Nine Dragons Saint Ancestor

Chapter 289: 289 Warrant

”I’m taking Ling Wan with me now, do you have any objections?”

Yun Xiao really didn’t want to talk any more with this extremely vicious father and son. If it wasn’t for his lack of strength and the Golden Snake Worm falling into hibernation, he really wanted to slap them both to death.

”No objections, no objections!”

Since Zhao Huan had already developed a fear of Yun Xiao at this time, how could he dare to provoke Yun Xiao again? If Yun Xiao were to exhibit that terrifying power again, he certainly wouldn’t have the endurance of a Mid Stage Meridian Union cultivator.

”That... Brother Yun Xiao, you see...”

Seeing Yun Xiao help Ling Wan up and turn to leave, Zhao Huan’s heart couldn’t help but panic as he nervously stammered. It seemed he was really scared of Yun Xiao.

”You want to ask about the antidote for the Corrosive Intestine Pills, right?”

Yun Xiao turned his head back, glanced faintly at the Family Head of the Zhao Family, and then said with expectation in his eyes, ”Three days later, go find Butcher Zhang in the east of the city, he will tell you where the antidote is!”

After he finished speaking, seeing a flash of sharpness in Zhao Huan’s eyes, Yun Xiao couldn’t help but sneer, ”I advise you not to look for him early. If you can’t get the antidote then, don’t blame me!”

Yun Xiao didn’t reveal the reason, but he believed that after his words, Zhao Huan, for his son’s life, would not dare to play any tricks. This was also a security assurance for him.

In fact, Yun Xiao was able to subdue Zhao Huan, an Early Stage Meridian Union Realm cultivator, not only due to his overwhelmingly strong show of power that day, but also because of the Corrosive Intestine Pill he had administered to Zhao Ningshu.

For this inherently vicious father and son, Yun Xiao really wasn’t sure if they would instantly turn hostile after receiving the antidote. Currently, without the protection of the Golden Snake Worm, he resorted to a little trick.

Watching Yun Xiao and Ling Wan’s figures disappear at the doorway, Zhao Huan and Zhao Ningshu, father and son, had fluctuating expressions on their faces, seemingly unable to recover for a long time.

With the Zhao Family’s influence in Ningfeng City, they had never experienced such a suffocating moment; yet, the one causing it was just a cultivator at the Middle Stage of Meridian Rushing Realm.

”Father, are we just going to let them go like this?”

Zhao Ningshu clearly was unwilling to let it go, and he also understood that from now on, he might live under Yun Xiao’s and even Ling Wan’s shadow, unable to resist at all.

”Nonsense, do you think I’m willing to let it go? If you could ignore the effects of the Corrosive Intestine Pill, I would have crushed those two brats into pieces right now!”

Hearing Zhao Ningshu’s words, Zhao Huan turned back, scolded irritably, and with that, the talented son of the Zhao Family shuddered and instantly fell silent.

Regardless of whether Zhao Huan dared to really go after Yun Xiao for trouble, Zhao Ningshu absolutely wouldn’t gamble with his own life. Yun Xiao was extremely meticulous both in intelligence and tactics. Before getting the antidote, who knew if he had more tricks up his sleeve?

”Hmph, we may not be able to handle Yun Xiao, but that doesn’t mean no one else can control him. Have you forgotten the arrest warrant issued from Luocheng?”

After calming his Heart Qi, Zhao Huan thought of something and hinted again, this remark somewhat improving Zhao Ningshu’s expression.

”Just a troublemaker, let’s see how long you can roam free?” A voice filled with resentment came from Zhao Ningshu, and after a moment, no more voices were heard inside the room.

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”Brother Yun Xiao, thank you very much this time!”

Following Yun Xiao, Ling Wan who had left the Zhao Mansion, glanced at the two Zhao Family guards unable to move at the doorway, then turned around and bowed deeply to Yun Xiao.

”Why so formal between brothers?”

Yun Xiao waved his hand, not taking credit, but lifted his head to look at the words ”Zhao Mansion” on the gate and quietly asked, ”This Zhao Family, do you still plan to return?”

”Heh, return for what? To let those two destroy my Meridian Qi?”

Upon hearing this, Ling Wan let out a self-mocking laugh, from which Yun Xiao still sensed a hint of melancholy, a decisive sorrow, a sorrow about severing ties with his family from now on.

After his words fell, Ling Wan turned around, as if he could see through the layers of houses inside the Zhao Mansion, to a certain room with a faint figure collapsed on the ground.

Perhaps at this moment, the only thing Ling Wan couldn’t let go of was his mother, who had always treated him extremely well. Yet, he knew his own limited strength meant he could do nothing.

Moreover, his mother had spent half her life in Zhao Mansion, even if Ling Wan wanted to take her away, she might not be willing to leave. So after being melancholic for a while, he decisively turned around.

