The Man Blocking the Road

Qū Dōng Liú's death drew no one's attention, nor did it cause any repercussions.

Except for Qu Ting'er, who discovered the next day that her brother had vanished. Yet she merely assumed that his martial arts had reached completion and that he had gone out to roam the world, unwilling to continue skulking and hiding away in the estate.

It was not that Qu Ting'er did not care about Qū Dōng Liú. Rather, she had always believed her brother's martial arts were formidable enough that no danger could possibly befall him.

Helan Xiaojun felt more relief than concern upon hearing the news. Frankly speaking, the Helan Family had taken a tremendous risk in sheltering an outcast of the martial world like Qū Dōng Liú. Should it be exposed, their reputation would suffer greatly.

Now that the man was gone, they had naturally shed a hidden danger. Not only was it no bad thing—it was a good thing.

As for Duàn Yì, two days later, he finally set out on the road back to Mengzhou with Helan Yue'er and the two elders...

On a cliffside platform overgrown with weeds, a plump wild rabbit pursed its lips as it chewed on green grass. Suddenly, its long ears twitched, and its ruby-like eyes blinked. Startled, it turned and fled wildly, vanishing in an instant.

A rustling of footsteps sounded. The weeds bent beneath their weight, and out stepped a tall, burly man, terrifyingly powerful, like a giant spirit deity.

He had a lion's nose and broad mouth, thick brows and full lips. Open and resolute in bearing, he possessed an innate air of heroic boldness.

His shoulders were broad and his waist sturdy, his arms thicker than tree stumps, his great hands like bear paws. Judging by his build alone, he was the