The sage was determined to die.

"Yeah?"

The girl coldly uttered a sentence, and then her figure disappeared.

"Then I really look forward to the moment your heart breaks."

……

Ji Bai raised an eyebrow, looked at the group still following him, and said, "Having followed me this far, it seems you all understand your future quite well?"

"I'm very..." The person who responded was an unfamiliar face, with droopy eyelids, looking quite dejected at first glance. "Believe in your luck."

Ji Bai smiled.

He still acted as if he didn't care about anything, yet he gave off a very unfathomable feeling, as if he was full of bad intentions.

No one could fathom his inner thoughts, and naturally, no one could see what only he could see.

Ji Bai crossed his arms, his eyes deep in thought, and asked, "You're all from small countries, aren't you?"

The group kept their eyes down, said nothing, and nodded in agreement.

"Going back empty-handed is one thing, but carrying a ticking time bomb is another."

Ji Bai sighed, his gaze deep and his tone pitying, "This matter is somewhat related to me; I've dragged you into it. You must believe me. How about we take a gamble?"

The group looked up, wondering what this person was up to.

Ji Bai snapped his fingers, completely oblivious to the fact that he had done something wrong.

"Based on my observation and speculation, there are several places where there is literary talent. If you are willing to risk your lives, you might as well give it a try."

Upon hearing this, the group showed no surprise or excitement. Unsolicited kindness was no different from a trap to them, but such a blatant trap made them somewhat uncertain.

Just by looking at these people's faces, Ji Bai could guess what they were thinking.

Ji Bai said bluntly, "Hey, if I wanted to harm you, would I need to use such a roundabout method?"

These words, once spoken, were undeniably accurate.

The crowd couldn't help but waver.

……

After seeing everyone off, Yan Ming, who had been holding back his words the whole way, finally couldn't help but blurt them out.

He was still somewhat intimidated by Ji Bai's underhanded tactics, so he kept his distance, only managing to say, "Hey, are you crazy?"

Ji Bai stuck out his little finger and picked at his ear, pretending not to have heard anything.

"What's wrong with you?" he said with a laugh. "I'm just throwing money around, aren't I?"

After saying that, he immediately felt that something was not quite right.

He quickly changed his tune, saying, "I was just doing a good deed, what's there to be surprised about?"

"I really don't understand you."

Yan Ming muttered under his breath, "Those scholars from small countries have been cannon fodder for years. If they really obtain the Wenxin (a skill in literature), who knows how arrogant they will become in the future."

"Aren't you worried about things going wrong?" Yan Ming seemed unusually cultured at this moment. "Won't you sprain your ankle?"

Ji Bai remained calm and smiled, saying, "I'm not worried."

"Primitive people living in the forest can survive by eating raw meat, but once they learn to use fire..."

Ji Bai rubbed his fingers slightly and said, "Having something so precious, one should naturally try every means to keep it."

He spoke so bluntly, yet Yan Ming still didn't understand, so he had no choice but to ask directly, "What do you mean?"

Ji Bai sighed helplessly.

They walked smoothly and swaggered along, with Ji Bai saying as he went, "Are you stupid?"

"They've never possessed a literary heart before, so naturally they don't know its benefits. Once they do, they'll naturally try every means to keep it..."

"At that time, I'll definitely find a branch to lean on."