"Interesting."
You Si sneered, then gave a light wave of her hand. The ropes binding Zhan Qisheng snapped apart.
"The way everyone bays for your blood is rather like my own situation. Though I don't know why I should save you... since I've nothing else to do, I'll consider it a bit of amusement."
You Si waved her hand again, and she and Zhan Qisheng vanished into thin air, reappearing in a clearing a li away.
The instant they landed, a dragon's roar swept through the village in the distance.
Zhan Qisheng stared blankly at the sea of flames far away, murmuring, "With this Demon Beast wreaking havoc... Qinglian and Peach Blossom won't be able to find their home..."
You Si frowned slightly. "You clearly possess such great power. Why didn't you kill those people?"
"Power?" Zhan Qisheng turned back, his expression stubborn. "Just because I'm stronger than they are, I should kill them?"
"Shouldn't you?" You Si asked in bewilderment. "You were born with a special spiritual root, with the very constitution of an Immortal, yet a swarm of ants tied you up and prepared to burn you to death. Isn't that laughable?"
Zhan Qisheng looked at You Si and sighed helplessly. "Then by your reasoning, Senior... if someone stronger than you decided to kill you on a whim one day, how would you feel?"
The moment Zhan Qisheng finished speaking, terror seized You Si.
The scene of Great Dark Heaven crushing her to death kept replaying in her mind, over and over... that helplessness and terror took complete possession of her thoughts.
But a moment later, she let out a heart-rending scream. "Oh no! I've thought of him again!!"
You Si hurriedly raised her hands and formed a hand seal before Zhan Qisheng. "I can't stay here... although