Chapter 116: Outside Longyuan City

  The first watch!

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  Pfft!

  Blood gushed out of his throat like a fountain, splashing everywhere. The burly man's eyes widened in anger, staring fixedly at the young man who had suddenly appeared before him, as if he couldn't believe it, as if he was unwilling to accept it... But ultimately, he crashed to the ground, dying on the spot.

  Everything happened too quickly and too suddenly, almost in the blink of an eye. When the burly man fell to the ground, the two white-clad youths beside him suddenly came to their senses.

  "So fast!"

  "How is it possible?"

  Looking at the distant figure, tall and majestic, floating out of the dust, the two white-clad youths suddenly turned gloomy, their eyes filled with a hint of surprise and uncertainty. They couldn't see through Chen Tai's strength and didn't dare to make any rash moves.

  Meanwhile, the girl also woke up and saw her brother running to her side, and she couldn't help but hug him tightly, crying bitterly.

  She was so scared that she didn't know how to live without her brother, and now seeing him safe and sound, the shock, grievance, pain... all burst out, turning into crystal tears streaming down her face.

  "Sister, I'm fine, don't cry." The young man comforted.

  "Hmm." The girl fiercely wiped away her tears and turned her head towards the scene.

  The girl only then noticed that the lifesaver of her and her brother was actually a young and handsome youth, while at his feet, the Star Luo Palace disciple lay dead on the ground, with blood flowing from his throat.

  "Little brat, report your name, how dare you kill our junior brother, do you know that we are disciples of the Star Luo Palace?" A triangular-eyed young man spoke viciously.

  "Not bad, report your name!" His companion also shouted out loudly.

  Although the two men looked gloomy and sinister, their tone of voice revealed a hint of nervousness, it was clear that Chen's appearance had put considerable pressure on them.

  "Senior, you'd better escape quickly, they are indeed disciples of Xingluo Palace. You killed their companions, Xingluo Palace will not let you off." The girl shouted anxiously from a distance.

  "Oh, Xīng Luó Gōng?" Chen Tàiyáng said in surprise, as if deep in thought, recalling the tragic death of Chái Yuètiān at his own hands - wasn't he a disciple of Xīng Luó Gōng?

  Seeing Chen Xiao being frightened, the triangular-eyed youth was delighted in his heart, but his face was ferocious: "Hmph, are you scared? Quickly kneel down and kowtow to apologize, take out some treasures to pay respects to my brothers, and this time I'll let you off easy, otherwise..."

  "Otherwise how?" Chen Ting said with a smile that was not quite a smile.

  "Otherwise..." The triangular-eyed youth was taken aback, vaguely sensing that something was off. He shouted, "What's going on? You dare to resist? Don't you know that we are disciples of the Star Luo Palace, one of the eight great sects of Longyuan? You're just a lone wolf, do you dare to fight us?"

  Chen Xiao suddenly felt very uninteresting, these guys kept mentioning Xing Luo Palace in every conversation, at most they were just a bunch of small fries trying to ride on someone else's coattails, and that guy who kept bringing up his own ancestor was simply the same kind of person as Chai Le Tian.

  What's even more detestable is that these three, as disciples of the Star Luo Palace, would stoop to such despicable and lewd deeds. If I hadn't arrived in time, wouldn't this sister and brother have fallen into their evil clutches?

  Thinking of this, Chen Xiao didn't say much more, his heart moved and he suddenly shot out the Xuanming Flying Sword, swift as lightning.

  Pffft! Pffft!

  These two white-clothed youths were only at the Xiantian boundary, how could they be Chen Xiao's opponents? Before they even had time to react, they were killed on the spot by the Xuanming sword. Even in death, they couldn't understand why Chen Xiao dared to poison their hands, didn't he know that killing them would mean being an enemy of the entire Star Luo Palace?

  If they knew that Chen Yu had killed Chai Le Tian Gongzi, whom they revered as a god, before this, perhaps they would have died more peacefully?

  "Thank you so much for saving our lives!" The girl pulled her brother's hand and was about to kneel down and kowtow, but was held back by an invisible force.

  "There's no need for such courtesy, these three men are despicable and shameless, with vile means, they got what they deserved." Chen Tai smiled slightly, waved his hand casually, and suddenly flames appeared out of thin air around him. The three corpses on the ground were instantly incinerated, leaving not a single bone or ash behind.

