Su Xuan spoke bluntly.

"You..." 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢

Luo Tianyi was so frustrated that he almost broke into a nosebleed. In his view, this guy should have the demeanor of a legendary hero, so how could he be like this?

"What do you mean ’you’? I tell you, sometimes it’s not a matter of dying or not. If these people don’t die today, all of us will perish, and you women will suffer a fate worse than death."

After Su Xuan said this, he stopped talking and leaned against the sand dune to sleep. Today’s battle had exhausted him; he couldn’t hold on any longer. Soon, he fell asleep.

Once Su Xuan fell asleep, everyone else remained silent, each pondering their own thoughts. Two people from their group had died already. Initially, they thought no one would die, but now they realized death was closer than they expected.

Especially today, seeing those vicious criminals made them realize how fragile life is. If not for Su Xuan, they might have been buried in the desert forever.

In the middle of the night, Luo Tianyi’s three housekeepers woke up. Although Su Xuan hadn’t hit any vital areas, they had lost too much blood and were quite weak.

When seeing that they were indeed okay, Luo Tianyi’s tears flowed instantly; it was truly reassuring to see them unharmed.

"Miss, we’re okay now!"

One of the middle-aged men in his forties said softly, then turned his head to look at the sleeping Su Xuan, speaking gently.

"Miss, this person is not ordinary!"

"Indeed he is not ordinary. For survival, he’s ruthless and heartless. He just said that if necessary, he would sacrifice your lives—too cold-blooded!"

Luo Tianyi spoke earnestly, still harboring resentment in his heart. Although he knew Su Xuan did all this to save lives, he wasn’t particularly impressed. He felt Su Xuan’s actions lacked principles, were too cruel, and not very fair-minded.

"Haha, Miss, it seems you don’t fully grasp the treacherous Martial World. He’s right; although you have justice in your heart, the Martial World isn’t as simple as you think. If he hadn’t acted today, we wouldn’t be in this situation. Do you admire those melodramatic TV scenes where saving one civilian results in the deaths of a dozen soldiers?"

"But..."

Luo Tianyi didn’t really know how to respond or argue; he just felt something was fundamentally wrong. He admired Su Xuan as if he were like the unyielding War God, who would rather die in battle than bow his head. That’s a real man.

"Tianyi, this young man is very intelligent and decisive. To achieve this in such a short time is truly remarkable. Actually, when he was attacking me, I already understood his intent. Action in passion is minor love; being able to prioritize the big picture and weigh pros and cons is truly the work of someone great, and that’s compassion. With his help, maybe our issues at Luotian Castle can be resolved!"

The man spoke earnestly, which surprised Luo Tianyi. He knew his uncle had high standards; for him to appreciate someone like this meant the person was exceptional.

At dawn, when a ray of sunlight shone on Su Xuan’s face, he flipped up like a carp, feeling refreshed. After a night’s rest and a proper meal, he was full of energy. Su Xuan stood atop the sand dune, gazing into the distance, as the sunrise cast its glow on his handsome face, making him appear strikingly handsome and exuding masculinity.

Luo Tianyi had just risen too. Watching Su Xuan standing on the hill, bathed in the sunrise, radiating golden light all over, she found herself somewhat mesmerized. Su Xuan was really pleasant to look at, his tall and slender figure, chiseled handsome face, truly worthy of being called a rare beautiful man.

"Hey, girl, keep staring and your eyeballs will drop out!"

Uncle Wang teased with a mischievous smile.

"Uncle Wang, what nonsense are you talking about?"

In that moment, Luo Tianyi felt a bit embarrassed, her pretty face instantly flushed.

"Haha, girl, I watched you grow up, I understand your thoughts. If you weren’t interested in this young man, you wouldn’t have lost control yesterday!"

"No, stop talking nonsense!"

Luo Tianyi blushed deeply, feeling rather embarrassed, and quickly defended herself.

By this time, Su Xuan had returned down below, and after everyone drank water and ate, they regained much of their energy and spirit.

"Brother Bu, how many camels are left?"

"Only seven can be used now!"

"Let those in poor physical condition ride the camels; others can ride horses. Today we must leave here. These people didn’t bring much food and water when they came in, we need to leave as soon as possible!"

Su Xuan spoke and kicked aside Master Bao’s corpse, then picked up a box from the ground.

"But young man, we still don’t know how to leave!"

Actually, in the middle of the night, Bu Daming had checked the stars, trying to find a solution, but it didn’t work.

"We didn’t know before, but now we do. Brother Bu, do you think these people would dare to come in without fearing they might get trapped in the desert and can’t get out?"

Su Xuan replied with a smile.

"What do you mean?"

Bu Daming asked excitedly.

"Two possibilities: First, Dragon Gate Inn should be nearby; someone among us has a locator, and now we’ve entered their control range, so they can locate us. Second, someone informed them to come in!"

Su Xuan said, sweeping his eyes over everyone present.

"You mean there’s a traitor!"

Looking at Su Xuan, Luo Tianyi was also taken aback!

"I never said that, but it’s quite possible. Damn, this traitor could be really cold-blooded!"

Su Xuan said coldly.

"..."

Luo Tianyi and the others were instantly speechless, thinking, damn, you said you never claimed there was a traitor, but your latter sentence clearly implies the traitor did this.

Though, in fact, this was precisely what Su Xuan believed. His reasoning was simple: electronic devices have limited effectiveness in sandy areas, and cell phones here are practically scrap metal.

So the so-called location tracking doesn’t quite work well—the only possibility is that there is a traitor.

"Young man, could you be mistaken? Everyone is sharing life and death, living and dying together. There shouldn’t be any traitors among us."