chapter 68.2

“Sect Master Yun!”

“Sect Master Yun?”

“Look, Sect Master Yun is here, we’re saved!”

The moment they saw Yun Xie, the perturbed people seemed to have found a pillar, and they surrounded him with surprise and joy. In the eyes of these little sects, the well-known Yun Xie was naturally much more trustworthy than Zhuo Zhengfan, who has been to the cell several times in the past as the prison guard. Full of excitement, they gathered around:

“Sect Master Yun, you came, the Dual Jades of the Spirit Stage really deserve its reputation! You will take us out?”

“What the hell is this place, we were imprisoned here randomly. Sect Master Yun, can the person next to you be trusted?”

“The people here are very fierce. There are only three senior brothers left in my sect. Sect Master Yun, do you have a grasp on the situation after going out? Is Young Master Jiang also coming? Are you meeting outside?”

“Sect Master Yun…”

“Everyone shut up!”

The crowd was clamoring and making a huge ruckus, and Yun Xie couldn’t take it. “I know what you said. Just after taking the antidote, it’s better to save energy! What I don’t understand is why you’re crowding around me if you have hands and feet and a brain. If I don’t come, will you not leave? You will die here?”

His words made everyone speechless. Yun Xie sighed, his heart harboring a sense of hatred for these new sects. However, it was indeed not a place for preaching. He finally swallowed his words and only patted Zhuo Zhengfan’s shoulder before coldly saying, “This man is the son of the sword god, Young Hero Zhuo[1]. Without him enduring humiliation for years, no one would even know if your corpses had rotted into bones and scum here. If you suspect that someone will harm you, consider if you are important enough.”

Zhuo Zhengfan didn’t expect Yun Xie to say this and flashed him a surprised look. He was both a little moved and a little confused, and he finally sighed and said, “Oh, what’s the point of saying this, they…” He couldn’t continue his sentence and shook his head. “Follow me.”

The roads in the stone prison were intricate and complicated, composed of various natural underpasses extending in all directions. It would be very difficult to navigate if it weren’t for Zhuo Zhengfan leading the way. Everyone was taught a lesson by Yun Xie, and this time they all got up and walked silently. Yun Xie followed at the end of the team, but he had Wu Tianqi’s words in his heart, and he faintly felt that something was wrong. However, no matter how clever he was, he couldn’t think of a specific reason.

In the sea silence, a person suddenly asked, “Sect Master Yun, were your words true just now? Young Hero Zhuo… wasn’t actually taking refuge here?”

Yun Xie turned his head and saw that it was Jin Zhi Sect’s disciple Ma Bin.

Indifferently, he replied. “Yes.”

Ma Bin continued, “We trust Sect Master Yun, and we have handed over our lives to you. Do you have any evidence to back up your claims?”

Yun Xie was a little irritated, but he also knew that it probably wasn’t only Ma Bin who had this question in his mind, so he patiently replied, “What evidence do you need? The two words ‘Yun Xie’ are the evidence, and besides, no one here is worth going through so much trouble to deceive. Even if I wanted to kill all the people here, it’s not necessary for me to go through so much trouble, right?”

His words were domineering and rude, and it stunned people all at once. After a long while, Ma Bin said in a low voice, “After so many years, you are nothing like what people say about you.”

“En, that means what they said is wrong.”

Zhuo Zhengfan: “…” This powerful confidence.

As he spoke, he saw light before his eyes as a beam of moonlight illuminated the open space in front of them. They had already emerged from the ground. Besides Yun Xie and Zhuo Zhengfan, these people had not seen the sun for a long time, and when they could finally breathe fresh air, even the thought of their ruined sects could not stop them from letting out low cheers.

Yun Xie raised his hand, and the cheers stopped immediately. No matter where he was, he would naturally act as a leader. Although he looked young, he had a calm and constant temperament.

“Now your spiritual powers are almost restored, right? I need eighteen people to follow Young Hero Zhuo to guard at the foot of the mountain. The rest follow me up the mountain. Today, we are in for a penny, in for a pound[2]. Let’s get rid of the Flame Gate so that this place of filth and dirt will not do harm to others in the future.”

Yun Xie’s voice was clear and decisive as he directly gave his orders, but the others were shocked, and it took a long time for someone to pluck up the courage to speak.

“Sect Master Yun, we all just managed to get away with our lives. If we do this now, isn’t it the same as going back to death?”

Yun Xie smiled and said, “May I ask what you mean?”

Another person with a more grumpy temper said immediately, “Young people are hot-blooded, so it’s easy to be impulsive. End the Flame Gate? Haha, this isn’t something that can be done right after you say it. Sect Master Yun wants to be a martyred hero, but my set of old bones can’t afford to accompany you. If you’re going, you can go on your own, goodbye!”

