<h4>Chapter 281 - Goldfish Ind</h4>


    The ambush was unexpected. Sensing a scarily powerful aura, Long Chen grabbed Ling Xi’s waist with one arm and stood up, his feet nted firmly on the Dragon Falcon’s back.


    The ck light had stopped in front of the Dragon Falcon. It was a ck eagle that was notrge, but it was especially aggressive. It was smaller than the Piercing Wind Divine Peng and could only carry one person, but Long Chen was sure that the ck eagle was an Earth-tier demonic beast. It was even more powerful than the Sun Devouring Wolf in its current state!


    “Ninth Prince! I didn’t expect to see you here! I didn’t have to spend any effort in searching for you after all!”


    There was a man d in a fitted all-ck outfit standing on the ck eagle’s back. His cunning re was fixed dead on Lin Cangtian, and the moment he finished speaking, he suddenly threw a punch at the Dragon Falcon!


    “He’s from the Heavenly Demon Pce! Old Yan, protect them!”


    The Ninth Prince’s face darkened and he was immediately embroiled in battle. The Heavenly Demon Pce member was surprisingly powerful; Long Chen could not even see his attack clearly, and all he felt was a shudder beneath his feet, but the flying Dragon Falcon’s internal organs had already been shattered by the punch. The Dragon Falcon was dead, and they were free-falling!


    Old Yan knew that he had no time to save them. Since he was worried about the Ninth Prince’s safety, he abandoned the free-falling Long Chen, Ling Xi, and Mo Xiang and rushed towards the Ninth Prince!


    Long Chen did not know how the Ninth Prince and Old Yan would save themselves. After the Dragon Falcon died, he held Ling Xi tightly in his arms and they fell from the sky! The wind howled in their ears as they elerated. Long Chen felt like his bones were separating from their joints.


    If he felt that way, Ling Xi, who was now a normal human, was sure to be feeling even worse. Under such dire circumstances, he hugged her tightly.


    Due to differences in air resistance, the Dragon Falcon’s carcass fell towards a different direction!


    Fortunately, the Dragon Falcon had been flying at a rtively low speed and altitude because they had been approaching the Biyang Imperial Capital. Soon after they fell, Long Chen could already see the ground. He and Ling Xi were carrying powerful momentum from the fall; if Long Chen were alone, he was confident he could divert this momentum and survive, but Ling Xi was present too. She was very fragile, and her bones could break even from a short fall!


    <i>What do I do? </i>Long Chen was panicking. Ling Xi had only just gotten to experience owning a body! Was this it?


    Xiang, who was also falling, suddenly expanded in size so he would reach the ground much sooner than them. The gigantic Sun Devouring Wolf crashed into the ground first!


    He had a hardy body that was much stronger than Long Chen’s. Xiangnded without injury, then he jumped up to meet Long Chen, who was still midair!


    Long Chen sighed in relief, using his Qi to put Ling Xi on Xiang’s back. The momentum she carried was absorbed by Xiang as hended, while Long Chen took out the Azure Dragon Halberd. When he touched the ground, he mmed the halberd down. The bounceback from the impact sent him back up into the air, then hended firmly once more!


    Not far away, the Dragon Falcon’s carcass crashed, throwing a plume of dust into the air.


    After Long Chennded, Xiang alsonded with Ling Xi on his back. He rushed over and found that Ling Xi had sessfully survived thending unscathed, only startled and a little pale from shock. He sighed in relief and pulled her hard into his embrace.


    Ling Xi had only just gotten this body, but she had to endure such a huge scare before even reaching the Biyang Imperial Capital. It was rotten luck, but thankfully, she was fine.


    “That Heavenly Demon Pce guy was obviously aiming to kill the Ninth Prince. We are now considered part of the Ninth Prince’s faction, and I’m sure they saw usnd. It’s best if we leave quickly.”


    Long Chen looked up at the sky and realized that he did not know where the Ninth Prince and the Heavenly Demon Pce guy had ended up. He made the decision to lead Ling Xi and Xiang away from this ce.


    Holding Ling Xi, he used the Azure Dragon Halberd to clear a path. To avoid attracting attention, Xiang shrank his body once more and hurried after Long Chen.


    “The Biyang Imperial Capital is in that direction. The Ninth Prince was ambushed and had to abandon us for the moment. It’s unlikely he’ll turn around to search for us, so I think we should go to the Biyang Imperial Capital on our own.” When the decision was made, Long Chen headed straight towards the Biyang Imperial Capital through the lush, green forest.


