Note : The chapter name actually has a play of words in chinese. Wei Yi's [ 韦义 ] Yi actually meant righteousness. There's a footnote too at the end of the chapter.

Within the spans of moments, these men had already thrown themselves out of the caravan. All of them running towards the great wide plains.

At the north of the plains lies a fairly large city called Glusemburg. Since Glusemburg is located very close to the Mythical Beast Forest, lots of capable warriors and mages resides there before going to venture. Not to mention the battle-hardened city guards who are a cut above compared to a normal city guard who do not need to deal with the occasional beast raid.

But even then, a beast raid at this size is a truly rare scene. It may cause a big damage to the city if they were attacked with a horde of this size, but of course they couldn't care less about that. They were more worried about the distance between them and the city.

Although it was only a 2 days journey with a caravan at normal speed and a distance like that are usually called ‘ just a short distance away ‘ in the Floating Cloud Continent, right now Glusemburg seemed like it was a thousand of kilometers away from them and all of them were practically cursing why the city couldn't be any nearer.

In the middle of that chaos, there was someone who hadn't escape from the caravan. It was a lone placid man who had just stepped a foot outside when he suddenly stopped in his tracks, his head turned back to look inside the caravan with eyes full of hesitation.

His name is Wei Yi. As he was a newbie, he was the lowest ranked amongst them and his strength was one of the lowest one too. Therefore, while the others had hurriedly scrammed away through the doors, Wei Yi had to wait for his turn to exit.

After a split moment of hesitation, eventually he gritted his teeth and ran back inside.

Ah damn it, at least if I die here then I would be able to die with my head held high. I have already soiled the name my mother gave me by doing this job, at least in my death I would be true to my name Wei Yi*

At that point, someone noticed him heading back inside and looked over in a worry.

“ Wei Yi! What are you doing?! Hurry up or you'll die! “ The man screamed at him.

Wei Yi turned his head to the man shouting from a distance away.

It was a fellow newbie he had friended with in his job as a bandit. Since they were both the only newbies in the group, much of the menial tasks were left for them to do and they quickly bonded to become good friends in the past few weeks.

His name was You Longchang*. Don't mistake it though, despite his name, he is a very cowardly person who is terrified of death.

You Longchang is more or less a good friend and a good person, he was one of the few people along with Wei Yi that did not took part in engaging their carnal pleasures on the women. He is forced to become a bandit because of similar circumstances with Wei Yi.

“ Longchang, y...you go on ahead! There are still people inside, I have to help them! “ Wei Yi said after a brief moment of contemplation.

Longchang looked on at the disappearing Wei Yi with a conflicted look, eventually he sighed and shouted remorsefully. “ Aiee Wei Yi you crazy kid, I can only blame myself for having a crazy friend like you! “

Even if he said all those words, his feet had already rushed back towards the caravan at full speed.

Seeing his friend running back to help him, Wei Yi’s heart felt a gush of warmth. To have a friend who is willing to die for you is indeed a great feeling!

Although You Longchang is a very cowardly person, he took care of his friends well and is very faithful to them.

The both of them hurriedly rushed inside and saw 6 naked women on the floor chained with locks, their eyes dead. These women had clearly heard what had happened from the bandits’ talk, in spite of that they had abandoned any hope to escape and leave anyway.

Firstly, they were completely sure that no matter how much they begged and pleaded, those men would have never bothered to spend their precious time running away to help them.

Secondly, they were not cultivators at all, just an ordinary mortal. They wouldn't be able to escape very far when the beasts arrived, bringing them along would only just drag down others too.

Lastly..they felt that dying..is probably a better way to end such a life. With those bandits around, they wouldn't be able to do a suicide. At least they don't have to go through such horrible experience anymore..

Wei Yi clearly understood the second point, the same goes for You Longchang.

But deep down in Wei Yi’s heart, he had always been someone who uphold righteousness. However, because of his sick mother, he had to bent down and do this kind of job.

Glancing at these women whose eyes seemed like they did not have a trace of life in it, Wei Yi’s expression immediately turned grim and full of self deception. He had been here all along, but all he could do was just to watch as these women were constantly violated by those men.

He briskly grabbed the keys and began to unlock the locks placed on a woman.

" ..What are you doing? " The woman glared at him. Even if Wei Yi had never done anything to her and the others, she had a downright bad impression of any of the bandits that captured her.

Wei Yi didn't answer her and instead continued to fiddle with the locks. He did not want to waste even a moment of time as every moment loss could count as them being a step further into the gates of afterlife.

Eventually, the locks are unlocked and Wei Yi hastily fiddled on another one.

The women who had just been freed looked at Wei Yi and You Longchang cautiously, but as time passed she eventually realized that...they do not have any hint of malice at all.

Actually, she knew that Wei Yi and You Longchang was more of a lackey towards the other men, but nonetheless towards them..she couldn't help but put her guard up.

" Why..are you doing this? “ she stared at Wei Yi with a blank expression. She did not understand why they are willing to do this.

“ Don't talk, quick help me out here and unlock the others! “ Wei Yi was not in the mood to answer her at all. In the first place, he saw that amongst the 6 women, she was the only one with a hint of life in her eyes.

The women also stopped asking, she knew how dire the circumstances are and helped unlocking the locks too.

With a click, all 6 of them are freed from the chains, they are truly free now and yet none of them are in a happy mood. They knew that with the upcoming beast horde, it would be hard for them to survive.

“ Alright Wei Yi, all of them are freed c'mon c'mon lets get going already! Which one of you couldn't walk? I’ll carry one of you and Wei Yi, you carry one too..wait, wait hey what..where are you going! “ Whilst You Longchang was busy chattering, Wei Yi had already stood up and ran towards the wagons at the back.

