Chapter 1347: Leaving

Like mirrors, the tremendous impact shattered the countless layers of space into pieces. At the same time, colorful ripples washed out in every direction.

Right after that, the invisible, intangible silhouettes became solid.

“What happened?”

“People! I see people! I see living people!”

“Get lost, you’re crushing me!”

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Since the spatial barriers were breached, people from different spaces naturally fell into the same space. That was why they could now see each other.

“Found you.”

At the same time, a dark glint flashed in Ye Qing’s eyes. He took a step forward, slipped through the crowd, and appeared behind a certain person.

“Brother Nianjiu.”

“Who the—?”

Chu Nianjiu was busy scanning his surroundings when Ye Qing gave him the fright of his life. When he spun around and saw who it was, astonishment and disbelief filled his face. “Joyless?”

“It is I,” Ye Qing replied smilingly.

Chu Nianjiu’s astonishment morphed into pure joy, but still the disbelief remained. “Is it really you, Joyless? I’m not dreaming, am I?”

Smiling, Ye Qing took a step forward and gave him a clap on the shoulder. “You’re not dreaming. It really is me.”

“Hahaha! Hahahaha! It really is you!”

Chu Nianjiu bubbled with joy as he wrapped an arm around Ye Qing’s shoulder. “But why are you here?”

It had been years since they saw each other. Ye Qing was just as happy as Chu Nianjiu was. “I came to look for you and the others, of course.”

“Look for us?” Chu Nianjiu looked stunned. “You... you purposely came all the way here to save us?”

Ye Qing nodded.

Chu Nianjiu asked curiously, “But how did you know that we are in trouble? And how did you even find this place and get here?”

Ye Qing said, “I’ll explain it later. Let’s meet up with Chief Fang first and get out of here.”

“Yeah, yeah, we should meet up with Chief Fang first.” Chu Nianjiu’s eyes darted left and right, but there were just way too many people. “Do you know where he is, Joyless?”

“This way.”

Ye Qing grabbed Chu Nianjiu’s shoulder and jumped into the air.

Chu Nianjiu felt his body turning light, and the scenery before his eyes changing rapidly for a moment. Before he realized what was happening, a familiar figure entered his view.

It was none other than Fang Xiaoman.

“Nianjiu? Joyless?”

Fang Xiaoman wore the exact same look of bewilderment as Chu Nianjiu earlier when the duo suddenly appeared in front of him. For a second, the chief genuinely wondered if he was dreaming.

“Long time no see, chief,” Ye Qing greeted Fang Xiaoman with a salute.

Right now, Fang Xiaoman’s aura was weak, and his face was pale. The aura of casual confidence and laziness he normally gave off had been completely replaced by fatigue. It showed just how many dangers Fang Xiaoman had had to fend off, and how much pressure was on his shoulders for the past couple days.

The good news was that Fang Xiaoman wasn’t grievously injured. He was simply physically and mentally exhausted.

“It really is you? Did you come to rescue us?”

Fang Xiaoman’s reaction was much more mature than Chu Nianjiu’s. After seeing a nod, he asked in a hurry, “Did you find Suitang and Yuhuai?”

“I did. In fact, they’re just outside the village.”

Ye Qing said, “This isn’t the place to talk though. Let’s get out of here first.”

A bell chime rang, grand and boundless.

Earlier, Ye Qing had intentionally limited the Earthly Sovereign Bell’s output for fear of accidentally injuring Fang Xiaoman and Chu Nianjiu. But now that he had found them, there was no longer anything to be afraid of. He unleashed its full power.

The grand chime caused the entire Village of No Return to shake violently. Buildings collapsed, the surroundings rippled like water, and the ground shook like an earthquake.

When the false world shattered, and the entire Village of No Return crumbled into a pile of ruins, it was as if some sort of invisible film was breached. At the same time, Ye Qing sensed Papersmith, Gu Suitang, and Lin Yuhuai’s aura from several kilometers away.

Inside the Village of No Return, he had traveled at least a hundred kilometers or two. However, the real village was only a few kilometers wide at most.

“They’re over there. Let’s go.”

Ye Qing beckoned Fang Xiaoman and Chu Nianjiu to follow him, but when he turned to look at them, he noticed the duo looking like they had seen a ghost.

“What’s wrong?”

“Are we... Are we out?”

Fang Xiaoman and Chu Nianjiu looked at the destroyed Village of No Return. They could not believe what they were seeing.

After escaping into the Village of No Return, they had tried everything to escape to no avail. However, Ye Qing had destroyed the entire place in just one sentence. This was just ridiculous, wasn’t it?

“Yeah, we’re out.” Ye Qing smiled. “In essence, the Village of No Return is a place with countless overlapping spaces. Once you figured out the truth, it is as simple as breaking it via brute force.”

Fang Xiaoman opened his mouth to say something, but he couldn’t find the words.

Was it really as easy as Ye Qing claimed? Like hell it was!

Figuring out the truth of the Village of No Return was difficult enough, but space was hardly an easy thing to break.

Ye Qing made it sound like it was an egg or something, but Fang Xiaoman could declare with absolute confidence that he, a Trueman, could not even break one layer of the village’s space, much less all of them.

Only Ye Qing could say that this was easy. No one else could.

“No wonder they say that all heroes are young!” Fang Xiaoman praised from the bottom of his heart.

“You flatter me, chief,” Ye Qing replied modestly. “Anyway, let’s meet up with Chief Gu and Yuhuai first. They must be getting antsy.”

It didn’t take long for the split groups to reunite with one another. Everyone was overjoyed to find that they were all safe and sound.

“Old Zhang, tell everyone who lent us aid to gather at this place.”

It was at this moment Ye Qing gave Papersmith an order. “Tell them that they only have two hours. I won’t wait if they miss the window!”

Papersmith responded, “At once, young master.”

Ye Qing then looked at his former colleagues. “Everyone, take this opportunity to catch some rest. We’ll be leaving Void Stomach City in a moment!”

“Are you sure you want to do this, Joyless?” Gu Suitang asked worriedly, “This Void Stomach City is beyond anomalous. I strongly suspect something bad will happen if we take too many people with us.”

Fang Xiaoman nodded in agreement. “That’s right. This Void Stomach City has its own rules and consciousness. Disobeying its rules would anger it for sure.”

It wasn’t that they didn’t want to rescue their suffering brethren in Void Stomach City, but their own safety took priority. They might be good people, but they weren’t foolish.

Besides, the people of Void Stomach City were warped not just in the body, but also their mind due to prolonged exposure to corruption. They were cruel, bloodthirsty, and had little to no regard for the sanctity of life. Bringing them back could have disastrous results.

“It’ll be fine. In fact, I want to see exactly what it could do against me.” Ye Qing smirked devilishly. He was speaking the truth. He wanted to see how Void Stomach City would react to his transgressions. If possible, he wouldn’t mind bringing down this place once and for all.

There was no place for a purgatory in any world.

“As long as you are confident.”

Seeing that Ye Qing was brimming with confidence, Gu Suitang and Fang Xiaoman stopped trying to change his mind. They had all witnessed how powerful Ye Qing was, and he was accompanied by a Sage too. Even if there was danger, even if the enemy proved too strong to beat, it should be well within his capabilities to make a run for it.