Condemning the Heavens Chapter 127: Vermilion Forest

Xue Wei and Hei Gou continued to fly for two days straight. During this ti, both of them were on constant alert, observing everything around them.

While flying, Xue Wei spread out his spiritual energy to help them avoid all the tribes, but they were still spotted by a few groups of tribe scouts and experts out hunting, that were traversing the Flowing Blood Prairie.

These people noticed a black blur that rushed past them in the sky, but they did not see what exactly it was.

Xue Wei and Hei Gou finally relaxed after two days. They had switched directions a few tis and were now flying south.

Although there was no mistake that their pursuers knew that they were aiming for the center of the continent, they dared not travel the direct way.

Elder Zhang was aware of their destination, and his flying speed was bound to be swifter than Hei Gou’s.

If they were to fly west, it was very likely that they would be captured rather fast, so they instead opted to move south.

The south was still a part of the Flowing Blood Prairie, but after two days they had almost reached the end of the prairie and were almost at the kingdom located beneath the prairie and west of the southern territory of the Heping Kingdom.

This kingdom was almost as unassuming as the Kingdom of Heping; its geniuses were just a bit better than the Kingdom of Heping’s, and their structure was similar.

Children aged fifteen or sixteen were sent to the army where they would undergo training in preparation for the battles against Fierce and Primordial Beasts. The most outstanding amongst them would beco Primordial Beast Hunters, while the rest would return to society after finishing their ti in the army.

This kingdom was incredibly small. It was as wide as the Flowing Blood Prairie and only as long as the southern territory of the Kingdom of Heping.

This tiny kingdom was known as the Vermilion Forest Kingdom, and it had gotten its na from the vermilion-leaved trees that covered ninety percent of its available land in one massive, vast forest.

This Vermilion Forest was not counted as one of the danger zones, but it was still a place that demanded caution once ventured into, and many of those who entered would end up dying, leaving their corpses behind, hidden under the fallen vermilion leaves.

This Vermilion Forest was Xue Wei and Hei Gou’s destination. "We cannot head straight for the center of the continent since they will most likely try to cut us off midway by predicting our path. If that’s so, why don’t we just head to another weak country and stall for so ti to strengthen ourselves?"

The Vermilion Forest was not as dangerous as the Northern Taiga, but it was still dangerous enough to produce so threats for the two friends, which could possibly force their potential out and arouse their talent and make them step onto an even higher stage.

They descended through the air and landed on the ground. Hei Gou once more took on his human form. The two of them smiled at each other, feeling much calr due to their plan, and headed straight for the edges of the Flowing Blood Prairie.

They did not co across any humans or Fierce Beasts. All they ca across were skeletons of beasts and humans alike, but none of these remains had any valuables on them. They had already been stripped of all treasure they might possess.

The two friends were chatting casually while walking forward through the vast expanse of barren land. Their moods had visibly improved, the tension seeping out of their previously stiff bodies. Having escaped the Chaos Vulture Tribe’s confinent, they felt much more at ease.

"Do you think that the tribe can survive the calamity it was facing?" Hei Gou asked curiously. "I don’t know if I want them to be destroyed after treating us the way they did, or if I want them to flourish since they did not kill us."

"Don’t think about them any longer." Xue Wei shrugged his shoulders, completely carefree and not paying any attention to the tribe at all. "Although we were forced to stay with them for so ti, we benefited greatly during our stay."

"When we get strong enough, there is no reason to take revenge on this tribe because our karmic ties have already been broken. They helped us, but at the sa ti they held us captive."

"Now that we have escaped, there is no reason for us to hurry anywhere and risk ourselves. We have nothing urgent to do in the center of the continent, and the geniuses there will be much more domineering and forceful than the ones from a small Chaos Vulture Tribe. If our strength is not sufficient to keep ourselves alive, then we will beco so of the youths that lose their lives on their quest to beco strong."

Hei Gou sighed. He was naturally arrogant as a beast, but he knew that Xue Wei was correct. Although he was superior to human cultivators, there existed monsters out there who could easily put up a fight against Xue Wei and Hei Gou, especially at their current cultivation level.

As they wandered through the Flowing Blood Prairie, the landscape started to change. It changed from being dusty ground with sparse vegetation into fertile soil.

"We ought to use different aliases too," Xue Wei muttered once they had formally moved into the land of the Vermilion Forest Kingdom. "I never thought we would be caught because of our nas in the Chaos Vulture Tribe, but that was because I was not careful enough."

Xue Wei glanced at Hei Gou and looked at him up and down before nodding his head. "We can act like brothers from the Flowing Blood Prairie that have co to the Vermilion Forest Kingdom to temper ourselves." Xue Wei decided.

They had been provided with the clothes of the Chaos Vulture Tribe back then and were currently wearing fur clothes that made them seem like real tribesn.

