106 Lingyun Town (1/2)
Xue Wei looked at Hei Gou with a puzzled look. He then raised his head and looked at the many Fierce Beasts that had gathered around them, and snorted.
”Just a single beast. Not able to do much,” he said in a joking manner. ”You have roused a beast horde. Although humans can control an army, I think it is rather astounding that you could get such a big group of beasts to gather so fast.”
Hei Gou scratched his head in embarrassment for a bit of time and said no more. The beasts kept arriving from within the Northern Taiga. Some were wounded after encountering humans on the way. But as long as they had not died, these beasts would continue onwards towards the task that had been given to them by the Celestial Dog.
”I am likely to be chased even more vigorously after this,” Hei Gou said after a bit of time. ”Previously, I would have been attacked due to the fact that I ran away from home, and any Primordial Beast that saw me would kill me, but no one would be sent to hunt me down.”
”Now I am using my power to rouse beast hordes even when I have not been permitted to do so. They might even send hunters after us.”
”Is that different from the company that's chasing us?” Xue Wei grinned. ”We are outcasts; neither beasts nor humans will hesitate to kill us. Being chased might prove problematic, but how are they going to locate us later on?”
”We will just take a quick trip to Lingyun town, and then head to the center of the continent. I am sure that it will be even harder for them to locate us in that place.”
Hei Gou nodded his head. The slight insecurity in his heart vanished when he saw that Xue Wei had no fear about the future.
”Right, let them chase us if they want!” Hei Gou grinned as he looked at the many beasts that were moving towards Lingyun town. Once all of them had passed the two of them, Xue Wei and Hei Gou finally continued on to their destination.
The distance was short, and all the beasts had run rampant into the town. Although they were doing their best to not destroy the village itself, it had been left to the elements, and the snow had almost completely buried the area.
Many of the houses had roofs that had collapsed from heavy snow and lack of treatment; there were houses that had turned to ruins, and only a couple of the houses had held up against the strong weather.
Every road in the city was currently filled with Fierce Beasts that patrolled the area, on the constant lookout for humans.
Here and there, the clashing of weapons and claws could be heard. Although the humans had done what they could to hide themselves, they had not all been successful. A few of the humans had been unnerved by the sheer amount of beasts, resulting in them being found.
Xue Wei strolled into town together with Hei Gou. Neither of them hid their presence, nor did they try to sneak in. Instead, they just walked leisurely, as if there was no one hunting them.
Many of the humans who had been laying in wait for Xue Wei to arrive saw them enter the town. Xue Wei had removed the bamboo hat, revealing his features, and everyone could recognize him right away. While they did recognize him, none of them could remember ever seeing anyone as handsome as Hei Gou.
”Primordial Beast,” someone muttered to himself, and at that moment everyone reached the exact same conclusion.
There was no longer any doubt about Xue Wei colluding with a beast considering that a whole beast horde had been roused to attack the city at the same time as Xue Wei appeared.
No human from the Kingdom of Heping would ever travel together with him, and the only answer would be that this human that was by his side was a Primordial Beast.
”It makes sense,” another human said to himself from his hiding space where he was observing the situation. ”The Ice Harpy called him her brother, so for him to travel alone would be too risky. I am sure that this Primordial Beast is a bodyguard issued by the Primordial Beast Society.”
”This just leaves the question, is he a human or beast himself? Is he being valued highly because of his mission to be Xiao Lei's nephew, or is there something we do not understand in this?”
Although most of the humans were in hiding, none of them were in a panic because of the sheer amount of beasts around them. The beast horde had at most a few Fierce Beasts equivalent to Heavenly Warriors. The humans had a dozen or more that had come to lie in wait for Xue Wei.
”Although I admit that this is troublesome,” one of these people said, sighing, ”we will be able to escape with no problem because of our strength, but touching Xue Wei when he is moving freely inside this massive group of beasts is a dream that cannot come true.”
Xue Wei walked down the streets of Lingyun Town casually and without any special expression on his face. On the other hand, when they were on their way over, Xue Wei had been nervous.
He felt that his memories were about to return to him, and he could not help but feel worried. Was he going to hate beasts again after remembering what he had gone through in the past?
Xue Wei was worried on the way, but when he saw the buildings in the distance, he started to feel a bit of familiarity. It was as if he had been here before, as if he had just returned home. The feelings of nervousness and fear were replaced with relaxation and comfort.
Although Xue Wei was getting feelings of familiarity, and although he had no doubt in his mind that this was his home, there were no signs of his repressed memories resurfacing.
Xue Wei frowned as he walked further and further into the town. There were buildings that he could vaguely remember. Faces appeared in his mind, and he suddenly remembered what the village had looked like in its prime.