Chapter 211
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Chapter 211: Inexplicable Killing Intent
“I don’t have any money with me,” Yu spread his hands and said.
“Why are you out shopping without money… Never mind, I’m going to eat anyway, so I’ll treat you,” the young girl said helplessly.
“Junior Sister! How did you end up here?”
At this moment, three figures appeared on the street, two men and one woman, walking towards the young girl.
“Senior Brothers and Sister, I caught the evil cultivator Phantom Hag!” the young girl said excitedly, puffing up her chest proudly.
Phantom Hag!
The three people’s expressions changed slightly upon hearing this name.
This was a wanted evil cultivator with a bounty from the Wen’an Martial Arts Association, reportedly possessing mysterious and dangerous illusion techniques.
“Junior Sister Ling, are you hurt?” the young woman among the three asked with concern.
“Senior Sister Rulan, I’m fine. This Phantom Hag wasn’t actually that powerful, she was no match for me at all,” Ling raised her head and said proudly.
“That’s good. But don’t run off alone like this again! If Master finds out, not only will you be grounded, but we’ll also be punished,” Jiang Rulan stroked Ling’s head and said gently.
“Oh, if Senior Brothers and Sister don’t tell, Master won’t know,” Ling said with a grin.
“Junior Brother Hongcheng, take the Phantom Hag to the Martial Arts Association, you can collect a good bounty. Then come find us at the address I told you about earlier.”
At this point, the young man standing next to Jiang Rulan spoke.
“Understood, Senior Brother Lin Cheng,” Zhang Hongcheng said.
After speaking, Zhang Hongcheng picked up the Phantom Hag who was lying unconscious on the ground with severe injuries.
“I’ll take her to the Martial Arts Association now,” Zhang Hongcheng said to Lin Cheng and Jiang Rulan.
“Mm, go ahead,” Lin Cheng nodded.
Zhang Hongcheng carried the Phantom Hag and left the street.
At this moment, Lin Cheng looked at Yu, who had been standing silently next to Ling, and asked with narrowed eyes: “And this is…?”
“He was affected by the Phantom Hag’s illusion and almost died, but I saved him,” Ling answered.
“Oh, what’s your name?” Lin Cheng looked at Yu and asked.
“Dao Tian,” Yu answered.
“Dao Tian?” The name sounded strange, and Lin Cheng frowned slightly but didn’t say anything more.
“If there’s nothing else, let’s go to that restaurant as planned,” Lin Cheng said.
“Um, Senior Brother, can I bring him along? He’s hungry and doesn’t have any money, so I promised to treat him to a meal…” Ling asked somewhat embarrassedly.
Lin Cheng glanced at Yu and frowned slightly.
“It’s just one more person for dinner, it’s fine,” Jiang Rulan said with a smile.
Then, Jiang Rulan looked at Lin Cheng and said: “Senior Brother, Ling has already promised someone, it wouldn’t be right to go back on her word.”
Lin Cheng looked at Yu, his eyes flickering.
“Alright, let’s go together then,” Lin Cheng said before turning around, “Let’s hurry, it’s getting late.”
It was now six forty in the evening, and dusk was approaching.
Ling looked at Yu and said: “Let’s go!”
Yu watched Lin Cheng walking in front, his eyes narrowing slightly.
Just now, when Lin Cheng looked at him, a flash of killing intent had appeared in his eyes.
This killing intent was extremely subtle and fleeting, but Yu still caught it.
This was Yu’s first time meeting Lin Cheng, why would Lin Cheng harbor killing intent towards him?
It was too bizarre.
The aura around Lin Cheng indicated that he had reached the twelfth layer of Qi Refinement, making him a half-step Grandmaster.
What exactly did he want to do?
Lin Cheng’s inexplicable killing intent aroused Yu’s interest.
So, he decided to join them for the meal, following slowly behind the three.
…
“Hey, is your name really Dao Tian?”
Walking on the street, Ling looked at Yu and asked curiously.
“Yes,” Yu nodded.
“That’s such a strange name. Is your surname really Dao?” Ling said.
“Yes,” Yu answered.
