Chapter 1275 - 1209: The Strange Village!
Hiss!
At this moment.
The venomous python gave chase. When it saw Qin Feiyang and Lu Hong, a shocking cold light instantly flashed in its eyes.
There was even a hint of threat in it.
Lu Hong looked at the venomous python, her expression stunned for a moment, then she said with a laugh, "You’ve only just gained a bit of awareness, and you dare threaten us?"
The venomous python’s cultivation was only at martial master.
To a teenager with no cultivation, a Martial Master Level ferocious beast was extremely powerful, like a Heavenly God.
But in the eyes of these two War Saints, Qin Feiyang and Lu Hong, it was naturally not worth mentioning.
The venomous python sized up the two of them, its tongue flickering in and out.
"You’re still not leaving?"
Lu Hong’s eyes turned cold as she released a wisp of Saint Prestige.
Saint Prestige, to a ferocious beast of the venomous python’s level, was undoubtedly an existence comparable to the might of heaven!
It was scared limp on the spot, without even the strength to leave, its eyes full of fear.
Lu Hong shook her head with a smile and withdrew the Saint Prestige.
Only then did the venomous python heave a sigh of relief, its whole body drenched in sweat like rain, and immediately fled into the deep mountains without looking back.
"So powerful."
The teenager looked at Lu Hong with admiration.
If he had such ability, he wouldn’t have almost lost his life.
Lu Hong asked with a smile, "Tell big sister, what are you doing here alone?"
On hearing this, the teenager’s expression instantly fell, and he said, "I’m looking for my sister."
"What happened?"
Lu Hong asked.
The teenager lowered his head and said, "Half a month ago, my sister suddenly disappeared and still hasn’t come home. I’m really worried, so I came into the mountains to look for her."
Lu Hong asked, "Do you have any clues now?"
The teenager shook his head and said, "The people in the village say my sister must have already died under the claws of wild beasts, and tell me not to look for her, but I don’t believe it."
"The village?"
Lu Hong was slightly stunned and asked, "Where is your village?"
The teenager pointed toward the northern mountain range and said, "The village is over there, more than ten li from here."
"More than ten li!"
Qin Feiyang and Lu Hong exchanged a glance, their eyes full of disbelief.
For an ordinary person, a distance of more than ten li was not just ordinarily far.
Qin Feiyang said, "How did you walk all the way here? Didn’t you encounter any ferocious beasts on the way?"
"Ferocious beasts?"
The teenager was slightly stunned, then shook his head and said, "Within more than ten li around our village, there are no ferocious beasts, only some ordinary wild animals. We live by hunting."
"No ferocious beasts?"
Qin Feiyang was taken aback.
On the way from the Imperial City, they had encountered quite a few ferocious beasts, even Saint Beasts and Emperor Beasts.
But here, how could there be none?
Lu Hong said, "Little brother, let big sister ask you, do you know of the Sea of Reincarnation?"
The teenager shook his head and said, "I’ve never heard of the Sea of Reincarnation, but I’ve heard the elders in the village say that very far from our village, there’s a great sea."
"Which direction?"
Lu Hong asked.
"To the north."
The teenager said.
"How far is it?"
Lu Hong asked again.
The teenager thought for a moment and said, "Seems to be over a hundred li."
"North..."
"Over a hundred li..."
Lu Hong pondered for a while, then looked at Qin Feiyang and spoke via sound transmission, "I think the sea he’s talking about might be the Sea of Reincarnation. Why don’t we send him back first, then continue on our way?"
Qin Feiyang nodded.
The teenager’s village was also to the north, just along their route.
Lu Hong looked at the teenager and said with a smile, "Little brother, look, it’s already dark. How about we send you back first, and you can continue searching tomorrow?"
"No."
"If I haven’t found my sister, I’m not going back."
The teenager said stubbornly.
Qin Feiyang furrowed his brows. If things were really as the teenager said, with his sister having been missing for half a month, she had surely already met with misfortune.
But the teenager was still young; such words were hard to say outright.
Thud!
Suddenly.
The teenager knelt on the ground and looked at the two of them, pleading, "Angel sister, Brother Immortal, your Divine Skills are vast. Can you help me look for my sister? I beg you."
"This..."
Lu Hong couldn’t make up her mind and looked at Qin Feiyang.
Qin Feiyang’s brows knit tightly. To be honest, he really didn’t want to meddle in these affairs.
"I’ll kowtow to you..."
"As long as we can find my sister, I’m willing to do anything."
The teenager pleaded again and again, his face full of anxiety and worry.
Qin Feiyang said, "Then first tell me, how did your sister disappear?"
The teenager said, "Half a month ago, my sister went out hunting as usual, but she never came home after that."
"Hunting?"
"Why is it your sister who goes hunting? What about your parents?"
Qin Feiyang frowned.
The teenager said, "My father passed away a long time ago. My mother has been sick all year round, her body very weak, unable to hunt. So all these years, it’s always been my sister taking care of me and my mother."
"How pitiful."
Lu Hong sighed inwardly, then asked with a smile, "How old is your sister? Is she a Martial Artist?"
The teenager said, "My sister is eighteen, and she’s not a Martial Artist."
"Eighteen years old, still not a Martial Artist, yet holding up a whole family—remarkable!"
Lu Hong was full of hope as she looked at Qin Feiyang and said, "Why don’t we help him look? Maybe his sister just ran into some sort of accident and hasn’t actually met with misfortune."
"Yes, that must be it."
"Brother Immortal, please, help me, okay?"
"If you can help me find my sister, I’ll... treat you to wine."
The teenager said.
"Wine?"
