"Fellow Daoist, we've done all we can. Fellow Daoist, please don't blame us. We're leaving now. Farewell."
"Fellow Daoist, we tried our best. What happens next depends on your own fate. Goodbye, bye-bye."
The two young men guarding Li Xiaoyao turned and fled, because a dense mass of savage beasts was charging straight toward them from the distance.
The only young man left wanted to carry Li Xiaoyao away as well, but he found that no matter what he did, he could not lift Li Xiaoyao. In the end, he shook his head.
"I wanted to take you with me, but you're too heavy. Even with all my strength, I can't carry you. Sorry, I can't save you. Whether you live or die depends entirely on your own fate."
The young man gave the unconscious Li Xiaoyao a deep look before finally turning and leaving.
Staying alive came first.
Everything else was secondary.
As the saying went, when disaster struck, each flew their separate way. In mere moments, everyone who could run had run.
"Are you two all right?"
Ye Lin took out the Jade Talisman and contacted Dugu Feng and Poison Venerable.
"Of course I'm all right. But that savage beast was too unreasonable—when it couldn't win, it called for backup. Pah! I'll look down on it for the rest of my life."
Ye Lin's face darkened as he listened to Dugu Feng. This guy...
"I'm fine, but I didn't see Xiaoyao at all. Have either of you seen him?"
Poison Venerable's deep voice came through.
At those words, all three fell silent.
That was right—where was Li Xiaoyao? Where had Li Xiaoyao gone?
From beginning to end, not only Ye Lin, but even those two men had never seen Li Xiaoyao.
"Don't leave yet. On the condition that