Chapter 135 Move not unless you see an advantage; use not your troops unless there is something to be gained; fight not unless the position is critic

135 Move not unless you see an advantage; use not your troops unless there is something to be gained; fight not unless the position is critical.

Han Li raked his brain and understood his situation soon enough, and explaining it to his mom seemed a good choice, too, since it made it clearer for himself. Currently, there is an ongoing conflict between two Power Born.

The Power Born Woman, whom Han Li knew by the nickname—Demonic Ice Fairy, was going after Starlight Clan Head's Son, Li Shuanwei, for some reason while also stirring up the other two clans using her underlings. And then, there was also that Evolution Stage woman with the Illusion of Dao Soul, for whom he had special consideration due to how dangerous she was to him when he had to protect his mother. So overall, he was in the middle of a quagmire if he decided to move.

And even if he won, he wouldn't have much substantial benefit to show for it. It would be a wasteful way of putting himself in danger—not to mention his mother. So, there was only one thing to do: get out of this situation and get back with Liyue and Li Yao. Then, he simply had to wait for the storm to calm down.

As simple as that.

Honestly speaking, one choice was to lay low inside the Elephant Rock for some time and go out when it was all over, but that had a lot of issues: the blood outside for one, and the second, he would be in a very passive situation.

He can't make the Elephant Rock fight without it being midnight, so he would be utterly passive. He chose to run back instead, of course, not in plain sight; that would be stupid.

Yue Li was carried on his back, and he gently got out of the Elephant Rock, his heart calm, his Soul Sense expanded and searched for issues and, without stopping, ran away, as alert as he could be. His mother looked at the blood on the ground around him and hugged him tightly, but she didn't say anything, and before she knew it, Han Li was running at full speed. The fact that his Soul Sense was entirely hidden helped him have a huge advantage in the area of the senses, so he didn't fear an Evolved finding him. The only fear he had was a Power Born finding him, in which case, he would have to scheme or show them one of his cardinal secrets.

One tree after the other flickered by, and Yue Li wondered how fast they were going. As fast as a car?

Suddenly, Han Li came to an abrupt halt, and his face paled slightly.

The ground was shaking slightly.

"Power Borns are fighting around this area," he muttered and turned around resolutely. Without pause, he ran towards the Southern Dragon River.

"Xiao Li..."

Han Li sighed. "Close your eyes; I will do the rest."

She clenched her teeth and hid her face into his back, closing her eyes.

Han Li walked into the middle of the caravan, full of fleas and a disgusting smell, and gently picked up the inconspicuous fruit near the caravan wheels. He wondered whether it was here before his mom used the System.

Or did it just... pop up?

Then it would have been better to pop up in Yue Li's hand, so it must have been here. Looking at its position, it was just in place to get crushed and was just lucky to have survived by a hair's width.

Immediately after, he shook his head and ran away from there, back towards the river area. He would care about it some other day. For now, he had to get safe first before anything.

Handing his mother the fruit, he said while on the run, "If I end up having to fight, use this and get to a safe distance; eating it will temporarily make your speed even faster than me. Don't worry about me. I have myself to rely on."

In his original plans, he would go to another area where he knew he would probably find another Light Type Resource, but there was no need now; now, it was best to run straightforwardly.

His mom nodded silently, but he could feel her tears streaming down his neck. "Xiao Li, it stunk there," she muttered.

Han Li ran faster, silent.