radicalducati Chapter 186 Xian'er, I Regret It
Chapter 186 Xian'er, I Regret It
Chapter 186 Xian'er, I Regret It
early morning.
In the Black Corner Region, in the wilderness, a caravan is busily organizing the goods on its wagons.
After a night's rest, the caravan members, refreshed from yesterday's journey, appeared in high spirits.
"Be careful, everyone, make sure the goods are securely tied!" A hook-nosed old man leading the group shouted repeatedly from the side.
"Damn Huang the Skinflint, I'm a guard, not a servant!" a young man who looked like a guard muttered with dissatisfaction.
"Shut up! Have you forgotten who they are? We can't afford to mess with them!"
The middle-aged man beside him glanced at the hook-nosed old man and the burly man behind him not far away. Seeing that they hadn't noticed them, he breathed a sigh of relief, patted the young man on the shoulder, and said earnestly:
"Don't talk nonsense. After this trip, we won't take any more of his requests!"
"Hmm!" The young man understood the middle-aged man's good intentions, murmured a few times, and then remained silent.
"Look! There's someone!" a voice shouted from the caravan.
The sudden sound startled the guards, who quickly drew their weapons before looking in the direction from which it came.
Suddenly, a black figure appeared in the sky. Under the morning sun, a golden light could be faintly seen on the figure's shoulder.
Everyone was terrified, their eyes filled with fear. Anyone who could appear in the air was at least a Dou Wang level expert.
This is the Black Corner Region, where killing needs no reason. For such powerful individuals, dealing with them is simpler than killing a chicken.
Before anyone could react, the figure in the air suddenly plummeted from the sky like a bird with broken wings.
"Bang!"
The black figure crashed heavily to the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust.
The caravan members looked at each other, swallowed hard, and none of them dared to step forward to check the situation.
"Cough cough." A coughing sound came from the barely dissipated smoke and dust, causing everyone to take a few steps back.
"My lord! Are you alright?" The little golden dragon looked at Xiao Bai, whose face was ashen, and a hint of worry appeared in its eyes.
"I'm fine!" Xiao Bai waved his hand, and as soon as he finished speaking, a flush appeared on his face.
"puff!"
He spat out a mouthful of blood that faintly glowed with five colors. As it fell to the ground, wisps of lightning crackled out, and the grass and trees withered and turned black instantly.
"You call this nothing?" the little golden dragon exclaimed anxiously, then said hatefully, "That damned bastard! When I grow up, I'll grind him to dust!"
"I'm really fine! I'm much better now, I just need some rest!" Xiao Bai said softly, a little out of breath.
"By the way, where are we right now?"
Seeing that a trace of rosy color had returned to his pale cheeks, the little golden dragon slowly relaxed. After looking around, it looked confused, helplessly spread its claws, and replied:
"I don't know either!"
He then looked at a group of people not far away and shouted to the old man with the hooked nose who seemed to be the leader:
"Hey, old man, where is this place?"
Only then did the caravan members get a clear look at the man who had fallen. He was wearing a tattered black robe, his black hair was disheveled, and his face was pale. He looked like he was seriously injured.
Most remarkably, the golden creature on his shoulder was both familiar and strange, as if he had seen it somewhere before.
A dragon! A legendary dragon!
It's not the kind of magical beast with dragon blood!
Everyone stared wide-eyed at the golden light, never expecting to see a living dragon one day!
"Hey! I'm talking to you! Are you stupid?"
The little golden dragon, seeing these people staring intently at it, couldn't help but recall the ugly lizards in the underground magma staring at it. Impatiently, it waved its paw.
"Reporting to Lord Long, this is the Black Corner Region!"
The hook-nosed boy snapped back to reality after being glared at by the little golden dragon, and hurriedly stammered out his words.
"Still the Black Corner Region!" Xiao Bai breathed a sigh of relief. He had been worried that the spatial teleportation might move him to another region, which would be troublesome.
"Don't be nervous, we mean no harm!" Xiao Bai reassured the hook-nosed old man gently, then asked, "Please tell me, where in the Black Corner Region is this?"
"Reporting to Your Excellency, this is the territory of Black Seal City, and it is still about a hundred miles away from Black Seal City!" the old man replied respectfully, cupping his hands in greeting.
"Black Seal City?" A look of reminiscence appeared in Xiao Bai's eyes.
The force stationed here should be called the Eight Doors. The leader of the Eight Doors seems to be named Yuan Yi, with the cultivation level of a Dou Huang. As for the exact number of stars of the Dou Huang, my memory is a bit vague and I don't remember it very well.
"Judging from your appearance, you must also be heading to Black Seal City, right?" Xiao Bai asked calmly, looking at the group that was all ready to depart.
