Chapter 770: with translation of chapter title

Xingchen said, do good deeds without asking about the future.

Actually everyone understands the principle, but when truly faced with a matter, weighing pros and cons, it's easy to waver from one's original heart.

Especially when you are constrained everywhere, you will unconsciously start doubting whether you can do it, and whether you are doing it right.

Xingchen left this string of prayer beads for Xiao Jiu, so as to constantly remind her and give her strength.

Faced with Xu Chun's persuasion, Xiao Jiu indeed hesitated just now.

Xu Chun used the Mandate of Heaven to pressure her, and the lives of the people of Suedi to pressure her.

But if she were to compromise like this, wouldn't Liu Junyan's heavenly thunder have been endured in vain? The old turtle's several lifetimes of struggle would end up in ashes and smoke.

If she retreats and Xu Chun successfully rises to power, where then is the Heavenly Way?

If the Heavenly Way is truly blind like this, then all the more we need someone to step forward!

Even those wicked scoundrels like Ying, Dìshì, and Dìluán have been defeated by them; Xiao Jiu thought, a mere Xu Chun, she truly does not take him seriously!

After all, the Yin Dang Hang of Wufu Town is no longer comparable to the little pawnshop it once was.

Xiao Jiu shifted her tone, and Xu Chun's face changed instantly.

He really couldn't understand how this woman before him could change her face faster than flipping a page.

Clearly he hadn't missed any detail of her facial expression just now; he was certain he had overawed her, yet in the span of a breath, her entire aura completely changed.

Over these years, he has paid attention to Wufu Town's Yin Dang Hang and the newly risen Jiǔyàn qū; he knows these people are not to be provoked, heaven or earth, and he never thought of provoking them.

Clearly he only needed less than a hundred days to achieve great accomplishment, yet he made a leak at this critical moment— the old turtle really ought to die!

Xu Chun suddenly stood up, turned his head, and prepared to leave.

Before coming to Wufu Town, he thought, the fame of Xiao Jiu, the pawnshop keeper of Wufu Town, wasn't it because she had a powerful backer— Liu Junyan?

Taking advantage of Liu Junyan being restrained in Suedi, he personally came to Wufu Town to seize this Xiao Jiu Zhanggui— wasn't that as easy as lifting a finger?

If the rear is compromised, even if Liu Junyan had three heads and six arms, she would be unable to reach.

By then, as long as he captures this Xiao Jiu Zhanggui and then turns to negotiate with Liu Junyan, the sky of Suedi will not collapse.

But it's quite obvious he was mistaken.

This Xiao Jiu Zhanggui is no pushover!

This is their turf; he understands the principle that a strong dragon does not crush a local snake.

Xu Chun now only thinks of quickly retreating from Wufu Town, keeping the green mountains so he won't lack firewood; within a hundred days, when his cultivation is complete, he can return to kill again without delay.

Coming here tonight, he really acted somewhat impulsively.

All the while waiting for Xu Chun to step out of the Yin Dang Hang, Xiao Jiu stood behind the counter, still making no move.

Xu Chun's heart relaxed a little; Xiao Jiu Zhanggui just watched him leave without stopping, perhaps feeling a bit guilty?

Could she not be a paper tiger, just putting on a show earlier?

But before his foot even landed on the steps, he felt the street's atmosphere was off.

He glanced around, and his heart leapt with alarm.

At the east street entrance there were people; the leader he recognized was Hui Moqiong, the steward of the Gray Immortal Hall in Jiǔyàn qū.

At the west street entrance there were also people; he knew that person, after all, in nearly a hundred years, those who successfully crossed the Dragon Gate to become flood dragons are as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns, let alone this Li Qingying, who now serves as the city god.

On the opposite rooftop stood an unknown number of yellow-skinned creatures, their sharp little eyes glinting in the darkness, not to be ignored.

Behind him was the Yin Dang Hang.

Xu Chun only then realized that the moment he stepped into Wufu Town's Yin Dang Hang, he had already been surrounded.

That Xiao Jiu Zhanggui is not feeling guilty, nor does she dare to rashly engage him in combat.

They merely had everything under control… Thinking of this, Xu Chun abruptly turned his head; at the moment their incredulous gazes met, Xiao Jiu smiled.

Only then did Xu Chun have to admit that he had walked into his own trap!

Xiao Jiu Zhanggui had long calculated that he would come; she… she had been waiting for himself…

From the west street direction, Li Qingying lightly nodded; her deputy stepped forward, raising his right hand high, the city god temple's arrest warrant shining before Xu Chun's eyes.

The other party spoke with a resounding thud: "Xu Chun, a person of Suedi, with a capital case on your person, having fled to Wufu Town, likely to cause trouble, first apprehend and take you to the Jūnzhú Shān City God Temple for detention; after the Jūnzhú Shān City God Temple contacts the Suedi City God Temple, we will then hand you back to Suedi for final interrogation..."

The rest of the words, Xu Chun no longer had the patience to listen.

He knew that once detained, he would never have a chance to rise again.

He must leave!

Leave immediately!

Xu Chun snorted coldly: "Just with you few waves of people you want to catch me? Dream on!"

As his words fell, he quickly formed hand seals.

With his motion, the silent night sky suddenly flashed with lightning and thunder; a bolt of thunder struck without warning toward the west street entrance.

That bolt came with great force, but it was not directly struck down from the heavens.

Rather, at the moment Xu Chun performed his ritual, a mass of water-laden dark clouds suddenly gathered above their heads; that thunder formed beneath those clouds and then struck down.

The faces of those present varied.

Hui Moqiong's first reaction was to go protect his wife.

And Li Qingying immediately sensed that the water vapor carried by that dark cloud clearly came from the Zhu Pan River.

In other words, where there is water, it is advantageous for Xu Chun's combat.

Xiao Jiu's perspective differs from theirs.

Xiao Jiu, behind Xu Chun, from the moment he formed the hand seals, saw a flash of Golden Light on his back, shaped like a turtle shell, with clear patterns.

Therefore, each of Xu Chun's rituals consumes the old turtle's Merit and Mana.

Only after the third turtle essence condenses, and he devours and digests the Mana of three turtle essences, can he truly undergo metamorphosis and completely replace the old turtle.

This shows that Xu Chun's great undertaking is not yet complete; to completely take him down, now is the best time.

While he is ill, take his life.

Once he becomes a formidable force, trying to deal with him will be even more difficult.

Xu Chun's bolt of lightning was immensely powerful, yet just as it was about to strike midair over Xijiekou, a rain cloud swept in and swallowed it whole.

Hui Moqiong stared dumbfounded.

Xu Chun also stared dumbfounded.

They never imagined that this startling thunderbolt would be so easily dispelled by Li Qingying.

Xu Chun immediately formed hand seals again.

But this time, no matter how he tried, he could not mobilize the water vapor, nor could he condense a rain cloud.

"Don't waste your effort." Li Qingying's voice came: "The Pearl Plate River is my territory; you used the river's water for your spell—did you even ask me, the master of this river, whether I consent?"

Xu Chun narrowed his eyes at Li Qingying; indeed, Wufu Town hides dragons and crouching tigers—no one should be underestimated.

Li Qingying actually, within a single move, discovered his secret of summoning thunder and rain, and launched a counterattack, catching him off guard…