"This is..."
Li Ling's eyes shifted slightly, but towering waves had already surged through his heart.
The putrid stench of murderous intent had been driven away by the strange fragrance emanating from his soul!
The entire process had been as silent as rain nourishing the earth. Had his extraordinary gifts not granted him such keen perception, he would probably have remained as oblivious as the two Rogue Cultivators before him.
This was an unprecedented experience. Emotion and reason seemed to have split into two entirely unrelated things. Emotion filled him with compassion, making him unwilling to kill or injure, while reason told him there was no need to show mercy to highway robbers like these. Slaying monsters and rooting out evil would better protect the innocent. A few strokes of his sword would settle everything once and for all.
As these two impulses tangled together, something stirred in Li Ling's heart, and he suddenly changed his mind.
He took the Gu-Refining Copper Cauldron the tall Rogue Cultivator wanted from his pack and tossed it toward him, feigning panic as he cried, "Don't kill me! I'll give you the cauldron!"
The tall Rogue Cultivator dodged warily, letting the Gu-Refining Copper Cauldron fall into the grass beside him. He burst out laughing. "A fine haul today! Finally landed my first catch!"
In the blink of an eye, the other man lunged over as well. Working together, they pressed down with their Divine Sense and easily restrained Li Ling's unresisting avatar.
"If you don't want to die, behave yourself!"
The two cultivators snarled viciously and stripped the Treasure Pouch from him.
The tall Rogue Cultivator could hardly wait to open it and rummage through its contents. Moments later, his eyes widened and his breathing quickened. "Well, well! Where did you get all these