Ch133 - Enemies Meet on Narrow Road

Edited by Zaki

After dinner, Liu Mufeng and Jiang Xu returned to their room to rest. Liu Mufeng was the first to set up the barrier.

“Mufeng, I think that Helian Xing seems to suspect you? When are we going to leave?”

“Let’s leave tonight. We can’t stay here any longer.” Liu Mufeng also felt that Helian Xing was a little suspicious of them. And that Zhou City Lord, a person who could be a Lord of the City, was definitely not a fuel-efficient lamp.

“En.” Nodding, Jiang Xu agreed. The Golden Spirit Bead had already been obtained, so there was no need for them to stay here.

In the second half of the night, Liu Mufeng and Jiang Xu used the teleportation talisman to leave quietly, without disturbing anyone in the City Lord’s Mansion.

The next day, when City Lord Zhou sent someone to invite Liu Mufeng and Jiang Xu to lunch, the building was already empty.

“These two cultivators were so rude, they just left without saying a word.” Seeing that there was no one in the yard, Zhou Xiangyun frowned. She felt that the two of them leaving in the dark of the night without telling anyone was not giving the Zhou family any face.

Hearing his daughter’s words, City Lord Zhou smiled. Turning to look at Helian Xing, he said “It seems that these two little cultivators are defensive against us.”

“Maybe my questioning too much caused them to become cautious. However, I think Zhang Hui is not simple. He knows poisonous flowers and plants very well.” Regarding this matter, Helian Xing admired the other’s ability very much.

“I also think that kid is a Poison Master.” Speaking of this, City Lord Zhou also laughed.

“Poison Master?” Hearing this, Zhou Xiangyun rolled her eyes and inwardly thought to herself,‘Looking at Zhang Hui’s honest and simple appearance, I can’t really believe that person to be a poison master.’

“City Lord, Second Miss is sick!” Running in, a little maid reported in a panic.

“What?” City Lord Zhou was shocked when he heard this.

“How could she suddenly fall ill?” Looking at the maid, Helian Xing asked suspiciously.

“This slave servant doesn’t know either. The Second Miss has been in seclusion for the past two days. In the early morning, I heard the Second Miss scream in agony. I ran over and took a look. The Second Miss had vomited blood and had fallen to the ground.”

“Take us to see.” With that, City Master Zhou immediately followed the little maid and went to the second daughter’s courtyard. Helian Xing and Zhou Xiangyun also followed along.

At that time, Liu Mufeng and Jiang Xu had already returned to the Ye family using the teleportation talismans..

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“Oh, I understand now. You, do you suspect that the Zhou family’s sisters are killing each other?”

“En, it’s very possible. There are many rights and wrongs and grudges among the big families.”

“That’s right. No matter what, it was right for us to leave the Zhou family.” Jiang Xu also felt that leaving early was the wisest choice.

“In fact, I am now very interested in knowing if something happened to the other four daughters of the Zhou family or not.” Liu Mufeng was quite curious about this.

“Let’s wait. If something goes wrong, it will be reported.” Jiang Xu also wanted to know the full story.

“XiaoXu, stay with me for two more days and then go into seclusion. Only when you are strong will you not be bullied.” Looking at his partner, Liu Mufeng said. If their strength was strong enough, there was no need to be afraid of that City Lord Bai.

“Okay!” Nodding, Jiang Xu also felt that his strength needed to be improved.

Liu Mufeng took out the Golden Spirit Bead from the storage ring and gave the bead to his partner.

Reaching out to receive it, Jiang Xu touched the golden shining bead. “Mufeng, why do you think the golden spiritual energy in this Golden Spirit Bead is so dense?”

“It was written in ancient books that in ancient times Goddess Nuwa mended the sky and scattered five-colored divine stones to the people. The golden stone turned into a Golden Beast that devoured all kinds of metals, giving birth to a whole body of spiritual energy, and the beads that were spit out from this beast were the Golden Spirit Beads. Golden Spirit Bead is transformed by the spiritual energy of the Golden Beast, the older the age, the denser the spiritual energy is and the higher the effect on the cultivator.” Looking at his lover, Liu Mufeng explained.

“Golden Beast? Are there really Golden Beasts?” Blinking his eyes, Jiang Xu asked curiously.

Liu Mufeng shook his head at his lover’s question. “I don’t know if there are really Golden Beasts, but the Stone Fishes are real.”

“What is the relationship between the Stone Fish and the Golden Beast?” Jiang Xu didn’t understand why Mufeng suddenly brought the Stone Fish into the conversation.

“Didn’t the ancient texts say that Goddess Nuwa dropped five stones into the mortal world? The Blue Water Stone that fell into the sea became an ugly Stone Fish on the seabed.” Looking at his partner, Liu Mufeng said with a smile.

Hearing this, Jiang Xu was dumbfounded. “Really? Nuwa mending the sky was such a beautiful thing. In the end, such a spiritual water stone turned into a Stone Fish?”

Seeing his lover’s shocked appearance, Liu Mufeng smiled. “It’s written like this in ancient books, and no one knows whether it’s true or not. Also, no one has ever seen a Golden Beast. However, there is another saying about the Golden Spirit Bead. It was said that the Golden Spirit Bead was produced from a strange stone. It’s hard to determine exactly how it came about.”

