaze swept over the severed limbs and mangled corpses at the scene. Flowing Cloud tried to find even the slightest trace of Xiao Yi Xian, but in the end, he found nothing.

"Impossible..."

"How could this happen..."

Flowing Cloud could not accept this outcome.

Such an important character in the original story had died just like that?

Could it truly have been because his arrival caused a butterfly effect?

Unwilling to give up, Flowing Cloud searched through the scene once more, but still found nothing. He could only shake his head in disappointment.

"Master, the smell of blood here is far too strong. This subordinate has already sensed quite a few magical beasts approaching. In my opinion, we should leave first," Nameless suddenly said.

"Alas..."

Hearing this, Flowing Cloud was stunned for a moment. He looked at the ground full of severed limbs and mangled corpses, then could only sigh before slowly leaving this bloody place.

When he came to Qingshan Town this time, Flowing Cloud had been filled with endless anticipation.

He wanted to obtain the cave treasure in the Magical Beast Mountain Range.

He had also wanted to witness Xiao Yi Xian's goddess-like grace.

Yet he had never expected to be met with such a scene in the end.

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