Chapter 742 - Rescue (2/2)

“Little Ye! Stop playing with sand, it annoys me!” complained another, resting his eyes in a corner.

The young man against the wall looked up, confused. “I’m not doing anything.” He looked to the source of the sound to see the sand move, then out popped a black beetle.

“A bug!” gasped Gongjia Ye audibly.

The guard outside heard him but continued with his nap. There were many bugs in the desert, even scorpions and lizards were common so what was a bug?!

Within the room, ten bugs the size of a palm crawled out of the sand. The beetles did not approach the people, instead moved aside and waited.

A hand reached out of the sand.

All five people caught their breath, almost screaming. They watched as a human slowly wriggled out of the sand where the beetles came out from.

Stunned, they studied the stranger who appeared so suddenly. When they snapped to their senses, their first thought was: will he save us?

Shao Xuan looked at the five people, privately satisfied. These people weren’t stupid, they didn’t make a sound.

Someone asked in a low voice. “Who are you? Are you here to save us?”

Shao Xuan did not answer, instead asking, “Gongjia Ye, Shi, Rong, Shen, Kan?” Gongjia Ren had told him their five names.

When he spoke, five pairs of eyes lit up, about to speak when Shao Xuan gestured with his palm facing downwards, implying to stay quiet.

Five of them nodded hurriedly, eyes bright.

Shao Xuan took out a piece of cloth and unfurled it at a brighter spot. There was Gongjia Ren’s writing on it, telling them that Shao Xuan was here to save them and they could trust Shao Xuan.

The five of them could read the note clearly from the light above, almost crying from emotion.

If this person came out from underground, was he going to bring them out through the say method?

They suddenly felt this stranger was trustable and waited for his next action. There was not much time for conversation so the longer they spoke, the greater the chances of getting caught. They only had to trust Shao Xuan. With Gongjia Ren’s note, they did not need to be suspicious.

Shao Xuan walked over to the nearest person to cut his vines off, then waved for everyone to inch over.

They were ecstatic but soon realised things were going in an unexpected direction— Wait, I know you’re helping us but why did you cut our ropes and then tie us up again?!

Yep. After Shao Xuan untied them, he tied them up together once again. Not just that, he even added reinforcements with his own rope so no one would fall out.

They looked at him with questions, unsure what next.

Shao Xuan really wanted the beetles to transport these five out but while they would not eat Shao Xuan, he was not sure about the rest. Sapphire had been asleep for too long and only met its swarm recently. He was not sure if Sapphire could control them well. That was why when there was another option available, he did not take this risk. He did not want them to be skeletons by the time they were dragged out.

After tying them up, Shao Xuan gave a command to Sapphire, who was underground outside the city, to proceed with the next step.

An avalanche of sand burst from underground a hundred metres away from the city. A pillar of sand sprayed like water high in the air, then landed again.

It was a signal.

Shao xuan looked at the sky from the gaps in the roof. After seeing a shadow high in the sky, he sank into the sand once more, leaving the five tied-up people looking at each other.

Soon, a shriek came from far away . Figuring that something had happened, the guards all rushed to follow the sound.

Shao Xuan appeared in the house once more, lifted the five people tied together, then slashed the thorned vine tying the door shut. For convenience of bringing people in at out, the desert robbers built their door wide so this door was wide enough for Shao Xuan to drag five people out.

The guards had been lured away, even the guards outside the yard were distracted by the commotion. No guards were present on this side of the house.

The five of them still did not understand what Shao Xuan planned to do until Shao Xuan lifted them up, then tossed them like a ball high up and out of the yard…

Seeing the ground leave themselves, and the little prison yard shrinking quickly below them, they felt their hearts stop as their minds went blank.

Even higher up, a shadow swooped across and brought the five people away from the compound.