Seeking the Wolf King, Meeting a "Good Man" on the Road

Blood-Colored Forest

Qin Yi was racing at full speed toward the place where the Silver Moon Wolf King had appeared. Whether he could beat it was another matter, but he had to find it first.

An hour later, Qin Yi stopped. People were fighting ahead. He concealed his presence and slowly approached the battlefield.

"Soaring Flames!"

Ahead, a fierce-looking, burly man wielding a large saber was battling a giant striped tiger. The man unleashed a wave of scorching saber Qi, and the giant tiger let out a wail as most of its fur was scorched. Immediately afterward, the tiger roared and pounced at him again.

"So strong." The man was at least a cultivator at the Foundation Establishment Realm Middle Stage. Otherwise, he could not have held such a clear advantage over a giant striped tiger in the Foundation Establishment Realm. Just as Qin Yi was about to slip away, the man suddenly charged toward him.

"This is bad." Qin Yi immediately turned to flee, but the giant striped tiger leaped over his head and blocked his retreat. By then, the man had already reached his side.

"Heh heh, little brother, don't run. I mean no harm." Standing beside Qin Yi, the man waved the large saber in his hand and spoke with a "kind" look on his face.

Qin Yi's mouth twitched as he looked at the "kind" man. Then he pointed at the giant striped tiger blocking the way ahead, put on a "terrified" expression, and stammered, "A-a tiger! It's a second-tier giant striped tiger! Big brother, save me!" If you're putting on an act, so am I. Neither of us is any good, so what are we pretending for?

A disdainful smile appeared on the man's lips. Where did this silk pants come from? I wonder if he has any treasures on him. Ignoring Qin Yi, he charged at the giant tiger.

The giant striped tiger had also fought until its eyes were red. Ignoring its injuries, it lunged at the man. As Qin Yi watched the man beat the giant tiger back, a plan sprang to mind. He decided not to run. He couldn't kill the Silver Moon Wolf King himself anyway, and wasn't there a hired muscle right here?

"Huff, huff." The giant striped tiger panted heavily as it circled the man. Suddenly, it changed direction and sprang at Qin Yi.

"Damn you, vile beast!" Qin Yi couldn't help cursing aloud. He had been watching the show just fine, so why had it attacked him out of nowhere?

Qin Yi threw several talismans at the giant tiger and dodged to the side. The tiger crashed straight into the talismans. With a boom, dust billowed into the air.

"Damn it!" the man cried. The tiger was going to escape, but it was too late. Before the smoke had cleared, the giant striped tiger fled into the distance. Watching it disappear, Qin Yi's lips curled into a smile of unclear meaning.

The man's expression was ugly. Given how familiar the giant striped tiger was with this part of the forest, if he went any farther and encountered a stronger Demon Beast, he could not be sure of leaving the Blood-Colored Forest unscathed.

Seeing the man's face grow increasingly gloomy, Qin Yi hurriedly said with "gratitude," "Thank you for saving my life, big brother."

"What's there to thank me for? Who are you? You actually let my prey get away," the man said impatiently.

"Uh, I am Xie Wuhui. I got separated from a Foundation Establishment elder of my household while we were out gaining experience." Qin Yi put the Xie Household out in front and made up a Foundation Establishment elder to protect him.

Sure enough, the man's expression turned somewhat unnatural when he heard about the Foundation Establishment elder. "In that case, you don't need to call me big brother. My name is Lang Ya. You can call me Brother Lang."

Qin Yi immediately said to Lang Ya with humility, "I'm sorry, Brother Lang. It's all my fault that I ruined things for you."

"But I'm willing to make it up to you. I happen to know where the Silver Moon Wolf King is. How about I lead the way and we hunt the wolf king together, as compensation for you, big brother?"

"Well..." Lang Ya hesitated. The Silver Moon Wolf King's value was extremely tempting. If there had only been the Silver Moon Wolf King, he would have had some confidence, but there was also a pack of wolves protecting it.

Qin Yi knew what Lang Ya was hesitating over, so he spoke again. "Big brother, there's no need to worry about the wolf pack. I've already arranged to meet my household's elder where the Silver Moon Wolf King is."

"The old man is a Foundation Establishment Late Stage cultivator. When the two of you join forces, won't catching a mere wolf king be as easy as reaching out your hand?"

Lang Ya was instantly tempted when he heard that the elder was at the Foundation Establishment Late Stage. Looking at Qin Yi's eager expression and recalling his cowardly behavior earlier, Lang Ya could no longer resist the temptation.

"All right, lead the way."

Looking at Lang Ya's excited expression, Qin Yi thought, There's no Foundation Establishment Late Stage elder, but I might be able to get you a Foundation Establishment Late Stage wolf king.

Qin Yi put on the airs of a silk pants and eagerly pointed the way for Lang Ya. Seeing him act like a silk pants, Lang Ya looked down on him all the more.

Qin Yi and Lang Ya headed southwest through the Blood-Colored Forest. Along the way, Lang Ya repeatedly questioned whether Qin Yi's information was true. After all, the farther they went, the more dangerous it became. As for whether the information was true, Qin Yi didn't know either. He could only tell Lang Ya that his clan had bought it on the black market, and Lang Ya could only brace himself and continue in the direction Qin Yi indicated.

Finally, three days later, Lang Ya's Divine Sense detected traces of the wolf pack on a barren plain. But despite his search, Lang Ya found no sign of the so-called Foundation Establishment Late Stage elder Qin Yi had mentioned.

"Brother Lang, let's wait a little longer. That old fellow likes to drink, so he might have been delayed on the way." Qin Yi could only find an excuse to placate Lang Ya for the time being. As for Qin Yi's identity, Lang Ya had yet to discover it was false. After all, Qin Yi had been born with a noble bearing and was handsome. As long as he acted a little casually, posing as a silk pants was simple.

"All right, let's wait a little longer," Lang Ya said helplessly. Without the elder Qin Yi had mentioned to help him, Lang Ya had no chance of taking down the wolf king.

But Qin Yi had no intention of giving Lang Ya time to wait. A long night invited many dreams; if they waited too long and Lang Ya noticed something, Qin Yi probably wouldn't even know how he died.

Qin Yi pretended to take a longsword from his Storage Bag for self-defense, but Lang Ya did not notice the dust that drifted into the air when the sword came out.

The corners of Qin Yi's mouth rose slightly. The show was about to begin.