Chapter 144 Strong Counterattack (Below) Seeking Recommendation Tickets

  After finishing the inventory of the harvest, Xuan Tian sat quietly on a stone by the side of the road, waiting quietly for the other black-clad men to hurry over.

  A gentleman does not let bygones be bygones. These black-clad men dared to chase and kill him in the Yin Wind Mountains, but now Xuan Tian's power has surged, and as soon as he gets the chance, he will naturally launch a counterattack and take revenge.

  Not only that, Deng Fei and the Deng family of Nanyang County have also provoked Xuan Tian to anger, Xuan Tian is very angry, with serious consequences.

  Regarding the Deng family of Nanye County, Xuan Tian had heard rumors about them when he was in Beimo County. After the Huang family gained control over Beimo County, the contradictions shifted from the previous three families of Niu, Cheng and Zhang to the Deng family of Nanye County.

  The day the Huang family unified Beimo County, Deng Wanchuan, the elder of the Deng family in Nanye County, led a group to Huangbai Town with ill intentions towards the Huang family. However, they were suppressed by the combined strength of Huang Qishan and Huang Kunshan's six-layer Heavenly Boundary cultivation, foiling their plans.

  At that time, Xuan Tian was still in Beimo County. Although he wasn't at the scene, he knew and remembered the name Deng Wanchuan. He didn't expect that the black-robed old man who had been chasing him, a Sixth-Order First Heaven cultivator, would actually be Deng Wanchuan.

  "Deng Wanchuan, today is your day of death. Deng Fei, wait for my return to the sect, I will settle accounts with you. And as for the Deng family of Nanye County, you will bear the wrath of a sixth-grade sect."

  Xuān Tiān sat quietly and motionlessly, but his heart was constantly turning with thoughts.

  "Ah——!"

  That stunning girl was sitting on a huge rock more than twenty meters away, looking at Xuan Tian with some weirdness and shouting a sentence to him.

  Xuantian's thoughts were interrupted, he looked at the stunning girl and said, "What is it?"

  At first, he was preoccupied with other things and thinking about other things, Xuan Tian didn't notice this stunning girl. Now that she mentioned it, his gaze fell directly on her body, and in an instant, the image of this stunning girl naked in the lake water flashed before Xuan Tian's eyes.

  However, the momentary emergence was all that was needed for Xuan Tian to comprehend the second stage of his sword intent. With this newfound understanding, he eradicated these thoughts completely. Although the stunning beauty of the girl was beyond words, Xuan Tian remained unaffected by her charm.

  Xuantian took action and killed the three men in black, but to the beautiful girl, it seemed like Xuantian had saved her. However, after saving her, he didn't seem to care about her at all, not even bothering to check the dead men's belongings, just sitting there silently without moving, as if she didn't exist.

  This made the beautiful girl very puzzled, and she asked: "What are you doing?"

  "Waiting for you."

  The stunning girl continued to ask: "And then?"

  "Murder!"

  The stunning girl's expression was taken aback, Xuan Tian's answer made her feel strange and interesting again.

  Perhaps it's because Xuan Tian is about the same age as her, and his appearance is exceptionally handsome, making him a pleasure to look at. That's why an absolute beauty like her would find him interesting; if someone else said that, it might be a different story altogether.

  The beautiful girl said: "My name is Ziyuan, what's your name?"

  "Huang Tian." Xuan Tian asked back for the first time: "Your surname is 'Zi'? Is there such a surname in the world?"

  The stunning girl called Zǐ Yán smiled and said, "Of course not, Zǐ Yán is my name, but I cannot tell you my surname. Uncle Wàn said that if I reveal my surname to others, it will bring me mortal danger."

  Xuantian Xindao: You're really honest.

  Hearing Ziyuan say this, a warm current emerged in Xuanti's heart. His situation was very similar to Ziyuan's, and his true surname would also bring him mortal danger.

  In an instant, Xuan Tian felt his relationship with Zi Yan had become much closer.

  Xuantian Dao: "Since that's the case, telling the truth will also bring danger. From now on, if others ask for your surname, just give a fake one."

  Zi Yan's face changed, and she exclaimed in shock: "How can you tell lies to deceive people? My father said that one must be a person of their word, a person who keeps their promises, a person who tells the truth, and a person who stands upright and honest. Even if it means death, one must stand up for what is right and never cheat others."

  "Not really, some things can't be said, of course you have to cover it up with lies, how could every sentence be true?" Xuan Tian shrugged.

  "Zi Yan said: 'Hmph, my father has said that people who deceive others are bad people.'"

  "Huh?"

  Xuantian was speechless for a moment. Ziyuan's body had developed quite maturely, but her thoughts were incredibly pure, completely mismatched with her body. The feeling she gave people was that of someone who rarely interacted with others.

  "Who is your father?"

  Zi Yan shook her head and said, "Can't say either."

  Xuantian Dao: "How old are you?"

  Zi Yan said: "Just turned fourteen."

  Xuántiān is less than a month away from turning fifteen years old. Zǐyàn is indeed almost a year younger than him.

  He had just turned fourteen, and his cultivation had already reached the third stage of the Pre-Heaven Realm, and it was even at the peak of the third stage. It seemed that he could break through to the next realm at any moment. This kind of cultivation speed was even faster than Chu Feng's.

  However, throughout the entire Divine Sword Dynasty, none of the major sects or aristocratic families had any rumors about a genius disciple like this.

  Ziyan's origin made Xuantian even more curious.

  Xuantian Dao: "You're just a little girl, what are you doing running to such a dangerous place like the Yinfeng Mountains?"

  Zi Yan said: "I live here..."

