Chapter 55

A night of silence, Luo Xiu spent it in agitation and unease.

In the early morning, a knock came from the door.

"Master Luo Xiu, someone has delivered this to you."

After opening the door, a servant from the outer sect stood outside. To disciples like Luo Xiu, they were people of high status, so the servant was very polite.

The servant handed Luo Xiu a small object wrapped in cloth.

Luo Xiu didn't know who would send him something, so he took it, unwrapped the cloth, and his pupils suddenly constricted.

The object in his hand was a jade phoenix hairpin. Luo Xiu immediately recognized it as the gift he had bought for his sister, Luo Xiuer, when he left Qingyun City.

This jade phoenix hairpin was worth tens of thousands of silver taels, but with Luo Xiu's financial resources at the time, he didn't care much about the so-called gold and silver of the secular world.

Sister Luo Xiuer loved this hairpin and said she would always wear it.

But now, this jade phoenix hairpin had been delivered to the outer sect of Yunlong County.

Just as the servant was about to leave, Luo Xiu called him back and asked, "Who delivered this?"

The servant shook his head, "Master, I don't know who it was. I only remember a middle-aged man, around forty years old, slightly overweight, with a mole on the left side of his forehead."

Hearing the servant's description, Luo Xiu frowned. He didn't remember knowing such a person.

"Could something have happened to my sister?"

Luo Xiu instantly thought of this possibility, and the feeling of agitation and unease in his heart grew even stronger.

He put the jade phoenix hairpin away, turned around, and walked into the room. He picked up the Shadow Sword and was about to head to Qingyun City.

"Qingyun City is far from Yunlong County. Even with the Black Wind Eagle from the Hall Master, it took three days."

Soon, Luo Xiu walked out of the outer sect and saw a grand building opposite, the Hunter's Guild!

"I wonder if the Hunter's Guild can provide a faster way to Qingyun City." With this thought, Luo Xiu stepped inside.

Like the Hunter's Guild in Qingyun City, the hall was bustling with hunters who had returned from adventures, drinking and talking loudly, each exuding a somewhat grim aura.

The Hunter's Guild in Yunlong County was even larger than the one in Qingyun City, with more hunters, and Luo Xiu even saw someone wearing a four-star badge!

The Hunter's Badge, in terms of strength, one star corresponds to a Body Refinement Warrior, two stars to a Qi Sea Warrior, three stars to a Xiantian Master, and four stars to a Spirit Refinement Martial Dao Master!

Upon entering the Hunter's Guild, Luo Xiu took out his one-star Hunter's Badge and put it on. Many disciples of the outer sect were also hunters, so no one paid much attention to him.

"Sir, may I help you with something?" The receptionist at the counter was a doll-faced beauty with a clear and sweet voice.

"I want to know the fastest way to get from Yunlong County to Qingyun City," Luo Xiu said directly.

"If you want to go to Qingyun City, the guild can provide three options. The first is to ride a second-tier demonic beast, the Green Feather Eagle, which will take about five days to reach the destination. The second is to ride a Black Feather Eagle, which will take three days."

"Both of these flying demonic beasts are tamed and safe. The Green Feather Eagle costs ten low-grade Essence Stones, and the Black Feather Eagle is more expensive, costing twenty low-grade Essence Stones."

"What about the third option?" Luo Xiu asked, frowning, as three days was too slow for him.

"The third option is to use the Teleportation Array. The Hunter's Guild has a branch in Qingyun City, and you can instantly travel from Yunlong County to Qingyun City."

The beautiful receptionist smiled, "However, to use the Teleportation Array, you must be at least a two-star hunter and pay two hundred low-grade Essence Stones."

"Teleportation Array, instant arrival?"

Luo Xiu didn't hesitate at all and said, "I want to use the Teleportation Array to go to Qingyun City."

"Sir, you are a one-star hunter. According to the rules, you must be at least a two-star hunter to use the Teleportation Array."

"Can you make an exception for me? I am a disciple of the outer sect," Luo Xiu showed his token.

"I'm sorry, but to use the Teleportation Array, you must be at least a two-star hunter."

Clearly, the identity of a disciple of the outer sect was of no use in the Hunter's Guild.

"Then I will apply for the two-star hunter assessment right now!" Luo Xiu said.

Similar to the one-star hunter assessment, the two-star hunter assessment involved slaying three second-tier demonic beasts in an array. Each demonic beast was roughly equivalent to a fifth-level Qi Sea Warrior.

For Luo Xiu, this assessment was no problem, and he passed it easily.

Immediately after, Luo Xiu paid two hundred low-grade Essence Stones and was led to a secret room.

A structure similar to an altar was situated in the center of the secret room, engraved with intricate patterns and runes, glowing blue.

Luo Xiu had heard of Teleportation Arrays before. It was said that only a fourth-rank Array Master could set up the simplest low-level Teleportation Array, and such an array altar was extremely expensive.

Stepping into the Teleportation Array, as the array activated, a blue light shone, and Luo Xiu's figure became increasingly blurry, vanishing in a flash.

