Chapter 20 (2/2)

This was the true reason Xu family’s second generation personally joined the chase. Upon seeing He Yiming’s appearance, the man inevitably found it difficult to convince himself.

He faintly cupped his hands and said in a clear voice:

“My humble self is Xu Xiangci from Xu family. May I ask, younger brother is….”

Although the two families fought among each other, it had not yet attained the point of shredding apart all pretenses of cordiality. Therefore, He Yiming had to be courteous on the surface. He slightly bent his waist and said:

“Small nephew, He Yiming, greets Senior Xu-second.”

“He Yiming? You are from He family…”

“Yes.” He Yiming said in a neither servile nor overbearing voice.

A malicious glint flickered in Xu Xianci’s eyes and he coldly asked:

“Hubin is truly killed by you?”

He Yiming’s brows slightly creased, and he replied with his head high:

“Correct. This man has truly died at small nephew’s hands.”

Xu Xianci’s lips slightly stretched at the corners, and the numerous people behind him turned slightly tensed. Even the three lower-officials knew that in Tai Cang county, Xu family and He family did not get along too well. Although they seemed to be at peace on the surface, be it matters related to territory or business, the friction between them was not trivial.

A senior of Xu family’s second generation had personally led people, but the fugitive had died at the hands of He family’s third generation. This was indeed a loss of face.

After a bit of hesitation, Xu Xiangci suddenly laughed once and said:

“Good, a hero from young age1. Has nephew already attained the realm of Internal Energy’s sixth layer?”

“Barely sixth layer.” He Yiming tactfully said. Even his own family didn’t know his true strength, thus, it was even more impossible for him to tell an outsider.

Xu Xiangci’s face was becoming increasingly harmonious. He said:

“Sixth layer of Internal Energy is indeed pretty good. May I know nephew’s age?”

“Small nephew is thirteen this year.”

Sounds of sharp breath intakes sounded from the surroundings. They looked at He Yiming with peculiar gazes.

A hard-to-conceal peculiar glint flickered in Xu Xiangci’s eyes while his heart began to churn. A faint killing intent flickered in his eyes. However, his reaction was extremely quick. He instantly restrained the killing intent. The killing intent instantly appeared and disappeared. An average person would not have felt it.

However, the individual in front of him, He Yiming, felt it extremely clearly. His heart immediately raced, and he enormously increased his guard against the man in front of him.

His fight with Hubin had allowed him to understand some truths.

Some things are extremely difficult to learn through mere words. However, a life-and-death battle can allow one to mature extremely quickly.

For He Yiming, his battle with Hubin was extremely crucial. It allowed his entire being to have a transformation as if he’d been born anew.

In response to the killing intent revealed by his counterpart, countless thoughts immediately emerged in his mind.

He faintly smiled and said:

“Senior Xu second, since Hubin is already executed, we should leave the mountains and let Cheng family take care of this matter.”

Xu Xiangci faintly nodded and said:

“That’s true. It should be this way.” He turned his body and instructed:

“Take the corpse, we are leaving.”

Following the mountain path, everybody was walking towards the outside. From the beginning, He Yiming had been walking at the end, maintaining a certain distance from Xu Xiangci.

The more they approached the end of mountains, the more He Xiangci’s heart surged. Every once in a while, his vision swept through the three lower-officials and the servants of Xu family.

He Yiming looked calm and collected on the surface, but he’d increased his guard and was paying attention to every small movement of his counterpart with his eyes, while his mind was bitterly complaining. If the man decided to risk killing everyone to silence them in order to kill He Yiming, latter would have no chance to escape.

After all, Xu Xiangci was an eighth level Internal Energy expert. Furthermore, his battle experience was abundant and was far above that of He Yiming.

As He Yiming’s thoughts were going rampart, he suddenly had an idea. Though, it held no use for his present situation.

Soon, in about fifteen minutes, they would exit the mountain pa.s.s. Xu Xiangci suddenly stopped his footsteps and sucked in a deep breath. His eyes turned resolute as if he’d made a decision.

At the same time, He Yiming’s heart sank. He circulated his Internal Energy and was prepared to strike as if his life depended on it.

However, at this moment, sudden noises could be heard coming from the mountain pa.s.s. Both, Xu Xiangci and He Yiming, almost simultaneously an old man’s figure.

Xu Xiangci’s figure trembled and the killing intent in his heart immediately vanished, while He Yiming let out a long sigh. He knew that he was absolutely safe.

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