Chapter 406: To Splurge (1/2)

There weren’t that many void realm cultivators to begin with, and ones who’d received the Dao Flower’s blessing before its disappearance were rarer than hen’s teeth. Those kinds of cultivators were the precious jewels of every faction and carefully protected, not only because they possessed immense potential and strength, but also because they’d invented their own void realm methods and walked their own path. Theirs were futures that would lead their factions to new peaks of everlasting glory.

Personages like them were always accompanied by a heavy guard whenever they traveled, with at least one arcane dao immortal following by their side. However, this boy who called himself ‘Qing Yu’s Sidekick’ was swaggering through Destiny City without a care in the world.

“Did the monster spirit cultivators and disciple of the city lord target these two because they know Sidekick’s background?”

“The city lord is a heavyweight himself, on par with a celestial emperor. Is he also afraid of these void realm cultivators developing?”

A thick buzz of conversation started among the crowd as speculations flew thick and furious about the city lord’s disciple’s true motives for targeting the two.

In the building next to the plaza, the disciple looked on broodingly. He hadn’t thought Lu Yun would be in the void realm.

“That explains why Yi Tianling died at their hands. There must be someone else behind them, and the Blood Ganoderma is in that person’s hands!” His eyes narrowed in thought. “I need to find a way to take these two alive and draw out their backer!”

Previously, he’d only suspected they were the new owners of the spirit herb. But now, with Lu Yun displaying his level of cultivation, it cemented the disciple's nebulous hunch.

……

Meanwhile, Lu Yun was quite resigned as well. He hadn’t wanted to reveal his cultivation, but this stone stele was simply too remarkable. One had to call upon their cultivation to leave a mark on its surface; cultivation was the brush for one’s name.

He’d deployed the Tome of Life and Death just now to suppress his cultivation to the lowest level possible, but it'd still given rise to unnatural phenomena and drawn the attention of the crowd.

Who knows what would've happened if he’d fully unleashed his cultivation?

Qing Han was very much the same and had suppressed his cultivation just now with the starstones. Otherwise his—her—phenomena would've been even stronger. However, the disguised girl was currently glaring viciously at Lu Yun.

Qing Yu’s Sidekick?

What the heck is that?

The cultivators around them were already looking at them weirdly. After all, a man called ‘Qing Yu’ and another called ‘Qing Yu’s Sidekick’… anyone would suspect of something going on between them.

Come on, they were currently disguised as two men!

Lu Yun hummed an unknown ditty and sidled up to Qing Han, not feeling the least bit awkward. His skin was many times thicker than Qing Han’s.

“Come on, let’s go. The Blood Restoration Pill is ready. Let’s go find a place where I can stand guard for you.” Lu Yun suddenly whispered next to Qing Han’s ear, sending the disguised girl into a daze. He picked up her hand and the two vanished into the crowd.

“Uh… what?” The cultivators looked around blankly after the two left.

“Are the two of them… dao partners?” Strange expressions floated onto many faces.

“Humans. Interesting as always.” Cultivators of other races looked around with weird looks as well, some at the crowd, and others at the pair that’d just vanished.

…...

Teeming with people as it was, all of the inns and cultivation locales in Destiny City had long been occupied by disciples of various peak factions. There were no empty rooms to be had, no matter the price.

But of course, there were always exceptions to be made.