Chapter 186: A Bunch of Mediocrities

That figure was tall and slender, dressed in a black robe, with a gentleman's hair bun, lips red and teeth white, especially a pair of deep eyes; any girl who met his gaze would involuntarily blush.

Xie Lingyu froze for two seconds, then quickly stood up and lowered her voice: "You really are here!"

Heng Xian plopped down into the chair beside her, looked her up and down, and said: "Hey, cousin, you've grown a bit more!"

Xie Lingyu glanced down, her lovely sweet face involuntarily reddening, she straightened her back with a hint of pride: "I said I would develop, and you didn't believe me—does my appearance show any upward trend?"

Heng Xian said with a solemn face: "Of course, if before you were only about six to seven points, now you've reached over eight point five!"

"Eight point five..." Xie Lingyu tapped her chin with her index finger, "Then what's the full score?"

Heng Xian coughed: "One hundred fifty!"

Xie Lingyu stared for a moment, then swung her fist: "You brat, dare to belittle me—I'll beat you to death!"

Just then, footsteps sounded outside, as if someone was passing by.

Xie Lingyu then realized, lowering her voice: "Since you know I'm here, you naturally know they're here too—why aren't you leaving?"

Heng Xian sighed: "Mainly because I can't bear to part with you!"

Xie Lingyu's face flushed again: "You little jerk, you already have a fiancée, yet you're flirting with your cousin!"

Heng Xian exclaimed: "You knew?"

Xie Lingyu feigned anger: "The last time I passed through Donglan City and visited the Heng family, I saw your wedding notice! Humph!"

"Being handsome is unavoidable." Heng Xian chuckled, shifted his posture, and asked: "How's the family doing?"

Xie Lingyu said in a strange tone: "Ji Yaoyue sent experts from the Great Zhou Empire to guard the Heng family; the Great Zhou Empire itself hides dragons and tigers, and all major sects have to give it some face."

Moreover, the Heng family itself is too weak, easily wiped out, with no profit, so no sect would be interested.

Heng Xian relaxed, nodded, and asked: "What about my father and the old master?"

Xie Lingyu said: "After taking your Physique Reformation Pill, everyone's cultivation has indeed sped up a lot; the old master is about to break through to Qi Sea, the eldest maternal uncle has reached Condensing Qi seventh layer, the second maternal uncle Condensing Qi fifth layer, and Heng Ruze and Heng Yin have both broken through Condensing Qi."

Furthermore, the second maternal uncle's shops have opened in seven cities, earning a considerable amount of money.

They currently still don't know about your affairs!

"Okay, got it." Heng Xian looked out the window.

Xie Lingyu accompanied him in looking outside, and after a while said: "Even if the world abandons you and the fourteen sects hunt you, we will still keep you in mind and always believe in you!"

"This... is not only because you saved our lives, but we also understand the choice you made back then!"

Heng Xian smiled without speaking, feeling warm inside.

Xie Lingyu also smiled: "Your little wife returned to the Da Luo Holy Sect and was confined by her master, but she's always worried about you."

The most interesting part is that she doesn't even know that her senior sister, Aunt Murong Hanshui, is actually your mother!

Hahaha, the generational hierarchy is all messed up.

Mother?

That term is too foreign to me; Heng Xian exclaimed in surprise: "I... Mother, what are you doing now? Abandoning husband and child, a scoundrel woman!"

Xie Lingyu chuckled lightly: "There's no way to talk about one's own mother like that; I heard that the aunt is in seclusion in the Three Thousand Ice Realm of the Da Luo Holy Sect, practicing the Three Thousand Ice Snow Sword and seeking to break through to the Primordial Core, which will take at least three to five years."

Heng Xian was about to speak when footsteps suddenly sounded outside, and Sun He's voice called: "Junior Sister Xie, are you there?"

Xie Lingyu's face changed slightly; she hurriedly grabbed Heng Xian's wrist: "I don't know what you're thinking, but before the major disciples of the various sects arrive, let's hurry—head to Dongzhen, it's safer there—quick! I'll cover you!"

