1299 The Importance of Sound Mages (1/2)

Translated by XephiZ

Edited by Aelryinth

Chen Yi had seen a similar sight before. It was in the drawing in her grandmother's bedroom!

”Does that mean your grandmother has been here before?” Mo Fan asked, surprised.

Even though the Giant Purple Sacred Linden was stunning, it had long been dominated by demon creatures, especially flying species. There was no way a plane would have passed by the area, so not many people would know about the existence of the Giant Purple Sacred Linden. To his surprise, Chen Yi's grandmother had found out about the tree before the authorities of the Magic Association, the military, and the government!

The question was... if she knew about the Giant Purple Sacred Linden, why didn't she tell anyone? Even if it was just a piece of information, it would attract the attention of countless people to come and look for it!

”It seems like we're quite in luck. We somehow found the right place.” Chen Yi was clueless about how her grandmother knew about the Giant Purple Sacred Linden. They would have to ask her grandmother some other time!

The group finally had a chance to catch their breath, hiding in Mo Fan's Shadow Magic. The place was deadly silent for the rest of the night. Perhaps it was because the Four-Lives Salamander Tiger was good at maintaining its territory, or most creatures living on the tree had strict routines. Despite trying to stay alert, they soon fell asleep, overwhelmed by fatigue.

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A long drawbridge connected the inner and outer slopes of Mount Kunyu. The military had stationed soldiers to guard the drawbridge on one end.

Currently, thousands of people had gathered at the slope close to the drawbridge. They mainly consisted of Hunters planning to earn some quick money. The outer slopes of Mount Kunyu were known to have a lot of Giant Purple Lindens. If they were lucky enough to find a few of the trees, they could easily earn up to a million yuan. Even inexperienced Hunters had a chance to earn some money, so they could not wait to enter the outer slopes to search for the demon crests!

”Why aren't you letting us in? What are we waiting for? I've come all the way from Guangdong Province just to earn some money, and now you're stopping us from going in. What do you mean by this!?” a man yelled furiously.

The man had come to Yantai from Guangdong Province, which meant he had traveled across half of China just to come here. He thought he was going to make bank, but the government and the military were stopping people from crossing the bridge.

”He's right, why didn't you stop the Hunters that went in first? Why do we have to wait so long here!?”

”It's not fair!”

”Are you purposely keeping us here because they have bribed you!?”

Thousands of people were yelling angrily. The officials were having a hard time controlling the situation. Some Hunters at the front of the line were about to use violence after they were provoked by the others.

Things would gry out of control as soon as people started using magic. Even though it was rare to see independent Mages getting into a fight with the personnel of the Magic Association, the government, or the military, as the saying went, ”stopping a man from earning money is like killing his parents”. The Hunters were on the verge of losing their tempers!

”Who's causing a scene here!?”

An imperious voice exploded like a deafening thunderclap as the Hunters were about to lose control. The words echoed in everyone's ears like the chimes of a bell. The Mages immediately felt their ears ringing and their heads spinning. They could not even cast a single Spell in their current state!

”It's...it's Nie Lengshan!”

”My ears are hurting!”

It took a while for the sound affecting the people to disappear. The Hunters at the front saw a man in his thirties with wings on his back landing in front of the drawbridge. He was glaring coldly at the Hunters who were on the verge of losing control!

”Nie Lengshan, don't you dare use your identity and strength to put pressure on us. We just want to make some money, but these assh**** are blocking us here because they were bribed by the Hunters that went in first! They even came up with such a bad excuse...” the Hunter at the front of the queue snapped.

”Open your goddamn eyes and tell me what these are!” Nie Lengshan casually tossed a bag onto the ground.

The bag was tied very loosely. Something fell out of it as soon as it hit the ground.

The Hunters immediately looked at the bag and saw tusks covered in blood scattered across the ground. One of the Hunters went forward to empty the bag. He found the head of a Hillman inside!

”A huge number of Hillmen have shown up in the outer Mount Kunyu. They are using the demon crests as bait to hunt greedy idiots like you. More than two hundred people have died! These are the photos of the dead that some of the Hunters that returned gave to us. Take a look at them yourselves!” Nie Lengshan took out some photos to back up his claim and tossed them into the crowd of Hunters.

Most of the Hunters were convinced as soon as they saw the head and the tusks of a Hillman on the ground. However, their faces paled when they looked at the horrible corpses of the people that had been brutally killed by the Hillmen.