Don't Meddle in Other People's Business on the Road

On Douluo Continent, if an ordinary person wanted to live well, they had to follow two rules: "First, do not help the injured. Second, do not save the dying."

Bai Xiao had learned this through personal experience while wandering the continent years ago, and he firmly believed in this code.

He had encountered injured or dying Soul Masters before, and he had wanted to help them, but he did not dare. In his eyes at the time, they were Lords Soul Master who possessed extraordinary power.

With just a little of their strength, Bai Xiao could lose his life.

Bai Xiao had never been the kind of person to place his life in the hands of a complete stranger.

If he could be described with adjectives, Bai Xiao would willingly use the most derogatory words in the world to describe himself.

Despicable.

Selfish.

Heartless and faithless, treacherous and ungrateful.

Repaying kindness with resentment, cruel and vicious...

As long as he could survive, as long as he could live better, Bai Xiao was willing to abandon anything beyond his bottom line.

This was everything Douluo Continent's extraordinary society had taught Bai Xiao, and Bai Xiao would use it to repay that extraordinary society.

Were the injured and dying weak?

Bai Xiao did not believe that.

Neither of them was easy to bully.

No matter how badly the former was injured, their strength would not fall by more than half. Catching a child like Bai Xiao would have been effortless.

After being caught, he would most likely be made into a slave or servant, used to handle inconvenient or troublesome tasks they could not do because of their injuries. An orphan like Bai Xiao could be killed without anyone coming to trouble them.

Bai Xiao had once personally witnessed a person around the Soul King level violate a wealthy young woman who had stopped to help him. Bai Xiao had hidden in the grass nearby and witnessed everything.

How could an ordinary girl withstand the impact of a Soul Master at the Soul King level? By the time that Soul King was finished, her body had been ravaged beyond recognition, and her young life was already nearing death.

From then on, Bai Xiao had decided never to help so-called "injured people" again, nor believe in those so-called higher-ups.

What kind of people were seriously injured in the wilderness? Why were they seriously injured?

Some were mercenaries struggling for a living, some were Soul Masters hunted by their enemies, and others were desperadoes wanted by the Empire...

On Douluo Continent, as long as one had sufficient talent and resources for cultivation, no matter how lowly their character was, they could become part of the so-called upper class of this extraordinary society, holding the people at the bottom of Douluo in their hands like fish on a chopping block, free to slaughter them as they pleased.

As for those on the verge of death, they were the people Bai Xiao had once feared most. Someone facing their end might very well drag those around them down with them. Killing a brat like Bai Xiao would be as easy as one punch at a time.

What? A dying man spoke kindly?

Bai Xiao did not believe that. How many people could remain kind before death? And what proportion of them were truly kind?

In the heart of a dying person, who truly wanted to die? Who did not have some "obsession" before death? Why would they not want someone else to fulfill the "obsession" they had left behind?

But who could guarantee that the person entrusted would honestly fulfill that obsession?

On Blue Star, if you lent someone one hundred thousand, you would lose one hundred thousand and an acquaintance, only to gain a stranger.

That was human nature, so why demand kindness from others?

Most dying people harbored "hatred toward the living" in their hearts. It was roughly, "I'm about to die, so why do you get to live?"

Such extreme thoughts could even make someone erupt with greater power. A dying person's final burst of vitality often unleashed strength beyond their limits.

"Do not pursue a desperate enemy" was the wisdom the ancients had drawn from this. "A cornered dog will jump over a wall" was not just an empty saying.

If Bai Xiao encountered either of them, his first method would be to immediately lie flat on the ground, cover himself with nearby leaves, and wait for them to pass or die completely before coming out.

The second method was to run the moment he saw them—run desperately, as far as he could—and firmly believe that "as long as I run fast enough, danger won't catch me!"

But if the current Bai Xiao encountered them, he clenched his fists and gave a contemptuous smile. "Hehe~"

Of course, that was on the condition that their Soul Power did not exceed level ten and that no one else was around to guard them.

Thinking of this, Bai Xiao felt so weak again!

The era Douluo Continent was in was not advanced. Faced with such poor transportation, Bai Xiao could only set out early so he would have more time to finish his business during the day. Thinking about the nights on Douluo Continent, Bai Xiao could not help but feel a chill run down his neck.

Bai Xiao shook his head and drove the strange thoughts out of his mind.

Bai Xiao confirmed his immediate plans in his heart. The first point was to plan for his first Soul Ring.

His destination was Sunset Forest. The Soul Beasts there were not overly powerful, and the variety was fairly abundant, making it Bai Xiao's first choice for obtaining his first Soul Ring.

After all, Bai Xiao did not have a permit for Soul Hunting Forest. Wasn't the affordable Sunset Forest just as appealing?

Bai Xiao silently cursed some guy who was hogging a permit without using it.

While Bai Xiao was thinking, he also devoted part of his attention to advancing his Body Martial Soul transformation, without stopping for even a second. It reminded Bai Xiao of a certain man grinding Wild Ball Fist proficiency.

Bai Xiao discovered that the higher the degree of his body's Martial Soul transformation, the more Soul Power he absorbed and the faster he absorbed it. Meanwhile, the increase in his Soul Power further accelerated the degree of his body's Martial Soul transformation, forming a virtuous cycle.

As Bai Xiao continued this subtly, it would sooner or later become a passive skill. By then, Bai Xiao could cultivate while idle. Mysterious Heaven Skill? Bai Xiao merely chuckled.

Thinking carefully, Tang San had obtained his first Soul Ring at six and did not begin studying at Shrek Academy until he was twelve. During those six years, Tang San had studied at Nuoding Junior Academy.

Bai Xiao felt that he had to seize this period and work hard to make things happen. Otherwise, it would be difficult for him to snatch opportunities later.

Bai Xiao had no intention of letting these opportunities go.

Bai Xiao was considering which major character from the original story he should "save."

At the same time, Ning Fengzhi, who was teaching Xue Qinghe in Heaven Dou City, suddenly felt a chill down his back.

"Teacher, what's wrong?" Xue Qinghe asked, feigning concern.

Seeing the concern on Xue Qinghe's face, Ning Fengzhi nodded in gratification. "I don't know why, but I suddenly had a bad feeling."

Have I been exposed? Qian Renxue thought, immediately clenching her palm.

"Perhaps Rongrong caused trouble in the sect again?" Ning Fengzhi said with a faint smile.

"That's possible. With Sister Ning Rongrong's personality, something like that could very well happen." Qian Renxue breathed a sigh of relief.