No one wanted to die. Neither did Lyu Liang.
He was actually not afraid of dying, but he was reluctant to die before fulfilling his wishes!
As he held Linglong tightly, he did not give up resisting even till the last moment. While the three silver figures were tangling with those gray fogs, he summoned the three Spirit Swallowing Bugs. At the same time, he set the black net over them, to defend against the weird, golden lightning.
“Boy! Three is the limit! If you summon one more bug, if the field changes to the low level, you will exhaust the mana and die!” Swallowing Spirit said seriously.
Lyu Liang gave a faint smile and replied, “If I should unfortunately die here, I hope that you can get out of here safely!” Linglong’s eyes shone with a golden light again, revealing a desperate look.
“Here’s a chance! Boy, run to the entrance! Right now!” White shouted suddenly, in a surprised tone.
Lyu Liang was stunned, and then, he summoned back the Spirit Swallowing Bugs and the black net immediately. Holding Linglong’s hand, he rushed back at once. “Let’s go! To the entrance!”
Lyu Liang totally trusted White, so he followed its instruction without any hesitation, even though the two gray clouds looked so threatening with their scary mouths!
Although Linglong did not hear White’s voice, she trusted Lyu Liang unconditionally. Since her cultivation was not affected, she outstripped Lyu Liang and dragged him forward at a high speed!
When they approached the two gray clouds, a strong feeling of suppression suddenly swept over them, which made them stop at once. While Lyu Liang was helpless, something surprising happened!
At that critical moment, two black patches of fog emerged above their two wide-opened mouths! At the same time, a faint layer of black fog also surrounded Lyu Liang and Linglong.
As the black fog swiftly enveloped the gray fogs, a faintly familiar voice sounded, “Hurry up! Come here!”
Lyu Liang did not hesitate anymore, because the suppression had disappeared, since the black fogs emerged. Within less than a breath of time, he brought Linglong to the entrance, which appeared to be a chaotic fog.
“Get the girl into the cave residence! Strike toward your front now!” As the voice sounded again, Lyu Liang seemed to recognize who it was that was helping them!
That was because, at this moment, the combination of the black and gray fogs turned totally black and became one. The next moment, it turned into a pitch-black monkey, who was scratching its head, and giving out a loud burp!
“Bang! Bang!” Lyu Liang struck two blows at the front with his golden right fist, as if he was striking at an iron board.
With a muffled crash, the thick fog broke into pieces in front of Lyu Liang. Then, Linglong returned to the Heaven-Burning Xumi Formation immediately.
“Get out immediately! Ming is only able to swallow two or three of them!” The bearded man who was standing at the other side of the entrance, told him this, with an anxious look on his face.
There was also an ocean outside the entrance, and it was the real marine blue, flowing naturally.
As Lyu Liang dashed across the entrance, the monkey also followed him out. However, only one of Linglong’s silver figures managed to get out.
Just then, an outraged roar sounded, which stunned Lyu Liang and made him so dizzy that he felt as if he was about to faint.
“Well, now that it has just lost its prey, I can see why it’s so angry! Run!” As the bearded man said that, he was already over 3,000 meters away…
Lyu Liang followed immediately, but even though he had used the instantaneous flash several times, he still lagged very far behind the bearded man. Of course, he knew that the bearded man was a rather formidable figure, who had mastered some accelerating methods.
As he rushed forward, Lyu Liang asked White a question that he was concerned about, “What is the relationship between those gray fogs and the monster in the mine?” After all, he might confront similar monsters in the future.
“Those gray fogs are actually the concretizations of its soul. In other words, they are the small doppelgangers of the horror beast. So is the Death Sea. Although it looks like the beast’s nest, it is also the concretization of the soul. Only in this way can the beast have a suitable living environment.” White said this slowly, while Lyu Liang was totally astonished!
The concretizations of the Divine Soul? How powerful the Divine Soul of that “mushroom” was… He even dared not to ponder on it… Compared with this, the Illusory Sea was too insignificant!
White seemed to know what Lyu Liang was thinking about and said softly, “To put it simply, the Divine Soul of a horror beast alive can rival that of a top Divine Emperor. The beast’s only weakness is that it can’t step out of its nest, owning to some historical problems. Or, else, the Dark Turmoil age would come again. You should feel fortunate, because this horror beast’s power has been weakened by that radical change, or… ho ho…”
After two and a half hours, Lyu Liang and the bearded man was already several kilometers away. When the bearded man jumped out of the water and paused, Lyu Liang knew that they were already out of danger.
Behind them, the horror beast was still howling. Although the voice was barely audible, one could still hear the anger in it.
“Thanks for your help!” Lyu Liang said and cupped his hands immediately, even though he did not know how all of these happened.
However, the bearded man did not reply as expected. Instead, Lyu Liang heard a crack of the abacus.
