Chapter 237 (2/2)

”Long Hui, in the future, stay by my side. I doubt anyone will dare say anything now,” said Xiang Shaoyun when he reached the gate of the estate. As he said that, he showed Long Hui the jade plate he got from the Zither Empress.

Long Hui was naturally able to recognize that it was an exclusive jade plate of the Zither Empress. He immediately knelt down and said, ”Yes, young master! Long Hui hereby pledges his life to the young master!”

If Xiang Shaoyun wanted to live in the Cloud Margin Pavilion, it would be inconvenient to not have anyone he could use. Long Hui would be the perfect person for the task. In the past, he did not want to expose the fact that he had Long Hui under his control. Now that he had a jade plate given by the Zither Empress, he could openly order Long Hui around.

”Alright, just go to my estate and get everything in order. Just let the people there know that you're there on my order,” said Xiang Shaoyun before heading off.

Not long after Xiang Shaoyun left, a burly young man carrying a ma.s.sive axe appeared before him. The young man looked to be around 25 years old and was a peak seventh-stage Transformation Realm cultivator. It wasn't a particularly outstanding feat, but it was enough to qualify this man as an inner disciple.

”So you are Xiang Shaoyun?” asked the young man with an axe.

Xiang Shaoyun smiled. ”Yes, I am Xiang Shaoyun.”

”Good. Surrender immediately and spare yourself the pain,” said the young man with a toying look on his face.

”Hehe, is that so?” Xiang Shaoyun smiled faintly, not even bothering to stop walking.

”What a stupidly stubborn person,” said the young man with a fierce gleam in his eyes. He then swung his axe at Xiang Shaoyun.

It was a rather impressive swing. Too bad it was nothing for Xiang Shaoyun. He met the axe with his fist, sending a golden spiraling fist energy toward the axe.

Bang!

The axe was directly sent flying from the young man's hand. As for the young man, the intense impact also caused blood to spray out of his torn hand. Just one exchange was enough to cause the young man to lose his weapon and suffer an injury. He was greatly shaken by the result, and he resentfully decided to leave. But how could Xiang Shaoyun allow that?

Xiang Shaoyun approached him, grabbed him by the neck, and lifted him.

”Wuu...wuuu...” The young man's face instantly flushed red. A terrifying presence was suppressing him so much he was completely powerless. Fear covered his eyes as he was afraid that Xiang Shaoyun would kill him off just like that.

Naturally, Xiang Shaoyun wasn't brash enough to kill so easily. He controlled his strength carefully and said, ”At times, spirit crystals won't be something you can easily earn. Are you not aware of that?”

He then tossed the young man away before sauntering off without even sparing him another glance. Xiang Shaoyun was not heading toward the estate the Zither Empress had given him. Rather, he was heading toward Qiu Chonglei's estate. Qiu Chonglei was the one who had issued the bounty on him, and he was also one of the four great guardians of the Lightning Alliance.

Xiang Shaoyun was planning to strike back against the Lightning Alliance in the most direct manner. And the way to do that was to show Qiu Chonglei his strength. At this point, he no longer intended to keep a low profile. Otherwise, trouble would only keep coming for him. It was best to solve everything at once.

Before long, Xiang Shaoyun could sense a large number of people around him. Some of them were there for him, and others were spies sent by the numerous factions within the pavilion.

”Xiang Shaoyun, man with a bounty, die!” a shout suddenly rang out in the air. Next, two young men mounted on demonic lions rushed toward Xiang Shaoyun.

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