Waiting for Zhu by Guarding the Rabbit

Waiting for Zhu by Guarding the Rabbit

Three months later, Yin Hao and the others were only one month away from graduation.

Tang San looked at Yin Hao, who was preparing to leave, and spoke.

"Hao Ge, are you really leaving early?"

Yin Hao nodded.

"I still have some things to take care of, so I need to leave a month early. We'll meet again at Shrek Academy in a month."

Tang San nodded. After chatting with Yin Hao for a few more moments, he watched him leave. Of course, Xiao Wu also hopped along behind Yin Hao as she left with him.

Three days later, in a forest on the outskirts of Suotuo City.

Yin Hao was evenly sprinkling jars of barbecue seasoning over a wild boar he had caught earlier.

As time passed, wisps of fragrance drifted from the boar.

Xiao Wu, sitting nearby, could not help swallowing when she smelled it.

Just two days ago, she had stubbornly insisted that roasted meat could never taste better than Crystal Carrots. Yet in less than half a day, she had been proven wrong.

The expensive jars of barbecue seasoning exchanged from the System made the already tasty roasted meat even more enticing. That aroma, fragrant to the very bone, utterly captivated Xiao Wu.

Yin Hao glanced at Xiao Wu, who was staring eagerly at the roasted suckling pig, and could not help chuckling. Still... the stuff this damned System sold was truly expensive! A few tiny bottles of seasoning had cost Yin Hao ten Gold Soul Coins.

Besides, times had changed. With a bodyguard like Neon Phoenix Douluo at his side, selling... that kind of thing from tiger-type soul beasts like before would be rather degrading. Gold Soul Coins were only going out and not coming in now. It was killing him!

Yin Hao took the roasted suckling pig off the rack and placed it on the lotus leaf he had spread out earlier, then removed the stick.

Xiao Wu, who had been waiting for a long time, pounced the moment Yin Hao set it down. Not caring whether it was hot or not, she grabbed a pig leg and tore off a huge chunk of meat.

"Hiss... hot, hot, hot... hiss... so delicious..."

Seeing how eagerly Xiao Wu ate, Yin Hao reached out and rubbed her two little rabbit ears. Xiao Wu did not mind; she had long grown used to it. It seemed Yin Hao was very interested in both her braid and her rabbit ears.

She had once asked Yin Hao why, but he had said something about... increasing attack speed or whatever. She could not understand it, so she did not ask any further and instead focused on eating her roasted meat.

Yin Hao did not eat. Instead, he silently questioned the System in his heart.

System, are you even accurate? Didn't you say Zhu Zhuqing would pass by this area today? It's almost dark, and I haven't even seen a single cat hair. If you're not accurate, hurry up and return my two thousand Gold Soul Coins. Stop dragging this out.

Ahem... Host, please be patient. Wait a little longer, just a little longer...

Yin Hao had no choice. Who told him he had ended up with such a scam of a System?

Another two hours passed while he waited. The sun had already set. Though the sky had not yet completely darkened, the gray gloom greatly obstructed one's vision.

Host, the person you're waiting for has arrived.

Yin Hao instantly perked up.

"Where?"

At eleven o'clock, three thousand seven hundred meters away.

Hearing that, Yin Hao looked at Xiao Wu, who was sleeping beside him with her arm around his neck, and gently moved her arm away.

He then exchanged for a Net Eye from the System and left it where he was before racing toward the location provided by the System.

(Net Eye: Worth 1,000 Gold Soul Coins. A one-time-use item.

Effect: For six hours, it can detect disturbances and danger within a radius of five hundred meters and transmit the information into the Host's mind through brainwaves.)

At this moment, deep within the forest, a well-endowed woman in tight black clothing was clutching her chest as she darted between the trees.

Several middle-aged men dressed in nightclothes followed not far behind her. Their strengths varied, but all possessed at least three soul rings. One even had four soul rings, clearly making him a Soul Ancestor.

"Second Miss, there's no need to waste your strength. You can't run anymore. Just let us take you back."

Zhu Zhuqing did not stop because of the words of the people behind her. Take her back? They were probably planning to take her corpse back.

Ever since leaving Star Luo City, Zhu Zhuqing had been hunted all the way. As for who had sent them, she knew perfectly well. After enduring countless hardships and finally escaping the Star Luo Empire to enter Heaven Dou, Zhu Zhuqing had thought she was safe. She never expected her dear older sister to be so utterly mad that she would directly send people into Heaven Dou to continue hunting her down.

Fortunately, there were inspection officers at the border. Anyone too powerful crossing over would alert Heaven Dou, so the people sent to hunt Zhu Zhuqing this time were only Soul Elders and Soul Ancestors.

Even so, they were not opponents Zhu Zhuqing could handle after being wounded during the pursuit in the Star Luo Empire. Let alone while injured, even if she had not been injured, she was merely a small Great Soul Master. How could she possibly face a group of Soul Elders and Soul Ancestors?

Relying on the agility granted by her Netherworld Cat martial soul, Zhu Zhuqing weaved back and forth between the great trees. Although she had not shaken off the Soul Elders behind her, she had at least opened some distance.

Wait... there was a group of Soul Elders. Where did that Soul Ancestor go?

Unknown enemies were always the most frightening. After losing sight of the Soul Ancestor, Zhu Zhuqing began vigilantly scanning her surroundings.

"Third Soul Skill, Earth Splitting Palm!"

A furious shout rang out from Zhu Zhuqing's left. She had no time to turn and look, only enough to rely on her body's instincts and duck slightly. Though she avoided the fatal blow, her left shoulder was still struck by the palm.

Zhu Zhuqing immediately tasted blood in her throat, followed by a rush of liquid. A mouthful of bright red blood sprayed from her lips.

"Pu..."

That palm strike worsened Zhu Zhuqing's already serious injuries. But she did not dare rest, nor did she dare pause even briefly to regulate herself. She hurriedly retreated to the right, widening the distance between herself and the Soul Ancestor who had ambushed her.

As she retreated to the right, the Soul Elders who had been chasing her from behind also caught up. Looking at the pale-faced Zhu Zhuqing before them, they could not help laughing.

One Soul Elder spoke to the only Soul Ancestor present.

"Big Brother, once we finish this job, we can get a huge sum of money from the eldest miss. Then our brothers will enjoy endless glory and wealth... hahaha..."

Another Soul Elder beside him spoke as well.

"Idiot, all you think about every day is money, money, money!"

The Soul Elder who had just spoken was dumbfounded by the scolding and looked at the man who had cursed him in confusion. The others also turned their gazes toward him.

The man sneered, inwardly cursing this bunch of short-sighted idiots, but he still spoke.

"Once we bring her corpse back, the eldest miss will definitely be pleased. And if the eldest miss is pleased, won't the First Prince be pleased too?

When that time comes, wouldn't it be easy for him to grant our Big Brother the title of general? And us brothers can ride Big Brother's coattails and become deputy generals or captains. Isn't that only natural?"

"Second Brother, you really think far ahead."

"That's right, that's right! Big Brother will become a general, Second Brother will become a deputy general, and all of us will become captains!"

"Hahaha..."

Hearing his underlings say such things, their "Big Brother" could not help laughing as well.

(End of this chapter)