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“ I'm going to free the people in the wagons! “ Wei Yi shouted, his voice trailing off in the air.

You Longchang became completely flabbergasted.

“ Damn it Wei Yi, are you seeking death?! “ Longchang just couldn't comprehend this friend of his. How did your brain work damnitt !

The people on the wagon are the one who would be sold as slaves by these bandits, most of them are women and children, there are only very few men amongst them. To escape with such a large group of women and kids? Dream on!

Longchang looked towards the women who were now wearing a simple cloth over them.

“ Dang it, Wei Yi oh Wei Yi, I will curse you everyday in our afterlife! The 6 of you hurry up and get away as far as you can! “ Tears streaming down his face, he got up and chased after Wei Yi. Apparently, he had already given up any hopes of living.

But contradictory to his expectations, all of the 6 women didn't run away and followed behind him.

“ What are you all doing?! “ Longchang looked at them like he was looking at a talking cat.

This father has traded his life away for you to live, why don't you leave damn it!

“ I cannot leave those people in the wagons here. “ The one Wei Yi saved first earlier on replied sternly, the others all nodded to in agreement but they did not talk, their eyes had more life in them now but they were still keeping their guards up with Wei Yi and Longchang.

You Longchang rolled his eyes in response.

looks like I am surrounded by people who are courting death eh!

Alright, here's the keys, there are two wagons that contains people in it. Go open the locks at the 3rd wagon, leave the other one to me and Wei Yi. Their bandit group are very cautious with the ‘goods’ they deliver because one escaped goods will mean their death if their boss founds out, therefore a lot of locks are placed in each wagon.

They say that when humans are pressed into an edge, sometimes they will be able to exclude a power beyond them. And this is can be proven by Wei Yi & co, they had actually managed to unlock all the locks at breakneck speed, all under the matter of seconds.

The people inside the wagon all stared at Wei Yi & co with a variety of looks. Some fear, others anger, surprise and much more.

All of them are locked inside the wagon earlier on, even if they were able to hear the sounds of the earth rumbling, they weren't able to identify what is causing it.

“ Hurry up and leave! A beast horde is coming! “ Wei Yi shouted shrilly.

Only then did they react and hastily stood up to leave. While they were escaping, some had even had the chance to send murderous glances towards Wei Yi and You Longchang.

Feeling their gazes, Wei Yi and You Longchang could only smile bitterly. It was, a very normal response after all.

But when all of them came out, their faces are writhed with despair all over. The beasts are now increasingly close to them, if they were all cultivators they might have a chance to live on, however reality is cruel. Most of them are ordinary mortals, with women and children amongst them, only with a miracle can all of them escape.

Wei Yi of course knew what they were thinking, but instead of being downhearted, he raised two small little girls and shouted.

“ Run! These beasts came here being attracted to something in the wagon, if their attentions are all on that thing then we might all have a chance to live if we run now! “

When the others heard Wei Yi, their ears perked up and their eyes gleamed with hope. They knew that the situation is still hopeless, but clearly even the most little of chance is a hope for them.

Just as they were about to start running away, suddenly..

“ Stop, you don't need to leave at all. Stay there and I will guarantee your safety. “ A voice came out of nowhere and rang in their ears.

Wei Yi and the others who heard it were immediately dumbfounded, they looked at each other and found out that all of them received the same message. They had clearly heard a voice ringing in their ears but they had no way to discern where this voice come from.

While the others were still in a state of confusion, Wei Yi began to tremble as his eyes scanned the surroundings.

The other people all looked at him with a confused expression.

“ This..this is a sound transmission! There is clearly no strong cultivator here in the vicinity and yet this sound transmission had managed to reach us..j-just what how strong is this expert?! “ Wei Yi exclaimed in surprise.

The other more knowledgeable people amongst them also turn wide eyed when they heard Wei Yi.

“ Are you saying that..that voice is a sound transmission? “ You Longchang eyed Wei Yi with an unbelieving look, the other knowledgeable people also looked at him but with untrusting eyes. How could they possibly trust the one who locked them up here? If it wasn't for their hands still chained by locks, perhaps they would've beaten them up already.

Seeing their looks, Wei Yi could only smile bitterly.

“ The truth is..I also don't know. But if it wasn't a sound transmission then what it is? That voice is sent directly to ours ears, and we don't posses a sound transmission talisman too, it must be a person who directly sent it to us. But I don't see such a person near us anywhere, for a sound transmission to be able to reach this far…it only tells just how powerful the person who sent it must be. “

The others all nodded their head in agreement, they too, had no other explanation to that voice.

Sound Transmissions are a method the people of Floating Cloud Continent communicate over long distances. But to be able to do that, one must either posses a sound transmission talisman first or one must be in the 3rd rank of cultivation.

But even then, the distance a 3rd rank cultivator could send is very short, they could only do it when they are standing close by to the target and when the target are in small numbers. For a sound transmission to reach such a terrifying range...they are not able to comprehend just how powerful that person is.

“ What if it was the beasts who send that? “ One of the people exclaimed with glaring eyes.

Wei Yi shook his head in response.

“ These beasts are at most of the 3rd rank, some of them at the 4th. They are not able to send such a complicated sentence in human tongue, nor do they have the power to send it to all of us at the same time.

“ Then..what do we do? “ The women who Wei Yi freed the earliest asked him.

“ This..” Wei Yi clicked his tongue in contemplation..

* The 义 Yi here in Wei Yi’s [ 韦义 ] name means justice/ righteous .

*You Longchang’s [ 尤龍昌 ] name roughly translates to Outstanding Dragon & Prosperous.