"Flender, why are you here!!"
Seeing Flender supporting the heavily injured Dai Mubai and Tang San, Ning Rongrong and the others tensed up, their feet subconsciously shifting forward.
They moved in perfect unison to block Xiao Yexuan, and Ning Rongrong, quick-witted as ever, instantly fished a distress firework from her Soul Tool.
Had they not been inside a cramped room where lighting it would be impractical, she would have ignited and launched it without a second thought.
Seeing Ning Rongrong's actions, Flender's mouth twitched violently, his expression turning awkward.
This Ning Rongrong was truly wealthy and imposing; she had already set off a firework at the alley entrance just moments ago, drawing countless soul masters to their aid.
Not much time had passed, and yet, seeing him, she was already preparing to signal for help again.
However, Flender wasn't here to cause trouble for Xiao Yexuan and his group. He was currently burning with anxiety, fine beads of sweat trickling down his forehead, desperate only to find someone from the Nine Hearts Begonia Clan to heal his students.
Flender hurriedly waved his hands at Ning Rongrong, speaking in a rushed tone:
"Do you think I have the time to waste with you people here?"
"Where is the Clan Head? Bring him out at once!"
"My two students are severely injured and urgently need his Nine Hearts Begonia martial soul to treat them!"
"The wounds on their bodies are burns."
The aura of this flame... could it be that Master took action?
Xiao Yexuan looked at the charred, gruesome wounds on Tang San and Dai Mubai, even catching a faint scent of scorched flesh, and felt a sudden warmth in his heart.
So, hidden in the shadows beside him, his teacher Liu Erlong had been silently protecting him all along.
For Tang San and Dai Mubai to dare bully him like this, they were simply courting death.
Xiao Yexuan thought for a moment and instantly grasped the key to the situation.
If Flender hadn't arrived in time, Tang San and Dai Mubai would likely have been killed by the enraged Liu Erlong.
"Young Master, do you know them?"
Ye Lingling keenly sensed the shift in Xiao Yexuan's mood, as well as the undisguised anger on the faces of Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong, and quickly asked.
Xiao Wu curled her lips, her beautiful peach-blossom eyes filled with disdain and fury: "Of course we know them, we know them all too well!"
"These two charred lumps are the very same guys who, not long ago, tried to kill the Young Master!"
"If it weren't for Rongrong using the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's distress signal in time to scare them off—"
"Given our situation at the time, dealing with these two insidious villains, Dai Mubai and Tang San, would have been extremely risky."
"After all, the hidden weapons in this Tang San's hands are vicious and ruthless, impossible to guard against."
Xiao Wu added, her voice lingering with the fear of what could have been:
"It's fortunate that a fight didn't break out then; otherwise, if Tang San had used the Godly Zhuge Crossbow—"
"The Young Master surely wouldn't have been able to dodge it, and the consequences would have been unimaginable!"
Hearing every word clearly, Ye Lingling's delicate brows knitted into a knot, and an expression of fury instantly appeared on her face.
In her eyes, Xiao Yexuan was a selfless, righteous person—the best person in the world.
That Tang San and Dai Mubai would actually want to kill Xiao Yexuan made them heinous villains!
Just then, two people rushed into the room; they were members of the Nine Hearts Begonia Clan.
Seeing Flender had returned, they paused, a flicker of surprise crossing their eyes.
Then, their gazes fell upon the two men burned beyond recognition, and both clan members wore troubled expressions, exchanging a look of helplessness.
One of them braced himself and said: "Senior, we are truly sorry."
"Our Clan Head has gone out on business and is not currently at the Nine Hearts Begonia Clan."
Hearing this, Flender's face turned deathly pale, his heart sinking as if doused in cold water. He stepped forward, asking in a panic:
"When exactly will he return?"
"My two disciples' injuries won't even last three days!"
The two clan members shook their heads, answering helplessly: "The Clan Head has been invited to the Star Dou Forest."
"The round trip will take at least half a month."
Hearing this, Flender felt as if he had been struck by lightning, staggering back two steps as he plunged into despair.
Half a month?
Tang San and Dai Mubai's current breathing was as weak as a candle in the wind; they probably wouldn't even last three days!
Just as Flender was losing all hope, his gaze swept across the crowd and landed on Ye Lingling, who was standing beside Xiao Yexuan.
His eyes suddenly lit up, like a drowning man grabbing a straw, and hope reignited on his face.
Flender suddenly remembered that last time at the Suotuo City Great Soul Arena, when the Shrek Team fought the Imperial Fighting Team, this young girl had been there.
Her martial soul was also the Nine Hearts Begonia!
The healing ability of the Nine Hearts Begonia was world-renowned, even if Ye Lingling only had three soul rings, far inferior to the Clan Head.
However, it should be more than enough to treat the injuries of Tang San and Dai Mubai.
Flender hurried over to Ye Lingling, forcing a pleading expression onto his face as he spoke with an urgent tone:
"You must be Ye Lingling, right?"
"I know your martial soul is the Nine Hearts Begonia Clan's, please, hurry and treat my students!"
"Isn't this place a medical clinic? Healing the sick and saving the dying is your duty, isn't it?"
Yet, Ye Lingling merely shook her head gently, her clear eyes filled with resolve as she spoke with a tone so firm it left no room for negotiation:
"Although our Nine Hearts Begonia Clan takes healing the sick and saving the dying as our mission and delights in practicing charity,"
"I will absolutely not save these two people!"
"They harbored malicious intent and wanted to murder the Young Master. Do you have any idea how magnificent a person the Young Master is?"
"These two have truly grown the guts of a bear and the heart of a leopard; they are utterly lawless!"
"To want to harm the Young Master is nothing but seeking their own deaths!"
"I will never save such wolf-hearted, ambitious villains. Saving them would be no different than releasing a tiger back into the mountains; they would only continue to plague this world!"
"In my opinion, for people like this, death is the best possible outcome!"
After hearing Ye Lingling's words, Flender's mouth twitched violently, and his expression darkened instantly, as if it could drip water.
His gaze fell gloomily upon Xiao Yexuan, who was surrounded by the crowd, his eyes filled with spite and resentment.
That detestable Xiao Yexuan, his charm was actually this immense!
What on earth had he done to the women around him?
How could even the usually cold and reticent Ye Lingling turn into this?
Flender was so angry his teeth ached; he clenched his fists so tightly that his knuckles turned deathly pale.
The one-hundred-and-eighty-degree turn in Liu Erlong's attitude toward him also stemmed from meeting Xiao Yexuan.
If he ever had the chance, he would not hesitate to kill Xiao Yexuan on the spot to vent the hatred in his heart!
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