Chapter 61 (1/2)

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61 – Natural Disaster

The sand settled gradually.

Xue Qilin's eyes brightened gradually, as if s.h.i.+mmering.

However, her pupils didn't become vertical, and their color didn't become gold and limpid like amber.

She didn't activate Discerning Eyes. There is no need to do so.

Excluding her, the people present have Human Ream cultivation base at the highest.

In front of Heaven Realm, Human Realm is as insignificant as sand and gravel.

“Yo yo yo, it's rather lively here…”

Xue Qilin's eyes focused on the chief captor.

… “Let's take a look at their coping skills.”

If Xia Xue hadn't suddenly woken up and given this suggestion, Xue Qilin would have intervened the moment the captors wanted to take away Shui Yuner and them.

Of course, as she is sure that she can step in before the situation gets out of control, she adopted the wait-and-see tactic.

As for the man who received a b.l.o.o.d.y wound on the back, it was purely an accident. At that time, she was surprised by Shui Yuner's guess regarding the captors' ident.i.ty.

“Senior Disciple Sister, why are you here?” From behind came Shui Yuner's voice, which contained both surprise and joy.

“It's a long story. You guys go back to the inn first. Elder Xia is waiting for you there.”

“But…”

She's probably worried that Xue Qilin won't be able to cope with the 10 captors alone.

“Don't worry, they can't do anything to me.”

“We still can fight.” Nangong Mingming said resentfully.

“I can't look after so many of you. Now hurry up and leave.”

Impatient, Xue Qilin made a gesture of driving people away and lied. She naturally can look after them, but that would be troublesome. She turned her head slightly and glanced behind her and saw Shui Yuner's face filled with worry.

“I said leave. Isn't there still Xia Xue?”

Shui Yun'er hesitated, and then nodded in agreement, “Senior Disciple Sister, be careful.”

“Older Sister Shui, do we really leave Senior Disciple Sister deal with them alone?” Nangong Mingming apparently is unable to accept this.

“It's okay. If Senior Disciple Sister can't deal with them, then even if we stay, we won't be of much help. Besides, there's still Elder Xia.”

If she knew that Xia Xue is drunk and deep asleep, who knows what face she would make. That said, is she really drunk or just pretending? Just now, she was able to detect that Shui Yuner and them were being taken away, and let me wait and observe the development first. But immediately after, she lay back on the bed and fell asleep. Xue Qilin mused helplessly.

Once they were far away, Xue Qilin retracted her gaze.

“Why didn't you sneak-attack me?”

Just now, Xue Qilin has removed her attention from the chief captor, at least on the surface.

The formidable perception ability of a Heaven Realm master isn't limited to the five senses. As long as there is a tiny disturbance, they can detect it.

Even if a Heaven Realm master doesn't look at you, that doesn't mean that they can't “see” you.

Be that as it may, the chief captor shouldn't know that she is Heaven Realm master.

On the surface, she keeps the aura she releases between the Human Realm and the Earth Realm. Therefore, in the chief captor's eyes, she seems to be a martial pract.i.tioner who is stepping into the Earth Realm.

However, he still didn't sneak-attack me. Does he want to have a fair duel? Xue Qilin thought.

Looking straight at the la.s.s standing on the big sword, the chief captor didn't answer, and instead asked, “Are you from the Merak Temple?”

“How do you know?” Xue Qilin wrinkled her nose, and then immediately felt that her question is a bit stupid.

After all, she is wearing the Merak Temple's sect clothes. It's difficult for others not to recognize the iconic blue and white.

“Your clothes.”

The answer isn't unexpected.

Xue Qilin ran her eyes over the 10 captors in front of her, and finally stopped on the chief captor.

“You are soldiers?”

From the beginning, she secretly observed the whole sequence of events, and even heard the whole conversation between Shui Yuner and the captor. Naturally, she knows the ident.i.ty of the captors.

“What if we are?”

“You abandon your honor as soldiers in order to kill innocent martial pract.i.tioners?”

“Innocent?” As if he heard the most ridiculous joke in the world, the chief captor laughed involuntarily.

Then, he stared coldly at Xue Qilin, “… You said innocent? My comrades were innocent! You thankless martial pract.i.tioners tried in vain to a.s.sa.s.sinate the Emperor and interfere in state affairs. After your plan was foiled, faced with the Emperor's wrath yet not repenting, you took the lives of many of our soldiers!”

There was a violent fluctuation in his tone, a fluctuation called resentment.

“… This is why you hurt innocent people?” Xue Qilin didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

Can this irrational reasoning make sense?

However, those who are blinded by hatred are unreasonable, and no one knows this better than Xue Qilin.

“You all deserve to die!” The chief captor pointed at Xue Qilin and growled wildly, “Martial pract.i.tioners are all unneeded!”

“…”

Xue Qilin lowered her gaze and remained silent.

Their hatred has spread. It is no longer aimed at the culprits themselves, but has extended and spread to the entire “martial pract.i.tioner” community.

Love me, love my dog. Hate me, hate my dog as well – this is such a simple principle.

“So, this blind revenge of yours is imperative?”

“What do you think?”

The chief captor raised his hand, and the captors took aim with the crossbows.

“So, this is your answer…” Xue Qilin sighed.

However, the corners of her mouth curved into a queer smile, “Rabbits will bite people, let alone Qilins [1].”

“Fire!”

The sound of mechanisms going off rose, and bolts shot towards Xue Qilin.

“Chuu…!” The la.s.s exhaled heavily, and then tapped her foot violently on Empyrean Universe, rotated her body around the hilt, and borrowed the resulting force to pull out the large sword.

After landing, Xue Qilin swung the big sword, and the sword pressure blew the bolts away. From this, the weight of the big sword can be imagined.

There is a look of shock in the captors' eyes.

They seem to be asking – how can the la.s.s in front of them wield such a heavy thing so easily?

However, an even more surprising thing is still to come.

Xue Qilin raised Empyrean Universe over her head.

Then, a rhythmic sound of metallic friction and collision sounded suddenly.

Empyrean Universe's handle extended with amazing momentum and two parts, one on each side of the blade, extended from the blade and crooked into crescent moons, revealing a cross-shaped structure.

… Halberd of Moon Slash.

Under everyone's incredulous gazes, Xue Qilin waved gently the halberd in her hands and pointed the tip of the imposing halberd at the chief captor.

“Come all at once.” Xue Qilin showed an evil smile, “It's too troublesome to take you one at a time!”

“Don't look down on people!” The chief captor raised his sword and pointed at the pet.i.te la.s.s, “Surround and kill!”

“Yes!” The captors responded in unison, and then quickly moved to surround Xue Qilin. The distance between them is surprisingly uniform. They have obviously underwent extremely rigorous training.

So, they are Hua Dynasty's soldiers?

“Kill!” In response to this roar, the captors rushed out at the same time. The encirclement tightened rapidly, as if a giant hand making a fist, and squeezed towards the la.s.s.