Assassination on the Way!

Assassination on the Way!

Qin Yang arrived at Xiabai Town by a familiar route and obtained this lifetime's Earth Spirit Pearl.

Adding it all up, he now had two Earth Spirit Pearls on him!

"That will do. There should be about enough time now. I should follow the road to Linhai Town and look for Tan Yurou."

"Fifteen or sixteen of them were captured. The group must be quite large, so they should be easy to spot!"

Qin Yang pondered this, then immediately set off.

The road from Xiabai Town to Linhai Town stretched for more than thirty li.

He remained very cautious along the way, keeping an eye out for groups with larger numbers. At last, near Linhai Town, he finally ran into Lu Xun and Chang Er.

Behind Lu Xun and Chang Er followed a group of boys and girls who had been deceived and captured.

Panic-stricken, and being young besides, they had never traveled so far from home before. Many of the boys and girls wept and wailed without end, clamoring to go home; some even began running away outright!

"Hmph, you've already become our Medicinal Seeds. Do you think you can leave just because you want to?!"

"Die!"

Lu Xun chased after them, utterly ignoring the strange looks of the passersby. On the spot, he struck several fleeing boys to death.

Watching their companions, who had also been captured, have their heads smashed apart and die without even a burial place, the entire group grew even more terrified. They no longer dared make a sound, silently shedding tears of regret.

"Heh heh heh. It's good that you've learned to fear death."

"Since you've followed us, you're our people now."

"If anyone wants to fall behind halfway, those few are the example that awaits you!"

Lu Xun issued the warning coldly, turning the faces of the dozen or so captured boys and girls deathly pale.

Now, who among them would still dare resist and run away?

Seeing this, the cold sneer on Chang Er's face grew even more pronounced.

"Heh heh heh. What a bunch of fools who refuse to shed a tear until they see the coffin."

"Other people would have no chance even if they wanted to become our Medicinal Seeds. You should be grateful that you possess spirit roots and can cultivate!"

He spoke coldly, licking his lips as well. He was already impatient to take one Medicinal Seed first and have a taste!

"Let's go. Don't create complications on the road."

"Don't forget that we've been out capturing Medicinal Seeds for several days already. I imagine our master is running short of materials for refining pills."

Seeing through Chang Er's intentions, Lu Xun reminded him.

Thus, Chang Er reined himself in somewhat and quickened his pace.

Among the group of captured boys and girls behind them was Tan Yurou.

She wore a purple outfit, neat and immaculate. Together with her extraordinary bearing, she stood out from the crowd of boys and girls like a crane among chickens. At that moment, anger colored her exquisite, flawless face, though frustration and unwillingness made up even more of her expression as she racked her brain for a way to escape.

"Senior sister and the others are still in Linhai Town. They definitely don't know that I've been captured by evil cultivators."

"But there's still a chance. We've only just left Linhai Town. As long as I make enough of a commotion, I can definitely draw attention."

"As long as Senior Sister Zhao and the others notice something strange, they can certainly save me from this sea of fire and water!"

With that thought, Tan Yurou immediately spotted her opportunity. While Lu Xun and Chang Er were both distracted, she decisively broke away from the group and ran back in the direction they had come from.

As she ran, she did not forget to shout loudly, hoping to attract attention.

However, everyone traveling this road—even ordinary people—had long since grown accustomed to such things. They knew there was nothing they could do, so they all pretended not to see or hear anything and ignored her completely.

"It's over. Why is no one paying attention to me?"

Tan Yurou had intended to seek help, hoping someone would step forward and assist her.

Who could have imagined that every person she encountered would instead avoid her like the plague!

Just then, Lu Xun and Chang Er noticed the disturbance behind them. Seeing that even after the warning had been clearly issued, a Medicinal Seed still wanted to escape, Lu Xun's gaze instantly turned cold!

"Courting death!"

Whoosh!

Lu Xun drew on the powerful cultivation within his body. Taking three steps in the time it took to take two, he immediately pursued her at top speed.

"Get away!"

Tan Yurou was horrified, her pretty face drained of color.

She resisted with all her strength, but Lu Xun was simply too powerful—far stronger than she was.

"Bitch, you still dare to run!"

"If it weren't for the fact that you're different from the others, I would have smashed your bones and sucked out your marrow today!"

Lu Xun subdued Tan Yurou in no more than two exchanges, then slammed her hard onto the ground. The originally clean Tan Yurou was instantly left dusty and disheveled, with a trace of blood spilling from the corner of her mouth.

"Despicable evil cultivator! Fiend!"

"If you've got the guts, kill me outright and give me a quick death!"

Tan Yurou shouted. Even at this point, she still had not given up on making a great commotion and drawing the attention of the people in town.

Unfortunately, Lu Xun directly sealed her mouth.

"You want to die? Things aren't that easy."

"You possess certain differences from the others. You must be a special, excellent seedling. Your life is no longer yours to control!"

Lu Xun spoke without the slightest emotion.

His words only plunged Tan Yurou deeper into despair. Ever since she was little, she had heard that the evil cultivators outside were all vicious and ruthless, capable of doing anything at all.

She had originally thought she would never encounter an evil cultivator.

Who could have imagined that a moment of playfulness would land her in the hands of a fiend? She regretted it to the extreme. If she had known, she would have stayed by Senior Sister Zhao and the others' side the entire time. Then she would not have been deceived and taken away by evil cultivators, and now she would not be unable to escape!

At this thought, Tan Yurou's tears spun wildly in her eyes.

But just as the entire group was dispirited and steeped in despair, a figure suddenly approached from afar and launched a surprise attack!

"Which reckless bastard actually dares come and ruin our good deed?!"

Lu Xun was, after all, a cultivator at the Qi Refining Realm Ninth Layer. He was the first to react and looked over coldly.

Qin Yang said nothing, charging straight into their midst.

When Lu Xun and Chang Er saw the familiar face before them, they were both stunned.

Wasn't this the Medicinal Seed their master had personally captured and brought back from outside? How had he appeared here?!

"It's you?!"

Chang Er was shocked, but he had no time to consider what was going on, because Qin Yang had already charged straight toward him.

This infuriated him.

He was nothing more than a Medicinal Seed who had gotten lucky and escaped, yet he actually wanted to attack him? Did he really think Chang Er was a soft persimmon?!

"Courting death!"

Chang Er attacked at once.

However, Qin Yang's strength was far beyond anything he had expected. The moment they exchanged blows, Qin Yang directly fractured the bones in his hand.

Before he could even cry out, Qin Yang punched straight through his chest!