Longxing City, located in the northern part of the Star Luo Empire, was less than two hundred li from the border between the two great empires, truly a frontier city.
Longxing City itself was not directly governed by the royal family of the Star Luo Empire, but was territory under a subordinate kingdom. Due to trade, this not-so-large city was extremely prosperous, with merchants passing through endlessly.
Kingdoms and principalities, although nominally subordinate to the two empires, in reality were already no longer under imperial control, and even controlled many important economic strongholds, standing on equal footing with the empires.
Right now, Yun Chuan had brought the little loli Bai Chenxiang here, holding the principle of "if you save someone, save to the end; if you send the Buddha, send all the way to the West." Add to that the fact that Star Dou Forest wasn't far from Longxing City, so Yun Chuan hired a carriage and brought little loli Bai Chenxiang over.The reason he didn't use light-speed movement was because the little loli simply couldn't withstand the impact of high-speed travel—if he really used light speed, she would probably directly explode into a cloud of blood mist.
When they arrived at the city gates of Longxing City—
The hired carriage stopped.
Inside the carriage—
Yun Chuan turned toward the little loli Bai Chenxiang beside him, who was no longer crying but still had reddened eyes, and asked, "Xiangxiang, do you know where the gathering place is?"
The residence of the Min Clan was not in Longxing City. It was only because it happened to be the time for the biennial gathering of the four single-attribute clans that the Min Clan, as one of the four, had come here as well.
Because Bai Chenxiang had reached rank 20 and happened to need a spirit ring, the clan leader of the Min Clan had arranged for the Soul Emperor Ye Congling to escort the little princess alone to Star Dou Forest to hunt a spirit ring. The rest of the clan continued toward the gathering location in Longxing City, waiting for Ye Congling to bring the little princess after obtaining her ring.
But the Min Clan could never have imagined that an operation which should have been foolproof would go so wrong—Ye Congling actually had such bad luck to run into a ten-thousand-year spirit beast that happened to escape from the inner region—a flying spirit beast that countered the Min Clan's agility-attack attribute.As a result, a dignified Soul Emperor died such a ridiculous death in Star Dou Forest.
"… I know."The little loli lightly nodded and spoke softly. She had come before, after all—they came every two years. So she did know the location of the four clans' gathering.
"That's good." Yun Chuan sighed in relief. After all, Longxing City wasn't big, but it wasn't small either. If he didn't know the exact location, finding it would take some work.
"Let's go in." He turned toward the carriage driver and said.
"Yes."The driver respectfully responded, then whipped the reins, directing the carriage to move with the flow of people into the city gate.
Under Bai Chenxiang's guidance—
Very quickly, the carriage stopped outside a large mansion. Through the carriage window, Yun Chuan could see a plaque hanging above the entrance—on it was the character "Yu" (Defense). Clearly, this was the residence of the Yu Clan, one of the four great clans.
The four great clans were once subsidiary sects of the Clear Sky Sect. Later, after the Clear Sky Sect fell out with Spirit Hall and hid from the world, those dependent subsidiary sects became targets of Spirit Hall's anger and suffered tragic losses.
The "Strength, Agility, Attack, Defense" four clans each had their own strengths and characteristics.
The Strength Clan specialized in great strength and resistance to blows.The Defense Clan was similar in traits, except the former focused on attacking with strength, while the latter leaned more toward thick skin and high defense.The Agility Clan specialized in speed and agility, with relatively low attack power.The Attack Clan specialized in offense—piercing through with a single point…
Beyond that, each of the four clans had their own specialty that compensated for the Clear Sky Sect's shortcomings.For example, the Strength Clan excelled in forging; the Defense Clan excelled in constructing various buildings; the Agility Clan excelled in scouting—due to training speed their agility was incredible, making them excellent scouts; the Attack Clan excelled in medicine-making.