"This setup is also able to explain why we aren’t currently serving our ti in the army," he continued. "If we wear clothes native to the Kingdom of Heping or this Vermilion Forest Kingdom, then we will only raise suspicion as potential deserters."

Hei Gou looked impressed. "I don’t like these fur clothes," he said, sighing, "but I guess it is suitable for us to use it to avoid suspicion."

Xue Wei said nothing as he continued walking on the fertile soil. Soon, they reached fields that were being cultivated by farrs, and these farrs raised their heads when they saw Xue Wei and Hei Gou.

They frowned but quickly relaxed after seeing that there were only the two of them. It was not an entire tribe that had co to ravage their land and loot their valuables.

Xue Wei smiled at the farrs, and Hei Gou quickly did the sa. His devilishly handso face with a blinding smile shocked the farrs into speechlessness, and it was not before fur-clothed youngsters had moved past them that they realized that they had been in a daze.

"Excuse , young masters," one of the farrs finally spoke up. "I was wondering if you would honor us with a mont of your ti. We are eager to hear news from the Flowing Blood Prairie."

Xue Wei and Hei Gou looked at one another. They had been burnt already and were not silly enough to follow another stranger into a place they knew nothing about so they both shook their heads apologetically.

"We are in a rush," Xue Wei smiled. "We will definitely tell you more when we return, but for now we have to continue our travels."

The expressions on the faces of the farrs turned slightly dangerous for a mont and a cold gleam passed in a few pair of eyes, before rapidly vanishing.

"I see." the farr had a smile on his face that seed heartfelt, but Xue Wei had caught a glimpse of the cold gleam in his eyes and knew that no matter how good an actor this farr was, he was no innocent soul.

"We have to get going," Xue Wei muttered to Hei Gou with a compressed voice. "Sothing is off. I think they have so experts living in their village and are waiting for them to arrive. If it is a Sky Warrior, we are safe since you can deal with them, but if it is a Heavenly Warrior, then we have quite a sticky situation."

Hei Gou was alard. He had never expected that such a remote place would have an expert hiding amongst them, but when he thought of how they had behaved, he had to agree that it was indeed possible.

"We will take our leave now," Hei Gou said, the first sentence that he had spoken to the farrs. They all looked at him with panic in their eyes. It was clear that they had not expected such a decision to be made so fast.

“Young Masters from the prairie, the road to the capital is a long one! We are a small village, true, but we would love to host the two of you in exchange for news from your holand. Please, I ask of you. In fact, we have just finished a new batch of hobrewed wine and were thinking of preparing one of our mortal beasts for a feast. Co join us.”

Xue Wei and Hei Gou did not pay attention to them and elected to swiftly escape the premises. This village was not very large, and the villagers were all Earth Warriors, but their speed could not follow Xue Wei and Hei Gou, even if they tried their best.

After Xue Wei and Hei Gou vanished into the distance, a short mont went by before three n arrived. One of them, the one in the middle, was burly and rather short, but the atmosphere around him was cold and filled with killing intent. His brow was furrowed into a frown, and his teeth were being ground against each other.

On his right side was a young man. He seed to be around twenty-five and had just gotten out of the army. His entire bearing was casual and calm, his face revealing handso features. A smile hung on his lips as he looked around.

The last person, on the left, was a middle-aged man. His hair had streaks of grey, and he had a massive beard that hid the bottom half of his face. This beard also had streaks of grey. When coupled together, the wild beard and the long hair made him seem like a slob that did not care about his appearance at all.

All three were wearing clothes of decent quality, yet none of them were from the silk, leather, or hide of either Primordial Beasts or Fierce Beasts

If Xue Wei had been here, he would have been shocked. Although these three were wearing mortal clothes, their clothes had no patches on them, which could be seen on most villagers. Their clothes had not even one speck of dust, and they seed to be newly woven. It also seed to be made from silk from a mortal beasts, and although these clothes were below quality of Primordial and Fierce Beast fabrics, they were high above average mortal clothes.

In the outskirts of the country, seeing soone wearing such new clothes was indeed shocking. It was not sothing one saw often, and when they did, the owners were not so random people from a farming village but so young nobles from the cities.

"Tell , where did they go?" One of the n asked in a deep voice, and the farr was trembling as he pointed in the direction that Xue Wei and Hei Gou had left.

"Harrumph," the man who spoke was not in a great mood. "Two kids who have not even grown up wants to escape from us? They are simply playing with fire!"

"Well, big brother, they are struggling to stay alive! We will hunt them down and enjoy the hunt, and then we will take all their valuables!"

"They should not be too strong, so catching up to them should not be a problem either. One of them is an Earth Warrior, so it is impossible for them to fly - all they can do is run," the bearded man said casually. The other two nodded their heads before their trio shot out in pursuit of the two stragglers.