Chapter 45: The Alliance of Demons and Barbarians

Xiao Yunru's upper and lower eyelids twitched rapidly.

A thunderclap exploded!

A warning of "Great Calamity" kept surfacing in his heart, startling him so that his muscles suddenly tensed and his body hair stood on end.

"Young Master Xiao, do you not know the function of the positioning talisman?"

A lazy voice sounded.

Xiao Yunru turned toward the sound, and upon seeing Lv Fang standing before the sand pit, he retreated two steps warily and said, "You cannot kill me!"

Lv Fang still daring to come proves he is not yet at the end of his rope.

The warning from the Yin-Yang Eyes, the powerful "Presence" radiating from Lv Fang; Xiao Yunru no longer dared to hope for killing the other, he even feared the outbreak of a life-or-death battle.

"Why?"

Lv Fang loosely clasped his hands and slowly raised them; behind him, "Guan Yunchang" manifested.

Xiao Yunru anxiously raised his hand to stop him and said, "The Half-Saint Su Li promised my Xiao family's Laozu Sect that as long as the Xiao family does not provoke first, you will not seek revenge against the Xiao family; do you intend to break your word and betray your oath?"

"The Half-Saint Su Li was upright and incorruptible throughout his life; what was most admirable was that he never broke a promise."

"Lord Wenguan! Are you determined to let the Half-Saint's reputation be stained with shame?"

Lv Fang sighed deeply, nodded, and said, "I made a promise to my eldest senior brother, and I will also abide by the words I agreed to that day; there is still this bottom line, Young Master Xiao, please rest assured!"

The words fell.

The Azure Dragon Blade Slash, charged with the power of seven souls, cleaved Xiao Yunru in half at the waist.

Keeping one's word?

That is certainly very important!

But how does Xiao Yunru have the face to bring it up?

Deliberately luring the evil monk Lian Yi toward Lv Fang had already broken the gentleman's promise agreed upon by both sides.

Should one say Xiao Yunru did not do it on purpose?

Why could Xiao Yunru find Lv Fang again and again; was there no trickery involved?

Lv Fang is not a fool, at least not the kind of person who, with an enemy before his eyes, allows some damn promise to bind his hands.

A head-sized unowned fortune rose from Xiao Yunru's corpse.

Lv Fang absorbed the unowned fortune, picked up the ink-wash brush holder that had fallen on the sand; just now, this great scholar's calligraphy had manifested, helping Xiao Yunru block part of the attack.

A great scholar's calligraphy, after all, is not a supreme treasure that a Seventh Rank Realm Confucian scholar can fully utilize; otherwise, Xiao Yunru would not have died just now.

"Pity it is damaged!"

Lv Fang shook his head.

Whether it was Lian Yi's Black Lotus Platform or the ink-wash brush holder, they were both extremely precious supreme treasures.

But once damaged, their function is basically greatly reduced.

Unless one finds identical materials and has a great scholar repair them...

Lv Fang also searched out a storage bag; inside were more than ten porcelain vials of pills, including even Second Rank and Third Rank pills.

For instance, there were six pills of the Third Rank Haoran Haoran Zhengqi Pill!

Among Third Rank pills, the Haoran Haoran Zhengqi Pill is a top-tier category.

It can not only enhance a Confucian scholar's Haoran Haoran Zhengqi but also treat injuries...

It is rumored that in the black market, a single Haoran Haoran Zhengqi Pill can sell for a high price of a thousand taels of gold; one can imagine how precious it is.

Even this is available at a price but not on the market!

"Ten Thousand Dao Stones?"

Lv Fang's eyes lit up.

He had only been focused on the pills just now, and only until now did he discover that in the corner of the storage bag, piles of Ten Thousand Dao Stones were stacked.

There were sixty low-grade Ten Thousand Dao Stones!

There were three mid-grade Ten Thousand Dao Stones!

This time, he's struck it rich!

It is estimated that Xiao Yunru was about to enter the Seventh Rank Lower Upper Realm and dared not Ascend Realm, so he had saved up so many Ten Thousand Dao Stones.

Given the Xiao family's foundation, and his own Yin-Yang Eyes capable of avoiding misfortune and seeking good fortune, having so many Ten Thousand Dao Stones is also reasonable.

