Chapter 509 – Leaving The City! (1/2)

“All of you want to leave the city?” Xia Yinghou gazed at Yang Ye and the others who stood before him within the City Governor’s Estate as he asked this question.

Sikong Ming nodded and said, “Uncle, we’ve thought it through. Staying here and searching for Yang Ye is a complete waste of time, wouldn’t it be better for us to form a group and temper ourselves instead. Perhaps we might even obtain some fortuitous encounters. Moreover, so what even if we do find Yang Ye? There are so many experts in Martial World City, and there are even Exalt Realm experts, so even if we find him, his life might not even belong to us in the end.”

Xia Yinghou fell silent for a while before he shook his head and said, “All of you can’t leave the city!”

“Why?” Sikong Ming was puzzled.

Xia Yinghou said, “It’s a critical moment right now. What if Yang Ye tricks his way out of the city, then your uncle, I, will lose his head. Understand? Moreover, there are many people within the city who want to leave. If I open the gates to let your group out, then it would definitely incur public wrath. The residents of the city are all a bunch of ignorant fools! No one knows what they would do in response!”

Sikong Ming intended to continue when Yang Ye shook his head instead. He withdrew a stack of talismans and over 100 top-grade energy stones, and then he placed them on the table and said, “City Governor Xia, we understand your difficulties, but please do make some allowances for us. We’re all profounders, and we need to improve ourselves incessantly. Moreover, your target is only Yang Ye, so keeping us here is completely useless, right?”

The corners of Xia Yinghou’s eyes twitched as he glanced at the talismans on the table, and then he sized up Yang Ye again and said, “I know quite a few talisman formation grandmasters in the central territory. May I know who your master is?”

“Please forgive me. Truthfully speaking, I left without my master’s knowledge because he doesn’t want me to get mixed up in all these things. He just wants me to concentrate on crafting talismans. But doing that is truly too dull and boring. So, I couldn’t help but sneak out!” said Yang Ye.

Xia Yinghou smiled and said, “So that’s why. Actually, I can let all of you out off the city. However, perhaps all of you are still unaware of it but the cities you’ll pa.s.s through after Martial World City are all on the alert, so you’ll still be stopped even if you leave my city.”

“The Exalted Han Empty actually went to such lengths just for that fellow, Yang Ye?” Lu He frowned.

Xia Yinghou said, “Even I’m very curious. It’s just a single fellow. No matter how heaven defying his strength is, it should still be impossible for him to make the Empire go to such lengths. However, that isn’t something we should be worried about. What we should do is carry out our orders well. Now, do all of you still want to leave the city?”

Yang Ye pondered deeply for a moment and said, “I wonder if City Governor Xia knows of a way for us to avoid all that trouble we would face after leaving the city? Of course, we won’t make City Governor Xia help us for nothing!”

Xia Yinghou was delighted as he said in his heart, Talisman masters really are a bunch of fellows who throw wealth around. He feigned being troubled by this request before he finally withdrew a map and said, “I presume all of you intend to head to the Saint Ruins, right? Actually, you don’t have to pa.s.s through the Exalted Han Empire’s territory to get there because there’s another path. Look here. After you leave the city, head north, pa.s.s through the Swamplands, go over Mount Heavenshaker, and then traverse the Desert of Exile to arrive at the wilds!”

Lu He and the others frowned when they heard Xia Yinghou. Sikong Ming spoke with slight anger. “Uncle, are you trying to send me to my death? The Swamplands? That’s where the Killer Crocodile Clan resides. Every single adult Killer Crocodile is equivalent to an Exalt Realm expert! Besides that, don’t tell me you don’t know what sort of fellows are living on Mount Heavenshaker! Those fellows are a bunch of madmen that kill anyone they see! Forget those two places. Uncle, are you really trying to kill me by sending me to the Desert of Exile?”

Xia Yinghou glared at Sikong Ming and said, “Then what do you want, kid? Your Uncle is only a city governor and no great figure. I’m unable to let you head to the wilds through the empire. If you don’t want to take this path, then you can only wait for the empire to remove the order to be on high alert. But in my opinion, it won't end until that fellow, Yang Ye, is found. In any case, whether you leave or not is up to you.” As he spoke, Xia Yinghou took the talisman and top-grade energy stones on the table.

Yang Ye fell silent for a while. He wasn’t afraid of the Swamplands or the Desert of Exile. He was unfamiliar with those places. Rashly asking about it was very likely to arouse suspicion. Moreover, if he immediately agreed to the path which Xia Yinghou spoke of, it would make him seem too impatient. So, he had no choice but to remain silent.

Meanwhile, Lu Jianyao suddenly said, “Can’t we just fly over those places?”

Sikong Ming shook his head and said, “It isn’t that simple!” As soon as he finished speaking, he gazed at Yang Ye and said, “Brother Ye, you should be aware of how dangerous these places are. It’s very likely that we’ll die before arriving at our destination if we go through these places!”

“Brother Sikong, I only want to ask a single question. Have Spirit Realm experts pa.s.sed through these places in the past?” asked Yang Ye.

Sikong Ming was stunned. Lu He who stood by Sikong Ming’s side answered for him. “I don’t know about the other sects, but some disciples of my Endless Sect have gone to those places to temper themselves, and there are also some a.s.signments in my sect which have to be completed there. Many seniors who accepted these a.s.signments were at the Spirit Realm. Of course, many of them perished at these places as well!”

Yang Ye nodded and said, “Since they could, then why can’t we? To be frank, only by ceaselessly challenging things we think are impossible would we be able to improve ourselves without end. Moreover, no matter how dangerous those places are, I think it’s impossible for them to compare to the dangers of the Saint Ruins, right?”

Lu He shook his head and smiled as he said, “Brother Ye, it’s really a waste that you’re a talisman master. If you were able to concentrate on the path of cultivation, then perhaps a Sword Emperor or Martial G.o.d would be born in our central territory as well! Fine, I’ll do it with Brother Ye!”

Yang Ye glanced at Sikong Ming and Mo Qingyue. Mo Qingyue didn’t hesitate and nodded immediately to display her willingness to take that path. On the other hand, Sikong Ming hesitated for a moment before he nodded as well.

Yang Ye nodded, took the map, and then gave Xia Yinghou 50 more top-grade energy stones before he said, “We’ll be troubling City Governor Xia with getting us out of the city!”

Xia Yinghou took the top-grade energy stones and smiled. “It’s not a problem!”

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As the moon casted its radiance down upon the world.