Chapter 2401
by Moonlit_Scholar_C I only heard him murmur in puzzlement:
”Xu Taiping and the others actually agreed to the observation request of the Dragon Slaying List first？”
Just as Xiahou Qingyuan was very puzzled, I only heard Chu Xiaoxiao said loudly again:
“I can see it clearly, I can see it clearly. It’s the small courtyard of Big Brother Taiping and the others！”
Everyone fixed their eyes and looked. As the picture in the shadow became clearer and clearer Gu Yu’s small earthen wall courtyard once again appeared in everyone’s sight in a bird’s-eye view.
Just as the picture of the small courtyard kept zooming in, the excited smiles on the faces of the people in the attic suddenly all froze.
“This… this is…？”
When everyone saw that the four people in the small courtyard, Xu Taiping and the others, were sitting around the table, feasting on the full table of dishes, the excited and expectant expressions on their faces suddenly turned into shock and confusion.
After watching the four people in the small courtyard eat for a long time, they heard Chu Xiaoxiao’s tone full of resentment and said：
“Big Brother Taiping, why are you still eating！！！”
Xiahou Qingyuan, who originally had a confused face, laughed loudly and said:
“No, this time, what they are eating is much more sumptuous than last time.”
Zhu Huai and Jiang Cuicui both frowned and shook their heads at this time.
Even the little martial aunt Lu Rushuang, after seeing this scene, couldn’t help but smile helplessly.
Zhang Moyan and the others all let out a soft sigh.
For them, their hearts were not so much disappointed as they were confused and puzzled.
Even Xiahou You, who had originally firmly believed that there must be some kind of plan behind Xu Taiping and others’ casualness, was now shaken in his heart——
“Could it be that, as Second Brother speculated, Young Master Taiping and the others never thought of competing for the leader of the Dragon-Slaying Assembly from the very beginning？”
At this time, Chu Xiaoxiao, who had originally looked disappointed, suddenly looked at Xu Taiping and the others gobbling up the food and couldn’t help but swallow a mouthful of saliva and said：
“It seems… it seems quite delicious.”
Duan Xiaoyu, who was also staring intently, nodded at this time and said：
“They… are eating so deliciously.”
Seeing this, Zhang Moyan couldn’t help but smile helplessly and said：
“Could it be that Big Brother Taiping and the others, afraid that we would be bored watching, prepared so many dishes in advance this time？”
Chu Tiancheng smiled and said：
“I think it’s very likely.”
Although the expectations in their hearts were disappointed, as Xu Taiping’s friends, everyone quickly let go.
Not only the few people in the Spring Rain Pavilion, but also the other cultivators watching the battle on the viewing platform only cursed a few words at the beginning and then watched with great interest.
Unlike the few people in the Spring Rain Pavilion, they had already lost their expectations for Xu Taiping and the others as early as the first time they watched the battle.
At this moment, they completely regarded Xu Taiping’s team as a adjust before watching the other teams.
“Boom boom boom…”
Just as the numerous cultivators were engrossed in the scene of Xu Taiping and the others feasting in the illusion a huge explosion suddenly woke them up.
Just as the cultivators were curious about where the previous burst sound came from.
It was seen that the picture in the shadow suddenly kept moving upwards.
Finally, Gu Yu’s small courtyard once again appeared in the picture in a bird’s-eye view.
However, at this moment, what attracted everyone’s attention was no longer the small courtyard, but a raging blaze that ignited in the direction of the town to the west of the small courtyard.
In an instant, some cultivators understood——
“Someone set fire to Hongling Town！”
And almost at the same time when the flame lit up, an arrow with a burning arrowhead shot over from the forest with a “whoosh” sound, directly piercing through the courtyard door of the small courtyard.
Everyone in the Chunyu Pavilion stood up together when they saw this scene.
Duan Xiaoyu even said nervously with a tense face：
“Brother Taiping and the others are under attack！”
And at this time, Xu Taiping and the other three also put down their chopsticks, picked up their respective weapons instead, and quickly got up and rushed to the courtyard door.
Then it was seen that Xu Taiping, with his body protected by astral qi, opened the courtyard door and pulled out the arrow on the door.
And Master Xuanzhi and Dongfang Yuejian each carried a long knife and rushed directly towards the forest where the arrow was shot.
However, before they could rush into the forest, they were stopped by Xu Taiping.
“Yuejian, Xuanzhi, don’t fall for their luring-the-tiger-away-from-the-mountain strategy！”
After hearing Xu Taiping’s words, Master Xuanzhi and Dongfang Yuejian stopped in their tracks simultaneously.
And Xu Taiping, at this time, also found a bamboo tube with a note stuffed in the tail of the arrow.
He took out the note in the bamboo tube and unfolded it. A line of scrawled handwriting – “Gu Yu, I heard you invited three experts to take revenge on us? Well! “Very good!” Our eight old buddies are now waiting for you at the Red Ridge Town Shrine! Want to take revenge? Come on!
“If you don’t dare, today our Eight will surely massacre Red Ridge Town!”
Everyone in the Chunyu Pavilion frowned tightly after seeing this note.
The old Martial God Zhu Huai even sighed and said：
“Look, you didn’t go to take revenge on those eight of them, and now instead they have come to your door！”
Martial God Jiang Cuicui also furrowed her brows and said at this time：
These Eight are using the people of Red Ridge Town as a threat and Xu Taiping and the others are instead in a passive position!
Zhu Huai nodded and said：
“Now it depends on how Xu Taiping deals with it！”
For a while, everyone’s eyes once again fell on the virtual shadow screen.
……
Zangxian Ruins.
In front of the Gu family’s mud wall courtyard.
Gu Yu looked at the sky illuminated by the fire in the west and the faintly screams and shouts and suddenly couldn’t help trembling all over and said:
“It’s… it’s them… they’re here… they’re here again！”
Although many years have passed, when Gu Yu heard the news of the eight villains in Bahao Valley, he still instinctively felt fear.
Master Xuanzhi gently patted Gu Yu on the shoulder at this time and said：
“Gu Yu, you today are no longer the teenager who was powerless to bind a chicken yesterday.”
Xu Taiping handed a long knife to Gu Yu at this time：
“You now have your own knife.”
The moment he took the long knife, Gu Yu seemed to have changed into a different person and nodded heavily and said：
“That’s right, I now have my own knife！”
Seeing this, Xu Taiping nodded slightly and then said seriously：
“Gu Yu, although it’s a bit hasty, it’s almost time.”
As he spoke, Xu Taiping looked in the direction of the fire in Hongling Town and said：
“Use the heads of the eight villains in Bahao Valley to sacrifice the knife！”
When Gu Yu heard this, he first took a deep breath and then nodded heavily and said：
“Okay！”
At this time, Dongfang Yuejian and Master Xuanzhi on the side had already led the four newly bought horses over from beside the courtyard.
Xu Taiping handed the reins of one of the horses to Gu Yu and asked：
“Can you ride？”
Gu Yu nodded and said：
“I have ridden before.”
Immediately, the four of them galloped their horses and rushed towards the direction of Hongling Town.