Li Yang turned around and started walking, heading for the closest of the ruined blocks. Tian Zheng had never been treated in a manner like this so he was temporarily too stunned to move, only coming to his senses when Li Yang stepped into the first ruined block. He quickly made his way over and helped Li Yang inspect the block, but the results were the same as the blocks in the previous dungeon, completely empty.The two went from block to block, quickly discovering that these blocks were even emptier than the cells in the previous dungeon, they didn"t have any drops of slime hidden away within them. Were the Void Born here just careless, or did they have some specific reason for not leaving behind any part of themselves as a precaution? The two continued to investigate the various blocks, but not even the smallest drop of blood was present in the dungeon, it was so clean that it was eerie. While they were walking, Tian Zheng broke the silence by asking Li Yang questions.
"How long have you known Junior Sister Ying? You both should be rather young, so I"m also curious as to how and when you got married. Also, seeing how close you are, you must have known him for quite a while already. Oh, and how and where did you meet Junior Sister Ying? It must certainly be a grand tale for the ages."
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Tian Zheng did his best to hide it, but how could Li Yang not notice the point of the questions? Both he and Fang Ying were very young right now, and Fang Ying had spent most of her life in the Tian clan, so there should be almost no way for the two of them to have met, and certainly not enough time for them to get married. Tian Zheng had, of course, noticed this too, so now that he had the chance he was trying to get to the bottom of it, just what was the truth between Li Yang and Fang Ying?
Li Yang turned his head slightly, his eyes flashing with faint light as his gaze pierced into Tian Zheng, a regal and imposing air radiating from his body. The aura of the man once known as the Thunder Monarch crushed down onto Tian Zheng, causing his breath to get stuck in his throat as Li Yang only gave a simple response.
"If you ever hear about the Thunder Monarch, you might just learn the truth that you seek."
The response sounded serious, but it was in truth just a misleading answer. Li Yang knew that Jing Yimu had already done everything in his power to erase the Thunder Monarch from the history books and stories, that was why it was borderline impossible to find any information about Li Yang"s previous life. But Tian Zheng didn"t know that, so he would likely be fully focused on trying to find out things about the Thunder Monarch, ending up empty-handed.
Li Yang removed his gaze from him, Tian Zheng"s breath slowly returning to him. He felt like he had gotten a somewhat decent grasp on Li Yang after chatting with him previously, but not once had he ever felt anything like this from Li Yang, forcing him to once again change his opinion of him. But at the same time, he was somewhat excited, he had gotten something of an answer, he had a starting goal at least. With that being the case, Tian Zheng decided to continue asking questions, asking another one that had been nagging at his mind for a while now, his expression twisting from slight disdain.
"Brother Yang, tell me honestly. Are you one of those people from the Demon Race?"
The man known as the Silver Dragon Prince had practically never left the headquarters of the Demon Race, so Tian Zheng could only a.s.sume that Li Yang and Fang Ying knew Zhao Feng due to being part of the Demon Race. Li Yang didn"t stop in his tracks, he simply cast another sideways glance at Tian Zheng. And for the first time in tens of years, Tian Zeng felt someone look down on him.
"Heh, you"re a surprisingly small person, huh? What does it matter whether or not I"m part of the Demon Race or the Human Race? Disliking someone because of their race or background is inane and pointless. In the end, it all comes down to whether or not a person is your friend or foe, everything else is pointless and petty. Even now I"m only helping you deal with these Void Born because they"re a threat to those who fall into my friend category."
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 f.u.c.ked, not a single cell that remains intact. But there are no corpses, no blood, no drops of slime. f.u.c.k, there"re barely any grains of dust present here, the ones that escaped must have really cleaned house for every single sc.r.a.p 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 f.u.c.k 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 a.s.s. 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, n.o.body 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 s.h.i.t 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.