<h4>Chapter 1312: A Dangerous Situation</h4>
The moment the voice rang out, Wei Wuyan was stunned.
This was totally out of his expectations!
It wasn’t this person’s sudden appearance that had surprised him but rather... With Lang Yng’s cultivation, he actually didn’t realize that someone was hidden nearby?
Lang Yng did not move. In fact, he didn’t shift any part of his body at all and yet the aura around him suddenly changed! It became exceedingly sharp, like a piercing arrow leaving the bow!
The heartless and vicious aura of an Interrogation Hallw-enforcement officer which had only just disappeared also came back, making him intimidating and unapproachable once again!
He didn’t turn. He merely questioned calmly, “Li? Li Qingyun?”
The voice burst intoughter. “That’s Master Lang for you indeed! It has been two hundred years since west met. To think you still remember this old man’s voice!”
Following theughter, a white-robed elderly man suddenly appeared soundlessly in front of them.
“Li Qingyun, what is the Li n doing here?” Lang Yng asked indifferently, with nary a change in his countenance.
“Hurhur, does Master Lang mean to ask whether this old man heard that sad and heart-stirring past of Master Lang’s?” asked Li Qingyun mirthfully, his eyes narrowed.
These words of his were rather disrespectful. It also admitted that he had been eavesdropping at the side.
Lang Yng’s expression turned cold. Without much emotion, he asked, “Was it very interesting?”
“Not in particr. Just that I truly didn’t expect Master Lang’s past to be so tragic,” remarked Li Qingyun. “It touched me so much when I heard.”
Lang Yng let out an oddugh. “I see, so the Li n’s target is me! Li Qingyun, let’s not beat about the bush; tell me the reason why.”
Li Qingyun sighed. He replied, “Master Lang, the purpose for meing here today is firstly, to assist you in capturing the aplices of the Extraterrestrial Demon. Secondly, I just wanted to invite Master Lang to the Li n for a visit and let us have the honor of ying host to you. We do not have any intentions to make an enemy out of you, much less targeting you. I hope Master Lang does not misunderstand us.”
Lang Yng held his hands behind his back, looking toward the sky. He asked softly, “What if I say that I’m not going?”
Li Qingyun’s eyes flickered. “Cough, it’s better that Master Lang agrees! This area is secluded, with the mountains tall and potholes deep. Should you get lost here, it’ll be very difficult to find your way back.”
Lang Yng sneered in response.
Right at this moment, there was a flurry of movement in the shadows. Lang Yng’s nine subordinates and Wan Renjie etc had also discovered something amiss. They leaped over to where Lang Yng was one after the other.
After this period of recuperation, Wan Renjie and the others had basically recovered their strength. In addition, not only did these purportedly cold and heartlessw-enforcement officers not treat them with hostility, they even gave them water and rations.
This surprised the three of them greatly.
It seemed that Lang Yng really didn’t have any intention of capturing them and bringing them to justice before he came here. He just wanted to fulfill his long-cherished wish.
Wan Renjie walked over to Wei Wuyan and looked at him questioningly.
Wei Wuyan gave him a sorrowful smile. “I’m fine.”
Relieved, the hearts of Wan Renjie and the other two were set at ease.
Right now, they had 14 people on their side, whereas Li Qingyun was alone on the other side.
“What a grand entourage! Master Lang is indeed escorted by many when he sets out! There are actually nine out of the thirty-six gold-tew-enforcement officers escorting you!”
Lang Yng replied indifferently, “Stop babbling and let your men show themselves! I don’t want to listen to your nonsense! The Li n isn’t of enough status to make me, Lang Yng, be a guest of the Li n of my own will yet! We’ll let our skills speak for themselves!”
Li Qingyun whistled long and loud into the sky before he guffawed. “How cold of you, Master Lang! Children,e forth and give him your sincerest invitation!”
Following his call, a response suddenly came from all directions. “We invite Master Lang to the Li n for a visit!”
A mad flurry of shadows surged forward with a whoosh.
White-d figures neatly came forward from all four cardinal directions!
Wei Wuyan’s heart sank. There were 200 people on the other side! And every one of them was a skilled expert!
With Lang Yng’s current cultivation, there was no way he could stand against them!
Lang Yng’s countenance was chilly. He didn’t speak a single word, but his eyes gradually turned as ruthless as a scavenging vulture!
The Li n members surrounded them from all four sides, forming a huge encirclement around them and trapping them within.
Li Qingyun smiled lightly. “Master Lang, the Li n has sent a sixth-grade Supreme Martial Artist, a fifth-grade Supreme Martial Artist, two fourth-grade Supreme Martial Artists, five third-grade Supreme Martial Artists, five second-grade Supreme Martial Artists, ten first-grade Supreme Martial Artists, 50 ninth-grade Martial Saints and 140 eighth-grade Martial Saints! With this grand line-up and boundless sincerity, we invite Master Lang to visit the Li n and be our guest!”
Lang Yng sneered mockingly. “This line-up is certainly not modest. However, the Li n is not of enough status!”
“Whether or not we are of enough status, Master Lang wille to realize very soon!” A piercing gleam shed in Li Qingyun’s eyes.
The gap between the strength of both sides was too overwhelming!
Crossing a great distance to get here, Lang Yng had traveled light and with few attendants. However, the Li n had clearly nned and prepared for this for a very long time! And now, after they revealed their line-up, Lang Yng’s side immediately sank into a dire situation where they practically couldn’t fight back at all!
There was not one bit of change in the countenances of Lang Yng and his nine subordinates. It was as though they had be ustomed to seeing such a scene and didn’t think much of it. There was nothing but indifference on their faces!
These people had been in charge of the Interrogation Hall for a very long time. All these years, what they did for a living was precisely either torturing or killing people! Over the years, their temperament had long been steeled.
