Zhang Yuelu had never liked Ye Chengxiao to begin with. Now that he had passed out, they had to spare people to look after him, and she could not help cursing furiously.
Shi Tie knew it was not the Ye boy's fault. As someone in the Muscle and Tendon Realm, he had at least served as a target to draw the enemy's fire.
The most urgent matter was to find Li Cunxiao as quickly as possible.
"Yue'er, don't worry. You fought for quite some time just now, yet I saw that Junior Disciple Li was completely uninjured. He had clearly only recently broken through, but he already possessed strength close to Junior Disciple Shen's Second Accomplishment of Tempering."
"I severely wounded that rat king. It can't have gone far. With Junior Disciple Li's strength, as long as he stalls for a while, he'll be able to keep himself alive."
Shi Tie was a decisive man. Without a moment's hesitation, he turned toward the Xiao and Ye Family members who had arrived late, his face cold.
"Brother Ye, brother Xiao, I'm going to save Junior Disciple Li. I'll trouble you to escort the people from my escort agency safely back."
"If anything goes wrong—"
Shi Tie's qi and blood surged, and in an instant he transformed once more into a blue-faced, flame-haired yaksha. Xiao Ji and Ye Rongzu's hearts trembled. Though dissatisfied with the threat implicit in his tone, they still forced smiles onto their faces.
"Rest assured, Escort Leader Shi. We'll definitely see them safely back."
Once Shi Tie vanished from the spot like a gale, Ye Rongzu cast a hateful glance at the unconscious Ye Chengxiao, flicked his sleeve, and left.
"Someone, bandage him!"
The fierce wind made Li Cunxiao's face quiver. His eyes remained locked on the rat