"Senior..."
The old man looked somewhat anxious.
"Please return."
Shi Lan shook her head and turned toward the wooden house.
Her utterly non-negotiable attitude made the old man sigh, but he did not dare be too presumptuous. Helplessly, he led his people out of the valley.
"Master, she refused. How are we supposed to answer the Tianshan Sect Master when we go back?"
After the group had left the valley by four or five li, the young woman among the six spoke up.
The old man stopped, struggled for a while, then turned around and headed back toward the valley.
"Stay here. Pay her a visit once every day. Sooner or later, we'll be able to invite her out of seclusion to lend us her aid."
Hearing the old man's words, the others did not object. They silently turned around with him.
The strength of the True Person Wuxu and the wonders of his methods had nearly reached the point of transcending mortality and ascending to immortality. Killing someone from a thousand zhang away was as easy as reaching into a bag for an object.
Ordinary martial artists had no power to resist him at all. Even martial grandmasters of the same realm fell far short, to say nothing of escaping with their lives.
All they could do now was place their hopes in this strange woman who had suddenly appeared and managed to escape alive from Wuxu's hands.
After this group came calling, Shi Lan's peaceful life was broken.
Over the next few days, several more groups came to her door.
Without exception, they all wanted to invite her out of seclusion, but their purposes varied.
Some wanted her to protect their lives, some wanted her to join the army and face enemy generals on the battlefield, and