Chapter 117: Barging In (I)

At the entrance of Jinghu district, as the sky gradually darkened, the people who had gone out to work gradually returned home.

The guard, Xiao Zhang, straightened his back and carefully verified the identities of every person entering and exiting the district. The security team a few meters away stuck to their spots without moving. Every one of them was very attentive, and they looked like a group of elite soldiers.

The reason for this was that two big shots were sitting in a pavilion a few meters away from the entrance of the district. They were Wan Rong, the current head of the Mantis Snake Sword School, and Hong Yi, who was in charge of East Lake City’s government affairs.

Chen Yiming had just returned to the entrance of the district after leaving the city to cultivate a different internal force. Wan Rong invited him to join them in the pavilion.

“This is Sir Hong Yi, who is in charge of East Lake City’s government affairs,” Wan Rong introduced.

Before Chen Yiming could speak, Hong Yi smiled and said, “I’ve long heard of the name of Chen Yiming from the Mantis Snake Sword School. After meeting you today, I think that you are indeed a young hero.”

“You flatter me,” Chen Yiming said humbly.

Now that the communication systems were temporarily disrupted, the head had not contacted him in advance, so he did not know why Hong Yi had come looking for him.

Hong Yi’s expression was amiable as he continued, “East Lake City has just experienced a disaster that is close to the level of destroying the entire city. Now that we are severely lacking in manpower, the day that the city’s reconstruction can be completed is still far off.”

“Is there anything I can help with?” Chen Yiming asked.

He had roughly guessed the purpose of Hong Yi’s visit.

This was the cost of fame. The greater the ability, the greater the responsibility that came with it.

If the outside world had still been viewing him as a small fry who had undergone six transformations, Hong Yi would not have come to pay him a visit.

“Then I won’t keep you in suspense. The city has already settled the discussions to receive a batch of supplies from Luoxi City.

However, the distance between the two cities is too far, so we need someone strong enough to escort the goods the entire way,” Hong Yi explained.

As soon as he finished speaking, he sighed and continued, “Now that all the cities in the Daxia Kingdom are feeling the pressure of the war with the otherworld, Luoxi City is also short-handed. We can only think of ways to resolve this problem from our side.”

Hearing this, Chen Yiming’s heart sank.

He already had the strength to overpower any creature in the wilderness, but since he had been busy cultivating, he had only traveled out of East Lake City to Nightwater City once.

He only knew a little about the intensity of the war between humans and the otherworld from books. Much of the content was about what had happened in the past few years or even the past decades.

He did not expect the cities to be so short on manpower. Luoxi City was willing to provide supplies, but they were unwilling to send anyone to escort them.

At the same time, he felt a sense of urgency. As long as his cultivation level continued to increase, the pressure from the beast tide in East Lake City would be resolved.

Seeing this, Hong Yi continued to persuade him, “Although the beast tide has temporarily stopped, we don’t know when it will happen again. Therefore, the military experts of East Lake City can’t leave the city easily.”

As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Yiming immediately gave his agreement. “No problem. When are we setting off?”

No matter what, this was where he lived. It was impossible for him to be completely uninvolved in its affairs.

In addition, with his strength, there was no risk in taking on this kind of job. It would only take up a little of his time.

Hong Yi placed a hand on Chen Yiming’s shoulder and praised him. “Good, East Lake City needs talents like you who are willing to provide timely assistance.”

Wan Rong, who was at the side, also revealed a pleased smile. Chen Yiming had been entrusted with a heavy responsibility by the city at this time. Not only had he gained enough face for Wan Rong, but he himself would also benefit greatly from it.

The Mantis Snake Sword School was in East Lake City. After Chen Yiming took over as the head of the school in the future, he would have to build a good relationship with others within the city.

“The transport team from the city still needs some time to prepare. How about we set off tomorrow morning?” Hong Yi suggested.

“I have no problem with that.” Chen Yiming nodded.

The matter of going to Luoxi City to transport the supplies back safely was settled just like that. Hong Yi quickly left. After Wan Rong instructed him about the dangers that he needed to take note of, he quickly turned around and left.

Chen Yiming looked in the direction of the Yue clan’s villa through the countless collapsed houses.