  "What——?" Xuan Tian exclaimed, "Who lives in the Yin Wind Mountains? Which human lives in the Yin Wind Mountains? Could it be that they're really demons?"

  Xian Tian was shocked, and Zi Yan explained again: "I've been living with Uncle Wan in this place for more than half a year now."

  Xuantian Dao: "Who is Wan Bo again?"

  Zi Yan said: "Uncle Wan is just Uncle Wan, I've been raised by him since I was a child."

  As she spoke, Ziyuan raised her left hand, where a string of greenish-blue wind chimes hung from her wrist. She continued, "If I'm in danger, I'll shake this wind chime hard, and Uncle Wan will know where I am and come to rescue me."

  Jian Ziyuan revealed all her trump cards for survival, and Xuan Tian was speechless. Her experience in the Jianghu was completely zero.

  Xuantian Dao: "Then you didn't ring the bell just now?"

  Zi Yan smiled and said, "Those three people, I'm not afraid of them at all. I'm very powerful, you know. Uncle Wan said that my bloodline awakened too late, if it had awakened one or two years earlier, I would have already surpassed him by now. However, Uncle Wan also said that my current strength is not far from his."

  "Blood Vessels Awakened?" Xuan Tian Qi said, thinking of those five illusory dragon shadows in his mind.

  Zi Yan said: "This is also something that cannot be said."

  Listening to Ziyan, Xuántiān guessed that her situation was similar to his, and she must also be fleeing from pursuers. Otherwise, she wouldn't have been afraid to reveal her true surname and hide in the depths of the Yinfeng Mountains.

  As for Ziyuan's pure mind, Xuantian also let go, they have been living here for half a year, where is the opportunity to come into contact with other people?

  To say nothing of the past six months, she has been hiding in this place. As for the previous time, it is likely that she was also hiding in a desolate place somewhere. Ziyuan may have had no contact with the outside world from childhood to adulthood, otherwise her mentality would not be so pure and innocent.

  "Why did you save me just now? Actually, I'm not afraid of them." After a while, Ziyuan asked.

  Xuantian Dao: "It's not for your sake, but I have a prior grudge against them. Even without you, we would still end up killing each other."

  Zi Yan smiled and said, "I should thank you for that too."

  Xuantian Dao: "They still have many helpers, they will be here soon. Where do you live? Go back first, when they arrive, this villain will start a big killing spree again."

  Zi Yan shook her head and said, "Huang Tian is not a bad person. The ones who cover their faces and say dirty words are the bad people. If you kill them, you're a good person. You can go back and do nothing, I'll stay here and watch Huang Tian kill the bad people."

  Starting to call Xuan Tian 'Huang Tian Gege', it seems that Zi Yan indeed regards Xuan Tian as a good person.

  Ziyan called out so intimately, Xuantian's heart also gave birth to a few points of joy, and said: "You're willing to watch, then watch, but I'm not a good person, I'll talk nonsense, I'll cheat... Hmm? They've arrived!"

  As they spoke, Xuan Tian's expression changed and he stood up. Four men in black were approaching from a distance.

  Deng Wanchuan stood outside the valley where the sword intent was diffused, and among these four men in black, he was the first to arrive.

  Xuantian unfolded the Xuanmi technique, and his cultivation retreated back to the Second Heaven. Although Ziyuan was by his side, she wasn't in cahoots with him, and besides, she hadn't noticed the change in Xuantian's cultivation. She had been hiding in the Yinfeng Mountains all along, so even if she had noticed, it wouldn't have mattered as she wouldn't have told anyone anyway.

  Soon, four men in black appeared before Xuantian, stopping more than fifty meters away. Two were at the fifth level of the Pre-Heaven Realm and two were at the fourth level.

  Two congenital fifth-order black-clothed men were Deng Qianjun and Deng Qianguo. Although their faces were covered, Xuan Tian recognized Deng Qianguo at a glance.

  Deng Qian Guo and the other three were keeping an eye on Xuan Tian and Zi Yan while searching around for any sign of Deng Qian Feng's three black-clad men, their eyes filled with a strange expression. Deng Qian Jun felt a sense of unease and said, "Brother Qian Feng has sent out a signal, how is it possible that they've vanished?"

  Xuān Tiān's cultivation was still at the Second Heaven of Pre-Heaven Realm, and there was no change compared to nine days ago. The four men's gazes were mostly on Zǐ Yán, sizing her up, and they all revealed a look of shock and desire at her beauty.

  Deng Qianguo had exchanged blows with Xuan Tian and knew that Xuan Tian's strength was slightly superior to his, but it was definitely not a match for the combined forces of two First Heaven Realm Fifth-Order warriors. He said: "Brother Qianjun, you and I will join hands and take down that little beast. Wang Qi, Wang Jing, you two brothers, join hands and capture that exquisite little girl alive."

  Deng Qianjun nodded: "Good."

  Wang Qi and Wang Jing were guests of the Deng family, just like the offerings in a religious sect. They received financial support from the sect in their daily lives and had to complete tasks for the sect when needed.

  Some of the Jianghu hermits and outlaws rob and plunder resources, becoming great thieves. Others attach themselves to various powerful forces, receiving support and sustenance, becoming guests or retainers.

  Deng Qian's arm injury had already healed, and he immediately joined forces with Deng Qianjun. Two golden sword auras flashed out, attacking Xuan Tian together.

  Wang Qi and Wang Jing, two black-clad men at the Fourth Heaven of the Innate Realm, suddenly pounced on Ziyan from the side.

  Xuantian let out a cold laugh and said: "You've arrived just in time, I've been waiting for you all along."