Hunter

After Zhu Zhu Qing came into contact with this new cultivation method, it was as if a new Gate of Worlds had opened before her. She could not stop herself and became completely immersed in cultivation, entering a state of self-forgetfulness.

Ye Liangchen sat beside her, watching Little Cat's quiet appearance, and also began preparing to cultivate the Spirit Refining Art for a while. His Spirit Refining Art had now reached roughly the fourth level, and the range of his Spiritual Sense had expanded to beyond a thousand meters. Once he cultivated it to the fifth level, he would be able to launch Soul Attacks directly.

He sat cross-legged, shut off the four gates, left all worldly ties unmoved, focused his mind inward, calmly comprehended, and spread his Spiritual Sense throughout the valley.

"Bzz, bzz..."

At that moment, Ye Liangchen felt as if his soul had left his body. Every flower, blade of grass, and tree in the entire valley appeared in his mind. Not even a single ant could escape his perception.

"Pop..."

All of a sudden, Ye Liangchen felt as though some shackle within his soul had been broken. His soul instantly became stronger, the range of his Spiritual Sense expanded again, and his cultivation of the Spirit Refining Art officially stepped into the fourth level.

"Whoosh, whoosh..."

Just then, Ye Liangchen's Spiritual Sense detected six powerful figures intruding from two kilometers away. The discovery instantly startled him.

"Who could it be?"

He hurriedly got up, activated the External Spirit Bone Flight Skill, and quietly flew toward the outside of the valley.

Ye Liangchen did not wake Zhu Zhu Qing. After all, with her half-baked skills, if she followed him, she would only hold him back.

A few minutes later, Ye Liangchen flew to a spot several hundred meters away from those powerful figures. He quietly flew onto a hundred-meter-tall tree, hid among the dense leaves, then took out the Telescope and observed those people. At the same time, he released his Spiritual Sense, focused his mind, and eavesdropped on their conversation.

"We've been searching for two days, but we still haven't found that little girl from the Zhu Family or the young man the Crown Princess mentioned."

"Judging from the wounds on the Crown Princess's guards earlier, they were all killed by a piece of Copper Metal. I don't know how that young man did it. He actually used a tiny Copper Metal pellet to instantly kill a Soul King. Could it be some kind of special weapon?"

"A weapon? What kind of weapon can instantly kill a Soul King? According to the Crown Princess, that young man only had a sword in his hand at the time and no other weapon."

"If that's true, then that young man is too terrifying. He used only a kind of Copper Metal to instantly kill a Soul King. What kind of skill is that?"

"No idea. In any case, everyone should be careful. But that young man really is bold, daring to kill members of my Star Luo Empire's royal family."

These six powerful figures were experts from the Star Luo Empire's royal family. Earlier, after Zhu Zhuyun fled back to the Star Dou Empire and told Dai Weisi about the matter, he was instantly shocked and immediately mobilized more men to investigate the incident in the Border Mountain Range.

The upper ranks of the Zhu Family also attached great importance to this matter and sent a Soul Emperor from the family. The main reason the Zhu Family had sent someone was that they had heard Zhu Zhuyun say Zhu Zhu Qing had an excellent relationship with that unfamiliar young man. This had frightened the Zhu Family. One had to know that Zhu Zhu Qing had an engagement with the royal family's young prince, Dai Mu Bai. Openly getting close to another man like this—was that not slapping the royal Dai Family in the face? As members of the imperial clan, how could they endure such humiliation?

The leaders of this operation were two Soul Emperors, one from the Dai Family and one from the Zhu Family. The remaining four were all Soul Kings. Aside from investigating this matter, they were also responsible for capturing Zhu Zhu Qing and that young man and taking them back.

Everyone found it strange as well. How had that little girl from the Zhu Family come to know such an outstanding young man? He could instantly kill five experts above the Soul Ancestor level, among them even a Soul King. Such strength was simply too terrifying.

On the other side, with his powerful Spiritual Sense, Ye Liangchen learned these people's origins from their conversation.

"These guys are actually from the Dai Family and the Zhu Family of the Star Luo Empire. I didn't expect them to come investigate what happened before. I suppose Zhu Zhuyun reported it to the higher-ups after she escaped back."

"Now that these people have set out, nothing good can come of it. But it's not a big problem. I'm the one with cheats. No matter who comes, it won't work."

Ye Liangchen did not take these people seriously at all. As long as the other side dared to target him, even if the Star Luo Emperor came, he would still wipe him out.

So Ye Liangchen directly took out the Chicken Dinner King HK416, set it up on a branch, transformed into a Hunter, and prepared to finish off these experts from the Star Luo Empire.

He would use this silent method to eliminate them and keep himself mysterious, creating pressure on the Star Luo Empire's royal family and making them understand one thing: no matter what kind of expert they sent, it would not work.

Just then, Ye Liangchen discovered that the other party was rushing toward the Small Valley. If they found Little Cat, that would be trouble.

"The hunt begins."

"Click..."

