Their leader looked at him with a terrified expression and rushed into the forest. The other bandits looked at each other and then followed their leader's footsteps.
Xian Li turned towards the people he saved, smiled and vanished like wind.
The people whom he saved suddenly came out of their daze when he left and they forgot to thank him for saving their lives!
...
Somewhere above a mountain about 460 miles away from the previous location.
"I don't feel anything strange or new about the curse."
Xian Li put his palm on his chest and said.
"Maybe you were not kind enough or you did not help them with the kindness which should emerge from within your heart."
Zhurong suggested to which Xian Li just sighed and nodded. He said-
"I just can't remember how I did it before. Those times, I could feel their pain like it was mine. And now...Sigh, I just can't. Is it due to the curse or have I become too prideful and arrogant.?"
Hearing Xian Li's disappointment, He tried to comfort him with some motivational words but to no avail.
It had already been an entire day since they started. They had roamed 4 entire continents and the number of people they saved was now in 4 numbers and would be in 5 numbers after a few more.
Zhurong found him the people to be saved and Xian Li saved them. Faced with Xian Li's overwhelming strength, none could do anything to him. Most people he saved were attacked by some second-rate goons or weak cultivators and sometimes, ordinary people with no cultivation.
Once, Zhurong found a person at the Mahayana Realm(just below The Immortal Transformation Realm, at which Xian Li and Zhurong are), who was attacking a small sect. The sect was about to be exterminated, with only few of its leader and some disciples left.
Fortunately, Xian Li came in time and saved the sect by defeating the Mahayana Realm Cultivator with one move. Then, He quickly left after saying and hearing nothing.
Similar situation happened all over the world and Xian Li saved them in the same way-
Come> say nothing > save the people > Say nothing > Leave without a trace.... Whoosh!
Then, Zhurong suddenly spoke up-
"Maybe,, you should try to communicate with them and spend a little time with them. And when they are in danger, Your heart will also say to help them."
Xian Li looked at him brightened eyes.
It isn't a bad idea at all!
...
5 hours later.
Sitting on a horse, was Xian Li, along with a group of young men and women who looked like ordinary people. On each of the horse, including the horse on which Xian Li was sitting, there were bags full of vegetables, fruits, herbs and other daily use materials.
This meant one thing, They were merchants.
"Hey Li Wang! Do you know towards which city we are going?"
Xian Li, who told them that his name was Li Wang, shook his head.
He found this group selling on the street in a town. He unintentionally picked up a fruit and started eating it. He thought that the seller would shout at him and will demand money but to his surprise, no one said anything.
He looked behind and noticed something strange. A young man who was selling the fruits was looking at him with a kind smile. He said-
"Don't worry, Eat it. You must be starving for you to do something like this."
Xian Li noticed that the smile on his face carried emotions devoid of any selfishness.
This piqued his interest and he decided to buy something from them but instead, ended up joining them. Everyone in this group was like that young man, kind, no selfishness and no greed.
"How wonderful would it be if there were people like them in the Immortal Realm..." He thought inwardly.
But there was one person who was different, at least on the inside. He appeared like them on the outside but he did not see the same emotions on that person. He looked like he had some ulterior motives.
Xian Li, or Li Wang, said amusedly in his mind-
"How unlucky you are that you met me..."