    It was a beautiful patch of forest with rivers everywhere. There were alsokes of all sizes. Along the way, Long Chen stopped to hunt a few wild rabbits. They started a fire and roasted the rabbits for a good meal. Ling Xi had been eating dry food these past few days, and she was starving, so she drooled when she saw the juicy rabbits.


    After the girl was fed, the trio departed once more. Ling Xi clearly could not keep up with Long Chen’s speed, so he carried her on his back.


    Long Chen’s mind raced when he felt the warmthing from her soft body on his back, while Ling Xi also blushed as she inhaled his scent.


    Xiang followed them, sulking and pretending he had not seen anything.


    Although he had just rescued Ling Xi, he couldn’t help feeling like a third wheel ...


    A vastke appeared ahead. Theke was blue and its surface was tranquil, and they could faintly make out a small ind ahead. There was smoke rising from the ind, so there had to be people staying there.


    “It’s gettingte. Let’s rest for the night on that little ind and continue our journey tomorrow. I’m sure we’ll arrive at the Biyang Imperial Capital very soon,” Long Chen said.


    Xiang had been trying tomunicate something to Ling Xi for a long time, and she finally understood. “Brother Chen, Xiang says he recognizes this ind. He was there when he was young; it’s called Goldfish Ind.”


    “Goldfish Ind? That’s perfect if you’re still familiar with the ce.”


    Mo Xiang had spent his childhood in the Biyang Imperial Capital.


    Long Chen walked on the surface of theke with Ling Xi on his back. At the same time, he conversed with Xiang through Ling Xi, the trantor. “So the regions outside the Biyang Imperial Capital are controlled by the four main families of the imperial capital. Goldfish Ind and therge t piece ofnd nearby all belonged to the Mo family? But you don’t know what the current situation is with the ind after the Mo family was destroyed?”


    Xiang nodded, gazing at the fast-approaching ind with nostalgia in his eyes.


    His whole family had been killed when he was only six years old, and he had fled with deep enmity in his heart. It was tough for Long Chen to imagine such a tragedy. He was about tofort his stepbrother when he and Xiang heard a fervent cry.


    “Help! Die, you dwarf bastard!”


    The cry for help rang along with a man’s maliciousughter.


    “Let’s go check it out.” Long Chen could not leave a person in distress behind. They followed the source of the voice and quickly arrived. There was a small boat floating on theke, and two people were fighting in it. It was a male and a female; the man was making animalistic sounds, pinning the girl down as he tore manically at her clothes.


    Without a word, Long Chen ran up to them and kicked the man away, making him fall into the water. He did not know the full story, so he hadn’t put much strength into his kick so as not to kill the man. The man was at the Earthly Core Realm, so he would not drown.


    Then Long Chen turned to look at the girl on the boat. Fury rose in his heart when he saw her clearly, because she was thin and looked very young, clearly only starting to develop. She was probably only twelve or thirteen years old. That man, who was much older than her, was clearly going to rape this young girl!


    “He’s a fucking animal,” cursed Ling Xi, gritting her teeth.


    The man had already floated up to the surface, cursing at Long Chen in anguage he did not understand. His eyes were red and his re was fierce. He leaped out of the water, and the aura of an Earthly Core Realm cultivator exploded from his body as he charged at Long Chen.


    The man looked very ugly and creepy, his figure stocky and stout. In fact, he was only around Long Chen’s chest level. However, the violence and insanity in his eyes showed that he was not someone to be messed with.


    “You brat! How dare you touch a noble dwarf! You’re looking for death!” Finally, the guy spoke in anguage Long Chen could understand, though he had a strange ent. Long Chen only understood him with great effort.


    “Dwarf? What’s that?” But by now, how could he not see that the bastard was an animal? When he leaped out of the water to kill Long Chen, Long Chen punctured his chest using his Sword Devil Finger!


    The stout man’s eyes widened, and he fell backwards into the water. His eyes did not close upon death. Blood poured out of his chest and very quickly dyed the surrounding water red.


    The young girl saw clearly that Long Chen had killed the dwarf. She stood up, smoothened her clothes, then thanked him politely. “Thank you, Big Brother and Big Sister, for saving my life. I’m Xiao Yu.”


    The young girl was strong-hearted. She did not cry even after such a harrowing experience.


    “What happened here, Xiao Yu?” Long Chen guessed that she was from the small ind.


    “That man is a dwarf. I thought they would note today, that’s why I came out to y. I didn’t expect to meet him! If you hadn’t saved me, I would have died,” she said fearfully.


    “What is a dwarf?” he asked, sitting down on the boat with Ling Xi.