Chapter 16 (2/2)
Everybody felt a chill in their hearts, before they all made sounds of agreement together.
He Wude had always been a swift and decisive person. He immediately moved on to allocation. He allowed each person present to take a few servants, all of whom were at the cultivation of the third layer, and a portrait of Hubin, before leaving to their respective positions.
He Yiming and the rest naturally had no objections, instead, they were actually quite thrilled.
After cultivating for many years, they finally obtained a chance to display their skills. They would naturally not miss such an opportunity.
After allocating the positions, He Wude waved his hand. Everybody, leading the servants under them, left with the envoys of Cheng family. Only leaving behind He Quanxin and He Wude.
After everybody left, He Quanxin hesitatingly said:
“Father, He Yiming has just turned thirteen this year. Furthermore, not even a year has pa.s.sed since he attained the sixth layer. Allowing him to personally take charge of a section seems too early for him.”
He Wude faintly laughed, before saying: “Quanxin, you remember which section I a.s.signed to Yiming?”
He Quanxin was surprised. He thought for a bit, before he suddenly realized and said:
“I understand. Yiming is a.s.signed to the section which is nearest to the county town. Furthermore, it’s the main pa.s.sage. Since Hubin has come here as a fugitive, he naturally would not take the main pa.s.sage seeming like an honest person. He would tread desolate paths, and he would not go to the County town as well. That would just be walking right into a trap. Therefore, Yiming is going just for show.”
He Wude faintly nodded and said:
“Correct. Yiming’s talent is the best among his siblings. I have a lot of expectations from him. However, staying in the home and bitterly cultivating all the time is not necessarily a good thing. Thus, allowing him to experience such an atmosphere will certainly prove beneficial for his future. As for that Hubin, with three big clans joining hands and mobilizing personnel from every village, nothing unexpected will happen unless he has already left the county.”
He Quanxin heavily nodded and said: “ Father, you have put a lot of thought in this.”
He Wude said with his face beaming:
“Apart from all this. I allowed to Yiming to lead a group so as to let Xu family and Cheng family know that He family yet again has a genius. I feel those two old foxes of Xu family and Cheng family should be clear on who is going to be the strongest family of Tai Cang county in the future.”
Two days later, a servant, carrying two letters delivered by the Xu family that contained the latest information, arrived in front of the Old Master.
Since He Quanyi was outside the manor, He Quanxin had temporarily left the Book Pavilion’s courtyard and was handling the trifling matters of the estate. When the information arrived, he was discussing some cultivation problems with the Old Master.
He took the letters and opened the seal of the first letter. His complexion slightly changed, and he said:
“Father. Xu family has sent a letter. Hubin’s whereabouts has been discovered. However, he’d injured Xu family’s third generation, Yude and Yucai, and has again escaped.”
He Wude was slightly surprised. After muttering something to himself, he said:
“Xu Yude and Xu Yucai should have already advanced to the sixth layer.”
“That’s right. They also attained the sixth layer at the age of seventeen and eighteen like Yihai and Yixuan. What a pity, none of them have been able to attain the seventh layer till now, even though they are twenty-four and twenty-five.”
As He Quanxin spoke these words, his voice had a complacent tone which he failed to conceal.
He Wude softly said:
“Two youngsters possessing the sixth layer Internal Energy couldn’t stop a fifth layer fugitive….. This Hubin is not simple.”
He Quanxin faintly nodded and opened the seal of the second letter. However, as soon as his eyes swept through the letter, his expression immediately transformed, and a cry escaped his mouth:
“Not good.”
He Wude’s brows creased, and he said:
“Quanxin, you are an elder in the family. You should possess an elder’s att.i.tude. Don’t lose your head over some trivial matters.”
He Quanxin, without hearing the words of his father, lifted his head and hurriedly said:
“Hubin as of now is escaping towards the county town’s main pa.s.sage. Xu family’s second generation expert is closely pursuing him.”
“En, Xu family’s second generation’s strength should be sufficient…..what, he is escaping towards the county town’s main pa.s.sage?” He Wude suddenly stood up. His face actually turned slightly green.
He Quanxin turned around without the slightest hesitation and said
“Father, I will not let anything happen to Yiming.”
However, even before he finished talking, something flickered in front of his eyes before he saw a figure flas.h.i.+ng past him and rus.h.i.+ng in county town’s direction.
He Quanxin blankly stared, before smiling bitterly.
Despite being a mere fifth layer cultivator, Hubin was a fugitive who’d his hands covered in blood. Being capable of fleeing up to here from the distant Linqiu region and injuring two fairly old members of Xu family’s younger generation who’d attained the sixth layer, he was not something Yiming could handle.
If he’d come across the other members of the younger generation, He Quanxin would not have been so worried. He Yihai and He Yixuan were already over eighteen. They had partic.i.p.ated many times in small compet.i.tions against Xu family and Cheng family. They had abundant battle experience. Moreover, about two years were about to pa.s.s since they had attained the sixth layer, furthermore, they each had the strength of a battle skill cultivated almost to the peak with them. Even if they lacked in terms of personal battle strength, they could have at least kept their lives intact.
However, He Yiming was different. Merely half a year had pa.s.sed since his breakthrough to the sixth layer. Regarding the mastery of battle skills, reaching the peak was even more impossible for him. If in his current condition, he encountered an individual like Hubin who’d an experience of hundreds of battles and had crawled up from beneath the piles of dead bodies, it would not be pleasant to say who would emerge superior. If He Yiming suffered an injury as a result, that would be a gargantuan blow to the He family.
He Quanxin quietly sighed and immediately chased after He Wude. However, his strength was far below his father’s. He was absolutely unable to catch up to the latter. Hoping that He Yiming would not encounter Hubin, he regretfully sighed. His old man, even with his deep foresight and rigorous schemes, had eventually made a mistake this time.
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