Ye Liangchen immediately pulled the trigger and fired at one of the powerful figures dressed in black. That guy looked like he was probably the strongest.

"Pfft..."

The bullet pierced through the black-clothed expert at hypersonic speed, making him collapse instantly. He did not even have time to scream before he died on the spot.

"Who's there?"

"Come out!"

The sudden change left the remaining five experts facing a great enemy. A high-level Soul Emperor had just been instantly killed like that, even his body pierced straight through. What kind of power was this?

"Bzz, bzz..."

The five experts immediately released their spirits and stood ready for battle. Among them were five Soul Kings and one Soul Emperor. Several of them sent their powerful Soul Power spreading in all directions.

"Who exactly are you, sir? Please do not make an enemy of my Star Luo Royal Family."

At this moment, the Soul Emperor expert who possessed the White Tiger Spirit spoke, even bringing out his royal identity to warn the other party.

"Pfft... Ah..."

The moment his words fell, his whole body seemed to be struck by something and slammed directly into a large tree behind him. He let out a scream, then died on the spot.

"What kind of person did Zhu Zhuyun provoke?"

Once the two Soul Emperors died, the remaining four Soul Kings immediately panicked.

"We don't even know the other side's strength, yet the Crown Prince still sent us to capture that little girl from the Zhu Family and that young man. Isn't this sending us to our deaths?"

The two most powerful Soul Emperors had been silently killed in an instant. With their Soul King cultivation, how could they possibly withstand it?

"Hurry and retreat. This matter has already exceeded our abilities. We have to report it to the Crown Prince at once."

"Pfft... Ah!"

Just then, the Soul King who had spoken fell as well. The remaining three immediately felt as though they were facing a great enemy, cold sweat pouring down their bodies, their legs trembling uncontrollably.

"Who? Who is it? Come out!"

Fear of the unknown was the most terrifying thing. Right now, they were like lambs waiting to be slaughtered, already marked by a hunter. Terror overwhelmed them, cold sweat pouring from their bodies as they kept shouting in every direction, trying to bolster their courage.

From a distant tree, Ye Liangchen watched them yelling through the Scope, thinking that letting Zhu Zhuyun go back then had indeed left behind future trouble.

"I'll send these guys to heaven. That should count as a warning to the Star Luo Empire's imperial family and make them back off. If they don't know what's good for them and dare to come looking for trouble with me again, I'll find a chance to sneak into Star Luo someday and use the Barrett MK22 to snipe Star Luo Empire Emperor Dai Tianfeng directly, ending the Dai Family dynasty ahead of time."

"To borrow my second uncle's domineering words: many people in this world are arranged by fate, while I arrange fate."

With that thought, Ye Liangchen quickly pulled the trigger, sending the remaining Soul Kings into the Western Paradise. He could not let them return to the Star Luo Empire to report back.

"Pfft... pfft... pfft."

"Ahhh..."

Under the devastating killing power of the Chicken Dinner King HK416, the three Soul Kings had no ability to resist at all. Their game ended on the spot.

"If you're not ruthless, you can't stand firm. After coming to this cruel world, showing mercy to enemies is being cruel to yourself."

From the moment Ye Liangchen walked out of Skywater Academy's gates, he had already prepared himself to deal with every enemy who came after him.

With the enemies taken care of, Ye Liangchen loaded six more bullets into the Chicken Dinner King's magazine, then put it into the Game Backpack and flew swiftly toward the valley.

From discovering the Star Luo Empire imperial experts to eliminating them, the whole thing had taken only about ten minutes.

With a weapon in hand, there was no panic in his heart. With a gun in hand, the world was his.

The feeling of fighting an ambush like this was far more satisfying than all that flashy hacking and slashing.

If the enemy's cultivation had not surpassed Soul King level, Ye Liangchen would still have planned to use his Martial Soul to deal with them, but since the other side had a Soul Emperor expert, he could only use a great killing weapon.

When Ye Liangchen returned to the valley, he found that Little Cat was still cultivating. At that moment, her face was covered in a layer of dark gray substance. It seemed the Foundation Establishment Golden Pill had already cleansed her marrow and washed away her impurities.

"Little Cat, stop cultivating for now."

Ye Liangchen woke Zhu Zhu Qing from her cultivation, then quickly put away the tent. They could not stay here any longer.

As for the matter of people from the Star Luo Empire imperial family coming to capture him, he did not tell Little Cat, lest it only add to her worries.

"Brother Chen, are we leaving this place?"

Zhu Zhu Qing woke from her cultivation and saw Ye Liangchen packing up the tent, so she immediately ran over to help.

"Yes! We have to leave this place."

"You don't need to help. Hurry over there and wash up. You stink."

Ye Liangchen took out a mirror and even covered his nose with one hand, letting Zhu Zhu Qing look at her own face.

"Ah! Brother Chen, how did I become like this? I smell awful!"

Zhu Zhu Qing saw her pitch-black face in the mirror and instantly turned pale with fright. There was also a foul sour stench coming from her body, making her even more afraid. She even thought something had gone wrong with her body.

