The villain, Xiao Nanliang, caused the female lead excruciating pain.

"Thank you!"

Ruo Bingli forced a smile onto her pale face, then walked away with a slight hunch in the direction Su Qi pointed.

Su Qi had been hiding behind a big tree, peeking out timidly as she walked away before finally stepping out.

He wasn't worried at all that Ruobingli would run away.

As mentioned in the scroll, this woman actually has no sense of direction.

To avoid getting lost, she specially commissioned someone to craft a magical artifact that could provide navigation.

However, she can't even use her spiritual power now, let alone activate her spiritual artifacts.

After walking a distance, Su Qi jumped onto a tree to observe.

When he saw that Ruobingli was heading in a direction that was 800 degrees different from the direction he had pointed, he fell silent.

If I remember correctly, there's only one way down the mountain, right?

How could you go astray like this?

That's really outrageous!

Having roughly predicted Ruobingli's route, Su Qi arrived at the location ahead of time, continuing to pretend to be picking wild vegetables, waiting for their second chance encounter.

However... he pulled up almost all the grass on the ground, but still no one came.

Unable to wait any longer, Su Qi jumped back onto the tree. Then he saw the pillar of light representing Ruo Bingli's fortune, which had somehow passed him and plunged headlong into the depths of the mountains.

With a slight twitch of his lips, Su Qi took a turn and overtook Ruo Bingli, arriving not far ahead of her.

Su refused to believe that she could stray from the right path at such a short distance.

Any normal person...

Seeing Ruobingli suddenly change direction, Su Qi's thoughts came to an abrupt halt.

He realized he was wrong; he shouldn't have been so stubborn about it.

They're just a hopeless idiot, why bother with all this fuss?

Helpless, he could only take the initiative again.

Pretending to look for wild vegetables, he approached Ruobingli.

Soon, the two, both looking utterly astonished, bumped into each other again, though Su Qi was faking it.

"You...you weren't going down the mountain, why are you heading deeper into the mountains?"

He asked the question with an expression that suggested he was afraid of strangers but couldn't resist his curiosity.

"I dropped something, I'll come back to pick it up."

Ruo Bingli blushed, unwilling to admit that she was lost, and made up an excuse.

Su Qi suddenly realized, glanced at her injuries, and then at the sky.

"You'd better get down the mountain as soon as possible. It's getting dark, and with so much blood on you, you'll attract wild animals."

"Ok!"

Ruo Bingli nodded weakly, her forehead beaded with cold sweat.

Just as I was about to turn around and leave...

"and many more……"

Su Qi mustered his courage and called out to the person, taking out a tattered cloth-wrapped object, about the size of a ping-pong ball, from his person.

"I made this myself. With it on, wild animals won't dare come near you."

Still not daring to get close, it was thrown from a distance.

Ruo Bingli subconsciously reached out to take it, and then smelled a pungent odor that made her cough involuntarily.

"Ahem...what is this?"

“There used to be a powerful monster in these mountains, but you don’t need to be afraid, it has been killed.”

Ruo Bingli raised an eyebrow slightly upon hearing this.

I guessed it; the demon beast's mere aura was enough to make wild animals tremble.

This should contain the fur, bones, flesh, and other things from that monster...

She had just thought of this when she heard Su Qi say the second half of the sentence.

"Its feces are in here!"

Ruo Bingli froze completely at that moment, her pupils contracting as she slowly looked down at the "specially made sachet" in her palm.

“I found a herb that can amplify its scent. As long as I carry it, wild animals within a few miles will not dare to come near.”

When talking about the special sachet he made, Su Qi seemed very proud and had lost his previous timidity, talking boastfully about his masterpiece.

It was clear that Ruobingli was about to lose her composure and reveal her volatile nature.

Suddenly, with a thud, Ruobingli fainted.

"Huh? What's wrong with you?" Su Qi was so frightened that he hid behind a tree, clinging to the edge of the tree, and weakly peeked out half of his head. He stared at her for a long time, and when he saw that she didn't move, he tentatively approached her.

Once he confirmed that she had indeed fainted, Su Qi regained his composure.

After thinking for a moment, he took Ruobingli's hands and dragged her to a nearby mountain wall.

It's not that Su Qi doesn't know how to cherish women; he's currently playing the role of a malnourished little beggar.

How could he possibly carry a comatose adult on his back?

So if you're going to put on a show, you have to go all the way. The weak, pitiful, and helpless little beggar can only be "laboriously" dragged to a safe place to save her.

He raised his hand and made a hand seal, carving a cave in the mountain wall, and Su Qi dragged her inside.

After a quick check to make sure she wasn't dead, they left her alone.

They gathered a bunch of weeds to cover the entrance to the cave.

After walking a little further away, Su Qi changed his attire again, making himself look like a simple, ordinary person, and then rode his sword down the mountain.

He went to a tavern, ordered a pot of wine and some food, and while waiting, Su Qi casually struck up a conversation with the innkeeper.

"Shopkeeper, do you know what happened? I passed through a village earlier and found that there was no one there."

"A village without people?"

The shopkeeper was puzzled at first, then seemed to remember something.

You mean Niujia Village, right?

“Yes, I think that sign says Niujia Village.” Su Qi slapped his thigh.

But he had no idea there were any deserted villages nearby; he was just trying to get information out of the shopkeeper.

In such chaotic times, it was common for villages to suffer annihilation.

War, monsters, bandits...

Human tragedies are everywhere.

Such incidents, where the entire village suffers together, are not uncommon.

"Niujia Village is truly tragic. I heard they saved someone, but it turned out to be a demonic cultivator. When righteous cultivators came knocking, the entire village was already corrupted by demonic energy. To prevent the contamination from spreading, they had no choice but to..." The shopkeeper shook his head and sighed.

"Tsk tsk tsk, what a mess."

After sighing, Su Qi began chatting idly with the shopkeeper again.

Then, as if casually mentioning it, he said there was a little beggar nearby who, despite her grime-covered appearance, was actually incredibly beautiful. He'd heard that a thug saw her while she was bathing, was immediately captivated by her beauty, and then started targeting her.

"How beautiful can a beggar be? That hooligan probably hasn't seen many beautiful women, so he's just awestruck by any woman he sees," the shopkeeper scoffed.

"Here comes your order, guest. Here is your wine and food."

After receiving the item from the shopkeeper, Su Qi paid the money, said goodbye to the shopkeeper, and left.

After buying some wild vegetables from a nearby vendor, Su Qi flew back into the deep mountains on his sword.

Don't ask why he bought wild vegetables, because he wasn't even sure if the ones he picked before were edible.

He found a place, poured out the wine from the wine jug, and then smashed the wine jug until it was somewhat broken before Su Qi went back.

Pushing aside the weeds blocking the cave entrance, Su Qi saw that Ruo Bingli was still unconscious, but he ignored her.

They set up the broken wine jug at the entrance of the cave, gathered some dry branches from nearby to start a fire, and began cooking wild vegetables.

They secretly plotted to create thick smoke, letting it flood into the cave.

"Cough cough..."

Unable to bear the smoke, Ruobingli frowned and groggily woke up.

Su Qi turned around when he heard the cough and saw that she had opened her eyes. The worry between his brows instantly turned into surprise.

"you're awake?"