He wanted to wait for the right time, but the sudden escort mission forced him to change his plan and prepare to barge his way into the Yue clan’s villa.

…

At 8 pm, the temperature started to turn cold, and the faint sound of insects could be heard from the forest.

At this moment, the Yue clan’s villa was brightly lit. There were still teams of guards patrolling the surroundings, chasing away ordinary people who had accidentally entered the Yue clan’s territory.

The entire Yue clan appeared as though they did not know that their clan was about to be wiped out. From a distance, they seemed to be operating just like they were before and still maintained the air of a large and powerful clan.

“Tap! Tap!”

Light footsteps sounded.

At a sentry post more than 10 meters away from the villa, the two men in charge of standing guard heard this and turned their heads toward the source of the sound.

A man was walking towards them, wearing a black cloak and a bamboo hat with a black cloth covering his face.

“This is…” As soon as one of the men standing guard spoke, he saw a sharp pair of eyes.

Those eyes shone brightly in the night, and it seemed as though sharp spikes were shooting out of them. Just by meeting his gaze, his tears flowed uncontrollably.

In the next moment, the two men in charge of guarding the entrance somehow suffered heavy blows to their foreheads and collapsed on the ground.

The black-cloaked masked man walked straight past them.

“The effect is not bad. It can be used as a long-range attack,” a voice muttered.

He glanced at the two unconscious people and openly entered the Yue clan’s villa.

Chen Yiming had unleashed two streams of piercing internal force from about 10 meters away.

Under the enhancement of his Level-1 Undying Body talent, the piercing internal force condensed in the air and did not dissipate. It crossed a short distance and hit the foreheads of the two guards.

Chen Yiming used the same method to knock out all the ordinary people from the Yue clan along the way. Then, he arrived at a stone mountain.

The stone mountain was five to six meters tall, and its bottom was circular, with a diameter of about ten meters.

It was said that this was the Yue clan’s treasure vault, which contained the majority of the Yue clan’s most valuable items.

When Chen Yiming heard that the Yue clan was about to be wiped out, he had tried to use Shi Changyi’s subordinates to buy information about the Yue clan.

Perhaps it was because they knew that the Yue clan would soon fall from power, but some information that was shared with the ordinary people in the Yue clan was revealed.

“Swish!” a sword flashed past.

The sword light extended for nearly 10 meters, shining with a dazzling silver light. The silver light illuminated the surroundings, causing the area dozens of meters around the stone mountain to shine brightly.

“Swish!”

The sound of something being cut rang out.

After the flash from the sword disappeared, an oval-shaped rock with a diameter of two to three meters slid down the mountain and crashed to the ground with a loud bang.

A hole of half a body’s width appeared in front of Chen Yiming.

The stone mountain wall around the hole was more than a meter thick. In the wall were three metal layers sandwiched in a stone layer, with each layer as thick as the width of two fingers.

The time it would take for anyone below the warrior realm to break through the wall was sufficient for the Yue clan to react.

Through the hole, one could see into the interior of the stone mountain.

There was indeed a treasure vault within it, just as the information had described. There was a circular shelf inside, displaying all kinds of treasures collected by the Yue clan.

Just as Chen Yiming’s sword broke through the stone mountain, the silver light and the sound of stones falling to the ground attracted the attention of the Yue clan. The entire clan was alerted to his presence.

“You’re courting death!” A roar came from behind.

Accompanying it was an overwhelming pressure which caused Chen Yiming’s hair to sway.

Chen Yiming stopped in his tracks and turned around to see a middle-aged man nearly three meters tall walking towards him.

The person who had come was the current head of the Yue clan, Yue Yangpeng, the backbone of the clan who allowed it to maintain its position in East Lake City.

At this moment, Yue Yangpeng was burning with rage. He felt like he had suffered a huge humiliation.

The Yue clan was ranked in the top three among the seven large martial arts clans in the city. He could accept the military’s punishment, but that did not mean that anyone could sh*t on them.

The Yue clan had made a huge mistake, and the clan head’s lineage was about to be punished. Although it was almost impossible for them to be forgiven, the final decision had yet to be made.

Chen Yiming had openly broken into the Yue clan’s treasure vault. If the Yue clan remained silent and endured it, the wolves would immediately pounce on them and devour them.