Becoming the Backbone

They could not go meet up with Hou Yanqing!

Qin Shaofeng had been crystal clear on this from the very beginning. Thus, although they had been heading toward the deeper regions over the past three days, he had deliberately slowed their pace.

However, because of the ambushes by others, Qi Dongming and the rest did not find anything not right.

But this matter had to be made clear!

Qin Shaofeng swept his gaze over everyone beside him, determination flashing through his eyes.

Over the past three days, although Qiuqiu had detected danger in advance, ambush squads were everywhere. One careless step could lead them straight into someone else's trap. Even with Qiuqiu's warnings, being caught up to from time to time was hardly impossible.

Moreover, when facing most ambushes, Qin Shaofeng did not dare lead them in a counterattack. Many times, there was not just one ambush squad; perhaps everyone from that faction was lurking somewhere nearby.

Once they were held up, they would be in utter danger.

And even if they were not from the same faction, ambush squads from other factions might appear. It was just as troublesome.

Qin Shaofeng's group had encountered such situations several times!

It was precisely because of this that, aside from the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion ambush squad they had encountered at the start, which had lost three members before they could react, seven or eight more people had been killed over these three days despite Qin Shaofeng's Pill Realm.

Qin Shaofeng's squad now had fewer than twenty people left—just nineteen!

And because people had died one after another, those remaining all longed to return to Hou Yanqing's side. In their eyes, only by Hou Yanqing's side would they be safe.

But such a situation was far from good for Qin Shaofeng.

After thinking