Everyone froze.
The members of the Green Dragon Force widened their eyes in surprise.
"Is that you...lnstructor Chu?" Ye Yu-Yan's voice trembled.
Tai Shan's head whipped up.
Li Zi-Yang and the others gasped in shock.
Bloodied and sprawling on the ground, the members of the Green Dragon Force stared incredulously at the figure obscured in the dark.
Light fell across the figure's face as he approached and Ye Fan's face finally appeared in the sight of Ye Yu-Yan and the rest.
The members of the Green Dragon Force were beside themselves.
Tears streamed down their cheeks.
"Instructor Chu! It's really Instructor Chu!
"Instructor Chu, you're back!"
"Save us, Instructor Chu!"
"I knew it! I knew Instructor Chu wouldn't leave us in the lurch!"
Tai Shan and his teammates went wild with joy. Their laughter was interrupted by bouts of joyful weeping as tears streamed down their cheeks and were carried away by the winds.
They had suffered so much humiliation during Ye Fan's absence.
They had to bury their resentment and rage deep within them.
But now, Ye Fan was back.
The sight of the man seemed to have triggered something. A dam broke inside the members of the Green Dragon Force, unleashing a flood of emotions that they had kept pent up for so long.
Ye Yu-Yan threw herself into Ye Fan's arms and started to wail.
She felt like a boat that had been lost at sea for so long and had finally found her harbor.
It didn't matter how much danger they appeared to be in right now. The sight of this man gave the Green Dragon Force strength and exorcised all their fears and worries.
"Instructor Chu, we thought we'd never get to see you again!"
Ye Fan had walked up to them. The two grown men, Tai Shan and Gao Da-Zhuang, were weeping like children.
They had barely slipped through the jaws of death. Such an experience would have shaken anyone.
In addition, they had been keeping their emotions pent up inside them all this while.
The floodgates opened and their emotions rushed out like a tsunami at the sight of Ye Fan.
Their injuries were severe.
Tai Shan had previously been injured. The new injuries that he had just sustained left him hanging by the thread.
The rest were lying in their own pools of blood, paralyzed and unable to rise to their feet.
It took all that they had just to speak to Ye Fan.
A wave of sorrow swelled within Ye Fan when he saw the state that Ye Yu-Yan and the others were in.
"How are you holding up?" whispered Ye Fan.
The members of the Green Dragon Force nodded. "Don't worry, Instructor Chu...You taught us the Green Dragon Technique, remember? We won't die...that easily."
Li Zi-Yang tried to force a smile on his face. His pallor and the shakiness in his voice betrayed his weakened state.
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