The people outside the cave had clearly been terrified of Yue Xiaodie before, yet now that a Taizhou expert was about to suffer, they inexplicably felt a sense of belonging toward her. They felt that she was on their side, and even somehow hoped to see Yue Xiaodie kill Wei He.
The few from Taizhou were the same. An inexplicable thought arose in their hearts, and they hoped that their own expert could suppress the other side.
Whether Yue Xiaodie or Wei He, both were fiendish Outer Dao experts with vicious reputations.
Now that they had met, these two notorious figures from their respective regions had somehow shouldered a sliver of responsibility for the honor and standing of their two provinces.
Even Wei He and Yue Xiaodie themselves likely could not have clearly noticed or understood such complicated feelings.
They merely found it strange that the onlookers around them seemed far bolder than any they had encountered before.
They seemed to be waiting for something, anticipating something.
"Why are you looking at me?" Yue Xiaodie raised her head and stared at Wei He. That cute, innocent smile still lingered on her face.
"It seems you all have quite an issue with me?" Wei He smiled and glanced at the red-robed dwarf.
"That's because you poisoned us!" the dwarf said coldly in a hoarse voice.
"I didn't poison you." Wei He shook his head. "I merely left a mark."
"A mark?!"
"That's right. It's nothing serious. If you have no guilty secrets in your heart, then my mark naturally won't act up.
"But if you do have guilty secrets in your heart, then you're the one with the problem. My mark can then come in handy." Wei He explained patiently. "It's also for my own protection."
"Hehe, aren't you afraid of