Who would have thought Heng Xian lightly shook off her hand, stretched, and said: "No rush, after running this long, we ought to rest a bit!"

"Rest?" Xie Lingyu looked dazed.

"Junior Sister Xie?" Sun He's voice from outside carried a hint of doubt.

Xie Lingyu grabbed Heng Xian's hand again, leaned in, gritted her teeth angrily yet still looked cute: "Listen, hurry up and leave, or I'll get angry!"

Her tone was extremely rapid, her breath spraying onto Heng Xian's face.

Heng Xian sniffed: "Did you eat osmanthus cake at noon?"

"You..." Xie Lingyu said anxiously.

"Junior Sister Xie!"

The voice of Monk Tiancong from Mituo Temple also came in.

"Ah! I'm bathing, don't come in!" Xie Lingyu immediately said.

Monk Tiancong's voice was somewhat low: "We have eyes; there are two figures in the door crack!"

Xie Lingyu froze.

Heng Xian shouted at the door: "What's all the fuss, haven't you seen your grandfather come as a guest?"

Outside the door there was a brief silence, then a "clang clang clang..."

The sound of a spiritual artifact emerging from an orifice rang continuously.

Sun He gritted his teeth: "Heng Xian! Heaven has a road you refuse to take, hell has no gate you barge into—I'll see where you go today!"

"Can you change to a fresher line? This isn't hell; I'll go wherever I want!"

Heng Xian crossed his legs, waved his hand, and the door opened automatically, revealing the figures of Monk Tiancong, Sun He, Xu Wei, and a group of others.

Besides Xu Wei and a few others with complex expressions, the rest of the dozen or so individuals all had grim looks, killing intent rising.

Xie Lingyu's face turned deathly pale, her body slightly trembling.

Heng Xian looked out, gave a faint smile: "Come on, I'm right here—come in and kill me!"

The group of Sun He, Monk Tiancong, and others who had been eager to try suddenly froze.

A person's name, a tree's shadow—Heng Xian could trap and kill thousands of sect experts, could single-handedly slay Hou Zhenfang, Dao Ba, and four others; he is definitely not easy to deal with.

The key is that none of those present are Primordial Core experts; no one has confidence, and they don't know what trick Heng Xian is playing with such arrogance.

Heng Xian blinked: "Why aren't you coming in? I'm right here—you've been shouting you want to kill me, so come in!"

"Uh..."

The calmer he acted, the more uncertain the crowd felt, each thinking, "Let someone else go first, I'll follow."

All of them immediately braced themselves.

To save face, Sun He glanced at Xie Lingyu beside Heng Xian and said: "If you've got guts, first release Junior Sister Xie!"

"Exactly!" The crowd echoed in agreement.

Heng Xian also glanced at Xie Lingyu beside him; his purpose achieved, he no longer made things difficult for her. With a flash of his form, he employed an extremely exquisite demonic evasion technique, darting over the heads of Sun He and his group like a white silvery fish,

Then he dashed straight toward the distance, laughing heartily: "A bunch of mediocres, that's all you got! I'm right here at the Hao Family; come and try to kill me!"

"Where are you going?"

Sun He, Monk Tiancong and several others hurriedly gave chase.

Ye Ling'er, Xu Wei and several others rushed toward Xie Lingyu: "Senior Sister Xie, are you alright?"

Xie Lingyu shook her head, gazing in the direction Heng Xian had left, her face full of bewilderment.

What on earth is Heng Xian trying to do?!

Does he not want to live?

……

Heng Xian swaggered back to the Hao Family, taking from the waiting Hao Gou a large white sheet of paper; on it were drawn chaotic scribbles like ghostly talismans, with a line of writing in the middle:

"Heng Xian is inside; disciples of the fourteen sects, please enter!"

He casually pasted it on the main gate.

Then he strutted through the gate.

Not long after, Sun He, Monk Tiancong and a group of monks arrived, but seeing the white paper on the gate, they hesitated again.

What kind of trick is this Heng Xian up to...?

Inside... is there a trap?

(End of chapter)