Chapter Thirty-One: The First Small Town in Southern Chu

  In Red William's view, he had already grasped the overall situation.

  He is a Seventh Treasure Realm Second Grade, with a White Silver Treasure Bone, far surpassing Han Zuo's strength by more than ten times. Although he has injuries on his body, they are not severe and can at least exert fifty percent of his combat power.

  He is a lightning thief, but an outer thief. The life and death of those inner thieves have nothing to do with him, and he doesn't care at all.

  He was originally hired by Chu Tianjiao to kill Chu Cheng, Leng Cangfeng and Huang Tiancang.

  Then on the Shanyang River, he saw that Chucheng was ambushed and thought that Chucheng must be dead, and there were only two people left to kill.

  Then he saw Han Zuo and others assassinate Jiugongzi, only then did he realize that someone wanted to kill Jiugongzi.

  He had been in the Lightning Thief for thirty years and knew that the Lightning Thief had already surrendered to the Sixth Master. And this time, the assassination of the Ninth Master was naturally ordered by the Sixth Master.

  The sixth young master is a hopeless case, he has heard of it before. This matter will eventually be exposed.

  At this moment, he decided to leave the Lightning Thief, so as not to be implicated in the future.

  Then he thought again, isn't this a heaven-sent opportunity?

  As long as he kills Jiāng Wǔ Gōngzǐ and others, as well as Hán Zuǒ and others, the death of Jiāng Wǔ Gōngzǐ will ultimately be attributed to Shǎn Diàn Dào, and he himself will obtain countless treasures from Jiāng Wǔ Gōngzǐ and others!

  The only thing I know is Chu Tianjiao.

  However, Chu Tianjiao absolutely did not dare to expose this matter, otherwise neither the Dongfang family nor the Xiang family, nor even Chu Tian Ge would spare him.

  This matter is seamless and perfect.

  To be more sure of himself, he waited until Ninth Master and Han Zuo had finished their fight before appearing.

  The battle just now, Han Zuo died, and the Ninth Prince was not unscathed either. His left arm was hit by a hammer and almost broke off. Other places were also seriously injured.

  As for Chu Cheng and others, they were not even in his eyes.

  He almost burst out laughing.

  "Red William! Do you really think you're in control of everything?" Just as Red William was feeling proud and complacent, Chu Cheng suddenly let out a cold laugh and raised his head.

  "Ha! You still want to resist?" Red William seemed to have heard the most hilarious joke: "You still want to resist?"

  "Rebellion? Red William, you're already heavily injured and your strength is far from what it used to be. Otherwise, you could have directly taken action and killed us and Han Zuo together. Why wait for so long? This just shows that you don't have the confidence to kill." Chu Cheng sneered.

  "I may be wounded, but killing you is still as easy as turning my hand!" Red William seemed to have suffered a great humiliation, and raised his bloody skull long knife.

  "Are you angry? If it wasn't a sore spot, why would you be angry? This behavior of yours is an admission that you don't have the confidence to kill us!" Chu Cheng raised his long spear, pointing directly at Red William.

  "No matter what you say, I'll kill you all and cut you into a thousand pieces! Because you've offended me, I'm taking back the chance to let you choose your own death!" Red William's face was icy cold, his long knife raised high, a bloody killing aura filling the entire space, making one's heart tremble.

  "Red William, do you believe me or not? With just one order from me, someone will kill you?" Chu Cheng shouted.

  "Kill me?" Red William hesitated, his long knife not falling.

  He is naturally suspicious.

  "Yes, kill you! With just one order from me, someone will kill you!" Chu Cheng said with a confident face.

  "Who killed me?" Red William was shocked and confused.

  He looked around cautiously, trying to see if anyone was lurking in ambush.

  But he was disappointed because he found nothing.

  "Hey kid, are you kidding me?" Red William was enraged.

  "I didn't deceive you. Red William, look behind you, that forest two miles away, take a closer look, is there something unusual?" Chu Cheng suddenly lowered his voice.

  "Really?"

  Hong Weilian's eyes slowly brightened.

  If it wasn't for Chucheng's reminder, he wouldn't have noticed that something was indeed unusual there.

  It's quiet there.

  Elsewhere, there would occasionally be the calls of birds and beasts, but that place was always very quiet.

  Unless there were no birds and beasts at all in that place.

  And the reason there are no birds or beasts is because there exists a very powerful being there, and they don't dare get close.

