Shen Yuan smirked and whispered as his soft breath blew on Ling Mei’s neck, making her face burn red, “You don’t need to think much about it. Let me handle the situation ahead.”
With that said, he took a step forward and came in front of a man who seemed to be the leader of the group. His name was Shan Bo.
He took out a gourd of healing and detoxification pills and extended his hand towards him, trying to feed the pill to him.
But at the last second, his hand paused in mid-air as he looked at the pills and sighed, “Sigh, this is the last gourd of pills we have. If we gave it to you, we would end up dying in this fog.”
Wan Ling and the others’ eyes shined brightly as they somewhat guessed what he planned to do with them. They clenched their fists in excitement as they waited for Shen Yuan to continue.
He also didn’t disappoint them as he said, “What else can the rest of my poor junior sisters do for these pills? They might die here without them if I saved you.”
Shan Bo felt like coughing blood as he sensed Shen Yuan’s evil intent. But he couldn’t do anything in his current state as he asked through labored breath, “What… you… want?”
Shen Yuan smirked, “Ah, what a smart man. Very well, since you are so straightforward, then I also won’t beat around the bush. All I ask for is your storage ring in exchange for your life.” freёweɓnovel.com
Shan Bo’s eyes widened in shock and disbelief, but before he could curse, Shen Yuan continued, “Ah, don’t get so agitated, the poison will spread faster.”
Shan Bo quickly tried to divert his attention in fear for his life, but Shen Yuan’s devious voice soon followed, “Don’t waste so much time; the rest of your fellow brothers and sisters will die soon if you don’t make a choice now.”
Shan Bo gritted his teeth as he spat, “Take… it… you fuc-”
“Haha, no need to curse your savior; you would have died without me.” Even though he said that, his hands didn’t pause as he took off Shan Bo’s storage ring and placed it inside his system space. “Here, you can have this pill.”
Shen Yuan said as he placed a pill in his mouth. Shan Bo calmed down and began absorbing the pill quickly.
But Shen Yuan wasn’t done yet as he moved towards another disciple and asked, “What do you think? Your leader already accepted the offer, do you want to save yourself as well?”
Before his words even finished, Shan Bo opened his eyes and stared at Shen Yuan with absolute anger.
Shen Yuan, noticing something wrong, turned around and saw Shan Bo’s face. “Hmm? Why are you looking at me with such anger?” he muttered to himself suspiciously.
But all of a sudden, he thought of something and exclaimed, “Aha, you thought you would get the entire gourd for only your spatial ring?”
Shen Yuan couldn’t help but laugh as he gave him no further attention and turned back to the dying disciples.
“Anyways, since your leader is an idiot, you guys better make a good choice yourselves.” He played with the pill gourd with one hand while seeing all the disciples’ reactions who were lying on the ground.
Almost all of them hurriedly made noises to show him that they agreed. “Good! That’s how cultivators should be. Decisive when the situation calls for it.”
He nodded with a smile and beckoned Wan Ling to come forward. “Here, take this.” He gave her the pill gourd and continued with a smile, “Give each of them a pill and take their spatial rings.”
Wan Ling hesitated as to whether to accept this or not since she didn’t want to kick down a dying horse.
Shen Yuan, noticing her hesitation, patted her head and said, “If you hesitate like this in the future, then you won’t be able to go far on the road of cultivation and might even die. So learn to be decisive when you have the chance.”
Wan Ling raised her head slightly and saw the serious look on Shen Yuan’s face; her eyes became firm as she nodded her head softly.
She started going around the Ironwood Mountain Clan members and collected their storage rings while feeding them the pills.
The clan members could only gnash their teeth and take the pills since they had no strength in their bodies.
Shen Yuan saw all of it with a smile and nodded his head in approval, ‘Good, she is improving from her shy, introverted self.’
Meanwhile, the other girls looked at this scene with a hint of ridicule in their gaze as they hated the members of the Ironwood Mountain Clan due to their past interaction.
Soon, Wan Ling finished giving out pills to save everyone and came back in front of Shen Yuan.
He smiled again after seeing her. “Well, what do you think? Didn’t it feel good to save their lives?”
Shan Bo spat out a mouthful of blood as soon as he heard what Shen Yuan said, which made Shen Yuan turn his head in his direction, “Oh, the pill is already having its effect; see, his body is expelling the poisoned blood.”
Shan Bo’s body twitched as he still couldn’t move, but the anger he was feeling could drown the entire Desolate Continent, ‘I will kill this bastard!’ he screamed inside his mind.
Wan Ling saw this interaction but only rolled her eyes and moved towards him to hand him the pouch filled with their spatial rings. “Here, I collected all of their spatial rings.”
Shen Yuan took the bag with a smile and muttered to himself, “Buying all that stuff from the market was worth it, hehe.”
“Hmm? Did you say something?” Wan Ling asked while tilting her head.
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“Nothing. Let’s continue forward; they will heal on their own next. Oh, you guys can have these.” As the last act of kindness, Shen Yuan gave them various weapons, all sparkling with divine might, which made the Ironwood Mountain Clan members’ eyes light up.
But Shan Bo’s sharp eyes managed to see the truth that all of them were basic weapons which the disciples used in training.
His eyes violently shook at this humiliation, but he couldn’t even express his grievances.
Shen Yuan didn’t look back as after throwing out the weapons, he left with his group, leaving the clan members to survive on their own.
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Shen Yuan and the others soon entered the core area of the poisoned zone.
“Senior Brother… this place gives me creepy vibes.” Zhao Lian said as she moved a bit closer to Shen Yuan to feel secure.
Shen Yuan surveyed his surroundings and nodded, “I feel like this place is different as well; the flow of Qi is different, and there is something else mixed in the Qi as well.”
Ling Mei tried to sense the surrounding Qi but couldn’t notice the difference even after trying for some time, so she looked back at Shen Yuan and asked, “But why can’t I feel the difference in Qi?”