Nonsense! How could my adopted son be a villain?

Zhou Fuying and Xu Lingguang worked together to release the people trapped in the spider cocoons.

However, their bellies were larger than those of a woman eight months pregnant, and carrying their enormous bellies, they couldn't go very far. But if they were left in the spider's lair, the other two human-faced spiders might return at any time, and at that point, they would probably not survive.

Seeing that Xu Lingguang was still somewhat unaccustomed to his dilemma, Zhou Fuying coldly said, "The spider eggs have already taken root in their bodies. In their current state, even if they are saved, they may not survive."

Upon hearing his words, the people panicked, fearing that the two would abandon them, and became agitated: "Aren't you from the Azure Feather Sect? How can you just stand by and watch us die?"

"Making us stay here and wait is tantamount to sending us to our deaths! Is this how reputable sects treat human life?"

"I am the eldest son of the Wang family, and my father is the head of the Wang family. If you leave me here to die, my father will not let you off the hook when he finds out!"

As the crowd chattered and argued, Zhou Fuying's expression grew even colder. He was not a kind person; he had done what Xu Lingguang asked to do to save people, but that did not mean he would repay evil with kindness.

He glanced at Xu Lingguang, his expression cold and stern: "Are you leaving or not?"

Xu Lingguang was surprised that these people, who dared not utter a word in front of the human-faced spider, were now resorting to moral blackmail. Although he was soft-hearted, he always responded better to gentle persuasion than force, so he also darkened his face and said coldly, "Shut up if you don't want to die!"

His expression was so frightening that the noisy, resentful voices gradually subsided.

Xu Lingguang scanned the crowd. There were nineteen people in total. Apart from a few who were making a lot of noise, there were also a few who were pale-faced, clutching their bloated bellies with a look of panic and pleading. One of them was number eighteen, who had spoken to Xu Lingguang at the beginning.

Xu Lingguang took a deep breath and said, "The Qingyu Sect has long since disbanded, and the imperial court has already sent a general to garrison Qingyu City. Therefore, he has no obligation to save you. If you continue to make a fuss and act so rudely, he really will just leave, understand?"

There were clearly some people in the crowd who were dissatisfied and looked indignant, but they didn't dare to say a word.

It was Number 18 who took the lead and said, "We understand, and we thank you both for saving us this time."

He spoke, and the rest of the people gradually echoed his sentiments.

Xu Lingguang glanced at Zhou Fuying, who was silently holding his sword beside him, and continued, "We really can't take so many people with us all at once, but if you stay here, you will all die when the other two human-faced spiders return. If you want to live, come with us. After we leave the human-faced spider's nest, find a secluded place to hide, and Zhou Fuying and I will go to Qingyu City to find reinforcements."

At this moment, someone complained in a low voice, "How is she going to walk with such a big belly? She could easily fall and die."

Xu Lingguang looked over and saw that the one who spoke was the man who was shouting that he was a member of the Wang family. He looked at the man and said, "If you don't want to leave, you can stay here and wait."

Without wasting any more words, he said, "Those who want to leave, come with us."

After saying that, he took Zhou Fuying's arm, indicating that they could leave.

Zhou Fuying glanced at him with complicated eyes, and surprisingly, she obediently helped him walk out. There was a commotion behind them, and those people, fearing they would be left behind, hurriedly caught up while holding their huge bellies.

Zhou Fuying curled her lips and deliberately said, "Why don't I take Master away on my sword first?"

Xu Lingguang glanced at him sideways and saw the malice flashing in his eyes. He said he would fly away on his sword first, but he held the sword firmly in his arms and didn't move it at all, obviously just trying to scare these people.

Xu Lingguang agreed, "Okay."

Upon hearing this, the people who had been dawdling behind them immediately panicked, stopped dawdling, and struggled to follow behind, clutching their enormous bellies.

With this combination of one playing the good cop and the other the bad cop, all nineteen people eventually joined the group in order to survive.

After emerging, Zhou Fuying set fire to the human-faced spider's nest.

Looking at the raging fire behind him, Xu Lingguang said, "If those two human-faced spiders come back and find their nest burned down, won't they go berserk?"

Zhou Fuying scoffed, "Coming here would only be a death sentence."

Xu Lingguang asked with envy, "How long will it take me to cultivate until I'm half as good as you?"

Zhou Fuying paused, his expression becoming inscrutable: "Before you lost your memory, you were already at the Divine Realm. Even if I, Yu Yun, and Song Nanchu joined forces, we still couldn't defeat you."

"Am I that powerful?" Xu Lingguang was initially delighted, but quickly deflated, muttering, "Even someone this powerful died in the end."

“It’s not that I didn’t die,” Zhou Fuying said coldly.

Fearing that he would be exposed, Xu Lingguang did not dare to continue this dangerous topic and quickly changed the subject, saying, "I think they can't go far with such big bellies. Why don't we find a place to settle them down first?"

Zhou Fuying remained noncommittal, and seeing this, Xu Lingguang had no choice but to find a hiding place himself. Fortunately, he had recovered a lot by now and was not unable to walk.

Finally, he found a secluded cave and had the group hide inside and wait.

Before leaving, he thought about it and was still a little worried. He whispered to Zhou Fuying, "Will you... you know how to do that?"

"what?"

Seeing that he didn't respond, Xu Lingguang had no choice but to say, "What about talismans, formations, or barriers? At least hide the cave somewhere, so that if the human-faced spider comes after us, we can hold out for a while."

Zhou Fuying looked at him probingly: "Seeing you leave so suddenly just now, I thought you didn't care much about their lives."

Xu Lingguang muttered, "It's urgent to act expediently. Besides, if we don't scare them, they don't know how much longer they'll dawdle. And not everyone inside is ungrateful; Number 18 reminded me of that before."

Seeing that Zhou Fuying did not move, Xu Lingguang said, "If it's not too much trouble, then help them. I'll treat you to a meal when we get to Qingyu City. If it is too much trouble, then forget it. We've done our best. The rest is up to fate."

"Invite me to dinner?" Zhou Fuying looked at him with a creepy gaze.

Xu Lingguang felt uneasy under their gaze. He didn't really think there was anything wrong with what they said, so he could only bite the bullet and say, "If you don't want to eat, we don't have to eat either."

He muttered to himself, "Not eating will save me some money on food."

Zhou Fuying didn't miss his mutterings, and finally casually drew a concealment talisman: "As long as they don't do anything reckless and run around, the human-faced spiders won't be able to detect their presence."

Xu Lingguang thanked him, thinking that although Zhou Fuying had a sour face and an unpredictable temper, he was still a good person.

After instructing everyone not to leave the cave, he and Zhou Fuying headed towards Qingyu City.