  Hong Weilian suddenly felt a pang in his heart, recalling the news he had received before.

  Chu Cheng had gone to see Sun Yan before, and although Sun Yan had left early, who knew if he really left?

  Could it be that Chu Cheng and Sun Yan have joined forces?

  Sun Yan's strength was unknown to him, just how strong he actually was.

  But he was very clear that Sun Yan was older than Jiu Gongzi and absolutely stronger than Jiu Gongzi!

  Eight drops of blood essence? Nine drops of blood essence?

  If it's eight drops of Blood Essence, then it still wouldn't be a match for oneself. However, if it's nine drops of Blood Essence, then with the people in front of one's eyes added to that, perhaps it wouldn't necessarily be weaker than oneself.

  As for something even stronger, he didn't even think about the legendary Beyond Transcendence Boundary of Great Perfection, a Blood Diamond that represented an unparalleled genius.

  Hong Weilian's own strength may not be that great, but he has killed countless people and offended countless others.

  But for thirty years he has been doing all right, just because he is a cautious man.

  As long as there is a risk to life, he will not go to do it.

  He didn't know if Chu Cheng was bluffing him, but he felt a hint of danger.

  He decided to retreat temporarily.

  "Alright, I'll let you off for today, but your heads are reserved!"

  Red William came and went quickly, his speed far exceeded that of ordinary people, and in an instant he was gone without a trace.

  "Is that it? Are you just going to leave like this? You've been fooled away?" Dongfang Ye let out a breath.

  His hand went limp and the Dark Iron Rod fell to the ground with a clang.

  Although he was very carefree, when facing a strong opponent like Hong Weilian, he still felt stifled.

  He suddenly admired Chu Cheng, facing Hong Weilian, and was able to talk eloquently, even intimidating the opponent.

  "Scared off?" Chu Cheng couldn't help but secretly laugh to himself.

  How could someone like Hong Weilian be deceived?

  He really felt the presence of Sun Yan and others, so he took the initiative to retreat!

  Of course, he won't really leave, but hide in the dark and continue to observe. Once an opportunity is found, a fatal blow will be struck!

  "Alright, stop spacing out and let's move forward?" Chu Cheng shrugged his shoulders, put away his spear, and was the first to walk towards the distance.

  Several people looked at each other, stunned, and also followed forward.

  Dongfang Ye's face was filled with excitement, Leng Cangfeng remained icy cold, Huang Tiancang's expressionless face was unchanged, and Jiu Gongzi's eyes flickered restlessly.

  "By the way, what about Zi Xuan?"

  "Who knows? Maybe they were scared away?"

  "It's possible!"

  "By the way, Chucheng, there's a golden lobster on your shoulder. How cute!"

  "Oh, I fell into the water when I was catching fish in Shanyang River, and then I went to a hotel to dry off and had some wine!"

  "Right, without the Seven Treasures Carriage, how are we going to get to Wangdu?"

  "With hands and feet, are you still afraid of not reaching the capital? Let's go on foot!"

  "Are you going? Don't go!"

  Sun Yan's face was gloomy enough to freeze into ice.

  He never expected that Chucheng would find his whereabouts and, in a critical moment, tell Hong Weilian, scaring him away!

  His plan was completely ruined!

  He had originally wanted to wait until Hong Weilian forced out the true heir of the Ninth Prince, and then take them all down at once.

  But all of this was ruined by Chucheng!

  "My lord, what shall we do?" asked the dwarf respectfully.

  "What to do? Continue tracking!" Sun Yan suddenly smiled: "Very good, very good! I originally thought this was just a simple hunt, but didn't expect the prey to be so clever! Good, that makes it interesting, interesting!"

  "Sir, where shall we lay our next ambush?" the dwarf continued to ask.

  "That depends on where Red William chooses!"

  "What does the young master think Red William will choose?"

  "Shan Yin City, Spirit Abyss!"

  One hundred thousand Great Mountains, south of the mountain is Yangcheng, north of the mountain is Yincheng.

  Yanyang City and Yinyin City are both small cities, but their situations are completely different.

  The entire mountain town had only one power, and that was the City Lord's Manor.

  The lord of Shanyin City, the Viscount of Shanyin, is called Chudragon Yuan. He has been cultivating for a long time and is said to have already reached the fifth level of the Five Elements Boundary ten years ago. Ten years have passed, and he may have become even stronger.

