"Looks like that old monster has things he doesn't want us to know," Ye Ziyu said, watching Huoyun Guai's retreating figure.
"Everyone has their secrets. He's fallen into this state, so he must want to recover to his peak as soon as possible. The rare treasures he needs must be extraordinary, so it's only natural for him to keep a thing or two to himself." Lu Xiaotian understood. Even among the cultivation techniques he practiced, there were some things he couldn't tell outsiders. If he hadn't fought Wu Changlian, he wouldn't have readily used some of his methods in front of Ye Ziyu.
"Let's go too. We should fulfill City Lord Ye's final wish as soon as possible."
"Mm." Ye Ziyu nodded, and she and Lu Xiaotian vanished into the star-flecked night sky.
They passed through many perilous places along the way. Even with their cultivation, Lu Xiaotian and Ye Ziyu had to stop several times to recover.
"Chik! Chik!" A group of two-headed monsters, their bodies covered in fluffy brown fur, with a wolf's head on one side and a centipede's on the other, chased them to the edge of a lush forest and open plain. Their three- or four-zhang-thick bodies pounded the earth furiously, or beat against their own chests. Their green eyes searched everywhere for the two human cultivators who had trespassed into their territory.
After searching the nearby grassland and forest for a while, several hot-tempered two-headed monsters swung their massive arms and smashed down some trees so thick that several people together couldn't encircle them. The trees shook, their branches swaying, then crashed to the ground and sent up clouds of dust.
Only after venting their fury for a long while did the dozens of two-headed monsters finally leave, grumbling. Thud, thud, thud—their pounding steps