Bai Yunfeiâs path through the forest was a fast one. Hardly any time had elapsed before they reached the area where a battle between men and soulbeasts were taking place.
On one side were several class six soulbeastsâall of them canine-type soulbeasts. From the green light that shined around the wolves, Bai Yunfei was sure they were wind wolves.
The Soul Exalts were disadvantaged in terms of numbers. There were only nine of them, but each of them had one or two soulbeasts in which they could use to attack the wolves.
âSo the beast tamers are here after all!!â
Bai Yunfei flew even faster towards the battlefield when he realized who the wolves were fighting.
It didnât take the beast tamers long to realize that someone was coming at them. The power radiating from Bai Yunfei was simply too much to be ignored. Everyone shivered with dread when they felt him approach and split apart from one another.
Both sides were now staring at one another and at Bai Yunfei, who was now floating in the air between the two.
Bai Yunfeiâs aura was projected entirely onto the beast tamers, stifling the air and driving their breaths out from them. They trembled where they stood; most of them wanted to run, but their legs werenât obeying them. Running was not an option they could take.
He stared down at the trembling beast tamers. His eyes traveled from person to person before ultimately stopping on an elderly Peak Late-stage Soul Exalt.Â
âYou?!â He cried out in stark surprise.
âEh?!â
The other person seemed almost startled at Bai Yunfeiâs surprise. His companions gave a small startâdid this powerful person know attendant Yang?! Was this personâŚnot an enemy then? Was he an ally?!
The elder continued to stare at Bai Yunfei with a wide-open look of surprise.
âDo you know him, Yunfei?â Tang Xinyun whispered.
A small frown formed on Bai Yunfeiâs lips. âI do,â he nodded, âbut âknowingâ him would be a stretch. Itâd be better to call him an old âacquaintanceââŚâ
A wistful expression appeared on his face as he spoke. He had to be thinking about the memories of this person.
âSireâŚis thereâŚsomething senior wishes to say?â
The elder had to ask. He bowed his head low to show his deepest respects for Bai Yunfei, but his mind was racing furiously in order to think about who this person was. From his appearance, this young man had to be younger than thirty. It was a laughably young age in comparison to him, but the elder didnât dare show his disrespect. In the face of power, age was not even something to be considered. Calling him âseniorâ seemed like the natural course of action. This person had to be someone deeply connected with the Beast Taming School. After all, it seemed quite unlikely to have this person come across them by accident.
âSenior?â A smile appeared onto Bai Yunfeiâs face as if the elder had just told a joke. âOf course, it was a very long time ago, after all. Itâd be stranger if you remembered who I wasâŚâ
âBai Yunfei, do you really know this person?â Wu Dijian asked, âHeâs a mere Soul Exalt and a beast tamer. Letâs kill him and be done with it, whatâs with your cryptic words?â
âHaha, I was only just thinking about the past. Nostalgia and all thatâŚâ He laughed.
âYouâreâŚWu Dijian!!â
The elderâs eyes flew to Wu Dijian at once. All color bled away from his face when he cried outâthat person was no friend of the Beast Taming School! Wu Dijian of Tianhun AcademyâŚan ally of the Royal Family andâŚenemy of the Beast Taming School!
As if drenched with a bucket of ice-cold water, the beast tamers stiffened and began to despair.
âOne momentâŚBai Yunfei?!â The pupils of the elderâs eyes dilated. What Wu Dijian said jumpstarted the memories in his head. He whipped his eyes back to Bai Yunfei. If before his face was devoid of color, then now it looked like he had just seen a ghost.
âYâyou! Itâs you?! Bai Yunfei of the Crafting School?! Youâre that person from Jadewillow City! But how?! You shouldâve been dead! How are you still alive?!â
âOh? So you do recognize me?â Bai Yunfei quirked an eyebrow. âYouâre the help the Jadewillow School asked for to help the Glacial School in trying to capture me. If not for big brother Hong Yin and You Qingfeng from the Wood School, I wouldâve died at your hands, wouldnât I? Itâs been over ten yearsâŚwhat âluckâ that we meet againâŚâ
Yang Linâs face was the color of ash now. Years of being a calm-headed Peak Late-stage Soul Exalt had gone out the window now that he was faced with Bai Yunfei. Trembling head to toe, the elder stayed quietâhe couldnât say a single word.
Bai Yunfei wasnât wrong. This person had helped the Glacial School outside Jadewillow City. He was the beast tamer elder that tried to capture Bai Yunfei.
From what Bai Yunfei remembered of the battle between Hong Yin and this man, the beast tamer had a golden-eyed ape soulbeast puppet. The elder had only been a Late-stage Soul Ancestor at the time, so it was a bit of a surprise for Bai Yunfei to see him as a Peak Late-stage Soul Exalt. He mustâve stumbled upon some luck.
His memories of the past was a bit clearer nowâhe remembered someone else. A figure in black. That person was most likely someone from the Soul Refining School. The Soul Refining School surely had to have a few of the minor schools in their pockets by that point if the Glacial School was one of them.
Slowly, the nostalgia in Bai Yunfeiâs eyes was replaced with a frosty chill. Sweeping across the despairing beast tamers, Bai Yunfei opened his mouth to speak.
âAnswer me and Iâll consider sparing your lives.â
A glimmer of hope! Some of the beast tamers heaved with emotion upon hearing thatâthey had a chance! There was a chance Bai Yunfei was lying, but it was better than the worst-case scenario! If there was a rope to safety, then theyâd grab hold of it and not let go!
âWhere are the rest of the beast tamers? When will you be fighting the class seven soulbeasts of the wolf clan? And where are the clans of the bloodthirsty wind ape and the four-winged golden roc? What plans do you have with them?â
Yang Lin froze up. âHowâŚhow do you know about that?!â
He didnât get a response.Â
âAnswer me and you can leave this place alive.â
A short second passed.
âDonât kill me; Iâll speak! Our base is located just about four hundred kilometers to the east! Next to a lake! Weâre waiting for the strongest of both the bloodthirsty wind ape and the four-winged golden roc to gather before we start attacking the wolf clan! But only the Soul Kings know the details! We have an Early-stage Soul King, an early-stage class eight soulbeast puppet, five Soul Kings, and about eight class seven soulbeast puppets! Then we also have almost a hundred Soul Exalts and two hundred class six soulbeasts puppets! Our group came here because we noticed this group of class six wind wolves and chased after them!â
A youngster to the right of the elder threw himself to the ground at once. Pleading and trembling, he began to tell Bai Yunfei everything he knew.
A wave of fury and regret washed over his companions. He beat them to punch! There werenât even any other details they could add onto his explanation, he spilled everything there was to knowâŚÂ
âGood response.â Bai Yunfei nodded. âYou can live thenâbut the restâŚXiao Qi, kill them.â
âSwish swish swish swishâŚâ
Bai Yunfei had hardly finished speaking when several blades of wind rained down on the beast tamers. Without putting up a final front of resistance, the beast tamersâexcluding the one who first spoke and Yang Linâwere utterly decimated!
Bai Yunfeiâs eyes landed back upon Yang LIn. âDo youâŚstill have anything to say?â
Yang Linâs breath hitched in his throat. âDonât kill me!â He pleaded, âI can tell you something very important! It has to do with someone you know!!â