Editor: Anuv
Innate Martial Dao was the second major realm in Martial Dao after the Nine Layers of Body Tempering! Generally speaking, as long as one was able to cultivate to the Seventh Layer of Body Tempering, they would already possess the qualifications to advance to the Innate Martial Dao Realm!
In order to reach the Innate Martial Dao Realm, besides opportunity and fate, there was also a need for a Cultivation Law and Spiritual Secret Art! Generally speaking, the higher the rank of Cultivation Law and Spiritual Secret Art, the higher the chances of successfully breaking into the Innate Martial Dao Realm! As for the famous Innate Temple in the Great Zhou Dynasty’s legend from countless years ago, its inheritance was the Cultivation Law and Spiritual Secret Art that could greatly increase the chances of success in breaking through to the Innate Martial Dao Realm. This was the reason why Su Yu was so interested in their inheritance.
However, the Innate Temple’s Ruins were simply too famous in the Great Zhou Dynasty. Even the powerhouses outside of the Great Zhou Dynasty had their eyes on the matter of Innate Temple. Thus, when Ye Zhong with Su Yu appeared in Qingshan Town five days later, Ye Zhong’s expression was still normal, but Su Yu’s was of someone helpless.
Qingshan Town was called a town, but it was the same size as a city. Ye Zhong and Su Yu stood not far away from the city gate, looking at the wall built from the cyan mountain stones with squinted eyes. At this moment, one could see quite a number of powerhouses slowly entering in small groups of three or four through the entrance of the city. Quite a few even appeared in large groups and swiftly forced their ways into Qingshan Town. For a moment, there were quite a few people making a ruckus in this fairly famous city of the Southern Border.
“It seems that our good fortune has come to a halt.” When Ye Zhong saw this scene, he sighed and said. However, he was already mentally prepared for this.
Su Yu, on the other hand, took out the map in her hands with great hatred. After glancing at it a few times, she gritted her teeth and said, “That foxy Li really tricked me!”
Hearing that, Ye Zhong laughed softly, because he could see that quite a few people were entering Qingshan Town in groups, holding the same map as Su Yu. At this moment, the map that Su Yu treasured like a treasure became laughable.
Seeing that Su Yu was about to go berserk, Ye Zhong sighed, “But even so, the map might not be fake. What are we going to do if we go in to explore and investigate? Or directly return home?”
Hearing that, Su Yu hesitated for a moment before replying softly, “It’s just as you said. No matter what, finding a chance to fish in troubled waters is never wrong. If we leave now, then 50,000 Spirit Value points should have nothing to do with us! Not only that, this time around, so many people have been attracted here. Most likely, other disciples of our Xingxiang Sect will also come. If reality won’t do, let’s approach the Great Clan to cooperate.”
“As long as you can guarantee my benefits, then let’s cooperate. I don’t care.” Ye Zhong shrugged.
“In that case, let’s go in.” Su Yu patted Ye Zhong on the shoulder before leading the way. Seeing Su Yu like that, Ye Zhong could only sigh and follow her slowly.
As the two of them walked towards the entrance of the city gate, their group became extremely eye-catching. Of course, this had nothing to do with Ye Zhong. Almost all the gazes on the way were on Su Yu. Then, a hint of surprise can be seen across their eyes. He had to admit that Su Yu was an extremely beautiful woman. Other than Ye Zhong, there were probably not many who could resist her alluring charm.
After a few more steps, both of them reached the entrance of the city gates. However, just as they were about to enter, Ye Zhong frowned.
At this moment, there were seven people standing or standing in the pitch-black entrance. Their gazes were filled with greed as they stared at the crowd that was about to enter Qingshan Town.
“If you hand over 500 low-grade Spirit Stones, you can enter Qingshan Town.” Seeing that someone was about to enter the city again, one of the men grinned and said.
At this moment, a group of three people entered Qingshan City. The leader hesitated for a moment before entering the city as he did not want to cause any unnecessary trouble here.
“It’s most likely the Local Snake[1], there’s no need to cause trouble here.” Su Yu saw the same scene, but she had a better understanding of Ye Zhong’s personality now, and quickly tried to persuade him in a low voice. She was afraid that Ye Zhong would kill them in the blink of an eye.
Su Yu had misjudged Ye Zhong. Ye Zhong was not the kind of person who would casually make a move. If others did not provoke him, he would not provoke others either. However, if someone didn’t have eyes, then it couldn’t be blamed on him.
Ye Zhong took a glance at Su Yu but nodded without explaining anything.
The two of them strolled through the gates. Before the men could say anything, Su Yu flung her hand and threw out a Universe Ring. She then left with Ye Zhong.
“Wait a minute!” The man took the Universe Ring and casually scanned through it. When his gaze landed on Su Yu’s pretty face and enchanting body, a trace of lust could be seen in his eyes.
Ye Zhong frowned slightly, but did not say much.
“Anything else? There should be more than 1,000 Spirit Stones in it, right?” Su Yu turned back and said lightly.
