Chapter 45: Saved a Person

Xu Yang looked at the dozen or so people who had followed him, a bit surprised. He had originally thought everyone would leave, so he was surprised that some were brave enough to follow him.

"What exactly is your cultivation level? Why are you hiding it?" At that moment, a stout man walked over and asked with a puzzled expression.

Xu Yang turned his head to look at him. It was a stout man with a late Golden Core cultivation level. This cultivation level was quite impressive within the group. Of course, in front of Xu Yang, they were nothing.

"Oh, I'm not hiding it. I'm just at the Qi Condensation stage," Xu Yang said.

The stout man looked at Xu Yang with a strange expression but said nothing.

As he walked deeper into the forest, Xu Yang saw many spirit herbs along the way. Ten thousand years ago, these herbs would have been peerless spiritual medicines, but now they were mere weeds. At first, Xu Yang was somewhat interested in collecting these spirit herbs, but later, due to their sheer abundance, he completely lost interest. After picking a sufficient amount, Xu Yang continued forward.

"If you see any of these spirit herbs, collect them for me," Xu Yang said to the other Golden Core cultivators, holding a freshly picked herb. "If you give me fifty of these, I can give you pills to enhance your cultivation."

He had allowed these Golden Core cultivators to follow him precisely because he needed them to gather spirit herbs for him. Now was the time for these Golden Core cultivators to prove their worth.

The Golden Core cultivators stared at Xu Yang, dumbfounded. The spirit herb he held was simply too ordinary. They had seen countless such plants along the way. Wasn't this just a weed? How had it become a spirit herb?

"Sir, you're not joking, are you? This plant has no value at all. Why are you holding it?" someone asked.

Xu Yang glanced at him. "It may have no value in your hands, but that doesn't mean it has no value in mine. Don't worry, as long as you gather them for me, I will certainly give you pills."

The others remained unconvinced and were about to say something when, suddenly, a whooshing sound came from nearby. Xu Yang looked up and saw a young woman, covered in injuries, fleeing in panic. This woman surprisingly possessed a Nascent Soul cultivation level. Behind the young woman were two old monsters at the Nascent Soul stage, chasing her with malicious grins.

"Help me!" the young woman cried out in surprise upon seeing Xu Yang ahead.

Xu Yang calmly turned his head away, pretending he hadn't seen anything. He saw no need to get involved in other people's affairs.

"Sir, save me!" The young woman ran towards Xu Yang. Just as she reached his side, her eyes rolled back, and she fainted.

Xu Yang stared blankly at the young woman who had collapsed beside him, feeling a bit bewildered. Why did she have to faint right next to him? This was going to be troublesome. Thinking this, Xu Yang rubbed his temples, stepped back two paces, and said to the two old Nascent Soul monsters:

"Uh... I don't know anything about this. You can continue whatever you were doing." With that, Xu Yang turned to leave.

The group of Golden Core cultivators behind him were already terrified by the sudden appearance of two Nascent Soul cultivators. Now, seeing Xu Yang ignore the woman on the ground, they immediately concluded that Xu Yang also couldn't afford to provoke those two Nascent Soul cultivators, and neither could they. So, some scattered like frightened birds, while others remained rigidly in place, their faces plastered with fawning smiles.

"Who are you?" the two Nascent Soul cultivators asked, approaching Xu Yang with menacing expressions. Although Xu Yang had conceded, it didn't make them ignore him; instead, they began to trouble him.

"Who I am is none of your concern. You only need to know this: leave quickly before I lose my temper!"

Xu Yang's expression turned slightly cold. He had retreated only because he felt it was not his business and there was no need to cause trouble, but he certainly wasn't afraid of these people.

The two Nascent Soul cultivators exchanged glances. Suddenly, spiritual energy rapidly condensed in their hands and towards Xu Yang's forehead. "Too bad for you. You saw what you shouldn't have seen, so hell is where you belong."

Before their words even finished, the fists of the two Nascent Soul cultivators were already about a centimeter from Xu Yang's head.

"Sigh, some people in this world just love to court death," Xu Yang secretly sighed. "I told you I could pretend not to know anything, so why provoke me further?" He waved his hand, firmly grabbing the wrists of the two Nascent Soul cultivators. The two Nascent Soul cultivators instantly found themselves unable to move even an inch. Their eyes widened in horror. Just as they were about to speak, Xu Yang exerted force on his wrist, and with a *snap*, both their wrists broke simultaneously.

"Argh...!" The two Nascent Soul cultivators erupted in piercing screams.

*Boom...*

An overwhelming surge of spiritual energy rushed into the meridians of the two Nascent Soul elders, wantonly circulating and destroying. The two elders spat out a mouthful of blood with a *thud*, their meridians tearing apart as they died. Not even their Nascent Souls escaped, shattered into dust in an instant.

"I told you I wouldn't get involved in your affairs, so why did you have to provoke me?" Xu Yang said with a cold smile, looking at the dead Nascent Soul old monsters on the ground.

The Golden Core cultivators who had been preparing to flee watched the two dead Nascent Soul cultivators, their mouths agape, wide enough to fit an egg. "He's incredible, isn't he? Those were Nascent Soul cultivators, and they just died like that."

"Yeah, that's just amazing," people discussed amongst themselves, their eyes filled with admiration as they looked at Xu Yang.

Xu Yang looked at the woman on the ground. It was only then that he realized she was truly beautiful; not only was her face stunning, but her figure was also incredibly attractive. However, the woman was severely injured; all her internal organs were displaced, her wounds were constantly bleeding, and her face was pale.

"Damn, she's also poisoned? That's ruthless," Xu Yang muttered, examining the woman carefully. The woman's condition was critical; she would die within minutes. Of course, with Xu Yang there, he naturally wouldn't let that happen.

He took out a bottle of spiritual medicine and fed it to the woman. The woman's injuries healed at a visible rate. A minute later, the woman slowly woke up.

"Where are those two?" the woman asked. Although her injuries were fully healed, she was still somewhat weak.