Chapter 171: Seeking (III)

With Xiao Fen’s current mental perception ability, unless the opponent’s Mental Attribute was much higher than his, he would basically be able to sense them once they entered the dangerous distance.

Of course, there was another situation: the opponent’s power and agility were too high, so that although Xiao Fen could sense the opponent’s existence, he could not avoid being approached, or rather, his perception was slower than the opponent’s speed.

Daoist Yuan was an example of the latter. This person who looked like a boy had strength and agility inconsistent with his apparent age, so Xiao Fen’s perception ability simply could not keep up with Daoist Yuan’s speed.

The owner of the sharp knife that suddenly stabbed from behind just now was obviously the former kind of person. His spirit was too much higher than Xiao Fen’s, so he suppressed Xiao Fen’s perception, and Xiao Fen did not realize that danger was right behind him at all.

“You have been hit in a vital spot, losing 52 life points.”

“Your vital spot has been cut, bleeding continuously, losing 10 life points per second.”

“You have entered a heavily injured state, please seek treatment immediately.”

Only then did Xiao Fen feel the severe pain in his liver area. That silent knife had dealt Xiao Fen a heavy blow the moment it revealed itself.

Even Daoist Yuan had not realized when such a powerful enemy had suddenly appeared on the road. When he sensed something wrong with Xiao Fen, the person who stabbed the knife into Xiao Fen’s body had already started to pull the knife out and stabbed again at Xiao Fen’s neck as he was about to collapse softly.

“How dare you, evildoer!”

Daoist Yuan gave another low shout, raised his hand, and waved his sleeve. A huge wind pressure suddenly surged out from his sleeve, then exploded on the killer’s body. The impact made the killer’s body sway, and he coughed violently twice. Blood flowed from his mouth, nose, and eyes simultaneously. Clearly, the wind pressure impact just now had caused great damage to the killer’s body.

However, the killer did not die just like that. Instead, he suddenly took out a medicine bottle from his side. He did not pull out the stopper but bit the bottle open with his mouth, threw his head back, and gulped down whatever was inside. After a moment, his body swayed, and seeing the situation was bad, he turned and left.

Strangely, although this person’s movements were not fast, just a few changes in direction made people completely lose his trace. Or rather, even if they saw his back, they had already lost the impression of that back.

Daoist Yuan could not bother to chase the killer. He quickly walked to Xiao Fen’s side and asked: “Immortal Lin, how are you?”

Xiao Fen gave a bitter smile, ignoring the rolling blood and severe pain in his liver area. He also took out a bottle of Healing Potion from his bosom, threw his head back, and swallowed it. Before long, the wound on his waist scabbed and healed automatically. In Daoist Yuan’s eyes, this scene was truly miraculous.

“You used Primary Healing Potion.”

“Your life recovered by 44.”

“Your vital spot has stopped bleeding.”

“You have left the heavily injured state.”

“Immortal, truly an Immortal. Killing people is one thing, but regenerating flesh and bone is something I see for the first time. If I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes, even if someone spoke of it beside me, I would not have believed it at all.”

Xiao Fen smiled bitterly. Of the three potions he opened, two were used on Callisto. He was left with one bottle and was wondering where he might consume it. He didn’t expect to use it here immediately.

If he hadn’t been carrying that small-looking leather bag every day, let alone him, a fake Immortal, even a real Immortal would have been helpless.

“This person struck with lethal intent right away. Looking at his appearance, he is likely a Trialist. Why doesn’t he fear the World Tree’s punishment and directly harms a Trialist in the Trial World?”

“Those two men with knives hidden in their sleeves, wanting to kill people on the street, are one thing. But the crossbow arrow in the sky is military issue according to rules. How could ordinary people get it? How many forces are involved in this?”

“These can be put aside for now. Just think, from getting on the carriage with this Daoist Yuan surnamed Yuan to arriving here, it took only a little over an hour. In this short time, the other side could guess the carriage’s purpose and make such tight arrangements. What does this imply?”

Thinking of this, Xiao Fen did not continue pondering. Instead, he turned his head to look forward and asked in a low voice: “Where is that residence?”

From Daoist Yuan killing people on the street, to Xiao Fen knocking away the crossbow arrow, to the assassin secretly attacking Xiao Fen, the whole process seemed long, but it was actually just an instant. By the time the assassin completely disappeared, the entire street suddenly erupted into chaos. Many people crowded together, shouting constantly, wanting to flee this place.

Amidst such chaotic sounds, a faint smile hung on Daoist Yuan’s face. He pointed to a section of a courtyard wall not far away and said: “Right there, right there. Immortal Lin, is your injury alright?”

Xiao Fen said in a low voice: “In such a chaotic crowd, even if one is uninjured, they would get hurt. Once we reach that quiet place, even if there is an injury, it can be treated as none.”