When the carriage carrying Yun Chuan and Bai Chenxiang stopped at the gate, a guard immediately came forward. Seeing the extraordinary-looking Yun Chuan get off, he was just about to ask something, but upon seeing the little Bai Chenxiang clinging to Yun Chuan's arm, he exclaimed,"You're Miss Chenxiang of the Min Clan! Clan leader Bai He came in not long ago—he even mentioned you. Please, come in!"
Then he looked at Yun Chuan and asked doubtfully,"And you are…?"
Yun Chuan had originally planned to leave after dropping off Bai Chenxiang, but when he saw the way she clung to his arm with panic and unease written all over her face as she got off the carriage, he couldn't help feeling soft-hearted.
"…Forget it."He sighed inwardly and outwardly replied to the guard,"This matter is complicated. Could you please invite Clan Leader Bai He out? It's better explained in person."
"Alright, please wait a moment."The guard froze for a second, then signaled another guard behind him, who quickly ran inside—clearly to fetch Bai He, not to summon people to beat Yun Chuan.
Very soon—before long—
"Xiangxiang is back!"
Before the person even arrived, an old voice came first.
The little loli Bai Chenxiang, who had been clinging to Yun Chuan's arm in fear, immediately burst into tears again upon hearing the familiar voice.
"Grandpa…"
Her tiny figure ran toward the person walking out of the gate.
The person who came out was an elderly man, tall and slim but well-proportioned, long hair hanging loose behind him—snow-white in color. If not for his complexion being as rosy as an infant's, claiming he was eighty or ninety would easily be believed.
Yun Chuan knew this must be Bai He, the clan leader of the Min Clan. Judging by his spirit power fluctuations, Yun Chuan estimated he was around rank 81 or 82.
"Oh dear, what's wrong? Why is our little princess crying so sadly?"Bai He rushed forward, heart aching, lifting his granddaughter into his arms."Did you suffer some grievance on the way? Where's that brat Ye Congling? Watch me spank him until his backside blossoms!"
But hearing Ye Congling's name only made Bai Chenxiang cry harder.In broken sobs she said,"Uncle Ling… Uncle Ling was eaten by a spirit beast!"
"What?!"
Bai He's expression instantly changed drastically."What exactly happened?!"
For the Min Clan, already lacking talent, every clansman was precious.Although Ye Congling did not have the surname Bai, because he awakened the Swift-Tail Swift martial soul, the clan accepted him.
But Bai He never expected that a Soul Emperor of his clan would just vanish like that. What happened exactly?
"You must be Clan Leader Bai He."Yun Chuan stepped forward and said,"It's better if this junior explains."
"You are…?" Bai He looked at him doubtfully.
"This junior is Tang Chuan," Yun Chuan introduced himself—using an alias, of course. After all, the title "Holy Son Yun Chuan" was too well-known on the continent.
"Grandpa, big brother saved me this time,"Bai Chenxiang said after crying herself out a bit,"Otherwise I might have been eaten too…"
"What exactly happened?"
Bai He was confused.Hunting a spirit ring for his granddaughter should only require going to the outer regions—there shouldn't be danger. Even if they encountered a ten-thousand-year beast that escaped from the inner region, a Swift-Tail Swift could fly away immediately.How could someone end up eaten?
"Clan Leader Bai He, the situation is like this…"
Yun Chuan began recounting what he saw and heard—no exaggeration, no concealment.After all, he never intended to gain anything from the four clans. Sending Bai Chenxiang back was simply a matter of convenience.
Soon, after hearing the whole sequence of events, Bai He couldn't help sighing,"So that's how it was… To think a ten-thousand-year spirit beast would appear in the outer region. It seems this disaster was truly destined."
Something that should have been absolutely safe and reliable ended in the loss of a clansman—a Soul Emperor, no less.And the cause of death… left Bai He speechless.
Encountering a ten-thousand-year spirit beast in the outer region—and it was the exact type that countered their clan…
This kind of luck… was truly indescribable.
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