The three middle-aged men simply stood there with their arms folded, watching Yun Xi before them.
Yun Xi, meanwhile, looked at the three with calm composure.
In any case, the Everlasting Fruit was no longer on her. No matter what the three said or asked, she did not have it.
"What you think is your business. In any case, I didn't do this."
"I hope you won't come bother me again. Otherwise, don't blame me for being rude."
Looking at the three men before her, Yun Xi raised her white, jade-like hand, slowly clenched it into a fist, and spoke loudly.
Yet with her putting on such a fierce face, she instead seemed somewhat adorable to the three men.
"Rude? Then we'd like to see just how rude you can be."
"Little girl, the three of us bear you no ill will, nor do we wish to attack you. We merely wanted to ask around."
"Since you won't speak, little girl, we'll leave."
Having said that, the three truly turned and departed, vanishing beyond the horizon in the blink of an eye.
Yun Xi looked around suspiciously, then turned and returned to the village.
Meanwhile, Ye Lin had already arrived deep within a mountain range.
He walked alone through the depths of the mountains. Beneath his feet lay swath after swath of bones.
As far as the eye could see, those bones all belonged to humans.
Human Race skulls hung from the surrounding trees, making for an utterly terrifying sight.
Naturally, none of this amounted to anything in Ye Lin's eyes.
"Look what I found—a human. Such rich life force. None of you dare snatch him from me. He's mine."
The next moment, a black shadow rapidly approached Ye Lin. Yet before it could reach him, Ye Lin merely cast