After he said this, he immediately started to move. Yun Xie didn’t feel angry, but smiled happily, “No problem. If you don’t go, that’s not a problem. But leaving? You can’t do that. “

He raised his hand, and the wind around him suddenly stirred, forming a blade of wind that slashed out. The expression of astonishment still remained on the face of the person who spoke as his head rolled to the ground.

The blood spilt all over the floor, and no one expected that he would be so arrogant as to openly kill people. He didn’t even make a sound before he made a move. The people next to him were all frightened, and Zhuo Zhengfan blurted out, “Brother Yun!”

Yun Xie glanced at him. He paused and didn’t say anything more.

After a long while, someone spoke up with a trembling voice, “Sect Master Yun, what does this mean?”

Yun Xie stretched out his hands with an innocent look. “What’s wrong, did I do something wrong? I was the one who saved his life, so it should be used for me. If he doesn’t listen to me, I have to take it back. Isn’t this just fair? Ah, I’m sorry, I’ve never looked good killing people, how appalling. Come, come, come over and personally throw him aside for me.”

Even though everyone has heard of the Dual Jades of the Spirit Stage having a reputation for doing cruel things, but it is hard to imagine that this gentle-looking young man would be so ruthless. Only now did the people see Yun Xie’s fickleness, and no one dared to raise any more objections.

If it was Jiang Xunyi that was here, naturally he wouldn’t say a single extra word of nonsense, but Zhuo Zhengfan’s style of dealing with things was not the same. He originally did not agree with Yun Xie’s doing this, and after hesitating a moment, he opened his mouth to speak. But after thinking about it, it became clear that if they did not act harshly at this time, the people’s hearts would be inharmonious. It’s fine if they didn’t act with them, but if they left and revealed something, it will be fatal.

Thinking of this, his feet moved to go up to deal with the corpse. However, before he could do anything, Ma Bin suddenly stepped up first and moved the corpse in a different place.

Yun Xie also looked at him somewhat surprised. Ma Bin’s smile was nervous, but his tone was firm. “Sect Master Yun, I believe in you, I am willing to follow you.”

Other than Jiang Xunyi, Yun Xie didn’t really care if others worshipped or hated him, so he just smiled faintly. “Okay, there are good prospects. Then does anyone else have objections?”

There were no more, so Yun Xie followed what he said earlier. He quickly divided the people into two groups and then said, “Zhengfan, retreat with them, hurry up!”

They had discussed this plan earlier, so Zhuo Zhengfan immediately understood what Yun Xie wanted to do and quickly led the way. As they left, Yun Xie stood there, watching the dark and silent mountain for a while before he suddenly smiled and raised his hand. A silver bow that was half the size of a person appeared out of thin air in his hand along with a long arrow of the same color.

He lifted his long bow effortlessly, his clothes fluttering in the wind, then drew the string. The arrowhead quickly ignited and became raging fire. It shot out of the string and hit the symbol Yun Xie had drawn before on the mountainside.

In the dark night, a loud rumble was heard before the mountain exploded, blazing flames bursting into the sky. Thick smoke and rubble pounded their faces, but they stopped one after another around Yun Xie.

The flames reddened his snow-white skin, and Yun Xie smiled slightly. “I like fire.”

His expression was gentle, as if he had seen something beloved, and he stood for a while before he put the bow and arrow away, turned, and leapt away.

Yun Xie was extremely fast, and after a few leaps, he caught up with Zhuo Zhengfan and said quickly, “Zhengfan, listen to me. Once the glow of the fire intensifies, Xuanli will definitely come down the mountain soon. I plan to draw him away at that time, and A’Xun can take the opportunity…”

Before he could finish his words, he suddenly saw someone running towards them from the distance. Before Yun Xie could ask, he already cried out in tears, “Martial Uncle Yun! Martial Uncle Yun!”

Yun Xie took a look and hurriedly greeted him. “Yu Hong, why are you here?” He thought for just a moment and understood, then laughed. “I know, are you here to look for your martial uncle? Don’t fret, he is not with me now. If you have the courage to go up the mountain, why don’t I take you to see him?”

Yu Hong was different from Jiang Molou and had been very close to Yun Xie since he was a child. He was full of admiration for Yun Xie and also lacked the wary nature of Jiang Molou, so even after he heard that Yun Xie killed Jiang Xunyi, he still refused to believe it. In his mind, he absolutely believed in Yun Xie and Jiang Xunyi’s bond.

On his way, he finally passed through the stacks of formations and guards to finally reach the bottom of the mountain. He kept inquiring about the situation but didn’t get the slightest bit of news, so his heart’s worries about Jiang Xunyi had reached the extreme. When he saw Yun Xie, he couldn’t hold back anymore and knelt, crying out, “Martial Uncle Yun, my martial uncle he… he seems to have been taken away…whether he lives or have died is uncertain, you must save him!”

[1] 少侠 – shao xia, it’s a title that means like young swordsman

[2] 一不做二不休 – to carry something through, no matter the consequences