Indeed, when Senior Brother Sima had bound Ye Han with the Rope Treasure, he had been in grave danger, but he still had one move that could save him.
However, that move came at an immense cost. Once he used it, there was no telling how many heavenly treasures and how much healing sacred medicine he would need, along with several years, before he could recover.
Thus, Ye Han was deeply grateful that the stranger had intervened, but he also feared that his rescuer had ulterior motives. If the stranger wanted to control him and make him do something, he would merely have escaped the wolf's den to enter the tiger's jaws.
That was why his first instinct had been to flee as far as possible.
But thinking about it now, even high-level cultivators were often extremely indifferent and rarely meddled in other people's affairs, though saving someone was no more than lifting a hand to them.
The problem was that saving someone brought karmic retribution. If they saved the wrong person, and that person committed evil and killed others, they would incur karmic retribution, though some claimed this was sheer nonsense.
Still, it was perfectly normal for high-level cultivators to be more indifferent and unwilling to meddle.
Yet this stranger had actually helped him. Deep down, Ye Han felt that his rescuer might know he belonged to the Azure Profound Sect and probably had some connection to it, one that was not especially hostile.
However, since the stranger was a high-level cultivator, following him would be extremely easy, even though he had already fled so far.
That thought left Ye Han somewhat deflated. Though his cultivation had reached the Foundation Establishment Realm, he was now encountering experts with higher cultivation than his own, who were even harder to deal