130 Not One to Stab Them in the Back (2/2)

”That is a possibility, yes.”

Among the disciples, Yun Bei Fen turned to look at Mei Chao Bing. ”That sounds really serious.”

”It is. It means we'll have to be even more careful from now on.”

Yun Bei Fen nodded and turned back to the front. He really wondered what those demonic practitioners wanted to do. It all sounded so complicated.

While Yun Bei Fen was merely confused, some of the other disciples — especially those with lower cultivation levels — became scared. Going to the border region was no joke and they had known so before coming here but they had still been under the assumption that it was mostly for gaining experience and that if they were to really get in trouble, the Elders would help them out and maybe send them back. Seeing Elder Xing's attitude now, that might not be the case.

Yi Ju also looked uneasy. She glanced at Yun Bei Fen but he didn't seem to mind at all. Ah, it had to be nice to have your fiance at your side and get to be protected by him … She sighed but didn't say anything. In the end, they were all in one group. Even though Mei Chao Bing would certainly take care of Yun Bei Fen first, she didn't believe that he would abandon all of them. He wasn't that type of guy.

Yi Ju was not the only person pondering things. Liu Bao Ru who was standing with the other martial sister from their group not too far away also looked over, her thoughts quite similar. She hadn't been too happy with being in Mei Chao Bing's group at first considering everything she knew from Xi Ju Hai but after spending a few days together and seeing how he led their group, she was slowly changing her perspective.

That Mu Qing might have been a scum who changed sides and had probably known about his Master's betrayal long before it happened but Mei Chao Bing was different. He had been innocent in all this and been blindsided just as much as everybody else. If anything, she felt that he was a more upright person than many of the other disciples.

At that notion, she glanced over to where Yang Wu Huang and one of his junior martial brothers stood. She had never liked this guy but she wasn't the type to proclaim that loudly.

Anyway, if she had to take a gamble and rely on one of them, she would always choose Mei Chao Bing. At the very least, he wouldn't stab her in the back. If he wanted to deal with somebody, she trusted that he would at least attack them from the front.