"Fuck, this is all you got, after all that trouble we went through, this is it?!" Mo Hei said. The more he spoke the angrier he became and the more his face twist in ugliness as if he cannot bear it anymore.
"Hey, calm down, Mo Hei." The leader, Mo Fan spoke after noticing the look on his little brother's face.
"B-But Big brother— we wasted our time waiting for days and for what, a few gold coins, where are we going vent our frustrations?" Mo Hei asked, clearly hinting at something when he spoke just now.
As the vice leader of the group, he carries some authority, although not as much his big brother but it is undeniable.
The reason why he was acting out is due to the frustration that was bubbling out inside him as well those of their comrades, so if his big brother, the leader does not appease them, how will they be willing to follow him in the future— heck, if this spreads who will be willing to follow them.
"…"
Listening to his little brother, Mo Fan remained silent for a while before speaking, "You're right, I never said we were going to let them go, I only said you should remain calm as you tend to be rush when it comes to handling things— which might cause you your death someday." Mo Fan said while staring straight into Mo Hei's eyes.
See his big brother looking at him, Mo Hei, felt a chill down his spine, averting his gaze from him a moment later.
…
At a location not far from the bandits, at the side of a large tree, three individuals were tied with ropes with their hands tightly bonded behind their backs and the legs tightly bonded in front— those three individuals where of course Shenyan, Wang Lei and the old coachman.
As they listened to the conversation between the bandits just now, Wang Lei was stunned for a moment before coming back to his senses as he turn to look at Shenyan and said, "Shenyan, I don't think we can walk out of here unscathed, since it has come to this, we have no choice but to fight our way out— I purposely hid my aura just now so they might not know that I am cultivator yet and there seems to be only one cultivator on their side who seem to be at the fifth level Spirit Apprentice. While I handle that guy, you should take that chance to run" Wang Lei analyzed the situation and the same time coming up a conclusion that can guaranteed their survival albeit at a cost— his own life.
Shenyan listened to this with a frown on his face before speaking, "Why do I have to run, can't we fight them together?" He said surprising Wang Lei.
Wang Lei looked at Shenyan before saying, "Have you forgotten, that you can't cultivate, how can you fight them together with me, huh? He said before continuing," Just listen to me and run, that is our only way out of this."
Shenyan shook his head before saying, "I can't do that."
"What?"
Wang Lei was dumbfounded by what Shenyan said before thinking 'Why is this fellow so hard to persuade, can't he understand the situation that we are currently in.' Wang Lei could not understand why Shenyan is not willing to escape even though he is not a cultivator like him.
Contrary to his belief, Shenyan is extremely calm at this moment, not showing any trace of fear even though he heard those bandits talking about killing them just now.
Shenyan said, "I said can't do that, if we are going to fight, we fight together and if we are going to escape, we escape together."
Hearing this Wang Lei was touched for a moment before still insisting and saying "But how are you going to fight them, with your bare-hands? You don't even have a weapon and those bandits are all carrying weapons."
"I'll be fine." Shenyan said resolutely before continuing, "I just have fight those that are not cultivators, right? I don't think they're stronger— although I don't how, but I can tell that they're much weaker compared to their leader."
Hearing his explanation, Wang Lei pondered for a moment before speaking, "Alright, if it comes down to it, I'll handle their leader while you handle those guys, but if you feel that you can't handle them all, you should run away quickly!" Wang Lei emphasize on the last part of his speech because he does not believe that Shenyan can handle those three guys all by himself, he was thinking about helping him out after dealing with the bandit leader.
"Okay, no need to worry," Shenyan said as he broke out of his restraint, shocking Wang Lei greatly as he never thought that Shenyan had such raw strength even though he was not a cultivator.
Following that, Wang Lei also broke out of his restraint by concentrating his Spirit energy at the tip of his finger and cutting the rope binding his hands and legs.
...
At this point, the bandits had already made up their minds to not let Shenyan and his group off, so they made their way towards the three individuals tied at the back of a large tree but to their surprise, they were not there— the three bonded individuals disappeared.
The leader suddenly noticed something, and a deep frown appeared on his face before ordering, "Watch out, one of them is a cultivator, there is a trace of Spirit energy residue around where they were."
"What?!" The group was shocked greatly as none of them thought that there will be a cultivator among those two kids as that old coachman was clearly an ordinary person with no cultivation at all.
"Don't worry, they might've just escape so they can't have gone too far." The leader said before ordering, "Follow me, give chase, we can't let them go after they have seen our faces!" Mo Fan said before suddenly running toward the forest as his group followed shortly afar.
Although they were much slower compared to their leader, Mo Fan, they were not lacking at all as they have received training and with their experiences through their career as bandits, they were able to keep up.
…
Meanwhile on the side, Shenyan and Wang Lei were both running through the forest. Shenyan was carrying the old coachman as he felt sorry for him. Wang Lei was going to stop him from doing such a thing when their lives were in danger, but he gave up soon as he knew he would not listen to him anyway. As they made their way through forest, suddenly Wang Lei's face suddenly froze as he hurriedly said, "Shit, they caught up already?!"