My gorgeous wife-Chapter 1708 - 1679: Old Friends Remain

When people are in despair, they often stir up a rebellious emotion. Even the most cowardly individuals possess this spirit of resistance; it’s just usually hidden away.

The people of Heisha Ridge did not hide it; they wielded this rebellious spirit to the extreme from beginning to end.

Knowing there was no chance to escape, they instead fought the Extreme Wing Sect with all their might, unleashing their final potential with the desperate thought of taking down at least one enemy, even the young children were like this.

It was precisely because of this that instilled fear in the Extreme Wing Sect, preventing them from recklessly launching a siege at the first opportunity.

If the Extreme Wing Sect had been more decisive, willing to wipe out the people of Heisha Ridge without considering the consequences, they wouldn’t have waited for Li Chen to arrive.

But... there’s no if.

The moment Li Chen appeared meant the doom of the Extreme Wing Sect had arrived.

Li Chen always regarded the people of Heisha Ridge as benefactors, and now with his benefactors being slaughtered, how could he contain his violent emotions?

Bai Shi, lacking any sense of right and wrong, simply followed Li Chen’s command to kill, with no personal ties to those people, he killed without hesitation.

So, in the end, every disciple of the Extreme Wing Sect was completely slaughtered by Bai Shi, leaving not a single one alive.

Even those who tried to escape after Li Chen lifted the Cease Spear effect couldn’t escape being crushed to powder within Bai Shi’s domain.

How could a group of Heaven Following Realm individuals compare with Bai Shi’s domain coverage speed?

After all the people of the Extreme Wing Sect were exterminated by Bai Shi, the people of Heisha Ridge finally returned to their senses and looked around.

On their faces, there was no joy of victory, no relief of survival, only wordless sorrow.

Even though Li Chen arrived as swiftly as he could and stopped all the slaughter upon appearing, by the time he arrived, many people of Heisha Ridge had already died at the hands of the disciples of the Extreme Wing Sect.

Among them were many children not yet of age.

Those were just children! How could they bring themselves to do it?

The women covered their faces to muffle their sobs, but the tears seeping through their fingers revealed their true state of mind.

The men, too, fell silent as they surveyed the chaos around them.

The Big Leader came to Li Chen’s side, eyes filled with sorrow, and remarked, "It’s been years, and I never thought you would soar so high. Without your intervention this time, we would have been doomed."

"Big Leader." Li Chen bowed respectfully towards the Big Leader. Even though his strength now surpassed that of the Big Leader, in Li Chen’s eyes, he was still the guide from back then.

During that year at Heisha Ridge, Li Chen learned a lot from the Big Leader, which prevented him from taking many detours in his subsequent cultivation.

Li Chen’s cultivation journey had always been full of ups and downs, with hardly anyone to guide him after reaching the Earth Level. To reach this point, he had relied on his perseverance, struggling through the dark path on his own.

Although the Big Leader didn’t teach him much, it was invaluable experience for Li Chen at that time.

And also the Two-Yi Yin Yang Mirror.

If not for the Supreme Treasure given by the Big Leader, he would have become a wandering soul long ago.

Perhaps the Big Leader didn’t know the Two-Yi Yin Yang Mirror was one of the Nine Great Treasures, but even if he didn’t, possessing it for so many years surely made him aware of its uniqueness. Yet, without hesitation, he gave it to someone who was almost destined to die, a favor Li Chen would never forget.

Seeing Li Chen’s attitude, the Big Leader smiled, pleased with his judgment.

The little Heaven Following Realm kid from before had now reached heights he couldn’t grasp, yet remained unchanged as a person.

"Second, where did you find him?" The Big Leader looked at the Second Leader beside Li Chen, asking with a curious look.

"Big Leader, perhaps we should talk about this later." Before the Second Leader could respond, Li Chen quickly said, "Everyone’s wounded; I think we should tend to the injured first."

"Indeed." The Big Leader nodded, looking ever more satisfied with Li Chen, with a rare smile replacing his previous melancholy.

Li Chen flickered down, and began distributing pills to the injured at Heisha Ridge.

As a Fifth Rank Heavenly Pill Alchemist, he naturally wasn’t short on pills. Moreover, Li Chen knew his situation and always carried a large number of Healing Pills, which now came in handy.

"It’s a pity about those guys; they’re dead and have no further use." Li Chen recalled the method to extract True Yuan through the domain, which he had tried once in Ciran City, discovering it worked quite well.

But now, with the Extreme Wing Sect people dead, he couldn’t perform the trick again.

"You’ve... come back." Qin Qiang looked at Li Chen with a complex expression.

"What’s wrong?" Li Chen smiled, "Aren’t you happy that I’m back? Afraid I’d send you to Ciran City again for mischief?"

"Old Qin would love that!" Before Qin Qiang could respond, Luu Zhouzi chimed in.

Compared to Qin Qiang, Luu Zhouzi was even more heavily injured, with an arm completely severed and multiple serious injuries, currently in the process of reattaching his arm.

Seeing him, Li Chen felt a bit helpless. Despite being in such a tragic state, he could still smile.

"You guys are truly born to be bandits." Li Chen remarked, laughing at the group of grinning core members of Heisha Ridge.

"No, it’s not right." Qin Qiang shook his head, seriously saying, "Didn’t you tell us before? We are the heroes of the green woods."

The group burst into laughter.

"Right, right! Heroes of the green woods!"

For a moment, the laughter seemed to lighten the mournful atmosphere.

The Big Leader and the Second Leader, busy tending to others, exchanged smiles as they watched Li Chen blend in with everyone.

After distributing the pills, Li Chen paused before two girls.

Looking at them, Li Chen’s eyes showed surprise, guilt, and complexity.

"Why are you two here as well?"