NOVPUB73: Chapter 073: Return to the City
73 -073: Return to the City
“Roar…”
The insane roar tore through the heavens and earth, as the Gold Splitting Steel Teeth Tiger, unable to find anyone, furiously turned the surrounding trees and such into powder, dust flying everywhere.
Sikong Jing and the three others didn’t dare to move a muscle, as Ah Hu and Old Zhang’s faces were as pale as paper.
“Roar roar…”
The roaring continued, and Sikong Jing could still make out the Gold Splitting Steel Teeth Tiger’s words, which were: “Come out, I want to devour you, I need your blood, give me your blood…”
The Gold Splitting Steel Teeth Tiger, of course, had come for Sikong Jing, the Master of Ten Thousand Beast’s little cub.
Sikong Jing kept his cool, motionless.
A full half a moment passed before the Gold Splitting Steel Teeth Tiger angrily left, returning to the mountains.
Thump…
Only after the danger was gone did Ah Hu and Old Zhang collapse to the ground with a thump, completely dehydrated.
Su Yue Immortal also leaned heavily against the stone wall, her face deathly pale, her fierce scars on her face thus softened considerably.
The pressure from a Heavenly Realm Demon Beast was too terrifying.
“Don’t let your guard down, the Gold Splitting Steel Teeth Tiger won’t give up that easily,” Sikong Jing reminded them.
The three immediately felt chills and re-entered a state of alertness.
Just as Sikong Jing had said, the dreadful pressure appeared once more—it was the Gold Splitting Steel Teeth Tiger returning.
This time, it stayed for yet another half a moment before it truly left after confirming that no one could be found.
Meanwhile, the four people in the fissure remained dead silent; the three looked at Sikong Jing again, wondering if they could relax now?
“Yes, you can.
Let’s hurry and leave Ru Yun Mountain.”
Sikong Jing was the first to flash out, then quickly left.
When they arrived outside of Ru Yun Town, they completely collapsed, even Su Yue Immortal, who was at the peak of the Human Realm, couldn’t help but huff and puff.
“Brother Sikong, does the Gold Splitting Steel Teeth Tiger have a sickness?
Why the hell is it doggedly chasing us?”
The tone in Ah Hu’s voice carried the relief of having survived a calamity, he was truly frightened.
Sikong Jing shook his head and said, “Maybe I accidentally touched something of its.”
This time, Sikong Jing found an excuse, the secret of the Master of Ten Thousand Beasts made him more vigilant.
Any demon beast stronger than himself wanted to devour him to evolve.
He possessed the Blood of Ten Thousand Beasts, which allowed him to learn their Beast Skills just like Qian Yubao and Flowing Cloud Flying Squirrel; the forests of any demon beasts offered him both opportunities and power.
But there was also the terrible danger…
The Gold Splitting Steel Teeth Tiger must have been not close to him, but once it sensed him, it gave chase.
“Seems like I need to be more careful from now on, not just hiding my aura but also masking the scent of the Blood of Ten Thousand Beasts,” Sikong Jing silently warned himself, realizing that if he had encountered a real Transcendent Demon Beast, he might not have been so lucky.
After catching his breath, Sikong Jing said, “Let’s go, let’s head back to the town to rest and recuperate, and then it’s time to go home.”
This sentence, of course, was directed at Ah Hu and Old Zhang.
As for Su Yue Immortal…
Sikong Jing didn’t bother with her again, for he didn’t know her name was Su Yue Immortal.
“Please wait, are you really giving me this Flowing Cloud Flying Squirrel?” Su Yue Immortal called out to Sikong Jing.
Sikong Jing replied, “Hmm, I gave it to you in recognition of your filial piety.”
No sooner had his words fallen than Su Yue Immortal’s face changed, and she suddenly shouted, “Nonsense, how could I possibly be filial?
I can’t wait for him to die immediately, I…
I’m sorry.”
As she spoke, her voice weakened again before she remembered the rare gift the man before her had provided.
“I will repay you if I get the chance.
Farewell.”
Having said this, Su Yue Immortal picked up the carcass of the Flowing Cloud Flying Squirrel and disappeared from the sight of the three.
