Chapter 2422: Black Inferno Race (2/2)
As soon as they got back to their courtyard, the Departing Sword Sage blurted, “Young Master, that Zhan Bo is definitely up to no good.”
Huang Xiaolong answered calmly, “I know.”
“And Young Master still agreed to travel with him? His subordinates aren’t weak though. I can’t see through three of them, and all I know is that they are stronger than me!” Chen Zhi felt distressed.
Huang Xiaolong broke into laughter, “Don’t worry, I’m well aware of their cultivation realms. There are two mid-First Heaven True Saints and a late-First Heaven True Saint. There’s nothing to worry about. They’re not the hunters and we’re not the prey.”
“Late-First Heaven True Saint Realm? Young Master, we’ll be in trouble if there’s someone as strong as that!” Yu Ming frowned. The Departing Sword Sage nodded furiously in response, “Even if the three of us work together, we’ll only be able to hold them back for a moment!”
Huang Xiaolong chuckled to himself. If he were to fight with a late-First Heaven True Saint before entering the Second Tribulation half-True Saint Realm, he could have won after a lengthy battle. However, with his current strength, a late-First Heaven True Saint was nothing more than a fly.
In the ten days leading up to his departure, Huang Xiaolong refined level-ten origin spiritual pills in his courtyard when he cultivated at night. In the day, he would bring Chen Zhi and the others out to purchase origin spiritual herbs.
The marketplace in the Mirage Pavilion was called the Mirage Sea, and it was one of the largest markets in the Holy World. High-grade origin spiritual herbs would appear from time to time, and even though they weren’t holy herbs, the quality of the herbs couldn’t be said to be inferior at all! As such, they were in extremely high demand.
The prices of such origin spiritual herbs were nothing to scoff at.
Ten days later, Huang Xiaolong and Zhan Bo met at a location they had agreed upon and Zhan Bo’s face lit up with a brilliant smile as though he had seen his long lost friend. He even addressed Huang Xiaolong affectionately as though they had an unbreakable bond of brotherhood with each other.
In the past few days, he had ordered his subordinates to keep tabs on Huang Xiaolong, and from what he had learned, Huang Xiaolong had spent nearly six thousand high-grade holy spiritual jade stones and close to two billion holy bills.
He was greatly surprised and delighted to discover that Huang Xiaolong was such a high-key individual.
Both of them chatted joyously when they saw each other again. It didn’t take long for the group to leave for the Devil Fetus Mountain Range.
By travelling as a group, it would take approximately one month to reach their destination.
Along the way, Zhan Bo was in no hurry to make a move. He made light conversations with Huang Xiaolong as he tried to fish for information on his identity.
Of course, Huang Xiaolong played the man like a fiddle as he came up with random nonsense to throw Zhan Bo off.
As they went deeper into the Purple Clouds Sea, they met several Purple Cloud Beasts. Luckily, the beasts were in the Venerable Realm and only a small number of them were half-True Saints.
Huang Xiaolong personally disposed of those in the Third Tribulation half-True Saint Realm, and he let Chen Zhi and the others deal with anything stronger. After all, he had to put on a convincing show.
As Zhan Bo observed Huang Xiaolong from the dark, he heaved a sigh of relief when he noticed Huang Xiaolong’s ‘true strength’.
Half a month later...
“Brother Huang, according to the blueprint, there is a natural Fiery Sun Spiritual Mountain ahead. We might even find a Fiery Sun Holy Herb! Shall we go take a look?” Zhan Bo pointed to one of the mountain ranges ahead and continued, “We can also rest there for the night and continue our journey tomorrow.”
“Sure!” Huang Xiaolong nodded in agreement.
It didn’t take long for them to head over.
Behind his back, Zhan Bo casually gestured to his subordinates and they knew that it was time for them to make a move.