Chapter 92

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In which there’s a fun (?) boat ride.

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Ye You’s speculation was quickly confirmed.

After the order was issued, that crowd of drugged men appeared as if they were no longer able to see anyone else, and no matter what provocations there were from the people nearby, they never changed their lines of sight.

Their internal energies were powerful, and they didn’t feel any pain, so even if both their legs were cut off, they’d still continue howling and crawling forwards. Unless they died, no one would be able to stop them. The most frightening thing was that they still knew lightness skills, and so they weren’t confined only to rushing forward on the small road. If it wasn’t for the people of “Moon’s Shadow” and “Heaven’s Firmament” who had blocked their way mid-route, then these people would’ve long already rushed onto the rooftop.

At this time, the drugged men were already within three hundred meters[1], with scenes of bloody carnage all around, the people in a pitiful state of defeat. Everyone in the righteous faction was practically helpless in the face of this calamity.

Ding Xilai watched, absolutely terrified, feeling as if that desire to kill even up until their last breaths, mingled with that mad and ghastly atmosphere, was ramming into him head-on. There was a split second where he even felt as if he was able to smell the thick stench of blood.

His face paled even further, and he looked at Sir Xiao.

Ye You was standing there, unmoving.

His face was bound with bandages, and his eyes were slightly narrowed; there was not the slightest way to see through his thoughts..

Wenren Heng was next to him, expression still as calm as usual, appearing almost as if the drugged men below weren’t even there.

Ding Xilai endured for a moment as he watched the drugged men get even closer, with two of them even breaking through the righteous faction’s blockade, rushing to within thirty meters[2] in one go before once again being intercepted. He saw that Sir Xiao and Wenren Heng were still not moving from their places and deeply felt that he could never even hope to become like these two. In a trembling voice, he asked, “We… aren’t moving away?”

Ye You said, “We’ll move.”

As he finished speaking, he turned his gaze and saw that the people of “Heaven’s Firmament” wanted to leave with Wei Jiangrou and Sir Yang for their protection. He then said, “Lady Xiao-Rou, if I was you, at this kind of time, I wouldn’t leave alone.”

Wei Jiangrou had long been scared silly and asked, pale-faced, “Why?”

Ye You said, “Because right now they’re no different from wild beasts, and we’re just like their prey. Has Lady Xiao-Rou ever raised a dog before? For a dog that’s very aggressive over its food, if you put a large pile of food together and a person takes away a small portion of that food, the dog would definitely cast his line of sight upon that small portion. Now that all of you want to leave right underneath their eyes, if that troop of drugged men become enraged, then there’s no telling whether they’d chase after all of you.”

Wei Jiangrou was frightened into trembling.

Ye You continued with, “If, at that time, all of you are too far away, me and my Senior Brother won’t have any way to save you.”

Sir Yang asked, “What does Sir Xiao mean?”

Ye You said, “I mean that if you want to leave, we should leave together.”

Wei Jiangrou actually also didn’t want to be separated from Wenren Heng, and she practically didn’t hesitate before agreeing. Sir Yang likewise thought that what Sir Xiao said wasn’t without reason and so also didn’t object. He asked, “What do you want to do?”

Ye You said, “Find a few with good lightness skills to jump back and forth from these rooftops. While they’re jumping, we’ll take the opportunity to hurry and leave.”

Sir Yang immediately understood.

Moving first was far better than being targeted as prey, and within a short period of time, the drugged men would definitely turn towards them, allowing the people who had remained an opportunity to flee.

Right now, of those on the rooftop, Wenren Heng needed to take care of his Junior Brother and so would definitely not act as bait. Qin Yuemian was a profligate wastrel and wasn’t reliable. Lady Tao had just been injured and so was also clearly not suitable. As for Ding Xilai… Fengxian Manor and Lingjian Pavilion had always been on bad terms, and Sir Yang was also unable to order the other party. In other words, the only people who could be pulled out were those from “Heaven’s Firmament”.

He gave them a simple look and chose two from “Heaven’s Firmament”, leaving four for his little sister, before then having his own bodyguard remain behind, preparing to follow them on his own.

The bodyguard from the Yang family was concerned and said, “Young Master…”

Sir Yang said, “There’s no need to mind me. The people of ‘Heaven’s Firmament’ will protect me.”

That bodyguard also thought that was true and so didn’t speak any further, going along with those two people from “Heaven’s Firmament” to leap onto a nearby rooftop before then immediately changing to another location. Ye You gave all this a glance and, upon seeing that the drugged men were watching them as expected, said, “Right now, let’s go.”

