142 starting his breakthrough. (2/2)
That was the only trait of a person that Li Yang had ever cared about, whether they were friends or foes. Foes were killed and friends were treated as best he could and nothing else mattered, that was his opinion and belief. For the most part, he was indifferent towards those who fell into neither category, but he was more inclined to treat them better rather than worse. After all, making more enemies without good reason was pointless.
Tian Zheng wanted to retort, or at least push Li Yang to actually answer the question he asked. But upon seeing the look of faint contempt in Li Yang's eyes, he could only swallow his words. Just like Li Yang said, he should see it from a perspective of friend or foe, useful or useless. Right now, Li Yang was on his side, or at least not against him, so there was no reason to push him too much and risk pushing him away.
The two quickly finished up checking the rest of the ruined prison cells, returning to the entrance of the dungeon and meeting up with Zhao Feng and Fang Ying again. When they reunited, Zhao Feng shrugged his shoulders and pointed behind him using his thumb.
”It's all fucked, not a single cell that remains intact. But there are no corpses, no blood, no drops of slime. Fuck, there're barely any grains of dust present here, the ones that escaped must have really cleaned house for every single scrap of energy they could devour.”
It wasn't just Li Yang and Tian Zheng who found the place to be so clean that it was eerie, Zhao Feng and Fang Ying had clearly come to the same conclusion. Fang Ying and Zhao Feng locked eyes for a quick second, both nodding their heads once before Zhao Feng spoke up.
”I and your wifey talked about it and came to the same decision, we wanna help Tian Zheng hunt down those Void born. They're too dangerous to be left to their own devices, they cannot be allowed to leave this place, who knows how much havoc they'll cause. That's our stance at least, but what about you?”
No matter how they looked at it, the two of them always came to the same conclusion, the Void Born were too dangerous to be unleashed. Normal Void Born might be fine, but the ones here had likely been imprisoned for countless years, they were probably filled with fiery rage that they were just waiting to unleash on everything around them. Li Yang shrugged his shoulders in response, pointing at the block carved with words standing by the entrance.
”I'll help, can't really let those go out and possibly fuck up things for the others. They're also likely to head to areas filled with dense energy, they should help us find some good treasures. But before I go do any of that, I'm gonna sit down over there and increase my cultivation, this lack of energy is a serious pain in the ass. You guys can choose to wait for me or you can already head out, but I want at least one of you to protect me while I do my cultivation, it'll let me focus fully on it so that I can get it over with faster.”
Li Yang was still only in the middle stage of the Ascending Heaven realm, it was far from good enough to deal with the enemies that they were usually taking on. With that being the case, it was about time for him to take a few days off so that he could increase his cultivation somewhat by using the resources he had on hand. Fang Ying and Zhao Feng nodded their heads immediately, nobody requiring any spoken words to understand the division of labor.
”Aight, guess I'm stuck with the kiddo then. You can enjoy a few days with the wifey, but I swear, if you guys end up running late because you felt a sudden hankering for some pankering, then I'm gonna slap the ever-loving shit out of you.”
Zhao Feng shook his head with a somewhat exasperated expression as he walked forward, grabbing onto the collar of Tian Zeng's robe and dragging him with him as he headed for the exit. Li Yang sent Zhao Feng a smirk and flipped him off, waiting for him to vanish out of the dungeon before sitting down by the engraved block and closing his eyes. Fang Ying also walked over, sitting down at his and taking out her sword, placing it across her lap and keeping it at the ready. Langshen laid down at her side, his eyes vigilantly sweeping the surroundings as he mimicked his master, keeping a watch over Li Yang as he started his cultivation.