Above the Galaxy
Chapter 47 - 47 34 Exposure!

47: Chapter 34, Exposure!

47: Chapter 34, Exposure!

Tang Fei pushed Phoenix away as if he were afraid that holding her for too long might get her pregnant.

Phoenix felt pain in her chest again, this time because Tang Fei had pushed her.

He pressed the wrong place…

Tang Fei leaped from the rattan chair, ran to the courtyard door, and peered outside through the tiny gap between the two door panels.

Indeed, a tide of people was surging, with numerous Grey Robes gathering in their direction.

“Could we have been exposed?”

Tang Fei looked at the old man, who shook his head.

“If we haven’t been exposed, why are so many people suddenly showing up?” Tang Fei asked.

Shaking my head doesn’t mean we haven’t been exposed; it means I don’t know what’s happening either.”

“Next time you could be clearer and not let people misunderstand,” Tang Fei said, none too pleased.

Little Fatty also woke up, rubbed his eyes, and walked out asking, “What’s happened?

Why is it so noisy outside?”

Tang Fei made a shushing gesture and said to Little Fatty and Phoenix, “Get ready, be prepared to run at any moment…”

“What about you?” Phoenix blurted out.

Tang Fei glanced at her and said, “Someone has to stay behind to cover our tracks, otherwise you won’t get far.”

“We’ll leave together,” Phoenix said with determination.

“This situation started because of me; how can I just leave you behind?

I’m also at the Qi Mastery realm; I can fight alongside you.”

She looked at Little Fatty and the old man and said, “You two should go first.

After Tang Fei and I break through the encirclement, we’ll find you to regroup.”

She hadn’t seen the old man kill Shan He with a single hand, but the fact that he could finish Shan He off proved his strength wasn’t weak.

Thus, Phoenix thought it was a good choice to have him escort the untrained in cultivation Little Fatty to safety first.

The old man chuckled and said, “Loyal and righteous, not much like those folks from New Star.

I find myself liking you, girl, more and more.”

“Thank you,” Phoenix replied.

Thinking, it would be better if your compliments didn’t come with such a weird laugh and that meaningful look.

The old man looked at Tang Fei and said, “Now the outside is sealed tight by the Grey Robes from the Flame Shrine; escaping won’t be easy…

Let’s first clear up what’s happening.

If this really is targeting us…”

His eyes turned fierce, and he said coldly, “Then we might as well just kill them all.

After all, there are no good people in the Flame Shrine.”

“Right,” Tang Fei nodded and said, “I’ll find out what’s going on first.”

He looked out of the doorway for a while and noticed Wang Tianlong, the big brother who had eaten barbecue at their house the day before.

Tang Fei immediately opened the courtyard door and greeted Wang Tianlong warmly, saying, “Brother Long.”

Wang Tianlong saw Tang Fei, waved his hand, and said, “Go back inside, quick…

Shut the door, don’t come out.”

“Brother Long, what’s happening?” Tang Fei asked.

“It’s not clear yet,” Wang Tianlong replied, “We’ve been ordered to encircle this village…

What are you worrying about this for?

Hurry back inside.

You have our Flame Talisman on your door.

As long as you don’t come out, you’ll be fine.”

“Okay, okay, thank you, Brother Long,” Tang Fei said gratefully.

“Brother Long, are you looking for someone?

Do you need my help?”

Wang Tianlong waved him off, saying, “No need, no need; what help could an old fart and a tiny tot from your family provide?”

He lowered his voice and said quietly to Tang Fei, “We’re here to catch a Qi Mastery expert.

I heard they brought over a lot of top fighters from Lingyang just to catch him…

The Flame Army is here too…”

“Flame Army?” Tang Fei asked.

He had never dealt with the Flame Army and had no idea about their strength.

Of course, the Flame Army normally wouldn’t go to remote human gathering places like Henshan.

If the one who had died hadn’t been a Black Robe, and if that Black Robe happened to be the son of Lingyang District’s leader Bian Feng, why on earth would the Flame Army come here?

“You haven’t seen them, huh?

Hehe, it’s also my first time dealing with them.

They usually operate around the Lingyang District, and their weapons and gear are all top-notch, armed with plenty of guns too.

They’re much more formidable than us Grey Robes,” Wang Tianlong said with a grin.

“Never mind, why am I telling you this?

Hurry back, hurry back.

It would be bad if one of our brothers from the Flame Society accidentally hurt you.”

“Thank you, Brother Dragon, for your concern, and you should take care of yourself too.

When you’re done with your busy schedule, come over to my place for some barbecue,” Tang Fei invited warmly, saying, “I am going hunting up the mountain in a bit, to see if I can bring back a wild pig for Brother Dragon.