The group swiftly left the rooftop, and without waiting for them to ask, Ye You took the initiative to say, “Run along the riverside.”

Sir Yang said, “Why?”

Ding Xilai didn’t want to wait a moment longer and so couldn’t help but lecture, “If he wants you to run, just run. Would Sir Xiao harm you two? Quick, hurry, stop holding us back.”

Sir Yang didn’t want to argue with the other and, hearing the bursts of snarls behind him, hastily stowed away his own thoughts and followed them in fleeing for their lives. Everyone thereupon hurriedly rushed towards the river basin and then followed the river’s flow to walk for a while before discovering that a few small boats were docked at the shore.

Ye You said, “Get on the boats.”

“Get on?” Sir Yang was somewhat unable to understand.

After concealing themselves from the drugged men’s sights to escape, they should only need to find a safe place to hide for a while and wait for the drugged men to be taken care of before then coming out. Why did they still need to get on these boats?

Ye You understood what he meant and explained, “It’s not that every single drugged man didn’t notice us. Some definitely saw us leave. I guessed previously that it was possible that the white piece could have this kind of drugged men, and so I talked it over with Temple Master Xie and Sect Master Ye. Now, they’ve most likely already incited the elders to let those drugged men pass, so…”

He hadn’t yet finished speaking when Sir Yang and the others heard a few familiar howls echo from not faraway, coming closer and closer.

Ye You said, “So the drugged men would probably come chasing.”

The group, “…”

Ding Xilai’s face turned pale in an instant.

Sir Yang had the profound feeling that he had been tricked, and Wei Jiangrou was also provoked, almost letting out a shriek. In fury, she looked at the main culprit, “Why did you want to let them pass? Are you purposely trying to lead us to our deaths?”

Ye You amiably said, “That’s not it, Lady Xiao-Rou.”

Wei Jiangrou said, “Then why?”

“Because the drugged men are not easy to deal with. Do you want to let the righteous faction adventurers throw away their lives for the sake of trying to save us?” Wenren Heng spoke, and while his tone wasn’t harsh, his cold gaze still made Wei Jiangrou instantly pale. Wenren Heng said, “If we’re capable of saving ourselves, why don’t we choose to do so?”

With red eyes, Wei Jiangrou bit her lips, not saying anything else.

Ye You said, “In short, we should hurry on the boats. The ladies should sit on one boat. Lady Tao, please protect Lady Xiao-Rou well.”

Lady Tao nodded and pulled Wei Jiangrou over. The latter didn’t resist, though after she was pulled onto the boat, she looked towards Sir Xiao and Wenren Heng, wanting them to also come along. Lady Tao reminded her, “This boat won’t fit that many people.”

The boat was very small, and it could seat only five people.

On this boat, other than Lady Tao and Wei Jiangrou, there were also three people from “Heaven’s Firmament”. The remaining person from Heaven’s Firmament then personally went to Sir Yang’s side, preparing to sit in the same boat with him so as to better protect him.

Ye You looked at Ding Xilai. “All of you also get on a boat.”

Ding Xilai said hesitantly, “Why don’t I follow you…”

Ye You interrupted him, “Go, the drugged men are almost here.”

Ding Xilai no longer hesitated, turning around and running onto the boat.

Wei Jin and Ren Shaotian followed closely behind. That person from “Heaven’s Firmament” originally wanted to also bring Sir Yang on, but Qin Yuemian was faster than them, jumping onto the boat before patting his own chest in order to suppress his fear. He asked, “Do any of you still have people who want to come on? If not, we’ll go first.”

The person from “Heaven’s Firmament” could only give up, following Sir Yang to get on the third boat with Wenren Heng and Ye You.

Sir Yang looked at the remaining boats and asked, uneasy, “We don’t need to destroy those?”

“No,” Ye You said, “The drugged men have a one-track mind. Do you think they’ll think to get on boats?”

Sir Yang startled and thereupon understood Sir Xiao’s intentions.

The drugged men wouldn’t use the boats. When those men saw them, their first reaction would probably be to rush through the water directly, and there might even be some who tried to use lightness skills, but if they were far enough away from the shore, then the other party wouldn’t be able to do anything to them.

But… these boats appearing seemed to be a little too coincidental. Were they boats that one could see anywhere in these fishing villages, or… did a certain person prepare them beforehand?

