"Stop? Do you take this young lady for a fool? If I stop and let you catch me, what good could possibly come of it?"
At her words, the fiery-red figure leaped into the air, vaulting straight over the thirty-meter-high city wall and landing outside it. After a few more jumps, she vanished into the wilderness before the wall.
"Steward... should we still chase her?"
The six burly men arrived at the city gate. Looking at the towering wall, they swallowed hard, then turned to the plump middle-aged man who had only just caught up behind them and stammered.
"Chase her! Those Spirit Stones were presented to the City Lord by the family head. If we don't retrieve them and the family head flies into a rage, every last one of us will be fed to the dogs."
The plump middle-aged man's face was full of fury as he spoke bluntly.
"But, Steward, anyone who can leap thirty meters in one bound is no ordinary person. She might very well be an immortal cultivator."
One of the burly men looked somewhat fearful as he spoke nervously. Though their mundane faction appeared powerful, they were nothing in the face of immortal cultivators.
"So what if she's an immortal cultivator? It's not as if our family has none. I'll go invite Master Wang Wu. You will accompany Master Wang Wu and capture that little bastard. You must bring that spirit beast back, or I'll kill you first."
After saying that, the plump middle-aged man panted as he ran toward the city, leaving the six burly men standing at the gate and staring at one another.
Elsewhere, beneath a towering tree in a dense forest stood a little girl wearing a red cloak. She pulled down the hood over her head, revealing her