221 Sudden Trouble (1)


    “Did Xiaoyu note backst night? What’s going on?”


    Jiang Ming’s eyes narrowed. Although Lu Xiaoyu was rebellious and mischievous, she had never stayed out all night.


    Lu Qingfeng quickly said, “As you know, now that Xiaoyu has sensed her blood Qi, she often goes near the mountains outside the city with her friends to practice martial arts. The mountain forest she goes to is on the periphery of the mountain range. There are only ordinary beasts there. They can’t hurt people like her who could sense their blood Qi. That’s why I let her go. Xiaoyu also knows her limits. She never goes deep into the forest andes home on time every night. However, she didn’te backst night!” Lu Qingfeng looked worried. “And the others haven’te back either! Did they get lost in the mountains?”


    “I don’t think so!” Jiang Ming did not want to think negatively. “Lu Xiaoyu is young. However, she is more familiar with that forest than you, Old Lu. She’s very unlikely to get lost there! Leave this matter to me. Old Lu, you don’t need to worry about it anymore!” Jiang Ming said in a deep voice. Although he did not know where Lu Xiaoyu was, Jiang Ming had a hunch that she was in trouble. “Keep in touch with the family members of her friends. If there’s any news, crush this jade talisman.”


    Jiang Ming handed Lu Qingfeng a white jade talisman. It was a type ofmunication talisman. Although it could not transmit urate information, it could be used by mortals. As long as it was crushed, Jiang Ming would be able to sense it.


    “Yan Chixia… who are you?”


    Lu Qingfeng looked at the shimmering jade talisman and stammered. Jiang Ming was definitely more powerful than he let on.


    “I will definitely bring Xiaoyu back!” Jiang Ming patted Old Lu’s shoulder and quickly turned to leave.


    The ck Horse Gang was one of the leading forces in Clearwater City. There was a first-ss martial artist in the sect, and he was one of the strongest in the city.


    However, today, in the deepest part of the ck Horse Gang’s base camp, the famous leader of the ck Horse Gang was standing respectfully in front of someone.


    “You said that you met some strangers in the mountains these days?” Jiang Ming was sitting on a bamboo chair and eating an orange. When he heard the other party’s reply, he stopped and looked up at the ck Horse Gang’s leader.


    Although Jiang Ming did not deliberately reveal his strength in Clearwater City for more than a year, he had encountered hunters from the ck Horse Gang several times in the mountains outside the city. Once, he saved the life of the ck Horse Gang’s leader by killing a mid-stage Qi Refinement Realm demonic beast. He also let the ck Horse Gang’s leader know that he was an immortal cultivator.


    After that, the ck Horse Gang had been trying to curry favor with Jiang Ming. They had helped Jiang Ming collect a lot of martial arts techniques in Clearwater City, which saved Jiang Ming a lot of effort. However, they did not find very many.


    The ck Horse Gang’s leader quickly exined, “Clearwater City is extremely remote, and there are very few outsiders hunting in the nearby mountains. Half a month ago, one of our hunting teams encountered a group of strangers. They took three of our members to guide them through the mountains and have yet to return.”


    “Your hunting team should also be made up of martial artists, right? Are the people who took them very strong?” Jiang Ming’s eyes narrowed slightly.


    “ording to my subordinates’ spections, they should be immortal cultivators!” the ck Horse Gang’s leader said in a low voice, his expression slightly uneasy.


    Although he was a big shot in Clearwater City, he was essentially an ant in front of immortal cultivators.


    “Immortal cultivators?” Jiang Ming was also surprised. He had encountered immortal cultivators passing by here. However, the spiritual energy here was thin, and no immortal cultivators had ever stopped here for long.


    The nearby mountains were the same. The spiritual energy was absurdly thin there as well. The mid-stage Qi Refinement Realm demonic beast that Jiang Ming killed was one of the strongest demonic beasts in the area.


    What was going on with the group of immortal cultivators that had appeared out of nowhere?


    “Call your men over. I want to know the details of the matter,” Jiang Ming said in a deep voice.


    * * *


    After two hours, a ray of green light rose from Clearwater City and flew out of the mountain.


    “There are six or seven immortal cultivators. However, they don’t seem to be very strong.”


    On the Spirit Sword Shuttle, Jiang Ming recalled the information he had just received.


    ording to the hunters of the ck Horse Gang who had not been caught, the ce where they met the immortal cultivators was not far from the ce where Lu Xiaoyu often went.


    When they encountered them, the ck Horse Gang’s martial artists also tried to resist. However, the other party had used talismans, magical tools, and other underhanded means to defeat their hunting team.


    “The captain of that hunting team is only a second-ss martial artist. If he were to encounter an immortal cultivator in the middle stage of the Qi Refinement Realm, he would not stand a chance. However, since they’ve used magical tools and talismans, it means that they won’t be much stronger than the hunting team. Most of them should be early-stage Qi Refinement Realm cultivators.”


    Jiang Ming guessed that the ck Horse Gang’s hunting team had just been frightened by the sight of the talismans and the magical tools. Otherwise, they might have been able to kill a few of them if they had fought head-on.


    A streak of light shot out and Jiang Ming soon arrived at a mountain forest.