Old Zhang said, “What’s with this female assassin, acting like she’s lost her mind.
She clearly wants to save her father but almost wishes him dead, split personality maybe?”
Ah Hu also looked at Sikong Jing and asked, “Brother Sikong, why did you help her?”
“Her?
She reminded me of someone.”
Sikong Jing smiled and said, “She also made me think of my own family situation.
Since she went as far as kneeling and begging, I might as well help if I can.”
After speaking, Sikong Jing turned and walked into Ru Yun Town.
The one he was reminded of was certainly not Su Yuexi, but his mother-in-law, Mei Xiaofang, who was equally stubborn in speech but had a soft heart.
Inside Ru Yun Town, the streets were sparse with people, and many shops had closed their doors.
“Weird, why has Ru Yun Town become so deserted?” Ah Hu remarked, looking around with a sense of strangeness.
At that moment, a hurried figure approached them.
“You don’t know yet?
Four days ago, after the bet between Thunder Wing Trading House and Luoshui Jade Line, they somehow offended some fierce person who slaughtered everyone from both trading houses.”
Upon hearing this, Ah Hu and Old Zhang subconsciously looked at Sikong Jing, knowing he was the culprit.
“It’s said that only the young miss of Luoshui Jade Line, Luo Ning, survived.
She was lucky to have gone to the pharmacy to buy medicine, which is how she narrowly escaped death,” the passerby added quickly.
Then the second passerby sneered, “Did those two trading houses really think they were so powerful?
They provoked someone by closing off the mountain for their bet, didn’t they?”
“Let’s go quickly; who knows if that murderer is still in town.”
With these words, the two passersby hurried away.
Sikong Jing chuckled lightly, “It seems Luo Ning found a good excuse.
This matter has nothing to do with us.
We were just going to buy medicine with Luo Ning and survived.”
Ah Hu and Old Zhang nodded, not wanting to be entangled in trouble or retaliated against by Thunder Wing Trading House.
Clearly, Luo Ning had kept her word and did not spread the news of the massacre.
“I’ve been away from Yunye City for six days, and tomorrow is the selection for the Yunzhou competition.
I better hurry back,” Sikong Jing said, looking at the night that had already fallen and hurriedly set off back to Yunye City.
Because a lot of people from Thunder Wing Trading House and Luoshui Jade Line were killed, the return journey was fraught, and they were stopped by Yunzhou City’s soldiers, looking for the murderer, and taken to a station.
At the station, they met Luo Ning again, and with her confirmation, the three of them naturally cleared their names.
Of course, the main reason was that Ah Hu and Old Zhang were both generals from Yunye City, and Sikong Jing, being only at the fourth level of the Dark Realm, did not attract suspicion as the murderer.
At this time, Sikong Jing also obtained a second Primordial Truth Pill from Luo Ning’s hand.
In the end, they were escorted back to Yunye City by General Chou Ye, but by the time they arrived, it was already morning.
The Yunzhou competition was about to begin with the selection in Yunye City.
Given the timing, Sikong Jing did not return to the Su Residence but hurried to the selection venue…
Yingwu Field in Yunye City.
The Martial Arts Arena was located to the east of the City Lord Mansion, and at the moment, it was bustling with noise and teeming with people inside and out.
The Yunzhou competition was a rare grand event, and as one of the twenty-eight cities in Yunzhou, Yunye City’s people were highly interested in it.
Who would become the chosen hero to represent Yunye City in battle?
And now, on the south side of the Martial Arts Arena, surrounded by people from the Su Family, one of the Four Great Families of Yunye City, was Su Yuexi donning a dark blue battle dress and still hiding her face behind a thick black veil.
She was gearing up for the fight.
Suddenly, Su Yuexi heard the aged voice of Su Xuefeng whispering, “Yue Xi, did you forget to give me the Green Jade Paper?”
As these words were spoken, Su Yuexi’s face, along with that of the Su Zhenglong couple beside her, changed slightly.
The inevitable was finally happening, as Su Xuefeng had not forgotten about coercing for the Green Jade Paper.
