Martial Saint with Passives

Jiang Che’s heart tightened, and he immediately began to silently track them, following the direction he remembered Xie Xingwen and Tang Qiaoqiao taking.

He hadn’t gone far before he spotted the two of them in the distance, already walking back!

Xie Xingwen and Tang Qiaoqiao were both fully dressed, but Tang Qiaoqiao’s face still held the faint remnants of a blush and a trace of shyness as she stuck close to Xie Xingwen.

Xie Xingwen, however, had his brow slightly furrowed, looking preoccupied as if lost in thought.

A chill ran down Jiang Che’s spine. He immediately held his breath, and using [Invisibility], he retreated as silently as a true shadow.

Moving even faster, he snuck back to the camp ahead of them and slipped quietly into his tent.

It turned out that after Xie Xingwen had led Tang Qiaoqiao to a more secluded spot, he was just about to resume their "business."

But then he faintly heard the sounds of a fierce battle coming from the distance!

The noise began with the clash of weapons, followed by the blood-curdling scream of someone on the verge of death.

Xie Xingwen was delighted, thinking that the four Demon Sect members had successfully taken care of the meddler who’d thrown the stone.

He didn’t know who exactly the troublemaker was.

But he guessed it had to be one of the three people Tang Qiaoqiao had brought along.

’Still, an ordinary disciple like that... if he’s killed, he’s killed.’

’That’s what you get for daring to interfere!’

He was about to get back to "business."

Who knew that immediately after, an even more terrifying and frenzied chorus of roars and combat sounds would suddenly erupt!

The commotion was so loud that the ground itself trembled slightly!

The beastly roars mixed within were filled with a ferocious power that made one’s heart palpitate!

"Is... is that a Black Beast Dominator from the mountains?!" Xie Xingwen’s face instantly turned ugly.

He knew all too well how terrifying a Black Beast of that caliber was!

Before they set out, his father, Xie Songnian, had warned him to steer clear of the few Black Beast Dominators deep within Cloud Mist Ridge!

’An existence like that is absolutely not something I, a mere Late-stage Bone Forging Realm practitioner, can afford to provoke!’

A wave of anxiety washed over him.

Wary of the Black Beast Dominator, he instantly lost all interest in continuing his "business."

’What if that King of Black Beasts follows the commotion and comes this way? Or what if the camp is alerted...’

’The consequences would be unimaginable!’

"Qiaoqiao, we can’t stay here! That commotion was too dangerous; it sounds like it’s attracted something nasty! Let’s get back, quickly!"

Xie Xingwen made a decisive move, pulling up the still dazed and reluctant Tang Qiaoqiao and rushing back toward the camp.

When they returned to the camp, he found that everyone had been startled awake and was now standing outside their tents, staring at one another in confusion.

Clearly, the terrifying roars that echoed through the valley had woken everyone.

Jiang Che rubbed his eyes, slowly crawling out of his own tent.

He wore a sleepy and bewildered expression. "What’s going on? Did something happen? I think I heard something making a noise..."

Xie Xingwen’s heart sank, his pupils contracting imperceptibly.

’The person who secretly threw that pebble to cause trouble, the one chased by the four Demon Sect members, must be one of the three guards Tang Qiaoqiao brought.’

’And those four from the Demon Sect were all experts at the Mid-stage of the Bone Forging Realm.’

’Whoever it was, they should have been dead for sure!’

’But now, Liu Qing, Su Wan, and Jiang Che... all three of them are standing right here, completely unharmed?’

’What in the world is going on?’

’Then who was it that was being hunted last night?’

’Could it be... that the ones who died were the four Demon Sect members?!’

Xie Xingwen was both shocked and furious, with no idea what had actually transpired.

When Liu Qing saw Xie Xingwen and Tang Qiaoqiao returning from outside the camp, a look of surprise and suspicion immediately crossed her face.

"You two... why are you coming back from outside?!"