Chapter 189: Chapter 189: Whoever hurts my wife, dies!
Having endured the darkest time, at the break of dawn, Yang Fei had almost depleted his True Yuan.
He had been continuously activating the Revitalizing Aura to treat Qin Yanyang, and after more than two hours of uninterrupted effort, her pulse finally returned to normal, awakening the vigorous vitality within her body.
As the first ray of morning light pierced through the dense forest and fell upon them, Qin Yanyang opened her eyes and glanced at Yang Fei.
Her pale complexion had regained a touch of rosiness. After looking at Yang Fei, she gave a faint smile and then closed her eyes again.
Soon after, she sat down cross-legged, formed a hand seal, and placed it above her knees, closing her eyes to meditate.
The forest was still, yet it seemed to come alive on its own.
Yang Fei was surprised to discover that the void around them was converging towards their location, swirling around Qin Yanyang’s body incessantly.
Some clear air formed a strange aura around Qin Yanyang, continuously entering her body.
"Heh..."
Seeing this scene, Yang Fei let out a soft chuckle.
It was indeed so.
His wife was a martial artist.
And quite an extraordinary master at that.
He thought as much; she was born into the Qin Family, a Martial Arts Family, where her grandfather was a National Guardian Level powerhouse, and both her mother and brother were formidable martial artists. Despite being female, she had been exposed to martial arts from a young age and it was impossible for her to not know any martial skills at all.
Moreover, she lived alone in Binhai, far from the family in Imperial City, with no master secretly protecting her. The only plausible explanation for this was that her own strength was very formidable.
Considering her powerful self-confidence, unique aura, the installation of signal jammers in the villa, and sudden tasks that required her to leave late at night, Yang Fei, now aware that Qin Yanyang was an accomplished Martial World expert, felt everything made sense and wasn’t greatly surprised.
Watching Qin Yanyang focus on her energy cultivation, he too sat down cross-legged and began cultivating to recover his strength.
As Yang Fei also began to meditate and absorb the essence of the world, the swirling of the void around them intensified. Quickly, a special kind of energy tide formed between the two, intertwining their energies as if complementing one another.
One Yin, one Yang, shining upon each other.
Both meditators noticed the changes in the power aura around them and were inwardly astonished and puzzled.
Soon, they realized that the efficacy of their cultivation had increased several times.
Both were shocked within and simultaneously opened their eyes to look at each other.
Afterward, with mutual understanding, they nodded at each other and closed their eyes to cultivate again.
Everything else could wait until they had fully recovered.
An hour later, Yang Fei had completely recovered.
He had used up a lot of True Yuan the previous night traveling and treating Qin Yanyang, but ever since his duel with Tong Yan who had given him an Elixir, the Elixir still held an influence over his recovery of True Yuan. Coupled with the doubled cultivation effect from the special aura generated by their joint cultivation, his True Yuan replenished at an extremely fast pace.
But Qin Yanyang continued to cultivate.
Not only had she exhausted her True Yuan, but she had also suffered severe internal injuries. If not for Yang Fei’s several hours of continuous treatment with his powerful True Yuan using the Revitalizing Aura, she would have needed at least a year and a half to recover, even if she had not died.
Now, although her injuries were not fully healed, she could already meditate on her own, allowing her True Yuan to recover to a certain extent and restoring some of her strength.
After a while, perhaps feeling that the effect of cultivating alone had diminished by several times, Qin Yanyang opened her eyes and said to Yang Fei, "Have you fully recovered?"
Yang Fei nodded and asked, "What happened?"
He had held back his questions until now, but he couldn’t restrain himself any longer.
Qin Yanyang gave him a slight smile and asked, "Aren’t you angry?"
Yang Fei chuckled and shook his head, "Everyone has their secrets. If you were willing to tell me, you would have done so already. Since you chose to hide it, there must be your reasons."
Qin Yanyang spoke slowly: "At first, I didn’t know you were such a formidable martial artist, so I didn’t reveal my identity as a martial artist. I didn’t want to give you the impression of being too dominant and overbearing. After all, if a woman is skilled in martial arts, especially a very strong one, it can make a man feel inferior and insecure, not to mention my family’s already powerful background."
Yang Fei felt a warm feeling in his heart and said, "You’re very kind."
Qin Yanyang smiled brilliantly, looking at him and saying, "Thank you for understanding."
Yang Fei smiled faintly and asked, "So, what happened this time, can you tell me?"
Qin Yanyang thought for a moment and said, "That night, I suddenly received a very important mission, which we have already completed over these past few days. After separating from my teammates, I planned to return to Binhai first but didn’t expect to encounter trouble."
"Who was it?" Yang Fei asked calmly.
Yet Qin Yanyang noticed a cold glint flash through Yang Fei’s eyes.
Her heart felt warm, touched, and a little proud.
He was angry, even harboring thoughts of killing the person who had hurt her.
But after thinking it over, she still shook her head and said, "That person used a special technique to change his facial structure, I couldn’t recognize him, I’ve never seen him before."
"The person who could injure you must be a true expert, a strong fighter. With your broad knowledge as the young miss of the Qin family, you should be able to identify the person by his style of martial arts," Yang Fei said, looking at her.
Qin Yanyang felt somewhat helpless.
Her husband was too impressive, too clever; he was not easy to deceive.
But this was a matter she could only choose to bury in her heart forever.
Even her family wouldn’t be told, much less letting her grandfather know.
If it weren’t so, she wouldn’t have only called Yang Fei when her life was in danger yesterday; she would have called her grandfather.
Of course, if Yang Fei’s medical skills and strength weren’t as good as they are, she wouldn’t have asked only him to save her.
Even if the assassination attempt on her were to be completely exposed, potentially throwing the Divine Continent Martial World into chaos, as long as she didn’t wish to die, she could only call her grandfather to let him know about the incident.
However, now that her injuries were under control, she chose to conceal them.
Now was not the time for a complete fallout.
Yang Fei, unaware of Qin Yanyang’s concerns, persisted in his gaze at her, saying, "Since you chose to have me come to save you, instead of having your family pick you up, it shows that you don’t want your family to worry. But now that I know about this, I need to find out and get things clear, I can’t just not know who hit my wife."
Qin Yanyang, seeing his determination to understand the full story, was very moved.
She thought for a moment and looked at Yang Fei, asking, "Once you know who it is, will you help me take revenge?"
Yang Fei nodded without hiding his intention, "Of course, nobody hits my wife and lives a good life."
Qin Yanyang felt sweet inside and said, "What if this person is one of the top-ranked super-powerful fighters in the world?"
A chill went through Yang Fei’s heart.
Could it be one of those from the Innate Realm or above who acted?
"Then they must die too! Whoever hurts my wife must die!" Yang Fei declared with unwavering eyes and a domineering tone.
Qin Yanyang was secretly shocked.
She felt a terrifying killing intent emanating from Yang Fei, a killing intent clearly not aimed at her, yet still making her tremble in fear.
As this killing intent was released, Yang Fei exuded a powerful self-confidence that Qin Yanyang had never before noticed in him.
Such confidence made her feel as if she could only look up at it.
While Qin Yanyang was internally shocked, her heart suddenly skipped a beat.
Yang Fei abruptly turned his gaze toward the forest on the left side; Qin Yanyang, just a beat later, also looked in that direction.
Their bodies tensed, hairs standing on end as though they were targets of a ferocious ancient beast, with a sense of terror unlike any they had experienced before sweeping over them like a storm.
From that dense forest, in an area of shadow where the morning sun had not yet reached, a figure slowly emerged.