Chapter 1052: with translation of chapter title

Ye Liuyun and his party, after crossing a mountain ridge, discovered the tracks of a ferocious beast.

However, the peripheral beasts were of relatively low realms, and even Ling Shuang and Yuan Datou felt they posed no challenge.

So they pressed deeper, and after a short while they encountered ferocious beasts of the Second Realm of Sixfold Creation.

Yuan Datou and Ling Shuang took turns going up to fight them.

Ye Liuyun and the others provided support from behind.

Yuan Datou fought with such vigor that he even manifested his true form, engaging in a fierce battle with the local beasts.

Ye Liuyun continuously used the Primordial Spirit Secret Technique to monitor the surroundings, waiting for that shadow to make a move.

But the shadow was indeed cautious, always keeping its distance from him, fearing detection.

"I don't even know whether that shadow followed us," Ye Liuyun said to Fire Dance via Transmission Voice.

Fire Dance replied through Transmission Voice: "If it wants to follow you, it will certainly come in. Don't rush; go deeper a bit, and when I encounter a beast I recognize, I can set a trap for it!"

Following that, Ye Liuyun, as Fire Dance instructed, led the group slowly forward.

When Yuan Datou and Ling Shuang grew weary, the beasts they faced had risen to the Fourth Realm of Sixfold Creation, and it was time for Long Nv, Ye Tiandao and others to take the field.

Thus Ye Liuyun pulled them into the Space World, allowing them to return for recuperation.

When the beasts' realm advanced to the Sixth Realm of Sixfold Creation, Lei Ming also began to act.

At that moment, Fire Dance suddenly sent a Transmission Voice to Ye Liuyun, telling him to release the black snake that was battling Lei Ming.

Ye Liuyun immediately transmitted to Lei Ming, asking her to let the black snake go.

Lei Ming deliberately showed a flaw. The black snake slithered into the grass and fled.

Afterward, Ye Liuyun and his group continued forward and fought.

On several occasions when they met difficult beasts, Ye Liuyun would use a bow and arrow to aid them against the enemy.

Suddenly, Ye Liuyun's Primordial Spirit Secret Technique detected more than ten clusters of humanoid energy, forming a fan-shaped formation that surrounded them.

It seemed they were pursuing a beast of the Ninth Realm of Sixfold Creation.

"Everyone, pay attention, someone's coming from the opposite side," Ye Liuyun called out.

Thus Lei Ming and the others halted, forming a strict formation in readiness.

In such deep mountain forests, encountering a Human Martial Cultivator makes it hard to say whether murder and treasure snatching will occur.

Encountering humans can be far more dangerous than meeting beasts.

Soon, everyone spotted a long-toothed black panther of the Ninth Realm of Sixfold Creation fleeing toward them.

Originally the panther still had an escape route, but now blocked by Ye Liuyun's party, it immediately prepared to fight for its life, charging at them at full speed to launch an attack.

At that moment, Xia Tianqiong surged forward, swinging a sword from a distance toward the panther, halting its momentum and forcing it to turn and slow down.

Then she thrust several more sword strikes. The panther, already wounded, could no longer endure her full-force attacks; it failed to dodge and she drove the blade into its heart, ending its life.

At that moment, a group of Martial Cultivators pursuing the panther surrounded, confronting Xia Tianqiong.

These people wore uniform attire, their realms were Seventh and Eighth Realms of Sixfold Creation, all were youths, and they were followed by an Elder who was an early-stage Earth Sovereign.

It was obvious they were training disciples from a great clan or Sect.

When Ye Liuyun saw their clothing, something stirred in his heart.

"Isn't this the attire of Feng Clan disciples that Cheng Yudu remembers? How coincidental that I ran into them?"

While he was thinking, the leading disciple on the opposite side spoke first.

He noticed that among this group, Xia Tianqiong had the highest realm, so he addressed her directly.

"Miss, this panther is the one we are trying to capture. After much effort we drove it out, intending to take it alive, but you killed it!"

His tone carried a sense of complaint.

Hearing this, Xia Tianqiong replied bluntly: "It rushed at us; how could I know you wanted it alive? Could I not act, letting it eat us?"

Her words were not wrong; it was merely a misunderstanding.

But some disciples, seeing Ye Liuyun's party's lower realms, shouted arrogantly, demanding that Ye Liuyun's group compensate.

"Enough. This really can't be blamed on them!" a female disciple on the opposite side suddenly spoke, halting everyone.

The leading male disciple, seeing her speak, immediately seized the moment and said, "Since the junior sister says it's settled, we won't pursue it either!"

However, noticing that Xia Tianqiong was not only beautiful but also of high realm, he smoothly tried to engage her: "May I ask the miss's name and which Sect she comes from?"

"No comment!" Xia Tianqiong saw through his ulterior motive and retorted directly.

Just as the man was about to get angry, the Elder behind them asked, "Is this matter settled? All of you, shut up!"

The man was stunned, but never dared to speak again.

"I am an elder of the Feng Clan, training my disciples here. Sorry to disturb the miss!"

After speaking, the Elder bowed to Xia Tianqiong, then led his people away, not even letting anyone pick up the black panther's corpse on the ground.

This sudden turn left both sides bewildered.

Fire Dance sent a Transmission Voice to Ye Liuyun: "That Elder must have recognized Xia Tianqiong's princess identity!"

Only then did Ye Liuyun recall that Xia Tianqiong was indeed a princess.

However, in his presence, he had never treated Xia Tianqiong or Ling Shuang as a princess.

Xia Tianqiong also guessed that they might have recognized her. But since they didn't want the black panther, it couldn't be wasted.

Thus she had no choice but to store the black panther in the Storage Ring.

After the Feng Clan disciples were taken away by the Elder, none dared to utter a sound.

Only the young girl just now whispered to the Elder: "Grandpa Tong, can we forgo pursuing the woman who killed the panther, but we should retrieve the panther's corpse, right?"

The Elder Tong laughed: "It's just a beast's corpse; how much is it worth! You wanted a live beast, so why care about the corpse?"

"But we've worked hard for nothing!" the girl replied, still a bit resentful.

Seeing this, Elder Tong could only explain: "Do you know who that woman was just now? She is the Ninth Princess of the Great Xia Imperial Dynasty!"

"Princess?"

At that moment everyone finally understood why their own Elder was being so courteous to that woman.

"Although our Feng Clan claims not to fear the great Emperor Xia dynasty, we wouldn't be so petty as to contest a princess over a ferocious beast's corpse!"

Elder Tong continued speaking.

With his words, the disciples all felt at ease.

"No wonder she's so beautiful! It's my first time seeing a member of the Imperial Family!"

After the girl learned the reason, she stopped fixating on the leopard and instead praised it naively.