Chapter 466: with translation of chapter title

What's your name, little brother? Where do you live?

Heng Xian! An outsider.

So you're an outsider, no wonder your accent is unfamiliar. I'm Wu Hao, a direct descendant of the Wu family, the prominent clan in this town. Once you enter Wu Town, I've got your back!

Then thank you, Brother Wu.

You're being polite, huh? But... I'm really curious, where did you get this monkey? With your cultivation and talent, it must be hard to obtain, right?

This is a long story; it was a night of flashing lightning and thunder...

Heng Xian and the youth injured by the coiled snake descended the mountain, rented a carriage and headed straight for Wu Town, chatting idly along the way.

A plume of dust rose from the straight road, though it couldn't hide the vivid colors of the flowers and grasses by the wayside.

Heng Xian's attention was wholly elsewhere, not on the scenery or Wu Hao's words. He gave a half‑true, half‑false account of the monkey's origins, then asked, 'By the way, do you know if any experts have been dueling lately in Nine Palaces Mountain City?'

Wu Hao pondered, then said solemnly, 'Indeed there is! He Qiye and Song Sanye fought outside Nine Palaces City for three days and three nights. In the end He Qiye won, yet his victory was also a defeat, while Song Sanye lost but still came out victorious. Do you know why?'

'He Qiye used dirty tricks, tripping him up and setting traps to defeat Song Sanye—unsportsmanlike, yet Song Sanye, though defeated, remained honorable!' Heng Xian analyzed.

'Not at all!' Wu Hao said. 'He Qiye won fair and square, but his win was also a loss, because Song Sanye has a powerful backer—he's the lover of Bai Dao Gu.'

'Who is Bai Dao Gu? She's a Primordial Core expert—a legendary master!'

Thus line 13 includes the Primordial Core. Also, the term "great expert" is just a description, not a proper name.

Heng Xian said, 'Um... what cultivation levels do He Qiye and Song Sanye have?'

Wu Hao narrowed his eyes: 'Terrifying—Qi Condensing Ninth Layer!'

'Awesome!'

Heng Xian lost interest; Qi Condensing cultivators and various sect disciples meant nothing to him.

Because the evil sect has revived, disciples from various sects who go out for training are mostly at the late Qi Sea stage.

It seems we'll have to slowly feel our way over from nearby.

'That's pretty awesome!' Wu Hao said with a proud look. 'To be honest, Song Sanye and our Wu family have some connections—he and my third uncle are sworn brothers.'

Heng Xian casually remarked, 'Being connected to Song Sanye means being connected to a Primordial Core expert. With that tie, why would evil cultivators run amok in Wu City?'

The smile faded from Wu Hao's face as he said bitterly, 'Connections are connections, but my third uncle's visit to Song Sanye was useless! That evil cultivator's high level means he doesn't fear Bai Dao Gu.'

Heng Xian shook his head: 'Too bad!'

Wu Hao also shook his head: 'Indeed, it's a pity!'

The carriage continued on, and after three hours they arrived at a small town.

Though called a town, it actually has the scale of a small city—six main streets crisscrossing, few residents but a high quality of life, with food, drink, and entertainment all top-notch.

'We're home!' Wu Hao jumped down from the carriage and warmly invited Heng Xian and Gou Dan.

The two humans and the monkey entered the town together, Wu Hao's face glowing with excitement as he greeted everyone—Aunt Li, Uncle Zhang, and so on.

Thus we need to include "Aunt Li" and "Uncle Zhang". We'll translate as "Aunt Li" and "Uncle Zhang". We'll not romanize.

However, Heng Xian noticed that the townspeople weren't particularly warm toward him.

Wu Hao also noticed, grabbing a middle-aged man's arm and saying, 'Ma Lao Er, you're a retainer of our Wu family, eating our food and living in our property—why do you avoid the young master when you see him from afar?'

'Oh, it's nothing, let go of me!' the middle-aged man struggled to escape.

Wu Hao refused to release him: 'If you don't talk, I won't let go!'

