Chapter 139 - Guest From The Dragon Race (1/2)

Zhong Yue's eyes flashed, his voice was cold and grave, "Qimei, these guys? For what reason were they bullying you all?"

Yu Xuanji glanced over at Hu Qimei, taking the hint, she put up a smile and answered, "Nothing much, just small matters."

"What small matters?"

Hu Qingqing blurted out rapidly, "These brats took advantage of your heavy injuries and provoked you. Not only that, your injuries were just made worse before you could even recuperate from them! From the way I see it, they are just trying to take your lives!"

Zhong Yue slightly locked his brows, he continued, "What's going on?"

Yu Xuanji gave a bitter smile, he said, "This has nothing to do with Brother Long Yue, it's because Hu Qimei and I have become the candidates for saint city lord's disciple. This naturally didn't sit well with certain groups of Qi Practitioners, and that's why they came looking for trouble. This is the saint city lord's manor, although these brats are rampant, they do not dare to kill us here. It's only that they keep coming, disrupting me from my recovery. Senior Martial Brother Hei tried to stand up for me, but was injured by their Awakening Qi Practitioners."

Zhong Yue tilted his head and looked at Hu Qimei, "So it's is the same with Hu Qimei?"

Hu Qimei nodded and sighed in resignation.

Hei Hu's face turned crimson red in shame and he said, "They're here looking for trouble with Qimei and Xuanji's, if we stand up in defense, their Awakening Qi Practitioner will just block us down. I'm ashamed, our foe has already opened the Wan Xiang Wheel, and we are no match for that. These brats, they've come in groups, one after another, an endless cycle of harassment. Xuanji and I didn't even have the time to recover…."

Hu Qingqing sneered coldly, "They're planning to kill you while you are sick and weak! How is this any form of duel, they're just trying to kill Xuanji and Qimei at whatever cost! What other reason was there for all of them to be accompanied by a Wan Xiang Wheel expert, coincidentally just one level higher than us?"

Yu Xuanji hesitated for a while and he said, "They should be doing all of this under the behest of Heavenly Monster Li Jun's instructions. Directing the fire upon us so to force Brother Long Yue to step out, all so that he can kill him."

Zhong Yue pondered for a moment and whispered to them, "Senior Martial Brother Hei, Senior Martial Sister Qing, can you two rush back to your sects and convey this matter to your teachers?"

"Such small matters, this shouldn't be worth our teachers' time and energy?"

Hei Hu and Hu Qing Qing gazed at each other, they said, "My teacher is the Keep Master of the Jade Dragon Keep and Senior Martial Sister's teacher is the City Lord of Luo Ying City. They both hold high posts and great prestige. This is just merely a power struggle between the disciples, troubling them will be like making a fuss over nothing."

"This is not a fuss."

Zhong Yue shook his head and responded, "This is the saint city lord's manor, who dares to just intrude and simply have their way with the disciple candidates for the saint city lord? Who gave them the guts to do so? Although Heavenly Monster Li Jun's guts are big and he has a wide circle of acquaintances, those Qi Practitioners aren't idiots either — if they were to enrage the saint city lord, they would die for sure. And yet, they still dare to find trouble with you, what could all of this mean?"

Hu Qingqing was baffled, "You are saying that?"

"The great saint city lord, had agreed tacitly to all of this."

Zhong Yue's face turned solemn, "The [Monster God Ming King Art] can only be cultivated by the members of the saint city lord, and yet, Brother Xuanji and Qimei have learned it. If you two were to be allowed to live, the [Monster God Ming King Art] would no longer remain the exclusive secret technique of the saint city lord. Even more so, it's impossible for the two of you to be the saint city lord's closed-door disciple. Hence, so as to prevent the [Monster God Ming King Art] from disseminating out, the two of you must die."

A frosty chill was sent down their spines. Meanwhile, Zhong Yue continued calmly, "Without the saint city lord's tacit agreement, even if Heavenly Monster Li Jun were to be given a thousand guts, he still wouldn't even dare to look for trouble with the two of you. But with the lord's agreement, he wouldn't hesitate to seize the chance and eliminate the two of you, thereby also forcing me to step out at the same time so that he can have the opportunity to kill me once and for all! Senior Martial Brother Hei and Senior Martial Sister Qing, I would advise the two of you to leave the saint city for now and convey this matter to your teachers. This may be your only avenue for survival!"

Hei Hu struggled to get up and said, "There's a Jade Dragon Keep totem godly pillar in the saint city, it can transmit messages, I'll connect to my teacher now!"

Hu Qingqing also stood up, "So will I!"

And with that, the two of them left.

Suddenly, loud peals of laughter entered their ears, "Yu Xuanji, Hu Qimei, so the two of you are here. Good, good, then I don't have to take the trouble to go and visit you two one at a time!"

Zhong Yue followed the sound and cast his gaze over to it — there were two Qi Practitioners walking side by side. Their bodies were covered with furs, their heads were adorned with leather hats and their long furry tails were wagging on the ground. One was in the level of Rebirth while the other was in the Awakening stage.

The Rebirth Qi Practitioner smirked and said, "As soon as I came to learn that Brother Xuanji and Qimei had become the candidates for the saint city lord's disciple, my heart was filled with admiration and I was simply driven here to ask for your guidance, and to see what the difference between the saint city lord's candidate disciples and us commoners is! Qimei, Xuanji, which one of you shall come forward to teach me a thing or two?"

Yu Xuanji was furious, he bellowed out in anger, "Meng Xiang, my injuries still haven't recovered. Would you even dare to fight me after I've fully recovered? Taking advantage of my injuries and asking for a battle, what kind of ability is this?"

The two Qi Practitioners had originally cultivated to monster Practitioners from mongooses – their names were Meng Xiang and Meng She, ferocious beasts that hunted and fed on snakes.

"You are the Long Yue from East Ocean? I hear that you are also one of the candidates of the saint city lord's disciple, you must be stronger than the common riffraff? Are you interested in a duel?"