203 Battle in the Maple Fores (1/2)

”Alright, but you be careful.” Jun Wu Yi agreed in a heartbeat. He had already realized that if his nephew wanted to go alone, then he must have his own reasons.

Jun Wu Yi was rather confident of his nephew's abilities, and wanted to return to his own personal practice as soon as possible instead of worrying needlessly about his nephew's whereabouts.

A few days ago, Jun Mo Xie had given Jun Wu Yi a detailed outline of a very mysterious sword-play technique stating that he had accidentally stumbled upon it. Initially Jun Wu Yi had scoffed at the technique refusing to believe its validity, but had later realized that the technique was indeed very effective. In fact, Jun Wu Yi was completely taken by this technique since it was subtler than anything he had ever seen before, and could still be used to impulsively kill off an enemy with a burst of strength!

Moreover, this technique was so precise, that it was rather difficult to dodge if applied correctly! Jun Mo Xie had studied several ancient weapons in his previous incarnation, and had sorted out his knowledge to formulate a technique which suited Jun Wu Yi's temperament.

Jun Wu Yi had fought in several wars as a younger man, and was cold-blooded but impulsive military general, which made this law a perfect fit for his nature!

It was as if the technique was made to his measure! As a result, Jun Wu Yi had been madly trying to learn it.

The uncle and nephew duo split up.

Jun Mo Xie was a bit confused since the fray for the Xuan Core had already ended, which meant that all the experts who had previously gathered in the Tian Xiang City should've already dispersed by now. However, for some reason, the Solitary Eagle was hadn't left the city yet...

The young master Jun had always known that it was impossible to know the entire story behind any man's actions, but he had already figured out that the Solitary Eagle was never interested in the Xuan Core itself, and had only come looking to find the right opponents to fight against. He knew well that in case the Solitary Eagle had been interested in the Xuan Core, then he could've easily escaped with the Xuan Core at any time he wanted to, and no one present on the scene could've obstructed his path; so much so, that even the two Xuan Beasts from the Tian Fa forest wouldn't have been able to catch up with him.

[So, what is he doing here today? ]

[Perhaps, there's something else in the Tian Xiang City which has caught his attention? Could it be that he's found another expert to fight against? ]

Jun Mo Xie had been wracking his brains to get close to the Solitary Eagle right from the beginning, which is why he had engaged the Solitary Eagle in such enticing conversations and had offered him such fine wine.

However, his plan had to be pushed out ahead of scheduled time, and the unexpected arrival of so many Sky Xuan and Spirit Xuan experts left Jun Mo Xie overwhelmed.

Later, once the battle for the Xuan Core had terminated, Jun Mo Xie realized that he could use the help of those two Xuan Beasts from the Tian Fa forest to do his necessary tasks, which meant that he no longer needed the Solitary Eagle to carry out his immediate plans!

As a result, even though he had planned everything very precisely, he was forced improvise quickly in order to adapt to the quickly changing circumstances.

However, the young master Jun's heart had still been nursing some grievances in this particular regard: [I spent so much time and energy in planning everything out, and now it's all gone to waste? What a complete waste of my time and energy! ]

Jun Mo Xie was bit disappointed with himself since he knew that it would be very difficult to track down the Solitary Eagle once the man had left the Tian Xiang City. However, now that Jun Mo Xie unexpectedly saw the Solitary Eagle's figure in the Tian Xiang City again, he was obviously unwilling to let go of this opportunity!

Therefore, the hitman Jun immediately followed after the disappearing master in full speed!

The hitman's speed and agility were second to none, but no matter how hard he to tried to push himself, he still found himself unable to catch up to the Solitary Eagle; in fact the distance between them kept increasing steadily! This is not to say that Jun Mo Xie was short on skills; his Xuan Qi was still quite low, and although his cultivation had shown a lot of improvement of late, but it was still only equivalent to that of a junior Gold Xuan expert. However, the young master Jun was confident that after breaking into the second layer of the Hongjun Pagoda, his strength would reach at par with an Earth Xuan expert's Xuan Qi as per the Xuan Xuan continent's standards.

However, that was to be taken into writing much later, but for now he had already lost sight of the Solitary Eagle's figure; but still, the hitman didn't give up, and continued on this wild-goose chase by pairing his assassin's skills and intuitive abilities with the clues at hand for tracking the Solitary Eagle down.

~ The Maple Forest, south of the City ~

The maple leaves appeared as red as blood in color under the late autumn sunset.

The autumn wind was whistling through this seemingly forest of blood, and it seemed as if the thousands of maple leaves which had once adorned the branches of the trees of this forest were no longer able to resist the force of the wind and were falling and flowing in the it, making them seem like waves of blood surging up and down a sea of blood...

The entire horizon seemed to be painted in blood!

One blue-robed lonesome figure was standing quietly in the wind, and although he was standing motionlessly on his spot, but his fluttering robes made it seem as if his body was an embodiment of a turbulent sea with waves rolling up and down, roaring and rippling endlessly. The azure-blue color of this man's robes was complimenting the deep red color of the forest in background, and it seemed to be creating a strange but serene, hostile but peaceful picture.

His azure hair was raised in the wind, and seemed to be merging into the blue sky above. Although numerous leaves were falling to ground, but the ones around him would inevitably circle around him, and his blue hair didn't seem to have been contaminated by them at all. His eyes were calm and composed, with no hints of sadness for the road behind, no desires or hope for the one ahead, no panic, and no fear.

This man was Hai Chen Feng!