Life and death were something which they had already be ustomed to.
Be it toward the lives of others or their own, they seemed to hold only indifference.
There was an easy smile on Li Qingyun’s countenance, the kind that came from havingplete control over the overall situation.
In his eyes, Lang Yng had no chance of escape!
And in truth, that was the case!
...
Amidst the swirling snow and wind, a white figure drifted toward them quietly andnded a couple of kilometers away. Staying close to the ground, he continued flying forward.
It was Chu Yang!
After trailing the Li n party for a few days and confirming the direction they were going in, he found his way here. However, they had an overwhelming advantage in numbers and experts abound, so Chu Yang didn’t dare to leave any traces of his presence.
It was only just earlier when they made their sudden appearance and paid no attention to the area behind them that Chu Yang could take the opportunity to approach the battleground.
And now, as he observed the situation on the other side, Chu Yang’s brows furrowed indistinctly.
This situation was truly outside of his expectations. It was as terrible as it could possibly get!
Even if he added himself to the equation, Lang Yng’s party had absolutely no chance of victory!
Yet Chu Yang couldn’t just leave it be. Be it for the Purple Crystal mine where the sixth fragment of the Nine Tribtions Sword was or for Wei Wuyan, Wan Renjie and the other two, he couldn’t just sit by and do nothing!
But right now, even as more than ten ns shed through Chu Yang’s mind in the blink of an eye, not even a single one could do anything for the current situation!
He was truly at a loss!
“What can I do to get out of this predicament?” Chu Yang’s brain went into overdrive. He observed the terrain; this particr area was just filled with forests in the mountains. Although there were high and low grounds in the snow, the difference wasn’t significant. And the worst thing was that there weren’t even any dense forests.
Moreover, this was part of the northwest region. In the eyes of the Li n who was native to this area, even the usual ways in which one could conceal himself in the snow were no different from being out in the open!
Furthermore, there was also another matter giving Chu Yang a headache. It was also this exact matter which made him wish he could swear at these Li n members for appearing at this timing — Both Wei Wuyan and Lang Yng had just gotten their revenge and were in a state where they were feeling empty and hollow inside. At such a time, even if others didn’t kill or go after them, they probably already had the inclination to take their own lives.
Yet at this time, they just had to be trapped in an encirclement forcing them to fight to the death and without any chance of survival. To those two, this was no different from someone giving them exactly what they wanted.
It was likely that even if Chu Yang came up with a solution, those two might not necessarily leave!
This was what was giving Chu Yang the biggest headache.
If they really wanted to break out of the encirclement, if Chu Yang worked with them from the outside, there was at least an 80 percent chance of sess in breaking out. As for what was toe after breaking out... Whether or not people would catch up to them was something that they could consider again after breaking out.
But the breakout itself... was something that he was confident of!
However, if those two were to be stubborn and adopt an attitude of having nothing to live for anymore... Even if Chu Yang were to help, the most likely thing to happen was just him being implicated by the two of them and losing his life here!
What should he do about this? For a moment there, Chu Yang was so troubled that his hair almost turned white.
The tension in the battleground became stronger and stronger.
“I’m the only one whom you’re after.” Without any change in his expression, Lang Yng said passively, “Let these four leave first! They have nothing to do with me.”
Obviously, Li Qingyun didn’t wish to create any unnecessary trouble either. He would likely have to pay quite a high price to keep those four here anyway. Nodding, he replied, “Although these four people are the aplices of the Extraterrestrial Demon, it has nothing to do with the Li n. The four of you, if you wish to leave, then please take your leave now.”
“Elder Lang has helped me to take revenge for my deep feud. How can I, Wei Wuyan, leave you and live on dishonorably at this time?” True to Chu Yang’s expectations, Wei Wuyan said with deep emotion, “Brother Wan, the three of you can go!”
Wan Renjie was very much displeased. “Are the three of us people who would cling to life shamelessly because we fear death?” Cheng Duying and Bao Buhuan nodded incessantly. “Big Brother is right!”
In the shadows, apletely speechless Chu Yang hung his head.
These four have such a one-track mind...
I’m really so speechless at them. Lang Yng and the other nine have worked with each other for many years; they have naturally built up a good rapport among themselves. If all of you were to leave first and leave behind just the ten of them, breaking out of the encirclement would also be a little easier.
If absolutely necessary, I can even make a sudden move and bring Lang Yng away at thest moment. The Li n definitely won’t bear to kill him anyway...
But with the four of you here, I’m really at aplete loss. No matter how powerful I am, I can’t smuggle five people out at one go from under the nose of a sixth-grade Supreme Martial Artist, right...
Aren’t you just trying to worry me to death...
“Fantastic! Such loyalty and devotion! What good men of the martial world!” Sneering, Li Qingyun dered, “Since you don’t know what’s good for you, this old man shall make true your honorable reputation and let the four of you be heroes!”
With a flourish of his arm, he shouted, “Hack these four into eight chunks!”
From among the Li n members, four people came forward quietly. Bowing, they said, “Your permission, please!”
“Permission given!” Li Qingyun gave his permission.
Then, the four of them spun around neatly and strode toward the other side. Their target was Wei Wuyan and the other three!
With a cold and unfeeling expression, Lang Yng hollered, “How dare you touch the people that I, Lang Yng, want to protect! Gold-te officers! Kill the four of them!”
ck robes fluttered and shed about. The nine gold-te officers struck out at the same time!
A big battle was about to break out at any moment.
Li Qingyun shouted, “Don’t worry about thew-enforcement officers’ status; kill them all! Lang Yng is the only one I want alive!”
With a long howl, more than 200 Li n members struck out simultaneously!