Chapter 171: A Mysterious Diplomatic Heavenly Visit to the Forest Sect

Chapter 171: A Mysterious Diplomatic Heavenly Visit to the Forest Sect

At the bottom of the vertebra, a small group of cultivators stood around. Among them, Hui recognized the girl with the stiff face from the inheritance zone, Liu Baozhai. Most of the others were seniors he didnt recognize, in black robes with dark red hems. At the sight of Hui and Gu Tian, they turned away. One or two let out derisive snorts.

Gu Tian glanced at Hui. Ah, Xie Hao by all rights, you should have the same color hems as them. Why are you still wearing the second-realm robes?

Hui glanced at his robes. Unremarkable in all ways, they sported black hems. Eh?

Mortal, white hems; first realm, gray; second, black; third, red; fourth, dark red. You should match the seniors, not me, Gu Tian said, nodding at the others.

Hui waved his hand. It doesnt bother me. Id rather be underestimated. Its easier to play dead if the seniors think its easy to kill me. They wont try as hard to kill someone at the second realm as they would if they had to kill a fourth realm!

Not that Im planning to attack the seniors. But its always better to be prepared.

He frowned then, thinking. Both Xi Guping and Xi Guanxi wore robes with green hems, though.

Gu Tian waved his hand. They belong to a clan within the sect, they have special rights. When did you meet Xi Guping, anyways? Im assuming you ran into Xi Guanxi in the inheritance realm I think everyone was surprised when he didnt come out.

Ah yes, the inheritance realm Right, no one knows Im the one who killed them! I should keep it quiet, so the Xi Clan doesnt come after me. Xi Guanxi was killed by Fang Hua, anyways, but I dont think the Xi Clan is going to care too much about details. As far as theyre concerned, Fang Hua is Jin Xian, my corpse soldier, anyways, so its not like theyd go after her in particular! Hui swallowed, then shrugged casually. I dont recall where I met Xi Guping, I just remember seeing his green hems.

Its not like the two of them were reclusive though that does only make Xi Gupings recent disappearance all the more strange, Gu Tian said, a hand on his chin.New novel chapters are published on

Eh? Gu Tian doesnt know Xi Guping is dead, but Xi Guanxi seemed to know Did Xi Guanxi just make an educated guess? Its also possible the Xi Clan has life tablets for their clan members, although then the question is why are they suppressing news about the deaths of both of their prodigies?

No, no, what are you thinking, Hui? Of course theyre suppressing the news! If the rest of the sect knew that the Xi Clan prodigies had both died, the Xi Clan would fall from grace immediately! Its better for them if they keep quiet, at least until they kill the killer and maybe even until they birth another prodigy! Though I figure the sect will have puzzled it out by then After all, its obvious already that Xi Guanxi is dead, and they can only hold out until someone else enters Blood Mist Valley before the sect has hard proof that Xi Guping is, likewise, perished.

Ah, well. The Xi Clans rise and fall is none of my business. If they just left this small cultivator alone, they wouldnt be in this trouble! Hui shook his head at the Xi Clans foolishness.

Im glad Bai Xue isnt here. Shed do something horrible and lewd for sure, with an opportunity like this Hui shook his head. Carefully, he felt Zhubi. Though Zhubis body flattened into a streak of ink the same as Hui, a warm, scaly texture brushed against Huis hand. He raised his eyebrows and touched a drawn sleeve. Softness met his fingertips, rather than the texture of paper.

How mysterious! What an interesting art this is. If Erlan hit me with this in the middle of battle well, Id lose to Erlan anyways, but itd certainly give him the element of surprise.

Erlan sped faster. His body became no more than a streak of light, and he dashed into the distance. Under him, the earth rushed by, no more than a smear of green and brown. The sky melded into blue and white streaks. Hui closed his eyes, quietly regretting his ability to see outside the pouch. Ugh Im going to be motion sick.

A day passed by. Hui immersed himself back into meditation on the snake shed art. All around him, he sensed the other disciples immersing themselves in their own meditation. They sat quietly, uninterested in one another.

As the sun rose again, Erlan slowed to a halt. He flicked his hand, and the paper figures flew out of his pouch. A snap of his fingers, and they reverted to humans. Except Gu Tian and Hui, they all produced a flying weapon of some kind and stepped atop it. Erlan reached out and caught Gu Tian by the back of the collar, letting him dangle.

Hui returned to human and stared down at the forest below him. It rushed up, flying at his face. He drew Gu Tians sword and pushed power into it. It soared into the sky, and he rushed by all the other disciples, then fell back down again, hurtling toward the trees below. Frightened, Hui poured qi into the sword and thrust back into the sky. Equalize it, equalize it! You can do it! Fly, Hui!

Er, Master Erlan, Xie Hao only recently reached fourth stage, Gu Tian whispered to Erlan.

Snorting, Erlan made a grasping motion. A hand of ink, drawn in a few short strokes, closed around Xie Hao and drew him over beside Gu Tian. Erlan shook his head at Hui. Cant fly on a sword?

All around them, the other cultivators chuckled, hiding smiles behind their sleeves.

Hui attempted a bow in midair. Please forgive this small cultivator. Ive made the grave error of neglecting to study flying on a sword. I hope you can overlook my failures!

Erlan frowned at him. You

Hui clasped his hands over his mouth and tried a smile. Ah, oh no! Erlans encountered me before!

After squinting for another moment, Erlan shook his head. He pointed ahead of them. The Mysterious Heavenly Forest Sect.