The noise coming from the tent caused when Agent Mathews tackled Zhang You into the tent, surprised Li Moxian and the kids. They had been observing the soldiers for a couple hours now trying to find a route they could use to reach the Sacred Abyss. Li Moxian could feel a qi cultivator using their energy in there tent that the commotion was just coming from. She was already aware of the battle that took place the day before, because she had over heard many of the soldiers discussing it as they were sneaking around. Her first thought was that one of the enemies managed to infiltrate their world. Not knowing exactly what was going on she felt it was better to be safe then be sorry. Li Moxian placed her hand on the ground next to the bush they were hiding behind. When she established a connection with the life force of the bush, she used the energy from her dantian to make the roots grow toward the tent. She didn't want to alert whomever was inside so she made the roots grow at a moderate pace. As the roots reached about three quarters of the way to the tent, suddenly another commotion broke out in the tent. Li Moxian reacted on instinct and caused the root to quickly extend the rest of the way under the tent. As she made the root burst thru the ground under the tent, she also reinforced it, she then indiscriminately bound up any life force she felt inside. When Li Moxian was done she looked around to see if any guards on patrol in the area noticed what happened. Some of the guards were looking at the tent suspiciously, but no one actually went over to investigate because just as soon as it started it ended just as suddenly.
Li Moxian waited till the guards walked out of sight before she and the kid crept over to the tent. She was surprised to find and enraged woman in a military uniform struggling desperately against her restraints. It was a good thing she made sure to gag them as well or she would have been making a racket. The gentleman was the one that worried her out of the two. He was very calm and just followed her movements with his eyes. He had the look of a predator to her. If she wasn't concerned about the guards finding them she would have told her kids to wait outside.
Since she could tell that the woman was a U.S. army officer due to her uniform she slowly separated the female from the male. She kept her eyes on him the whole time ready to react at a moments notice. She left the woman bound and gagged because she still hadn't calmed down yet.
Zhang You had broken thru Agents Mathews ice shackles and lounged at her. She was surprised for a second but her years of training honed her reaction time to pure instinct. She immediately reacted with a palm strike to Zhang You chest. He saw her move but he completely ignored it feeling there was no way he could possibly be hurt by her. As far as he could tell there was no one in this area who could hurt him. The monks from early would have been a problem for him if they were still around, but after facing his uncle's enforcers they barely made it out of here alive. And the one who saved them already left for his world. He felt that this was the perfect opportunity for him to establish a foothold for himself in this world. But his plans came to a screeching halt when her palm not only hurt him but forced him to take a couple steps back. Even Agent Matthews was shocked by the strength behind her blow. Because of the strength of the people from the abyss that were battling the day before, she expected him to be stronger. Being able to force him back gave her confidence in being able to subdue him. Agent Mathews and Zhang You began exchanging blows back and forth. At first it was probing strikes, but they soon escalated into a full blown brawl. Right as it was about to escalate into them using cultivation techniques, very thick roots burst out of the ground and bound the two of them together. it was so sudden and unexpected that neither of them had time to react before they were bound up tightly, they were even gagged.
Zhang You's years of experience taught him the most valuable lessons of all, always remain calm and patient. The moment they were bound he sent his spiritual sense out and what he felt made no sense to him. The power of the roots binding him felt like they came from someone several levels higher then himself, but the person controlling them were clearly half his strength. What surprised him even more was that there was a seed of power inside them that would make even an immortal level cultivator drool. The more he saw of this world the more everything about it seemed impossible. His mind was now working on how he could make that seed his own. When Li Moxian entered the tent the only sign that Zhang You showed was a slight dilation of his pupils. Agent Mathews on the other hand was struggling futilely and trying to scream thru her gag. What upset and disgusted her the most was she was being pressed against this strange man, and his body's react let her know he was enjoying it. She swore to herself that she would bath in scolding hot water and scrub two layers of skin off if she made it out of this alive. She started struggling even more when she felt the roots holding her moving, hoping that she could somehow wiggle loose. Even though she was finally separated from that pervert she was still infuriated that she couldn't get loose no matter how hard she tried.
Li Moxian sat there for a while trying to figure out what to do with these two. Being this close to the Sacred Abyss was starting to make it hard for her to think. By the way her kids kept shifting from one foot to the other, she understood that they were feeling the same thing she was. She turned Agent Mathews toward her and held a finger in front of her mouth trying to get her to quiet down. It took her a little while but she finally got her emotions in check.
"I'm going to remove your gag now. Can I trust you to remain calm and quiet so we can talk?" Li Moxian asked
Agent Mathews felt like she was being patronized, but she understood the situation she was in, so she rolled her eyes and reluctantly nodded her head.
Li Moxian looked around and found a small stool that she placed in front of Agent Mathews in a way that she could keep and eye on Zhang You at the same time. He begrudgingly had to nod at how cautious she was being. Li Moxian waved her hand causing the gag to unravel from Agent Mathews mouth. She started flexing her jaw trying to remove the pain and stiffness from her mouth.
"Do you remember me? " Li Moxian asked Agent Matthews.
Agent Mathews stopped flexing her jaw and looked at Li Moxian's face. As soon as she did her face fell, "Oh f*ck!!"