The Youth was still shaken, gasping for breath.
After collecting himself, he looked at Chen Changan gratefully. "Thank you for saving my life, benefactor."
"What you said was right, benefactor, but not entirely."
"I did rush over hoping for your protection, and I did mean to drag you into this."
"But I wasn't grabbing just anyone to take the fall for me, much less trying to trade your lives for a chance to escape."
"I came because I thought you could deal with those people."
"And as it turned out, I was right."
He was right?
"Oh?"
"You have an eye for such things, Youth?"
"You knew we could deal with them?" Chen Changan asked with a smile.
"When you spend your life one step from death, you learn to read people."
"You noticed what was happening to me long ago, and I noticed you too."
"I passed many people along the way. Most just watched, but each reacted differently."
"Some were nervous, some worried, some gloated, and some turned and ran without a word, afraid they'd be caught in the crossfire."
"But you were different. You were curious, you were studying the situation, and you were... calm."
"That calm came from confidence. Those people and everything they were doing didn't worry you in the slightest."
"So I knew you were strong. If I dragged you into it, I might escape."
"But however I explain it, I still dragged you into trouble. That was my fault. I... had no other choice."
Chen Changan studied the Youth more closely. He did have a keen eye. Even while fleeing for his life, he had analyzed the situation with such precision and composure. He was no ordinary boy.
"Those people were all in the Ultimate Immortal Ascension Realm, while you're only at the