Ambush from All Sides

"No need for courtesy. Since your injuries have healed, I should be leaving as well!"

Ning Xiaochuan still had important matters to attend to and did not wish to delay. Seeing that Lin Xue'er had recovered, he immediately left.

"May I ask my benefactor's name?" Lin Xue'er hurried after him.

Ning Xiaochuan stopped but did not turn around. "Ning Xiaochuan."

After saying that, Ning Xiaochuan strode away.

Yet Lin Xue'er followed closely behind him. When Ning Xiaochuan quickened his pace, she quickened hers; when he slowed down, she slowed down as well.

At last, Ning Xiaochuan stopped and turned around. In a deep voice, he asked, "Why are you following me?"

Lin Xue'er looked somewhat nervous. She knelt again, shaking her head vigorously, and said in a low voice, "Benefactor, please do not misunderstand. I have no other intentions. It's just... just... I came out to train with the elders of my sect, but we were attacked by Profound Beasts. All the elders died in the beasts' bellies, and now... now I am the only one left. This wilderness is terribly dangerous, with savage Profound Beasts everywhere. With my... my cultivation, before I can even leave this place, I will die a violent death. I can only, only..."

Ning Xiaochuan nodded in understanding. "Where is your sect's monastery?"

"Spirit Pivot Taoist Temple."

Joy appeared on Lin Xue'er's face. "Benefactor is truly a great and good man. If you can send Xue'er back, Xue'er has no way to repay you. I can only... only ask the elders of my sect to give you more Profound Stones as thanks."

"Let's go! How far is Spirit Pivot Taoist Temple from here?" Ning Xiaochuan thought to himself that although he had saved her, with her meager cultivation, she could never leave this mountain forest