Chapter 634 (1/2)

Chapter 634: Big Heroes

Translator: Udeze Editor: Udeze

Traversing the forested mountain was very easy for Tang Xiu, and he followed the trio closely as they carried the carcass of the fierce beast. After hurrying along on the path for more than an hour, they finally saw the outermost summit of the mountain range. At this moment, Tang Xiu could keenly see many lights shining halfway up the mountain range.

“STOP!” Tang Xiu sped up and blocked the path in front of the trio.

“What happened?” Asked Su Ben with a wondering look on his face.

“The four of us have been in the mountains for two days, and my car is still parked at the foot of the mountain,” said Tang Xiu. “I’m afraid that the villagers should have already guessed that we are venturing into the mountains since I just found that many lights halfway up the mountain range at the opposite side. Those lights should be from the villagers who came to look for us. Anyways, you all must remember that you are not to tell anyone about the cultivation technique I taught you. You all now have the ability that far exceeds an ordinary person’s and you must never expose it before them, unless… you’re at a critical juncture and uses it as a last resort.”

“Alright! (Got it!)”

The trio nodded.

“This leopard fierce beast was killed by all of you and I have nothing to do with it,” said Tang Xiu once again. “Besides, you all are the ones who got injured, showing that you are the ones who took the action. I don’t want to put myself in the limelight, so you all can take the credit.”

“But Tang Xiu, that doesn’t feel right, no?” Su Quan hesitated.

“What’s not right about it? I don’t think there’s anything wrong with it.” Tang Xiu waved his hand. “Just explain like that whenever the outsiders ask you. Furthermore, you must never tell anything about the stone forest and the Spirit Spring. Tell them that we spent two days searching for this leopard only. Otherwise, any ordinary person will only rush to their deaths if they accidentally enter that stone forest without my guidance.”

“Got it!”

At this time, the way the trio looked at Tang Xiu was completely different from before. Such great merits, yet Tang Xiu actually pushed all the credit to them and did not even want to be mentioned in the slightest. Such a disposition really aroused their admiration.

Feelings of respect aroused inside Su Xiangfei’s heart at this time. He suddenly remembered and compared Tang Xiu’s state half a year ago to now. He felt that Tang Xiu was not really muddleheaded after he got into that car accident, but pretended to be crazy and played dumb because he wanted to keep a low profile. He should have been working hard, enduring hardships to accomplish some ambition he had, and preparing everything in secret back then.

It was amazingly great, and yet terrifying in and of itself!

The admiration Su Xiangfei had toward Tang Xiu at the same time also raised dread and fear in his heart.

With such a young age and yet keeping a low-profile character will require a wonderful mental strength. He… he’s too terrifying. Su Xiangfei’s complexion paled. He secretly glanced at Tang Xiu before immediately turning his head, suppressing the increasing fear growing in his heart.

As the quartet resumed their journey, it took them nearly 20 minutes to see the villagers who were currently searching for them, as well as the police and firemen from the Public Security Bureau.

“THEY ARE HERE…”

A pleasantly surprised shout instantly echoed in the mountains.

Instantly, about 100-200 people gathered around them. Everyone who looked at the quartet wore the same expression, that was, pleasantly surprised and disbelief. They were pleasantly surprised upon seeing that the quartet was safe and sound, and the disbelief was caused upon seeing Su Ben’s group carrying that huge leopard’s body.

“Tang Xiu, Su Ben, Su Quan, and you Su Xiangfei—You all… you all really damn reckless troublemaker!” Su Xiangjian went forward. Despite seeing that the group carried a leopard’s carcass, he still angrily reprimanded them.

“How come we are reckless troublemakers, Uncle Xiangjian?” said Su Quan with a grin. “This leopard is so loathsome, so we ventured into the mountains to kill it. Isn’t it to protect the safety of our own folks? Take a look at this leopard, we did it! We really killed it!”

Su Xiangjian shot a deep look at the carcass of the leopard. But he was still disgruntled and said, “Even though you wanted to kill the leopard and venture into the mountain, shouldn’t you tell it to someone before you go? Do you know that many villagers have been looking for you over this mountain inside and out for the last two days? We would have gone deeper into the forested mountain if you still didn’t show up tonight. Everybody was worried about you, you know that?!!”

Tang Xiu stepped forward and smilingly said, “This is indeed our fault, Uncle Xiangjian. We didn’t expect that it would take so long, either. Back when we thought to venture into the mountain to look for it, we planned to go back if we couldn’t find it. But then, who would’ve thought that we spotted this leopard, so we gave it a chase and then had a fight with it. At the end of the day, we spent two days to set up some traps to kill it. You can have a look at the three of them, they all fought with the leopard closely just to kill it.”

Su Xiangjian saw the injuries as well as their clothes that had been stained red by blood. He hurriedly asked with a worried expression, “What about your injuries? Are you okay?”

“We’re fine.” Su Ben shook his head. “Tang Xiu has already stopped the bleeding and bandaged us.”

Su Xiangjin sighed in relief and nodded without speaking more.

Zhao Donghe, with his policemen around him, came towards Tang Xiu’s group of four. He shot a look at the dead, bull-sized leopard before shifting his vision to the quartet and saying, “You four are really great. Though it was kinda reckless and irresponsible of you to venture into the mountain, yet you only got injured and finally killed this damned beast. Anyways, I’m Zhao Donghe, the Chief of the County Public Security Bureau. I sincerely thank you for eliminating this thing that has threatened the public.”