  Chu Longyuan is fifty-two years old this year, and has been in control of Shanyin City for thirty years, accumulating countless wealth. In Shanyin City, he is the king, with a golden mouth and jade words, whoever he says dies will die, no one dares to disobey him.

  Rights, status, wealth, he already has them all. Now, what he cares about most is his daughter, his only daughter, Chu Yun Xi.

  Chu Yun Xi is eleven years old this year and has a natural talent far surpassing that of Chu Long Yuan.

  At just eleven years old, she had already refined two drops of Blood Essence, a true prodigy. Not to mention Shanyin City, even in the Imperial City, there were few who could compare to her.

  However, just a few days ago, his daughter was attacked!

  His daughter is still in a coma and her life or death remains uncertain.

  Chu Longyuan was furious!

  He personally ordered the entire city of Shanyin to be sealed off, and no one was allowed to enter or leave.

  Want to go through Shanyin City to somewhere else?

  Let's go to the Dark Spirit Abyss under the city!

  When Chu Cheng and his group arrived at the foot of Shanyin City, they looked up at the towering city walls that pierced the clouds, shrouded in a chilling and murderous aura, and all of them trembled with fear.

  The city gate is closed.

  On the city wall, every ten meters there was a soldier wearing black armor, holding a strong bow and crossbow, always on high alert. Once there was any movement of grass or wind, they would immediately shoot to kill, without mercy.

  "It is said that Shanyin City is heavily guarded, with all citizens being soldiers, and the city lord Chu Longyuan is extremely powerful and unpredictable. Among the dozens of small cities in southern Chu State, Shanyin City's overall strength ranks first, even surpassing some medium-sized cities. What was thought to be boastful words now seems to be true."

  Chu Tian Ge once said that Shanyin City was very powerful, and the city master Chu Long Yuan was a generation of heroes. Indeed it is so.

  "Indeed, the Shanyin City is heavily guarded and famous throughout Chu State. However, Chulong Yuan has a broad mind and majestic demeanor, ordering the main gate of Shanyin City to be wide open to welcome guests from all directions. Now it's tightly closed, which doesn't feel right." Jiugongzi furrowed his brow.

  "I'll go ask!" Dongfang Ye was a man of action, directly walking up front and opening his throat.

  "Hey! We are people from Yamashiro, on our way to the capital to attend the Young Heroes Conference. Open the gate quickly and let us pass!" The loud voice of Touya was like a thunderclap in the unusually quiet city gate.

  However, countless bows and arrows on the city wall suddenly targeted him.

  "What are you going to do?" Dongfang Ye saw a row of strong bows and crossbows above, his scalp felt numb.

  These are all Chu's team-style strong crossbows, capable of shooting and killing cultivators who have escaped the ordinary realm. One hundred arrows fired simultaneously can even make a Seven Treasures Realm cultivator bleed from the mouth. If ten thousand arrows are fired simultaneously, even a Five Elements Realm cultivator will have to retreat.

  "Those below, listen up! Surrender immediately, or be slaughtered without quarter!" A general appeared on the city wall, holding a strange and powerful crossbow, twice as large as standard issue.

  "It's the Divine Crossbow, a general-grade equipment of Chu State, with extremely great power and an effective range of 20 kilometers. Within one kilometer, it can kill even a Seventh-Order cultivator!" As soon as Chu Cheng saw the crossbow's appearance, he immediately knew what it was.

  "What exactly happened in Shanyin City, that the entire city is under martial law and all soldiers are deployed?! We just wanted to enter Shanyin City, but they want us to surrender unconditionally, or else they'll kill us without hesitation!" The Ninth Master furrowed his brow.

  "Brother Dongfang, tell them that Ninth Young Master is also here, and let them not be too arrogant!" Chu Cheng said in a deep voice.

  "Good!"

  "Listen up, people of the city! I'll say it again - we're from Mountain City, headed to the capital for the Young Heroes' Gathering, led by the ninth prince of the royal family! What kind of attitude is this? Are you rebelling?"

  Dongfang Yeman thought that once this was said, those people would definitely let them in.

  But unexpectedly, the general on the city wall burst out laughing after hearing this.

  "Hmph, another impersonator of the royal prince! Do you know that in just these few days, there have been three groups of people impersonating the royal prince, and now they are all flogged day and night outside the city lord's mansion! All soldiers, listen to orders!"

  The general raised his hand and then brought it down sharply.

  "Kill without mercy!"