Qin Feiyang shook his head with a wry smile.
Did he look like someone lacking for a drink?
Judging from the boy’s family situation, these were probably all he could take out.
After pondering for a moment, Qin Feiyang nodded with a smile and said, "Alright, for the sake of the wine, I’ll help you look for her."
"Thank you, Brother Immortal."
The boy was overjoyed, tears of gratitude streaming down his face.
Qin Feiyang shook his head with a wry smile and said, "Alright, get up. A man’s knees are worth their weight in gold, don’t kneel to everyone you see. And don’t call me Brother Immortal, I’m not any Immortal."
"Then what are you?"
The boy got up and looked at him suspiciously.
"What am I?"
Qin Feiyang was stunned for a moment, not expecting the boy to ask that. He thought for a bit, then smiled and said, "I’m just an ordinary Martial Artist."
"An ordinary Martial Artist can fly?"
"But how come I heard that only Immortals can fly in the sky?"
The boy was puzzled.
"Who told you that?"
Qin Feiyang frowned. Whoever said that was obviously just playing tricks and misleading people.
The boy said, "The Crane Immortal said so."
"And who is this Crane Immortal?"
Lu Hong was doubtful.
The boy said, "In our village, every two years, an old man comes riding on a crane. The people in our village all call him Crane Immortal."
Lu Hong asked, "What does he come to your village for?"
The boy was just about to speak.
Qin Feiyang said, "You two talk, I’ll go search nearby first. Oh right, what does your sister look like?"
"My sister’s appearance..."
The boy thought for a moment, then took out a yellowed piece of paper from his chest and unfolded it.
Four people were drawn on the paper.
A burly middle-aged man, a middle-aged woman, a young maiden, and the last one was the boy himself.
The boy pointed at the young maiden and said, "This is my sister, her name is Wang Jin."
Obviously.
The middle-aged man was the boy’s father who had already passed away.
The middle-aged woman was definitely the boy’s mother.
Qin Feiyang lowered his head and looked at the maiden’s portrait, a trace of surprise flashing in his eyes.
Whether it was the maiden’s features or her bearing, they were all depicted very vividly. Although she wore only a worn hemp dress, she still looked fresh and refined, standing out from the ordinary.
"You stay here and keep him company."
After committing the maiden’s appearance to memory, Qin Feiyang quietly instructed Lu Hong, then shot straight into the sky and quickly disappeared into the night.
"Aren’t we going to help?"
Watching Qin Feiyang leave, the boy quickly looked at Lu Hong and asked.
"Your Brother Immortal is very powerful; he doesn’t need our help."
"Come, tell big sister, did you draw all these portraits yourself?"
Lu Hong asked.
"Yeah."
"I don’t have many hobbies, I just like drawing."
"I spent two days on this painting before I finished it. Is it okay?"
The boy asked innocently.
"It’s very well drawn."
Lu Hong nodded with a smile, then asked, "By the way, that Crane Immortal you mentioned just now, can you tell me about him in detail?"
"Sure!"
The boy nodded.
"Let’s go sit over there and talk slowly."
Lu Hong said with a smile.
Not far away, there was a bluestone boulder. Lu Hong led the boy over, and they sat down on the stone. The boy then slowly began to speak.
...
At the same time!
Qin Feiyang flew over the top of a mountain ridge, sweeping his gaze over the ground below while also spreading out his senses, carefully feeling out the auras and movements below.
But suddenly.
He stopped in midair, waved his hand, and everyone and every fierce beast inside the ancient castle appeared.
"You all heard what was said just now, right? Help look for her, but don’t make a big fuss. It’s best to restrain your auras."
After Qin Feiyang finished speaking, Battle Intent surged, and Wang Jin’s phantom condensed in front of them.
After memorizing Wang Jin’s appearance, Fatty asked, "How do we search?"
Qin Feiyang thought for a moment and said, "That boy said Wang Jin went missing after going out hunting. We’ll search around the village, but we have to expand the scope—search everything within a hundred miles."
"Got it."
Everyone nodded, then turned into streaks of flowing light, scattering in all directions and disappearing from sight.
But Luk Zheng didn’t leave. He lowered his head, scanning the mountains below, his eyes flickering unpredictably!
Qin Feiyang asked suspiciously, "Why are you still standing here?"
"Don’t you think it’s strange?"
Luk Zheng replied with a question instead of answering.
"What’s strange?"
Qin Feiyang asked.
"This place is close to the Sea of Samsara, so why is there a village here? And why is there not a single fierce beast within more than ten miles around the village?"
Luk Zheng said.
"You mean?"
Qin Feiyang frowned.
A sharp gleam flashed through Luk Zheng’s eyes as he said, "That boy’s village is not simple. Come on, let’s go take a look."
Qin Feiyang nodded.
Swoosh!!
The two of them cut through the sky, rushing toward the north, and did not forget to search for Wang Jin along the way.
A distance of over ten miles was nothing to them; in less than a hundred breaths, a village came into their view.
The two concealed their auras and stood in midair, overlooking the village.
The more than two thousand households in the village occupied about half a li of land, and the houses all looked old and worn.
Although it wasn’t deep into the night yet, it was hard to see anyone in the village; it was deathly quiet.
"How is this possible?"
Luk Zheng scanned the village, his face full of disbelief.
This huge village was actually made up entirely of ordinary people!
"It is indeed a bit strange."
Qin Feiyang muttered.
This place was only a little over a hundred miles from the Sea of Samsara; one could say it was extremely dangerous here, yet a group of ordinary people was living in this place.
No matter how you looked at it, it didn’t seem normal.