Chapter 838 - An Innocent Man Would Get In Trouble Because Of His Wealth

“Zhang Hao, what are you doing?”

The cultivators were naturally shocked by the sudden turn of events. They did not expect Zhang Hao to suddenly make a move. At this moment, all of them regarded him warily as though he was their enemy.

Zhang Hao, who had always been very cautious, looked to the left and to the right before he said, “I’m warning you; don’t chase after me. This life heart is mine. All of your cultivation bases are lower than mine. If you chase after me, I’ll kill you.” He held the life heart in his arm, preparing to leave.

“Zhang Hao, you want to leave after killing someone? Your cultivation base is high, but do you think you can fight against five of us at once?” The cultivator closest to Zhang Hao looked at the others and tried to persuade them to work together. “Don’t let him leave. Let’s work together to take him down.”

“Alright.” The other cultivators did not think twice and agreed to work together.

Zhang Hao seemed surprised by their decision. However, now that things had come to this point, there was no turning back. He hastily leaped into the sky to fly out of the valley.

The other five cultivators flew up at the same time and unleashed their grand techniques. Two of them stood guard in the sky while the other three blocked the exit of the valley.

Zhang Hao sneered as he said, “Just admit that you want the life heart.”

“We’ll let you leave if you hand the life heart over.”

“Well, that will depend on whether you’re capable of taking it from me.”

Just like that, a fierce battle broke out in the sky while the corpse of the Yong lay on the ground.

…

Lu Zhou shook his head.

These cultivators should have been nearby. After all, they arrived very quickly. Unfortunately, they did not have the luck nor strength to keep the life heart. This world had always been cruel.

In any case, Lu Zhou was not worried they would be able to leave with the life heart.

At this time, the large sects should have arrived.

However, Lu Zhou did not make a move. He continued observing his surroundings. After all, patience was the basic quality a hunter should have.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The sound of energies clashing continued to ring from the valley, The resonance of avatars being manifested rang in the air as well.

Lu Zhou looked up. He saw the cultivator, Zhang Hao, had seven leaves. On the other hand, among the five cultivators, three of them had six leaves while the other two had five leaves. They could be considered grand cultivators. He wondered for a moment if he should seize the opportunity and kill all of them.

With his current strength, just using Sovereign Descent was enough to kill all of them.

In the end, he finally decided to kill them. After all, he had placed the life heart in the corpse of the Yong to lure his prey.

Lu Zhou slowly rose to his feet. Just as he was about to make a move, he heard a faint noise. It seemed like someone was approaching. With this discovery, he stopped moving. When he turned around, he saw cultivators behaving sneakily.

When one of the cultivators saw Lu Zhou, he was clearly taken aback. However, he quickly regained his senses and said with a chuckle, “Friend, I didn’t expect you to think of hiding here as well. It seems like we’re kindred spirits!”

Lu Zhou frowned slightly. “Who are you?”

“Stop pretending. I saw the Yong. What’s your name?” the man asked, dropping all pretenses.

“My… My surname is Lu,” Lu Zhou said. He almost forgot himself and gave his name away.

“Come on, be honest with me. My name is Wei Junzi, and this is my little brother…”

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The sounds of two avatars colliding rang in the air at this moment. One of the avatars crashed against the mountain and was shattered by Zhang Hao’s avatar. With this, his opponent died a terrible death.

Wei Junzi shuddered. He shook his head as he said, “How pitiful. An innocent man would get in trouble because of his wealth. Do you think it’d be easy once you possess the life heart?”

Lu Zhou asked skeptically, “Aren’t you here to snatch the life heart as well?”

Wei Junzi replied, “No, I’m not that stupid.”

Lu Zhou saw the shadow of Jiang Aijian in Wei Junzi. Both of them were rather similar, but Wei Junzi seemed bolder. Moreover, he found it strange that Wei Junzi did not seem wary of him.

In any case, Lu Zhou did not dwell on the matter. No matter what these people were planning, he could just easily slap them down.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Based on the noises that were growing softer, it seemed like the battle in the valley was coming to an end.

Lu Zhou shifted his attention back to the valley and discovered Zhang Hai had lost an arm.

Zhang Hao wiped the blood off his face and looked at the corpses on the ground with a cold expression on his face.

Wei Junzi said, “The big fish is coming. We better leave if we don’t want to be discovered.” As soon as he finished speaking, he quickly pulled his companion away and retreated to the depths of the forest.

However, when Wei Junzi discovered Lu Zhou was standing still, he hastily called out, “Brother Lu, come over here! Hurry up!”

Naturally, Lu Zhou was not afraid of being discovered at all since he had the Purple Glazed Ceramic. Nonetheless, he still followed Wei Junzi.

…

After killing his companions, Zhang Hao held onto the life heart and rushed to leave the canyon. He knew he had to leave this place as soon as possible. As long as he could escape into the depths of the dense forest, no one would be able to find him.

