Swoosh swoosh swoosh!
Just then, sensing the commotion, more people began to arrive. They were all renowned constables. Although there were some cultivators in the village, their cultivation levels were quite low.
"Is that... a demonic wolf? I've actually seen a real demonic wolf."
"Did Zhao Ling kill this demonic wolf?"
"It must be him. Zhao Ling's arm is broken. It seems he paid a great price even for killing this demonic wolf!"
"Indeed!"
"Huh? Who is that young man?"
"Don't know him!"
At this moment, individuals stepped forward to speak with Zhao Ling.
"Zhao Ling, are you alright?"
"..."
While people marveled at Zhao Ling's great contribution, they also lamented his severe injuries.
Zhao Ling's face was flushed, looking incredibly displeased. Firstly, he didn't kill the demonic wolf. Secondly, if he had been more careful, he wouldn't have sustained such a serious injury, to the point of losing an arm.
He even wondered if Yang Feilong had arrived earlier and deliberately chose not to save him.
Thinking of this, his resentment towards Yang Feilong grew.
Not long after, everyone present learned the details of the incident from Lin Yunxi. They then opened their mouths wide, looking at Zhao Ling with sympathy and at Yang Feilong, this young man, with admiration.
Zhao Ling couldn't bear their pitying gazes and left.
He had actually wanted to leave earlier, but he wanted to know the relationship between Yang Feilong and Lin Yunxi, so he stayed. Otherwise, wouldn't his injury have been in vain?
But now, he felt he had no face to stay any longer.
Just as he was preparing to leave, Yang Feilong offered him a pill: "This pill should be better than what you've taken yourself. While it can't regrow your severed arm, it can help heal your injuries!"
"I don't need your busybody meddling!" Zhao Ling gritted his teeth and said, then turned to leave.
Yang Feilong: "..."
Lin Yunxi: "..."
The others: "..."
Yang Feilong shrugged, saying no more, and felt no anger. The man had lost an arm, a complete and utter loss. It was perfectly normal for his emotions to be a bit unstable!
Yang Feilong naturally wouldn't be angry. The reason he offered the pill was primarily because his earlier intervention hadn't been entirely in vain. Had he not blocked for that split second, Lin Yunxi might have become prey for the demonic wolf. Yang Feilong had seen Lin Yunxi's predicament but was just a fraction too late. There was a slight timing issue. Of course, it wasn't certain he couldn't have saved Lin Yunxi, but the possibility of failure was just a hair's breadth away.
Lin Yunxi was, after all, a very good friend of Yang Feilong's, and she had helped him a lot before. If he had to watch Lin Yunxi perish, his heart would ache terribly!
Although he had been impolite to Zhao Ling earlier, it was because of the other man's tone. But after thinking about it, he still offered a healing pill. Whether the other man accepted it or not was his business, and the slight guilt Yang Feilong felt naturally vanished.
...
The night deepened.
A farmhouse.
"Are you sure there's another demonic wolf?" Lin Yunxi asked as Yang Feilong entered the room.
Lin Yunxi had also been seriously injured before. Although Yang Feilong had provided excellent healing pills, the time was short, and she hadn't fully recovered yet.
"I wasn't sure before, but after circling the village again just now, I'm completely certain!" Yang Feilong shrugged and smiled, "There's no other demonic wolf."
When he first arrived in the village, he had heard Lin Yunxi's cry for help and rushed over quickly. The demonic energy he sensed was quite chaotic.
He thought it was two demonic wolves, but after investigating carefully just now, he found that the two different demonic energies actually came from the same demonic wolf. The difference was due to its demonic energy before and after its breakthrough.
That's why Yang Feilong had misunderstood!
"That's good then." Lin Yunxi breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this. She still trusted Yang Feilong's words quite a bit.
Then she looked at Yang Feilong and said earnestly, "I haven't thanked you yet. You saved me again!"
This time, if Yang Feilong hadn't appeared, she was afraid she would have truly become food for the demonic wolf.
"Do you want to consider repaying me with yourself?" Yang Feilong said jokingly.
"Okay!" Lin Yunxi blinked her eyes and nodded seriously.
"Uh." Yang Feilong had only been joking and never expected Lin Yunxi to agree so readily. She agreed...
"Look at you, so flustered. I agreed, and now you're panicking?" Lin Yunxi blushed and then teased him.
She had known Yang Feilong for more than a day or two.
She understood Yang Feilong's personality, and because she understood, she dared to respond to Yang Feilong so boldly.
"Um, when are you planning to leave?" Yang Feilong forced a laugh and changed the subject.
"When you decide to marry me, I'll leave with you," Lin Yunxi said with a giggle.
"..." Yang Feilong said helplessly, "Uh, I was wrong. I shouldn't have made such a joke."
"But what if I'm serious? Am I not pretty? Not gentle? Not sexy?" Lin Yunxi looked at Yang Feilong with teary eyes, her voice red.
"..."
What was going on?
Lin Yunxi wasn't like this before. When did she go to acting school? How could she act so skillfully?
"How is it? Is my acting okay?" Seeing Yang Feilong's bewildered expression, Lin Yunxi chuckled sheepishly.
"Why have you changed so much from before?" Yang Feilong asked in surprise.
"After becoming a renowned constable, I participated in training in this area!" Lin Yunxi explained with a smile.
"Uh." Yang Feilong's eyes widened. There was training in this area too?
"After all, to become an all-around renowned constable, acting skills need to be honed, so you can handle all sorts of missions," Lin Yunxi said with a smile.
"Alright!" Yang Feilong sighed in admiration.
Lin Yunxi's growth was truly rapid, almost like a template for a novel's heroine. She was much more mature than when he first met her!
"Right, why did you give that Zhao Ling a pill earlier? It doesn't seem like your style," Lin Yunxi suddenly asked.
"I thought you would understand!" Yang Feilong glanced at Lin Yunxi and said meaningfully.
"I would understand?" Lin Yunxi was stunned for a moment, then said, "Could it be that you really didn't have time to act at that moment? Instead of seeing Zhao Ling fight and then not intervening until he was losing?"
Clearly, this was something Lin Yunxi had been speculating about herself.
"No, although I saw you in danger at the time, I was a bit too far away and couldn't get there in time!" Yang Feilong shrugged and told the truth.
"Is that so! In that case, Zhao Ling did contribute somewhat?" Lin Yunxi said with a hint of shame, "I, I should thank him."
"If he asked you to repay him with yourself, what would you do?" Yang Feilong looked at Lin Yunxi and said with a smile, "Anyone with eyes can see that he likes you."
"You're talking nonsense. I don't like him, and it was you who saved me!" Lin Yunxi glared at Yang Feilong angrily.
Indeed.
No matter what, although Zhao Ling had helped, Yang Feilong was the one who provided the greatest assistance. In fact, if Yang Feilong hadn't appeared, not only would Lin Yunxi have died, but Zhao Ling might not have escaped either. At that time, Zhao Ling's arm was broken, his combat power greatly reduced, and he was no longer a match for the demonic wolf!
"So you really want to marry me!" Yang Feilong suddenly understood.
"Go to hell! I would marry anyone but you!" Lin Yunxi, her face flushed with embarrassment, threw something in her hand at Yang Feilong.