"The Mysterious Ascension Pill expelled the impurities from your body. Hurry to the pool over there and wash up. Be quick."

"I'm telling you, the Mysterious Ascension Pill helped clear out the impurities in your body, and it'll also make your skin better and better."

Ye Liangchen explained the phenomenon to Zhu Zhu Qing so she would not keep getting startled.

"So that's what it is. Thank you, Brother Chen."

As soon as Zhu Zhu Qing heard that this pill could also beautify her, she was instantly overjoyed and ran straight toward the pool in the distance.

"Splash..."

Zhu Zhu Qing hid behind a large boulder, removed her clothes, then jumped into the water and washed the filth from her body.

Ten minutes later, after Zhu Zhu Qing finished washing, she changed into new clothes, took out a mirror, and found that her skin had become even better.

"Brother Chen really wasn't wrong. My skin has truly become better."

"If Brother Chen sold this kind of pill, it would definitely drive every woman on the continent crazy."

Women were born to love beauty. Every woman hoped to stay pretty forever. That was instinct, and as a woman, Zhu Zhu Qing was the same.

Zhu Zhu Qing composed herself, moved her long, slender legs, and walked toward Ye Liangchen with Mysterious Steps.

"Brother Chen, where are we going?"

Zhu Zhu Qing ran prettily up to Ye Liangchen and helped him pack away the tent, pots, bowls, ladles, and basins.

"Nuoding City."

Ye Liangchen's trip to Nuoding City this time was mainly to plan for the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone. Knowing full well that such a treasure existed, if he did not take it, he would be struck by lightning.

"Nuoding City is on the edge of the Heaven Dou Empire and borders the Star Luo Empire. Many merchants from our Star Luo Empire also do business in Nuoding City."

As a member of the Star Luo Empire's Zhu Family, Zhu Zhu Qing also had some understanding of Nuoding City in Fasinuo Province.

"That's indeed the case. Although Nuoding City is small, it's very prosperous. Zhu Qing, this time we'll have a good look around."

"But your outfit is too conspicuous. If we run into people from the Star Luo Empire, it'll be very easy for them to recognize you as someone from the Zhu Family. Just in case, change out of your black clothes and wear mine for now to make do for the time being."

"Remember to put away your tail and the cat-ear hair ornaments on your head."

Ye Liangchen reached out and touched the hair ornaments on Little Cat's head. Thinking of the Star Luo Empire experts he had just sniped, he suggested the girl disguise herself a little. Then he took out his own clothes from his Soul Tool and had her change.

As for Little Cat's outfit, Ye Liangchen was truly speechless. She wore black skintight leather clothes and leather pants all year round. Did that not feel uncomfortable? Wouldn't it bulge when she farted?

"Brother Chen, did the Star Luo Empire send people here?"

Zhu Zhu Qing looked at Ye Liangchen's serious expression and knew there had to be something strange going on.

"Don't think too much. Let's leave this place first." Ye Liangchen rubbed Little Cat's small head, telling her not to let her thoughts run wild.

"All right! I'll follow Brother Chen's arrangements."

Zhu Zhu Qing took the clothes from Ye Liangchen's hands and ran behind a large rock in the distance. She took off her distinctive tight black outfit, quickly changed into Ye Liangchen's white clothes, then removed the two ear ornaments from her head and tied up her silky long hair with a hair tie.

"Oh my god! I'm actually wearing Brother Chen's clothes."

At that moment, Zhu Zhu Qing's face flushed slightly, and a peculiar feeling stirred in her heart. She hurriedly took out a mirror, looking at herself dressed like this, and felt she looked very good.

After calming herself, Zhu Zhu Qing quickly ran back toward Ye Liangchen. Then she saw him put on a transparent mask, pinch at his face, and turn into another handsome youth.

"Brother Chen, isn't this way too amazing?"

Zhu Zhu Qing came up in front of Ye Liangchen and reached out to touch his face, feeling as though it were real.

"We aren't strong enough yet, so when we're out in the world, we have to be careful at all times. This is the Dreamlike Mask Aunt Lan gave me. It's used for disguises, and it's very useful."

Living in a brutal otherworld, before he was strong enough, of course he had to lay low and develop quietly. That was the right way.

"With you dressed like this, you look just like a graceful young master. Put on the bamboo hat and cover that pretty face of yours."

Seeing Zhu Zhu Qing in men's clothes, carrying a handsome sort of beauty, Ye Liangchen placed the bamboo hat on her head. This way, she did not look so conspicuous.

"Thank you, Brother Chen."

As soon as Zhu Zhu Qing heard Ye Liangchen praise her as pretty, a smile appeared on her face, and she felt very pleased inside.

"Let's go!"

Ye Liangchen called for Little Cat to follow him, then headed out of the valley.

Zhu Zhu Qing looked back at the valley and committed this place to memory. Though she had only lived here for five days, it had been the happiest time she had had in all these years.