DIV Chapter 17: The Spiritual Beast Shows Its Might

Wu Feng told Li Chang'an both the time and location. He even thoughtfully reminded him, "Fellow Daoist Li, a first-tier mid-grade inheritance is quite valuable. You'd better prepare well, as there will surely be many people competing with you for it."

"Thank you for informing me, Fellow Daoist Wu!" Li Chang'an showed an excited expression and indicated he would definitely go.

After a moment, Wu Feng cupped his hands and took his leave.

Li Chang'an closed the door and asked Big Yellow, who had been hiding in the room all along.

"Big Yellow, did you memorize his scent?"

Big Yellow nodded seriously with a face full of concentration.

Besides earth escape, what he excelled at most was tracking!

"Go on, don't let him discover you!" Li Chang'an patted Big Yellow's head.

Regarding Wu Feng's group of bandit cultivators, he had previously only been able to respond passively. Now with Big Yellow, he could finally grasp some initiative.

At this moment, Wu Feng was rapidly walking toward the outskirts of the market, completely unaware that a Yellow Sand Hound was following behind him.

Before long, Wu Feng left the market area. About a quarter hour later, he arrived at a small manor.

"Big Brother, Second Brother, the matter is settled!" Wu Feng entered the manor with a smile on his face.

Big Yellow stopped alertly at a distance, watching the manor from afar without approaching. He sensed two strong auras, both at mid-stage Qi Refining!

After a while, Wu Feng left the manor and walked back toward the market. But before he reached the market, he suddenly felt the ground give way beneath his feet.

"Not good!" Wu Feng's face changed drastically as his entire body plummeted into the ground.

In an instant, a tremendous demonic power surged from the dark underground world like an omnipresent force.

Wu Feng reacted fairly quickly. A spiritual light flashed in his hand as he immediately activated over ten protective talismans, several of which were first-tier mid-grade talismans.

However, these talismans were completely useless!

"Whoosh..." Yellow sand rolled and demonic wind raged wildly.

In just one breath's time, all the talismans around Wu Feng dimmed and shattered completely, ground into dust by the violent yellow sand!

The next instant, hard rock covered his entire body, turning him into a stone statue.

This was Big Yellow's innate spell "Rock Armor Technique," which could be used to bind enemies or protect oneself.

Amidst the flying yellow sand, Big Yellow appeared, bit Wu Feng's calf, and returned to the market using earth escape technique.

This was absolute suppression of strength. Wu Feng had no power to resist at all and could only let himself be dragged away.

In no time, there was an additional stone statue in Li Chang'an's room.

"Big Yellow, remove the rock armor from his head."

After receiving the instruction, Big Yellow wagged his tail.

Soon, Wu Feng's head was exposed, though his body remained bound.

"Fellow Daoist Wu, we meet again," Li Chang'an said with a smile, as if greeting an old friend of many years.

Wu Feng's heart trembled, knowing things were bad. He forced out a smile.

"Li... Fellow Daoist Li, what is the meaning of this?"

As he spoke, he glanced at Big Yellow beside him and immediately felt his whole body turn cold.

Who would have thought that Li Chang'an, a small third-layer Qi Refining cultivator, would actually have a first-tier mid-stage peak spiritual beast!

Just the powerful aura emanating from Big Yellow was enough to make him feel breathless.

"Fellow Daoist Li, is there some misunderstanding between us?" Wu Feng's voice trembled slightly, harboring a trace of hope in his heart.

He felt some regret. If he had known of this spiritual hound's existence earlier, he would have stayed as far away as possible!

Now it seemed his brother Wu Yun had most likely died under this spiritual hound's claws.

"Fellow Daoist Wu, we both know there's no misunderstanding," Li Chang'an shook his head slightly and asked directly, "How many people are in your group of bandit cultivators, and why are you targeting me?"

"Bandit cultivators? What bandit cultivators?" Wu Feng's face turned pale as he still tried to deny it.

Li Chang'an pointed around the room. He said meaningfully, "Fellow Daoist Wu, I've already used a Sound Isolation Talisman. No matter what happens in this room, the sound won't carry outside."

The meaning was obvious. If Wu Feng still wouldn't talk, he would definitely resort to torture.

Upon hearing this, a chill crept up Wu Feng's spine. The smile on his face could no longer be maintained, and cold sweat poured down his forehead.

Finally, he couldn't help but beg for mercy.

"Fellow Daoist Li, this has nothing to do with me! I was also forced into this!"

"Oh?" Li Chang'an smiled.

"Fellow Daoist Wu, why don't you tell me how you were forced?"

"It was, it was..." Wu Feng hurriedly explained.

According to him, he and his brother Wu Yun were originally ordinary cultivators.

Later, during an outing to search for treasures, they were unfortunately captured by two mid-stage Qi Refining bandit cultivators.

"Those bandit cultivators threatened us brothers that if we didn't help them with their business, they would kill us immediately!"

At this point, Wu Feng's voice took on a sorrowful tone as he desperately squeezed out a few tears.

After that, the two brothers became subordinates of the bandit cultivators, responsible for luring people out of the market.

"What cultivation levels are those two bandit cultivators?" Li Chang'an asked.

"One is at the sixth layer of Qi Refining, the other at the fifth layer," Wu Feng didn't dare hide anything and answered honestly.

Upon hearing this, Li Chang'an pondered for a moment.

Those two bandit cultivators were too strong. In a direct confrontation, Big Yellow could only handle one, and Li Chang'an would have to deal with the other himself.

But he didn't want to face a mid-stage Qi Refining opponent directly.

"Unless Big Yellow can break through to first-tier late stage, it's not advisable to take action. It's better to just stay in the market."

Li Chang'an made up his mind.

As long as he didn't leave the market, the bandit cultivators couldn't do anything to him. If they planned to risk coming to his door to act, the divination would also give a warning.

At worst, he could just flee!

"You still haven't said why those two bandit cultivators are targeting me."

"Fellow Daoist Li, I also find this matter strange..." Wu Feng shook his head. He truly didn't know.

In his view, there were many targets in the market that were more suitable than Li Chang'an. There was no need to waste energy and time on an old turtle like Li Chang'an!

"In the past, after failing once or twice, they would switch targets, but this time they keep focusing on you."

"Is that so?" Li Chang'an pondered thoughtfully.

It seemed there was more to this matter than met the eye. Could it really be Zheng Jinbao?

"Fellow Daoist Li, I've told you everything I know. Can you let me go now?" Wu Feng asked nervously and cautiously.

"I can swear to heaven that I will never reveal today's events to anyone!"

"Don't worry, Fellow Daoist Wu, I will let you go," Li Chang'an said.

Upon hearing this, Wu Feng immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

But the next instant, a cold gleam flashed before his eyes.

"Slash..." A thin line of blood appeared on his neck.

Wu Feng's eyes widened, his mouth agape, seeming to want to say something more, but he could no longer speak.

Thud! A head fell to the ground, still bearing a trace of despair on its face.

Li Chang'an's expression was indifferent as he wiped the blood from his Green Wood Sword.

"Alright, Big Yellow, you can release him now."

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