Chapter 244 Meeting an Acquaintance
When Jia Xitong fell, water splashed everywhere.
A woman's startled cry came from inside the room, "Who's there?"
Jia Xitong has fallen into someone else's hot spring.
The woman before her was exceptionally beautiful, with an eerie and sinister air about her. She was the most uniquely beautiful person she had ever seen in both her lives.
"Meiji, what's wrong?"
Hurried footsteps came from outside, startling Jia Xitong so much that she turned to run away. Then she was terrified by the giant fish tail that had spread out behind her.
"A mermaid."
The people outside came in.
He swung a folding fan at her, it flew over Jia Xitong's head. Luckily, she ducked quickly, otherwise her head would have been torn apart.
Now that she'd been discovered, she wasn't going to back down.
Jia Xitong took out the Hun Tian Bracelet and threw it at the other party. In an instant, golden light shone in the hot spring, and the Hun Tian Bracelet smashed the surrounding precious decorations to pieces wherever it went.
The cultivator seemed extremely wary, mainly concerned about the mermaid in the spoon. He used his weapon to deflect the flying Hun Tian Bracelet and reached out to the mermaid, "Mei Ji, come here!"
"Owner!"
With a flick of its large tail, the mermaid lunged at the cultivator.
Just then, the Hun Tian Bracelet hit something and bounced back, flying right towards the mermaid's head.
That smash would surely cause head injuries and brain damage!
"Mei Ji!"
The cultivator's eyes widened in fury at the sight, but it was too late to turn around and shield her.
No sooner said than done
The Hun Tian Bracelet, which was originally hurtling straight down, suddenly changed direction when it was still a fist's distance from Mei Ji's head, and slammed into the eight-finger-thick diamond rock next to her.
It was a false alarm.
Both of them were sweating profusely.
The cultivator looked at the demonic beast that had just recalled its magical artifact and was trying to leave furtively, and suddenly realized it looked familiar. "Stop!"
Jia Xitong nervously gripped the Hun Tian Bracelet in her hand. She only wanted to get the real earth, but judging from the current situation, things couldn't be resolved peacefully.
"Are you... the little beast we met in Luqiu before?"
Luqiu, the most powerful casting family in Dongxu Kingdom.
They had indeed been there before.
Shang Yanting was blind, and in order to create a talisman that could cure his blindness, he also served as a teacher to the two siblings of the Luqiu family for a month.
Jia Xitong's offensive came to an abrupt halt. "Who are you?"
"Huo Rui".
The cultivator, having confirmed her identity, put away the martial fan he had used against her. "The Japanese gave you the Spirit Void Grass; are you now prepared to repay kindness with enmity?"
"It's you!"
Jia Xitong's hazy memory finally brought back the kind person she had only met once.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to hurt you. I fell off the roof."
"If you had truly harmed Meiji, would I still be speaking to you like this?"
The merman in Huo Rui's arms draped herself in a thin veil and held her hand reassuringly, "Don't be afraid, they are just like us."
Just then, well-trained footsteps sounded outside, and there was a knock on the door three times. "Third Young Master, are you alright?"
"It's nothing, you can go now."
After Huo Rui finished speaking, he tapped the table three more times.
Upon hearing the response, the people outside were driven away.
"Gu Liang's residence is heavily guarded. How did you get in?"
"I snatched a cook's sign and sneaked in by crawling inside the food delivery bin."
Jia Xitong replied.
"That's interesting."
Huo Rui looked at the diamond-like rock beside him, which was almost smashed through, and asked, "What are you trying to do after going through all this trouble to get in here?"
"We're here to exchange for real soil."
Jia Xitong recounted what had happened during the day, "We came with sincerity to make the exchange, but a young cultivator made things difficult for us, saying he wanted to..."
"If you want real soil, you have to exchange it for me, but the host definitely won't be happy about that, so we'll just steal...borrow it!"
"If you say it was stolen, I won't blame you. Half of the treasures of my Gu Liang clan were obtained through trade, and the majority were also stolen."
If a baby doesn't recognize an owner, then anyone can be its owner.
"Where is your master? It's rare to find a kindred spirit like you. We are fortunate to meet again. This soil is yours to exchange."
Huo Rui was not angry when he heard this; in fact, he was even willing to take out the real soil.
"My host arrived before me, he..."
Boom—!
A burst of fire suddenly appeared in the east, and a large gap was blasted in the array protecting the entire mansion.
At the gap, a figure floated in the air, its robes fluttering even without wind.
With a ghostly aura, he swiftly flew towards the location of the Gu Liang clan's treasure. This was none other than Shang Yanting, who, having failed to find a way to infiltrate from the outside, had directly and violently broken through the formation.
In an instant, the entire Gu Liang clan mobilized.
The two sides faced off in the treasure pavilion of the Gu Liang clan. Many Martial Spirit Realm cultivators raised by the Gu Liang clan rushed towards Shang Yanting, while powerful figures with the strength of Martial Sect were waiting behind them.
Shang Yanting did not use his sword.
The puppet threads, formed from gathered spiritual energy, silently pierced the bodies of the surrounding cultivators under the cover of night. These people only felt a chill on the back of their necks before continuing their charge towards Shang Yanting.
For a powerful being at the Martial King stage, killing these people would be as easy as turning one's hand.
He applied slight pressure with his fingertips.
Suddenly, he heard a faint but familiar buzzing sound, and the colorful neon lights were getting closer and closer to him.
To prevent a fight from breaking out, Jia Xitong deliberately set off colorful lanterns towards Shang Yantingquan.
"Dear host, please don't do it!"
Huo Rui has already agreed to exchange for the true soil; if they were to fight now, it would be a losing proposition.
It's you!
Below, the young man from the daytime also emerged.
He paused for a moment when he saw the intruders, then gestured to the guards below to raise their bows and arrows. "You've broken through the Gu Liang clan's formation and are trying to seize our treasures! You're all courting death! Everyone, prepare to fire!"
"Wait!"
Huo Rui arrived just then.
He called to the guards who were about to shoot arrows, and told the cultivator at the front to also step down. "Brother Yan, how have you been? It was all a misunderstanding. Please come down and have a seat."
This surprised the young man.
His cousin's eccentric and unpredictable personality was well-known, but how could his behavior today be so absurd? "Cousin, he's the one who trespassed into my Gu Liang clan and tried to steal our treasure!"
"I will handle this matter myself."
Huo Rui looked up at the man and beast above and gestured for them to come down. He then glanced at the steward in charge of the treasures beside him and said, "Send the True Soil to my residence later."
A huge commotion
The culprit was taken away just like that.
The young man looked at his cousin, took a deep breath, and suppressed his anger.
Gu Liangshu Rui is the younger brother who is now the head of the family.
His cultivation and talent were mediocre, yet he acted recklessly and without restraint. If it weren't for his good older brother, he and the mermaid he kept would have been driven out long ago!
The young man glanced at the shattered array in the sky and the mess around him, then turned and left.
"Let's go find the clan leader!"
The people around dispersed.
Shang Yanting and Jia Xitong were taken back to Huo Rui's residence.
"Isn't your surname Huo?"
Shang Yanting began to inquire.
"Huo is my mother's surname, and my real name is Gu Liangshu Rui."
(End of this chapter)
23qb.
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