Chapter 25 Saving Her

“So, that’s it? You let her die out there?”
Yang Tian chided his brother. Zhan Peng could see how mad he was, but since losing his powers, he was a lot weaker. He eventually had to carry him on his back out of the camp, since he couldn’t use his martial arts to run anymore.
The worst thing was that Yang Tian had no memory of how they had taken his art from him.
“Did we have any choice?” he replied silently.
Zhan Peng saw Yang Tian sitting angrily on the ground of the forest. Even though they were out of the bandit’s turf, it was surprising that the army never gave chase to them.
Zhan Peng knew it was because their target was Yuxi. Even if their leader couldn’t have any intimacy with Yuxi, he had humiliated her and ordered her a beating. It pained his heart that he had to leave her in their hands, just because she wanted them to be safe.
This would have all not happened had he taken proper measures to ensure their safety at the cottage. Instead, he was bothered with finding ways to tease Yuxi and make her submit to him. All because of how he wanted her, yet she didn’t want to give herself to him freely. After they had done the deed for the first time, which was the second time between them, he had thought that she would fall for him.
But instead, she just pushed him away.
If she died in the bandits’ hands, he didn’t know how he could come to terms with the truth. She was that spark in his life that surged his needs and made him feel whole. He couldn’t allow them to take her from him permanently.
He let out a loud sigh.
“She made the sacrifice for you. If she didn’t like you, would she have done this?”
“The person she cares about is you.”
Zhan Peng tried to convince Yang Tian.
“Yet, something happened between you both?” Yang Tian suddenly questioned. It seemed Yang Tian had an idea what was going on.
“I don’t understand why we are even here arguing when you could use that valuable time to save her.”
Yang Tian kicked the root of a tree embedded in the soil in frustration.
“I need to see you back to the village.”
“There’s no need. I may have no martial arts, but I have the strength of a layman, and I can walk myself!”
He hit his chest like a gorilla, and Zhan Peng knew he was right. There wasn’t any threat for Yang Tian to return to the village. All this while, it was only a ploy for Qian Yuxi to surrender herself to Bandit Leader Booyoung.
And now, her fate was unknown. Whether she was alive or dead, he didn’t know.
His heart throbbed with pain. As much as his brother was important to him, there was no longer any danger for him, since they were already out of the camp.
It was Yuxi who could be in danger. They had put so much pain and torture on her. He couldn’t allow her to die. He knew the depth of his feelings for her.
“I have to rescue her. Before it’s too late.”
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Zhan Peng used his light art to speed himself up as he returned to the camp. At the gate, it was heavily unguarded, making him suspect what was going on further. As he got closer to the middle of the camp, he realised that a massive crowd had assembled by the fire.
Bandit Booyeong was in the middle of the savages, gloating in great joy. In his right hand, he held a jug of alcohol and was drinking merrily.
It was then that he realised that bandits were queuing up in single file. Sneaking stealthily among the shadows, he took a closer peek at what they were queuing for. What he saw drove icy knives through his skin.
Inside a wooden cage lay Yuxi, naked and appearing heavily drugged that her face was red. The bandits could only come close to watching her as she writhed and touched herself. He knew how susceptible Yuxi was to aphrodisiacs due to her extremely sensual nature and what happened now was no different.
“I can’t stand it anymore,” she mumbled. Some men were even jerking off to her sensual voice. Her face had appeared so lewd.
Zhan Peng found his blood boiling. Even no matter how Booyeong despised her for being his nemesis, he had no reason to strip her nude and disrespect her like this. Putting her in this situation was a fate worse than death for her.
She was half-sober as she muttered words that she probably wasn’t aware of. Her eyes were closed as she rubbed her chest, moaning.
“I want you, Zhan Peng.”
He hadn’t expected her to state this sentence. Just then, Booyeong stood up and made his statement.
“That’s enough. The celebration is over! Finish her off now!”
“Yes, Master.”
There were so many people around that Zhan Peng knew he would be overpowered. So he hid among them. Since he was dressed in black similarly to them, he went unnoticed for a long time. About eighteen men marched Yuxi’s wooden cage towards the cliff at the end of the camp.
This was where it overlooked the ravine. The cliff was extremely steep, and if they threw her down, he didn’t know how much of a chance of survival she had. But if the timing was right, he could manage to stop her from falling by using his art to put pressure around her cage. It was just that he had not been in any situations that warranted him doing so.
He heard them count before heaving down her cage. At the speed of lightning, he used his light art and plunged down the cliff after her, so rapidly that the bandits couldn’t see what was coming. In the nick of time, he caught her cage and drawing in all the force he could muster, he landed them safely into the water.
With what remained of his strength, he pulled the cage out of the water to the surrounding land. Darkness dominated them, and he decided the best place for them to recuperate was the nearby cavern. It was damp and secluded that nobody would be able to locate them there. In his mind, he prayed that Booyeong wouldn’t send men after them.
With the sword strapped to his back, he hacked at the wooden bars to free Yuxi. The effects of the drug had yet to wear off. He lifted her into his arms and took her into the cavern. She was cold and shivering, but her body burned with desperation.
She opened her eyes to see him, and even with her anger for him, she couldn’t even flinch. He had to help her out of her torment. But seeing her this way actually turned him on.
“Yuxi.” He reached for her, and she looked at him lustfully.
“I can’t help it. It’s killing me. Please.”
He glanced down at her nakedness and how she was trembling. Her legs were spread wide, and he knew they didn’t have another option right now.
“I’m sorry, Yuxi. But I have to.”
“Ah.”
She clenched her teeth. He filled her with his hardened manhood. In fact, her tightness made it feel like he was hard-imposed on her with glue. That glue of hers, however, was extremely wet.
He pitched her hands over her head, gazing lovingly into her eyes as he thrusted into her. She moaned loudly when he did, which prompted him to do her harder. It tempted him more, so he tried a few of the naughtier positions Di Pao had taught him. Whether she liked it or not, Yuxi now was in a tough position and couldn’t say no to him.
Still, he preferred to believe she was enjoying it, because of the fluid trickling down her legs as he rocked her faster and more wildly.
Nothing mattered more right now than what was happening between them. He had never got it to last so long with his women in the past like how it did each time with Qian Yuxi.
And he savoured every bit of it, enjoying how she called out his name each time she was close to orgasming.
He had never felt so fulfilled in his life.