Chapter 8: Murder and Heart-Stabbing, Xiaogang, Why Are You Turning Red?

"Someone is following us."

"They started following just now. They look no different from the people around us, but they have been following us with clear intent. I am certain they are tailing us!"

Following behind Jirou Yueguan and Guimei.

Yu Xiaogang maintained his composure.

With his hands clasped behind his back, he appeared quite imposing.

This confidence was all honed from years of bluffing and swindling across the Douluo Continent.

Much like he had done back at the Noting Chuji Hunshi Xueyuan.

Even though he was criticized by many teachers as a loser, his heart had long since remained unruffled; he would just slack off at school as he always did.

Relying on this demeanor he had honed over the years.

Tailing behind Jirou Yueguan and Guimei, Yu Xiaogang even wore a smug smile on his face.

Hehehe, tracking invaders from a parallel world.

I, Yu Xiaogang, can be considered the first person to do so!!

This entire scene fell under the observation of Jirou Yueguan and Guimei.

The two exchanged a glance and, pretending not to have noticed Yu Xiaogang, took the initiative to duck into a small alleyway.

Seeing this, Yu Xiaogang hurriedly followed them into the alley.

In his view, Jirou Yueguan and Guimei were invaders from another world and surely wouldn't be too conspicuous.

Completely unaware that he had already been discovered, he decisively followed them into the alley.

Just as he walked into the alley, Yu Xiaogang was instantly dumbfounded.

Where are the people?

Where did Jirou Yueguan and Guimei go?

Yu Xiaogang looked left and right, feeling a bit confused.

Thinking himself very familiar with the streets and alleys of Wuhun City, he remembered that this alley he had followed them into didn't have many places to hide.

"Are you following us?"

At this moment, Yu Xiaogang felt his hair stand on end.

A sentence filled with intense hostility rang out beside his ear.

Turning his head toward the voice, Yu Xiaogang's eyes widened even larger than a cow's.

Holy crap!

Such huge muscles!

Jirou Yueguan appeared behind Yu Xiaogang, blocking the retreat path Yu Xiaogang could have used to run out of the alley.

His black robe fluttered without any wind.

The muscles hidden beneath the black robe were exposed to the air, looking powerful and muscular.

On his bulging biceps, one could clearly see the veins displaying a ferocious posture.

Just by facing these muscles of Jirou Yueguan, Yu Xiaogang felt his entire body turning cold.

This terrifying muscle mass.

He only had strength just over level 30.

If he were to truly engage in combat with Jirou Yueguan.

Even if the opponent didn't use soul power, the odds would probably be three to seven at best, right?

Jirou Yueguan would only need three punches, and he, Yu Xiaogang, could go straight to his funeral!

"Why waste so much breath talking to him? Someone following us must have ill intentions. Just snap his neck."

At this time, Guimei's voice rang out: "Before we set off, didn't His Majesty give you a Soul Guidance Device that can store living things? You can just stuff this guy's corpse into it later."

???

???

Hey, hey, hey, are you guys this professional?

I haven't even said a word yet, and you've already calculated snapping my neck and throwing my corpse directly into a Soul Guidance Device?

Murder, arson, and destroying the evidence—is this a one-stop service?

Yu Xiaogang's cow-like eyes widened again.

A lump stuck in his throat, and he couldn't swallow it down no matter what.

"The two of you, the two of you, you've misunderstood."

Yu Xiaogang adjusted his mindset and hurriedly said: "I see that you two are imposing; at a glance, you must be people who frequently roam the Spirit Master World."

"I am Yu Xiaogang. The Spirit Master World respects me, so they call me Master Yu. You two might have heard of me in the Spirit Master World. The reason I followed you is actually because I have a request."

Pretending not to know that Jirou Yueguan and Guimei were invaders, and not acting like Jirou Yueguan and Guimei.

Yu Xiaogang took a deep breath and threw his identity out there directly.

Jirou Yueguan's pupils constricted slightly, his five fingers clenching with a cracking sound, ready to snap Yu Xiaogang's neck at any moment.

