Chapter 15: Chasing the Sun

Hong Sihai exerted force with his hand, and Bi Tiantong breathed his last.

Only Hong Sihai was left roaring at the sky, his voice like rolling thunder, shaking the entire Linhai City. The white clouds above their heads were scattered, quickly retreating for dozens of miles, revealing a vast expanse of the sky.

"Hahahaha!"

"Are you satisfied with the gift we Twelve Yuan Chen sent, Alliance Leader Hong?" A loud laugh followed by a high-pitched voice, as if someone was pinching their throat and pulling their vocal cords while speaking.

A hoarse voice is often called a duck-like voice; the voice disguised by the Divine Monk Chengwu was like a snake flicking its tongue, which could be called a snake-like voice, but this voice had very obvious characteristics and should be called a rooster-like voice.

Another muffled voice also approached from afar: "And you four pieces of trash..."

The four Sha brothers were already close to collapsing, but at this moment, they looked as if they had seen a ghost—even more exaggerated than seeing a ghost. Their faces showed extreme terror. They had already collapsed to the ground, but now they began to struggle again. But at this moment, the ground beneath their feet sank, and their entire bodies were suddenly dragged into the earth.

Until they were buried up to their chests...

"How dare you!" Hong Sihai roared and was about to stomp his feet toward the ground.

A golden figure flashed across the sky. He was wearing a golden cloak, as fast as a swallow flashing by, and seemed to be clutching something in his hand, continuously firing orange-gold fireworks the size of fingers in mid-air.

Hong Sihai's expression changed drastically. He punched into the void, and his fist energy surged out, covering ten zhang in front of him.

Those orange-gold fireworks were covered by the fist energy and exploded in mid-air. The power was so great that even an iron man should have been smashed to pieces.

At this moment, Bi Tiantong's remains in Hong Sihai's arms suddenly twitched, his chest thrusting upward. The corpse spat out the same orange-gold firework at Hong Sihai. Hong Sihai didn't even think, withdrawing his fist and turning back, using his fist to grasp that spark of fire with his backhand.

"Hong Hong Lao Tangzhu Hong, don't!" the several experts present exclaimed one after another.

At this moment, it was already too late!

The powerful explosion that should have blown Bi Tiantong's remains to pieces was extinguished by his bare hand... without damaging the fragile corpse in the slightest.

But even though Hong Sihai's martial arts were astonishing and his body-tempering had reached a supreme level, taking this hit head-on still caused his right fist to suffer heavy damage, trembling uncontrollably, with skin torn and flesh gaping. "Don't worry about me... go save the four Sha brothers." Only then did everyone have the heart to look at the four Sha brothers.

Their bodies were buried halfway in the soil. Everyone's attention had just been entirely attracted by Hong Sihai's safety.

Looking at them again, they were all collapsed on the ground, with only air going in and none coming out!

Divine Monk Kongming chanted an apology and lifted them from the soil with a clever force. As soon as he exerted force, Divine Monk Kongming felt something was wrong... it was too light in his hands! At this moment, the four Sha brothers who were pulled out only had their upper halves left. Looking at the blood flowing like a river, their empty lower halves, it was as if Divine Monk Kongming had pulled them apart!

Screams mixed together in the hall!

Qian Chen's expression was also grim. The Twelve Yuan Chen were indeed worthy of being the most vicious, ruthless, terrifying, cruel, and bold gang of robbers in the Wu Lin... and the power of the divine weapons in this world was even more beyond his expectations.

That golden-clad man's cloak was his divine weapon, possessing the ability to assist in flight and condense thunder and fire.

The divine weapons of this world, under the blessing of these martial arts masters who had broken through to the Sensory Realm and could physically draw in the energy of heaven and earth, were life-bound and exerted power far beyond Qian Chen's expectations. Ordinary Penetrating Law cultivators... really were not the opponents of these people. Martial arts did not prioritize life, but killing. It was said to originate from the ancient Wu Sect, and now it seemed the killing power was indeed astonishing.

That golden-clad man's divine weapon possessed thunder and fire attributes, which could make martial arts true qi resemble the divine thunder refined by Central Lands cultivators. Although it was only the weakest kind of divine thunder, incomparable to the divine thunder of a great cultivator that could rot thousands of miles, the lethality of thunder and fire was top-notch among Daoist techniques.

