"The demon beasts outside haven’t retreated; instead, they’ve completely surrounded the barrier!" the black-robed cultivator anxiously reported after checking the situation outside.
Another female cultivator, with an even more serious expression, said, "A few more high-rank demon beasts have arrived outside. There are now as many as three demon beasts at the Immortal Transformation Late Stage!"
"Damn, do these beasts want to trap us here until we die?" Xu Wenrui angrily exclaid.
Although they were not in imdiate danger, the food they carried was limited. Once it ran out, they would be dood.
"Here, eat a bit more!" Ye Haochuan seed not the slightest bit anxious, offering a piece of dried at to Long Keyue.
Long Keyue smiled sweetly and happily ate the dried at as if it were not hard and dry but a rare delicacy instead.
She wasn’t completely unconcerned about the danger outside; she just cherished the ti spent with Ye Haochuan.
Having been separated from Ye Haochuan for over a month, she had truly co to understand what it ant to miss soone intensely.
So now, even if the world outside was collapsing, she did not want to waste a single mont with Ye Haochuan.
"Co on, isn’t now a bit late for the lovey-dovey stuff?" Xu Wenrui said, displeased.
His displeasure was clearly devoid of any affection for Long Keyue.
After spending a month alone with Long Keyue, he had completely seen through her heart.
Long Keyue’s heart was full of Ye Haochuan, no matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t diminish that in the slightest.
Hence, he decided to give up on Long Keyue and only regarded her as a normal friend now.
"Why panic? Calm monts like this are hard to co by; we should enjoy the pastoral tranquility here," Ye Haochuan calmly replied.
Seeing him so composed, Xu Wenrui furrowed his brow and asked thoughtfully, "You got so backup plan, don’t you?"
eting Ye Haochuan again this ti gave Xu Wenrui the feeling that he was different from before.
Previously, although Ye Haochuan had so skills, his strength was still lacking. But this ti, the strength Ye Haochuan displayed made Xu Wenrui take notice.
Moreover, he felt like he couldn’t read Ye Haochuan because Ye Haochuan always seed to have so hidden cards to deal with crises.
"I don’t have any backup plan. I just sent out a rescue signal, hoping soone would co to save us," Ye Haochuan said, spreading his hands.
He had already determined that they had no hope of breaking through, so he secretly sought help from Shentu Fu. Shentu Fu, who clearly took it seriously, ntioned there were two disciples from Half-Mountain Residence in Anxi County and sent them to save Ye Haochuan.
Ye Haochuan had seen the strength of Half-Mountain Residence. Even disregarding the newly inducted Li Qi, the weakest disciple among them was at the Immortal Transformation Late Stage, so coming to rescue him wouldn’t lead to any surprises.
"Damn, why didn’t you tell you had a backup plan?" Xu Wenrui said, feeling frustrated for worrying unnecessarily.
"I wasn’t sure when the reinforcents would arrive, so what good would it have done to tell you?"
Ye Haochuan casually responded, then suddenly thought of sothing and curiously asked Xu Wenrui, "Aren’t you soone with connections? Why didn’t you think of finding soone to rescue you?"
Xu Wenrui’s face showed an awkward expression as he evasively muttered, "Who said I have connections? I’m just a regular Loose Cultivator!"
"Co on? A Loose Cultivator being respected by the son of the County Marquis?" Ye Haochuan said, looking skeptical.
When Xu Wenrui saved Long Keyue, he relied on a strong background that even made Yan ng respect him, which clearly didn’t match being a loose cultivator.
"I don’t know what you’re talking about!" Xu Wenrui played dumb and hurriedly walked away.
Could this guy have so leverage?
Ye Haochuan wondered out of curiosity.
"You mischievous guy, if you had such a contingency plan, you should’ve revealed it earlier. It’s been nerve-wracking along the way!" After Xu Wenrui left, Long Keyue suddenly voiced her complaint.
"I was also helpless!" Ye Haochuan said with a wry smile.
Initially, when deciding to rescue Long Keyue, he felt it was dangerous but didn’t think it was a dead end, so he hadn’t thought of seeking reinforcent.
When encountering difficulties later, even when confined in the inn by the demon king with a day to decide whether to join the demon clan, he had a way to break through, negating the need for reinforcents.
Other tis, he was always fleeing from one crisis to another, making it impossible to call for help because by the ti reinforcents arrived, he might have already been dead.
All considered, now was indeed the best ti to call for help.
Ye Haochuan briefly explained, and Long Keyue didn’t press further. Instead, knowing there were reinforcents, she felt much more at ease.
Ye Haochuan and his group had just reached the mountain village at dawn, and as night fell, Ye Haochuan suddenly sensed a tremor on his ssage Jade Slip.
Ye Haochuan took out the jade slip and heard Shentu Fu’s voice: "Cheng Jing and Ke Shuo are expected to arrive tomorrow. Find a suitable opportunity to et them. Also, regarding the demon king, don’t ntion it to others; I’ll make the arrangents myself!"
Cheng Jing and Ke Shuo were evidently the reinforcents from Half-Mountain Residence. Although Half-Mountain Residence was divided into sects nad for virtues like Dao, Ren, Wisdom, and Filial Piety, the nas didn’t align this way, so Ye Haochuan didn’t know which sect’s experts were coming.
As for the demon king issue, it had co up in previous communications with Shentu Fu.
His interaction with the fat worm reassured him that this beast tide was different from the usual, and the type of fat worm also puzzled him.
He initially wanted to ask Shentu Fu for so advice, but after much contemplation, Shentu Fu’s final advice was to keep it to himself.
Ye Haochuan wanted to ask why, but Shentu Fu didn’t give him the chance, only insisting he rember it.
Ye Haochuan reluctantly agreed, though still slightly bewildered.
Assured the reinforcents would arrive by tomorrow morning, Ye Haochuan felt at ease. He was about to find a place to sleep when he suddenly saw Niu Kui walking over mysteriously.
"Brother Ye, there’s sothing I want you to take a look at," Niu Kui said cautiously, handing over a paper-wrapped object.
"What is it?" Ye Haochuan slowly unwrapped the paper, revealing a translucent piece of jade underneath.
The jade was only about the size of half a palm, with so wiggly tadpole-like script on it.
"Whoa, isn’t this English?" Ye Haochuan was startled by the text on the jade, quickly asking, "Where did you get this from?"
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