Chapter 21: Tired

He suddenly grabbed, and as a result, pulled out a woman.

Li Qi was stunned, momentarily frozen.

But the black mist immediately tried to snatch her, rushing over regardless of damage!

Li Qi immediately threw the person behind him, then punched away the black mist that rushed over three times, but the black mist did not dissipate as before; instead, it directly swallowed him!

It was as if it was fighting for its life.

"Damn it!" Li Qi's heart tightened, and he immediately sang loudly!

"The brilliant Seven Luminaries, clearly above!"

"Valiant warriors, how mighty, how mighty!"

The blood and Qi in his body immediately boiled like an oil drum that had been ignited!

Bright as sunlight, blazing like a fierce flame!

Under the enhancement of the Ox Strength Technique, his Yang Qi surged out, and his imposing Aura directly pushed the surrounding black mist away.

The black mist still wanted to advance, but at this moment, the other Merchants had arrived; they shouted loudly, full of Killing Intent, and the clanging of their choppers was filled with the Aura of a battlefield, immediately scaring the black mist away.

The black mist seemed to hesitate for a moment or two, then quickly retreated, no longer blocking the way.

"We succeeded, that bastard is gone, let's go quickly too!" Seeing this, Li Qi breathed a sigh of relief and immediately said to the crowd behind him.

Although his tone was somewhat commanding, at this moment, no one had any objections; everyone quickly packed their belongings, hung their choppers, shouldered their baskets, then picked up torches and ran out in a flash.

No one even bothered with that woman.

Li Qi watched them run off without even caring about the person, and for a moment, he didn't know what expression to make...

But at least it was a life; that woman seemed to have lost consciousness?

She must have been kidnapped by this monster too, right?

Li Qi looked at the people who had already run away, undecided in his heart, but looking closer, the woman's clothes were tattered, originally appearing to be white cloth and gauze, clearly the kind of very expensive clothing.

However, although expensive, they were covered in mud and dust, ragged, and she had some wounds on her body that were oozing blood, making her white dress somewhat red.

She had no hairpins, her hair was disheveled, and she looked extremely disheveled.

She looked like... a young lady from a prominent family who had been captured?

Would there be a reward for saving her?

He hesitated for two or three seconds, and when he looked back again, that group of people had already run twenty meters away.

And those black mists, he didn't know if they would return.

"It can't be; a monster that can shapeshift, and I could pull it out?" Li Qi said to himself, then carried the unconscious woman and quickly ran off as well.

There was no other way; he couldn't just leave her to die, could he? Although it was very suspicious, if it was a monster, then under the sunlight during the day, it would naturally reveal its true form.

If it was the kind of monster that wasn't afraid of sunlight and could perfectly transform into a human, then would saving it or not make a difference?

Wouldn't both be a dead end?

With such a thing, whether one could live after seeing it purely depended on the other party's mood; perhaps saving a life would make the monster happy, and there might even be benefits, right?

After all, Li Qi still had some conscience; leaving a seemingly helpless woman lying by the roadside to die, he still felt somewhat guilty.

It was only a day's journey to Feng County; he could carry her there.

With this thought, he no longer hesitated, carrying the person and relying on his physical fitness to quickly catch up.

The group ran as if their lives depended on it, running for over an hour; even though they all had cultivation methods, running like this on a mountain road, plus the consumption from the middle of the night, they were all as tired as dead dogs.

What surprised Li Qi even more was that during this hour of frantic running, if a living person were carried on one's shoulder, they should have been jostled to death, or at least jostled back to consciousness if half-dead, but the woman on his back was still unconscious.

However, given that this was a world with strange powers and spirits, he couldn't say much; he figured he would carry her to the city first, and then worry about it if no one claimed her.

After more than an hour, a faint light already appeared in the sky, and only then did everyone stop; each of them collapsed on the mountain road like dead dogs, leaning against rocks, completely exhausted, some even vomited from exhaustion.

"Don't drink water yet, wait until you've rested enough before drinking!" The big man instructed the Merchants, then leaned against a tree himself, utterly exhausted.

Li Qi was even worse off; although he didn't carry the Merchants' baskets, he was still moving with a heavy load; that woman also weighed eighty or ninety catties (40-45 kg); carrying her for a while didn't feel like much, but carrying her and running for an hour was truly deadly; he also casually found a spot, put the woman down, and without caring if the ground was dirty, he decisively collapsed, gasping for air.

Tired, truly too tired.

This hour of frantic running probably covered nearly eighty li, and it was also weighted cross-country, which almost took Li Qi's old life; since he began to Cultivate his cultivation method, he had never been so tired; even pulling a boat wouldn't be for two hours straight!

Although a pile of dead dogs were panting, the big man was the first to recover.

After recovering a little strength, he walked to Li Qi's side and then sat down with a thud: "You, you don't look very strong, but I didn't expect you to be so brave; my name is Ba Kui, what's your name?"

"Li Qi..." Li Qi replied weakly; he hadn't recovered yet.

"Li Qi, I'm sorry about what happened during the day; I have a bit of a hot temper, and I can't help myself when I hear people gossiping, but I didn't expect that you, despite looking thin and small, are a true man; we'll reach Feng County today, and when we do, we've agreed, I must treat you to a drink! Let's celebrate!" Ba Kui clapped Li Qi on the shoulder and laughed heartily.

"Definitely, definitely..." Li Qi was still weak and limp; when he was patted, he simply fell down.

He didn't know why, but he felt exceptionally tired.

After all, he used to do a lot of physical labor and felt that his endurance wouldn't be too bad; even if he was tired, he should recover quickly.

However, at this moment, he felt particularly, particularly tired, as if no amount of rest could make him recover.

It felt like... the feeling of just recovering from a serious illness, the feeling of his body being weak?

But he didn't seem to have done anything that would make his body weak?

"By the way, Li Qi, what do you plan to do by bringing this woman back? She hasn't woken up yet, probably had her essence absorbed by that monster; this is just a burden, I'm afraid it'll be difficult to travel with her, are you interested in her?" Ba Kui looked at the unconscious woman.

"I just didn't want to leave her to die, that's all; I can't just abandon her, can I?" Li Qi wiped his sweat, then took a small sip of water.

"This, it helps you recover faster." Ba Kui then reached out, holding a paper packet in his hand.

Li Qi took it, opened it, and found dark brown granules inside.

"Salt, when you're tired, take a sip of water, then a pinch of salt; you'll regain strength in no time." Ba Kui said.

"Thank you." Li Qi thanked him, pinched a little, and put it in his mouth.

The first sensation wasn't salty, but bitter.

However, it was normal; with this kind of coarse salt, the salt content might not even be as much as the sand, so being able to replenish energy was already quite good.