When he raised his head, Lyu Liang saw the bearded man frowning. This man was holding a worn abacus with one hand, and clicked the beads with the other, as he murmured, “Oh no, this is not a fair deal. I didn’t expect that I would confront a horror beast at the very beginning. The deals afterward might be more worrisome…”
After a while, the bearded man finally stopped calculating. Suddenly, he raised his head, stretched out his hand, and with a cunning look, said, “Rescue, 5,000; Divine Soul consuming, 3,000; Spiritual Qi consuming, 1,000; guidance, 500. You can pay with mid-grade Primordial Stones!”
“Se-seniors…” His face convulsed subconsciously and Lyu Liang really did not know how to reply…
“Oh, yes!” The bearded man pointed at the monkey, who had begun eating a banana, “That’s just the fees you should pay to me, and here’s Ming’s! 5,000 would be good for its performance!”
“You can skip my part. After all, my brothers are also here. Just take it as a gift from me.” The monkey mumbled, as it threw away the banana peel and patted its belly, showing a satisfied look. “Its soul is so chewy and delicious! Hic!”
The man and the monkey completely broke the mold of supposed images for powerful seniors. Lyu Liang was totally rendered speechless. The bearded man, in particular, was precisely no better than a commercial racketeer in the mundane world!
“Don’t stare at me! We will spend some time together, and you should pay if you need any help! The Guardian of Fire has just given me the commission fee, so you still need to pay for my help each time! Come on, Brother Lyu! You should pay now!” The bearded man stretched out his hand and said, “I’m Qiao Youliang, self-titled ‘Half Immortal’. I’m mainly a doctor, and my parergon is to act as the Guardian of Water. The Guardian of Fire, Zhu Yan, sent me here to help you. I hope we will have more chances to cooperate! I help, you pay. This is such a win-win situation!”
This time, Lyu Liang finally knew what had happened. Staring at the man in front of him, he swallowed hard and a flashing cloth bag appeared in his hand, and handed to Qiao Youliang the next moment, “Senior Qiao, here are 10,000 mid-grade Primordial Stones. Please keep the change…”
“Haha, excellent! You’re so generous! All right, now that fate brought us together, you can ask me three questions for free!” His eyes lit up as Qiao Youliang felt the weight in his hand, grinning from ear to ear.
“I… need to pay… if I ask questions?” Lyu Liang was stunned.
“Yes! We charge fairly. I’ll give you two price lists later on. One is mine, and the other is Ming’s. Everything is aboveboard!” Qiao Youliang patted his chest firmly, and the monkey also threw its chest out.
Lyu Liang was totally defeated by this man!
This was the first time! He had never met such an unusual man, who was so obsessed with money!
“So that’s the first question. Do you have a second one?” What Qiao Youliang said almost made Lyu Liang stumble.
“That is considered a question? Oh, yes! I’ll ask the next question later on!” Lyu Liang’s tone immediately changed from interrogative to affirmative. If any interrogative was counted as a question, no matter how rich he was, he would soon be bankrupt!
Since he met Xuanli Xieyue, Lyu Liang had so many questions to ask Qiao Youliang, so he could not waste the chances on random questions!
“Eh? Your companions are coming here. You can tell them that I’m your friend or anything else, but don’t divulge my identity as a Guardian!” Qiao Youliang secretly transmitted a voice to Lyu Liang.
Lyu Liang was stunned, because he did not feel any aura. But very soon, several auras came from the East, where Feng Mazi’s and other senior brothers’ figures showed up.
After a while, Feng Mazi, Meng Yun, and Yan Zidao arrived, and after them was Zhao Mingquan, who looked ashamed and anxious!
Lyu Liang was surprised, but when he found that the blue mark had disappeared, he knew that Zhao Mingquan had regained consciousness.
“I’m sorry! Brother Man! Having done such a grievous sin, how could I beg your forgiveness?” Zhao Mingquan said first, as he bowed deeply, tears pouring down his cheeks!
“Brother Mingquan, it’s not your fault! You were used by some treacherous people, who’s my deadly foe! I’m so sorry to get you into trouble!” Lyu Liang smiled, and did not blame Zhao Mingquan at all.
At the same time, Feng Mazi had begun chitchatting with Qiao Youliang. What Lyu Liang noticed was that these two people seemed to have be very familiar with each other, which astonished Lyu Liang greatly. Of course, the monkey had already disappeared.
“Go go go! Let’s return to our absolute domain now! This is Qiao Youliang, Half Immortal Qiao! He’s Brother Man’s close friend and savior, and he will come with us!” Hearing what Feng Mazi had said, the other people, except for Lyu Liang, all nodded in agreement. But then, Feng Mazi’s words rendered Lyu Liang to speechless again, “Brother Qiao, I’m definitely not a gossip monger. But since what you mentioned just now about Brother Man, I think that I must get more information about that, as a senior brother! Let’s continue as we fly back. Just start from how you treated his bed-wetting when he was little…”
Watching these two men walking shoulder to shoulder, Lyu Liang thought of the trio in the Land of Origin…
