The flying vessel sped onward, only coming to a stop after traveling several hundred li.
Ye Bing, who was controlling the flying vessel, found a Cave and had everyone enter it.
"We will rest here for a while before setting out again," Ye Bing said.
At that moment, Wei Qian once again made trouble for Song Wen.
Pointing at Song Wen, he snapped, "Gou Jun, you actually dared to deliberately lure the demonic beast toward us. You are simply courting death!"
As he spoke, Wei Qian moved to strike.
"Senior, spare my life! How would this junior dare harbor any thoughts of harming you? This junior merely happened to encounter the three seniors while fleeing," Song Wen said with a terrified expression.
"How could there be such a coincidence?" Wei Qian sneered disdainfully. "When the three of us were fighting the demonic beast, you suddenly left, then returned for no reason. How do you explain that? I say you wanted to take the chance to escape, only to realize afterward that staying beside three Spirit Transformation cultivators was the safest choice. That is why you came back after leaving."
Song Wen had indeed done what Wei Qian described.
Of course, Song Wen's reasons for doing so were not as Wei Qian claimed, but for another purpose entirely.
"It would be a waste to kill him. Keep him alive. He may still prove somewhat useful later," Xiao Ying said.
Wei Qian said, "Keeping him alive will only bring trouble. It would be cleaner to kill him outright."
Ye Bing interjected, "Fellow Daoist Wei Qian, Fellow Daoist Xiao Ying has a point. Let us keep him alive for now."
Perhaps because his strength fell short of Ye Bing's, or perhaps for some other reason, Wei Qian appeared somewhat meek before Ye Bing.