Demoness, where are you Fleeing to?
Chapter 376 - 315: The Almost Lost Wing _1

Chapter 376: Chapter 315: The Almost Lost Wing _1

At the top of a hill beside the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal in Shandong Jining, two men were overlooking the crowded canal below.

One of them was about eighteen or nineteen years old. He was dressed in a plain white robe, had an elegant demeanor and handsome features, and stood a foot above the ground on a flying sword.

The other man was around thirty years old, tall and imposing like a tower, with a weathered face that seemed to have been chiseled from rock. A heavy iron sword hung on his back, making him seem tough and stoic. He looked impatient: "Can you tell me now, what exactly do you want me to do?"

"Kill someone," the teenager standing on the sword pointed down: "Earl Jingan, Li Xuan, in less than half a day, their ship will pass by here, and I want you to cooperate with the people below to kill him!"

Upon hearing this, the sword-bearing middle-aged man seemed taken aback: "Are you sure? Aren’t you supposed to serve as arbitrators for all eternity, enforcing the Heavenly Dao? To my knowledge, this Earl Jingan is a pillar of righteousness in the present day, and seems to be a protector of the rational school of thought, he should be an ally of yours."

The young man gave him a sidelong glance: "Indeed, he is one of us. However, he disturbed the Heavenly Secrets and confused sequence of time. The so-called, ’nature takes its course, unaffected by the life or death of a sage or a fool’. Yet someone told me that the future timeline would be disrupted because of him."

The sword-carrying middle-aged man frowned before shaking his head: "I don’t get it! With your abilities, won’t it be easy for you to kill him? Even if it’s you, a mere flick of your finger could smash him to pieces. Why must I do it?"

"His cultivation has not yet reached the heavenly level, according to ancient celestial laws, we cannot take action against mortals."

The young man, while speaking, crossed his arms behind his back: "Xiahou Ying, are you afraid? If you have any doubts, I can find someone else."

"I’m not afraid of anything!" A trace of anger and helplessness appeared in the eyes of sword-bearing mid-age named Xiahou Ying: "The background of that guy might be formidable, but I don’t care about Tianshi’s mansion, or Jiang Yunqi. No matter where I go, I will find a place for myself. The only person I am concerned about is Shaobao Yu from the Jin Dynasty, if he decides to take action against me, I won’t have anywhere to hide."

"Yu Jie?" A hint of mockery appeared at the corner of the teenager’s lips: "So what about Yu Jie? This representative of the Jin Dynasty, like everyone else, has to follow our orders. Why don’t you think about Li Zhetian, who has been living freely and happily for so many years?"

Xiahou Ying’s pupils suddenly dilated, and his heart tightened slightly.

There had long been a rumor in the cultivation world that Li Zhetian was able to stay at the top of the Liudao Division’s blacklist for more than two decades, thanks to the protection of a certain power that had existed for countless years.

The young man turned around again, his cold eyes locked onto Xiahou Ying: "Go and kill Li Xuan, and bring me back his Wenshan Seal. I will give you the key to the heavenly level you want."

Xiahou Ying’s eyes flickered slightly: "I heard that the Wenshan Seal left by Master Yu was the only thing in the world that could possibly break the shackles of Heavenly Dao, the only thing that could possibly resist you—"

Splat!

Xiahou Ying’s words came to an abrupt stop as a sharp sword Qi brushed past his face, leaving a fresh cut on it.

"You’ve crossed the line!" The young man’s aura turned icy cold, his pupils brimming with murderous intent: "You’re asking too many questions, which makes me regret choosing you."

Seeing that Xiahou Ying had no further retort, he flew up in the air: "I’ve given you a chance, Xiahou Ying! The choice is yours."/>

When the white-robed teenager left, Xiahou Ying’s face twisted into a frustrated grimace. However, after a moment, he sighed deeply and took his heavy sword from his back.

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When Li Xuan and their fast boat arrived near Taierzhuang, the ’Gong Bridge’ between Li Xuan and Jiang Hanyun had already crumbled to dust.

Because Li Xuan made maximum effort, they completed the first step of the ’Shentian Dual Essence Technique’ half an hour in advance.

Afterwards, Jiang Hanyun immediately took out a rag from the little Qiankun bag, carefully cleaned the ground, then evaporated the suspicious mist with an electric sweep.

"Li Xuan, thank you for your hard work."

As soon as Jiang Hanyun hurriedly finished speaking, she ran off the boat with a blush -- she still had to rush back to Jinling, to be on duty in Zhuque Hall the next morning.

Li Xuan shouted unhappily: "Don’t leave yet, let’s chat, hey, hey-"

But alas, that graceful figure had already moved far away.

Li Xuan couldn’t help but feel dejected, as if he had lost all will to live.

After completing the ’Shentian Dual Essence Technique’, he should have been in high spirits.

But the problem was that he was feeling too spirited at the moment.

Imagine being in the final stage of a romantic relationship for twelve hours, yet never finally reaching the end — anyone else would have been driven mad.

When Li Xuan with a defeated look came to the deck, he saw only Luo Yan was still there.

She stood on the bow of the ship, glancing over at him in surprise: "Shouldn’t you be feeling on top of the world and happily content? Why do you look like this? Stop pretending with me!".

