337 Escape Upon Meeting (1/2)

Dong Tianleng scratched his head. The more he thought about it, the more perplexed he grew. It seemed like something unusual had happened.

For the longest time since he was here, Yun Yang had never uttered such words to him, words that indicated for him to leave.

Yet, now, he was clearly seeking his departure.

Something had to be wrong.

”You can go ahead and tell them. You are the most suitable person to do so!” Although Yun Yang’s voice was soft, it was unmistakeably firm.

”All right.” Dong Tianleng walked out absentmindedly.

After witnessing Dong Tianleng swaying out of the door, Lei Dongtian uttered in a solemn voice , ”Brother Yun, don’t tell me that you ... ”

Yun Yang smiled faintly and said, ”There's nothing to be said. Those who are supposed to leave will leave. Since sooner or later they have to leave, sooner rather than later.”

Lei Dongtian kept silent for a moment before saying, ”Brother Yun, I believe I must have greatly troubled you recently.”

Lei Dongtian was definitely not a fool, nor a popinjay. Despite his arrogant and overconfident defective character, he was not the kind of person who was unable to differentiate the good from the bad.

How could he not know that the actual reason behind Yun Yang urgently asking the others to leave was due to the imminent danger to the Residence of Yun?

Almost all the danger that the Residence of Yun was now facing was accountable to him.

Even if Yun Yang had found himself in a position against the Four Seasons Tower due to his own stand, he would never be included as one of the most targeted people in the Four Seasons Tower’s list!

Yun Yang laughed softly, ”Brother Lei, you are overthinking things. Sooner or later, I would have gone up against the Four Seasons Tower anyway!”

Lei Dongtian sighed deeply.

How could it not matter? The timing would have made a large difference. It was even possible that he might have totally avoided the conflict. Such a deeply affectionate relationship was difficult to be reciprocated indeed!

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Looking at Qiu Yunsan and the others who were silently packing up their things while casting puzzled glances at him, Yun Yang remained calm and silent.

To have the four major families, including Dong Tianleng and the other four, as his cannon fodder had always been his plan.

It was the reason he had put forward the idea of helping them to cultivate the mystical beasts. The combat strength that had been gathered before the Residence of Yun would include a repertoire of formidable skills within the four noble families.

As long as the Four Seasons Tower took action, there would definitely be casualties among these people.

If the casualties were heavy, the four great families would then be impacted and naturally, it would form a situation where the people would fight in dead earnest until the very end.

Although there was still no chance of winning, despite the four families exhausting their utmost strength, they would be able to help Yun Yang buy some time. Considering the world-renowned name of the four noble families, they would be able to wear off some of the Four Seasons Tower’s forces.

However, Yun Yang had suddenly changed his mind.

The fact that Qiu Yunshan and the others did not retreat at all the other day when Dong Tianleng had been injured Lei Dongtian had touched Yun Yang, reminding him of his own brothers.

In that instant, his heart had softened. Yun Yang had witnessed the other, the more noble, side of the four popinjays.

Loyalty!

Comradeship!

He thought of the contributions made by the four great popinjays to him: despite the fact that a considerable part of it stemmed from utilitarian benefit, it showed that the popinjays were sincere in making friends with him.

Hence, Yun Yang hesitated.

If Dong Tianleng were to avoid his responsibilities and blame each other in the face of self interest…If Dong Tianleng had truly poisoned the mystical cubs from the other three families just because he was unable to find any mystical beast of his own... Yun Yang would definitely maintain his original intention as he would not feel any psychological pressure at all if he were to these people killed through his manipulations.

However, things had not turned out that way.

All of them favored utilitarian interests and benefits and attached great importance to them. They would also feel envy and hatred when they witnessed the achievements and gains the others made.

For example, the jealousy and imbalance Dong Tianleng felt when the other three families had mystical beasts while he did not...

There was also the envy and sense of injustice felt by Qiu Yunshan and the others when Dong Tianleng obtained the treasured sword, Spirited Kau ...

These dark emotions displayed themselves in their expressions and speech as they could be seen casting greedy eyes at one another!

However, that was all there was to it.

They would not have gone overboard with their petty jealousies.

When Dong Tianleng had said that he wanted to cruelly poison the other beasts, the threat was empty. In fact, nothing had been done to that end.

Despite the fact that Xia Bingchuan and the others had sworn with their eyes -reddened by gritting their teeth- to snatch Dong Tinaleng’s sword, they did not turn their backs and instead opted to pursue justice with no hesitation when Dong Tianleng was injured by another.

Although they knew that they were incapable of defeating Lei Dongtian, they still insisted on upholding that honor for their brother, even if it only meant spitting insults.

All of these had not escaped Yun Yang's observation.

These were extremely precious and valuable moments which gave a much deeper insight into their characters.

All the four popinjays had their own follies in their respective minds. They ridiculed and laughed, treating life as a game. However, deep down in their hearts, they had had no lust for power.

It might simply be due to the fact that they had long excluded themselves from the fight of the power within their own families.

It was because of such self-knowledge that, even though they were seemingly unambitious, they were able to lead a care-free life.

The spirit where Qiu Yunshan the other three remained fearless and refused to recede in the face of death when faced against a master who was incapable of being defeated such as Lei Dongtian had reminded Yun Yang of his own brothers. Yun Yang’s heart had softened and ached instantly.

He made the decision to let them go and to remove the four of them and their noble families from the list of cannon fodder.

This was the first time Yun Yang been moved by his own empathy, actively getting rid of the out-sourced help that would be advantageous to his side in the coming war!