Chapter 19

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Yu Guang was in a daze. He frowned and opened his eyes uncomfortably. The sunlight shone through the gaps between the leaves and onto his eyes. He raised his hand to block it.

He subconsciously took out his phone and pressed it twice. On the screen, there was only his sleepy face.

“Is the battery out?” Yu Guang opened his eyes instantly, got up, and patted the battery, but there was still no response from the phone.

He looked around and found that the sun was in the west. Obviously, it was already afternoon!

“Oh no!” Yu Guang cursed in his heart, got up from the ground, and patted off the soil and leaves on his clothes. “There’s not enough time!”

The pit had been dug long ago, and the two shovels were inserted into the side of the pit like tombstones. Old Fan and Fatty Qiu maintained their attacking posture. Their heads tilted to one side, their eyes narrowed into a slit, and the dark circles under their eyes looked like they were wearing smoky makeup. They didn’t sleep well either.

Yu Guang saw the watch on Old Fan’s wrist, and he walked over to take a look.

‘It’s two o’clock in the afternoon?!’

His phone was off, so Cui Anyu couldn’t contact him. He must be going crazy. He couldn’t waste any more time, so he had to deal with these two as soon as possible.

“Rise!” Yu Guang chanted, and the two ice sculptures floated up and slowly moved toward the hole.

The two were shocked. Old Fan opened his eyes and found that he was descending. He was so scared that he almost wet his pants. He turned his head to look at Yu Guang’s calm face. ‘I knew you were a schemer! You actually thought of burying us alive!’

“Sir! Hero! Spare us! I have an elderly and a younger one. I don’t want to die!” Old Fan begged for mercy in panic. However, his body could not move, so he could only open his mouth as wide as possible.

As for Fatty Qiu, he was so scared that his face turned pale. He couldn’t speak anymore.

Yu Guang covered his ears. “I’m not burying you alive. I have something urgent to deal with. I can’t send you to the police station in time, so you’ll have to suffer in the cave for a while.”

Old Fan had never heard of this kind of hiding method. He was a living person, not a silver coin.

“We’re not earthworms! We cannot breathe in the soil!” Old Fan argued. He did not want to become an unearthed cultural relic.

“Don’t worry,” Yu Guang comforted him. “I will use ice to build a frame in the pit and then cover the surface with a layer of soil. As long as I don’t die, my ice will not melt.”

“Well, f*cking thank you!” Old Fan cursed in a low voice. “This motherf*cker’s quite thoughtful!”

Old Fan and Fatty Qiu were now familiar with Yu Guang’s powers. They had struggled and waited last night. Since the ice could not absorb the temperature, it would not melt. Otherwise, the two of them would either die, or they would melt and escape. They would not wait to be buried alive.

“After I finish dealing with the matters at hand, I will come and dig you out. If you are tired from hunger, bear with it. Treat it as cultivation.” As Yu Guang spoke, he commanded the two ice sculptures and gently placed them at the bottom of the pit.

Fatty Qiu was scared half to death. He rolled his eyes and almost fainted. Old Fan gave up struggling. He was so angry at Yu Guang’s thoughtful consideration that he lost his temper.

The pit was two meters deep and one meter wide. It was wide enough for two people to go in vertically. Then, Yu Guang activated his skill again. Four icicles rose up along the wall of the pit and extended to a place that was level with the ground to form a transparent ice sheet.

Yu Guang simply threw two handfuls of soil to cover the hole and then threw the shovel into the grass to hide it.

After making sure that everything was safe, he roughly dusted off the excess soil and went to the Awakened Home to attend the appointment.

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Meanwhile, at the Awakened home…

Xie Heji sat on the ladder and wiped off the dust on the books with a handkerchief. In his hands, each book was like the most precious collection.

At this moment, Le Tai pushed the door open and walked in.

Xie Heji was focused on the book in his hand. “I know that the combat test is about to begin. You don’t have to rush me.”

“It’s not about that.” Le Tai’s face was serious. “The night watchmen from Fengyao province are here.”

Hearing this, Xie Heji’s expression changed. “What?”

He gently put the book back on the shelf, jumped down from the ladder, and quickly walked to Le Tai’s side. “When did this happen?”

“Just this morning.”

Le Tai’s answer made Xie Heji frown.

Because the night watchmen had their own places to guard, they would not cross provinces unless there was a special situation. Moreover, in order to prevent unscrupulous people from impersonating them, when the night watchmen went to other provinces, they would be notified before the others arrived. They would be given a warning in advance instead of killing first and reporting later.

“What did they come here for?” Xie Heji asked.

“They said that two third-grade C-rank awakened ones robbed a passing rich merchant and escaped to our place. They hope that we can assist them in searching for these two people.”

After Le Tai finished speaking, he took out a stack of information and handed it to Xie Heji.

The two awakened ones who escaped were called Old Fan and Fatty Qiu. Both were nicknames. Currently, no one knew their real names because no one had ever caught them.

There were two night watchmen who had fought with them in Fengyao province. One of them died, while the other was still lying in the intensive care unit. The injured person’s internal organs were all squeezed and bleeding. Not a single good bone was left on his body. When he was sent to the hospital, he was like a bag of meat. His entire body was soft.

“According to the attending doctor, five doctors worked on him just to pick up the bone fragments.” Le Tai could not bear to say that.

Another rich merchant, along with his wife and children, were discovered at the same time as the two night watchmen. However, all of them were cut into bloody figures, and there was not a single piece of skin left on their bodies. When the rescue team arrived, they had already been dead for a long time.

While the two fugitives were making money, they had used the cruelest methods to kill civilians at the same time. In today’s sparsely populated day, this was simply outrageous!

“Where are the night watchmen of Fengyao? I want to see them!” Xie Heji’s expression was serious, and the report was already crumpled into a ball in his fist.

These two fugitives were really too dangerous. They had to be arrested immediately!

“I told them to wait in the guest house. The combat test in the afternoon will…” Le Tai had not finished his sentence when he turned his head and saw that there was no one in front of him. Xie Heji had already left before him, and there were only a few crumpled pieces of information left on the ground.

Le Tai shook his head and picked up the documents on the ground. After he closed the library door, he looked at the sports field and muttered to himself, “If no one cares about you guys today, you can just make a scene.”

Meanwhile, in the opposite direction of the sports field, Cui Anyu stood at the entrance of the Awakened Home and looked at the end of the road expressionlessly. Her blinking eyes revealed her anxiety at that moment.

The back cover of the phone in her hand felt hot. He could not remember how many times he had called Yu Guang, but the phone was still turned off.

Cui Anyu knew that Yu Guang was not a person who would go back on his words, but the fact that the phone was turned off made her even more worried. Was there an accident that caused the phone to be damaged? Or did something bad happen to him?

It was as if a stone was hanging in her heart, and she could not control the wild thoughts in her mind.

“Yo yo yo, where’s your partner?” a mocking voice sounded. Lucia crossed her arms and stood behind Cui Anyu, followed by Han Nan who had a speechless look on his face.