Fortunately, he was persistent and continued forward, eventually discovering a very hidden cave.
This cave was located on the back of a large mountain, and if not searched carefully, it would be impossible to find.
The heavens favored the diligent.
Ye Fei immediately dashed into the cave.
However, as soon as he entered, before he could observe his surroundings, footsteps were heard from outside.
Ye Fei immediately became alert, gripping his long sword, and moved to the cave entrance.
He saw the footsteps getting closer and closer, and finally, the person entered the stone cave where Ye Fei was.
As the cave was pitch black, making it impossible to see anything, the figure seemed to have no trace of Ye Fei.
"Chase!"
"We can't let her escape!"
A rough shout was heard again from outside.
Then, the footsteps grew further away.
Only when the footsteps could no longer be heard did the figure slowly breathe a sigh of relief.
Then, with a flash of Yuan Li, he lit a torch.
"Ah!"
"Who are you?"
As the figure let out a scream, Ye Fei was also startled.
Since Ye Fei had his back to her, she became even more vigilant.
Ye Fei, startled as well, immediately turned around.
"It's you!"
"What are you doing here?"
With the light, both of them could finally see each other clearly.
Ye Fei was very surprised to see that the person before him was Qi Xinlian, the daughter of Elder Qi whom he had met just two days prior.
"I came here to gather medicinal herbs."
"I truly didn't expect to run into you here!"
"What a coincidence!"
Ye Fei continued.
"You seemed quite flustered just now, what's going on?"
When this topic was brought up, Qi Xinlian also appeared puzzled.
She didn't recognize those people at all and had no idea why she had offended them.
"To be honest, it's my first time seeing them too. I don't know why they are chasing me!"
"Could it be a mistake?"
Qi Xinlian said uncertainly.
Ye Fei, however, felt uneasy and continued to ask her several more questions.
He learned that the cultivation of all three individuals had reached the peak of the sixth level of Qi Refining.
Ye Fei's heart tightened. They had been careless just now, allowing them to temporarily escape, but if they returned, it would be dire!
Feeling uneasy, Ye Fei quickly shared his thoughts with Qi Xinlian.
"What?"
"You're saying they'll be back here to search later?"
"Then aren't we very dangerous?"
Qi Xinlian exclaimed, her heart sinking.
"Indeed!"
"So we must leave here quickly!"
Ye Fei asserted.
"Okay, then let's leave quickly!"
"Otherwise, I'm afraid we won't make it in time!"
Qi Xinlian urged.
However, just as the two of them were about to leave the cave, footsteps were heard again from outside.
And the sound seemed even closer than before.
Qi Xinlian's eyes widened, and her mind went blank. She had never imagined they would return so quickly.
"What do we do?"
"We can't get out!"
Qi Xinlian whispered.
Ye Fei also realized the current situation was extremely unfavorable, but they certainly couldn't just wait to die!
If they were truly trapped here, it would be a huge problem!
The only way now was to get out of the cave as quickly as possible and seize the opportunity to escape.
However, a fierce battle was unavoidable.
Ye Fei had previously faced a martial artist at the early stage of the seventh level of Qi Refining alone, so he wasn't as fearful. But if two peak sixth-level Qi Refining martial artists attacked him together, his chances of winning would likely not be high.
However, at this point, all they could do was fight to the death!
He then said with a serious expression.
"Listen!"
"There are three of them. You must distract one of them for me later!"
"As for the remaining two, they are mine!"
"If you can't hold on in the end, you should run immediately, do you understand?"
Ye Fei instructed.
"What about you?"
"What will you do?"
"No, I can't abandon you and run alone!"
"That would make me less than human!"
Qi Xinlian refused.
In fact, this matter had nothing to do with Ye Fei originally; it was she who had implicated him.
But now that Ye Fei was willing to help her voluntarily, she was already deeply grateful.
She then remembered she still had a hidden weapon in her Qiankun bag, so she quickly took it out and handed it to Ye Fei, saying.
"Ye Fei, my gratitude is beyond words. This is a sleeve arrow refined by my father. It was originally my life-saving hidden weapon, but now that we are in imminent danger, I will entrust this sleeve arrow to you."
Ye Fei took the sleeve arrow and saw that it was indeed excellent!
With the addition of this sleeve arrow, Ye Fei's confidence was greatly boosted.
"Alright, then I won't be polite!"
"I will definitely kill those people later!"
"I'll go first, you just follow behind me!"
With that said, Ye Fei immediately drew his sword and rushed out of the stone cave.
Qi Xinlian followed closely behind Ye Fei and also went out.
The three black-clothed figures who were still searching frantically, upon hearing the commotion behind them, rejoiced and all turned their heads.
"You slut, you finally appeared!"
"You really made us brothers search for a long time!"
"Then accept your death quickly!"
As the three black-clothed figures were about to approach the two of them,
Ye Fei immediately unleashed several sword energies and shouted angrily.
"Wait!"
"If you're going to kill us, at least let us die with understanding!"
"Tell me, who sent you?"
Seeing that the speaker was merely a young man at the early stage of the fifth level of Qi Refining, the three exchanged glances and sneered.
"What brat are you?"
"How dare you speak to us like this?"
"I think you're looking for death!"
After a laugh, the stoutest among them, a black-clothed figure with a black headscarf, spoke.
"Forget it, considering I'm in a good mood today, I'll mercifully tell you."
"We were commissioned by an elder of the Qi Sect. If we kill that young lady behind you, we'll receive a large sum of money, and then the three of us brothers can retire."
After hearing this, Qi Xinlian reacted the most strongly.
She immediately questioned loudly.
"Who is it?"
"Who is this so-called Qi Sect elder you're talking about?"
"Tell me quickly!"
The three brothers scratched their heads and said again.
"Stinky girl, since you're about to become a soul under our swords, and to let you die without regret, we'll tell you."
"However, we didn't actually see the person's true face. But he has a very obvious characteristic: he is missing a finger on his right hand, having only four fingers."
"Have I made myself clear?"
The black-clothed man with the headscarf said.