Chapter 310

Chapter 310: Disciples of the Divine Weapon Alliance

Lou Yun had entered and left many cities, and he knew that for safety reasons, in some cities, people coming and going might need to present official passes or similar documents to confirm identities and ensure the city’s security.

But in a port trade city like South Sea City, the daily number of people moving in and out was huge, similar to Binhai City near the East Sea, and in principle, it should have allowed free entry and exit without requiring such things.

Yet unexpectedly, he and his companion were actually blocked by soldiers.

Before Lou Yun could speak, he felt a faint ripple suddenly appear in the surrounding air, and he knew it was because Gui You Quan had unleashed killing intent.

Lou Yun swiftly turned and glared sharply at Gui You Quan with his eyes, while simultaneously answering the soldiers’ question: "We are ordinary tourists."

At Lou Yun’s glare, Gui You Quan closed his eyes for a moment, and the surrounding air returned to normal.

It was thanks to Lou Yun’s extremely sensitive spiritual perception that he sensed Gui You Quan’s surging killing intent and stopped him in time; otherwise, Gui You Quan would indeed have prepared to kill, because someone like him rarely encountered being stopped and interrogated, and coupled with the fact that he cultivated the path of a ghost weapons master, his nature was violent and he was truly bloodthirsty.

Then the two soldiers glanced at each other and said: "Are you wanting to go to sea?"

While paying attention to Gui You Quan’s movements, Lou Yun nodded: "Yes."

"Recently, this sea area has been sealed off; no one or any merchant convoys are allowed to set sail."

The reply from the two soldiers made Lou Yun freeze slightly: "Why?"

"We don’t know either; we were just ordered to be here and inform anyone coming in or out!"

Lou Yun frowned; the seal on the sea area was definitely due to something happening out there, and it had to be a major incident, or else no country would issue such an order.

But it turned out they were stopping the two as a courtesy, not to prevent them from entering the city, so Lou Yun nodded with a smile and said: "Thank you both for telling us; we understand. Then since we’ve traveled a long way and come from afar, can we enter the city to have a look?"

"Of course, we’re just informing; even if you truly want to go to sea, we can’t stop you! Proceed as you wish!"

After saying that, the two soldiers turned and walked away, ignoring Lou Yun and Gui You Quan, and instead went to stop another group wanting to enter the city.

Lou Yun turned and glanced at Gui You Quan, whispering: "Let’s enter the city. Uncle Ghost, you must remember what you promised me!"

Gui You Quan lowered his head without replying, and Lou Yun did not say anything more; the two entered the city gate one after the other.

South Sea City’s size was no smaller than Binhai City, so inside it was even more bustling.

But Lou Yun had no mood at all to enjoy the surroundings now; he was pondering what might have happened in the South Sea region while also thinking that he really needed to keep Gui You Quan by his side at all times; even though Gui You Quan had promised not to kill casually, given his temper, it was hardly possible for him to keep it.

While Lou Yun was deep in thought, Gui You Quan kept his eyes fixed straight ahead, walking with focused determination and a lowered head; the bustling streets, passing crowds, and noisy sounds had absolutely no effect on him.

Thus, the two stayed silent, walking silently forward.

After walking for about a quarter of an hour, Gui You Quan, who had been trailing behind Lou Yun the whole time, suddenly darted forward and blocked in front of Lou Yun, at the same time reaching out with one hand and grabbing the arm of a person who was brushing past Lou Yun.

"Aiyo, aiyo, it hurts, it hurts, it hurts!" The one grabbed by Gui You Quan was a young man, looking about twenty years old, dressed very plainly, who was now grimacing and loudly crying out in pain.

Though Lou Yun was lost in thought and very engrossed, his entire being, including his spiritual perception, was always in a state of high alertness; so he knew the young man caught by Gui You Quan was a thief intending to steal from him, but Lou Yun was too lazy to waste time with such a person and initially wasn’t going to bother.

However, he hadn’t expected Gui You Quan to react so strongly and directly grab the other.

Lou Yun sensed Gui You Quan rushing past him, but it was too late to stop him, so only then did he speak up: "Let go!" He was worried Gui You Quan might kill the other.

Gui You Quan obeyed and released his grip, and Lou Yun noted that the thief only had a shattered wrist bone with no danger to life; so Lou Yun said lightly to the young man: "Though we used a bit too much force, you know the reason better than us. Get out of here quick; be grateful you’re still alive!"

These words from Lou Yun were all true and not exaggerating; given Gui You Quan’s nature, just crushing the other’s wrist was a very light punishment.

