Chapter 743: Pay With Your Life (1/2)

The ancestral hall went silent. The eyes of the clan lord and fifth elder fell upon Xue Ding and Xue Wu. The two brothers had little contact since Xue Ding became the Wolf King’s foster son, and most of them were in secret. Who would have a relationship with them and coincidentally come to seek help at such a time?

As smart people, both the clan lord and elder had already gotten an idea after listening to the report.

Xue Ding said hurriedly, “Wait.”

However, the fifth elder had already started speaking. “As I see it, we should seize that man first. Things will be troublesome if he falls into the Wolf King’s hands.”

“How can he fall into the Wolf King’s hands? Port City isn’t under his jurisdiction!” However, Xue Ding’s argument received no response.

The Xue clan lord nodded, saying, “We should indeed capture him first and observe.”

Xue Ding could only sigh as the matter had already been decided.

…

Qianye and Nighteye took their sweet time packing their things, spending almost the entire night. The courtyard wasn’t big, but there were many small things inside. The only thing truly valuable was the store of beast meat in the ice room and the wood used to build the house. However, the two found many little things they were reluctant to leave behind. For instance, wooden sculptures, handmade furniture, lamps, etc. There were so many little things here filled with good memories.

Qianye had never imagined he would be so attached to trivialities.

Yet this wasn’t a move but a long journey, so they couldn’t put them away. After repeated deliberation, Nighteye decided to take away a wooden sculpture of Qianye running through the wilderness while carrying her on his back. She simply had to have this carving despite some flaws in the knifework.

After everything had been cleared away, Qianye placed piles of firewood around the small courtyard—this home would be no more after igniting them.

“I feel a bit reluctant,” Nighteye said softly.

“I’ll build you an even better one later on.”

Nighteye sighed gently. “Dummy, that’s not the same.”

“What else can we do then?” Qianye was bewildered.

Nighteye said hesitantly, “Nothing, wherever you go, I’ll follow. That’s enough.”

Qianye was still puzzled. “I’ll bring you along of course, that’s a given.”

“Mm, okay.”

Qianye found Nighteye’s thoughts to be quite strange, but he was no Song Seven. Grasping a lady’s thoughts wasn’t his specialty, so he decided not to spend more thought on this. He ignited the torch and tossed it into the firewood pile. The Black Grove wood burst into raging flames that surged into the sky.

The flickering blaze projected its light upon the two, pulling their shadows further.

As the fire reached its peak, Qianye said with a sigh, “Let’s go, there’s no need to look further.”

Nighteye nodded. She had already etched the flames into her mind and had no wish to see their home reduced to embers.

Qianye halted his steps at this moment and, without a moment of hesitation, blasted a nearby shadow with Cui Yuanhai’s giant gun!

This was the gun’s maiden blast. Its rumble reverberated through the Black Grove and even echoed on the Eastern Sea. A shockwave spread out in all directions, causing the nearby flames to lean to one side.

Despite his strong constitution, Qianye found his ears ringing from the sudden blast. This was no gun! In terms of soundwaves, even a heavy cannon couldn’t get louder than this.

The origin flames that spat out from the muzzle were several meters long, forming an incomparably magnificent fire dragon. That origin bullet itself was engulfed in flames as it smashed the target like a shooting star.

Following a cry of astonishment, a figure shot away from the shadows and, at the brink of crisis, produced a round shield to protect his body.

The bullet blasted onto the shield, tearing it into many pieces. Naturally, the owner wasn’t in better shape. He let out a miserable cry and fell to the ground like a kite with its strings cut.

Nighteye flitted past Qianye like a specter, a strange wiggling shadow reflected in her eyes. A wretched cry rang out from the distance as two men stumbled out of the shadows. They began rolling on the ground with their hands tightly clutching their chests.

Qianye pulled back the bolt and shook out a smoking, fist-sized round. Then, he pushed a new shell inside and closed the latch.

Seeing Qianye ready to shoot, a human silhouette moved across the distant treetop and fled into the distance. This person had lost confidence in his hiding abilities after seeing his companions being injured one after the other.

However, Qianye took his sweet time reloading because he was waiting for this moment. In a flash, he activated the Eye of Control, and that person’s legs were yanked back violently as though they had been lassoed!

The person had already jumped into the air at this point. How could he have the ability to change directions midway? He immediately fell headfirst to the ground and was sent into a daze.

Terrified, he struggled with all his might and finally managed to untangle the invisible rope around his ankles. He had just clambered up when a gun of shocking size and firepower appeared in front of his eyes.

“Bang!” Qianye smashed the target’s head with the gun, effectively knocking him out. The old man’s gun was indeed quite sturdy—it could pound a mammoth unconscious and still remain intact.