A Plea for Aid Across Ten Thousand Li

Three days later, in Cold Stone Town, at the Spirit Hall Branch. «-(¯`v´¯)-« »-(¯`v´¯)-»

"My lord, Yi Linlie has arrived."

Ge Sikete gently knocked on the wooden door of his meditation room and respectfully announced his arrival.

"Bring him in." A firm and powerful voice came from inside the door.

"Yes!"

Soon, in the meditation room, which was about 30 square meters, in addition to the five gray-robed people who were already sitting or leaning inside, there were two more figures bowing and standing.

The Hall Master of the Martial Soul Branch Hall in Cold Stone Town, Scott, a level 28 Control-type Great Soul Master, and Yi Linlie, the captain of the Cold Stone Town Patrol Team.

"You're Yi Linlie?"

At the very center of the five gray-robed men, a middle-aged man with the most upright posture had eyes that swept over Yi Linlie from head to toe, finally staring into Yi Linlie's eyes and speaking, his tone revealing neither joy nor anger.

"My lord, I am Yi Linlie." Yi Linlie tried his best to control his voice, but a slight tremor still appeared.

The middle-aged man in gray robes remained unmoved and said calmly, "We are from the Law Enforcement Team of the Hall of Judgment of the Spirit Hall. My name is Wen Maoxiang, a level 56 Power Attack System Battle Soul King."

"Soul King?!"

Upon hearing those two words, Yi Linlie was immediately startled and quickly bowed again, saying, "Greetings, Lord Soul King!"

"Alright~" The middle-aged Soul King named Wen Maoxiang waved his hand, his gaze on Yi Linlie becoming even more sharp, and asked, "Three days ago, Ge Sikete reported that you led a group of civilians and killed a Fallen Soul Master at the Four-Ring Soul Ancestor level?"

"Yes... yes."

"Tell me the whole story."

"Okay, three days ago, that Fallen Soul Master broke into Ayimo's house, injured Ayimo, and captured her youngest daughter, Lingdang..."

"Describe what he looks like."

"Dark skin, thick lips..."

"What does his Martial Soul look like? What colors are his Soul Ring? What are the effects of his Soul Skill?"

"His Martial Soul is a large monkey with long black fur, relatively small ears, and arms and legs that are about the same length. The colors of his Soul Ring are white, yellow, yellow, and purple. When the white Soul Ring lights up, a black light shines on his fist, and his strength increases significantly. With one punch, he left a mark on Dongming Wei's fine iron hand shield and even caused cracks in Dongming Wei's hand bones..."

In a question-and-answer session, Wen Maoxiang asked questions in a clear and unhurried manner. Under the influence of the other party's tone and expression, Yi Linlie gradually relaxed and answered while recalling the questions.

About an hour later, Wen Maoxiang stopped asking questions and said, "Alright, we've learned almost everything we needed to know."

"Once we've verified their identity and confirmed there are no problems, you should receive a reward of Gold Soul Coin. You may leave now."

"Okay, okay..." Yi Linlie upon hearing this, his voice trembling once again.

This time it wasn't because he was nervous, but because he was very excited:

"Xie Da! Seven of our patrol team members were killed in action this time, and almost all of the remaining twenty-five were wounded, nineteen of them seriously. I'm still struggling with the costs of compensation and medical treatment... Thank you! Xie Da—!!"

Even after being led out of the meditation room by Lord Ge Sikete, Yi Linlie words of gratitude could still be clearly heard through the thick wooden door.

Hearing the words of gratitude, Wen Maoxiang remained unmoved and turned his gaze to his teammates in the meditation room. "Tell me your thoughts."

"Although the head was badly damaged by the patrol team's revenge, based on the description of the Martial Soul, Soul Ring and soul Soul Skill just now, plus that unique skin color, it should be the ' Black Leech ' Nige who was chased by Captain Cai Jian and his team more than ten years ago."

"If it really is him, it seems he has committed a lot of killings over the years. According to the records, his talent was only average, yet he managed to cultivate from Two-Ring Grand Soul Master to Four-Ring Soul Ancestor in just over ten years..."

"Aren't all these maggots the same? For the sake of power, they treat ordinary people like livestock..."

"Heretics deserve to die—!! Being surrounded and hacked to death by a bunch of ordinary people is too lenient for him!"

Listening to his teammates' words, Wen Maoxiang remained silent, but his brows gradually furrowed.

Compared to what his teammates were focused on, he cared more about the commoners like Yi Linlie.

It should be noted that, in the past, although there were cases of armies composed of ordinary people surrounding and killing Soul Master in the Douluo Continent, those cases all came at the cost of heavy casualties, and required the presence of Soul Master of the same or slightly weaker level to restrain them.

