Chapter One Hundred: Kang Ziyuan

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  Zhang Chongli was there, patiently searching every place. His mental power was extremely strong at this time, and he observed everything around him very carefully. The black shadow behind him had just appeared when it was discovered by Zhang Chong.

  He remained silent, pretending not to have noticed, and after walking around for a while, his figure suddenly accelerated and rushed towards the black shadow. This was extremely sudden, and although the person had made preparations to escape, he was still caught off guard by Zhang Chong. From his appearance, it could be seen that he was a first-stage cultivator of the Condensing Pulse level, with a slender and weak build, and a pale face with a hint of stubbornness.

  "Who are you? What happened to Heifeng Mountain?" Zhang Chong asked, and at this time, Lin Hai Baxian also came over. They looked at the man with an unfamiliar expression.

  "Heifeng Mountain, humph, this isn't a place where you can come and go as you please." The man was caught, but his words were still impolite.

  However, after hearing his words, Zhang Chong and the others' hearts slightly calmed down. Although this person's words treated them as enemies, they seemed to be defending Heifeng Mountain. It appeared that despite being in danger, Heifeng Mountain still had the strength to fight against the opponent.

  And these people, although they are unknown, should be the subordinates of Haotian Xin.

  "Take us to see the great master of the Hao Tian sect, just say that Zhang Chong and Lin Hai have arrived with the Eight Immortals."

  "Lin Hai Eight Immortals, have you all returned?" The man listened to Zhang Chong's words and stared at the few people in front of him with some incredulity. Although he had never seen them before, he must have heard of the names of these eight people.

  "Alright, you lead us then." Zhang Chong said.

  "Alright, you can let me go first." The man's words also had a clear intention to ease the tension. After hearing this, Zhang Chong also released him and let him lead the way. The direction they were heading was towards the grand hall, and when they reached the entrance, the man took the lead and stepped inside first, followed by the nine of them entering the grand hall one after another. As Lin Hai and the Eight Immortals looked around, the decorations were still the same as before, but just as they were taking in their surroundings, the man who had led the way suddenly rolled onto the ground and slid under a small table at the front, and at the same time, a clear whistling sound came from his mouth.

  With this sound, flames burst into the sky all around, and hundreds of people rushed out from all sides, surrounding Zhang Chong and nine others in the middle.

  "Not good, there's an ambush~~" Zhang Chong raised his Heart Piercing Stick in an instant. Meanwhile, Lin Hai and the Eight Immortals also immediately formed the Eight Trigrams Formation, surrounding Zhang Chong in the middle.

  However, at this moment, they saw a familiar face in front of them.

  "Lin Hai Eight Immortals, you're back!!" This person was indeed Hao Tian. Hao Tian's hands were clasped in his sleeves, hidden and not revealed, but in his eyes, an unusual divine light appeared.

  "Yes, we're back. But you don't have to go to such great lengths to welcome us." Li Rui lightly shook his folding fan and smiled as he walked up.

  Hao Tian smiled wryly and said,

  "Where have you two been for these past years? Don't tell me you don't know that a huge change has occurred in the Yang realm?"

  "What?" Upon hearing this, Zhang Chong and Lin Hai were both shocked.

  Hao Tian saw that the ones who came before midnight were Lin Hai's eight immortals and Zhang Chong, so he put his mind at ease and withdrew all his men. Then, he started drinking and chatting with these people. As he listened to Zhang Chong talk about the various things they had encountered in Shicheng Ancient City, although he hadn't seen them personally, it was still astonishing and inexplicable.

  "We've spent the past two years in the underground city of Shicheng. As soon as we came out, we rushed to Heifeng Mountain. What happened in Yangjie during these two years?" Zhang Chong asked after finishing their story and turned to ask Haotian.