From this moment on, Ling Wan vowed to sever all ties with the Zhao Family. If Zhao Ningshu dares to trouble him again, he will show no mercy.

Indeed, with Ling Wan’s current cultivation at the early stage of the Meridian Rushing Realm, even if Zhao Ningshu mustered all his courage, he wouldn’t dare provoke him again—wouldn’t that be asking for humiliation?

Seeing Ling Wan had calmed himself, Yun Xiao quickly caught up and gently patted his shoulder, and the two brothers headed together towards the East Gate of Ningfeng City.

”What are those people looking at?”

After walking for about thirty minutes and arriving at the entrance of the East Gate, they saw a crowd gathered there. Driven by curiosity, Ling Wan immediately made his way through the crowd to see what the commotion was about.

Yun Xiao slightly smiled and followed Ling Wan, but his expression darkened instantly when he saw the announcement posted on the city wall.

”Tsk, tsk, Xuan Zhi, this guy is truly a persistent ghost. Using such tactics of abusing power!”

While Ling Wan turned his head in disbelief, Yun Xiao’s face showed a trace of cold sneer as his eyes fixed on a young portrait on the announcement, as if looking into a mirror.

”Wanted: Great Thief Yun Xiao, about sixteen years old, stole treasures from the Royal Family and fled. Anyone with information about him, please report to the City Lord’s Mansion of any city. A substantial reward will be offered. Failing to report will be considered complicity, by order!”

That was the full content of the announcement with a portrait attached, seemingly crafted by a skilled artist, closely resembling Yun Xiao himself.

It seems this is the wanted poster issued from Luocheng. The uninformed city dwellers and cultivators naturally do not know the object Yun Xiao acquired is an unclaimed treasure from the Meridian Treasure, and they blindly trust the Royal Family.

”Nonsense, absolute nonsense!”

When Ling Wan finished reading the content of the wanted poster, he became so furious that he blurted out curses and immediately stepped forward, intending to tear down the wanted poster.

”Ling Wan, don’t!”

Yun Xiao couldn’t help but shout to stop him, though it seemed to be too late. Due to Yun Xiao’s movement, the surrounding crowd took notice of them.

And when people’s eyes shifted onto Yun Xiao, comparing him with the portrait on the announcement, they immediately cleared a large space around them.

”It’s the Great Thief Yun Xiao! It’s the Great Thief Yun Xiao!”

An incredulous voice emitted from the crowd, and everyone recognized the shabbily dressed teenager in front of them as the great thief Yun Xiao mentioned in the announcement, all inhaling a cold breath.

Indeed, the artist who created the portrait on the announcement was skilled, capturing Yun Xiao’s appearance extremely accurately.

But this was the first time since Yun Xiao’s rebirth that he was referred to as a ”Great Thief,” making him feel a bit of novelty, yet he didn’t pay much attention to these cultivators from Ningfeng City who were mostly at the Meridian Gathering stage.

Compared to Yun Xiao, the Ningfeng City cultivators who recognized his identity, although all wanted the ”substantial reward” mentioned in the wanted poster, none dared to take the initiative at this moment.

Even if these people were unaware of Yun Xiao’s true strength, a thief who dared to steal from the Royal Family must have some skills. Given that the Royal Family is known for its might, escaping unscathed is in itself a remarkable feat.

”Make way, where is the Great Thief Yun Xiao?”

Just as the crowd was briefly distracted by Yun Xiao, a series of hurried footsteps soon followed, and the figures scattered, allowing a group of guards in uniform to surround Yun Xiao and Ling Wan in the center.

”It’s the guard squad from the City Lord’s Mansion, this will be a good show!”

When the guards appeared by the city gate, many recognized them as the city’s patrol and security guards, with their captain being a cultivator at the early stage of the Meridian Rushing Realm.

”Ha ha, to think I’ve searched hard without reward, and now he appears without effort!”

The previously speaking guard captain now needed no reminder, as the teenager before him, resembling the portrait on the wanted poster to a tee, was easily recognizable.

The laughter erupted, and excitement filled the captain’s face. These past days, since the wanted poster was issued from Luocheng, the whole northeastern region of the Xuanyue Empire had been tense, afraid to miss a glimpse of the great thief Yun Xiao.

And compared to the ”substantial reward” mentioned in the announcement, the rewards explicitly promised to the guards of the various City Lord’s Mansions for finding Yun Xiao were even more clear, boosting their spirits tremendously.

As a cultivator at the early stage of the Meridian Rushing Realm, this unsuspecting captain of the Ningfeng City guards, clearly unaware of Yun Xiao’s real combat power, believed with the power of a dozen guards by his side, this young man couldn’t possibly escape to the skies?

It appeared this grand accolade was about to fall on his own head. Thinking of this, the guard captain’s excited expression intensified even further.