Especially when Soul Master's strength reaches the Three-Ring Soul Elder or above, after summoning their Martial Soul and having their Soul Power covering them, it becomes very difficult for ordinary people to hurt them with their swords and blades. This is the first watershed moment when the gap between ordinary people and Soul Master undergoes a qualitative change, which is why Three-Ring Soul Elder are granted titles by the Empire.

If One-Ring Soul Master signifies embarking on the path to transcendence, then Three-Ring Soul Elder means having one foot already in the threshold of transcendence.

But now, Wen Maoxiang finds it hard to accept that a Four-Ring Soul Ancestor, who is also Fallen Soul Master with rich combat experience and considerable fighting power, was surrounded and killed by a group of ordinary people with no Soul Power, such as Yi Linlie.

But no matter how hard it was to accept, the facts were right in front of him, and Wen Maoxiang could not deceive himself. He could only convince himself that thirty-two civilians, after paying the price of seven dead and twenty-five injured, had managed to kill a Power Attack System Four-Ring Soul Ancestor!

Even though at least half of the twenty-five injured were on the verge of death.

Thinking of this, Wen Maoxiang turned to his teammate who was shouting "Heretics must die" again and said, "Yanxue, go and treat those seriously injured people in a while. Bai Ge, you go with them."

"Yes, Captain." / "No problem, Captain!"

Nangong Yanxue, a level 45 Healing System Four-Ring Soul Ancestor, and Bai Ge, a level 46 Agility Attack System, Battle Soul Ancestor, responded in unison.

In a small courtyard in the east of Cold Stone Town.

"Jiulan, how is it?" Dongming Yu looked at Jiulan, who came out of the room, with anticipation in his eyes.

"Don't worry~" Jiulan held a piece of plain white cotton cloth in her hand, wiping the remaining liquor from her hands as she spoke gently, "Xiao Wei is out of danger. I removed the ruptured part of his liver, and the torn intestines have been stitched up. With the help of the enhanced ' Wound Medicine ' and ' Origin-Replenishing Liquid,' after about a month of rest, he should be able to eat some liquid food..."

"Jiulan—!"

Just then, the gate to the courtyard was pushed open from the outside, and the person who came in shouted loudly before even entering.

"Great news! The leaders of the Spirit Hall said that a bounty will be issued soon, and we'll have money to buy good medicine for our brothers!"

"Really? That's great—!"

"Captain, is the news confirmed?"

Unlike Dongming Yu's excitement, Jiulan remained calm and asked the newcomer, Yi Linlie.

"Don't worry!" Yi Linlie patted his chest and laughed loudly, "I asked Lord Ge Sikete, and this matter is basically a sure thing, there won't be any problems."

Moreover, this bounty was issued directly from the Spirit Hall, bypassing the hands of anyone in the town..."

Hearing this, Dongming Yu immediately breathed a sigh of relief, "That's good, that's good. If those insects had touched our hands..."

"Xiao Yu!" *2

Two soft shouts rang out at the same time. Dongming Yu subconsciously shrank his neck, looked up and met the stern gazes of Yi Linlie and Jiulan. He immediately swallowed back the words that were about to come out.

"Knock knock~"

Just then, two knocks, neither too loud nor too soft, sounded at the door. The three of them looked in the direction of the sound and saw two figures in gray robes, one tall and one short, standing at the entrance of the courtyard.

"Hmm?" Yi Linlie was taken aback when he saw who it was, but he immediately reacted and jogged over to greet them, "My lords, is there anything I can do for you?"

Glancing at Yi Linlie, whose face showed trepidation, Nangong Yanxue shook her head. "It's nothing, the captain asked me to come and treat your team members."

"Really?" Yi Linlie's eyes widened involuntarily upon hearing this, his face filled with disbelief and shock.

"Cough cough~" Jiulan, who had just arrived at the courtyard gate with Yi Linlie, quickly coughed a few times and reached out to tug at the back of Yi Linlie's clothes.

Upon being reminded, Yi Linlie immediately blushed and looked at Nangong Yanxue and Bai Ge somewhat flusteredly. "I... I'm sorry, sirs, I... I didn't mean to question you, I... I..."

"Alright~" Nangong Yanxue waved her hand dismissively. "You were able to kill ' Black Leech ' Nige, which is a contribution to purifying the world of Evil. God will remember your merits."

"Where are the injured? I want to treat them as soon as possible so I can get this over with quickly."

"Okay, okay, Xie Da, Xie Da ~" Yi Linlie, and while saying this, he led Nangong Yanxue and Bai Ge towards the main hall of the courtyard with Jiulan beside him and Dongming Yu, who still dared not step forward.

"The most seriously injured are all in here, and we'll have to trouble you, sir, to take care of them."

Before they even got close, they could smell a strong herbal scent, and Nangong Yanxue couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.

Stepping into the main room filled with the scent of herbs, Nangong Yanxue approached the injured person closest to the door. After glancing at the person's missing left arm and chest clamped by a wooden board, she opened her right hand, revealing a milky-white scepter. Four Soul Ring —two yellow and two purple—also appeared, swirling and pulsating around her.