The chaotic and crowded crowd would cause more disturbance in the aura. Moreover, that assassin was best at hiding his aura. If they continued to stay in this environment, who knew if that assassin would return and stab again? By then, Xiao Fen would have no more Healing Potions.

Furthermore, even if he had potions, Xiao Fen’s life force had not yet recovered. If he received another stab to a vital spot, even with the potion, he probably wouldn’t have time to drink it and would die on the spot.

On the other hand, in a desolate courtyard with fewer people, there would be less aura interference, which would at least give Xiao Fen enough reaction time.

Daoist Yuan smiled again and said: “Exactly, exactly. Let us walk there now; it won’t take long to arrive.”

Xiao Fen also nodded. Feeling the pain in his waist was gone, he suddenly stood up. Looking at the chaotic crowd ahead, he let out a long breath. Now, just killing people had caused such chaos. When the Great Explosion came, would this place become a living Hell?

There was no need to think too much about such things. Although there were not many records about the Wanggongchang Great Explosion, they were all very detailed. Regarding the result, they were all similar: heavy casualties, like Hell.

Daoist Yuan no longer had that faint sense of frailty from before. He stood in front, his smile looking as if carved by a knife. Slightly ahead of him, a transparent air wall suddenly appeared. Those chaotic crowds crashed into this air wall and automatically separated to the sides, unable to affect Daoist Yuan’s movement at all.

Regarding the strength of some humans in this era, Xiao Fen no longer had the energy to exclaim. He took a long breath and stumbled behind Daoist Yuan as the two moved forward quickly.

On this street, the tide of people was chaotic. Screams erupted everywhere. Those remaining killers mixed in the crowd, unable to attack Xiao Fen and his companion, began to attack ordinary people. The bloody scenes caused even more panic.

The crowd was like stormy waves constantly crashing against Daoist Yuan’s air wall, but they could never make this air wall shift or retreat. Daoist Yuan walked quietly with Xiao Fen. At the same time, the smile on Daoist Yuan’s face had become somewhat twisted and hideous.

“I want to kill, I want to kill. Kill them, and only then will there be a clean world.”

Daoist Yuan suddenly spoke in a low voice. His body was trembling slightly, as if wanting to vent the anger in his heart.

Xiao Fen hurried forward, patted Daoist Yuan’s shoulder, and whispered: “Now is not the time to kill endlessly. Destroying their Eternal Mother is better than killing them. It is right now. Let’s go. The faster we go, the fewer people will die because of us on this street.”

Daoist Yuan’s body suddenly froze. He slowly turned his head to look at Xiao Fen. In that instant, the fierce tiger Xiao Fen had sensed before came back to life. However, at this moment, the tiger was staring dead at Xiao Fen with those terrible eyes, seemingly treating Xiao Fen as a delicious meal.

This feeling only lasted an instant. Before Xiao Fen could react, Daoist Yuan had already turned his face away and whispered: “What you say is very true, very true. One day, I will make these ungrateful fools who disregard the common people wish for death but cannot die, wish for life but cannot live. Only then will my wish be fulfilled.”

Xiao Fen did not know that the person in front of him, who looked like a child, had such a strong killing intent. However, thinking carefully, those killers taking their anger out on passersby also made Xiao Fen furious. If his body had fully recovered, he would have rushed up and torn a few people apart to vent his hatred.

These thoughts gradually subsided as the two quickly crossed the long street. When they walked in front of the desolate courtyard Xiao Fen had come out of earlier, they faintly heard angry shouts behind them. Listening to the voices, it seemed the Nine-City Patrol Office and the Imperial Guard had mobilized together to quell the chaos on this street.

“Coming too fast, too coincidental. I fear something is wrong.”

Daoist Yuan suddenly said in a low voice. He didn’t care about much else. He reached out, pushed open the dilapidated courtyard door, and walked in with big steps. Behind him, the large wooden door shook twice, suddenly detached from the latch, and crashed to the ground.

Xiao Fen looked at the door, then at the plaque above his head overgrown with weeds, and his brows furrowed suddenly.

When he came out of here before, it was dark, and the two people from the Pan Family were chattering non-stop, so Xiao Fen didn’t have time to observe the condition of this courtyard. But now it seemed this courtyard could be described as desolate.

Not just desolate, but for such a desolate courtyard to exist on this bustling street with no one living in it, there was something wrong. It was likely related to hauntings or deaths.

Considering there might be a “plug” here too, and with no one taking care of it, there were likely many Filth Life, leading to many people entering this courtyard and dying violently. Over time, it was understandable that no one dared to enter.

But the problem now was, ghosts were ghosts and gods were gods. It was originally a haunted house. So, who told the Pan Family that there would be an Immortal in this courtyard?