Cha Jin was a bit peeved. “Young Lord, that bunch is awfully ungrateful. We just saved their lives, but look at them now! They just seized the opportunity to flee with no regard for our wellbeing.”

She saw everything the man in warrior robes and his group did, and it left her rather displeased.

“I certainly didn’t do any of this to save them,” said Su Yi flatly. He plucked the Bloodflame Wolf King’s fangs with practiced ease, removed its sharp claws, and skinned it, then placed the spoils into his black jade pendant.

These were spiritual materials. Some were useful for refining treasures, while others functioned as medicine or as materials for inscribing talismans. All of them were extraordinary and brimming with spirituality.

“I guess that’s true….” thought Cha Jin. They’d walked through the canyon in part because they didn’t want to walk around, and in part because they were interested in the Bloodflame Wolf King.

Their goal really wasn’t to save anybody. In that case, it didn’t matter that the people they’d inadvertently rescued were ungrateful.

“Let’s go.” Su Yi sheathed Guiding Mysteries and strode onward.

As soon as they left the gorge, they saw the man in warrior robes and his group walking toward them.

“Young Lord, many thanks for righteously coming to our aid.” The...