Alas, just as Zhang Hao was about to leave the valley, a Nine-leaf avatar descended from the sky,

Boom!

The Nine-leaf avatar landed in a horizontal position, breaking the trees and blocking Zhang Hao’s path.

A cultivator stood in front of the Nine-leaf avatar and extended his hand toward Zhang Hao as he said indifferently, “Thank you for helping me obtain the life heart.”

Zhang Hao’s eyes widened in fear. His lips trembled, and his legs weakened. He knew it was over. The life heart he had held against his chest dropped to the ground immediately. He stumbled a few steps back as he stammered, “You’re the Heavenly Fire Sect’s Feng Zihe?”

Feng Zihe shook his head expressionlessly. With just a flip of his hand, the life heart flew into his palm. His fingers trembled slightly as soon as the life heart was in his hand, but he quickly regained his composure. He said indifferently, “Respect should be given to this life heart that can activate Birth Charts. Those who disrespect it should be cut down…”

Feng Zihe pushed his left hand out, and an energy saber shot toward Zhang Hao.

“No, no!” Zhang Hao cried out. He turned around immediately, intending to flee. Alas, he was shredded into pieces by the energy saber. He could not even put up a fight.

After Feng Zihe obtained the life heart, he surveyed his surroundings as he quickly withdrew his avatar. However, just as he turned to leave, he saw an avatar flying toward him at a low altitude. Soon he discovered there were, in fact, three Nine-leaf avatars flying toward him from three different directions!

“No!” Feng Zihe widened his eyes and feared and decisively ran back into the valley. Earlier, in order to stop Zhang Hao, he had no choice but to manifest his avatar to end the battle quickly. Unfortunately, his avatar had been discovered by others.

Feng Zihe continued to flee. From time to time, he would turn back to look at the three avatars flying toward him. After running past several towing trees, he saw the Yong’s corpse, which had been cleaved into two, on the ground. He only frowned slightly as he continued to run deeper into the valley.

…

In the dense forest near a mountain.

Wei Junzi chuckled before he said, “It’s just as I expected. If you follow me, you’ll be able to watch a good show. Brother Lu, why are you looking at me like that? Don’t worry, I’m very familiar with this area.”

“Why are you helping me? Aren’t you afraid I’d kill you?” Lu Zhou asked.

“We don’t have a conflict of interest. Why would you kill me? Why don’t we work together? If we succeed, you can have the life heart. I’m not an ambitious person. After they leave, I only plan to ransack the corpses to see if there are any treasures,” Wei Junzi replied.

Lu Zhou glanced at him and said, “You can do all that without my help, right?”

Wei Junzi replied, “You seem to be cautious, and I like your style. You’ll know what I mean if you follow me. Anyway, it’s up to you to follow me or not.” Then, he turned to his companion and said, “Let’s go!”

“Yes, boss!”

The duo hurriedly ran toward the sloping mountain.

Lu Zhou’s expression was calm as he looked at the duo. After a moment, he followed them.

…

In the Lu Zhou, Wei Junzi, and his companion took a shortcut and made seven to eight turns before they arrived at the end of the valley.

Lu Zhou looked calm. He glanced in the direction where the two of them disappeared and chased after them.

“Shush!” Wei Junzi shushed everyone as they hid behind a cliff.

At this moment, Feng Zihe flew to the end of the valley as well and found a place to hide.

It was dark at the depths of the valley.

Soon enough, three Nine-leaf avatars appeared as well.

“He must be hiding here. Don’t let him escape. Cut out all escape routes!”

“Come out! Hand over the life heart and our Crimson Sun Sect will spare your life. We just want the life heart. If you don’t want to die, come out!”

The last two words contained a sound wave that shook the entire valley. The soundwave attacked indiscriminately. Those with low cultivation bases had no way of defending against it, causing their blood qi to boil.

Needless to say, Lu Zhou was not the slightest bit affected.

On the other hand, Wei Junzi’s companion was pale as he silently endured the impact brought by the soundwave.

“If you don’t come out now, don’t blame the Crimson Sun Sect for being merciless. On the count of three…”

“One.”

“Three.”

“Two.”

The soundwaves swept out again as three avatars appeared again.

At this moment, Wei Junzi frowned. “Why aren’t the people from the Sky Martial Court here yet?”

“Why do you think the people from the Sky Martial Court will come?” Lu Zhou asked curiously.

“Would the life heart of the Birth Chart Beast appear here for no reason? That old fox with the surname Lu on Cloud Mountain is very cunning. He actually thought of such a method to lure various forces here. However, I don’t understand his reason for doing this.”

“Old fox?” Lu Zhou frowned. It seemed like this Wei Junzi knew quite a bit.

Wei Junzi chuckled. “Hey, I just realized you have the surname as him!”

As soon as Wei Junzi finished speaking, a beam of red light shot out from the depths of the valley. He instinctively turned to look and exclaimed in surprise, “The power of the Birth Charts?”