Another Twelve Yuan Chen who had not yet appeared should be holding a divine weapon with the ability to tunnel through the earth, which was why they could come and go freely in front of the righteous Wu Lin heroes.

These two, one could fly and the other could tunnel, could escape through heaven and earth. No wonder the Twelve Yuan Chen sent them to test the waters.

"Hong Hong Lao Tangzhu Hong, fellow heroes, this old monk has something to say!" Divine Monk Kongming stood out and said to the group of experts. Hong Sihai pulled himself together and said, "Divine Monk, please allow me to first collect my brother's remains..." A happy event turned into a funeral. Hong Sihai's right fist trembled uncontrollably, but he still held on, placing Bi Tiantong into a coffin.

Everyone saw his uncontrollably trembling hand, and many people were lost in thought.

Divine Monk Kongming brought over the best secret healing medicine of Skyborne Shaolin and applied it to Hong Sihai. After a simple bandage, the group of Wu Lin magnates turned and entered the inner hall of the main hall. At this time, those in the Wu Lin with slightly less fame were not allowed to enter.

Qian Chen, a nobody in the Wu Lin, followed them into the main hall. With Steward Huang's guarantee, he also managed to mingle into the main hall.

Arriving inside the main hall, he heard Divine Monk Kongming say, "... According to secret information obtained by Skyborne Shaolin seven days ago, the Twelve Yuan Chen, the evil robbers who deserve to be killed by everyone in the Wu Lin, under the leadership of their head, will make their move during Hong Hong Lao Tangzhu Hong's birthday banquet. After Skyborne Shaolin learned of this news, we sent me secretly to prepare to provide assistance."

"Although the news was reliable, the Twelve Yuan Chen are full of tricks and are sinister and cunning, so we dared not act rashly... who would have thought it would harm Old Benefactor Bi."

"Divine Monk, do not blame yourself. Second Brother came to attend the banquet, and his whereabouts were hard to determine. The Twelve Yuan Chen made their move in secret. Even if the Divine Monk had warned me, it would have been difficult to save the situation."

"For the current plan, we should work together, just like when we broke the Demon Sect back then, to exterminate these twelve lawless evil villains!"

At this moment, Steward Huang suddenly whispered something to Hong Sihai. Hong Sihai waved his hand and said, "There is nothing that cannot be said to others... Everyone, the Twelve Yuan Chen's move was not just this once, but a long-planned scheme. Earlier at the entrance of the Four Seas Hall, a little brother saw through their conspiracy. I will invite him up to ask about the inside story..."

At this moment, the prompt from the Lord of Samsara finally sounded in Qian Chen's ears—

"Main Quest 1: Arrive at the Four Seas Hall main headquarters before Hong Sihai's 70th birthday! Quest complete, reward 10 merit..."

"Detected that the Reincarnator is carrying a token of the Twelve Yuan Chen, opening Optional Main Quest 2: 1. Help the Twelve Yuan Chen kill the Wu Lin Alliance Leader Hong Sihai. 2. Help the Wu Lin Alliance Leader Hong Sihai kill more than four of the Twelve Yuan Chen."

"Killing Hong Sihai rewards 1,000 merit."

"Killing the Twelve Yuan Chen, for each one killed, the kill reward is 500 merit, and the assist reward is 200 merit. Completed: Divine Monk Chengwu (Kill)"

"Quests can be accepted repeatedly, and quest rewards do not overlap with side quests."

"This quest can actually be eaten from both sides..." Qian Chen was speechless. "First help Hong Sihai kill the Twelve Yuan Chen to gain trust, and then backstab Hong Sihai? Maximize quest gains? This Land of Samsara seems to encourage evil and chaos! Although this step of the main quest reward is indeed quite generous, there seems to be no penalty for not completing the quest."

"It is best to accept both quests simultaneously to facilitate the Reincarnator's interests to sway between them."

"But I still choose to accept Quest 2. After all, I am a person with integrity."

"The Reincarnator has chosen to accept Quest 2..."

"Do you want to abandon Quest 1?"

"Don't even think about tempting me, abandon Quest 1!" ===== CHAPTER 16 =====