161 That Person Fishes Birds by the Cliff (2/2)
His smile made his cold and indifferent face instantly look far lovelier. His expression was friendly, though there was a suggestion of indifference.
Looking at this face, the old man thought of something as he said with a sigh, ”I have been hiding underground for several hundred years already. The world outside has changed so much. However, it's really sad that someone like you has to hide in various places.”
The young man said, arching an eyebrow, ”You have said too much.”
The old man suddenly grew serious and said, ”I want to eat a few people because I'm really hungry. Those soul-fires didn't taste nice. It would be better to eat some men, even if I don't manage to eat any young girls.”
”Okay.”
The young man felt helpless. He put away his bamboo rod and walked the old man towards the edge of the cliff.
The old man followed closely behind.
Glancing at the old man, the young man said, ”Somehow I feel like I'm raising a dog.”
”Woof, woof.”
The old man said in a fawning tone, ”If you could wipe out the Green Mountain to get rid of my problem, I'd be your dog for three hundred years.”
The young man replied, ”But you have to protect me for now. Don't let those two ungrateful disciples of mine kill me.”
The old man smiled bitterly, and said, ”I'm unable to beat them now.”
”So we have to hurry up.”
The young man sighed while reaching out his hand to rub the old man's head.
The flowing clouds below the cliff's edge had gradually quietened, because the birds were nowhere to be found.
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The forest on the mountain was illuminated by a flash of cold sword light, followed by a bright golden light.
Nan Wang and Gongfeng Jing arrived at the scene first, with the rest of the disciples of the Green Mountain following in tandem.
Seeing the corpse of the man in black, their expressions changed.
The hand of the man in black had a sword-wound, and the remaining energy of the magic treasure still lingered; he should have been the culprit who had attacked Zhao Layue.
But why did he die here?
Nan Wang waved her sleeve.
The cloth covering the face of the man in black was moved aside.
His life force was completely gone. The magic changing his appearance had ebbed away, so his real appearance was revealed.
”He is Wei Chenzi!”
Gongfeng Jing was stunned.
Nan Wang looked terrible, in shock.
It was utterly quiet in the field.
The person who wanted to kill Zhao Layue was indeed someone from the Center Sect, and also an elder in the Yuanying State.
Nan Wang asked, ”How did he die?”
Gongfeng Jing waved his hand, spreading resembling gold powder across an area of three hundred square feet.
The golden powder gradually thinned, but some scenes could be seen although they were still very vague. Observers could determine what they were from the energy alone.
The soul-fire!
The disciples of the Green Mountain couldn't help but scream in surprise.
The demons of the Underworld had appeared!
”It's very strong, only a little weaker than yours and mine, and it was only a shadow,” Gongfeng Jing said solemnly as he felt the residual energy of the soul-fires.
Nan Wang said nothing.
That was why Wei Chenzi, an Elder of the Center Sect in the Yuanying State, died after just one touch, and why his Yuanying didn't even escape.
The disciples of the Green Mountain eyed each other, speechless. The atmosphere was grimly depressing, and also frighteningly eerie.
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