Chapter 1042: Chapter 336: Barbarians Chapter 1042: Chapter 336: Barbarians It was Wang Sao who had deceived her of her money, yet the petty officials at the city hall said it was because she was foolish.
It was also Wang Sao who had tricked her into going to Tongyi Square, and all she did was give that love-struck boss a lesson, only to be wanted throughout the city.
Having never suffered such an injustice, Xu Qingyue wanted to argue with those hunting her, only to be t with force of arms.
This so-called city of freedom, this dreamland of gold, suddenly beca incomprehensible to her.
Now penniless in Chaochang, without any relatives, and her wanted posters plastered all over the city, to her the city guard seed like nothing.
But she keenly felt the intensity of the manhunt increasing. Initially, it was but a few squads of Transcendent rank, but after her first breakaway, two warriors of unity of spirit and intent with more than a dozen well-trained squads took up the pursuit; and soon after, over a hundred squads were searching through the streets and alleys.
These guards patrolled back and forth in the central district, and several tis Xu Qingyue almost got caught. Had it not been for her ability to blend into the shadows with Shadow Sword Intent, she might have been surrounded already.
Even with Shadow Sword Intent, her scope of movent was becoming increasingly limited, as if the enemy could vaguely sense her location and was continuously compressing her space to maneuver.
For the first ti in her life, Xu Qingyue, like a thief, stealthily entered soone’s house and hid in the woodshed.
Looking at the dirty and dilapidated woodshed, hiding behind a stack of firewood, Princess Qingyue began to miss Ying City.
But before she could shed a tear, she heard the noise of the city defense forces breaking in. After surrounding the woodshed, the leader shouted inside, “You are surrounded, and dozens of us are ready to strike. If you don’t want to be annihilated, it would be wise for you to co out and surrender. Don’t make a mistake!”
After calling out three tis with no response from the woodshed, the leader ruthlessly launched the attack. Spiritual power surged violently, flattening the woodshed in an instant; the Chaochang city defense soldiers, with no trace of pity, searched through the ruins but found no sign of Xu Qingyue.
The leader of the defense forces knew he had lost her again and had to withdraw in frustration.
Of course, the leader wasn’t aware that he hadn’t actually lost Xu Qingyue. The Princess hidden in the woodshed had already been dragged into an underground passage and escaped.
“Who are you, and why is there such an extensive secret tunnel beneath Chaochang!?”
Despite being rescued, Xu Qingyue was not grateful. After the lesson from Wang Sao, she had grown wary and would not easily trust anybody, not even the man before her with a handso face, a lovely smile, and eyes bright as the stars!
The man walking ahead, holding his head, turned back and smiled, showing a row of white teeth: “Don’t be afraid. I’m not a good person!”
Xu Qingyue, who had never heard such cheeky words before, blushed and drew her soft sword, pressing it against the man’s chest, saying coldly, “Who are you, exactly!?”
“Hey, hey, hey, I did save your life after all. Put down your weapons,” the man smilingly spread his hands, pretending to be scared and said, “I just saw a young lady being hunted by the city guard and couldn’t stand the injustice. There’s an exit up ahead. Once you’re out, you’re on the open road. Why care about my na and who I am?”
Xu Qingyue sheathed her sword and huffed, “Hiding your head and showing your tail, not daring to tell your real na, who knows if what you’re saying is true.”
“What does it matter if it’s true or false,” said the handso man turning away, shaking his head as he moved forward through the dim passage, murmuring, “Nowadays in Chaochang, everyone is out for money, resorting to all kinds of deception. Who rembers the City of Gold, the Land of Ideals, anymore?”
The man led Xu Qingyue out of the tunnel and into a filthy place. Xu Qingyue, covering her nose and mouth, glared furiously at the man, who scratched his head apologetically and chuckled: “Ah ha ha, I didn’t expect it would be this passage. I’ve really put the lady through trouble!”
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In such a filthy place to even speak and breathe, this man looks handso and clean, how is he not afraid of getting dirty?!
Xu Qingyue looked at the man whose complexion remained normal, her eyes filled with disbelief.
The man did not care about these things as he clasped his hands towards Xu Qingyue and said, “Well, now that we have escaped to safety, let’s part ways here. Please rember, miss, do not go near the central or Lower City District of Chaochang. Your portrait has been posted all over Chaochang, and at every street corner and alley, there are many inforrs looking to capture you for a reward. It’s best to leave Chaochang quickly!”
Mind your own business!
Xu Qingyue gave the man a disdainful glance and then turned to leave.
The reason she followed the man through the secret path was simply to avoid unnecessary slaughter.
Thinking that a handful of warriors beyond the mortal realm could capture the daughter of the Mysterious Moon Sword Supre was indeed taking the Xu Clan’s sword cultivators too lightly.
She had no intention of leaving Chaochang, not until she had found Wang Sao and clarified everything; she would not go anywhere else!
Watching Xu Qingyue’s proud deanor, the man shook his head helplessly and left from the other side of the manure field.
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After more than a decade of cultivation, this was the first ti Tang Luo had objectively examined his own body.
And he had finally discovered why his body was graced with the title of the Innate Hollow Body.
In this world, cultivators, as they progress from lower to higher realms, the connection between them and the Heavenly and Earthly Qi becos more intimate. In other words, the practitioners existing in this world are in constant communication with the heavens and the earth.
Breathing is communication, eating, drinking, defecating, and urinating; all are continuous ways of connecting with the world around them.
With deeper communication, cultivators can slowly evolve the outward breath from the orifices into Spiritual Power within, and then turn that inner breath of Spiritual Power into breathing through the pores of the entire body.
As the connection between man and nature strengthens, it forms the foundation for all cultivators to break through boundaries. However, his body was different because of the existence of the Star Core. His Spiritual Power only went in and never ca out!
And nature is sentient. Faced with such a body that refuses to communicate, nature also becos very decisive: no communication whatsoever.
So his Spiritual Power, once used, was just that—gone. Once depleted, it was not replenished by the natural world, and due to the physical limitations, the amount of Spiritual Power Tang Luo absorbed each day was very limited. This made him a warrior who could not recover his energy.
If other cultivators were like friendly nations actively engaging in exchanges with nature, then he was like a barbarous nation in solitary confinent.
And the root of it all was the Star Core within his dantian!
In other words, if he wanted to beco one of those friendly nations actively engaging with nature, it was actually quite simple. He just needed to tear the Star Core out from his body!
But being a closed-off barbarous nation was not without benefits. At least, the subjects (Spiritual Power) of the barbarians were unprecedentedly united. This feeling of having them at his command exceeded that of ordinary cultivators by far. This put Tang Luo in a dilemma.
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