Chapter 115: Discussion (I)

Near the Yue clan’s villa, Chen Yiming and Shi Changyi appeared in a small forest. They were about a kilometer away from the Yue clan’s villa, and they could see a few trucks parked at the entrance.

Chen Yiming scanned his surroundings. With his extraordinary vision, he detected many suspicious points.

Some farmers were tending to the vegetables in the fields, but their movements were a little unnatural and their expressions were a little strange. They didn’t react at all when Chen Yiming swept his gaze over them.

It was abnormal for them to not have any reaction when a warrior swept his gaze over them. Clearly, they had undergone some special training.

“The Yue clan is moving away openly but no one is stopping them?” Chen Yiming asked doubtfully.

Shi Changyi, who was standing at the side, explained, “Boss, the crime doesn’t involve ordinary people. They should only be after those of the Yue clan head’s lineage.”

Chen Yiming nodded. This was different from the ancient times where they would execute all nine generations of the clan. They wouldn’t expand the scope to include everyone in the Yue clan.

He recalled the situation with the Li clan in the south of the city. The Li clan was only a middle-level martial arts clan in the city, while the Yue clan was one of the top seven martial arts clans in East Lake City.

Once judgment was passed on a warrior who was the pillar of the Yue clan, the entire clan would collapse overnight. The huge amount of wealth the Yue clan had accumulated over the years and the various factions they controlled would suddenly lose their backing.

East Lake City would at most confiscate the main assets of the Yue clan, while the rest would be left for the other factions. The impact of this incident would definitely not be small.

“Boss, the Yue clan’s main assets are their most valuable ones. After the liquidation, the city will definitely organize a large-scale auction for them,” Shi Changyi reminded him softly.

“Got it.” Chen Yiming wasn’t interested in the auction.

The cultivation methods after the warrior realm were his goal, and things of this level would definitely not appear in the auction.

In addition, his company was preparing to expand rapidly, so he was inevitably going to be short on money.

After gaining a rough understanding of the Yue clan’s situation, Chen Yiming sent Shi Changyi back to the company and quietly sneaked out of East Lake City alone.

When he arrived deep in the mountains more than 10 kilometers away, he planned to use up all the lightning-based internal force in his body. Then, he would cultivate the concept diagram of the Flying Feather Sword Technique and replace the lightning-based internal force with the piercing internal force.

…

The trading market for cultivation resources in the west of the city

was a civilian trading point for martial arts cultivation resources. Most of the walls that were more than 10 meters tall had collapsed. Clearly, they had been damaged during the air raid and had yet to be repaired.

At this moment, there was a commotion inside and it was even more lively than usual. Not only were there many people buying items, but there were even more people selling items.

Some of the people who were injured in the air raid had come here to look for healing medicine suitable for the disciple realm, and others who had their weapons damaged in the air raid had come here to look for suitable replacements.

Most of the buyers were people who had come to buy alien bird meat. The alien birds were creatures from the otherworld. Compared to the mutant beasts that evolved from creatures originally living on the blue planet, the quality of their meat was much better.

In addition, in this air raid, the alien bird creatures had also paid a painful price. Half of the alien bird creatures that were three to four meters long had died. Most of these dead alien birds belonged to whoever killed them.

After the battle, there were even government officials who were assigned to verify who had killed the seven to eight-meter-long alien bird creatures that were at the level of warrior candidates. Chen Yiming had reported killing two such alien bird creatures.

With this, a large amount of alien bird meat surged into the market, causing the price to be much lower than usual. Many people were very interested because of this.

After all, meat from the mutant beasts and alien creatures was a necessary consumable resource for cultivation. They could buy more of it while the price was lower.

A young man stood in front of a stall and asked, “Uncle, do you have any alien bird meat from the alien bird creatures that are seven to eight meters long?”

The middle-aged man looked up at the person who had asked the question and realized that he was very young, probably in his early twenties.