Truly the son of a noble; he is genuinely wealthy.

In contrast, Lian Yi, who chased after Xiao Yunru, had in his storage bag, besides a few pills, only materials that made people feel "uncomfortable."

After disposing of Xiao Yunru's corpse, Lv Fang determined the direction, and while absorbing the Ten Thousand Dao Stones, he aimlessly searched for He Zixuan and Xue Luo Sha.

Ten Thousand Dao Stones can only Ascend Realm.

Using them early is better than being unable to use them after death; with Xiao Yunru as a bad example ahead, Lv Fang did not want to repeat the same mistake.

"Help!"

A young Taoist priest, his Taoist robe covered entirely in blood, stepped on a "Bagua" in the air and rushed rapidly toward Lv Fang's direction,

a sharp sound of breaking the air rang out.

Behind him, a blood-winged bat demon several zhang tall was in pursuit.

"Lord Wenguan? It's over!"

The Taoist priest, upon seeing that the holder of the positioning talisman ahead was Lv Fang, revealed a look of disappointment in his eyes; a Seventh Rank First Grade Lord Wenguan could not help him.

This thing called Presence, as long as you do not use it.

Under normal circumstances, Presence is contained and not released; the state that people perceive is one's own Rank Realm.

Unless it is someone who specializes in cultivating secret techniques, or someone with innate strong perception, even if you do not use it, they can still perceive how strong the Presence on your body is.

So this Daoist couldn't see Lv Fang's powerful "momentum"!

"Lord Wenguan, hurry and run west! A large number of yao and barbarians have joined forces to the east…"

Before leaving, the Daoist gave Lv Fang a warning.

The Blood-Winged Bat Yao glanced down at Lv Fang, with no intention of stopping, and continued the pursuit ahead.

Just then, petal after petal of peach blossoms appeared around its body.

The Blood-Winged Bat Yao sniffed, then dropped straight down, coming to a hover in midair above Lv Fang.

This yao was three chi tall, its blood-colored wings spreading six chi wide when extended.

Its mouth held two rows of sharp teeth, and its claws were like blades.

Its speed was extremely fast; while flying, even an ordinary strike could shred even "ironwood" into wood chips with its claws.

"Were these peach blossoms your doing?"

A shrill sound came from the Blood-Winged Bat Yao's mouth, sounding like claws scraping on an iron plate, making one's teeth ache.

But Lv Fang didn't pay it any attention at all; he even turned his back on it and shouted toward the Daoist who had already fled, "They've joined forces? Don't talk only halfway!"

The Daoist heard, but he chose not to turn back and answer.

Is Lord Wenguan some kind of fool?

Why don't you run!

Still standing there asking this?

"I really can't take this!" Lv Fang complained, summoned his Golden Armor to cling to his body, and—as the Daoist wished—rushed forward at an even faster speed.

The Blood-Winged Bat Yao was stunned; it had just been worried that Lv Fang might be a powerful human expert—after all, he had behaved with great gentlemanly bearing—but who would have thought he'd just run off like that?

"These damned peach blossoms!"

The Blood-Winged Bat Yao wanted to disperse the peach blossoms around it, but simply couldn't; ever since the peach blossoms had appeared, it could clearly feel its speed being restricted.

After hesitating briefly, it finally chased after the direction Lv Fang had fled.

Elsewhere, Lv Fang caught up with the Daoist and asked, "The yao and barbarians have joined forces?"

The Daoist visibly froze for a moment.

"Hey, hey, hey! Lord Wenguan, how is your speed so fast!"

Seeing Lv Fang overtake him, the Daoist grew anxious; looking back and seeing the Blood-Winged Bat Yao also chasing after them, he was so angry he nearly spat out a mouthful of old blood.

"We're done for! You shouldn't have run toward me! Now neither of us can survive." the Daoist complained.

Lv Fang glanced back, hesitated, and said, "Why do I feel like only one bat yao is chasing us? Where is any yao-barbarian alliance behind us?"

He had been afraid there were large numbers of reinforcements behind the Blood-Winged Bat Yao, which was why he chose to run, but now it seemed something wasn't quite right.