Lin Yang was retreating step by step while Ye Tian was moving forward slowly towards him. Lin Yang felt frightened having to fight Ye Tian. Ever since he regained consciousness, he tried to remember what happened during the battle. He realized that Ye Tian actually beat two supreme dao cultivators, while he was barely alive after defeating devil Ming, who was at the early supreme dao realm as well. Lin Yang thought he was quite the fighter, but Ye Tian was on a completely different level than he was! He suspected that Ye Tian was also already at the supreme dao realm, but that would mean he would be the youngest ever to reach this realm! Was he a genius or a monster?
The air slightly vibrated, Ye Tian took his first step forward, then punched the air. Boom! A small crack appeared within the air! Lin Yang was about to close his eyes and accept the punishment without retaliation, but luckily, he realized he wasn’t the target as Ye Tian didn’t stop there and passed by him. He took his second step and punched again, but this time it was at Xiang Jiao!
Puttttt!
The sound wasn’t as loud as the first one. The air did not crack or vibrate either. The sound sounded similar to a regular punch.
“Dammit!” Ye Tian disappointingly whispered.
His second step to the heavens failed! He wanted to succeed in the second enlightenment “separation,” but at the last moment, his mind had images of his younger sisters and the other children. These were family members he couldn’t let go.
“Move!”
Ma Qian yelled. He was practicing his new skill again but this time he tweaked it a bit. He called upon the voids near Xiang Jiao while simultaneously trying to summon his vines come out of the void and whip Xiang Jiao, but it didn’t work.
“Why? This has to work….I just need more time,” Ma Qian grumpily explained.
Noticing that Ma Qian’s new skill didn’t work, Ye Tian dashed forward and started punching Xiang Jiao with different combinations. Ma Qian’s eyebrows moved slightly. He also didn’t want to lose this opportunity, as he also started attacking Xiang Jiao with a combination of punches and little vines. Both of them were unleashing their anger at Xiang Jiao, except Lin Yang. He just stood there confused and shocked to the core. He yelled, “Why are you doing this!”
Both Ye Tian and Ma Qian stopped only to look back at Lin Yang.
“Practice is crucial to improvement.”
“If you are part of the team, then show your loyalty!”
After saying these words of wisdom, they resumed to beat Xiang Jiao with new combinations. Lin Yang was put on the spot for the first time after joining them. He wanted to prove to that he was loyal to the group, but he was a swordsman! If he took out his sword and slash Xiang Jiao, only death awaits him. Ye Tian noticed Lin Yang’s face was clueless, so he decided to give him some hint.
Wham!
Ye Tian slapped Xiang Jiao’s face.
Bam!
Ma Qian headbutted Xiang Jiao’s chest. He also tried to give Lin Yang a hint.
“Be creative!” both yelled to Lin Yang.
Ling Yang caught the hint quickly, because he was actually one of the smartest among the group. He closed his eyes imagining there was a sword on his hand.
“Shreekkk.”
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Lin Yang, in his mind, was slashing Xiang Jiao, but in fact he was scratching him using a claw fist.
Ye Tian and Ma Qian stopped and took a step backward. They were quite scared, because Lin Yang’s attack was even more vicious than theirs! Lin Yang continued imagining slashing Xiang Jiao. Scratch marks started appearing on Xiang Jiao’s body and face. Small amount of blood started coming out.
“Stop!” Ye Tian yelled.
Lin Yang was already in a different zone, but when he heard Ye Tian yelling, he stopped, then opened his eyes. His breathing was heavy and his hand was trembling.
“Oh, shit….” Lin Yang murmured.
Xiang Jiao not only have bruises and bumps, blood also started seeping out from his body and face. Lin Yang tried to look at Ye Tian and Ma Qian, but they weren’t there! He looked around, only to see they were already on the bed pretending to sleep. Lin Yang felt betrayed at this moment. They wanted him to take sole responsibility if anything happened to Xiang Jiao. He thought what kind of situation has he got himself into!
Lin Yang finally calmed down after a few minutes. He didn’t want to waste his healing potion, so all he did was wiped out all the blood off of Xiang Jiao until it stopped bleeding. He then carried Xiang Jiao near the fireplace instead of the bed. He thought that would be the best choice to get rid of Xiang Jiao’s suspicion. If he carried him to the bed, then Xiang Jiao would think they were the ones who did this to him. But if he was left near the fireplace, there is a possibility that he might have come home and fell near the fire place without the others knowing. Lin Yang was hoping that Xiang Jiao would think the wounds he received were from the events prior to coming back to the cave. This was the ideal scenario and Lin Yang’s hope.
Th next morning, Lin Yang was the first to wake up. Actually he couldn’t sleep, because he was still worried of what had happened last night. His eyes showed signs of redness, his face looked tired and aged, but he was alertly surveying Xiang Jiao. Xiang Jiao woke up, but he felt extremely awful. The pain throughout his body was unbearable. His eyes swollen,and could barely see his surroundings, but he realized he was back inside the cave. He tried to remember what happened at the celebration, and how did he come back.
“Aaargggghhh.”
Xiang Jiao tried to stand up but his pain was so unbearable, he had to sit back down. After hearing the noise, Lin Yang pretended that he just woke up, then looked at Xiang Jiao. His eyes became bigger as he approached Xiang Jiao.
“Xiang Jiao, what happened to you? Did another gang beat you?” Lin Yang ignorantly asked.
“…What do you mean?” Xiang Jiao replied while staring sternly at Lin Yang.
Lin Yang thought to himself, “did Xiang Jiao remember everything, including what I did to him?” He was a bit worried, because Xiang Jiao’s expression was an expression of suspicion.
“Your face, your body, oh my god, what just happened,” Lin Yang replied with a sense of urgency. He wanted to take a gamble with this.
Every area Xiang Jiao touched, there was some pain. He felt really sore, even worse than when he and Ma Qian beat Ye Tian.
“Where did you go last night?” Lin Yang continued to ask. In the meantime, the other two who was already awake and listened to the conversation, started waking up. Since they were all in this together, they knew where Lin Yang wanted to go with this, so they decided to lend some support.
“Xiang Jiao, were you able to meet Sun Mei?” Ye Tian also asked.
“What happened to you? Who did this to you? We should get revenge!” Ma Qian added with a serious tone.
Xiang Jiao did not respond as he tried to carefully recall the events on the previous night. He then said, “I did find Sun Mei…..we’re engaged.”
“Really? So you’re getting married? When,” Ma Qian curiously asked.
“In 10 years, I will marry her…”
“I visited her home, we had a celebration for our engagement, then I started drinking….after that….. everything got blurry, my mind was not clear,” Ma Qian explained, but he couldn’t find out why he was in so much pain.
“Then it probably means you got these injuries from the celebration….or you were on your way home,” Lin Yang convincingly said.
“You might be right…..but I need to figure out a way to remember that night,” Xiang Jiao sighed.
“Well since you’re injured, we can’t complete any missions. Ma Qian can you make the map of this kingdom today?” Ye Tian asked.
Ma Qian nodded, but he also glared at Ye Tian hinting for him to accompany him. However, Ye Tian whispered to Lin Yang about something, in which Lin Yang nodded.
“Lin Yang will go with you. I will need to study some scrolls to make some potions,” Ye Tian concluded.
Ma Qian was feeling angry because of Ye Tian. What was the point of him whispering to Lin Yang about his secret if he keeps telling everyone? By now everyone knew he had no sense of direction!