Chapter 394: Rule Breakers (1/2)

Chapter 394: Rule Breakers

“Xue Long? I don’t know such a man.” The early Greater Heaven stage man said with a face filled with confusion, as if he had never heard that name before.

Nie Tian hesitated for a moment and suddenly realized that Xue Long must have been a fake name, but he didn’t know his real name.

However, he was one hundred percent sure that the man in front of him was somehow related to Xue Long, for they practiced the same sword incantation.

Looking at the man, Nie Tian explained, “I know a man. He’s at the late Greater Heaven stage. The sword incantation he practices is exactly like yours. And he told me that his name was Xue Long. I only helped you for his sake. He did me a big favor once.”

“My name is Xu Hu, and we’re from the Xu Clan. Back in the day, our clan served the Cao Clan. However, due to various reasons, our clan declined, and now only it exists in name.” The Greater Heaven stage man fell silent for a while before continuing, “If my speculations are correct, the person you were talking about is not Xue Long, but rather Xu Long. He’s... my eldest brother.”

“That’s probably it,” Nie Tian said, nodding.

“Where did you meet my eldest brother?” Xu Hu asked.

“Umm… not in the Realm of a Hundred Battles,” Nie Tian replied.

Xu Hu smiled bitterly. “That’s about right. He has long since left the Realm of a Hundred Battles after certain things happened.”

Nie Tian didn’t show much interest in what had happened to the Xu Clan. He had only helped them because he thought he owed it to Xue Long. “Well, have you seen a group of people from the Cloudsoaring Sect in the Realm of Flame Heaven?”

“No, we haven’t,” Xu Hu shook his head.

“We were told about a place...” Luo Xin jumped in and described the location Xu Shan had told them about to Xu Hu. Afterwards, she asked, “Have you been to that area?”

Xu Hu’s expression suddenly flickered. He glanced around somewhat cautiously, then said in a low voice, “The place you are talking about is called Black Water Lake. There aren’t many spirit beasts in that area, but recently a bunch of cruel and merciless foreign Qi warriors have appeared and killed many fellow explorers there.”

Luo Xin’s expression flickered. “How do you know that?”

Fear could be seen in Xu Hu’s eyes as he explained, “We just came back from there. We saw quite a few corpses of exploration teams just like ours. As you know, if people are attacked and killed by spirit beasts, their bodies are picked clean with no flesh left behind. The bodies of those who were killed by humans and those who were killed by spirit beasts are completely different, with the biting wounds and all...

“We didn’t actually meet that group of killers, but we knew they were in that area, and that they were very powerful.

“The spirit beasts around Black Water Lake alone were already hard enough to deal with. Adding in a group of bloodthirsty killers, we realized we weren’t strong enough, and thus withdrew from that area.

“However, we didn’t expect that we would encounter this herd of spirit beasts while we were leaving.”

“Oh, so that’s how it is.” Nie Tian nodded gently and said without any hesitation, “Good luck to you. We’ve got to go now.”

“Thank you.” Xu Hu expressed his gratitude.

“You’re welcome.” With these words, Nie Tian and Luo Xin hastened on towards Black Water Lake.

After bidding farewell to Nie Tian and Luo Xin, Xu Hu and his team processed the spirit beast’s body and headed back towards the Dong Clan.

It wasn’t long before they ran into Dong Li, who had disguised herself.

From time to time, she would hold her milky-white arm close to her mouth and whisper into a bracelet, as if she were communicating with others.

Upon seeing Xu Hu and his team, she took the initiative to approach them. Her strange gaze ran up and down him before she asked, “Did you meet a young man and woman?” She described Nie Tian’s appearance.

With a vigilant expression, Xu Hu shook his head and said, “No.”

“I’m their friend. I have urgent business to discuss with them.” Dong Li put on a charming smile as she pulled out a medallion from her waist pocket and showed it to Xu Hu.

Even though Xu Hu didn’t recognize the disguised Dong Li, he felt deep veneration upon seeing that medallion. “Miss Dong!”

When the Xu Clan had struggled in despair, the Dong Clan had reached out to them, which was why, when Xue Long had recognized Dong Li and Han Mu in the Realm of Split Void, he had changed his target and chased after Li Langfeng instead.

“I have things I need to discuss with them,” Dong Li repeated.