"Do you wish to choose the third path?"
Luo Hong asked without surprise.
"No, we wish to obtain your protection, High Immortal!"
The mature young man pressed his head to the ground, allowing blood to flow across the earth and stone.
"Do you think the two of you are qualified?"
Though Luo Hong was not angered by this, he had no intention of taking them in.
For these people to have survived until now, they had surely been outstanding figures on the original island, and their luck was quite good as well.
If Luo Hong had been the ruler of some faction, he would most likely have brought them back and nurtured them. But now, and for the foreseeable future, he would only be a Rogue Cultivator.
Therefore, he would not keep anyone by his side who was of no direct use to him.
"This junior and my younger brother know that our cultivation is shallow and that we cannot catch your eye, High Immortal. But we ask for very little. So long as we can live normally, we are willing to give up anything else!"
As he spoke, the mature young man could not help clenching his fists. Luo Hong's heaven-shattering strike earlier had completely awakened him.
In this world, without the protection of a powerful immortal, he and his younger brother could only live forever within a false world, at the mercy of others' rules!
Hearing this, the rest of the cultivators were greatly shaken. Once someone had taken the lead, they all knelt down in unison.
Though they said nothing, their silent plea was accurately conveyed to Luo Hong.
Seeing this scene, Luo Hong could not help feeling even more sympathy for them. Yet it was still far from enough to shake his decision.
Just as he