188 I Only Have Eyes For You (1/2)

We have no malice?

Of course, nowadays, the theme of the Immortal Cultivation World in the Nine Region was peace and development. Those who blatantly shouted we are here to destroy and conquer the barbarians were getting less and less, and their keeping appearance skill kept improving.

Even if it were clear the army has trampled the opposing side under their boots, which caused innocent people to suffer in hardships, the general carrying the flag would still hold up his bloody hand high and shout: ”We bring you democracy and freedom!”

Yes, the left hand was democracy, while the right hand was freedom. The two hands would successively break your muscle and fracture your rib!

Therefore, when he heard that brown-skinned cultivator said they mean no harm, Wang Lu just smiled.

”Only the dead have no malice. Why don’t you raise your sword and slit your own throat, and then I’ll believe you.”

That brown cultivator paid no heed to his mockery. With an unchanging smile, he said, ”I am A Xia. Beside me is the cat girl Ling Yan. I believe you guys have seen each other previously.”

A Xia said, and then his smile gradually retracted as he assumed a more serious pose. However, his pair of jet-black eyes were still elusive.

”One week ago, we were instructed by the Great Elder of the Grand Cloud Mountain Division to solve the problem of the three of you.”

Wang Lu asked, ”And then you come without malice?”

A Xia said, ”Correct. Because I always feel that many things can be settled peacefully.”

”Settled peacefully?”

”Yes. For example, I am here on behalf of the Beast Master School Grand Cloud Mountain Division to plead the three of you to bury the hatchet of enmity and turn hostility into friendship.”

Hearing this remark, Wang Lu repeatedly nodded. ”Mm, when rape is unfeasible, then comes the seduction, your calculation is sound.”

A Xia smiled again. ”Yes, I have calculated it carefully. If I insist in trading swords with you three, I don’t know how much troublesome it would be. A middle-level Jindan Stage with spiritual treasure that can come and go at will in my Beast Master School’s inescapable net. For such an opponent, I might be able to defeat and even expel them, but to completely solve the problem, perhaps even our Great Elder wouldn’t be able to, not to mention that we are doing something important that need all our manpower and resources. If we have to divide our manpower to deal with you three, I’m afraid it would be difficult to do both successfully, so why bother?”

Upon hearing this, Xiao Qi froze, and then said, ”You, this person, are something else. Very different than those brutal beasts.”

A Xia slightly cupped his hand across his chest. ”Frankly speaking, my cultivation base is shallow and intelligence dull. In this life, I have no hope to even go a step further. So naturally, I’m unlike the others. However, it is also because of this that some problems that they can’t solve, I actually can. In my opinion, there is no deep hatred between the two sides, so it is absolutely unnecessary to make it so stiff.”

Xiao Qi asked, ”No deep hatred?”

A Xia said, ”Is it worth to grudge over mere thousands of dogs? It was just the original Elder who handled this matter who overreacted. If you are willing to let it go, we will offer our sincere apologies for our rudeness.”

With that, he turned to Wang Lu. ”Likewise, I would also like to apologize to you for the rudeness of Elder Chi Hou.”

Wang Lu sneered. ”If apologies are useful, why do people still burn false paper money for the dead?”

A Xia repeatedly nodded. ”Precisely, words are empty, and thus, in order to win your trust and show our sincerity… see this.”

With that, A Xia took out a dangling thing from his loose robe. Upon seeing it, Wang Lu was stunned. It was actually an arm! It was a muscular arm with rough bones. He remembered it pretty well. It was the right hand of Chi Hou!

”He is an Elder of the Beast Master School, but because of the lax in rule, two disciples under him conspired to take your spirit beast. Later, he also obsessed with it and even personally tried to grab it by force from you… In accordance with the Beast Master School rules, we must strictly punish him. Now, I have taken one of his arms as a token of apology, I wonder if I can get your forgiveness?”

Not to mention the arm part, with his status as a Jindan Stage Daoist Master alone, to willingly lower himself and spoke that obsequious to Wang Lu, it was truly rare. Although A Xia’s pair of strange eyes still very much elusive, this stance was really impeccable.

Wang Lu lightly laughed. ”You sure know how to make use of waste.”

That day, he, Liu Li and Quan Zouhua jointly repelled Chi Hou, killed his two spirit beasts, and broke his magical treasure. This caused Chi Hou to lose sixty percent of his original strength. Although he was still in the Jindan Stage, according to Wang Lu’s level qualification, Chi Hou’s power level has already fallen to Jindan - n, an unknown amount of level. After suffering such a heavy blow, with Chi Hou’s intelligence and disposition, wanting to make a comeback was easier said than done. He was indeed just a waste.

And for an arm of a waste, was there any value in it?

And Wang Lu, without compunction, actually pointed out this issue, giving the opposite party a taste of face slapping.

However, A Xia was still not angry. He continued to nod. ”Indeed, this alone is not enough to prove our sincerity. Therefore… Ling Yan, come here.”

The cat-eared girl under the cloak behind him trembled, slowly walked forward and removed the hood.

It was still that same young, immature-looking yet not lacking in heroic spirit beast girl. It was just that, compared to several days ago, her complexion now was deathly pale and she completely lost her spirit. Moreover, she also wore a black eye-patch, which blocked her right eye.

Then, the girl stretched out her right hand. In her palm, there was a flickering cat eye’s stone.

”You!?”

Xiao Qi was extremely surprised and even somewhat angry. Next to her, Wang Lu’s eyes slightly widened; this was obviously an unexpected scene to him.

A Xia, still smiling, said, ”With this high-grade spirit object as compensation, it should be able to prove our sincerity.”

Wang Lu was silent. Xiao Qi was silent. Liu Li looked at the girl and the cat’s eye stone in her hand in disbelief, wanting to say something, but in the end did not know what to say.