  As they watched Chen Yao calmly and naturally destroy the evidence in front of them, both siblings were shocked. The gaze with which they looked at Chen Yao now contained a hint of reverence.

  "Junior Muyao, and next to me is my younger brother Muwen Fei. Dare I ask your honorable surname and given name?" The young girl asked softly, her voice crisp and clear, like a string of pearls falling onto a jade plate, melodious as heavenly music.

  Chen Xiao was stunned, unable to believe that this slender girl had such a beautiful and moving voice. Only now did he notice that Mu Yao's clothes were simple and unadorned, but her appearance was extremely elegant, like a delicate wood lotus flower, giving people a feeling of purity and clarity.

  Especially her eyes, bright as the stars in a dark night, have an inexplicable charm that seems to make people infatuated at first sight.

  "No wonder the three guys from Xingluo Palace are so infatuated with her, this girl is only 15 or 16 years old, but she's incredibly stunning."

  Chen Xiao couldn't help but praise himself, saying: "No need to call me senior, my age is not much older than yours. My name is Chen Xiao. This time I went to Longyuan City, but I didn't expect to meet the two of you here."

  "Is Chen Tai also going to Longtan City?" Mu Wenfei said happily: "My sister and I are also going to Longtan City."

  "I see." Chen Xiao nodded and asked curiously: "How did you end up here?"

  "My sister brought me from the city of Misty Lake, and we traveled for half a year. Just as we were about to arrive at Dragon Spring City, those three bastards from Star Luo Palace blocked our way, forcing us to escape here." Mu Wentian said indignantly.

  "Are you hiking?"

  "Uh-huh." Mu Yao nodded, looking a bit embarrassed as she lowered her head, "My brother and I are not skilled enough, so we can only hurry along on foot."

  Chen Xiao secretly took a deep breath of cool air.

  As far as he knew, the distance between Feihu City and Longyuan City was at least 600,000 miles, with seven or eight cities and a range of towering mountains in between. The mountains were home to many ferocious beasts, making it extremely perilous.

  This sister and brother, the sister is a congenital boundary cultivation, the younger brother is still wandering in the acquired boundary, encountering some demonic beasts attacking, are enough to tear the two into pieces in an instant.

  Moreover, Chen Yao noticed that the two were shabbily dressed, obviously children from a poor family, unable to afford horses or carriages, and walking on foot was their only way to get to Longyuan City.

  "Chen Tai big brother, can we go with you?" asked Mu Wenfei with pleading eyes.

  Mei Yao beside her also showed an expectant look.

  "Good!" Chen Quan nodded lightly.

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  "Wow! Brother Chen, this ship is so cool! This is my first time flying in the sky, it feels so exhilarating......"

  In the clouds, a treasure ship was flying, and Mu Wenfei, who was only twelve or thirteen years old, ran back and forth on the ship, touching this and that, looking around excitedly with his little face flushed red.

  Mei Yu sat on one side, feeling a bit cramped and uneasy. She was also sitting in the flying treasure ship for the first time. The rare and fresh fruits on the desk, the dense patterns of smoke and mist flowing on the ship's hull, the incredibly fast speed of the treasure ship... everything before her eyes brought her no small shock.

  It wasn't until now that she realized that this Chen brother in front of her was actually a Zifu Grandmaster who could fly through the sky!

  "Have something to eat." Chen Ting cooked several dishes and placed them on the case in front of the girl, smiling warmly. "It's still a day's journey from Longyuan City, let's fill our stomachs first."

  The four dishes on the case emitted a fragrant aroma that assailed her nostrils, and the spiritual energy spread out. Mei Yao only smelled one mouthful, and her stomach began to rumble loudly, her small face suddenly flushing bright red.

  Chen Xiao smiled and called over Mu Wenfei and her sister to eat together, while she herself got up and walked towards the bow of the boat.

  This brother and sister reminded him of his own impoverished life with his younger brother in Songyan City, and he couldn't help but feel a deep sense of emotion.

  The next day.

  "Brother Chen, look! Is that Longtan City?" Mu Wentian yelled out loud while leaning on the bow of the boat.

  "Longyuan City?"

