This is my first time playing the female lead, what's wrong with the tea and snacks?

"Thank you, senior, for saving your life."

After escaping their predicament, the group of young men and women approached Ye Xuan and expressed their gratitude.

"It's alright. This Black Dragon Mountain is one of their strongholds. You should leave this place quickly, as they may already know about the deaths of these people."

Everyone's expressions changed.

"Then how should we get back? Is this still Qinghong Kingdom?"

"We are originally from Wusha City, Qinghong Kingdom, Dongyuan Prefecture. We would like to ask for your guidance, senior."

Although this young man looked younger than them, in the cultivation world, strength is paramount, and whoever is stronger is naturally the senior.

“This is not Dongyuan Prefecture, but Heilong Mountain borders it to the east. You just need to keep driving west to enter Dongyuan Prefecture.”

Ye Xuan answered, and at the same time walked deeper into Black Dragon Mountain.

"Wait, senior! Can you take me with you? I want to go to the cult to rescue someone!"

Just as Ye Xuan was about to leave, an eighteen-year-old youth in a gray shirt rushed out from the crowd and shouted loudly.

Ye Xuan turned around and said coldly, "Your current cultivation level is only half a step into the Core Formation stage. There are countless powerful figures in the heretical cult. Going there will only be suicide. I advise you to go back obediently."

The young man in gray shook his head resolutely. "No, I must go, even if I die inside, I must go. I must rescue her!"

"Yes, senior, please take me with you too! My friend was arrested half a month ago!" A beautiful woman in a bright green floral dress hurriedly chimed in.

The cult has been making indiscriminate arrests in Dongyuan Prefecture these days, and among them may be geniuses they are on good terms with, or even relatives.

Ye Xuan frowned, and his aura turned extremely cold, forcing everyone back ten meters and suppressing their impulse.

"This spirit may be commendable, but it is nothing but a foolish act. With your strength, you are just throwing your lives away."

“If you go back obediently, without your burden, they will have a better chance of being rescued.”

"Go back, I'm not taking you there."

"You are just a burden."

Ye Xuan's attitude was firm, and his tone left no room for doubt.

The crowd fell silent, somewhat at a loss, realizing that their strength was indeed a burden.

The young man in gray stepped out again, breathing heavily under the pressure.

"Okay, I don't need you to take me, but can you tell me where their headquarters is? I can go there by myself!"

"Just tell me which direction they're going, I'm begging you..."

Ye Xuan finally stopped doing nothing. He narrowed his golden pupils, and with a loud boom, his pressure surged towards the youth like a tidal wave, forcing his knees to bend.

"Are you in such a hurry to go and die?"

Do you know who your enemy is?

"The pressure you're being exerted on you is less than one percent of theirs. How can you possibly save people?"

The young man gritted his teeth and forced himself not to kneel; his eyes were bloodshot.

"You don't understand anything at all!"

"Yes, I am very weak, I am far from being their match."

"But when the woman you love is taken away by a cult, and you are helpless and powerless, do you know that kind of despair? Have you ever felt it?!"

"Some things, once lost, can never be recovered; some things, even at the cost of one's life, must be done!"

"I might die this time, but it's better than... losing my will."

Ye Xuan was momentarily stunned.

"Cough cough..." The young man coughed up blood and continued:

"She's my senior sister. I took on a mission, but something came up at the last minute, so she went to complete it for me. Everything was going smoothly until I wanted to go back and find her, when she was kidnapped by that damned cult!"

"She shouldn't have been arrested. She could have been fine as long as she stayed in the sect. I'm the one who dragged my senior sister down. It's all my fault."

The young man looked remorseful and kept slapping himself.

"division......"

Ye Xuan's pupils suddenly contracted, and the oppressive aura emanating from him seemed to have lost its support and dissipated completely.

He remained silent for a moment, then began to seriously examine the young man.

He finally sighed softly.

"Tell me your senior sister's name and identity, and I'll help you rescue her."

Ye Xuan's words surprised the young man. He could tell that the man in front of him was not easy to talk to, but now he had actually relented.

"Senior, will you really help me rescue my senior sister?"

Ye Xuan nodded.

"But senior, I want to go too, I must go, I want to see my senior sister..." Chen Xia stammered.

He absolutely had to go; he could choose not to go with Ye Xuan.

Ye Xuan stared at him, paused for a few seconds, and said calmly, "Come with me, I will take you there."

"Is what you said true, senior?"

"But you must obey my orders in everything, or don't blame me for not saving your senior sister. I will abandon you as well."

"Alright, I'll do whatever you say, senior. Thank you so much for your help!"

"I will never forget your great kindness, senior, and I will definitely repay it in the future!"

Chen Xia was overjoyed. It was great to be able to save his senior sister. He would do it without hesitation, even if it meant exchanging his own life for her.

"You just agreed like that? Didn't you vehemently refuse before? How come you suddenly agreed?"

"Yeah, it's really strange. He was acting like it was none of his business just now..."

"Strange, why do I feel that this senior's aura changed slightly in that instant?..."

"I don't know, maybe they felt sorry for the guy?"

"I never expected Chen Xia to have such a manly side. It seems I underestimated him..."

The surrounding crowd whispered among themselves upon seeing this.

"Senior, what about my friend..."

Chen Xia persuaded Ye Xuan to agree, and the woman in the floral dress standing to the side had a hint of longing in her eyes.

She didn't understand why her senior would agree, but she also needed help.

"How many of you still need to rescue people?" Ye Xuan asked, looking at the crowd.

“I want to go too!” a red-haired man stepped forward.

This guy... Looking at Ye Xuan's back, Su Yu gritted her teeth in anger.

Although his strength has improved rapidly, he can't possibly fight against a cult while carrying some burdens!

Even if he is outmatched, he can still escape unscathed on his own.

How can someone who's grown up still not understand such a simple truth? Is he crazy?

Left with no other choice, Su Yu had to follow.

"I'll go as well."

Ye Xuan glanced at Su Yu, then returned his gaze to the four of them, and said calmly:

"Four people, okay, you'll all come with me."

The team was instantly split into two groups: one group left Black Dragon Mountain, and the other group infiltrated the headquarters deep within Black Dragon Mountain.

After a brief introduction, we learned the general identities of the people.

Chen Xia, a direct disciple of the Fuliu Sect, has a cultivation level of half-step Core Formation Realm. His senior sister is Zhuang Miaohan, the daughter of the second elder of the inner sect, who has a cultivation level of late Core Formation Realm and is a famous beauty in the Fuliu Sect.

Upon hearing his brief introduction, Su Yu and the others felt utterly bewildered.

How could this guy possibly win the favor of a woman like this?

"......"

Okay, maybe it's that naive stubbornness...

The beautiful woman in the emerald green floral dress was named Lu Rou. She was at the mid-stage of the Core Formation Realm and was the daughter of an elder of the Lu family, the most powerful family in Wusha City.

This time, she wanted to rescue her childhood friend in the capital of Qinghong Kingdom.

As for the remaining red-haired man, his name was Ji Hong. He was at the early stage of the Core Formation Realm and was also a wealthy young man from a prominent family in Wusha City.

He has a fiery temper and is genuinely disgusted by cults, wanting to eliminate them and uphold justice.

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P.S.: Sorry, I haven't been feeling well lately. I'll only update tonight and make up for it tomorrow.