"Your Excellency is wise! Our caravan's destination is Black Seal City!"
"Alright, can you give me a ride?"
"You don't want to?" Xiao Bai looked at the hesitant old man, frowned slightly, and shook his head, saying, "If you don't want to..."
"Yes, yes, yes!" Before Xiao Bai could finish speaking, the old man nodded hurriedly like a chicken pecking at rice, his face full of fawning smiles.
"It would be a great honor for us, sir, to travel with our caravan. How could we possibly refuse?"
"!" Xiao Bai.
His original intention was that if he didn't want to, then so be it, but looking at the old man's fawning expression, it was as if he was afraid that if he got upset, he would wipe them out.
"Thank you for your trouble!" Xiao Bai nodded, walked straight to a truck, and sat cross-legged.
"Sir, how can we let you sit outside? Please get into the carriage in front!" The old man saw his actions and hurriedly stepped forward to persuade him.
"It's alright!" Xiao Bai slightly opened his eyes and calmly said, "Go ahead and do your thing, don't worry about me, just don't let anyone disturb me!"
"This..." The old man hesitated for a moment, and Xiao Bai, feeling the pressure in his deep, unwavering eyes, gritted his teeth and cupped his hands, saying, "Then I'll go and attend to my duties. If you need anything, please just let me know!"
"Okay!" Xiao Bai nodded and slowly closed his eyes.
Seeing this, the old man stepped back.
After they had walked a distance, the burly man who had been following him spoke softly:
"Manager Huang, um..."
"I disagree with what you're saying!" The old man, as if knowing what the man was about to say, waved his hand, loudly interrupting him. His gaze subtly swept towards the figure in black on the truck, and he whispered:
"Everything will be decided by those above after we return to the city!"
On the other side, Xiao Bai seemed oblivious to the hook-nosed old man's actions.
"My lord, that old man seems to have some plans?" The little golden dragon transmitted its voice through Xiao Bai's sleeve.
"You revealed yourself to them, and I'm currently severely injured, so it's not surprising that you might have some ulterior motives!" Xiao Bai said noncommittally.
"But no matter what the plan is, in the end, it's strength that matters. Let's see who he's referring to as going back to make the decision!"
"Master, you'd better be more careful!" the little golden dragon said with a hint of sarcasm. "We almost capsized just now!"
"Those ugly lizards, they really do it the same way: after hitting the young ones, the old ones come; after hitting the old ones, the even older ones come!"
"I really wonder, if we had been strong enough to defeat that older one before, would an even older one have appeared instead!"
Upon hearing this, Xiao Bai remained silent, wondering who would have known that this underground journey would be so dangerous.
But this guy was right. If they had defeated that lizardman who was suspected to be a Dou Zun, the next one to come might be a Half-Saint.
"We don't have the young master's jade slip this time. If we encounter a big one again..." The little golden dragon thought of the previous scene. If it weren't for that old lizard, for some reason, not using spatial power, it and Xiao Bai would probably have been buried in the underground magma.
"Don't worry, do you think Dou Zun are as common as cabbages? You think you can just run into one anywhere?" Xiao Bai said to the somewhat timid little golden dragon, sounding annoyed.
"Let's rest in Black Seal City for a bit. Once I've recovered some points, we'll set off back to the Gama Empire!"
"Aren't you going back to Canaan Academy? My lord probably already knows you used the jade slip!" The little golden dragon asked in confusion upon hearing Xiao Bai's plan.
"I'm not going back!" Xiao Bai shook his head, two smiling faces seemingly appearing before him. He whispered, "After I get to Black Seal City, I'll send them a letter to let them know I'm safe!"
Just as Xiao Bai was thinking about the two women, someone else was having a real headache with them.
At the bottom of the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower, Su Qian looked helplessly at Xun'er and Little Fairy Doctor, who were filled with anxiety.
He and the two elders were sealing off this lower space when these two girls suddenly ran over and said they wanted to see him because it was urgent.
A flawless version after careful inspection!
He immediately guessed what it was about and let them in.
"Elder, please open the entrance. I need to go in and find him!" Xun'er's voice trembled slightly, but her tone was firm.
"Sigh," Su Qian sighed softly, shaking his head, "I cannot let you go!"
"Why?" Little Fairy Doctor asked urgently, "Xiao Bai was just in danger, we need to go find him!"
"We've already looked for him!" Su Qian said regretfully, a hint of sadness in his cloudy eyes, "We sensed an aura that seemed to belong to a Dou Zun before, so I..."
"Wait...you mean the aura of a Dou Zun?!" Xun'er's eyes instantly turned red, her delicate fists clenched, and she interrupted Su Qian in disbelief.
"Not bad!" Su Qian was very familiar with that kind of pressure; he had once felt it from the dean who had advanced to the Dou Zun level.