  "This is what happened." Haotian put down the cup in his hand and began to speak slowly. It turned out that a year and a half ago, an anomaly occurred in the You Beast Mountain Range, where thousands of spiritual beasts ran out from the mountain range. Since then, the number of demons in the Yang Realm has been increasing, not only ordinary people were affected, but also many cultivators were killed by these demonic beasts.

  The Demon Clan, as the ruler of the Yang Realm, is desperately killing these demonic beasts, but the demonic beasts seem to be endless and keep coming out from the Demonic Beast Mountains. Therefore, some people have begun to spread rumors that a large beast tide will appear in the near future, at which time all humans on the Yang Realm will not be able to escape.

  The effect of the demon tribe's killing was not obvious, and a year ago, they also made the decision to withdraw from the Dangyang realm. However, due to the urgency of time, the Dangyang realm was still a war-torn land, so they simply sent the cultivators to another realm. Among ordinary civilians, except for wealthy and influential families, almost no one could leave the Dangyang realm. Even under the blockade of public opinion, most people only thought that there were dozens of demonic beasts appearing frequently, and did not think that a major disaster would occur.

  However, the scattered cultivators were all thinking for themselves and wanted to escape as soon as possible.

  It turned out that when Zhang Chong heard this, he immediately thought of the countless bats he had seen when he first entered the demon beast mountain range, as well as the fifth-grade spiritual beast, Golden Winged Peng, which he had encountered in Luoyan Valley. These were all things that shouldn't have appeared, but they all showed up one by one. Who would have thought that it was actually an omen of the impending Beast Tide?

  "By the way, I'd like to introduce a friend of mine." As Hao Tian said this, he lightly clapped his hands twice. From outside the door, a short and stout middle-aged man walked in. His eyes were narrow and long, with eyebrows that resembled an inverted "eight" character. The shape of his face was such that it was memorable at first glance, but not something you'd want to look at again. In short, it made people feel conflicted.

  He smiled and walked towards Zhang Chong and others, cupping his hands and saying

  "In the lower reaches of Jiangyuan, I am fortunate to meet all heroes, fortunate to meet, fortunate to meet~~~"

  Zhang Chong and others also rose to welcome him, and reported their names.

  "Haha, the reputation of Lin Hai's Eight Immortals, although I've never seen it before, but I've heard it like thunder in my ears. This time, in this great danger, I originally wanted to persuade Haotian to leave temporarily, but he said that you will definitely come back here, so he doesn't plan to leave either and wants to wait until you all return."

  "I really didn't expect it, today, all of you heroes have indeed returned."

  Kang Ziyuan laughed loudly when she said this.

  Lin Hai and the Eight Immortals felt as comfortable as floating on clouds after being spoken to by Kang Ziyuan in this manner. And Hao Tian's trust in them, willing to wait for their return day after day for two years, also deeply moved them with brotherly affection.

  "Years ago, I inadvertently saved Kang Ziyuan's life, and thus became sworn brothers with him. He has a unique talent for doing business, so his family is quite wealthy. However, although he earns a lot of money, he also has the personality of being generous and not stingy with his wealth, which is why he hasn't been included in the four major families. But I think that Kang Ziyuan's business skills are second to none, if he were to rank second, then no one in the Yang realm would dare say they're first." Hao Tian said.

  After hearing this, Kang Jiyuan also smiled slightly and nodded in agreement with Haotian's words.

  "But because of this, we have also been targeted by Qingling Lake."

  "Qinglin Lake, is it the second-ranked Qinglin Lake in this area?" Li Rui asked.

  "It's true, but with Hei Bao dead, Er Dang Jia and San Dang Jia gone, our ranking in Heifeng Mountain and Qinglin Lake has already dropped." Haotian said, continuing on.

  "Qingping Lake has five masters, all of whom are sixth-level divine powerhouses. With my current strength, I am completely no match for them. Therefore, after learning this news, we dug out many secret passages on Heifeng Mountain, planning to attack them unexpectedly when they come over. But I didn't expect to meet you instead."