The middle-aged man sighed: 'Alright! Master Hu said we Wu family have two choices: either give Miss Wu Junxi to him as a concubine, or destroy the Wu family. Now who would dare approach you? You don't want to live?'

Wu Hao let go, allowing the middle-aged man to flee in a panic. Turning to Heng Xian, his face turned deathly pale: 'That damned evil person is finally going to make a move on our family!'

'Master Hu?' Heng Xian asked.

Wu Hao gritted his teeth: 'It's him! Hu Yude, who practices the Five Ghosts Transport and the Technique of Summoning Wind and Invoking Electricity. Even our Wu family's strongest expert is no match for him!'

Too bad I couldn't hire any experts this time; otherwise I would have surely destroyed him!

Heng Xian instinctively asked, 'Does your family have any rare treasures or secret techniques?'

Wu Hao blinked: 'Why are you asking about that?'

Heng Xian pointed at his own nose: 'Me! I'm an expert—pay me, and I'll take care of this evil person for you.'

'You?' Wu Hao looked disappointed. 'Don't joke—you might not even be able to beat me, so stop spouting nonsense. Come on, let's go to the Wu family; I'll get you settled first.'

Having said that, he paid no attention to Heng Xian's feelings, led the way straight to the west of town, walked half an incense stick's time, and entered the Wu family's magnificent residence.

Speaking of the residence, the Wu family certainly lives up to its reputation as a cultivation clan, but the actual situation is rather dire——

Heng Xian scanned with his spiritual sense and found that the Wu family has nearly ten thousand members; their highest cultivation is only at the first layer of Qi Sea, with most being early Qi Condensing, Innate, or Acquired cultivators.

'Our Wu family still has a bright future—look at these people nearby, every single one is talent!' Wu Hao said lightly.

Heng Xian replied, 'Yeah! Awesome!'

Just then, a group of boys and girls escorted a man and a woman out of the inner residence, discussing indignantly as they walked.

'Let Miss Wu Junxi marry that old evil bastard Hu Ye? Absolutely not!'

'But if we don't agree, what can we do? Who can beat him?'

'Then we can only hold out!'

'How do we hold out?'

'Don't worry! I've heard that disciples from various great sects have been appearing nearby lately; if the Fourteen Great Sects find out about this, they'll intervene and wipe out these heretical evil ways once and for all.'

'Agreed!'

Wu Hao stepped forward, bowed and said, 'We won't yield—we've met Miss Wu Junxi and Young Lord Wu Jun Chong.'

The crowd stopped, glanced at Wu Hao a few times, and the leading youth asked, 'Weren't you supposed to go to your elder sister's place to fetch someone? Where is the person?'

Wu Hao replied with a bitter taste in his mouth: 'My elder sister passed away many years ago, and her husband and his family refuse to help anymore!'

'What a useless thing!' the leading girl snapped in anger. 'Is it really that hard to find a person?'

Wu Hao answered dryly: 'Hard.'

The leading youth turned again to Heng Xian, unable to discern his cultivation, and asked, 'Where did you bring this brother from? What abilities does he have?'

Wu Haoqian laughed and said: "He is just an ordinary person I met on the way, with no special abilities, but he saved my life once; I want to invite him to my home to entertain him a bit!"

The leading woman said coldly: "Really, what kind of person makes what kind of friends; take him to your courtyard, he's not allowed to stay long!"

"All right!" Wu Hao hurriedly pulled Heng Xian and Gou Dan away.

After the group had walked away, Heng Xian casually asked: "Aren't you a direct disciple of the Wu Family? Why are you so afraid of them?"

Wu Hao gave a bitter smile: "It's not that I'm afraid of them, but I respect them; they are the Wu Family's future, great talents, and the future will rely on those few of them!"

Heng Xian couldn't be bothered to speak anymore.

Dong—

At that moment, the Wu Family's gate suddenly let out a violent tremor, as if some huge creature were about to charge in!

(End of chapter)