I never expected that there would be such a powerful being underground, besides the Fallen Heart Flame.
After a moment of stunned silence, he immediately dismissed the elders and notified the two elders who were guarding the library to come over.
Thinking that Xiao Bai was still down there, he nervously went down with the two elders to check if the kid was nearby.
Unfortunately, not a single person was seen. After discussion, it was decided that the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower should be sealed off for the time being.
When Xun'er saw him nod, she was instantly struck dumb, her face drained of color, and her expression turned terrified.
"Brother Xiao Bai!"
She murmured softly, her voice seemingly filled with endless sorrow and tenderness. Suddenly, an unnatural crimson flush rose on her jade-like face.
"puff!"
"Xun'er!"
The Little Fairy Doctor, who was also deeply distressed, saw Xun'er suddenly vomit blood and collapse, and hurriedly helped her up.
Seeing her usually calm and composed expression, he was filled with terror and said in a trembling voice:
"Could it be that Xiao Bai..."
"Xian'er, I regret it!" Xun'er stared blankly at Little Fairy Doctor, muttering to herself:
"I shouldn't have only given him the Dou Zun space jade slip. I should have given him my father's jade slip, even if it would expose Brother Xiao Bai's existence. But compared to his life, what does that matter?"
"You agree, right?"
It seemed as if the question was directed at Little Fairy Doctor, or perhaps at oneself.
Little Fairy Doctor clung tightly to Xun'er's clothes, her eyes nearly blacking out. She felt as if the sky had collapsed, her eyes glistening with tears, her voice hoarse and choked with sobs:
"Xun'er, don't scare me."
"Don't cry...don't cry!" Xun'er's face showed a strange expression, a half-smile, but her beautiful eyes were filled with deathly stillness and icy coldness, and her voice was like the cold wind of the deepest hell:
"A mere Dou Zun, his life is not worth a single hair on my brother Xiao Bai's head!"
"No matter who did it, I'll make them regret ever being born!"
Su Qian, who was standing nearby, was wondering what to do when she heard Xun'er's words.
Judging from this girl's tone, she doesn't even put Dou Zun powerhouses in her eyes. What kind of background does she have?
"Open the seal, I want to go down!" Xun'er stood up, her face cold.
If it were before, he would definitely have refused. Once a Dou Zun expert was attracted, Canaan Academy would not be able to withstand it. But now, Su Qian felt very troubled.
"Girl, I just heard you mention that you gave that kid a space jade slip at the Dou Zun level. You only came here after you sensed the jade slip being used, right?" Qian Mu, one of the two elders who had been silent all along, asked.
"Not bad!" Canaan Academy treated her Xiao Bai brother well, so Xun'er suppressed her impatience and nodded slightly.
"Looking at it this way, you don't need to worry. Xiao Bai is probably fine!" Qianmu said with a faint smile under everyone's gaze.
"Why?" The deathly stillness in Xun'er's eyes dissipated slightly, and a glimmer of hope appeared.
It should be understood that the chances of a low-level cultivator escaping from a real Dou Zun using a spatial jade slip made by a Dou Zun are almost zero.
Unless it's a spatial jade slip created by a Dou Zun who has entered the ninth stage, it won't be ignored by a low-level Dou Zun.
Those at that level of strength have theoretically already transcended the realm of ordinary Dou Zun, and their understanding of space is naturally much deeper.
Little Fairy Doctor bit her red lips, perked up her small ears, and stared intently at Qianmu with her eyes wide open, her heart pounding with nervousness.
She didn't want to know why; she just wanted to hear that Xiaobai was alive. That was her greatest wish at that moment.
"I have a rough idea of what's behind this magma. If Xiao Bai hadn't had the jade slip you gave him, he might have been in real danger this time!"
"But with the jade slip you gave him, he should be able to escape!"
"Please enlighten me, senior!" Xun'er felt a surge of joy and bowed respectfully.
"When the dean was still alive, I once heard him mention that there was a kind of magical beast in this underground place that looked like a lizard and lived in the lava."
"There are a lot of these fire lizards down there. The dean said he encountered one at the Dou Zun level among them. At the time, I was quite worried and asked the dean if it would pose a threat to Canaan Academy."
"But the dean said that they only live deep in the lava and almost never go upstream, so there is no need to worry. Because of this, almost no one in Canaan Academy knows about the fire lizards now."
"So, this time it was also the Battle Venerable among these Flame Lizards who made the move?" Xun'er said coldly, her eyes icy.
"Indeed! This Flame Lizard clan, though powerful, has a weakness: even at the Dou Zun level, they cannot freely utilize spatial power like other species!"
"Really?" Xun'er and Little Fairy Doctor's eyes lit up instantly.
(End of this chapter)