C45 Difficulties in yanli

Amidst the bright starlight, the two of them arrived at the place where Zhou Tong saved Zhu Yunxin. The battle scars remained on the ground, Zhou Tong's gaze sweeping across the mountain range not far away.

"Is that where the Black Frosted Tiger's lair is?" Standing behind the boulder, Zhou Tong cast his gaze towards the cave from a distance and asked softly.

"Yes." Slightly nodding, Zhu Yunxin's gaze slowly swept across the nearby cave, her eyebrows knitted together, and she said: "That day when we travelled all the way here, we discovered this cave. A few mercenaries that weren't afraid of death said that they wanted to go in to take a look, but in the end …"

"In the end, you actually caused such a big trouble, didn't you?" Alright, you just stay here, I'll be right back. " Zhou Tong laughed, and took out a bottle of powder from the Sumeru Pearl, and scattered it all around Zhu Yunxin, "This powder can drive away Insect Ants and Snakes, and normal fierce beasts don't dare to get too close to it, but the smell is stinging, so just bear with it for a bit, I'll be back very soon."

Then, he took out a blanket to place on Zhu Yunxin. Patting his head, Zhou Tong turned and headed towards the Black Frosted Tiger's lair. Zhu Yunxin sat down on the stone platform peacefully, his feet gently swaying as he watched Zhou Tong's figure slowly walk further. Zhu Yunxin pouted his lips, and then looked up at the sky full of stars, not worrying about Zhou Tong at all.

After a while, a series of mournful howls came out from the Black Frosted Tiger's lair, and a blue light flashed from within the lair. From afar, Zhu Yunxin could faintly hear the buzzing sounds of the sword blades, and guessed that the battle between Zhou Tong and the Black Frosted Tiger must be extremely intense.

It was just that Zhu Yunxin was not worried that Zhou Tong would encounter any danger. That day, Zhou Tong suddenly appeared and fought against the Black Frosted Tiger. Zhu Yunxin's mind kept thinking back to Zhou Tong's shocking strength, and how the two of them fell down the mountain stream and were extremely enchanting. Zhu Yunxin could not help but feel his face heating up, but very quickly it cooled down as she smiled bitterly and shook her head to herself.

Just as he said, Zhou Tong returned very quickly. When a Black Frosted Tiger at its peak condition was at its peak, it could hardly contend against Zhou Tong, let alone the Black Frosted Tiger, who had already been severely injured by Zhou Tong. When Zhou Tong returned, he found a beautiful thread-like horn in his hand. It was the horn on top of the Black Frosted Tiger's head.

"This thing isn't bad. I'll use it to make you a sword when I go back, so that I can teach you the way of cultivation in the future." After placing the sharp horn in front of Zhu Yunxin, Zhou Tong put it away, "Let's go, let's go back and pack our things. Since I have already offended that Poison Fang Mercenary Company, I will leave early, so as to avoid having to deal with them and delay me from returning to the sect."

The two of them strolled under the starlight, walking on the road back to the Yali Town. To Zhu Yunxin, this was a way to return home, but from today onwards, her' home 'would probably have to leave this remote little town.

If, on that day in Yali Town, he did not ignite that soaring fire …

Even if they travelled through the night, by the time the two of them returned to Yali Town, it was already close to morning. But when Yali Town appeared in their line of sight, both of their faces darkened as they gritted their teeth.

A blazing flame shot up into the sky. Amidst the raging flames, the entire town was crying and howling. The signboards and houses in every corner of the town were all burning, everything was burning vigorously, as if they were in purgatory. From the dense black clouds in the sky, tens of thousands of fireballs smashed towards Yali Town, causing explosions in all directions. The town was surrounded by more than a hundred people. In the center of this group of people, there was a rough middle-aged man floating in the air. Spiritual Qi was flowing between his hands.

"Who is that?" Zhou Tong asked with a cold expression.

"That person is the Guild Leader of the Poison Fang Mercenary Company, Guan Sheng." Zhu Yunxin bit her lips and said, "That person is at the Supreme Celestial Realm, and is considered one of the top in the entire Yali Town. Even the mercenaries in the town wouldn't dare to offend him. "These despicable fellows, they actually …"

As he spoke, Zhu Yunxin clenched his fists tightly, his slender nails almost piercing through her fair hands.

Zhou Tong stretched out his hand to hold Zhu Yunxin's, and lightly patted: "You should have been in Yali Town for a long time, right? Can you tell me more about the Poison Fang Mercenary Company? "

"Hmm, the Poison Fang Mercenary Company has occupied the position of Yali Town for around ten years, with a core member of around seventy to eighty. Their strength, is mostly around the third to fifth stage of the qi generating state, while the remaining are mostly unspecialized people who depend on Du Ya. As for Guan Sheng, it is said that his strength is at the second stage of the ethereal state, which is very terrifying."

