Seeing the Bai Family's late Qi refining cultivator fall to his knees before him, Li Ping could not help looking puzzled.
"What do your Bai Family's affairs have to do with me?"
He had agreed with the Bo Family Ancestor and the family head, Bai Mingde, that he would lend the Bai Family his reputation as a Foundation Establishment Cultivator and would not deny their connection if anyone asked.
Everything else had nothing to do with him.
But Bai Lin was beside him, and Li Ping was not entirely heartless. For her sake, he patiently said, "Get up first. Tell me exactly what happened."
At Li Ping's instruction, the Bai Family's late Qi refining cultivator hurriedly stood and gave a quick account of the crisis facing his family.
He was so anxious that his explanation came out in scattered fragments, one statement failing to connect with the next, but Li Ping understood the general situation.
During the Beast Tide, the Bai Family had chosen to hold High Ridge Mountain. Unfortunately, five second-tier Demon Beasts, each equivalent to a Foundation Establishment Realm cultivator, had now surrounded the mountain with their hordes.
The Bai Family could not possibly withstand a beast horde of that size, so the Bo Family Ancestor had sent this man to seek help, hoping Li Ping would go to High Ridge Mountain and save the Bai Family.
Of course, his help would not go unrewarded. As long as he helped the Bai Family survive this threat of extermination, he could name his terms.
Li Ping merely shook his head. With the Beast Tide making things so dangerous, he would not leave the city to fend it off for the Bai Family.
The situation did not sound particularly dangerous in the man's account. It seemed that if he went