"What’s there to be happy about." After some thought, Li Xuan replied listlessly: "Yan, you can imagine, you’ve been in the treasure vault of the Liudao Division for hours, and yet, you have never been able to touch the wealth in it."

Luo Yan thought about it and then burst out laughing, taking pleasure in his misfortune: "You’re getting what you deserve!"

Somehow, Luo Yan’s mood improved slightly.

As a dual cultivator of Dao and Martial arts, she knew Li Xuan wasn’t lying with just a little bit of inference.

"You don’t know how torturous this is, but apart from this method, there’s no other way to stop Hanyun’s transformation into a fox."

Li Xuan sighed, his expression becoming serious. "Yan, I noticed something wasn’t right with you when you got on the boat. If you have any worries, can you share them with me?"

Luo Yan looked at him, her expression complex, then she said in a quiet voice, "Actually, I don’t really want to go to Beijing. I had thought to help you for another two or three months and then leave."

Li Xuan felt a cold sweat break out, but he didn’t know how to respond.

During the past month, he was ensnared in the pleasures of Longhu Mountain, while Luo Yan was left in Jinling. Indeed, he had treated her somewhat unjustly.

What he had said to Luo Yan before now seemed like nothing but a joke.

If Luo Yan wanted to leave now, he had no reason to ask her to stay.

"However, I visited my foster father yesterday," Luo Yan said, her eyes shimmering with a mysterious light. "He told me he was pleased to learn that I’ve been following you. He said my grandmother, who’s now in the underworld, would probably be delighted too."

Li Xuan felt an uplifting spark in his heart. He silently commended the Marquis of Zhen Dong, Duan Dong, for his wisdom. At the same time, he kept his face expressionless and advised, "Actually Yan, you don’t have to care too much about the Marquis of Zhen Dong’s ideas. The key is whether you’re happy. If you really can’t adjust to this life and are tired of it, forcing yourself to continue would be hard."

"Whether I’m happy?"

Luo Yan mentally pondered and felt that the two months spent in Liudao Division were pretty good. Her days were fulfilling, being able to help many people.

If she couldn’t continue her career as a bandit, then Liudao Division was indeed a good alternative.

"Actually, I really can’t stand the thought of you leaving my side, Yan." Li Xuan gave a soft sigh, "I don’t know why, but the thought of you leaving makes me uncomfortable. But I don’t want to force you either, because that would be too selfish. Yan, you’re supposed to be an eagle soaring in the sky."

Luo Yan looked at him coldly and let out a soft snort.

She knew full well of the many girls Li Xuan held dear in his heart, but hearing these words still stirred a warm and sweet sensation within her.

The feeling of being needed and loved made her reluctant to let go, even though she knew this man’s heart had already been divided amongst several others, like a blooming flower.

Just then Luo Yan’s expression shifted. Standing up, she looked ahead, her gaze icy, "Something’s not right!"

Li Xuan immediately tensed, rushing his hand to grip the ’Bixue Leique Sword’ as he looked ahead, "What happened?"

He also stomped his foot, causing the ship to oscillate as a method to alert Yue Qianqian, Peng Fulai, and Zhang Yue below decks.

This wasn’t only because he trusted Luo Yan, but also because his Shenpo sensed a looming danger.

Meanwhile, a pair of short knives slid out from Luo Yan’s sleeve, "Get ready for a fight. There are ambushes ahead, and we’ve been blocked from behind."

At this moment, a large barge of eight thousand gros behind them, suddenly moved across the river, blocking their fast ship’s retreat. Simultaneously, another barge of the same size started turning in front. The gun ports opened one by one, revealing arrays of muskets and chain crossbows inside.

"Get to the shore!"

Li Xuan stomped his foot and shouted, ’give me your power’. In an instant, external power surged inside him. At the same time, his body was enveloped in a layer of hydro attribute spirit force.

This allowed him to stand on the river as if on solid ground after jumping off the speedboat.

The massive weight of Fumo Vajra didn’t affect its movements either. It carried Peng Fulai and Zhang Yue on its shoulders and effortlessly sped across the river surface.

In fact, at this moment, the underwater environment was more advantageous to Li Xuan. The resistance underwater could stop bullets and crossbow arrows.

However, Li Xuan sensed several chilling killing intents coming from underneath the water. Since he didn’t know what trap the enemies had set for him underwater, he chose to head for the shore.

What surprised Li Xuan was that Yue Qianqian had actually struggled free from the hand of Fumo vajra. With spirit secrets flowing from her hands and her long hair dancing without wind, she flew to the shore at a speed not inferior to Li Xuan and Luo Yan.

At the same time, two huge ice giants, rose up from the water.

The speedboat they rode was instantly shattered by a hail of bullets and arrows. However, these two ice giants, each ten feet tall, firmly blocked the bullets and crossbow arrows, protecting their rear.

"The Fairy of Ninth Heaven?"

Luo Yan looked at Yue Qianqian in amazement. She knew the young girl was using the ’Descendence’ technique. However, the power of this technique used by the three-storey building spell cultivator was quite exaggerated.

Boom!

A huge barge in their rear was brushed aside half of its body by a giant ’Xuanwu’ beast, which suddenly emerged from the water. The beast, made entirely of ice, resembled a turtle. It stood fifty feet tall and its body obstructed most of the river channel.---

This was also summoned using Yue Qianqian’s mana.