  Chen Ting raised his eyes and looked into the distance, where a magnificent city appeared before him. The city walls were hundreds of feet high, with a pure white color that stretched for tens of thousands of miles. Inside the city walls, towering buildings rose from the ground, looking like an ancient giant dragon coiled in the distance, majestic and awe-inspiring.

  In the sky, countless dazzling rays of light swooped down, but when they reached ten miles outside that majestic city, they all fell to the ground and lined up in an orderly fashion, walking towards the city gate.

  Seeing such a scene, Chen Tai was also surging with emotions. He had never seen such a magnificent city, a continuous and seemingly endless great city.

  Lanhai City is already big enough, as the commercial center of South Jiang, it's bustling with activity everywhere, but compared to this vast and endless city, it's still far inferior. Compared to Lanhai City, Songyan City where Chen Xuan grew up since childhood is even more unbearable, it's simply like a rural village.

  This is Longyuan City, the core of the southern border of one million miles, the first big city!

  Here lies the profound and ancient Eight Great Sects, Three Great Academies, and Six Great Families, which are the most revered cultivation holy lands in the hearts of all Southern Xinjiang cultivators.

  "I heard that flying is prohibited above Longyuan City, and it seems to be true." Chen Tai put away the treasure ship, took Mu Yao and her brother, landed on the ground, and walked towards the city gate.

  The closer you get to that great city, the more you can feel its grandeur, majesty and magnificence, while yourself is so small, like a grain of sand in the ocean.

  "Mei Mei!" Suddenly a voice rang out,

  Mu Yao and Mu Wenfei simultaneously lifted their heads and exclaimed in surprise: "Qing Nian sister!"

  In the distance, a young couple stood upright, the man was handsome and tall, with a fair face and red lips, elegant and extraordinary. The woman wore a dress like blue water, her long hair was as black as ink, her eyebrows were clear and bright, her skin was as white as snow, delicate and lovely to the extreme.

  Two people stood outside the city gate, like a golden boy and a jade girl, just like a beautiful landscape, firmly attracting the eyes of many passing monks.

  At this moment, the woman in green skirt was walking towards them with a smile, obviously, the "Qing Niao sister" in the mouths of Mu Yao and her brother was her.

  "You two siblings have finally arrived." Qing Nian said with a smile.

  "Qing Nian, is this the Miss Mu Yao and her brother you were talking about?" The handsome young man spoke with a hint of a smile as he gazed at Mu Yao's pure and elegant face, his eyes flashing with a fleeting gleam.

  "Uh-huh." Qing Nian nodded, but didn't explain much and instead said to Mu Yao and her brother: "You two are visiting Longyuan City for the first time. Later on, when you join a sect, you might not have time to idle around. Come, I'll take you to freshen up first, then we can have some fun."

  Mei Yao and her brother were overjoyed, it was clear that seeing Qing Nian made them extremely happy.

  "Who is this beside you?" Qing Nian only then noticed Chen Tang beside him.

  "This is our lifesaver, his name is Chen Xiao." Mu Yao said in a crisp voice.

  "Oh?" Qing Nian nodded and said: "Then thank you, fellow Taoist, for lending a hand." Although she said so, her face remained expressionless.

  Chen Xiao smiled and didn't take it seriously.

  "Let's go, we'll talk about it in the city." The handsome young man frowned and glanced at Chen Yu impatiently, asking: "Do you want to walk together, fellow Taoist?"

  "It's all right." Chen Xiao shook his head.

  Muyao and Mowenfei both looked at Chen Tang, still trying to persuade him.

  "This hundred jin of spiritual liquid will serve as a reward for your help, fellow Taoist." Qing Nian casually tossed a jade bottle to Chen Tai, not even giving him a glance, and pulled Mu Yao and her brother towards the city gate. As they walked, she said: "This is your first time out, be careful and vigilant, don't let those with ulterior motives deceive you."

  "Farewell, fellow Taoist." The handsome young man chuckled and chased after him.

  His voice could still be heard from afar: "Miss Qingniang was right, saving you for no reason, who knows what he's hiding in his heart, maybe he just wants to use your relationship with Miss Qingniang to get close to her... Now people will stop at nothing to climb up..."

  "I've become a despicable person." Chen Tai was taken aback, weighed the jade bottle in his hand, and suddenly lost his smile.