Why Didn't You Save Her!

Whoosh! Whoosh! Their figures darted forward, weaving noiselessly through the forested mountain range. Li Guanqi projected his divine sense, doing his best to avoid the slumbering low-rank demonic beasts. Yet the woman's desperate cries were as glaring as a blazing fire in the dark! Li Guanqi could already sense the aura of several surrounding demonic beasts beginning to stir. He couldn't help cursing under his breath, "Damn it. If this keeps up, every demonic beast in these mountains will be woken up by her!" Whether intentional or by sheer coincidence, the woman was fleeing right along the path behind them. Her heart-wrenching screams echoed incessantly through the night-shrouded mountain range! "Help! Is there anyone who can save me?!" "Someone, help! Ahhh!" The woman's voice was clear and crisp, sounding quite young. Even from such a distance, Ye Feng could tell her cultivation wasn't weak; she was at least a half-step Core Formation cultivator. Moreover, even from this far off, both of them caught the faint scent of blood. A slight probe into those fluctuations made it obvious: it was a very common blood escape method! Under normal circumstances, no one would resort to such a secret art unless pushed to the brink. After all, such an escape method could not be sustained for long; once the art wore off, one was essentially left to await death. Ye Feng frowned and sent a voice transmission, "Boss, are we just leaving like this?" Li Guanqi narrowed his eyes and shook his head with a sigh upon hearing this. "Don't meddle in other people's business. Who knows? Their target might very well be us." Ye Feng froze for a moment, frowning in bewilderment. "No way, right? Out here in the middle of nowhere, with no grudges between us, how could we be the target?" "Boss, aren't you overthinking things?" Instead of arguing, Li Guanqi pulled him up into the canopy of a towering ancient tree, masking both their auras and concealing their figures. Seeing that Ye Feng was about to speak again, Li Guanqi slapped a hand over his mouth. "Shh!" Sure enough! Moments later, beneath their feet, a woman with tattered clothes and covered in blood flew past in a hurry! She was delicate and pretty, clad in a teal gauze dress, her hair somewhat disheveled. Flying through the air at tremendous speed, a burst of blood mist erupted around her body every few breaths. She looked frantic, terror filling her eyes. In her arms was a child of six or seven, and as she fled ahead, she kept looking back over her shoulder with every few steps. Tear-streaked and weeping like rain on pear blossoms, she would stir pity in anyone who laid eyes upon her. After the woman flew past, a burly, bearded man radiating formidable pressure followed hot on her heels! The long saber in his hand gleamed with a cold glint, its blade still smeared with blood. The man flashed past the tree beneath them with a ferocious expression, cursing under his breath. "Stinking bitch! You won't escape my grasp today no matter what! Just wait to die!" The man's aura fluctuated violently, and a dripping hairpin was plunged into his left arm. There were several gruesome wounds across his body as well. The pressure he emanated only placed him barely at early Core Formation. Once the two had flown over a hundred zhang away, Ye Feng sent a solemn voice transmission, looking baffled. "Boss, it's obvious he's trying to kill her. Are we really just going to stand by and watch them die?" Li Guanqi ignored him. Eyes slightly closed, his divine sense rippled outward in all directions like a surging stream. Every detail within a hundred zhang radius fell under his perception. The woman had left behind trails of vital energy and blood along the way, shining as brightly as fireflies in the night to his senses. Glancing at the direction, Li Guanqi turned to dash off the opposite way. Looking at Li Guanqi's back, Ye Feng said in a low voice, "Why!" Li Guanqi turned back, frowning. "Why what?" "Why 'leave them to die'?" "If you want to know, come with me and leave this place first. We can talk about it afterward." Whoosh! Ye Feng watched Li Guanqi depart, and thinking of the woman shielding the child in her arms with both hands, he simply could not bring himself to look away! The Great Xia Sword Sect creed held a saying: *Right the injustices of the world, slay those in the world who deserve death!* He felt that at a time like this, he ought to take action! Besides, the burly man posed no threat to him, especially since the man was already wounded. If he turned and left today, every time he remembered what he had done in the future, his mind would be unsettled, and it might even spawn a heart demon. Whoosh! Gripping his longsword, Ye Feng immediately pursued the direction where the two had disappeared. Li Guanqi wasn't surprised in the slightest to see this. Ye Feng was upright and had only just stepped outside the sect; his head was filled with the sect creed. If he stood by and did nothing here, his Dao heart would inevitably be shaken down the road, and he might even fail to break through realm bottlenecks. "Sigh..." "It's good for him to learn a lesson. Some things can't be taught with reason alone." A look of resignation touched Li Guanqi's eyes, and he hid his presence, concealing himself in the shadows. Ye Feng didn't see Li Guanqi following, and disappointment and doubt inevitably crept into his eyes. He didn't understand why Li Guanqi, who could sacrifice everything for the sect, would turn a blind eye and walk away at a moment like this. It wasn't that Li Guanqi didn't want to explain. It was just that he was wary of putting them both in danger, and now wasn't the time to explain. Yet what he hadn't anticipated was that Ye Feng, simple and straightforward as he was, would charge right in to help! Li Guanqi flitted deftly through the trees, his figure ethereal and swift as he sped forward! When he arrived, he found Ye Feng standing right between the two! The woman was visibly still shaken, her pale face haggard from blood loss. Yet she was supple and soft as if boneless, leaning half her body against Ye Feng's chest. Not far away, the burly man held his saber. Narrowing his eyes, he pointed the blade at Ye Feng and snarled coldly, "Brat, this is none of your damn business!" "Get lost if you want to live! There's nothing for you here." "Playing hero saving the beauty? Take a good look at what you're worth first!" Clad in his fine white brocade robe, Ye Feng stood tall with sword in hand. One hand shielded the woman behind him as he shouted back in a deep voice, "Hmph!" "No matter what, now that I've run into this today, there's no way I'll let you have your way!" Leaning weakly against Ye Feng's chest, the woman clung to him as though grasping at a lifesaving straw. A light flashed in her hand, producing a faintly glowing jade box. Her slender, jade-white hand offered the box to Ye Feng, her voice soft and delicate as she spoke: "Young master, you must save me!" "As long as you are willing to save me, Wen Mei will gladly present what is inside this jade box!" "Inside is a five-hundred-year-old Blood Origin Fruit!" "I only beg for your help to save my brother and me!"