Chapter 77

Xiao Hu delivered Nie Yun to this place but did not leave. Instead, he crouched deep in the forest. However, this guy was too big, and Luo Yu, being a tracker, was sensitive to the surrounding environment. He spotted Xiao Hu at a glance.

"Damn, both of them are at the Armament Realm level, and they are very fast. Once Xiao Hu is surrounded, he won't be able to escape..."

Thinking of this, Nie Yun hurriedly activated his Beast Tamer Core to inform Xiao Hu to leave quickly.

The bond between a Beast Tamer and their beast pet is established through the Beast Tamer Core, so communication also needs to go through the core.

"Roar!"

Xiao Hu, Nie Yun's beast pet, obeyed his command without any doubt. He spread his thick limbs and turned to flee into the depths of the mountain forest.

"Want to run? Hmph, where can you run to!" Luo Yu's lips curled up. His Tracker Core activated, and a gray mist immediately rippled from his fingertips. He pointed at Xiao Hu, and the mist transformed into a lightning-like light, shooting onto its body.

This mist had no offensive power, but it was like a bone-deep poison, impossible to remove. Once it stuck, even if the distance was ten thousand miles, a tracker could easily catch up!

"Let's go!" After doing this, Luo Yu smiled faintly, and the two immediately chased in the direction Xiao Hu had disappeared.

"Go and check, we can't let Xiao Hu suffer a loss!"

With a low cry, Nie Yun turned his feet and quickly chased in the direction the two had disappeared.

Nie Yun had no idea who these two were or where they came from, but just from their age and Armament Realm strength, their talent and family background must be quite high!

"This Luo Yu has five cores, upper-grade Hou Clan bloodline, and that Luo Chen has six, lower-grade Wang Clan bloodline. I didn't expect such a small place to have such talented youths!"

Following closely behind, Nie Yun focused his attention forward. He saw that the tracker Luo Yu had five vortexes of different sizes rotating above his head, absorbing the air's spiritual energy, while Luo Chen had six vortexes.

When a Qi Sea cultivator fully activates their true qi, their core draws spiritual energy from the air, forming a vortex above their head. This phenomenon is called the "Qi Absorption Vortex," a way to gauge someone's cultivation level from the outside!

Of course, it's also possible for someone to deliberately suppress a core to prevent it from absorbing spiritual energy, but this is very rare. After all, they are in the wilderness, and even if these two hide the number of their cores, it would be useless!

Five or six cores are considered top-tier talents in Luoshui City. Nie Yun didn't expect to encounter two such talents just for catching a Green Nightmare Centipede!

"Luo Yu, stop chasing. It's just a tiger-headed beast; it's more important to focus on the main task!" After chasing for a while, Xiao Hu was getting farther away. Luo Chen seemed to lose interest and spoke up.

"Hehe, coincidentally, the direction this tiger-headed beast is heading is the same as the direction of that thing, so it won't delay us!" Luo Yu laughed.

"Same direction? That's quite a coincidence!" Luo Chen was taken aback, his eyes flashing with excitement.

Xiao Hu darted ahead, and the two chased closely behind. After about an hour, covering no less than two hundred miles, they arrived at a narrow valley.

"Hmm? This place..."

Following them, Nie Yun looked at the valley ahead and frowned.

He had been here recently, where he discovered the Imperial Flame Spirit Stone, Xiao Hu's lair!

Xiao Hu, being chased, naturally headed to the place he knew best. But if these two said they were heading in the same direction, could they be coming here?

Thinking about this, the two in front slowly stopped, seemingly searching for something. Nie Yun, afraid of alarming them, quickly hid behind a rock.

After a long journey, Xiao Hu, with the best endurance, had already disappeared. However, as a beast pet, Nie Yun knew he was not in any danger, so he was no longer worried.

"Are you saying it's here? Uncle Luo Yan is here?" Standing in the valley, Luo Chen looked around, seemingly disbelieving, his brows furrowed.

"Didn't the clan say Uncle Luo Yan died long ago? How could he be here! I tracked it based on the thing on the handle of the Yu Chang short sword, which means the short sword must be here!"