“The alien bird creatures that are seven to eight meters long are equivalent to human warrior candidates. How many of them do you think were left behind in East Lake City? Why don’t you ask if there is any alien bird meat from alien bird creatures at the warrior realm?” The middle-aged man curled his lips.

The middle-aged man’s voice was very loud, and most of the people passing by heard him. Many people started to laugh loudly.

If there was really a transaction involving the meat from alien bird creatures that were seven to eight meters long, it would usually take place through an auction. The market only sold resources for cultivation at the lower levels of the disciple realm.

“If you don’t have it, just say so…”

The young man’s face turned red as the surrounding people started talking about him. After saying that, he squeezed through the crowd and left in a hurry.

The commotion disappeared as quickly as it had come, and the onlookers quickly dispersed.

At this moment, a younger man from the stall to the left of the middle-aged man came over and asked, “Old Liang, I heard that many people went to the industrial park to search for the traces of blood from the alien bird creatures at the warrior realm. Is that true?”

“It’s too late to ask now.” The middle-aged man rolled his eyes and shook his head.

Several pedestrians near the stall heard the news that there were traces of blood left behind by the alien bird creatures at the warrior realm. They immediately came closer and asked, “Is that true? Is there such a good thing?”

Seeing this, the middle-aged man regretted saying anything. However, he had no choice but to continue, “Many people saw the masked man fight two birds that were more than 10 meters long with their own eyes. It must be true.”

“Don’t keep us in suspense. Tell us quickly,” the person beside him urged.

The middle-aged man recalled the scene he saw yesterday and said, “This matter started from the confrontation between eight military warriors and two alien bird creatures more than 10 meters long in the industrial park in the south of the city.”

…

After more than 10 minutes, the middle-aged man recounted what he had seen and heard from the start to the end. More and more people had gathered around him, interested to hear about what he had seen.

By the time he finished speaking, the area within 10 meters of him was packed with people.

“Don’t tell me you just heard some rumors and exaggerated things?” someone in the crowd questioned him in disbelief.

The middle-aged man was already regretting not keeping his mouth shut. When he heard the question, he became even more angry and replied loudly, “You don’t believe me? Go to the industrial park in the south of the city and take a look for yourself.”

The person who questioned him retorted, “You said that the masked man was the one who killed the two alien bird creatures in the end. That means that the masked man is stronger than the eight military warriors. If the masked man is so powerful, why didn’t he make a move earlier?”

“You’re being unreasonable. In any case, that’s the truth of the matter,” the middle-aged man responded with a red face, “When the eight military warriors confronted the two alien bird creatures, the alien bird creatures were still flying more than 100 meters in the air. Humans can’t fly.”

…

The two of them argued a little more, but the person who questioned it still did not believe him. The middle-aged man was so angry that his face turned red.

At this moment, a young man in a martial arts training robe interrupted the two of them and said bluntly, “What he said is true. Moreover, not only were the two terrifying alien bird creatures killed by the masked man, but the beast tide in the Nuhe Mountain Range last month was mainly caused by the battle between the masked man and a giant blazing sun lizard in the central region.”

“What!” The surrounding people gasped, and many of their expressions changed.

Most of the people who heard the news for the first time were shocked by it. Many people immediately created an image of the masked man in their own minds.

His body was two to three meters wide and about three meters tall. His body was strong and muscular enough to fight a 10-meter-long beast head-on.

He had a fierce personality and would start a fight whenever there was a disagreement. Once he made a move, he would destroy everything in his path, without a care for the lives of other creatures.

“Who exactly is this masked man? I heard that he successfully killed the giant blazing sun lizard in the end,” someone in the crowd who had heard about this news before asked loudly.

“I heard that it’s…” Many people who had heard rumors started to share what they knew.

In the end, the masked man was said to be someone from the provincial city.

After all, the masked man had done something that even eight military warriors could not do. No one thought that such a powerful person would appear from a small civilian martial arts faction.