What's going on?
Quinn Ye was startled and hurried over.
Hunter Huang had collapsed on the ground; his face was deathly pale, his breathing had stopped, and his limbs were still twitching.
Quinn quickly leaned down and listened to his heartbeat.
Just as I thought!
Cardiac arrest!
Quinn felt Hunter's pulse again, only to find it scattered and chaotic.
"This is bad! This guy's body is so weak. Running up here probably caused him to run out of breath, leading to a cardiac arrest."
Quinn frowned deeply.
If he didn't handle this properly, a life could be lost.
The situation was critical.
Quinn couldn't care less about anything else.
He directly began performing chest compressions on Hunter.
Overlapping his hands, he placed them over Hunter's heart.
Then one compression, two, three...
The three demons watching from the side were completely dumbfounded.
Holy crap!
What is he doing?
Could this be some unique form of punishment?
He's practically pressing a man to death alive.
Too cruel.
Too terrifying.
It turns out that even transcendent experts have a fierce and brutal side to them.
Just as the three demons felt a chill of terror in their hearts.
Hunter Huang, after being pressed continuously by Quinn over thirty times, suddenly opened his eyes.
Hoo!!!
Hunter took a violent gasp of air and abruptly sat up.
Quinn looked at his complexion, which seemed to have improved a bit, and finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"You almost lost your life just now."
Hunter stared blankly at Quinn.
"Young Master Quinn, what happened to me just now?"
Quinn said in annoyance, "You almost died just now."
Hunter was in a daze.
"I felt like I had a very long dream."
"It wasn't that long, just the time it takes to drink a cup of tea."
"I felt as if I experienced an entire lifetime."
"Uh, you were probably deprived of oxygen for too long, causing your brain to hallucinate."
"What is oxygen deprivation?"
"Oxygen deprivation means you ran out of air just now. When a person runs out of air, their brain turns to mush, and they can see anything."
"So that's how it is."
This confusing conversation left Quinn completely speechless.
Hunter stood up, still feeling a bit dizzy.
He cupped his hands in a salute toward Quinn.
"Many thanks, Young Master Quinn. I have no way to repay you for saving my life."
Quinn waved his hand. "I wasn't expecting you to repay me anyway. But your physique is way too weak. You almost lost your life just climbing a mountain. You really need to exercise more in the future."
Hunter sighed.
"My body has been weak since childhood; I've made a fool of myself in front of Young Master Quinn."
Quinn didn't say anything.
"That experience just now made me completely understand," Hunter suddenly said.
"What did you understand?"
Quinn looked at him in confusion.
"I understand why my father never left this place his entire life."
"Huh?"
A look of deep emotion appeared on Hunter's face.
"I also understand what you said to me the day before yesterday, Young Master Quinn."
"Although the outside world is vast, this native soil is the only place that can truly bring peace to my heart."
"Fallen leaves return to their roots; I was born here, and I grew up here."
"I know the people here, and I am familiar with every inch of land here. If I were to leave and end up dying out there, there wouldn't even be a single person to burn incense and kowtow in front of my father's grave."
Speaking of this, Hunter gave a self-deprecating smile.
"What's more, the people here listened to my father tell stories for half his life. If I leave, the folks here will never again hear the stories told by us, father and son."
At this moment.
A faint, warm radiance actually began to surge from Hunter's body.
Seeing this, the three demons turned pale with fright.
"This person actually had an epiphany!"
"Good heavens! This guy is just a mortal, yet he can actually have such a fortuitous encounter?"
"It's not surprising that he could have an epiphany after receiving guidance from the Master."
The three demons were both amazed and envious.
At the same time, they secretly made up their minds.
From now on, they would follow Quinn Ye to the very end.
Only by following this expert could they ever hope to amount to anything.
As for the grand cause of reviving the demon race.
They had long since tossed it to the back of their minds.
Hunter Huang had indeed had an epiphany.
Even though he was just a mere mortal.
But at this moment, Hunter had touched upon the Great Dao of life.
This was something that many cultivators could hardly reach even if they spent their entire lifetimes trying.
Although Hunter was still in a mortal body, his soul was quietly transforming at this very moment.
Furthermore, he had embarked on a path entirely different from that of cultivators.
"Young Master Quinn, this lowly one has a presumptuous request," Hunter said.
"Go ahead and say it."
Hunter said, "My father once mentioned that you know an Elder Jin, Young Master Quinn, and that this Elder Jin has written many brilliantly stunning stories. Could I ask Young Master Quinn to impart a thing or two? So that I can tell more and better stories to the folks down the mountain."
So it was about this.
"No problem."
Quinn immediately went inside the house.
And brought out a book.
"Take this book and read it; its brilliance is no less than The Legend of the Condor Heroes."
Hunter took the book. On the cover were four large, vigorously written characters.
The Return of the Condor Heroes!
Hunter froze.
Another Condor?
"Young Master Quinn, is this book related to The Legend of the Condor Heroes?" he couldn't help but ask.
"Of course it is; you'll know once you go back and read it," Quinn smiled mysteriously.
"Alright. Many thanks, Young Master Quinn."
Hunter bowed deeply.
Then, he took the book and headed down the mountain.
...
The Land of Northern River.
The Xiao Clan.
Finn Guo frowned as he looked at the few youths standing before him, who were slightly older than him by two years.
"Brat, how can the resources of my Xiao Clan be used by an outsider like you?"
One of the chubby youths, with a fierce look on his face, shouted at Finn.
"Hurry up and hand over the medicinal pills that belong to my Xiao Clan, otherwise, watch out, or we'll beat you up."
The three youths all rolled up their sleeves, putting on a posture as if they were about to throw punches.
"Alright, I'll give them to you."
Finn didn't get angry; he very calmly took out a jade bottle.
The chubby kid snatched the jade bottle, a smug smile appearing on his face.
"At least you know what's good for you!" the chubby kid said with a sinister grin.
Finn turned around to leave.
"Hold on!"
But the chubby kid immediately blocked Finn's path again.
"Is there something else?" Finn asked, puzzled.
"I remember Sister Sia Xiao also gave you a treasure. Hand that over too."
The chubby kid held out his hand demanding it.
This time, Finn was a little unhappy.
When he and Sia Xiao had returned to the Xiao Clan together, Sia had given him a Heart-Nourishing Jade.
The Heart-Nourishing Jade could nourish the mind and spirit, and warm the bloodlines. It had immense benefits for someone who had not yet come of age.
Finn could give up the medicinal pills; after all, he couldn't even cultivate himself anyway.
But the Heart-Nourishing Jade was a gift from Sia.
Finn didn't want to take something someone else had given him and hand it over to another person.
"No."
Finn shook his head.
The chubby kid froze, not expecting Finn to actually refuse him.
"What did you say?"
"I said no," Finn stated with a serious expression.
The chubby kid instantly flew into a rage.
"Aren't you afraid of getting beaten up?"
The three of them glared at Finn together.
Finn shook his head.
"I'm not afraid."