To be honest, after all these years, this was the first time Instructor Liao Feibai had shed tears in Ye Zhen's arms before anyone else.
Nothing else needed to be said. From this alone, Ye Zhen knew how hard they had been holding on through this period—unbearably hard.
Otherwise, Big Brother Great Sage of Sea Quelling and Third Brother Sea Breaking Great Sage would not have resorted to such self-mutilating measures.
Nor would someone as strong as Instructor Liao Feibai have revealed her true feelings before Ye Zhen.
"Since things were this difficult, why didn't you tell me sooner? Why didn't you tell me the last time I contacted you?" Ye Zhen looked at the pitifully battered trio of Great Sage of Sea Quelling and the others, his face full of anguish.
Great Sage of Sea Quelling in particular was drenched in blood from head to toe. Now that he had returned to human form, his former injuries were fully exposed. One leg hung by only a strip of flesh, while his back, shoulder, and abdomen each bore a greenish wound so deep that bone showed through.
Second Brother Great Sage of the Sea appeared to have no external injuries, but his aura was incomparably weak. One look showed that he had overexerted himself. Third Brother Sea Breaking Great Sage had been reduced to little more than skin stretched over bones.
Ye Zhen learned from Instructor Liao Feibai that, before this, fourteen of Third Brother Sea Breaking Great Sage's true-body tentacles had already been severed. His vital essence had been terribly depleted, and even his foundation had suffered damage.
Great Sage of Sea Quelling and the other two merely gave Ye Zhen bitter smiles, rubbing their hands without speaking. Instructor Liao Feibai, however, opened her mouth. "Big Brother and the