"Well, that's not too much trouble." Hearing that, Zhou Tong shrugged his shoulders, and laughed lightly as he interrupted Zhu Yunxin.

Hearing that, Zhu Yunxin was startled, she stared at Zhou Tong for a long time, then nodded her head with some unease: "As expected, I am still not clear about your strength, the Fourth Stage Vicious Beast in your hands are as weak as paper, since that's the case, you are probably not much weaker than the Supreme Immortal Stage, right?"

Smiling, Zhou Tong noncommittally spread out his hands.

"Based on what you said, in the current Poison Fang Mercenary Company, only Guan Sheng can contend against you. The others, are all not your opponents, right?" Zhu Yunxin muttered to herself.

"It's alright. How should I put it? I'm not very good at one-on-one battles. After all, I'm a martial artist. It's better to fight one-on-one." Xiao Yan parted his mouth and spoke in a vague manner.

Confidence? Zhou Tong had never considered such a thing before, at the very least, facing a group of opponents whose cultivations could not be considered to be orthodox, Zhou Tong did not even need to consider holding on to them.

With that, Zhou Tong placed Zhu Yunxin behind a pile of rocks by the side of the road and took out a pill from within the Sumeru Pearl.

It was a pellet whose appearance looked like red glaze that was shining with the color of porcelain. When the pellet entered Zhou Tong's mouth, an indescribable terrifying aura immediately exploded out from Zhou Tong's body. The spirit energy in his body started to boil, and as it flowed, his robes started to flutter. He raised his head and let out a long roar, which sounded like the roar of a wild beast, and tore through the sky.

Zhou Tong's expression quickly became ice-cold, and it was unknown if it was because of the medicinal pellet or if it was just an expression that Zhou Tong should have. That wild and overbearing aura caused Zhu Yunxin to not dare to look straight at Zhou Tong. Zhou Tong's originally gentle eyes were now filled with a sharp and cold light that Zhu Yunxin had never seen before. His eyes, seemed to be dyed red with blood.

"Wait here. Leave everything to me. But remember, don't look."

After coldly throwing down those words, Zhou Tong lowered his body slightly as the Meteorite Sword left its sheath with a "clang". One man and one sword, he disappeared in the blink of an eye.

"Alright!"

"Guild Leader is mighty!"

In front of the Yali Town, the mercenaries were cheering loudly. For those who lick their teeth and lick their blood with a knife all day long, the thrill of killing was the only thing that could be compared with money and beauties, regardless of whether the target was a vicious beast or a human.

Guan Sheng's hands continued to move rhythmically, controlling the dark clouds in the sky to rain down fireballs, bombarding the nearly overturned Yali Town. To a cultivator at the Celestial Realm, destroying a small town was like lifting a finger. Guan Shan was attacked by others, and his daughter-in-law Zhu Yunxin, whom Guan Sheng had set his eyes on, was also taken away. This caused Guan Sheng to be extremely angry.

After searching through the Yali Town, no one knew where the Supreme Celestial that Guan Shan spoke of was. In his fury, Guan Sheng directly called for the use of a spell and started to bombard the Yali Town with a barrage of explosions, attempting to force out the one that injured Guan Shan and took Zhu Yunxin.

Suddenly, the figure of a ghost flashed within the group of mercenaries, and the skinny mercenary who was standing at the back by himself disappeared without a trace. However, the mercenaries who were cheering for Guan Sheng's powerful magic technique did not notice anything at all.

The skinny mercenary was brought to a hidden corner and viciously thrown onto the ground. Looking at the man in front of him, whose eyes were like those of a beast, this mercenary was scared to the point of peeing his pants.

"Don't kill me! What do you want to know? I say! I'll tell you everything! "

Why did you attack the Yali Town? Zhou Tong covered his nose in disgust, his brows knitted tightly, cursing himself in his heart.

"Yes, it is the Guild Leader who ordered us to search for Miss Zhu, but we have searched the entire town but did not find any Miss Zhu. In his rage, the Guild Leader left …"

"Understood, thank you." Zhou Tong curled his lips, and then stood up.

"Many thanks to the lord for not killing him!"

The last word, "En", stuck in the mercenary's throat and was no longer uttered. From the corner of his eyes, he could see a headless corpse leaning on it. The surrounding sounds gradually faded away, and the final image that appeared was of a man that was like a ferocious beast holding a sword, walking towards the rest of the Mercenary Group.