Luo Yu looked around, using his Tracker Core to sense carefully.

"This place is as vast as a wilderness, with not even a ghost in sight. Could you have sensed it wrong!" Luo Chen muttered.

"Rest assured, the Tracker Core won't be wrong. Hmm? It seems to be near that pond, let's go check!"

After sensing for a while, Luo Yu's eyes suddenly fell on a pond in the middle of the valley.

At this moment, the pond water, which had been restored to clarity after Nie Yun absorbed the Imperial Flame Spirit Stone, no longer had the pale yellow color. Under the sunset, it shimmered with light.

"Yu Chang short sword? Could they be looking for the short sword I dissolved?" Nie Yun was taken aback upon hearing their conversation.

The short sword he had dissolved was incredibly sharp, a divine weapon. Could these two have come specifically to find this thing?

Thinking about this, he looked again and indeed saw the tracker Luo Yu, excitedly staring at the pond, shouting, "It's here, right at the bottom of this pond! I'll go down first!"

With that, he leaped into the water.

"I'll go down too!"

Seeing the other jump in, Luo Chen, fearing that the good stuff would be taken, didn't hesitate and jumped straight into the cold pond.

"These two came specifically to find that short sword, so they must be related to the corpse at the bottom of the pond. Perhaps the corpse is the Uncle Luo Yan they mentioned. I originally planned to become stronger and come back to collect the bones and bury them, but now it seems unnecessary!"

Nie Yun had taken the backpack from the corpse, considering it his due. He had planned to find an opportunity to collect the bones and bury them, as a way to repay the favor. Now, seeing that these two were his clan members, he abandoned the idea.

These two are likely his nephews and will definitely take his bones back to recognize and honor their ancestor, which is much better than leaving them in the wilderness.

After waiting outside for a while, he heard the water "splash" as Luo Chen and the other floated up.

Sure enough, the two had taken the bones from the bottom of the pond and placed them slowly by the pond. As soon as they put them down, their faces darkened.

"It seems Uncle Luo Yan was killed here, but... how did the Yu Chang short sword end up with only the handle left?"

Luo Yu held up the handle of a short sword, his body trembling with anger.

Seeing the handle, Nie Yun felt awkward, remembering that he had activated an unnamed technique to dissolve the short sword, casually throwing the handle away. He didn't expect these two to track it down through their secret techniques!

"The Yu Chang short sword is an unparalleled treasure obtained by our clan's ancestor in an ancient relic, incredibly sharp. Even royal weapons would break upon contact. How could someone have done this to it?" Luo Chen couldn't help but roar.

The two had gone through great hardships, traveling thousands of miles to find this Yu Chang short sword, hoping to return to the clan and gain fame and glory. They never expected to find only a handle!

"It must have been the person who killed Uncle Luo Yan who broke the short sword! As long as we find this person, we can find Uncle Luo Yan's backpack and the news of the Seven Swords!" After a while, Luo Yu said.

"Although the Yu Chang short sword is precious, compared to the news of the Seven Swords, it's still lacking. As long as we find the person who killed Uncle Luo Yan and get his backpack, we can still achieve great merit when we return to the clan!"

Luo Chen understood and nodded.

"It's getting dark. Let's find a place to dry our clothes, eat something, and rest before we think of a plan!" Luo Yu then said. The two picked up the bones from the ground and slowly moved forward.

"Since I didn't kill this person, it's none of my business if they go to find the murderer! I should go back; the Green Nightmare Centipede should have been caught by now!"

Seeing the two disappointed and no longer chasing Xiao Hu, Nie Yun breathed a sigh of relief. He was about to leave quietly when he suddenly heard two angry roars from inside the valley.

"It's Xiao Hu's parents, damn, they've encountered these two!"

PS: Next week, there's a recommendation, and it's actually the Three Rivers. I've been writing for so many years, and I've only received the Three Rivers twice, once for a book and once for this one. With the Three Rivers, does it mean this book is getting more popular? To celebrate the Three Rivers, everyone, please give your recommendation votes! Haha!

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