Chapter 504

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Chapter 504: The Secret of Xiao Village

Faced with Xia Zhongtian’s invitation, Jiang Yun immediately refused, saying, "Master Xia is kind, but I have some personal matters to attend to, so I won’t disturb you."

The relationship between himself and the Xia family, even with the presence of Xia Zhongxing, might be somewhat eased, but joining the Xia family would be like walking into a tiger’s den, which was not wise.

Seemingly aware of Jiang Yun’s thoughts, Xia Zhongtian smiled and said, "Please tell us, Little Friend Jiang, when and where did you meet Zhongxing? How is he doing now?"

Although Jiang Yun knew that the Xia family would definitely ask him this question, he hadn’t really figured out how to answer it.

If he told the truth that he met Xia Zhongxing in another world, the Xia family would definitely dig deeper, which would be troublesome to explain.

After a moment of contemplation, Jiang Yun said, "He and Xia Shi are both doing well. I met Senior Xia four or five years ago and spent half a year with them."

"But I was instructed by Senior Xia not to disclose where exactly they are, so please do not inquire further!"

Jiang Yun’s answer was ambiguous, mixing truth and lies, which made Xia Zhongtian and the others somewhat displeased.

Xia Zhongtian continued, "Little Friend Jiang, although Zongxing didn’t let you speak, there must be a reason for it. But now that Xia Zhongwu has already confessed, as his family, we still want to bring him and his father back to Xia family."

Before Xia Zhongtian could finish speaking, Jiang Yun interrupted, "Let’s do this. After the Beast Arena is over, I will go see Senior Xia and share today’s events and everyone’s thoughts with him. Whether he wants to come back or not will be his decision."

"Now, please don’t make things difficult for me."

Seeing Jiang Yun shut down the conversation directly, despite the reluctance in the hearts of Xia family members, they decided not to push further.

Xia Zhongtian sighed in resignation, glanced at Xia Zhongwu firmly held by Jiang Yun, and asked, "Little Friend Jiang, can we take care of Xia Zhongwu?"

"Don’t worry, we Xia family abhor internal conflict. He even wanted to harm me, but I won’t harm him."

Normally, since Xia Zhongtian had spoken to this extent, Jiang Yun should have handed over Xia Zhongwu. However, Jiang Yun shook his head and refused, "No!"

After hearing this, everyone from Xia family, including Yu Cangwu, had their expressions changed again. The tense atmosphere returned.

Despite the firm attitude of Jiang Yun, he said, "I still stand by what I said. Let’s discuss this after the Beast Arena is over, if I am still alive."

"Now, I am a bit tired, everyone, goodbye!"

After saying this, Jiang Yun bowed to everyone, then turned around and walked away quickly, with the people from Xiao Village following closely behind.

Watching Jiang Yun and his group walk away, the Xia family members couldn’t help but look at each other, but they didn’t try to follow.

They felt that they couldn’t trust Jiang Yun, but with Xia Zhongwu in hand, at least they could ensure their own safety.

In fact, Jiang Yun didn’t keep Xia Zhongwu from the Xia family for that reason, but to find out from Xia Zhongwu where Xia Zhongxing and his son went after jumping into a Transformed Cave years ago!

Jiang Yun had been in this world for almost two years now, always thinking about leaving and going back to Mountain-Sea World, but he couldn’t find a way to leave.

Now, upon hearing that Xia Zhongxing and his son had jumped into a Transformed Cave back then, it made him realize that the cave might lead to Mountain-Sea World!

So, Jiang Yun safely returned to the inn where they stayed with the people from Xiao Village, hesitated for a moment, then released his control over all the beasts.

Since Xia Zhongtian promised everyone that he would enter the second round of the competition unharmed, at least there was no need to worry about his safety until the Beast Arena ended.

"For the next few days, don’t go out, just stay in this inn!"

Jiang Yun quickly told Xiao Yun and the others a few instructions, then went back to his room, set up a barrier, and took out Xia Zhongwu’s Dao Spirit.

At that moment, Xia Zhongwu no longer looked bold and confident as before, he appeared very weak and scared, looking at Jiang Yun with fear in his eyes.

Without saying a word, Jiang Yun grabbed Xia Zhongwu’s head, concentrated his powerful divine sense into a cone, and directly entered Xia Zhongwu’s mind.

This is called soul searching!

Jiang Yun knew that Xia Zhongwu was now resigned to his fate, so instead of wasting time asking questions that Xia Zhongwu might not answer truthfully, he decided to just search his soul.

"Ah!"

As Jiang Yun’s divine sense pierced into Xia Zhongwu, a piercing scream came from him, but thanks to the barrier, no one else could hear it.

Jiang Yun ignored the screams and carefully searched through Xia Zhongwu’s memories with his divine sense.

But in Xia Zhongwu’s memory, there were a few places that Jiang Yun’s special ability couldn’t unlock, obviously these places were intentionally blocked to prevent mind-reading.

Fortunately, there were no restrictions in Xia Zhongxing and his son jumping into the Transformed Cave in Jiang Yun’s memory, allowing him to see clearly.

After carefully noting the location of the Transformed Cave, Jiang Yun withdrew his special ability and looked at the barely conscious Xia Zhongwu, after a moment of thought, he sent him into the Overcast.

Jiang Yun couldn’t kill him now as he was still useful to him.

After recalling today’s events, Jiang Yun closed his eyes, sat down cross-legged, and prepared for the second round of competition the day after tomorrow.

Just then, Xiao Yun’s voice suddenly came from outside the door, "Master Jiang!"

Jiang Yun opened his eyes, waved to open the door, and looked at Xiao Yun with a respectful expression, saying, "Xiao Village Chief, do you need something?"

Xiao Yun entered the room, closed the door, and whispered, "Master Jiang, I have something to discuss with you."

Seeing Xiao Yun’s cautiousness, Jiang Yun asked, "What is it?"

"About the secret of my Xiao Village!"

This sentence made Jiang Yun’s heart beat faster!

Even though he had heard about the secret of Xiao Village before and was a little curious, he had never asked about it. He never expected Xiao Yun to voluntarily tell him now.

"Why are you telling me?"

"Because our secret is related to the Transformed Cave!"

After the first round of tests and everything that happened today, Xiao Yun was very clear in his heart that, in order for himself and his companions to survive, there was no other choice but to rely on Jiang Yun.

Also, when Xia Zhongwu previously mentioned the incident of Xia Zhongxing and his son jumping into the Transformed Cave, Xiao Yun and the others heard it clearly. Therefore, after careful consideration, they decided to come clean and voluntarily tell Jiang Yun the secret of Xiao Village at this moment.

"To tell you the truth, while the Transformed Cave is indeed dangerous, we from Xiao Village have a way to safely enter it."

"In fact, the original Earth Treasure, we found it in the Transformed Cave!"

This talk greatly shocked Jiang Yun, but he understood why all the groups were coveting the secret of Xiao Village.

"What can we do?"

…

Early on the third day, with a melodious bell ringing throughout Xia City, all the groups in Xia City were excited because the second round of the Beast Arena was about to begin!

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