Chapter 571: Should We Rescue?

Qian Yunzhou took a deep breath, then leapt down to stand before them, "Stop shouting, it sounds like you're calling souls. And also, from now on stop calling me Yunzhou brother. I'm not your brother."

"Alright, Yunzhou brother!" Cang Li chuckled.

A vein at Qian Yunzhou's temple spiked, and his gaze turned icy as he stared at Cang Li.

Seeing this, Cang Li quickly slipped behind Yuan Yao.

Yuan Yao met Qian Yunzhou's cold stare with a smile.

Qian Yunzhou: "……"

"Everyone, get to work!" Xiao Lingwei waved her hand and said.

So Qian Yunzhou began helping Gongsun Ji chop wood.

By the time they finished setting up the camp's living quarters, seven shi had passed.

Yuan Yao spoke, telling them each to rest for six shi.

After six shi, it would be time for them to go out and hunt abyssal beasts.

Yuan Yao and her Second Senior Sister lived in the same tent, and they spread out the bedding and pillows they had bought earlier in Xianling Du.

Xiao Lingwei sighed, "I didn't expect we'd actually get to use these things."

Yuan Yao heard that, smiled, and then lay down.

She actually didn't want to use them.

Yuan Yao yawned and said to Xiao Lingwei, "Second Senior Sister, you're tired too; lie down and rest."

Xiao Lingwei nodded, and immediately she also lay down.

But the next instant she sat up, frowned, and said, "If we all sleep, who will guard the camp?"

Yuan Yao, half‑asleep, replied, "Second Senior Sister, don't worry. I've sent Yuan Batuan and Xiao Hu to guard it; as soon as they get any news, they'll relay it to me instantly."

Xiao Lingwei, hearing that, also lay down; she turned sideways to look at Yuan Yao's still slightly pale face, her gaze growing gentler, and she couldn't help reaching out to touch her cheek.

"Second Senior Sister…" Yuan Yao instinctively rubbed her cheek against the palm.

"Yao Yao, sleep." Xiao Lingwei's voice was soft.

Xiao Lingwei watched Yuan Yao drift into deep sleep and tucked the blanket around her.

She suddenly recalled the past‑life story Wu Ji had told, … Did she really fall in love with Wuxiang Xianzun in a previous life? Was it love to the point of being unable to extricate herself?

At that thought, she couldn't help remembering the Ninth Province sect tournament, when she truly felt a spark for Wuxiang Xianzun and grew interested, but that seed was quickly snuffed out by Yao Yao.

Now thinking back, had Yao Yao not intervened in time, she might have sunk even deeper.

A shadow of gloom flickered in Xiao Lingwei's eyes as she silently whispered two names in her mind: Xu Yanzhi and Lu Xiangxiang.

After sleeping for two shi, Xiao Lingwei sat up and began circulating her inner spirit energy, adjusting her breath.

Yuan Yao, however, slept a full four shi; when she woke, she discovered that Xie Yan had actually sent her several messages while she was asleep.

—I'm outside your tent now.

—Why haven't you replied?

—Are you sleeping?

—Then I'll head back. When you're awake, send me a reply.

—Not awake yet?

—I'm heading to the Gathering Spirit Cave to train now.

Yuan Yao listened to his messages in silence, her mouth twitched slightly, then she replied, "While you were messaging me, I was sleeping; I'm awake now."

She had just finished replying when a clamor rose from outside.

The noise also startled Xiao Lingwei.

The two exchanged a glance and hurried out of the tent.

"What happened?" Yuan Yao saw many Tian Jiaocheng members moving toward the camp entrance, and she stepped forward with Xiao Lingwei to ask.

Feng Xuanji rushed over and said to Yuan Yao and the other, "A lot of high‑rank abyssal beasts have gathered outside; they're all chasing the Tian Jiaocheng team! Now the Tian Jiaocheng team is pleading for rescue, asking us to let them in."

"Also, Ying Wuhuan is still alive!"

Yuan Yao's expression tightened; she said coldly, "Go check it out."

When they reached the camp entrance, separated by several layers of sealing barriers, they could see the melee outside.

Xue Jin, seeing her and Second Senior Sister arrive, said, "Outside there are ten fifth‑rank abyssal beasts, seven sixth‑rank, and two seventh‑rank! The Tian Jiaocheng team outside has only forty‑seven people left, but most are gravely wounded and their inner spirit energy is nearly depleted. If this continues, they'll become food for the beasts."

"Should we go out to help them?" Bian Chen couldn't help asking.

Jiang Shuai crossed his arms, sneered, "Help what? Our Chu Yuan Squad and their Tian Jiaocheng squad have long been cut off; who let them be so stubborn and inflexible?"

Xiao Zhufeng seemed also reluctant, frowning, "Do we really have to watch them die helplessly?"

Song Yan at this moment looked at Yuan Yao, pressed his lips together and said, "We're all humans, and besides we hold no real grudge against them, so why not let them in to hide?"

Ling Huya turned her head toward Yuan Yao, "Team Yuan, what do you think?"

Members of the Chu Yuan Squad all turned to look at Yuan Yao.

Yuan Yao's eyes darkened slightly, and she said coldly, "We can rescue them, but we must never let them enter our camp."

"Really rescue them?" Jiang Shuai frowned.

Yuan Yao smiled faintly, "Don't you want to use this chance to hunt the abyssal beasts?"

The Chu Yuan Squad members, hearing that, instantly became eager to try.

Only, the two seventh‑rank abyssal beasts outside are beyond what they can handle.

They might even have to pay with their lives.

Qian Yunzhou raised his hand slightly and said, "Don't rush to reveal ourselves; let them come to us on their own. Otherwise, after we kindly rescue them, they might turn and bite us back, claiming we came uninvited."

He turned his gaze to Yuan Yao, a deeper smile in his eyes, "Xiao Liu Meimei, what do you think?"

Yuan Yao's lips curled slightly, "Very well."

Just then, Xie Yan hurried over, witnessed the scene, his brows slightly furrowed, his lips pressed together, his expression unreadable.

The camp they were in was easy to defend but hard to attack, yet the terrain was rather complex.

Qian Yunzhou, seeing this, suggested, "Since that's the case, Yuan Yao, the younger sister, and I will go out first to scout and see whether they truly will come to ask us."

Yuan Yao was about to nod at the words when Xie Yan's steady voice sounded, "I will go as well."

"Then I want to go too!" Dong Jiao raised a hand excitedly and echoed.

The rest also expressed that they wanted to go together.

Yuan Yao immediately raised her hand to stop them, her expression turning serious: "Wait, everyone stay calm. Thus, the four of us will go out first to engage, while you hold your positions, stay still, keep the mystery. When I give a signal, you will appear like a thunderbolt, so we do not betray the reputation and momentum of our Abyss-Removing Squad!"

The others were all stunned by the words.

Hua Chengyan, hearing that, couldn't help but laugh.

He was just about to say, "Is this immature?"

But he didn't expect Jiang Shuai and the other youths to shout excitedly, "Good! This one is good!"

Hua Chengyan, listening to the enthusiastic response around, felt the corner of his mouth twitch slightly—had he grown old?

He wasn't even twenty‑five yet.

However, most of this group of Tianjiao are in their teens, so a bit of immaturity is understandable.