Chapter 91 - 34.5 - Saving Damsel in Distress (1/2)
Li Xinwen is only at the 4th Stage of Houtian, so the scope of his spiritual detection is not large enough to cover the whole city. So he had to go from one point to another, sending out his spiritual energy to detect Xue Rui's or the other cultivator's spiritual signature.
On his fifth stop, Li Xinwen finally managed to lock onto their location. They were currently located deep in the forest, and Li Xinwen hastened his steps. 'Xue Rui's spiritual signature is getting weaker and weaker. Lanyu!'
[ Lanyu: Yes? ]
'Is there anything that can help heal injuries inside the house?' Li Xinwen asked the little spirit fae. 'Preferably something that a mortal can use or consume.'
[ Lanyu: Hold on, I will go check! ]
[ Lanyu: Found it! But master, you can't give too much to a mortal. Just give them a small drop or else, it would damage their internal organ instead! ]
As soon as Lanyu said that, Li Xinwen felt the small bottle appearing in his hand. ” Ah 'Xiao, listen carefully. Once we arrive, Ge will set up a barrier around you and Xue Rui. You help Xue Rui with his injuries... give this to him but only one small drop, nothing more. After that, go and call Min Xiaoyu and inform him of our location,” Li Xinwen said as he handed the bottle into Sun Xiao's hand. Then, he also took out his phone and placed it on Sun Xiao's other hand. ”The phone password is '1313'.”
”Okay. Is big brother Rui alright?” Sun Xiao asked.
”He is still alive,” Li Xinwen replied. He couldn't tell Sun Xiao how bad Xue Rui's injuries are but based on his weakening spiritual signature, he could only imagine the worse.
As soon as Li Xinwen saw the group of low levelled cultivator around the beaten up Xue Rui, he immediately made his offensive move. He first formed a barrier around Xue Rui to protect him, then condensed the spiritual energies onto his palm before he pushed his palm forward. A wave of cold energies shot through and it blew the people around Xue Rui.
Some were lucky enough to protect themselves in time by giving themselves a layer of protection made of spiritual energy, but one of them was not so lucky. His forearm was now covered in ice and the ice continued to spread upwards.
”Hurry and use your spiritual energy to melt the ice!” one of his companions shouted.
”I-I can't! I can't circulate my spiritual energy! My meridians are blocked!” he replied in a panicked tone. The ice continued upwards and by now, it is almost reaching his shoulder. The group was too focused on him that they failed to notice Li Xinwen's movement. By the time they did, Li Xinwen already had one hand pierced through one of their comrade's chest.
”Getting distracted? If you don't pay attention, you'll pay with your life. Of course... not that I plan to let any of you go,” Li Xinwen said before he pulled his hand out. When he did, ice began to bloom from within the wound. ”Since I invited Xue Rui to join me, his safety was my responsibility. To think that someone dared to harm someone who is under my wing, I feel really insulted...”
The man with the chest wound only stared at Li Xinwen with disbelief. Compared to the first victim, the ice spreads through his body even faster and soon, he is fully enclosed in ice. Li Xinwen lightly pushed the 'ice sculpture' and it fell down to the ground with a loud crash, shattering to tiny diamond clouds of dust. The others became fearful, especially the first victim of Li Xinwen's ice. Thinking that he might share the same fate as his dead comrade, he quickly went to Li Xinwen and knelt before him.
”Brother, brother, brother! Please spare me! I-I didn't want to do it, ah! I was forced!” he said tearfully. ”It was Ding Xiaobo! He's the one who's behind all this!! He said that if I don't do as he says, he will crush my father's company... I-”
”Ding Xiaobo?” Li Xinwen asked. ”Which one is that?”
”It's him! He's Ding Xiaobo! His father is the head of Ding Technology which is a major investor for my father's company. If he tells his father to pull out, my father will be troubled and... that is why he left me no choice!!”
Ding Xiaobo, who was stabbed in the back by one of his lackeys have an ugly expression on his face. ”You bastard! Don't think that I will let you off after this!”