So they could save people, but only some of them. They merely needed to keep Lu Qingwu from gathering enough death qi to sink Ya Kingdom.
Besides, the reason the mysterious yin death qi had yet to emerge might well have been that the death qi was not yet dense enough.
After a brief moment of thought, Zhang Yuan settled on a plan.
While Lu Qingwu was hunting him down, they would abandon this house outright and head for the Great Prison beneath the City Lord's Residence.
Sitting beside him, Xiao Yuanjun had not considered quite so much, but the suggestion she voiced happened to coincide with Zhang Yuan's thoughts:
"Delay invites trouble. If we're going to save people, let's head over now, Zhang Yuan."
Zhang Yuan met Xiao Yuanjun's eyes and nodded, then looked toward Li Zhongshuang on his right. "Come with us as well, Miss Li. Once this is done, the mysterious yin death qi will surely emerge. After Master and I seize it, we'll return to Ya Kingdom Capital City. We won't linger in Clear Harmony City."
Li Zhongshuang was his prospective marriage partner. Even if the Nether Bureau offered her some protection out of respect for the Eastern Bian Li Clan's True Lord, should they ruin Lu Qingwu and Wu Duanzhuo's plans, those men might disregard everything else and ruthlessly kill her.
To be safe, it was better to keep Li Zhongshuang by his side.
Otherwise, if he someday found himself with nowhere left to turn and finally resolved to strike a bargain with the Eastern Bian Li Clan's True Lord, only to discover that Li Zhongshuang was already dead, where could he possibly go to plead his case?
Li Zhongshuang nodded obediently. "All right."
Zhang Yuan inclined his head slightly, feeling that Li Zhongshuang spared