Qin Ming's Students

"Clip-clop, clip-clop."

After leaving Godwind City, Danheng took a carriage toward Heaven Dou City.

The carriage was currently traveling along an unremarkable road. This area lay at the border between two small kingdoms within the Heaven Dou Empire. Aside from travelers passing through, almost no one came here under normal circumstances.

"Finally, I've finished recording everything."

Danheng stretched his somewhat sore wrist and looked with satisfaction at the small stack of notebooks beside him.

After working overtime these past few days, he had finally transcribed every word of what he had seen and heard during this period.

Next, he just needed to store all of them inside the Carriage Projection.

"Whoa!!!"

Suddenly, the driver yanked hard on the reins, bringing the carriage to an abrupt slowdown. Caught off guard, Danheng nearly got flung out of the carriage, but fortunately, he reacted in time.

The notebooks he had been using for records, however, were not so fortunate. Under the powerful inertia, many of them flew out of the carriage.

"..."

Once the carriage stopped, the driver was just about to call out to Danheng when he saw him step out of the carriage with a dark expression.

"M-my lord, up ahead..."

Following the direction the driver pointed, Danheng discovered a group of strange-looking creatures ahead.

"Humanoid creatures?"

They were quite large, but their body hair was a little too thick, and their faces were exceptionally bizarre.

Especially those fangs, along with the stench of blood and beasts covering their bodies—they looked nothing like humans.

As Danheng observed the strange creatures ahead, he gathered every notebook that had flown out of the carriage. Fortunately, not a single one was missing.

He could give them a quick death.

If these monsters had caused him to lose the things he had spent days painstakingly recording, he would make sure they understood what it meant to be reduced to ashes!

"Why do they look a little like that child Feng Xiaotian's martial spirit?"

"My lord, they're Wolf Raiders!"

For some reason, when those creatures had first stopped the carriage, they had been brimming with murderous intent and glaring viciously.

But after Danheng got out, every one of them stopped in place, not daring to advance even half a step.

"Wolf Raiders? Tell me about them."

Having heard a new term, Danheng asked the driver to explain with great interest.

"My lord, how about we kill these Wolf Raiders first, then I'll tell you?"

The driver did not know who Danheng was.

But when Danheng had boarded the carriage, the Dean of Godwind Academy had personally come to see him off!

Someone like that would certainly have no trouble dealing with a group of Wolf Raiders!

"That works. These fellows really don't look like good people."

As soon as he spoke, the driver saw a dazzling flash of green light before his eyes. When he opened them again, all that remained ahead was a massive pit over thirty zhang wide. At its bottom stood only a long spear, cold and solitary. Where were the Wolf Raiders?

Just kidding. Even if my records hadn't been lost, I'd still reduce you to ashes without leaving even a trace behind!

"Now, tell me."

Danheng still stood where he was, as though what had just happened had nothing to do with him.

"...My lord, you truly are..."

The driver's eyes widened round as his hands, which had been tightly gripping the reins, unconsciously loosened.

"Tell me the rest of the route. I can go by myself from here."

Danheng's words left the driver somewhat bewildered. He often encountered passengers who changed direction or got out midway, but he had never seen anyone get out in a place like this.

"Take a look ahead. Don't waste the effort taking a detour. I'm faster than a carriage."

Only then did the driver understand. The pit ahead was simply too large; if his carriage wanted to get through, it could only take a detour.

"Alright, then I'll keep it brief and won't delay you."

"As for these Wolf Raiders..."

After listening to the driver, Danheng nodded thoughtfully.

These Wolf Raiders really did have some connection to Feng Xiaotian's martial spirit.

Only, Feng Xiaotian's martial spirit was a mutated Gale Devil Wolf, while Wolf Raiders were the descendants of Gale Devil Wolves and humans.

"Thank you. Farewell, then."

Danheng cupped his hands, and his body instantly scattered into a wisp of Green Wind.

"Hey! My lord! Your money! I need to refund you!"

The driver had just counted out the Gold Soul Coins that should be returned to Danheng. When he looked up, Danheng had already vanished.

"My lord is truly broad-minded. A few Gold Soul Coins, and he just doesn't want—"

"I want them."

In an instant, a Green Wind gathered, and Danheng returned!

Under the driver's stunned gaze, Danheng took the portion of Gold Soul Coins that should have been refunded to him.

"What is it?"

"N-no, nothing. Have a safe journey, my lord!"

"...Serves you right for shooting your mouth off. Serves you right. Refund my ass!"

After setting off alone, Danheng's speed increased considerably, leaving him time to wander around.

In any case, he had already entered the Heaven Dou Imperial City region. Even if he took detours, he was not that far from Heaven Dou City.

Danheng had to admit that the Heaven Dou Imperial City region alone was several times more prosperous than other places.

Patrolling soldiers could be seen everywhere, the roads were broader and flatter than elsewhere, and the number of powerful Soul Masters had increased dramatically.

"Ah, boring. These opponents are all pretty average."

While passing an inn, Danheng happened to overhear a group of youths chatting.

"Alright, Teacher Qin Ming has gone back to Heaven Dou City first. These few days are a rare holiday."

"Qin Ming?"

Danheng recalled the teacher from Heaven Dou Royal Academy whom he had met briefly at the Suotuo City Great Spirit Arena some time ago. He wondered whether the Qin Ming these youths were discussing was the one he knew.

"Teacher Qin Ming said that we're heading to some place called Suotuo City next to challenge a team called the Berserker Squad."

"Suotuo City? Isn't that just a small city in the Balak Kingdom? What powerful opponents could a place like that possibly have?"

Upon hearing this, Danheng could confirm that these youngsters were Qin Ming's students.

"Mm, their talent is quite good."

After giving them a simple glance, he found that all of these youngsters had Soul Power above level thirty, and they were all quite young.

The youth at the front wore a fitted blue outfit. He seemed slightly younger than Feng Xiaotian, but he was exceptionally tall, with rugged features and a stern expression.

His Soul Power had already reached level thirty-nine. He would probably break through to Soul Ancestor even faster than Feng Xiaotian.

"Why worry about all that? We just need to follow Teacher Qin Ming's arrangements."

Once the leading youth spoke, the boys and girls stopped discussing Suotuo City and began chatting about random things instead.

"That girl..."

Danheng's gaze fell upon the purple-haired girl beside the leading youth. Unless he was mistaken, the little girl had been poisoned!

Although the poison was not yet severe, he could tell that it would only grow stronger over time. Without treatment, she would likely die young.

Do her companions not know? Does her teacher not know? Does she herself not know?