"Oh, no need! We'll take a walk and rest on our own now!"
"Here, this is your reward!"
With that, Ye Feng threw a few arcane yuan coins at Bao Yuting, which he had picked up yesterday evening after killing those murderers.
"This... 763 arcane yuan coins..."
Bao Yuting was stunned after a quick count.
"What, not enough?"
Ye Feng frowned slightly.
"No, no, no..."
Bao Yuting quickly waved his hands. "Enough, enough... Oh, no, it's too much... I... I only guided you... I didn't make any significant contributions..."
"Take it!"
Ye Feng sighed. "There aren't many people willing to guide truthfully in this doomsday, especially in Brad Base... Besides, the information you provided was very helpful to me!"
"Speaking of which, your strength is already Silver Advanced. Leaving here, it shouldn't be difficult to survive outside, right? Why do you keep staying here?"
"And you clearly have money, yet you're excessively frugal, only eating twice a day, and very poorly!"
After a pause, Ye Feng spoke to Bao Yuting again, looking quite puzzled.
"Leaving this place is indeed possible, but this place... it's my..."
Bao Yuting looked around, his expression filled with sadness. He paused slightly and changed the subject. "I do have some money, but I have to save up to redeem my wife!"
As he spoke, Bao Yuting glanced in the direction of Blood Moon City, his eyes showing evident anticipation and excitement.
"Your wife?"
Ye Feng frowned slightly, surprised. "Your wife isn't some kind of blood race, is she?"
"No... no! No!"
Bao Yuting shook his head like a rattle drum. "My wife... was captured by the blood race... They promised me that if I could gather 5000 arcane yuan coins, I could redeem her!"
"Seven years have passed, and I finally..."
Before Bao Yuting could finish, Ye Feng interjected, "How much more do you need?"
"A little over a hundred arcane yuan coins. More people have been coming to Brad Base recently. In another month or two, I should be able to..."
"Mr. Zhang San, what are you..."
Bao Yuting was astonished because Ye Feng handed him two more arcane yuan coins, bringing the total to over 200.
"Take it!"
"Hurry up and redeem your wife!"
Ye Feng spoke to Bao Yuting quickly.
Although he suspected in his heart that the other party's wife had likely met with misfortune, given that seven years had passed...
Ye Feng couldn't bear to shatter the fragile hope in Bao Yuting's heart.
"Th-thank you..."
Bao Yuting tremblingly took the arcane yuan coins from Ye Feng's hand, standing there in a daze.
"The Master said by the river: 'What flows onward is like this, day and night.'"
"Time passes quickly, hurry up and go!"
Seeing this, Ye Feng urged him again, quoting an ancient saying about the swift passage of time.
Because by nightfall, intense battles were likely to erupt in Brad Base, and it would be difficult for Bao Yuting to find the blood race to redeem his wife.
"The Master said by the river: What flows onward is like this, day and night?"
"Mr. Zhang San, does this sentence... describe that time passes quickly?"
"This sentence seems to be about a very powerful person standing by the river, saying that anyone who provokes me will become a corpse floating on the river, day or night!"
Bao Yuting came back to his senses and looked at Ye Feng with confusion.
"Holy crap, what a weird explanation?"
Ye Feng was stunned.
"Since you have enough money, don't you want to see your wife sooner!"
Ye Feng urged him somewhat speechlessly.
"Okay... okay..."
Bao Yuting nodded, turned, and quickly walked in one direction. From a distance, he looked back at Ye Feng for a long while, still in a daze.
...
"Big brother, look at this!"
At this moment, Xiao Xiao spoke to Ye Feng.
As she spoke, Xiao Xiao showed Ye Feng a drawing. "Blood拾? Did you just draw this, Xiao Xiao... No, this is... a scene from when there was that super, super sandstorm before?"
"Yes!"
Xiao Xiao nodded. "Big brother, I saw that masked person, number 10, when I was in the super sandstorm zone!"
"At that time, we were quite close. When he saw me, his eyes were also very surprised... as if he knew me?"
"We looked at each other for a long time, and neither of us spoke. At that time, the other party had no intention of attacking us, so I thought he was just an ordinary explorer... I didn't expect him to be one of the Ten Blood Guards!"
Xiao Xiao pointed to the person on the drawing, exclaiming in surprise.
"This..."
Upon hearing this, Ye Feng's brows furrowed tightly.
"Phew!"
Ye Feng let out a breath. He thought for a long time but couldn't figure anything out, deciding not to dwell on it.
"Xiao Xiao, let's go. Let's find a place to eat and rest properly!"
...
At two o'clock in the afternoon,
On the outskirts of Brad Base, under the shade of a forest.
Ye Feng and Xiao Xiao were lying on rattan chairs with their eyes closed, resting, while a solar-powered fan beside them blew gently.
"Huh?"
Suddenly, Ye Feng and Xiao Xiao opened their eyes simultaneously and looked towards a large tree not far away.
"You two have really made me search for quite a while!"
A voice familiar to both Ye Feng and Xiao Xiao sounded, and then, a figure wearing a green bamboo hat slowly emerged from behind the large tree – it was Yue Miao.
"It's you!"
Seeing the newcomer, Ye Feng immediately spoke. "How is it? Did you get any results about the information I asked you to inquire about?"
"Yes!"
Yue Miao's reply was crisp. He quickly walked to Ye Feng's side, his expression serious. "Ye Feng, do you two know a guy named Mei You?"
"What! Mei You?"
Hearing the name, Ye Feng couldn't help but be surprised. He sat up from the rattan chair. "Am I and Xiao Xiao being put on a bounty related to this Mei You?"
"Yes!"
Yue Miao nodded. "After inquiring extensively, it was this Mei You who came to Brad Base and met with the higher-ups of Brad Base, which led to you two being put on a sky-high bounty!"
"And the real reason for the bounty is that you two possess clues about an angel, as well as the Angel's Blade!"
"It is said that because of this, the Blood Ancestor himself, unusually, awakened and met with Mei You!"
Yue Miao's voice carried a hint of disbelief.
"This... angel?"
Hearing this, Ye Feng was quite surprised.
Xiao Xiao then took out a drawing and showed it to Yue Miao. "Is the Mei You you're talking about this person?"
"I'm not sure, I haven't seen this person after all!"
Yue Miao stared at it for a while, frowned, and then shook his head.
"Damn it... this Brad Base seems to be particularly interested in angels..."
"And what's the deal with this Mei You?"
Ye Feng frowned and pondered.
"Ye Feng, the auction in Brad Base this time is very abnormal!"
At this moment, Yue Miao spoke again.
"What do you mean?"