Chapter 137 - 128: Poisonous Plan
"Uncle Tie Long, this person..."
Seeing the youth’s clear eyes, which didn’t seem to hold any such intentions, Tie Lan grew uncertain. She looked at her uncle in confusion.
"Alright, stop overthinking it. This young man is probably not as simple as he seems. If he really makes an unreasonable demand, we’ll figure out a way to refuse him then!"
Tie Long also had no idea what Nie Yun was trying to accomplish with all this unappreciated effort, and he spoke with a helpless expression.
"You two are truly clueless when it comes to romance!"
Hearing their conversation, Liao Feng suddenly walked over with a smile. "Brother Yangg Yun... Senior is doing this because he has surely developed true love for the young miss! Only true love leads to such selfless devotion, asking for nothing in return! Don’t worry, Young Miss. I believe he will never force you to do anything!"
He had originally wanted to say "Brother Yangg Yun," but when he remembered that this man could subdue even a Copper-Armed Giant Ape at the Peak of the Armor Realm, the word "Senior" slipped out instead.
"Sigh."
Lying in the distance and feigning sleep, Nie Yun sighed internally when he heard what Liao Feng said.
’It seems the strength I’ve shown has frightened these simple men after all. I’m afraid we’ll never see those casual scenes of drinking and laughing together again!’
"True love?" Tie Lan was noncommittal, but a strange sense of irritation suddenly welled up inside her.
’Big Brother, just tell me what you like about me so I can change it, okay?’
...
"Damn it, damn it! Jiangg Youx, why didn’t you kill those people? Why did you injure me instead? If you don’t give me an explanation today, just you wait and see what I tell my father when we get back!"
Over ten li from the valley, Wei Chen pointed at Jiangg Youx and shrieked with rage.
He was no longer calling him "Vice Commander Jiangg" but using his full name, a clear sign of his fury.
"I wanted to kill them too, but they have an expert with them. Even I am no match for him. If we had really fought just now, we would’ve all been dead long ago!"
Jiangg Youx paid no mind to his roaring, instead speaking calmly.
"Even you are no match? Who? Tie Long? Or that Copper-Armed Giant Ape?" Wei Chen wasn’t a complete idiot. Hearing that someone was even stronger than Jiangg Youx, he calmed down.
"Neither. It was the young man who was talking to the giant ape!" Jiangg Youx’s expression was grave.
"That young man? He’s stronger than you?"
Wei Chen could never have imagined that country bumpkin-like youth would be even more formidable than Vice Commander Jiangg, a master of Horizontal Training!
"Yes. Look at my hand..." Jiangg Youx extended his right hand.
"You..."
Seeing the proffered palm, Wei Chen jumped in shock. What he saw was hardly a hand—it was more like a twisted chicken’s foot. All the bones were shattered, the five fingers pressed tightly together as if they had been smashed by a massive rock. He could barely distinguish the fingers from one another!
"He did this with pure physical strength when we shook hands just now. If I hadn’t used my True Qi to break free at the last moment, this hand would have been completely crippled!"
Jiangg Youx said.
"With pure physical strength?" Wei Chen’s expression changed.
Jiangg Youx was famous in Divine Wind City for his Horizontal Training, and his pair of Iron Hands feared not even steel. To think they had been crushed into a chicken’s foot by someone head-on... just how much strength did that person possess?
’No wonder he stopped me back then. Otherwise, my group really would have been wiped out!’
"I’ve already taken an elixir, and while I’ll still be able to use this hand in the future, it’s impossible for it to ever regain the power of my Iron Palm!" Jiangg Youx sighed.
He had spent many years cultivating his Iron Palm, never expecting it to be utterly ruined just like that.
"Don’t worry, Vice Commander Jiangg. After we return to Divine Wind City, I’ll definitely find a Healer to treat you and ensure you make a full recovery!" Wei Chen wasn’t just a simple hedonist; he knew how to win people over.
A Healer’s Healing Qi was more potent than any elixir. No matter how severe your injuries, as long as you were still breathing, they could help you recover completely.
Of course, this ability was also related to the Healer’s own cultivation. A Healer at the Qi Nourishing Realm could at most treat the injuries of someone else at the same Realm. Treating a Qi Sect Powerhouse was simply impossible.
"Then I’ll be troubling you, Young Master!"
Hearing the young master’s promise, Jiangg Youx’s eyes lit up.
"Damn it! I originally thought Tie Lan was alone this time and I could finally have my way with her, but then a monster like that had to show up! I can’t accept this!"
Wei Chen waved his hand, his face twisting into a ferocious snarl.
"Young Master, dealing with the people from the Iron Rock Mercenary Corps isn’t actually that complicated. This subordinate has an idea!"
Suddenly, a skinny, middle-aged man with shifty, rat-like eyes stepped out from the group of mercenaries.
This middle-aged man was named Wei Liao. He was a veteran of the Luoyong Mercenary Corps. His strength was mediocre, but he was full of cunning schemes, so Wei Chen always kept him around to offer advice.
"What is it?"
"What is this place? A mountain range teeming with Demon Beasts! Since the Iron Rock Mercenary Corps doesn’t know what’s good for them, we can simply lure Demon Beasts to them! Let the beasts fight them. Heh heh, if we do that, I bet even if their strength saves them from death, they’ll still lose a layer of skin!"
Wei Liao chuckled sinisterly.
"Lure Demon Beasts to fight them?" Wei Chen’s eyes lit up.
"That kid has some serious methods to make a Copper-Armed Giant Ape submit. Luring Demon Beasts is indeed an option, but if the beasts’ level is too low, it’ll be useless. If their level is too high and we try to lure them, we might end up bringing trouble upon ourselves..."
Jiangg Youx said with some hesitation.
’That kid could subdue a Copper-Armed Giant Ape at the Peak of the Armor Realm in an instant; his methods are astonishing. To kill them, are we supposed to provoke an Ultimate Venerable Level Demon Beast?’
’Never mind whether such a beast even exists here—even if it did, its intelligence would be no lower than mine. Provoking one of them would be suicide!’
"Vice Commander Jiangg, have you forgotten about the Wind Wolves? We’ve been in this forest before. The most terrifying creatures here aren’t the Qi Sect level Demon Beasts, but the Wind Wolves!"
Wei Liao had already thought it through. He gave a sinister smile, his small eyes narrowing.
"Wind Wolves? Right, how could I forget about... OUCH!" Jiangg Youx slapped his thigh, only to realize he had used his injured hand, and cried out in pain.
Wind Wolves were one of the most terrifying Demon Beasts in the jungle, not because of their high level, but because they appeared in packs.
Wind Wolves were all around the Peak of the Gang Formation Realm. They came and went like the wind, moving with extreme speed. A single one was enough to be a huge headache for someone at the Peak of the Armor Realm, let alone an entire pack.
The last time his group encountered just over twenty Wind Wolves, they were nearly wiped out! This was a testament to how terrifying the Wind Wolves were.
No matter how strong you were, even if you had reached the Peak of the Qi Sect, you would likely not return if you suddenly ran into dozens, or even a hundred, Wind Wolves.
"That’s a good idea, but... isn’t Tie Lan a Beast Tamer? What if she captures the Wolf King and tames it? Wouldn’t that be disastrous for us?" Suddenly, a thought occurred to Wei Chen.
The reason Wind Wolves could form packs was mainly because they had a common leader: the Wind Wolf King!
The Wind Wolf King possessed the strength of the Peak of the Qi Sect. If a Beast Tamer managed to subdue it, that would be the same as taming the entire wolf pack. Wouldn’t that be disastrous?
