Am I the only good person in this cultivation world?

Yao Han's eyes flashed.

This reaction...

That kid must have something Xiao Yuan needs.

"They ran forward!"

"Hurry, hurry up and keep up!"

"You audacious brat, how dare you kidnap my young lady! You have no respect for your own life!"

Kidnapping? What's going on here?

While Yao Han was pondering, a group of people chasing behind him brushed past him.

These people were all dressed as servants, so it seems that the two being chased must be either rich or noble.

If what this kid has can help Xiao Yuan improve his strength, then it's not impossible to lend them a hand.

With the Wu Changzhou here, we should be able to reach Binghai Kingdom in less than five days.

Since we're going the same way, I might as well follow along and see what happens.

Yao Han's figure blurred, and he leaped over the heads of the crowd.

……

Under the cover of night, a young couple ran hand in hand toward the distance from the city.

"Brother Yunli, I... I can't run anymore..."

The girl was about eighteen or nineteen years old, with powdered hair and wearing an elegant and graceful moon-white silk dress. She looked like a lady from a well-to-do family, but her clothes were a little disheveled because she had been running for a long time.

"It's okay, Zhiyu, come here, let me hold you."

The man had a face like jade and eyes like bright stars; he was very handsome, but he was dressed in a simple cloth robe.

He was about the same age as the woman, but he had a more mature look in his eyes. Seeing that the woman was tired from running, he bent down and hugged her in his arms.

"ah!"

Suddenly being picked up, the woman named "Zhiyu" gasped in surprise. Feeling the warmth of the other's chest, her face flushed, and although she turned her head to the side, her eyes glanced unnaturally at "Brother Yunli's" face.

Yunli, however, remained completely oblivious, his gaze fixed firmly ahead:

"Don't worry, I've made all the preparations. A carriage is waiting in the woods ahead; they definitely won't be able to catch up. Once we're in the carriage, we'll head to Liang Kingdom, find a place to settle down, and then I'll find you a suitable cultivation technique so you can cultivate like me..."

"Okay. I'll do whatever you say." Zhiyu nodded, her eyes filled with her Yunli brother.

"Phew. Okay, we're here. All we need to do is find...wait, where's the carriage?"

Yunli stared at the empty woods, his eyes filled with astonishment, wondering if he had remembered the wrong way.

"I think I'm not mistaken."

He put Zhiyu down from his arms and looked around, only to find scattered hoofprints and cart tracks on the grass.

"Could it have been stolen? It was so well hidden, no one should have noticed."

"Brother Yunli, could it be that you didn't tether the horse properly?"

Zhiyu leaned against the tree, catching his breath for a while, then pointed to the grass:

"The rope is still on the ground."

Yunli followed her finger and indeed found the rope, with half of the end sticking out of the weeds.

"These tracks are still fresh, the horse probably hasn't gone very far. If we follow the tracks, we should be able to find it soon."

"Zhiyu, you're so smart. Let's hurry up and go—it's alright, I'll carry you." Yunli looked behind him and saw the faint firelight in the distance. He knew that people were chasing after them, and a look of tension appeared on his face.

Just as he bent down again to pick Zhiyu up, a sudden, strange laugh rang in his ears:

"It's interesting that a dignified cultivator could be chased so miserably by a few mortals."

Before Zhiyu could react, Yunli's face showed a look of tension. He summoned a long sword from his storage bag, gripped it in his hand, and shielded Zhiyu behind him.

"Who goes there! Sneaking around like that, why don't you show yourself and we can talk!"

"Don't be nervous, I mean no harm, I'm just passing by. However, if you don't leave soon, the people behind you will catch up with you."

The man named Yunli looked around but couldn't find the source of the sound. As the flames drew closer, his eyes gleamed and he gripped his longsword even tighter.

Just as he hesitated, the voice came again:

"How about this? I'll make a deal with you. I can help you through this crisis, but in return, I'll take something from you. Don't worry, it won't harm your lives."

"Senior, although I don't know what we have that you should be concerned about, I am not without the strength to fight them. We just want to leave as soon as possible and do not want to hurt the innocent. I hope you will be merciful and not harm them."

The speaker paused for a moment:

"Haha, you do have a kind heart. You're the one being chased, yet you're concerned about those who are after you. Interesting. How about this: I promise not to harm these mortals, and I'll ensure your safety as well. What do you say?"

"this……"

"If we hesitate any longer, they'll surround us."

The sounds of pursuit grew closer. Zhou Yunli glanced down at Zhiyu in his arms, who looked back at him with a determined gaze.

Then, this week, Yunli suddenly grabbed her, lifted his leg, and ran wildly into the depths of the woods as if his life depended on it.

"..."

The one who just called himself "this old man" was naturally Yao Han. At this moment, he was standing on a tree, looking at the two figures about to disappear with a bit of speechlessness.

No, why did it run away?

Am I that scary?

What I just said doesn't seem to have any problems, right?

These days, it's so hard to do a good deed.

Yao Han gently shook her head.

They were actually very close just now. When Yao Han spoke, Xiao Yuan in the bracelet became even more restless, which further proved that the man named Zhou Yunli did indeed have something it needed.

The cultivation methods of spirit beasts are completely different from those of cultivators. They either rely on years of accumulation or can only rely on consuming rare and precious materials. Having finally encountered such an opportunity, Yao Han was even less willing to give it up easily.

If Xiao Yuan could advance in his cultivation level before going to the Myriad Manifestations Temple, he could become an asset to him.

So Yao Han sighed and chased after him again.

Zhou Yunli was indeed quite fast; even while carrying someone, he could still move swiftly through the woods.

However, he didn't use any magic, whether it was because he hadn't learned it yet or for some other reason. As a result, because Yao Han delayed him, he was caught up by the servants.

Not only did they catch up, but they also attacked from all sides. Before he could react, he was hit head-on by a row of flames and had no choice but to wander around in place, looking for a way out.

"You thief, put our young lady down!"

"Grab him! Detain him!"

"Do you even know who you've kidnapped? She's the eldest daughter of the Song family! You're going to jail!"

Zhou Yunli spun around three times without finding his way out. In a fit of anger, he started arguing with them:

"What do you people know? Zhiyu and I are truly in love! If it weren't for the Song family head forcing us so much, how could I, Zhou, have done such a thing!"

"Further words are useless. If you want to take Zhiyu away, you'll have to step over my dead body!"

Zhou Yunli drew his long sword again, his eyes resolute, looking as if he were going to die a heroic death.

"Hey, Yunli-ge, look—"