This was Luo Xiu's first time using a Teleportation Array, and the spatial distortion made him feel nauseous and want to vomit.

The three breaths of time felt like an eternity to him.

Finally, when the scene before his eyes calmed down, the teleportation was complete.

"Welcome to Qingyun City."

A pleasant voice came, and Luo Xiu found himself in a hall. A beautiful woman smiled at him.

"Is this Qingyun City already?"

Luo Xiu's face showed surprise. The Teleportation Array was indeed as impressive as its reputation. A journey that would take three days on a Black Wind Eagle was completed in just three breaths using the Teleportation Array.

"Sir, please follow me."

Led by the receptionist, Luo Xiu walked out of the hall. As soon as he pushed the door open, he heard a cacophony of noise.

The Hunter's Guild hall!

Seeing this familiar scene, Luo Xiu was slightly stunned. He remembered that when he first came here, he was only a fifth-level Body Refinement Warrior.

Many hunters in the hall looked at him with a mix of envy and respect.

They knew that anyone who came out of this hall must have used the Teleportation Array from another city, and at the very least, they were a two-star hunter at the Qi Sea level.

In Qingyun City, many Qi Sea-level warriors couldn't pass the two-star hunter assessment, as the three demonic beasts they faced were equivalent to a fifth-level Qi Sea Warrior.

So, here, a two-star hunter was already a formidable expert.

Jiang Shanshan also looked over curiously. When she saw Luo Xiu, her eyebrows furrowed, finding the young man somewhat familiar.

She wouldn't have thought that the little guy who was only a third-level Body Refinement Warrior a few months ago was now a Qi Sea-level warrior.

Luo Xiu didn't stay at the Hunter's Guild. He quickly walked out and headed straight home.

His expression was serious, his life perception spread out, closely monitoring the surroundings. He noticed that when he left the Hunter's Guild, three people were following him.

By sensing the fluctuations in their life energy, Luo Xiu roughly determined that their strength wouldn't exceed the seventh level of Qi Sea.

This discovery made Luo Xiu even more uneasy. It indicated that someone wanted to deal with him and deliberately sent his sister Luo Xiuer's jade phoenix hairpin to the outer sect to lure him here.

"Is it that old man Zhang Luliang again?"

In Luo Xiu's view, Zhang Luliang was the most suspicious, like a persistent shadow, trying to deal with him at all costs.

With this thought, Luo Xiu suddenly turned and entered a deserted alley.

The three Qi Sea-level warriors who were following him also quietly entered, but Luo Xiu's figure had already disappeared from their sight.

"Trouble!"

These three warriors quickly realized they had been discovered and hurriedly tried to leave the alley.

But at that moment, the sound of a sword being drawn rang out, and a black sword light flashed like lightning, breaking the silence of the alley.

"Thud!"

Blood splattered, and the leading warrior's movements abruptly stopped, his eyes wide open.

Then, his head fell from his neck, rolling two meters away, blood gushing like a fountain.

A figure appeared at the alley entrance, holding a black sword, with blood dripping from the blade, causing the remaining two warriors to change color.

Upon closer inspection, Luo Xiu found that the three people following him were all young, around twenty years old, two at the sixth level of Qi Sea, and one at the seventh level.

The one he had beheaded with one strike was one of the sixth-level Qi Sea warriors.

"Who are you, and why are you following me?"

Luo Xiu stepped forward, his voice cold.

The two warriors kept retreating, their eyes filled with fear and terror, clearly intimidated by Luo Xiu's ruthless killing.

Next to the headless corpse, Luo Xiu saw a token hanging from the waist. He used the Shadow Sword to pick it up and saw that it was a token of a disciple of the outer sect!

"Run!"

The two young warriors turned and fled. They were originally ordered to wait near the Hunter's Guild and follow Luo Xiu once he appeared.

With their sixth-level Qi Sea companion killed in one strike, they knew that even if they worked together, they might not be a match for Luo Xiu, so they chose to flee.

As disciples of the outer sect, each was a genius selected from the major cities of Yunlong County, and their fifth-rank body techniques were extremely fast.

But in terms of speed, how could their body techniques compare to Luo Xiu's perfected Ten Directions Residual Shadows?

The special force techniques of the Fast Sword Technique allowed Luo Xiu to increase his speed and movement in an instant.

In a short moment, he caught up with the seventh-level Qi Sea young warrior.

"Ah!"

Sensing the increasingly close killing intent, the warrior knew he couldn't escape. He suddenly drew his long sword, gathered his true qi, and turned to slash at Luo Xiu.

"Thud!"

The brilliant sword light easily tore Luo Xiu's body into pieces.

"Did I succeed?" The young warrior's eyes showed joy, but then he was horrified, "It's a residual shadow..."

With a thud, his body fell to the ground, a wound on his neck expanding, blood gushing out uncontrollably.

He clutched his neck, unable to make a sound, his life force fading, and he soon died.

At the same time, the last young warrior following Luo Xiu had already fled over two hundred meters away.