“Oh, you know so much about this.” Looking at his man, Jiang Xu smiled. In this world, there is nothing that his Mufeng did not know.

“It’s all written in the books. It’s hard to tell if it’s true or not.” Liu Mufeng felt that some of the things recorded in the ancient books might not be true, and might also be some myths and legends.

A few days after returning from Xiang City, Jiang Xu went into the bracelet dimension to seclude himself. This time Jiang Xu was in seclusion for two years, and successfully raised his strength to five-star in Spiritual King Realm. By the time Jiang Xu left seclusion, only two months had passed by in Liu Mufeng’s side.

“How is the situation recently?” Jiang Xu asked after leaving seclusion.

“The Second Miss of the Zhou family died. I heard that she died suddenly of a strange disease.” Liu Mufeng said with a smile, looking at his partner.

Hearing this, Jiang Xu frowned. “Did she die because of backlash?”

“I think so.” Nodding, Liu Mufeng answered in affirmative.

“You really guessed it right. What a disaster due to internal strife. Fortunately, she died. Otherwise, she would have known that we helped her sister to lift the curse, and she would have regarded us as an enemy.”

Hearing this, Liu Mufeng shook his head. “I’m afraid this matter is not that simple. If that Second Miss was really a sorcerer, she would not have died so easily. I feel that her death is a bit strange.”

“Do you think Eldest Miss Zhou found something and killed this sister?”

“En, that’s quite possible.” When he heard the news, Liu Mufeng felt that this matter was not that simple and that there seemed to be some conspiracy involved.

“Forget it. Let’s not care about them. The Zhou family’s affairs have nothing to do with us. Now that the Zhou family’s bounty has been withdrawn, the two of us are now second on the list?” Looking at his man, Jiang Xu asked again.

“Yes, now Yang Yong is the first with a reward of 50 million spirit stones, either alive or dead. We are in second place with a reward of 30 million spirit stones, either dead or alive.” Speaking of this, Liu Mufeng sighed.

“Thirty million, the price has gone up?” Blinking, Jiang Xu thought to himself,‘Did Mufeng’s and his status rise so much?’

“Yes, they couldn’t find us even after searching for more than three years, therefore, the Fire City Lord raised the spirit stones for the bounty reward. The two of us are worth 15 million each.”

“Hmph, the Bai family’s father and daughter don’t have any good intentions.” Speaking of this, Jiang Xu snorted coldly.

“A month from now, the auction in Tian City will be held. Bai Feifei should also come by then. We should pay more attention. It’s better not to meet her.” Liu Mufeng calculated the time and guessed the opportunity should appear soon. They would need to leave as soon as they got the opportunity.

“En, let’s go out less.”

“Okay.” Nodding, Liu Mufeng agreed.

Half a month later, Liu Mufeng calculated the time for the spiritual treasure’s appearance and took Jiang Xu to go around checking several general stores on East Street every day. After waiting for six days, he finally got it.

Rubbing the small half of the dead tree in his hand, Liu Mufeng was super happy, unable to put it down. “Boss, how do you sell this piece of wood?”

“This is Heavenly Sea Wood, the price is 500 spirit stones.” The merchant quoted the price of 500 spirit stones.

“500! It’s just a piece of broken wood. Why is it so expensive?” Looking at the broken wood in his lover’s hand, Jiang Xu really didn’t know the value of this thing.

“Fellow Daoist, this is Heavenly Sea Wood. It can live when thrown into the water. It’s a rare genuine product!”

“Okay. Five hundred is five hundred.” Liu Mufeng directly gave the boss 500 spirit stones without any counter-offer.

“Is it really Heavenly Sea Wood?”

Hearing the familiar female voice behind them, Liu Mufeng immediately put the dead wood in his hand into his storage ring.

Hearing the second heroine’s voice, Jiang Xu couldn’t help frowning. He couldn’t help thinking,‘This female really haunts like an evil spirit. How troublesome!’

“Miss, what do you want to sell?” Seeing the second heroine who was decked in luxurious clothes, the manager greeted her flatteringly.

Seeing that the manager had the second heroine’s attention, Liu Mufeng pulled Jiang Xu and planned to leave. However, he was blocked by the four Spiritual King Realm guards brought by the second heroine.

“Two Daoists, I am also interested in Heavenly Sea Wood, can you give me that piece of Heavenly Sea Wood?” Looking at Liu Mufeng and Jiang Xu, the second heroine asked with a smile.

“Sorry Fellow Daoist, we also want this thing as it is useful for us. We can’t sell it to you.” Shaking his head, Jiang Xu spoke in an old voice.

“You don’t know your place. Do you know who our young lady is?” Looking at Jiang Xu with contempt, a guard said coldly.

“I don’t know, and I don’t want to know.” Coldly looking at that guard, Jiang Xu had a face of contempt. He couldn’t help thinking,‘Bai Feifei has so many lap dogs. Four had died and four were filled in immediately.’

“Don’t be rude.” Waving her hand, Bai Feifei motioned for the guards to step back.

Glancing at Bai Feifei, Jiang Xu and Liu Mufeng left the general store immediately.

Thank you Lenette for the Ko-Fi!