The young man clutched his wrist, his face covered in cold sweat and tears rolling down from the pain; hearing Lou Yun’s words, he immediately protested, shouting through gritted teeth: "Kid, what the hell are you talking about? I was just walking my way normally, you crazy…"

Before he could finish, the young man clearly felt his collar tighten, and his feet instantly left the ground; he was lifted by Lou Yun, and then carried away in that position, dangling in midair.

Lou Yun did this partly to cut off the young man’s words since he was clearly about to curse Gui You Quan, and if he truly enraged Gui You Quan, the consequences would be unimaginable, so this was actually saving the young man’s life.

Partly, Lou Yun suddenly saw a spear tattoo pattern on the inner side of the young man’s wrist, which immediately reminded him of what Dong Jingwu, the Eastern Master, had once told him: all Divine Weapon Alliance disciples had a weapon pattern tattooed somewhere visible on their outer body.

Since the young man had a weapon tattoo on his inner arm, he was very likely a disciple of the Divine Weapon Alliance, and as the leader of the alliance, Lou Yun found it hard to accept that someone under his command could be a thief; so he also wanted a quiet place to ask about it properly.

Just as Lou Yun lifted the young man with one hand and prepared to leave, suddenly seven or eight people approached from the surrounding area, surrounding Lou Yun and Gui You Quan.

Lou Yun scanned them with his eyes and saw different weapon tattoo patterns on various parts of each person’s body; so any doubt vanished instantly, clearly all these people were Divine Weapon Alliance members.

Then those seven or eight began shouting loudly while gesturing and shoving Lou Yun and Gui You Quan: "What are you doing? Trying to kill someone in broad daylight!"

"Hurry and release him, or you won’t leave here!"

"Do you know whose turf this is? Daring to mess with us? Asking for death!"

As the saying goes, don’t air your dirty laundry in public, and Lou Yun had intended to handle it quietly, but now that they were surrounded, anger welled up inside him; he snorted coldly and applied force, slamming the young man hard onto the ground.

That young man, Xiaohai, had already had his wrist shattered by Gui You Quan and was in terrible agony; now with Lou Yun’s heavy slam, he immediately passed out.

Others saw their partner go quiet; they gathered around and, without knowing who it was, suddenly shouted: "Aya, he’s killed someone, killed someone!"

Though many onlookers had been watching the commotion, hearing someone had actually died killed their interest, and they scattered hastily; in moments, only Lou Yun, Gui You Quan, and these Divine Weapon Alliance disciples were left on the street.

Then the shortest one of them whispered a few words to the others and immediately ran off in the opposite direction, and Lou Yun heard their conversation, knowing he was going to call for help.

Lou Yun didn’t stop him at all because he also wanted to find the person in charge of the Divine Weapon Alliance in South Sea City.

The remaining people had two guarding the unconscious thief, while the others kept some distance from Lou Yun and Gui You Quan, shouting loudly: "You two just wait; today we’ll give you a beating, or else you’ll really think we’re pushovers!"

They weren’t stupid; seeing how their partner was easily knocked out by Lou Yun and Gui You Quan, they knew they couldn’t beat them together, so they went to get help.

Lou Yun truly didn’t want to waste words on such minor thugs and simply said nothing, standing with a slight cold smile as he looked around at the scenery; as for Gui You Quan, he seemed deep in meditation, head bowed without a sound, lost in thought.

After about a quarter of an hour, Lou Yun finally turned his head because he sensed seven people rushing towards them; likely the help they called had arrived.

Sure enough, seven people appeared in front of Lou Yun, with the short one who had gone for help panting at the back.

Lou Yun scanned the leader; he was a middle-aged man, tall and strong, with a fearsome appearance, and his cultivation had reached the human level one-star magical weapon realm.

But Lou Yun knew the names and appearances of all Divine Weapon Alliance branch heads and recognized this big man wasn’t South Sea City’s person in charge; judging by his cultivation, he must be at least a minor leader.

Seeing the big man arrive, the nearby youths immediately rallied around him like a beacon of hope, babbling: "Uncle, that’s him; he knocked Xiaohai out!"

"Uncle, you have to avenge us!"

"Uncle, beat him to death; show him our power!"

The middle-aged man looked over Xiaohai lying on the ground, then fixed his gaze on Lou Yun, a flash of killing intent crossing his face: "Kid, you’ve got nerve, daring to injure my nephew. Do you have any idea who we are?"

Lou Yun sneered: "I don’t know who you are, but I want to ask you: Why hasn’t Shi Renyong come here?"