Mei Landu was actually in a very difficult position right now. Junior Sister Yu had made it blatantly obvious that her intentions toward his fellow sect members were "unpure." While he did have the heart to help his own people, a second thought crossed his mind: right before entering the cave, he had barely managed to purchase ten Qingxin Detoxification Pills, and who knows, he might still need to buy more pills from her later on. Once he figured that out, his already meager fellowship suddenly evaporated. Anyway, losing some spirit stones was, at worst, losing some spirit stones; it was still far better than losing his life in the end.
In the eyes of his fellow sect members, who were lying on the ground howling in pain, this reaction of his made him utterly disloyal. Mei Landu knew what they must be thinking of him right now, but in his eyes, none of that mattered. What mattered was surviving in this cave.
And so, once again, he ignored their heartbroken gazes and continued standing there like a background prop.
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