Chapter 294: The Calamity of Fate

A flash of icy cold light passed.

Although Dongfangxiu dodged backward, he was still sliced on the shoulder; the flesh split instantly, blood seeping out.

Dongfangxiu sent the old man flying with a single palm.

The old man was instantly flung to the ground, spitting a mouthful of fresh blood; his yellow teeth stained with blood, he yet laughed maniacally, 'Hahahaha, the person of your fate's calamity has come! Has come!'

The yellow-clad youth heard it, yet gave a light chuckle, unfazed.

You will surely meet retribution!

You all will surely meet retribution!

The old man shouted hysterically, yet his face bore a mad smile.

You're really noisy." said the yellow-clad youth.

His fingertip lightly tapped the rabbit mask he wore twice; in the next instant, a figure appeared like a ghost, before anyone could react, the evildoer old man's voice cut off abruptly.

Looking closely, that mysterious figure had already vanished; only the evildoer old man lay dead on the ground, eyes not closed in peace.

The people on the street clearly knew the yellow-clad youth, their eyes holding a hint of wariness and apprehension as they looked at him.

The mask is dirty." The yellow-clad youth's gaze fell on Dongfangxiu's wounded shoulder, he murmured softly.

He stood up, his unrestrained black hair fluttering in the wind, the rabbit-mask with a grin especially conspicuous.

Then forget it.

He muttered to himself.

Just as his words fell, a black-clad person sprang from somewhere, directly hoisting him up and letting the youth sit on his shoulder.

And when that black-clad person slightly turned his head, his true face was revealed.

Dongfangxiu's pupils constricted slightly.

The black-clad person's face was sewn with a handsome mask of skin, and the owner of that skin……

He recognized him!

'Wait!' Dongfangxiu tried to stop the yellow-clad youth and the black-clad person, but they vanished instantly in place.

Dongfangxiu immediately wanted to pursue their aura, but as he chased, he suddenly felt intense pain from his shoulder wound.

He lowered his head to look, seeing that the wound on his shoulder had already turned black, and the blood flowing out was also black.

Dongfangxiu's complexion slightly changed.

Had he been poisoned?

He immediately took a detox pill, intending to first suppress the toxin, but he never expected that the wound on his shoulder would begin to rot at an astonishing speed!

In the blink of an eye, what was merely a shallow scar had become a gruesome, terrifying hole, pus and blood continually oozing out, emitting a foul stench, looking extremely horrifying.

Dongfangxiu wanted to use his true qi to force out the toxin.

But it was of no avail.

He realized that if he did not quickly find a healer, the toxin in his wound would soon spread throughout his body.

'So that's how it is...' Dongfangxiu murmured, suddenly understanding why the yellow-clad youth had earlier said those puzzling words: 'The mask is dirty.'

Presumably the other party already knew the toxin attached to that strike was extremely potent, hence they mocked me that way.

He took a communication crystal from his storage space, then sent an urgent transmission to Man Yue, asking her to have the accompanying healer await his return.

He must first leave the Two Provinces Region.

Meanwhile.

Two Provinces Region, inside the Moon-Viewing Pavilion.

The black-clad person carried the yellow-clad youth to the Moon-Viewing Pavilion with white gauze on all four sides, and the black-clad person respectfully set the yellow-clad youth down.

In the pavilion, there was also another person.

That person was strongly built, his back to the yellow-clad youth.

'Father.' the yellow-clad youth called with a smile.

The person slowly turned his head; his features were deep-set, and on his right cheek there were actually three blood-red lines, his eyes profound and sharp.

Where have you been?

'I went to kill a traitor.' the yellow-clad youth said offhandedly: 'That traitor dared to utter such treasonous words; he deserves death.'

The man fell silent for a moment.

The yellow-clad youth approached and sat down: 'Father, do you think what he said is true?'

Seeing the man silent, the yellow-clad youth said in a low voice: 'Even if what he said is true, so what? Our fate lies in our own hands.'

The man slowly spoke: 'Before becoming an evil cultivator, Jia Jingheng was one of the most formidable Daoists of the First Province; he calculated heaven, earth, and people, and none were inaccurate. Because of a moment's lust, he broke his precepts, was expelled from his sect, and later suffered a backlash of heavenly secrets, which led him to wander to the Two Provinces Region. At that time, I had just picked you up, and upon seeing you, his expression changed instantly.'

Afterwards, Jia Jingheng pinched his fingers to calculate, his face shifting unpredictably.

After a long while, he finally uttered a sentence: 'It's all fate.'

The man had once pressed Jia Jingheng for an explanation, but Jia Jingheng would rather die than speak.

Later, Jia Jingheng personally severed his own fortune-telling fate, no longer divining for others, and turned into an evil cultivator.

The man said: 'I never expected that he would stay here for fourteen years just to wait for the opportunity to rescue the few Daoists who had strayed into this place.'

Those few Daoists were exactly his disciples and grand-disciples.

He sought to change the inevitably fatal fate of those disciples and grand-disciples.

The yellow-clad youth suddenly said: 'He just attacked an outsider youth and smeared poison on him. Presumably he also knows that if that youth continues to stay in the Two Provinces Region, there is only a dead end.'

'Although Jia Jingheng's words cannot be fully trusted, they also cannot be wholly dismissed.' The man looked at the yellow-clad youth: 'Xiaoer, if something happens to me, you must definitely leave the Two Provinces Region and seek your true kin.'

Jiang Xiao said: 'Father, I have only you as kin.'

The man said solemnly: 'Don't be willful. All these years I have prevented you from becoming an evil cultivator precisely so that you could one day openly leave the Two Provinces Region, leave the Cloud Water Realm, leave the Ninth Province, and go to your birthplace: the Second Province.'

Jiang Xiao said: 'Father, if you fear that Jia Jingheng's words will come true, then you should now leave the Two Provinces Region together with me!'

The man said expressionlessly: "This is my root. My wife and children are buried here; I will not leave."

Foster father...

"Don't try to persuade me anymore, my mind is made up." The man wanted to stay in the Two Provinces Region, not only for his deceased wife and children, but also to slaughter all outsiders who entered the Two Provinces Region during this period for Xiao'er.

Among these outsiders, one will be Xiao'er's death calamity.

Xiao'er, leave the Two Provinces Region tonight.

…

On the other side.

Yuan Yao set up exactly ninety-nine formations in the Two Provinces Region.

Everything is already ready.

Yuan Yao and Song Yan rushed back to the original location to meet with Zong Yu'er and Lin Xuechen.

"Any movement at the Xue Nu Chang?" Yuan Yao asked.

Zong Yu'er shook her head: "No movement for now."

Yuan Yao said: "I have already set up the formations. Let's go keep watch near the Xue Nu Chang now."

No one had any objections.

Just as they walked to a place not far from the back gate of the Xue Nu Chang, they saw Li Ergen, tall and stout, sneaking around the area. His small eyes kept scanning the surroundings, occasionally glancing at the environment, as if urgently searching for someone's whereabouts.

Song Yan spoke up: "He must be looking for us."

Yuan Yao analyzed: "This Li Ergen must have previously gone to the doctor to inquire about the antidote, but to no avail, so he came here to wait for us."