Yan Yuluo

"This humble girl, Yan Yuluo, thanks you for saving my life, young master." The girl slowly walked up to Ye Qiu. Every step carried a certain rhythm, fully displaying her graceful figure, though her tone was somewhat cold.

"Please rise, miss. I did not do much." Seeing the woman kneel before him, Ye Qiu quickly stood and helped her up. The moment he touched her soft arm, an electric sensation made his mouth go dry.

Pleasure aside, Ye Qiu immediately withdrew his hands after helping her up, not allowing her to notice the slightest irregularity.

"No. If not for your help just now, young master, this humble girl would likely have already been... However, I still have my grandmother to support, so I fear I cannot serve you. I beg you to grant me a few days' grace for those thirty Gold Coins. This humble girl will certainly repay you in the future. I am endlessly grateful." The girl pleaded, tears glistening at the corners of her eyes. Her frail yet faintly stubborn appearance truly made one unable to resist feeling pity for her.

"Yuluo..." Seeing that her granddaughter was still thinking of her at such a time, the old woman was deeply moved.

"Uh." Hearing her words, Ye Qiu immediately understood. They thought he had helped them because he coveted the girl's beauty as well, and he could not help feeling somewhat wronged.

"I am traveling to gain experience this time, and having someone by my side would be inconvenient. Besides, I am used to being alone and have no need for anyone to serve me, so I can only disappoint you, miss. Here are thirty Gold Coins. You and the old lady should take them to help with your household expenses. I still have matters to attend to, so farewell!" With that, Ye Qiu placed a money pouch on the table and left without looking back.

"Young master..." Seeing Ye Qiu leave so decisively, then looking at the money pouch on the table, Yan Yuluo wanted to say something, but in the end, she said nothing.

"Hmph, the people of the Dou Qi Continent really are more suspicious than the next. Forget it, what does it have to do with me? I'll just consider it a good deed done on a whim. Time to go." After leaving the Yan residence, Ye Qiu sighed to himself, then composed himself and headed toward the Lin Family Sheep Pan Ancient Road.

"Yuluo, were we perhaps too..." Seeing that Ye Qiu had truly left, the old woman said to the girl.

"Hmph, not a single man is any good. Maybe he deliberately showed us favor so that I would submit to him. Dream on." The woman spoke coldly. She did not believe Ye Qiu could resist her beauty or remain completely unmoved by her.

"This... perhaps. Sigh." The old woman sighed. In these times, all the good people had long since died out.

"I want to enter the Demon Beast Mountain Range." At the entrance to an ancient road stood a fairly large estate. At a stall counter outside its gates, Ye Qiu spoke to a servant who was fiddling with a small ornament.

"To pass through the Lin Family Sheep Pan Ancient Road, ten Gold Coins." After hearing him, the servant raised his head, carefully sized Ye Qiu up, and named an exorbitant price.

"Ten Gold Coins? Wasn't it one Gold Coin? Why is it ten now?" Ye Qiu frowned. Had the price gone up? How could it have risen so much?

"I said ten, so it's ten. Are you going or not? If not, get lost." The servant had originally intended to ask for one Gold Coin, but seeing Ye Qiu's luxurious clothing and guessing he was not from Black Willow Town—and thus likely would not return—he wanted to conceal the money from the Lin Family and pocket a fortune for himself. When Ye Qiu questioned him, he could not help raising his voice.

"Oh, is that so?" Ye Qiu smiled faintly and released the aura of a Five Star Dou Shi. The servant immediately collapsed over the counter, unable to move like a dead dog, his eyes wide with terror.

"Who dares cause trouble on the Lin Family's territory?" The moment Ye Qiu revealed his aura, the Lin Family Guards who sensed it immediately rushed over and surrounded him.