Chapter 124 - One Person Against a Country (1/2)

Chapter 124: One Person Against a Country

“You…”

Xiao Jiancheng pressed his hands to his chest as though in a daze in an effort to staunch the flow of blood. To his despair, it continued to seep out between his fingers as he began to tremble more and more violently with anxiety.

Finally, Xiao Jiancheng spat out a word as he glanced at the figure in white who landed soundly beside him, before collapsing with a look of indignation.

Thud!

As he fell, he still bore a look of indignation in his dulled eyes that were staring ferociously ahead.

…

After Xiao Jiancheng collapsed, the only sound in the large courtyard was the sound of the two golden-crowned eagles flapping their wings as they circled in the air.

Zhou Donghuang sat at the stone table, raising his tea that had not yet cooled and taking a sip. Then he looked evenly at the four men from the Chu royal family.

When the four men, who had been shocked at how Xiao Jiancheng had been killed in a single attack, became aware of the youth’s gaze, their expressions changed completely. Looks of fear and panic simultaneously began to show in their eyes.

Although there were four of them, they might not even have been a match for Xiao Jiancheng.

Earlier, their courage had been destroyed by the shock of Xiao Jiancheng’s death, how could they entertain any notion of hostility?

Thud!

The Chu king Xiang Xiong was the first to grit his teeth and kneel down, paying his respects to the youth. “Xiang Xiong was confused and offended Young Master Donghuang, hopefully, hopefully I can make amends to Young Master Donghuang!”

As the king of the Western Ridge of the Chu King, the Chu king Xiang Xiong placed great importance on his dignity, but in these circumstances, and after seeing that even Xiao Jiancheng and the Cloud Condor sent by the imperial court of Yunyang had been killed in one attack by the youth before him, his dignity was no longer relevant and was now the last thing on his mind.

Now, he had only one concern, and that was to survive at any cost.

He had not witnessed the youth’s tactic before, although he had heard about it.

His wife Fan Ji’s family had been wiped out by the two golden-crowned eagles at the youth’s command… someone so ruthless that he would wipe out an entire family might well decide to wipe out the Chu royal family in a fit of anger!

Although the Chu royal family had a Great Consummation adept, he had only been recently promoted several years ago and was no match for Xiao Jiancheng. How could he be a match for this youth who had killed Xiao Jiancheng with one strike?

“Young Master Donghuang, show mercy!”

“Young Master Donghuang, show mercy!”

…

The Chu king Xiang Xiong had already fallen to his knees, and as his subordinates, Xue Meng and the other two men followed suit without hesitation. If one looked closely, it could be seen that their bodies were trembling slightly.

The fearsomeness of the youth’s ability was something they could not have imagined in their wildest dreams.

Even the techniques of a Connate stage adept… could not match up?

The three of them were trembling in their hearts.

Of course, they could be sure of one detail, and it was that the youth was not a Connate stage adept.

When a Connate stage adept was in action, the great amount of Connate stage qi would flow to the surface of the adept’s body and be revealed.

Exuding qi was the hallmark of a Connate stage adept.

Moreover, the youth had not exuded any trace of qi when he had struck first, nor when he had demonstrated what they suspected was a first-grade swiftness technique. This proved that he was not a Connate stage adept and was at most a Great Consummation adept.

Zhou Donghuang merely swept a glance over the four men of the Chu royal family as they knelt down, and it was only at the sight of their pale faces and visibly palpitations that he responded.

Zhou Donghuang took out a piece of paper that was crammed with writing, tossing it into the air and sending it floating lightly to land in front of Xiang Xiong. “You have three months to gather all the herbs on it… if you fail, I’ll kill the four of you in three months’ time.”

Xiang Xiong and the others heaved a huge sigh of relief at Zhou Donghuang’s words, and thanked him profusely.

“Farewell, Young Master Donghuang.”

Xiang Xiong did not even see what herbs were written on the paper that Zhou Donghuang had tossed over before putting it away in his pocket like a treasure. He knew that he had to do everything in his power to gather all these herbs.

Xiang Xiong, the Chu king of the Western Ridge of the Chu King, had arrived with confidence and authority but left with dejectedly with clipped wings.

As for the corpses of Xiao Jiancheng and the Cloud Condor, Xue Meng and the two men self-consciously tidied up the area for the youth before carrying them away, following Xiang Xiong as he departed.

Although the Cloud Condor was a Petty Consummation demon and it had many valuable parts, Zhou Donghuang was unable to make use of it. Therefore, he did not instruct the four men from the Chu royal family to return with the dismembered parts.

Those parts were extremely valuable, but was he short of money at the moment?

Today, he had shown mercy by sparing the lives of these four men, and if he needed money, he only had to ask. Could the Chu royal family refuse him? Would they dare to?

“Young Master, you let them off just like that?” Little Gold could not help asking as he watched the four men from the Chu royal family depart, and Zhou Donghuang having no intention to strike.

He continued without waiting for Zhou Donghuang’s reply, “Today, they will not let Young Master off lightly since you have shown the ability to kill that Petty Consummation flying demon and that Great Consummation adept.”

“I know,” Zhou Donghuang replied casually. “However, if I kill them, what do I gain? Sparing them would be more useful.”