There were a total of 30 knights here: 2 official knights and 28 apprentice knights. They had a mission and came to different states to further increase the influence of the Hartmann Chamber of Commerce.
Now, in their sight, they saw a cultivator that Boss has been searching for.
"Steve, stay behind. No, run away and hide somewhere. Leaving behind a trial. I will follow the flying boat. If I can return alive, I will find you."
Alex, one of the Official Knights, said in a calm but urgent tone. His eyes never left the distant flying boat, which hovered in the sky.
"Ok, however, take 10 apprentice knights along with you. If I don't hear from you in three days, I will return to Anyu Town and report the situation."
Alex nodded and hurriedly followed the flying boat in his horse along with 10 apprentice knights.
The boat was moving slowly so that they could follow it closely. It was a clear sky today, so they also didn't lose track of it.
However, an hour later, the boat started acting strangely. It would suddenly fly high, then dip dangerously low, as if it were out of control.
The knight, however, still followed it with doubts creeping in their mind. Just as they thought the boat would fly again after coming down, it suddenly crashed. The trees broke down, and dust began to fly in the sky.
"What the—?" Alex hissed, raising his hand to signal caution.
"Everyone tread with caution. The cultivator controlling the boat might be in trouble. 5 knights watch from far away; others let go near the boat. If we are killed immediately, run in a different direction."
Alex gave orders and cautiously walked toward the direction of the crashed boat with 5 others.
They quickly neared the boat and saw a white-haired old man laying down on it.
"Everyone, stay here and watch. I will go near and check. If I die, run away in a different direction, making a lot of noise."
Alex again gave orders cautiously. This was triple insurance; if he dies, these 5 will run, making a lot of noise; if these 5 die too, the other 5 will notice and run away; and if those other 5 die too. Steve will swiftly return to Anyu Town, reporting the situation.
Alex neared the boat and saw an old man lying on his back. His breath weakened, and life slowly passed away. The old man's whole body was shriveled, and he looked at Alex with emotionless eyes.
"You... an innate master? Did you follow me all this way? I don't have much to live for. You won't get anything from me. I don't have any immortal techniques."
The old man said and closed his eyes, expecting death. As he closed his eyes, his life began to pass away quickly.
Alex looked back at the others and nodded, indicating everything was alright. The five apprentice knights far away came close to receiving the safe sign from Alex.
"Look at him; he is at his last moment."
"After he dies, we will take his body and this boat along with us. This flying boat is definitely a treasure."
"Wait everyone, a living cultivator is more beneficial than a dead one. If he dies, we won't know anything about cultivators at all. He must not die." A kind-looking apprentice knight immediately reminded others.
Hearing this, everyone turned their attention to the kind-faced knight. Even the old cultivator opened his eyes, looking at him.
""Don't bother saving me. I failed to build the foundation, and I somehow saved my life using the foundation-building pill, but my life essence is finished. Even all the bones in my body are broken; I can't even move."
The old cultivator said and closed his eyes again in defeat.
"The path to immortality..." he also began to murmur slowly.
"I have a Low Level Life potion, let me feed it to him. Maybe he can survive for some time." The kind-faced knight said as he took out a bottle of life potion.
"Lucas, you got this life potion from the young master personally to increase your strength. This life potion is not a healing potion; it cannot guarantee his survival. Don't show your kindness to others too much. Put that potions back."
"But sir, he doesn't feel like a bad person. He reminds me of my grandfather." Lucas said with an emotional face.
Alex raised his brows, looking at the old cultivator. This old man is definitely a bad person; if he gets healed, he might attack them.
"Ok, you can do it, but only you will stay by his side. Everyone retreats far away." Alex sighed and hurriedly walked away with others also following him. Experience new tales on empire
Lucas, seeing this, kneeled down and poured the potion directly into the old man's mouth. Lucas nervously watched as the old man was closing his eyes.
"Are you ok, old man?"
The old cultivator opened his eyes and said weakly, "This liquid has great life energy, although it didn't heal my injuries. This liquid stopped the loss of my life... at least for a short period of time."
The old man paused, then continued, "My name is Han Mo; you can call me Old Mo. If I survive this, I promise to take you as my disciple, kid."
After saying that, Han Mo went into a deep sleep, trying to use minimum life energy and preserve his life. If there is a chance to live, who would want to die?
Lucas watched for some more time before calling to others, "Old Mo has entered deep sleep. Although his life force is still weak, it has stopped dissipating. Everyone hurry up; take him to the boss carefully."
The others also hurriedly came forward and picked up the boat with Old Mo in it. They will be rewarded greatly after completing this mission.
Now that they have met the first cultivator. They will definitely collide with more cultivators in the future.
The 30 people gathered and headed straight towards Anyu Town. Along the way, the knights fed some more life potion to Old Mo to preserve his life.