Chapter 1215: Chapter 1215: Yun Cheng, You Can Leave
On the second night, Ye You quietly placed a Thousand Illusion Orchid under Ge Lun’s bed, causing him to sleep in a deep stupor. Ye You then transformed into a black cat and sneaked into Ge Lun’s room to check the spot on his calf that Qin Sisi had once bitten.
Ye You’s eyesight was unparalleled; even in the dark night, he could see the extremely faint little red dots on Ge Lun’s calf.
"It is him after all." Ye You gritted his teeth and glared at the sleeping Ge Lun before swiftly leaving his room.
"Is it him?" Qin Sisi asked eagerly when she saw Ye You return; she too wanted to know if her suspicions were correct.
"It’s him," Ye You replied softly.
"Then..." Qin Sisi looked at Ye You worriedly but said no more.
Ye You clasped her shoulders and said, "Don’t worry, I promised you, and I will definitely do it."
Qin Sisi hesitated and said, "But the city is about to be attacked, punishing the commander now might destabilize the army’s morale."
Ye You sneered, "No need for me to act personally, he made a mistake. I initially planned to remind him, but now it seems better to let him fend for himself!"
"What mistake?" Qin Sisi seemed bewildered; she indeed had no experience with commanding troops and warfare.
"Just wait and see! It’ll be a secret for now." Ye You pretended to be mysterious and refused to tell Qin Sisi.
Unwilling to relent, Qin Sisi wanted to ask more questions, but Ye You had already picked her up and carried her to the bed.
After a two-day rest, the siege officially began, with hundreds of thousands of magic warriors serving as the vanguard encircling the inner city of Biyun City. They raised their weapons and used magic skills to attack the outer defensive arrays.
As an ordinary magic warrior, individual strength wasn’t powerful, but when united, their strength became formidable.
Gathered droplets can form oceans, accumulated dust can create towers.
The defensive array’s counterattack mechanism was triggered, releasing volleys of arrows towards the attacking magic warriors. Some raised shields to block the rain of arrows, while others fell bleeding on the ground.
However, defensive arrays consume vast amounts of resources, and the counterattack mechanism even more so. The past days have already consumed many resources to maintain such a large formation, and after Tian Xiaozi left, Biyun City’s resources have dwindled without replenishment, struggling to manage.
Lie Feng had no choice but to order the counterattack mechanism to be temporarily shut down, so the formation could defend a while longer. With only a few thousand people in Biyun City, they couldn’t possibly withstand the attack from tens of thousands outside. Once the formation fell, they would be doomed.
After a day passed, the defensive formation was teetering, and Lie Feng showed a look of despair.
"Lie Feng, come here," Meng Yu beckoned him from a short distance behind.
Lie Feng walked over quickly and said helplessly, "Meng Yu, we can’t hold on."
Meng Yu, unexpectedly carefree, said, "If we can’t hold on, we can’t hold on. It’s okay, the formation can last a bit longer. Let’s take this chance to leave."
Saying this, Meng Yu dragged Lie Feng by the hand to leave, but Lie Feng hesitated, "Just the two of us?"
"Of course, if everyone leaves, who will control the formation? Besides, they’d be discovered by those outside."
"But..." Lie Feng glanced back and showed a reluctant expression.
The remaining few thousand were warriors of the Jin Gang family. When his father Shuo Yi left with the people, Lie Feng had intentionally left behind a team of elite troops under his command to better resist Ye You’s siege. He thought someone would come to support him but didn’t expect it to be a dead end.
"They’ll die; those people are loyal brothers to me." Lie Feng pleaded with Meng Yu, hoping she’d allow him to take the warriors along.
Meng Yu’s tone was firm, "A mere few thousand people, does the Jin Gang family lack these few? As long as you return alive, your father would offer tens of thousands willingly; stop your pestering, we’ll run out of time if we don’t leave."
Without allowing any argument, she pulled Lie Feng toward an inconspicuous little house in the inner city, where Tian Xiaozi had previously had the Earth Demons dig a tunnel leading out of the city.
She didn’t care about the lives of these thousands of people here; the reason she brought Lie Feng was that his magic power was strong enough and obedient to her, making him a useful asset.
As Meng Yu and Lie Feng entered the tunnel, only a second later they heard a loud explosion; the defensive formation collapsed, and tens of thousands of troops swarmed inside, commencing an overwhelming slaughter of the few thousand defending soldiers.
Not long after, the few thousand elite troops of the Jin Gang family became incomplete carcasses.
However, after reclaiming Biyun City, a thorough search still couldn’t find any trace of Tian Xiaozi, Meng Yu, Shuo Yi, Lie Feng, and others, casting a shadow over everyone’s hearts.
After serious consideration, Ye You ordered the Panhu family to stay and assist the Muyin family in reconstructing Biyun City, while the armies of other families immediately set off to return.
Through this great war, the population of Biyun City dwindled sharply, leaving only about a tenth of its former size, a scene of devastation and desolation.
Xiao Meng rescued her father’s, mother’s, and elder sister’s bodies from the city wall. Through inquiry, she learned that the traitor who helped Tian Xiaozi and Meng Yu take over Biyun City turned out to be her elder sister’s husband.
Though her elder sister Ruo Lei had average magic talent, she was the daughter of the Clan Leader, and her husband’s family was a renowned merchant family within Biyun City.
But it was unknown since when her husband had been killed and impersonated by the Eleventh Earth Demon under Tian Xiaozi, seizing the chance to return to her maiden home with her, poisoning the drinking water in the Chief Mansion, causing everyone’s magic power to plummet.
Furthermore, when enemies approached, the Eleventh Earth Demon tricked and opened the inner city’s gate, allowing Tian Xiaozi’s and Meng Yu’s army to march in with almost no resistance.
Following ancestral customs, Xiao Meng buried the bodies of her parents and elder sister in the Underground Imperial Tomb near the edge of Jiutuo Mountain.
Thinking that henceforth she alone remains in this world, Xiao Meng was overwhelmed with grief, crying multiple times and fainting at the funeral. At last, the funeral concluded, and it was Yun Cheng who carried her back.
However, when Xiao Meng slowly regained consciousness and saw Yun Cheng, who had grown thin from caring for her, she suddenly stated resolutely, "Yun Cheng, I’m sorry, but I can’t be with you anymore. You should leave."
Yun Cheng’s face instantly turned as pale as death, stammering as he asked, "W-why?"
Xiao Meng struggled to control her tears and said one word at a time, "I want to become the Clan Leader of the Muyin family; the Clan Leader cannot marry away to another place."
"Just because of that?" Yun Cheng stared unblinkingly at Xiao Meng.
"Isn’t that reason enough?" Xiao Meng turned her face to the inner side, no longer looking at Yun Cheng, her body trembled slightly beneath the blanket.
