947: Chapter 593 (Happy New Year)_2 947: Chapter 593 (Happy New Year)_2 White clothes get dirty the easiest; it’s been days since they could bathe, and they could only wipe their faces!
Thankfully, the spells from the eldest senior brother helped hide their smell.
Encountering the chilly river water, they all desired to bathe!
Camping outdoors, if everyone wanted to just wipe their faces with hot water, they would need to boil a lot of it, not to mention bathing—such conditions simply did not exist in reality!
Of course, they wouldn’t complain; the eldest senior brother was enduring the same circumstances, all for their benefit—so why should they grumble?
“So clean, if I could achieve the eldest senior brother’s ability, I could easily stay clean and even fly!”
The junior disciples continuously admired him.
Tang Feiyang…
Is that all you aspire to be?
Don’t you see that I, your senior brother, am constantly striving?
You haven’t seen true great power; this attitude of yours has already sealed your futures!
Yet Tang Feiyang did not reprimand them; after all, everyone’s cultivation process was unique, and simply wanting a higher ability did not guarantee achieving it!
It all relied on opportunities, on individual luck, and of course, effort was indispensable!
Tang Feiyang explained this to them for an hour, and also demonstrated some spells in advance, such as the Fireball Technique, Water Spray Spell, and so on!
Those who had mastered the essentials of the spells yearned to possess greater abilities and to study these spells!
By teaching his junior disciples, Tang Feiyang was also consolidating his own spell abilities; learning a spell didn’t mean that one could immediately excel in it.
Continuous practice was necessary, and sometimes combat with others was required to strengthen one’s spells!
However, they had not yet provoked anybody requiring such spells; they could only practice in front of the junior disciples!
After explaining and demonstrating for an hour, Tang Feiyang asked the disciples to return to their tents to refresh or sleep.
The guards had to take turns sleeping and practicing their cultivation; they needed to stand guard here constantly, due to being outdoors!
It turned out that Tang Feiyang’s concerns were not unfounded!
In the middle of the night, their camp was on the plains, far from any nearby villages and surrounded by some tall mountains!
While setting up the tents, they had checked that there were likely no bandits on the mountain!
They needed to defend not only against bandits but also against local bullies or troublemakers from nearby towns.
Along the way, they traveled along official roads, bypassing abandoned sect gates and skirting around small and prominent noble clans’ peripheries.
People with real strength wouldn’t care about their belongings; those of lower abilities might covet their money, but high-level cultivators didn’t value their fiscal assets.
Ordinary bandits or local bullies, on the other hand, took risks solely for mundane riches, plaguing the common folk.
These several dozen carriages appeared like easy prey to such individuals.
While Tang Feiyang was in meditation, he suddenly opened his eyes.
His Divine Sense could observe up to two li away; normally, his cultivation level wouldn’t allow him to see this far, but after consuming a superior Nourishing Soul Pill, his abilities significantly increased!
His soul, now more powerful than his body, enabled him to sense people running at night within two li; they did not ride horses, thinking the sound of hooves too loud.
Far off, they dismounted and chose to use qinggong or to run swiftly, intending to launch a stealthy attack undetected.
These people were armed with tools like large swords and bows and arrows!
Tang Feiyang’s first thought was that they were attempting to invade; by getting close, they could use fire as a weapon.
Given everyone was in tents, a small fire would easily spread, especially if the torches were soaked in tung oil, potentially annihilating everyone there!
He immediately knew these people were malevolent; swiftly, he dashed to each tent, dragging every sleeping junior out of their cozy, warm beds under the cold moon.
The night guards were unaware of what was happening when they saw a figure quickly moving between tents, pulling out even those deep in slumber.
Just as they were about to ask what was happening, Tang Feiyang quietly told them: “Quickly get everyone up, we are under attack!”
Tang Feiyang’s words left the soldiers stunned; they paused to listen intently to the sounds from every direction!
In the dark night, they might hear some insects or the calls of animals from the mountains, yet they did not discern the sound of people walking or horses.
However, they knew Tang Feiyang could discern these sounds; the Young Master’s abilities were beyond theirs, so they could only follow his commands!
They quickly woke up their people and their leader, packing up the tents and the luggage speedily and moved the carriages!
Pulled out of the blankets by the eldest disciple brother, the fellow disciples felt somewhat resentful.
Hearing that attackers were approaching, they felt fear and panic!
They had never faced such a grand situation before; some had never used their power in such scenarios!
Now, caught in the wilderness without delaying the inevitable, facing an ambush they could only rely on themselves, a single mistake could lead to death!
“Quickly mount the horses, those who can ride, ride fast, these people are just running over, let’s leave some tents here!”
Under the flustered gazes of his fellow disciples, Tang Feiyang seemed calm, though he was also very nervous inside.
Today, if anything went wrong, they might end up dead here!
Choosing to abandon some tents here would make the robbers think they were inside, providing a buffer to escape more swiftly!
Tang Feiyang had already decided to escape with his fellow disciples overnight.
Now, listening to the sounds from all directions, especially from the front of the official road, he determined whether these were the same group of assailants planning to flank them!
The other path now was to enter the mountains; another was to head towards the nearest village!
Entering the mountains with their numerous carriages was not their strength!
Those people specialized in Running Light Skill; entering the mountain would be easier and more convenient for them!
They might end up falling into a pit!
Taking the route to enter the village might bring disaster to the villagers; with no better option, they hoped to pass through the village into another main road to escape!
These people were just there to rob; they likely wouldn’t enter the village to kill.
They would keep tracking them from behind!
In a haste, Tang Feiyang could only think of this plan; in the dark, discussing anything was useless!
They had to escape first; Tang Feiyang didn’t choose to confront because they had more crucial tasks to attend to!
Escaping was not admitting defeat, it was because their abilities were not enough; although they might compete with these people, their fellow disciples’ abilities weren’t strong, some could get injured!
This was only halfway through their journey to the north, many difficulties awaited ahead!
Tang Feiyang commanded, the guards and disciples quickly executed; they, in the tents, had only laid down blankets, pillows, quilts.
They packed some tents, left some behind, and loaded the luggage haphazardly into the carriages, jumping onto them quickly!
Under the escort of guards, they took the road Tang Feiyang designated!
At this moment, Tang Feiyang chose not to sit in the carriage; he opted for the Flying Artifact to escort his people from the air!
Approaching a fork near the villagers’ entrance, a detour could lead to another main road passing through a small town!
Tang Feiyang sensed an ambush on that road too!
Tang Feiyang…, you sensed bandits from all directions, lurking around, aside from the robbers seen earlier from the front and back.
They moved, running towards the tents they spotted earlier!
Just as he suspected, someone shot fire-tipped arrows, setting the tents ablaze!
There wasn’t the expected panicking sound of people running out of the tents simply for them to be captured!
The leader was taken aback, listening intently, he heard the sound of hooves in the night, followed by the clashing of weapons.
“Chase…” the leader ordered.