The great cause of the Tianwu Empire's expedition to this world must not be affected.

For the sake of His Majesty's great cause, it would be fine to just kill Yu Xiaogang.

Carefully analyzing these words from Yu Xiaogang, Jirou Yueguan asked in a deep voice: "You say you are a Master? You followed us because you have a request? What matter do you have to ask of us?"

Hearing this, Yu Xiaogang thought to himself that the attempt to get close had worked, and he hurriedly said: "I have researched a set of martial soul theories and need many people who roam the Spirit Master World to help me perfect them."

"Seeing that you two have extraordinary temperaments, you must be prominent figures in the Spirit Master World. You must have come to Wuhun City this time to watch the Spirit Master Tournament, right!"

"Therefore, during this time, I would like to ask you two to help explain some of what you have seen and heard while roaming the Spirit Master World, so that I can better enrich my theories."

Martial soul theory?

It sounds like it's pretty impressive, doesn't it?

Back in the Tianwu Empire, it seems I had some impression of it?

Jirou Yueguan's brain stalled slightly.

For a moment, he suddenly couldn't recall where exactly he had heard it.

Guimei pondered on the spot, also feeling a sense of familiarity, yet unable to remember where he had heard of it.

He gave up searching through his mind for it.

Guimei stared at Yu Xiaogang for a long time, then followed up on the conversation:

"So it is Master Yu, I have long admired your great name, long admired your great name!"

"Master Yu, you want to find us to help explain what we have seen and heard, and then enrich your martial soul theory, right?"

Yu Xiaogang nodded.

He kept his hands behind his back to maintain his composure.

He tried hard to pretend that this was indeed his intention, while doing his best not to look at the bulging muscles on Jirou Yueguan's arms.

Good heavens, how on earth did this parallel world Yueguan train to get such a physique?

Jirou Yueguan selectively ignored Yu Xiaogang's focus, caught a slight signal from Guimei's eyes, and said with polite pleasantries:

"If it's just that, it's no problem, though we two brothers rarely learn about the outside world in the Spirit Master World, we have indeed heard of the martial soul theory."

"Master Yu, who could propose the martial soul theory, is truly better seen than heard of; seeing you today has truly opened the eyes of us two brothers."

"However, since you, Master Yu, can propose the martial soul theory, you must be a person of heaven-defying strength. In the Spirit Master World, where is there that you cannot go? Why must you ask us two brothers about the various matters of the Spirit Master World?"

Yu Xiaogang: "..."

Hey, hey, hey, people of the parallel world.

Can you not speak so harshly??

What do you mean my strength is heaven-defying, and what do you mean there is nowhere in the Spirit Master World I cannot go?

If I had such heaven-defying ability, would I still be only at level thirty-something now? And that's only after eating an immortal herb to break through to level thirty-something?

May I ask, whose heaven-defying person needs an immortal herb to break through to level thirty?

Having lived for so many years, I have simply never seen people who speak as filthily as you two!!

Yu Xiaogang felt a mouthful of old blood stuck in his throat.

A second ago, he was still immersed in the thought that he had successfully bluffed Jirou Yueguan and Guimei, and had already begun considering how he could learn more about the parallel world from them.

But this second, after hearing all of Jirou Yueguan's "polite pleasantries," he almost spiraled into the sky.

The calm and composed expression he had been working so hard to maintain.

In this instant, immediately turned bright red; he overheated on the spot.

The hands he held behind his back also could not help but tremble slightly at this moment.

Jirou Yueguan saw these reactions from Yu Xiaogang.

At the same time, Guimei also saw these reactions from Yu Xiaogang.

They had come specifically to gather intelligence.

Seeing Yu Xiaogang overheat on the spot, they instantly realized that Yu Xiaogang was not quite right.

The two exchanged a glance, and a cold, chilling aura instantly enveloped Yu Xiaogang.

Assessment complete, this person—

Seems like he can be slaughtered!!

(End of chapter)