I'm just a swineherd, not a beastmaster.

The man in black behind quickly caught up.

Without waiting for Yuan Feng to break free from the girl's hand, the man in black jumped up and pointed the shining dagger at Yuan Feng.

"Damn it, I didn't even say I wanted to save anyone, why did you stab me?!"

In a hurry, Yuan Feng could only fight back passively.

He stared at the direction where the dagger came from and stretched out his hand like a dragon.

The movements of the man in black seemed too slow in his eyes. Before the fight even started, Yuan Feng already had a rough idea in his mind that the other party's cultivation level was not high, much lower than his own.

He can subdue such an opponent with one hand.

But...he was wrong.

The dagger seemed to be moving slowly, but it changed angles strangely, and even Yuan Feng, with his spiritual sense at full power, was unable to react.

At this moment, Yuan Feng was extremely shocked by the pain of the dagger piercing his arm. It was also at this moment that he truly realized what it meant that there are always people better than you.

It turns out that what determines life and death is not just one's cultivation.

Yuan Feng was just glad that he discovered this early. The opponent's method was not that sophisticated. He just pierced his arm and that was the end of it.

Yuan Feng had two hands. Frightened, he used all his strength to punch with his other hand.

With a crisp "snap" sound, the black-clothed man's bones shattered, and blood splattered.

The black-clad man's head was smashed and deformed, and he couldn't have died any more.

Yuan Feng did not feel any joy of victory. He jumped down from the tree, sat on the ground and gasped heavily.

"Are you okay?" The girl asked with concern, looking at the terrible wound.

"Look at me like this, do I look okay?" Yuan Feng answered unhappily, then took out some external injury medicine and applied it.

The bleeding stopped immediately. This medicine was developed by him personally and is particularly effective in treating external injuries.

He had no intention of helping, but the girl dragged him into the water, and his bad attitude was the least of his fault.

The girl recognized Yuan Feng's tone and blushed with shame: "I have no choice. This killer wants to kill me. I can't beat him, and I can't escape him. I finally met a tall, mighty, and handsome young man like you in this remote place. I can only ask you for help."

"Hmph..." Yuan Feng raised his lips slightly, "Although you objectively and factually pointed out my strengths, let's be honest, it was you who got me hurt. I'm very dissatisfied with you. Now, stay away from me. I don't want to be implicated by you anymore."

"No, the killer is dead. Come home with me, young man. I have many doctors at home who can cure anything."

"No, I can cure it myself."

"You are really awesome, young man, but I still need to repay you for saving my life. You can't just leave like this!" the girl said seriously.

The serious expression, combined with her cute face, creates a kind of contrast.

"What are you talking about?" Yuan Feng's eyelids twitched. "I can't leave? Why do you say it as if I owe you something? If I leave, what can you do to me?"

"No, no, I can only repay you, young man. I'm not trying to stop you from leaving." The girl denied in panic.

"Forget about the repayment. Just don't follow me. That's already the biggest reward you can give me." After saying that, Yuan Feng quickly ran away.

"Hey... young man, at least tell me your name!" the girl shouted at the top of her voice.

"Just call me Anonymous..."

"Anonymous..." The girl murmured as she savored these three words, her face flushed, "He's so handsome, this is the man I, Feng Qianqian, want."

Yuan Feng didn't know that his unintentional act of saving people had captured the heart of a girl. He regarded the girl as a plague and wanted to get away from her as soon as possible.

"Gah..."

A crow was circling overhead.

Yuan Feng frowned and looked up at the sky.

He had just seen the crow. He had heard that crows eat the dead and would circle over the heads of dying people.

When the crow appeared, someone was indeed dead. The dead was the man in black.

"What are you calling?"

Yuan Feng was annoyed by being called that. The body of the man in black was right there. Why was he bothering him instead of eating it?

Waiting for yourself to die?

That will take some time. If I just lie still now, I can live for three hundred years.

After walking a few more steps, the crow perhaps was tired and landed on a branch, but it still stared at Yuan Feng.

This made Yuan Feng very uncomfortable, and he could only leave quickly.

After walking a few steps, my feet suddenly felt soft, as if I had stepped on shit.

Before he could say what bad luck he had, his body fell down with a whoosh.

It's not shit, it looks like a trap.

Yuan Feng's eyes went dark, and when he regained his sight, he was already deep in a dark and cramped little earth cave with no exit above or below.

He was wondering how he fell when he heard a sinister laugh from behind him.

“Hahahaha… You’re really nosy. You killed the Jiu Shi that I worked so hard to train.”

"Nine what? Did you find the wrong enemy? I don't know the person you are talking about." Yuan Feng still wanted to struggle, but the other party's purpose was clear.

"No doubt about it. I just watched you kill Jiu Shi. If I hadn't been harassed by someone, I wouldn't have let you run so far."

"What a misunderstanding!" Yuan Feng regretted it deeply. That girl was indeed a plague god. He should have run away earlier. "It was that girl who killed the man, not me."

"Hehehe, that girl was originally our Qianying's target. You delayed our Qianying's good deeds. We will settle this account separately."

"Wait! We can talk it over." Yuan Feng wanted to circulate his spiritual energy secretly, but found that it was blocked by a dagger behind him.

Yuan Feng could feel the dagger stabbing into his back, but although it only broke the skin, it could still affect the circulation of his spiritual energy, which was very strange.

“There’s nothing to say. I’ll take your life. But don’t worry, you’ll die in pain. Qianying’s torture technique is as famous as his assassination technique.” The person behind him said grimly.

Yuan Feng finally realized that he had offended a killer organization.

"So it's the famous Hidden Shadow. I'm blind, kid. I accept the death, but can you let me relieve myself first? It would be bad if I dirty your place later."

It only takes a little bit, a little bit of time. As long as Yuan Feng can take out the feather that he exchanged for his blood, that feather can withstand a full-strength attack from a cultivator in the Out-of-Body Stage, and he will be able to counterattack.

But Yuan Feng was surprised by the caution of the man behind him.

"Hahaha, you are so petty, you think I am a fool, I have seen your petty behavior many times, I think..."

The sound stopped abruptly, replaced by a loud bang.

Before Yuan Feng could react, his entire face was covered with wet mud.

He was surprised to find that his spiritual energy could function and his locked arms were loosened. He quickly took out the feather and turned back.

What he saw was a pale-faced man in black, nailed to the ground by a huge sword like a skewer of meat, without any breath.

Who did this?

Looking along the passage opened by the giant sword, Yuan Feng got the answer.

He was an old man with half-white hair. Although he was an old man, he looked better than any young man. He had a square face and was full of righteousness.

"Young man, are you okay?"

It didn't sound like an enemy, so Yuan Feng responded:

"Thank you for saving me, I'm fine."

But he still didn't put away the feather in his hand.

He had no intention of harming anyone, but he had just experienced a kidnapping, so he had to be on guard against others.