"I saved you because immortals and mortals walk different paths. The Tianlan clan cultivators' slaughter of mortals had long since strayed from the righteous path!"
Li Yan did not explain further and simply spoke to Agu Xi in this manner.
"Thank you, Seniors, for helping my clan escape this great calamity. We juniors will never forget this favor and virtue for the rest of our lives. We will record this matter so that our descendants may remember the Seniors' great kindness for generation after generation!"
Agu Xi did not quite believe Li Yan's words. Why had he refused to help before, only to turn back suddenly and save them? Yet he did not dare ask.
Immortal cultivators had exceedingly strange tempers. One moment could be utterly different from the next. Perhaps this mysterious cultivator had truly been moved by a sudden burst of kindness.
Naturally, he had also considered that it might have something to do with the "Wood Essence Pool" he had mentioned. But the other party had learned of that several days ago. If they had intended to agree, they would have done so then.
"What do you plan to do after you return?"
"Senior, your insight is clear. If I can return to the clan this time, first, I must fulfill my ancestors' final instructions. Even if I die, I must learn why, after such a long span of years, no one from the clan came to search for us.
"No matter what, we share the same origin. Either they have all perished, or they must give us an explanation.
"Second, after I uncover the truth, if this junior still lives, I will certainly ask the clan to repay the two Seniors as I said before!"
Agu Xi brought up his earlier promise again. It was the