Chapter 70:Mu Rongyue’s Breakthrough (2/2)
“Ok, you guys chat; I’ll be going back to sleep.” Qing Yun felt it’d be awkward if she stayed, and she turned to leave. Qin Yu watched Qing Yun leave and smiled bitterly; the woman was just a bit frosty.
“You guys should also rest. Tomorrow, there might be a difficult battle,” Qin Yu told Mu Rongyue and Ruo Feng.
“Alright,” the two agreed, and each went to their own corner to rest. Mu Rongyue couldn’t fall asleep immediately after her breakthrough, and her happiness kept her awake until midnight.
Another beautiful maiden also didn’t fall asleep until midnight. Naturally, it wasn’t because Qing Yun was too excited, but rather because she was confused about Qin Yu. After interacting with him the past few days and with what happened just now, she felt more and more like she couldn’t see through Qin Yu. The man seemed to possess too many secrets.
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The next day, the group all rose in the early morning and began to hunt once more, looking for hunters to kill. However, something was off: In the area, they no longer found any hunters, like they had all disappeared. The whole place was extraordinarily peaceful… strangely peaceful… uncomfortably peaceful. “Qin Yu, I feel like something’s wrong,” Qing Yun addressed Qin Yu with a frown. On a high mountain, Qin Yu and the others stood on a cliff, observing the extremely quiet mountain range.
“Could it be we’ve killed so many hunters recently that they’re afraid and don’t dare to come searching?” Ruo Feng hazarded.
“Impossible,” Mu Rongyue directly denied his words. “The real experts still have yet to act. There’s no way they fear us.”
“‘Real experts’? How powerful are their strongest people?” Qing Yun asked Mu Rongyue curiously.
“I heard that the leader of the hunters is called ‘Can Bao,’ a very frightening person. He’s known as an unmatched monster of cultivation in all of Qiongxi. 20 years old this year, and he’s already a Transformation Realm master.” When Mu Rongyue finished, everyone but Qin Yu trembled.
“What did you say, a 20-year-old Transformation Realm master?” Qing Yun’s beautiful face was filled with disbelief. “A 20-year-old Transformation Realm master is impossible!”
“It’s true. Not only is he at Transformation Realm, his stage is also unknown. He could be at the initial, middle, or even late stage of his realm.” Describing the man, Mu Rongyue’s face turned serious. If this guy actually appeared, then things would become very dangerous. The four of them, together, wouldn’t pose any more of a threat than the food stuck between his teeth.
Transformation Realm was the dividing line, a threshold, among cultivators. Only after stepping into this realm would one be considered a real, genuine cultivator. If one didn’t, they’d forever be just an average cultivator. In the cultivating world, practitioners numbered in the tens of thousands. But, those who had stepped over the line of the Transformation Realm and become true cultivators directly cut the number in half. In other words, among the thousands of cultivators, half of them would never be able to cross the threshold. Thus, the feat was clearly difficult. In Qiongxi, a 30-year-old Transformation Realm master would already be seen as an amazing talent; ordinary people would need at least 40 years to cross the watershed.
Qin Yu felt somewhat emotional. In his past experiences all around the continent, 20-year-old Transformation Realm masters weren’t regarded as anything too special. But, in this tiny, little country, such a rare talent was truly a monster.
“How are you so certain? Is there any proof?” Qing Yun still couldn’t believe Mu Rongyue’s words.
“Miss Qing, we all believe Xiao Yue’s words. There’s no need for proof,” Qin Yu retorted. “I suggest, first, we leave this area; then, we can talk about this again later. Something feels wrong here.”
“Okay.” Their leader was Qin Yu; and, as he had spoken, the rest of them could only obey. The four were currently on a remote cliff in the northwest region of the array, farthest from the center of the Illusory Battlefield. Originally, Qing Yun had brought them here to take refuge, but now they intended to go to the center of the Battlefield, the most dangerous area and nest of the hunters. However, sometimes, the most dangerous areas are really the safest.
The four walked for a day; and, the entire way, they encountered not a single trace of a hunter. The fiends seemed to have truly just disappeared into thin air. Even odder, not only did the group not find any hunters, but they also didn’t meet any other people. When the sky eventually began to darken, they finally ran into a quartet walking on the same road. “I’ll go and ask them about the current situation,” said Ruo Feng, and Qin Yu and the others didn’t stop him.
Like the wind, Ruo Feng’s figure disappeared in a ripple, flying over to the other group of four. His name was Ruo Feng 1, and his speed really was like the wind. Although he didn’t comprehend the spiritual nature of wind yet, he specialized in speed; thus, compared to ordinary cultivators, his pace could be considered astonishing.
The quartet very quickly noticed Ruo Feng dashing toward them, and they immediately came to a halt. Each grasped their own weapons, and they stared at him vigilantly.
1. The literal translation for his name is “Like Wind”