Chapter 280 (2/2)

In the northern courtyard, behind the restaurant, Xue Ying was wielding an ordinary spear. He displayed several spear motions in front of his students. All of them, young or old, and especially those who had been there that day and witnessed his might, earnestly followed his movements. Despite him ordering them to not spread information about that incident from that day to others, they all looked towards Xue Ying with enthusiasm. In truth, Xue Ying didn’t mind even if that matter were to spread, since he and Jing Qiu were going to leave the restaurant shortly after either way. That was also why he was giving pointers. Before his departure, Xue Ying wanted to teach this group of students some more.

Hu. Each of his moves were simple but in harmony with nature. They touched the fundamental power of the material world. They even held some of Xue Ying’s understanding towards spearmanship.

“Mn?” Xue Ying frowned slightly.

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At a distance of 4000 kilometers from Xue Ying’s restaurant, there was a ravine containing a large, flourishing village with more than a thousand households. This village was filled with children running around, women doing laundry or cooking, and men foraging or farming to make a living.

“Children, it’s time to go home. It’ll be dinner time soon.”

“I’ll spank you if you don’t want to go home.”

The men were laughing while the children quickly ran away.

At that moment…

“Mn?”

A person with the appearance of an ordinary peddler with his goods on his shoulder arrived at the entrance of the village. He coldly glanced over it. This village is decently sized, and has more than 6000 villagers. Since it’s not too far, but not too close to the nearest village either, I can probably stay here for around half a year without being detected by the Xia Clan Transcendents. I’ll eat my fill during this time..

The real identity of this peddler was that of a demon. After all but one of their generals were killed, the ordinary demons could only rely on themselves to survive.

“Father, father, there’s someone selling food. Quickly, let’s take a look. Quickly!” a child happily yelled as he saw the peddler nearing.

“Such tenderness.” The peddler’s eyes turned red as its body swelled and transformed into a three meters tall green, ugly demon with a snake-like body, its mucus-covered tongue occasionally sticking out of its mouth. The kid who previously wore a happy expression was shocked into silence.

“Give it to me!” the demon said. A strand of berserk dark magic emerged from its body as this green-scaled demon tried to fervently swallow every soul in the village as fast as it could.

Suddenly…

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Xue Ying demonstrated his spearmanship in front of his group of students. “The spear can be used for defense, or offense, with limitless possibilities.” He accurately performed several thrusting and sweeping motions.

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At the exact moment the huge, ugly, green demon exposed itself and the dark magic began converging…

Hu!

A spear appeared out of nothingness and, with a straight thrust, pierced the green demon right in the middle of his eyebrows. The demon was stunned as its body, including its hard bones, its storage space and all of its other items began crumbling so fast it was invisible to the naked eye. The onlookers could only see as its shattered pieces soon disappeared into thin air.

The spear that pierced the demon also vanished.

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Back in the northern courtyard behind the Dong Yu Restaurant, Xue Ying retracted his spear and inwardly shook his head. These demons lurk around within our Xia Clan World and come out whenever they please. Xue Ying shouted to his students, “All of you need to practice more.”

Xue Ying sat down on a small tool beside the practice field, cold sweat covering his face. The hexing poison was flaring up again. It was at that time that Palace Head Chen suddenly transmitted over, “Xue Ying, Xue Ying, I have good news! Good news, perhaps heaven-sent news! The group from the Bloodshed tavern is willing to take you along to the Crimson Rock Mountain!”