Xu Tong waved a hand. "Your daughter kept begging me, and I couldn't bring myself to refuse, that's all. Now that you've been rescued, I'll be on my way. I have things to do!"
Seeing that he was about to leave, the girl hurriedly called him back. "Sir, as I said earlier, as long as you rescued my family, I would agree to any request within my power."
"Please, just give me a chance to show my gratitude. Our family lives in Black Tortoise City. We aren't fabulously wealthy, but we do have some resources."
"Whether you want gold, silver, and jewels, or medicinal herbs and spirit stones, we certainly won't withhold anything we can afford to give."
Xu Tong could see that they were quite generous, but he hadn't saved them for such things.
"I still have some urgent matters to attend to, so I won't linger here. I'll certainly remember your kindness today!"
With that, Xu Tong strode away. Although their intentions were good, he had no intention of accepting anything from them.
Only as they watched Xu Tong leave did the others come to their senses.
"We'd better hurry and leave! Otherwise, once those people realize we've escaped, they certainly won't show us any mercy."
While they prepared to flee, Xu Tong and his companions had already left the inn.
Although they had faced some danger that night, they had made it through with a fright but no harm.
They soon reached Black Tortoise City. The rugged trail along the way had jolted them so badly that their backsides felt ready to split into eight pieces.
After finally reaching Black Tortoise City, they didn't seek out the Divine Physician right away, but found an inn first.
This inn finally looked like a respectable establishment, with nothing suspicious