"Ah whatever, I might as well just do it;"
Di Tanxue clicked his tongue in annoyance.
He saw no benefit in helping these people out but it was also true that he won't lose anything even if he did save them.
Not to mention, it was indeed an insignificant task for him so much so that it would not be an exaggeration to compare it to the act of swallowing a mouthful of delicious meal or breathing even.
'Sense the ripples in the Cursed Ocean… locate the point of turbulence and… cast your own Existential Anchor within…'
Exhaling a long breath, Di Tanxue tapped his right foot gently on the ground causing faintly visible ripples to spread along the very fabric of space with him as origin.
With this simple action, his anchor travelled from the material world into the Cursed Ocean and spread ripples around with just it's presence alone.
In no time the ripples grew strong enough to influence the world as they brushed past the frenzied beast, the luxurious carriage behind it and also the whole caravan which was now but twenty steps away from the frenzied beast.
The world seemed to experience an inexplicable shift as the frenzied beast froze for the briefest of instance. With some amount of sanity returning to its mind, it hurriedly stopped its mad dash only to tumble forward in the process.
Fortunately, the caravan guards and their mounts had returned back to normal by that moment hence they managed to get out of the way just in the nick of time to not suffer any major damage.
A period of silence settled upon the scene with the armoured beast laid panting on the ground licking its injured legs and the caravan guards looking around with confusion and hesitation.
The silence lasted for only a few moments when the person seated on the beast jumped down hastily, nearly tripping his steps.
Seemingly in his late teens, the person had a slim physique and a chubby face which at the moment was mired with stress and exhaustion.
"Little Unicorn!"
With an anxious cry, the young man ran forward towards the armoured beast and embraced its gigantic head in an awkward pose.
It's alright, it's alright. Big Brother is here.
He whispered in a sobbing tone hearing the armoured beast whimper with pain. Calming down the beast, the young man took out some ointments and medicines from his spatial storage bag and began tending to its wounds delicately.
It was only through this interaction between them that Di Tanxue realized that the armored beast was actually a Beast(capitalisation), a large grouping of sentient quadrupeds who were said to have been a major force in the ancient times.
Still, contrary to their glory in the ancient ages, the Beasts of the current era were all relegated to the status of mere livestock and free labour. As such it was a rare sight to see someone treat a Beast in such an empathetic way.
On the side, each one of the caravan guards appeared extremely impressed by the chubby young man's actions. Because of the ways of their profession, they too were quite fond of their personal mounts as such they could understand the chubby young man's sentiment.
Di Tanxue, mildly amused at the sight, withdrew his Existential Anchor within his lower dantian. He gave the chubby young man and the caravan guards one last look and was about to leave when;
"Fellow daois- err… Elder! Please wait!"
An individual finally came out of the luxurious carriage and respectfully called out to Di Tanxue.
A handsome young man with a commanding yet calm presence. He was most likely a young scion of some Nobel clan, Di Tanxue could see the obvious hints.
Noticing that he had Di Tanxue's attention, the young noble cupped his fists and bowed down in greetings.
"Elder, many thanks for your help just now. Thanks to you we managed to avoid an unfortunate incident!"
The young noble laughed with a relieved expression and walked towards Di Tanxue.
"No need to thank me, I was just a whimsical action of mine;"
Di Tanxue shrugged his shoulders and replied honestly, all the while looking at the young noble with some amount of interest.
"Still, if you had wanted you could've left after calming down our carriage beast yet you waited for us to settle down. How can I not be thankful?"
Stopping four steps away from Di Tanxue, the young noble looked around, seemingly searching for something and spoke out with hesitation.
"I.. my carriage is headed towards the Northern-Port and I can see that you're headed the same way;"
"And?"
Di Tanxue asked with eagerness, all the while shouting something in his mind.
'Food! I'll finally get to have something delicious!'
That's right, he could already guess where the conversation was headed and he himself was excited for it.
"If you don't mind, how about coming along with us? We can drop you off wherever you want.. not to mention, we'll get a chance to repay your favour!"
Saying as much, the young noble noticed Di Tanxue remain silent as such he insisted.
"Please don't refuse, I promise you won't find anything to be dissatisfied about!"
"Alright;"
Nodding his head, Di Tanxue accepted the young noble's proposal without any qualms about a misunderstanding arising between them.
And sure enough, he saw the latter's expressions freeze with doubts for an instant.
Was I perhaps wrong? Have I done something foolish?!
The young noble's face appeared to be screaming these words, but fortunately returned back to normal within a short moment.
Soon enough, the young noble guided Di Tanxue to the luxurious carriage's door.
"Elder, please have a seat inside. I'll handle the things here first;"
"Sure, go ahead;"
Di Tanxue watched the young noble make an apologetic gesture and walk towards the caravan guards.
'He's a cunning fellow, just like his appearance suggests;'
With a thoughtful expression, Di Tanxue shook his head lightly and entered inside the carriage only to be greeted by the view of a girl laying on the floor in a puddle of blood while the same oozed out of her five orifices.