Chapter 233: Carried Away
Li Lang rushed down the dark passageway, heading exactly where his Tracing Origin Art directed him. The depth of the tunnel made him anxious, as the possibility of this being the wrong path was not zero. There could have been other routes that snaked around to where he needed to go, while the one he was on led to a dead end.
If that was the case, he would have to backtrack and come across the hostile deviator Long Yi was holding off again.
Thankfully, he soon heard a noise coming from up ahead. Then, some lights could be spotted. He could tell Wei Ping was just around the corner, so he fearlessly charged straight into the chamber before him.
He had both his spear and silver needles out, prepared for a fight. Long Yi had entrusted the task of rescuing Wei Ping to him, so he had to live up to his expectations. He only prayed that whatever he encountered, it was someone he could handle.
Determined to face a powerful foe, Li Lang was completely caught off-guard by what he saw as he neared the end of the corridor. Instead of his companion being held in a cage or bonded with chains, a group of poorly dressed people were rummaging through cabinets and sacks inside the chamber.
This group noticed him as well, staring at him warily. The stunning scene only became more confusing when he spotted his target of rescue, Wei Ping, amidst them. He was standing over an unconscious man, tying up his limbs. If Li Lang didn’t know any better, he would’ve believed a group of bandits were ransacking the place after restraining the guard.
“Wei Ping? What’s going on here? I thought you were captured, not raiding this place…”
“Um, we w-were just trying to deal with this g-guy here.” Wei Ping pointed at the unconscious man lying on the ground. “We just h-happened to come across this storeroom of theirs and g-got carried away.”
“Carried away?”
Seeing Li Lang’s judging gaze, Wei Ping quickly and succinctly explained what had transpired. However, his explanation only got him reprimanded when Li Lang learned that he had forgotten to fight their way out once he sensed they were closing in. They were supposed to pressure their foes from both the outside and inside, but they got distracted by the treasures before them.
“I have a thing or two to say, but I’ll save that for later. Here, hurry up and get your new friends into the Crucible. It’s the only safe way to get them out of here. In fact, you should go inside as well. I’ll take it from here.”
Li Lang unfolded his Spirit-grade artifact, allowing it to expand to the height of an adult. He then turned toward the pile of treasure in the room, leaving everything else to Wei Ping. It caused the man in question to grin awkwardly, upon seeing Li Lang getting just as distracted by the loot as he did.