Chapter 746: 745
Yang Fei thought that Tong Yunshu was crying because she was frightened. Little did he know that she was blaming herself and inwardly comparing herself with Qin Yanyang.
He gently patted Tong Yunshu’s back, trying to comfort her with a gentle tone, "It’s okay now, I’m here, nothing will happen again. Plus, I promise you, I will definitely avenge you."
Helian Rong was quietly observing the two, focusing her gaze more on Tong Yunshu.
She noticed that this woman, although very beautiful, was not as attractive as Qin Yanyang.
Compared to Qin Yanyang, this woman seemed more ordinary.
The only difference was that she seemed more fragile.
Suddenly, she realized something and gave Yang Fei a complicated look.
It seems that sometimes it’s not good for a woman to be too strong.
For men, deep down, they always harbor some male chauvinism, always wanting their women to be more fragile?
No, not fragile, it should be gentle.
Yes, gentler, more feminine.
This woman named Tong Yunshu, compared to Qin Yanyang, seemed to lack in many aspects, but she possessed something Qin Yanyang did not—femininity.
Helian Rong felt that she now understood men better.
Yet Yang Fei had no idea about the chaotic thoughts going through Helian Rong’s mind; under his comfort, Tong Yunshu soon adjusted her mindset.
Upon learning that Helian Rong had accompanied Yang Fei to rescue her, Tong Yunshu immediately thanked her, but looking at this stunningly beautiful woman who seemed to have stepped out of ancient times, Tong Yunshu’s heart couldn’t help but skip a beat.
Such a beautiful woman, taking great risks to go with Yang Fei to rescue her, how highly must she regard Yang Fei.
At that moment, Tong Yunshu felt immense pressure.
First, there was Qin Yanyang, a mountain so huge she felt suffocated and saw no chance of winning; now, there was also this stunning beauty, adding to her anxiety.
Seeing Tong Yunshu awake and starting to converse quietly with Helian Rong, Yang Fei was relieved and walked over to Xu Jian.
Xu Jian was lying flat on the ground, his head resting on Mu Sujing’s legs, while she massaged his temples. His several sons stood by, each wearing a look of concern.
Observing this scene, Yang Fei’s lips twitched.
Xu Jian had stumbled into a wife for no reason and even acquired several grandsons along with it.
This situation, it’s unclear whether it’s a gain or a loss.
Getting a wife out of the blue isn’t necessarily a loss.
Besides, he hadn’t raised these sons, and they hadn’t been much trouble and now seemed quite filial; it seemed like a gain.
Seeing Yang Fei approach, Mu Sujing and Duanmu Cheng’s sons all gave him complex looks.
Yang Fei said, "Let me see his condition."
Mu Sujing pondered for a moment, then nodded and helped Xu Jian sit up.
Yang Fei felt Xu Jian’s pulse and after a while noticed that his body was not in grave danger; his pulse was balanced and his breathing steady.
However, this fainting state was caused by a huge shock to his Sea of Consciousness.
After pondering for a moment, he released his Divine Sense to knock on the door of Xu Jian’s Sea of Consciousness Space.
After several attempts, Xu Jian indeed showed signs of response.
Originally suffering from Duanmu Chou’s divine soul attack, which damaged his Sea of Consciousness, his Sea of Consciousness instinctively closed off to protect its space.
Now, stimulated by Yang Fei’s Divine Sense, Xu Jian’s inner Sea of Consciousness sensed it and revived on its own.
Upon opening his eyes and seeing Yang Fei, he breathed a sigh of relief, looked around, and after briefly understanding the current situation, asked, "Did we all escape?"
Yang Fei nodded.
Xu Jian finally felt relieved, but soon thought of something. His gaze swept around and spotted Mu Sujing and his several "sons" and "grandsons."
This damn family all followed him.
It really was a case of the more children, the more blessings.
Seeing the "wife" beside him looking at him with concern, Xu Jian quickly steadied his emotions and said, "I’ve dragged you all into this."
Mu Sujing spoke firmly, "To follow the husband like a hen follows the rooster, or a dog if married to a dog. I have been your wife for many years, we are one and the same. Now that you’ve made this decision, if we don’t leave with you, staying with the family would only bring us harm."
Xu Jian nodded, glanced at Yang Fei, then at the ’relatives’ around him, and felt a bit of a headache.
Many things are inexplicable.
Fortunately, Mu Sujing did not ask him about them.
And the sons and grandsons of Duanmu Cheng, also seeming daunted by Duanmu Cheng’s once severe tyranny, dared not ask.
However, he still saw something in Mu Sujing’s eyes.
Although this woman was willing to follow him away from the Duanmu Family, deep inside she still harbored doubts about his actions.
Even, she might have doubted his identity.
But now was not the time to tackle these issues. He stood up, glanced around, and, noticing the team was surprisingly large—with hundreds gathered together—he frowned and said to Yang Fei, "Isn’t such a large group too conspicuous?"
Yang Fei replied, "The target is indeed too large, but there’s nothing that can be done about it. We can’t just abandon them, can we?"
Xu Jian silently nodded.
Yang Fei said, "Don’t worry too much, you need to properly recuperate from the impact on your Divine Sense. As for the security of this troop, leave it to me and Wang Lei. Don’t forget, Helian Rong and Tong Yunshu are here too, and they are not that weak. Moreover, in the current Hidden Sect World, the real experts are all gathered together, likely in a great battle, and no one will pay attention to us."
"But we can’t be careless either. We should find more horses to get them out sooner rather than later," Xu Jian reminded.
Yang Fei nodded, looked around, and called out, "We have rested for quite some time. Let’s endure a little longer and move on."
The group, aware of the situation, stood up and continued on their journey together. Only by leaving the Hidden Sect World would they be safe.
While passing through a village, Yang Fei had people buy many horses.
The Hidden Sect World was rich in resources, and with concentrated spiritual energy, the horses here were generally robust. Even ordinary horses could match the calibre of a renowned strong horse from the outer world.
With the horses and horse-drawn carriages, the speed of travel greatly increased.
They did encounter some blind robbers along the way, but even the Late-stage Energy Transformation Realm experts among the robbers were no match for this troop.
From start to finish, no pursuers came after them.
Several days later, when passing through the territory of Giant Sword Manor, the team was more cautious, fearing an attack. But, in the end, everything remained calm and safe.
Apparently, Giant Sword Manor, just like the Zhuge family and the Duanmu family, had almost all their top experts leave the sect, showing no interest in the team that had rebelled from the Duanmu Family.
Another two days later, the team finally arrived at a teleportation channel entrance.
This teleportation channel led directly to the Kunlun Mountain Death Valley.
Actually, going out from the teleportation channel of the Zhuge family would have been a bit closer, but that could only take one to Imperial City Meishan Mountain, which was under the Chu Family Faction’s control, a much riskier area. Thus, he decided to leave through this teleportation channel.
However, this teleportation channel entrance was guarded by a Divine Travel Realm expert and several Innate Realm masters.
The Divine Travel Realm expert guarding here was Mo Li, hailing from the Mo Family, a second-rate aristocratic family of the Hidden Sect. It was even due to his advancement into the Divine Travel Realm that the Mo Family rose to be a second-rate family.
As for those Innate Realm masters, they also came from other second-rate aristocratic families or some Loose Cultivators.
The two Divine Travel Realm experts who were supposed to be guarding here with Mo Li, Chen Liangzhong and Zuo Wenjun, were nowhere to be found.