"Second Soul Skill: Light Blessing—!"

"Third Soul Skill - Sacred Golden Feather—!"

Milky white fluorescent light and pale golden energy feathers drifted toward the injured person, whose breathing, which was originally so weak as to be almost negligible, instantly became stable and stronger.

After using her healing Soul Skill on the first injured person, Nangong Yanxue did not delay and continued walking towards the next one.

"First Soul Skill... Second Soul Skill... Fourth Soul Skill..."

Based on the severity of the injuries, Nangong Yanxue rationally allocated her Soul Power and treated all twenty-odd injured people in the courtyard in one go, including a few others such as Yi Linlie and Ala Leiqi who only had minor injuries.

After the treatment, Nangong Yanxue wiped the fine sweat from her forehead and let out a long sigh of relief.

Without taking a break, Nangong Yanxue turned her gaze to Jiulan, who was drying various herbs in a corner of the courtyard. She walked over and said, "I saw their injuries. They were all quite serious. Many of them could even be considered dead, but they survived in the end."

"I've only ever heard of your treatment methods within one faction..."

At the same time, in another small town more than two hundred miles west of Cold Stone Town.

"Where's Nige?"

In the tavern's kitchen, a handsome, somewhat refined middle-aged man stood before the chopping board, wielding a cleaver to cut chunks of scarlet meat. Suddenly, as if remembering something, he turned without turning around and asked the man behind him, who was dragging a basket of bones and preparing to leave, "..."

The man instinctively shuddered, and once he was sure the refined-looking middle-aged man was only asking a question, he immediately replied, "Nige went out three days ago, saying he was going to find some fresh ingredients."

"Three days?"

The refined middle-aged man's hands moved without stopping, and his expression remained unchanged; he simply murmured softly.

However, those two seemingly insignificant words made the man, who was carrying a basket of bones weighing over a hundred pounds and yet felt as light as a feather, instantly feel as if thousands of pounds were pressing down on his shoulders. He knelt down with a thud. "My lord, I was going to report this to you earlier, but you were selecting ingredients at the time..."

"Ah—" The refined middle-aged man did not move his body, but turned his head nearly 160 degrees to look at the man kneeling on the ground, and said softly, "So it was because of me. I am very sorry."

Judging solely from the middle-aged man's sincere expression and his apologetic voice, anyone would believe that he was genuinely apologizing to the man on the ground.

However, the sheer degree of neck twisting, almost to the point of breakage, made the scene all the more horrifying.

"Ah--!!!"

A mournful scream echoed through the town, but unfortunately, there was nothing in any corner of the town that could respond.

Three days later.

Lingyun City, City Lord’s Mansion.

"Brother Yi, I just received a distress signal near a matrix node in the northern border of the Heaven Dou Empire."

Ah Yin descended from the sky and landed on the training ground, looking anxious as she spoke to Ling Yi, who was instructing Ah Rou on how to improve the "Wind God Leg" technique.

"The Northern Territory?" Ling Yi patted the long, slender legs draped over his shoulder, signaling Ah Rou to stop, and looked at Ah Yin: "Which matrix node is it?"

Ah Yin: "Number 1024."

"1024~" Ling Yi stepped towards Ah Yin, his thoughts shifting slightly before he immediately found the relevant information in his mind and said, "It's the one about seventy miles northwest of ' Snow Moon City,' right? I remember there's a small town called Cold Stone Town about ten miles away from there."

"Yes!" Ah Yin nodded vigorously and said, "That's it!"

"I was cultivating in ' Blue Silver Valley ' just now when I suddenly sensed a wave signal transmitted by ' Blue Silver Grass.' After deciphering it using the method you described, Brother Yi, it means 'Suppress danger, rescue quickly.'"

"Suppress the danger, rescue immediately..."

Ling Yi's gentle expression vanished, replaced by a solemn demeanor. After softly repeating the two words, he immediately turned to the pretty girl in red standing behind him and said, "Ah Rou, go to the city immediately and invite Senior Chen Xin and Senior Dugu Bo here. Tell them that thousands of lives are waiting for us to save! Hurry!!"

"Good--!"

Ah Rou let out a sweet voice, and a flash of azure light appeared beneath her feet as she leaped into the air. Then, wearing red high heels, she stepped into the void, and with a stomp, transformed into a red lightning bolt that shot straight down into the city below the mountain.

"Ah Yin, go and wake Shelly up. You two should get ready for battle soon too."

"Um!"

In less than ten minutes, a giant pinkish-white rabbit, about ten feet tall and over eight meters long, surrounded by a cyan light curtain, soared into the sky from the summit of Green Cloud Mountain.

Through the semi-transparent light screen, one could vaguely see several figures standing on the broad back of the pink and white rabbit.