Chapter 262 - Substitutes (2/2)

Yu Yifeng stepped forward and asked with a frown, “Junior Brother Xiao, what should we do now?”

Somewhat flabbergasted, Han Moyang asked, “Are you really planning to go to Grade 5 and 6 districts?”

Xiao Chen’s brows were tightly furrowed. After a moment of contemplation, he replied, “We can take a look. Brother Han, Brother Qin, are you guys coming with us?”

Qin Shaoyang shook his head. “Forget it. We just came back from that place. No thanks.”

After thinking for a moment, Han Moyang put on a wry smile. “I’ll wish you good luck then.” He made it clear that he wasn’t going either.

Moments later, the Xianyong Sect and the Order of the Countless Blades disciples excused themselves. Xiao Chen looked at his injured team members and asked, “How are you guys doing?”

“I’m fine. Let’s go,” Luo Shangyan said as she rose to her feet.

The team once again set forth on their journey, this time heading southwest. The sky was overcast the entire way. Four hours later, they entered an ancient woods and heard voices in the distance. There was no shortage of cursing and insults exchanged in that conversation.

“Xiao Chen and None-flower Dust, those two b*stards! Just because their cultivation is high, they think they can be bullies! One day, someone will surely sort them out!”

“Forget it. Just consider it our misfortune. Sigh.”

Xiao Chen couldn’t help his astonishment. When he went near the voices, he saw seven to eight youngsters bearing white badges walking in their direction. They were from the Middle Continent. One of them was still livid as he said, “That b*stard Xiao Chen thinks he’s above everyone! Someone must have died in his family! I swear, he’ll get his comeuppance one day!”

Xiao Chen was even more surprised. Who was the one who considered himself above everyone else, for this person to scold him in his face? Just as he was about to question that person, Ziyun’er glared at him and bellowed, “Who do you think you’re scolding?!”

That person was so frightened that he jumped. The rest were also terrified and swiftly fled the place. Yu Yifeng was confused. Frowning, he asked, “Junior Brother Xiao…”

Xiao Chen shook his head. “Never mind. Let’s go.”

The next few groups of people that they met would curse out Xiao Chen and None-flower Dust without fail. The old saying went that one shouldn’t implicate the family of one’s enemy, but these people said some very unpleasant words. They even went as far as cursing Xiao Chen and None-flower Dust’s eighteen generations of ancestors.

Xiao Chen was beginning to lose his patience. When he saw another group, he went up to them and asked, “Friend, why are you cursing those two?”

Even though one had to be on guard when meeting another group of people in the Forest of Illusory Moon, Xiao Chen and his teammates weren’t bearing arms and exuded no murderous aura. Clearly, they weren’t here to rob them of their Hearts of Illusory Moon. Thus, that person wasn’t afraid. He pointed to the way he had come in and said indignantly, “Those b*stards are blocking passersby and robbing them blind. They’re making everyone hand over a portion of their Hearts. If we don’t hand them over? Death. Who’d dare to provoke those famous Harbingers of Death?”

Xiao Chen nodded. “Thank you for letting me know. I get it now.”

The person kindly warned him, “Brother, let me warn you. One is steeped in evil aura, the other kills without blinking. You must not go down this path.” With that, he led his team in leaving the place.

Shortly after, Yu Yifeng looked at Xiao Chen. “Junior Brother Xiao, looks like someone doing evil deeds using your name.”

Ziyun’er said indignantly, “We must check this out! How can we let them smear Master’s reputation as they please?”

Mu Shaoai sneered. “Looks like things are getting interesting.”

The team walked in the direction that the person pointed in. An hour later, they saw a crowd gathered at the entrance of an expanse of woods. Two in the crowd stood out. Dressed in cyan clothes, he looked rather scholarly, but his expression was arrogant and despotic. He looked rather frightening with a blood-red broadsword resting on his shoulders.

The other person was dressed in white, feathered clothes and had a delicately-carved feathered fan in his hand. He must have powdered his face to make it look pale and flawless.

The youngster carrying the blood-red broadsword on his shoulder said loudly, “All you need to remember is that my name is Xiao Chen. I have a thousand ways to make your life unbearable in the Violet Manor. If you want to try me, I don’t mind playing along.”

Some admitted their misfortune after hearing this and obediently handed over a portion of their Hearts of Illusory Moon. Some clenched their fists so hard that their bones creaked, but when they saw the blood-red broadsword, they dared not to even express their anger.