“I can tell you’re also a martial artist, but your talent seems really poor… only at the seventh stage of Innate Realm at such an age…” Ling continued.
“Junior Sister Ling!” Jiang Rulan gave Ling a reproachful look.
Then, she apologetically said to Yu: “I’m sorry, Ling is young and doesn’t know how to speak properly, please don’t take offense.”
“It’s fine, my talent is indeed poor,” Yu said.
These words were truly sincere.
His cultivation talent was indeed epically poor.
Otherwise, he wouldn’t still be stuck at the Qi Refinement stage after nearly five thousand years.
“Hmph, at least you’re self-aware, but don’t be too sad, reaching the seventh stage of Innate Realm is quite good already. Many people in this world don’t even qualify to practice martial arts!” Ling said.
“Ling!” Jiang Rulan pinched Ling’s cheeks.
“Senior Sister! Stop pinching, my face is getting rounder lately, and it’s all because of your pinching!” Ling complained.
…
On the way to the restaurant, Lin Cheng remained silent, while Yu chatted well with Jiang Rulan and Ling.
Yu was very interested in the strange sense of familiarity he felt from Ling, so during their conversation, he used some conversational techniques to extract quite a bit of information.
The three people before him, along with Zhang Hongcheng who had gone to claim the bounty for the Phantom Hag, all came from a small sect called True Origin Sect.
And their master was the sect leader of True Origin Sect.
Ling was an orphan adopted by the sect leader.
Ling had extraordinary martial talent, and after starting cultivation at age five, she had broken through to the Grandmaster realm in just two or three years.
This freakish cultivation talent had greatly shocked the sect leader.
At the same time, the sect leader clearly knew that this matter could not be leaked.
Otherwise, with Ling’s talent, she would certainly be fought over by various major sects and martial arts families, and couldn’t remain at True Origin Sect.
Of course, Ling herself didn’t want to leave. She regarded the sect leader as family and had no interest in major sects or martial arts families.
Therefore, the sect leader treated Ling like a precious treasure. He rarely allowed her to go out, to avoid attracting attention from those with ulterior motives or encountering danger.
Sometimes when Ling felt cooped up and insisted on going out, the sect leader would assign two or three senior disciples to accompany and protect her.
Today was such a situation.
Ling hadn’t left True Origin Sect for over a month, and today she wanted to get some fresh air.
Senior Brother Lin Cheng said he would take her to a nice restaurant for a meal.
When passing through that old street earlier, Ling sensed something wrong with her keen perception and ran off on her own.
What happened next was what Yu had personally experienced.
All this information was extracted bit by bit through Yu’s superior conversational skills.
During their conversation, Yu noticed that although Ling was young, she spoke very maturely, not at all like a seven or eight-year-old child.
“Oh… how did I end up telling everything…”
After their chat, Jiang Rulan fell silent for a moment before realizing she had revealed many things she shouldn’t have.
The Dao Tian before them was just a stranger they’d met less than an hour ago, how could she tell him everything?
“Mr. Dao Tian… please don’t spread what I just said,” Jiang Rulan said softly, her face reddening.
“Don’t worry, I won’t tell anyone,” Yu smiled.
Seeing Yu’s low cultivation level and ordinary demeanor, Jiang Rulan didn’t worry too much.
The three followed behind Lin Cheng, turning left and right, passing through several streets, entering a sparsely populated area.
“Senior Brother, we’ve been walking for over half an hour, are we there yet?” Ling complained.
“That restaurant is quite old and hard to find, but we should be close,” Lin Cheng answered.
After walking for about five more minutes and passing through a small alley, they finally saw a rather run-down restaurant.
By now, they had arrived in an unfamiliar, remote area.
Entering the restaurant, they saw no customers.
A young man in a tank top came to greet them, exchanged just a glance with Lin Cheng, and gestured for him to go upstairs.
“Let’s go up, there are private rooms upstairs,” Lin Cheng said to Jiang Rulan and Ling behind him.
After speaking, Lin Cheng took the lead up the stairs.
Yu looked at Jiang Rulan and Ling with surprise.
It was so obvious, how had these two not noticed something was wrong?