Wild pig meat is really fragrant when roasted.”

Wang Tianlong nodded and said, “Don’t go into the mountain, the whole village is surrounded tightly, you won’t be able to get through.

How about this, I’ll have someone bring some wild pig meat over here when I’m finished…

You just take care of the roasting.”

The Flame Shrine and Predator Organization also have many similarities; we don’t hunt, but we can become the carriers of food.

It’s just that the Flame Shrine does it a bit more covertly, and not as frequently.

The Predator Organization makes a living off it, seizing anything they come across.

“Got it, I’ll follow Brother Dragon’s arrangements,” Tang Fei obediently agreed.

Wang Tianlong waved his hand at Tang Fei, then went off to busy himself.

Tang Fei closed the courtyard door, the old man, and Little Fatty gathered around, and Phoenix also walked out of the room where she had been hiding.

“What’s the situation?” the old man asked.

“They must have identified a suspicious target, otherwise, they wouldn’t have sealed off the entire village,” Tang Fei spoke.

From the brief exchange with Wang Tianlong, he had pretty much figured out the situation.

“However, they haven’t pinpointed it down to the individual households…

Which means, they don’t know that we’re the ones responsible for those things.

Otherwise, Wang Tianlong wouldn’t be treating us so politely.”

“Is it possible that Wang Tianlong only knows limited information?” Phoenix asked.

“It’s a possibility,” Tang Fei said.

“But this situation is dangerous.

They’ve not only deployed all the Grey Robes from the Henshan Gathering Area, but I’ve also heard that a large number of experts and the Flame Army have been sent from the Lingyang District to provide support.

I don’t know the strength of these experts, but if the Flame Army is as Wang Tianlong says, equipped with sophisticated firearms, it poses a great threat to us.”

“Meet the enemy with force, deal with trouble as it comes,” the old man stretched, then said, “Prepare for the worst and watch for changes.”

Tang Fei nodded and said, “I’m off to sharpen my knife.”

Tang Fei’s Dog Leg Knife had blocked bullets for him, breaking into fragments.

He needed to forge another new Dog Leg Knife for himself as he was already accustomed to using that kind of knife.

Under the escort of countless Grey Robes and the Flame Army, Bian Feng rode his horse into the center of the village.

To his left was Chen Hu, the former deputy of the Henshan Gathering Area, and to his right was Blood Hand, the leader of the Predator Organization’s Blood Hand Association.

Bian Feng looked around and asked, “Is everything sealed off?”

“All sealed off,” Chen Hu hurriedly reported, as he was mainly in charge of this matter, saying, “We started with a large circle and gradually narrowed inwards, not even letting a fly out.”

Bian Feng glanced at Chen Hu and said, “Well done, a significant achievement.

But if you don’t do well, go and tend to the Divine Beasts in the Lingyang District.”

“Yes,” Chen Hu bowed in response.

He turned around and said to a Grey Robe captain, “Cheng Gang, bring the man to me.”

Soon, the Grey Robes brought forth a lean young man whose steps were light.

Bian Feng’s gaze landed on the young man’s face, and after scrutinizing him for a while, asked, “You said you saw others looking for the Cultivator?”

“Yes, Sir,” the young man said without daring to meet Bian Feng’s gaze, bowing his head and saying, “Just yesterday afternoon, I was working at home when two outsiders came in, asking me if I had seen an injured woman…”

“Outsiders?

Injured woman?” Bian Feng looked down at the young man’s disheveled, straw-yellow hair, knowing he was gradually getting closer to the truth.

The locals in the Henshan Gathering Area wouldn’t dare to provoke the Flame Shrine easily; if it were someone from higher up in New Star, that would be another matter.

“Did you see that woman?”

“I saw her, many of us saw her,” the young man said.

“Where is this woman?” Bian Feng asked.

“She’s at Tang Fei’s house,” the young man said, “A few days ago, we saw Tang Fei carrying a woman home…”

“Tang Fei?

Who is he?”

“He’s a Hunter,” the young man said.

After a pause, he added, “He’s a very powerful Hunter, always successful in his hunts when he goes into the mountains.

So, whenever he comes down from the mountain, everyone would secretly watch…

to see what he’s brought back.

Never expected he’d bring a person back that day…”

Huang Mao thought for a moment and said, “That woman was obviously an outsider, with fair and delicate skin; even her clothes were different from ours…

She was wearing that kind of…

strange clothes…”

“Tang Fei,” Bian Feng repeated the name to himself, then said to Chen Hu, “Bring Tang Fei to me.”

“Yes, Sir,” Chen Hu said.

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