“Hahaha, indeed we know that these Spirit Stones were more than 1,000,” The man holding the Universe Ring slowly stood up from a wooden chair. He moved his face close to Su Yu and took a light breath, then said with an intoxicated expression, “However, I have suddenly changed my mind! Both of you, each required 500 mid-grade Spirit Stones. Keep in mind, it’s mid-grade ones……Of course, if you little girl stays and plays with our Big Brother for a few days, you won’t have to pay anything! “
A sweet smile appeared on Su Yu’s face when she heard that. In a flash, its beauty became extremely frightening, that could cause one to nearly lose three immortal souls and six mortal forms.[2]
After a smile, she said lightly, “If you raise the price so rashly and only target the two of us, I’m afraid that won’t be good, right?”
“Not too good! Hahaha——” The man laughed heartily as he scanned his surroundings. Although there were many people looking in his direction, it was obvious that no one was willing to cause trouble at this time.
“Brat! Scram! This has nothing to do with you!” As his laughter faded, the man’s gaze fell upon Ye Zhong as he spoke coldly.
“Are you sure that you only need to pay Spirit Stones to pass?” However, Ye Zhong acted as if he did not see the man speaking to him, instead, he spoke while staring at Su Yu.
“From the looks of it, it seems that it would be impossible even if I were to pay up.” Su Yu said with a bitter face. This time, she was truly unlucky. She could even stir up trouble by entering a city gate.
“Then just go in.” Ye Zhong spoke blandly as he turned around and walked back into the city. It was obvious that he did not care about the guards guarding the gate at all.
“Little Brother Ye Zhong, you have to protect me!” She could tell that Ye Zhong was prepared to let her deal with these troubles herself. After all, these people were all only at the Second Layer of Body Tempering. Even if they were to fight together, it wouldn’t be enough for them to deal with Su Yu.
“1,000 Spirit Value points”
“500 points!” Su Yu clenched her teeth, staring at this guy who made a profit from her misfortune with endless hatred. She wanted to do it herself, but her approach was not as clean as Ye Zhong’s. It would be better to let Ye Zhong do it for her, since the shock would be greater.
“Deal!” Ye Zhong nodded. Originally, these people did not deserve to die, but what they wanted to do now was beyond Ye Zhong’s bottom line. Besides, it was worth the deal to sell these trash for 500 Spirit Value points.
“Brat, if you don’t leave now, you won’t be able to leave later!” In his opinion, Ye Zhong and this charming woman were probably young masters and young ladies who had eloped from some small clan. They had seen so many of these people, each one full of themselves and with so little ability. In his opinion, as long as they acted tough, these two would have to comply.
“ *Swoosh——* ”
As his voice faded, the man swung his palm towards Ye Zhong.
However, just as his palm was about to hit Ye Zhong, he swung his right foot like a dragon flicking its tail. His fierce kick landed squarely on the man’s face.
With a crisp sound, this man’s body instantly flew out. His head directly hit the city wall, and without even making a sound, he directly collapsed onto the ground. Before the people behind him could react, Ye Zhong had already launched a series of kicks, knocking out the two men closest to him.
Ye Zhong had knocked the three people out with a single move, and stomped one step on the ground as they fell down. Both his hands shook, and his elbow slammed into the throats of the two men who were charging at him.
The remaining two people reacted at the same time, but they were already scared to death and didn’t rush over. Instead, they turned around and ran towards the city.
Ye Zhong frowned, and his right foot casually landed on a wooden chair beside him. With a flick of his toes, two broken pieces of wood shot out like bloody arrows, landing right in the middle of the two fleeing men’s backs. The two figures that pounced forward shook at the same time before collapsing onto the ground, causing fresh blood to instantly spill out.
“Seemed the attack was a little too harsh!” Initially, Ye Zhong did not want to kill them under the watchful eyes of the crowd, but he did not expect that the two escaping figures were only at the First Layer of Body Tempering.
After scanning the two men for a moment, Ye Zhong hesitated for a moment before turning his hand, and a long green steel sword appeared in his palm. With a few casual strokes, he had thoroughly finished off those who were still not dead.
After putting away the long sword, Ye Zhong took a quick glance at Su Yu. Seeing her stunned expression, he took out his Spirit Value Token and tossed it over to her.
After passing 500 Spirit Value points to Ye Zhong, Su Yu frowned and said, “Let’s go, these people dare to stand in the way and charge a toll. They must not be simple, this time you’ve really done it too harshly.”
Ye Zhong shrugged his shoulders. He was not planning to kill them either, but since two were already dead, he might as well finish them all.
As for the people outside the city gate, they stared at the two figures that had already disappeared into the city. All of them were dumbstruck. Wasn’t that boy a bit too ruthless? Not a single one of the seven experts could withstand a single move from him!?
TL note(s):
[1] “local snake” means something like “gangster” of the modern era
[2] It should be three immortal souls and seven mortal forms, in Daoism, “three immortal souls” represents the spirit and intellect which contrasted with “seven mortal forms”, that represents the carnal life and desires.