Zhu Zhuqing was furious too.
She would not allow anyone to speak of Dai Jinge that way. "What are you shouting for? We didn't force your clan leader to come with us! He came to obtain the Immortal Herb too. Don't dump all the blame on us!"
"You!"
The two Yang Family disciples flew into a rage and summoned their Soul Rings and Martial Souls together.
Soul Breaking Spears, each accompanied by four Soul Rings.
"How dare you!"
Dai Jinge frowned and barked in a low voice.
Although his Soul Power cultivation was only at rank thirty, the tenfold combat power boost from the [White Tiger Power Lock] allowed his aura to overpower both Yang Family disciples.
The two Yang Family disciples' expressions shifted slightly.
Dai Jinge said calmly:
"Your clan leader only agreed to cooperate and trade with me because he wanted the aromatic silk beauty."
"Although... the dead deserve our respect, some things still need to be made clear."
"I do bear some responsibility for your clan leader's death. To compensate the Yang Family, I'm willing to give you the aromatic silk beauty free of charge."
"I believe your clan leader was already prepared to die before he left, and had even arranged his final affairs. Take my words and this aromatic silk beauty back to your family exactly as they are."
Dai Jinge took out the aromatic silk beauty, along with everything Yang Wudi had left behind.
"These are the Yang Family Leader's belongings. Keep them safe and take them back to your family as well."
The two Yang Family disciples exchanged a glance, then put everything away, including the aromatic silk beauty.
"We will take your words back to our family exactly as you said them, without leaving out a single word!"
With that, the two turned and left.
Zhu Zhuqing said indignantly, "They've mistaken a kind heart for a donkey's liver. Now they won't even call you Fourth Prince."
Dai Jinge sighed. "They did lose their clan leader, after all. It's understandable that they're upset."
Zhu Zhuqing began to look at things from the two Yang Family disciples' perspective. After putting herself in their shoes, she could not help sighing.
She then asked, "Jinge, what should we do now? Are we going to the Yang Family?"
Dai Jinge shook his head with a bitter smile. "No. We wouldn't get a warm welcome even if we went. We might even get beaten up."
Zhu Zhuqing muttered, "That's true..."
Dai Jinge took a deep breath. "Next... we'll first obtain our Soul Rings in Sunset Forest and raise our cultivation. After that... we'll settle in nearby Heaven Dou City for the time being and steadily improve our strength."
Zhu Zhuqing said bashfully, "Jinge, I left in such a hurry that day that I didn't bring much money..."
Dai Jinge smiled faintly. "Don't worry. I brought my entire fortune with me. We could live comfortably in Heaven Dou City for ten years without a problem."
Zhu Zhuqing smiled beautifully and praised him. "Jinge, you're so dependable!"
Smiling, Dai Jinge reached out and pinched Zhu Zhuqing's little nose. "Don't cultivate tonight. Take a bath and get a good night's sleep. Rest up properly."
Zhu Zhuqing nodded.
The next day, only after the sun was high in the sky did the well-rested Dai Jinge and Zhu Zhuqing head to Sunset Forest to search for suitable Soul Beasts.
They only needed thousand-year and hundred-year Soul Beasts, so they did not venture deep into the forest, searching only along its outskirts.
Whoosh!
Just as the two were making their way cautiously through the forest, a dark shadow flashed past behind them.
Dai Jinge whipped his head around but found nothing amiss. He frowned. "Zhu Zhuqing, be careful. I feel like something is following us."
At his words, Zhu Zhuqing looked around. Without realizing it, they had entered a rather dim area.
She did not doubt Dai Jinge's words. She trusted that he would not loose an arrow without a target, so she put herself on full alert.
Whoosh, whoosh!
Just then, two successive sounds cut through the air.
Dai Jinge reacted with remarkable speed, spinning around and pulling Zhu Zhuqing behind him.
When he saw two Black Light Blades shoot out of the forest, Dai Jinge's expression changed slightly. Shielding Zhu Zhuqing behind him, he twisted aside to dodge.
Thud, thud!
Two dull impacts sounded at once. Dai Jinge turned to look and saw two holes in the tree trunk behind them. The Black Light Blades had vanished.
"So sharp!"
Dai Jinge turned back and peered intently ahead, but all he could see was a cloud of black mist weaving through the forest.
"Zhu Zhuqing, let's chase it!"
After activating White Tiger Possession, Dai Jinge summoned two Soul Rings beneath his feet, one yellow and one purple.
Zhu Zhuqing summoned her Hell Spirit Cat Martial Soul to possess her, with only a single Yellow Soul Ring around her.
Yet her movement speed was not much slower than Dai Jinge's. After all, she was an Agility Attack System Soul Master who specialized in speed, very different from a Power Attack System Soul Master.
The cloud of black mist fled ahead, with Dai Jinge and Zhu Zhuqing pursuing relentlessly behind.
Hiss, hiss-!
Just then, the black mist stopped in front of a towering tree and turned to face them.
At that moment, Dai Jinge finally saw exactly what was inside the black mist.
The source of the black mist was a fox two meters long, with dark-purple specks floating over its body.
"Jinge, do you recognize this Soul Beast?"
Zhu Zhuqing studied the fox before her carefully and thought hard, but could not come up with an answer.
Dai Jinge shook his head. "I don't know either, but judging from its aura, it's only a thousand-year Soul Beast at most. Perhaps it could serve as your second Soul Ring."
Zhu Zhuqing did not register his words at first. When she did, she froze. "Jinge, you want me to absorb a Thousand-Year Soul Ring?"
Dai Jinge smiled faintly. "Let's capture this fox first. Then I'll tell you why."
Zhu Zhuqing nodded, her mind full of questions.
Bang!
Dai Jinge pushed off so forcefully that cracks appeared in the ground beneath his feet.
The next second, he shot toward Black Fox like a cannonball.
Zhu Zhuqing followed close behind, ready to act when the opportunity arose.
As he closed in on Black Fox, Dai Jinge gathered his strength and unleashed a vicious punch.
Bang-!!!
When Dai Jinge saw that his punch had missed Black Fox and struck the tree behind it instead, he frowned, then turned to look in astonishment at Black Fox, which had already escaped a short distance away.
Rumble!!!
After taking Dai Jinge's punch, a crack appeared in the tree's main trunk.
As the crack widened, the entire tree began to topple backward.
Birds in the surrounding trees swiftly fled.
Dai Jinge asked in a low voice, "Zhu Zhuqing, did you see clearly what happened just now?"
At that moment, he and Zhu Zhuqing had taken up positions on two flanks, surrounding Black Fox.
Zhu Zhuqing frowned. "Jinge, it just passed right through your body."
Passed right through...
Dai Jinge pondered silently, then realization dawned on him. "So that's it. Aside from firing those Black Light Blades, this fox can also enter a state of void, allowing it to evade any attack."
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