Since Sima You Yue had said so, and the rest had no opinion, and turned their attention to Sima You Yue and Scarlet.
"Young Master, the last time Second Young Master came, the members of the inner valley boasted that they had many scarlet bees, and even went to other places to show off. Did they all get the scarlet bees from you?" Shen Rao smiled, saying.
"My Master boasted to the people up there?" Sima You Yue's lips twitched, she never thought that that old man would enjoy such things.
"Was that not so? The last time when he saw that other people had a scarlet bee, he was so envious. Now that he has so many, he definitely would have gone to show that off to others." Yun Yi laughed, saying.
"What an embarra.s.sment!" Sima You Yue rubbed her forehead.
"But when others have their scarlet bees, they treat them like treasures and guard over them. Only you would use it as a tool for eavesdropping." Qiao Ya laughed, saying. After hanging around Sima You Yue for a while, everyone had become familiar with each other, and did not hold that much formality with them anymore.
"Alright, since they want to hurry, let us go along with their wishes. Let's go back to rest, and wait for them to look for us." Sima You Yue stretched lazily, albeit being unworried about the big battle that would ensue.
"You Yue, if we wait for them to gather before we act, they might have tens of thousands of people. Although we aren't weak in our powers, but looking at our numbers, if Halcyon and Ye Yu Fan's beast meet, we might not definitely defeat them. Especially since we have such a great difference in numbers."
"Relax, we will not be lacking in numbers." Sima You Yue said confidently, before striding away to rest. Seeing her act this way, the rest said nothing and followed her back.
And so in the following days, everyone rested at the plain, eating, drinking and sleeping as lead by Fatty Qu, and were no longer preoccupied or worried about the great battle. However, the Divine Devil Valley members did not just sit idly after eating and drinking, but continued to practice their skills in alchemy, creating large amounts of pills for healing wounds and recuperating spirit energies by the bottles. This way, the Moonbow Clan, Yun Family and Guo Family could have an abundance of pills. Of course, they had also done their part, and there was mutual understanding between them all.
Even after they were done with the alchemy, the other party had not caught up with them. And so Sima You Yue became impatient and brought a group of them to look for treasure, and she stored much of the better herbs in her s.p.a.ce ring.
Seeing that she left no stone unturned, Sima You Lin and the rest felt extremely disturbed. If they had not known that her spirit paG.o.da contained a great number of medical herbs, they might have just adopted the same impression that she was a beggar and was lacking in medical supplies.
After she had swept through the entire s.p.a.ce once, did Sima You Yue catch a glimpse of the people from the Sage Pavilion. Ye Yu Fan had brought tens of thousands of people with him, and it seemed like they knew exactly where to find the members of the Divine Devil Valley.
Sima You Yue, with the help of Scarlet's information, knew about these people's plans and powers, and was aware of their knowledge of their whereabouts. In order to go along with their plans, she decided to use others to launch a group attack on them.
News of their enemy approaching spread quickly amongst them, and everyone started to prepare for battle. Le Qi stood by Ye Yu Fan, and looking at the group of people standing on the plain, he furrowed his brows and said, "Yu Fan, why do I have this feeling that something is amiss? It looks like they were waiting for us all this time!"
"I do think that it is strange that they are not at all afraid or are attempting to escape even after seeing the whole ma.s.s of us." The young master of the Cloud Cave said.
"It does feel very strange." Ye Yu Fan concurred. But now was not the time for them to think about such things. Now that they have brought this many people with them, they could not just go back. What's more was that in the eyes of a number of them, the other party looked like they only had a few hundreds of people in strength, and looked like it would not be a big deal, compared to the number of people that they had on their side.
"Senior Brother, they have a great number of people. Can we go against them?" Although the Divine Devil Valley members looked like they were not afraid of the Cloud Cave or the Sage Pavilion coming against them, they were actually very much afraid on the inside. Although Sima You Yue had a sacred beast as well, if he went against their sacred beast, who would defend them? Also, would the mere hundreds of them be going against the ten thousands of their enemy troops?
"What's there to fear? If Young Master says it will be alright, then it will be okay." Shen Rao trusted Sima You Yue firmly. In this time of interaction, he noticed that Sima You Yue was not someone who would treat his own, or the life of others with little regard. So he trusted that when he said that everything was going to be alright, he had faith in his words. As he realised that, he was surprised. When did he come to trust this Young Master that much? What's more was that this trust was sincere and came out of a deep conviction…
"Ah, so it's them!" A Zhan family member said aloud, who had come along with Ye Yu Fan, when they saw Sima You Yue and the rest.
"You know them?" Le Qi asked.
"We've met before." The Zhan family member said. "The one in the blue tunic in the middle, he has a sacred beast! And that b.a.s.t.a.r.d was even addressed by Yun Yi as Young Master."
"That's him?" Ye Yu Fan squinted at Sima You Yue. He never thought that he would encounter another person who would have a sacred beast.
"No wonder they have the guts to be this brazen." Le Qi said.
"Regardless of whatever sacred beast there is, today we must destroy them." Ye Yu Fan said. "In a while, my sacred beast will take care of their sacred beast, and you must take this opportunity to wipe them out." Although Ye Yu Fan looked gentle on the outside, the menace in his eyes as he spoke those words was rather different from the impression given by the Sage Pavilion members.
Both parties met in the skies, and for a while, neither parties spoke though they were getting increasingly close to one another. After some time, Ye Yu Fan spoke first.
"I hear you also have a sacred beast? No wonder you would simply wait here for us." Ye Yu Fan looked at Sima You Yue, and realised that this punk was younger than he had thought.
"Naw." Sima You Yue smiled confidently. "I hear you also have a sacred beast. No wonder you would dare to come even though you knew that we would be waiting for you."
"So let's see how they fare against each other!" Ye Yu Fan said. "But you must know that no matter what, we have the power and strength to destroy every single one of you today!"
"Since His Holiness has come, you guys should be aware of your current plight and be grateful, in case we kill you in the most painful way possible." The young master of the Cloud Cave said, proudly b.u.t.tering up to Ye Yu Fan.
"I think I should return that statement to you. If you don't want to be torn to pieces, I think you should surrender right now." Sima You Yue said.
"Ha! What a joke. You don't even have a hundred people. Do you really think that you can defeat the tens of thousands of us?" The members of the Sage Pavilion jeered at them.
"Who said that we will come against you ourselves?" Sima You Yue said quietly.