Sir Yang looked at Sir Xiao, but before he could even open his mouth, he saw a drugged man had caught up.

There was blood splattered all over that drugged man’s body, and upon seeing them, he loudly yelled out and rushed forward. And then, he was gradually submerged by the river until not a shadow could be seen.

The group, “…”

Foolish, really foolish.

Ding Xilai’s heart was originally suspended in anxiety, but upon seeing this, he became aware of the advantage of being on a boat and patted his thigh in excitement. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Wei Jin look at him and instantly stowed away this expression. With hands behind his back, he said insipidly, “Sir Xiao is truly incredible.”

Ren Shaotian contained his laughter and said, “Young master, sit properly.”

Ding Xilai said, “Oh.”

That drugged man was the first, and two more very quickly arrived. The first also entered the water and drowned, while the second actually used lightness skills. At this point, Wei Jiangrou and Ding Xilai’s boats were already far away from the shore, but since Ye You’s boat was the last to set out, it had not yet traveled too far, and so the drugged man just so happened to catch up.

Wenren Heng and the person from “Heaven’s Firmament” moved together, immediately meeting him head-on.

Although these drugged men didn’t have any rationality, they still had their ingrained fighting habits, and along with their rapidly-increased internal energy, they were thus not easy to dispatch. When Wenren Heng struck out, he was inattentive enough to be forced into retreating a step by an attack, crashing into the caught-off-guard Ye You, who was standing right alongside. Ye You fell back and ended up himself crashing into Sir Yang.

Sir Yang was also caught off guard and suddenly staggered for a moment. Right as he was about to make an attempt to regain steady footing, he felt as if someone had tripped his feet, and he immediately fell towards the river. And having also experienced a fierce collision, Ye You practically fell at the same time as him.

“Sir Xiao!”

“Sir Yang!”

“Ah-Xiao!”

“Brother!”

In this brief moment, Sir Yang seemed to hear everyone’s alarmed cries before falling into the river with a loud crash.

He suppressed his own panic and tried to swim towards the surface, but at this time, he felt some resistance acting upon his body, as if someone was pressing down on him. He unconsciously began struggling before then feeling a pain in his neck and knowing no more.

After knocking the person unconscious, Ye You quickly swam forward following the flow of the river. It was only after a long moment that he cautiously surfaced a little.

They were already far away from the small boats, and from here, only distant shadows could be seen. He saw that there was a bend nearby and was immediately pleased, swimming over with the person and slowly stepping onto the shore.

He lifted the person into his arms and entered the forest near the shore. He walked for several minutes[3] before he finally blew on a whistle. After a while, a swishing sound could be heard from faraway, and very quickly, Elder Mei and a few shadow guards dropped down from above.

Elder Mei said, “Sect Master.”

Ye You nodded and instructed, “Send him to Shaolin and hand him over to Miaomiao.”

Elder Mei watched as the shadow guards accepted the person and asked, “Do we still need to pretend to be water ghosts?”

Ye You laughed and said, “No, we were quite lucky today.”

After hearing this, Elder Mei knew that the Sect Master had wanted to grab Sir Yang from the beginning. If today the Sect Master had failed in attracting the drugged men, then they’d subsequently have to pretend to be water ghosts and flip over those boats. In short, no matter what, they were to make certain that those people took a bit of a fall.

She gave the pale-faced Sir Yang a look and was somewhat curious. “What did the Sect Master capture him for?”

Ye You said, “To get rid of the drugs in his body.”

Elder Mei said, curious, “He has drugs in his body?”

Ye You made a sound in affirmation and indicated that they could go.

Elder Mei then didn’t ask any further, taking the people to enter the forest, very quickly disappearing within.

As Ye You unhurriedly walked back, he considered where he should wait now for his Senior Brother whose “heart was burning with anxiety”. At this time, he heard the sound of footsteps resounding from afar and getting ever closer, and he couldn’t help but stop.

In the next moment, he saw Ren Shaotian, who was wet from head to toe, appear in his line of sight.

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[1] 100丈. 1丈 = 3.33 meters, so technically this is 333 meters, but I rounded to a nice, easily written number.

[2] 10丈. Ditto the above, technically 33.3 meters.

[3] 一盞茶的工夫 lit. the effort [to brew] one cup of tea. When I googled, I received very different answers on this (some say it’s ten minutes, others say fifteen), so I just went with a non-specific time here. I didn’t bother translating literally since it sounded a tad too strange for my liking.

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Ah, what an important chapter~\n

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