Urban Martial Saint

Nobody knew how much time had passed when Ye Qing finally started to regain sensation in his body. On the other side, Huangfu Ziyu also woke up, and seeing Ye Qing still standing beside her, she was overjoyed and quickly rushed over to embrace him.

”Zi Yu, we have other things to do!” Ye Qing gently patted Huangfu Ziyu’s shoulder and explained the situation with the Fire Sang girl.

After listening to Ye Qing, Huangfu Ziyu’s expression immediately changed, and she asked anxiously, ”Then where is she now?”

”She should be in the Gu Storage Cave...” Ye Qing said, ”We must go and rescue her!”

Without saying another word, Huangfu Ziyu stood up directly and left Zhenmu Palace with Ye Qing.

By this time, dawn was almost breaking. Just after the two had exited Zhenmu Palace, a group of people surrounded them, led by none other than Huo Lie.

Huo Lie had brought people here early this morning, waiting for them. Upon seeing Ye Qing come out, Huo Lie immediately walked over and said in a deep voice, ”Hmph, shameless Han people, I thought you’d hide in Zhenmu Palace forever, but you finally came out. Tell me, where did you take my daughter?”

”What do you mean your daughter?” Ye Qing frowned tightly and said, ”At the Gu Storage Cave, your daughter ran away with Zhou Yuliang, where did I capture her?”

”Are you playing dumb with me?” Huo Lie shouted angrily, ”I’m not talking about Huo Ying, I’m talking about the Fire Sang girl!”

”What?” Ye Qing widened his eyes in shock and stared at Huo Lie, ”The Fire Sang girl is your daughter?”

”You are pretending not to know!” Huo Lie said angrily, ”I warn you, hand over my daughter immediately, or I’ll kill you myself!”

Ye Qing was full of astonishment; he hadn’t expected the Fire Sang girl to be Huo Lie’s daughter. To think about it, the Fire Sang girl had suffered not a small amount of torment. Looking at her past days, those were certainly not the days of a Dong Master’s daughter. He hadn’t thought she would be Huo Lie’s daughter. It seems Huo Lie wasn’t likely treating her well either. Suddenly, Huo Lie came rushing over demanding his daughter; it’s obvious he was looking for trouble!

Ye Qing said coldly, ”Hmph, when your daughter was bullied and starving, you didn’t seem so concerned. Now you come pretending to care for her, Huo Lie, I truly despise you!”

Huo Lie’s face changed color, and he roared angrily, ”You dare mock me like this, I’ll kill you!”

With this loud roar, Huo Lie directly summoned his Zi Ying. The Zi Ying flew out, instantly charging towards Ye Qing.

Last time, Ye Qing suffered quite a bit under this Zi Ying, because there were many people attacking him, and he was also worried about Huangfu Ziyu. However, this time the situation was entirely different; now only the people from Huoyu Dong were left. And Huangfu Ziyu was completely safe, he had nothing to worry about anymore. Seeing the Zi Ying rushing over, Ye Qing directly wielded the Seven-Star Ancient Sword and slashed down fiercely.

The Zi Ying was very wary of Ye Qing’s Seven-Star Ancient Sword, having suffered under it before. So, as Ye Qing’s sword slashed down, it quickly twisted in mid-air, bypassed Ye Qing, and managed to avoid the strike.

However, Ye Qing had no intention of stopping, and he turned around to slash out another sword strike.

Zi Ying’s speed was fairly quick, but it was still slower than Ye Qing and got its claw caught by Ye Qing’s sword, letting out a weird, pained scream. It didn’t dare to approach Ye Qing again, flying away while screeching, circling Ye Qing from a distance.

Meanwhile, seeing the situation, Huo Lie was furious, stomping his foot in anger. This Zi Ying was his most powerful Gu insect, and yet, in front of Ye Qing, it couldn’t withstand a single blow and was beaten into retreating incessantly.

Huo Lie roared angrily and turned to order the people from the Huo Family to help. These people were eager to fight and immediately released their Gu insects to attack Ye Qing.

Faced with so many Gu insects, Ye Qing showed no fear. With the Seven-Star Ancient Sword in hand, as long as he didn’t encounter Golden Silkworm Gu or Twin Life Gu, there was no Gu insect he couldn’t slay. Moreover, he himself was Immune to All Poisons, so the venom of these Gu insects had no effect on him, and he was not afraid of them at all.

After a short fight, Ye Qing slashed three Gu insects into halves, thoroughly dealing with them. The owners of these Gu insects were heartbroken, but seeing Ye Qing wielding the Seven-Star Ancient Sword so imposingly, they dared not approach Ye Qing at all. Their Gu insects couldn’t escape death, so how could they dare to get close to Ye Qing?

The chaotic battle continued for nearly ten minutes, and Ye Qing had already slain seven Gu insects, leaving the Huoyu Dong people entirely at a disadvantage. If it weren’t for Huo Lie’s Zi Ying holding the fort, Huoyu Dong’s people might have already suffered a complete defeat. However, Ye Qing’s situation wasn’t very good either, he had been scratched by Zi Ying several times, with blood stains on his clothes.

In truth, both sides were seeing red, only wanting to settle the score with the other side, and neither had any intention to retreat or flee.

And in this short moment, the sky had turned completely bright. The crowd was engaged in a chaotic battle at the entrance of Zhenmu Palace, and this news had already spread inside the palace.

Before long, over a dozen people rushed out from inside Zhenmu Palace, led by a man in his fifties. The man’s expression was severe. Seeing the chaotic situation, he immediately charged out from the palace, shouting sternly, ”What are you doing? How dare you cause trouble at the entrance of Zhenmu Palace? Are you ignoring the people of Zhenmu Dong?”

Seeing this person, Huo Lie’s expression changed visibly. Before Ye Qing could speak, he pointed directly at Ye Qing and shouted loudly, ”He’s a Han! He kidnapped my daughter!”

Upon hearing this, the man’s face turned icy, and he roared loudly, ”A Han dares to intrude into the depths of the Miao Borderlands, kill him!”

The man was the first to rush over, and during his sprint, he had already summoned a Gu insect about a foot long. This Gu insect looked like a small silver fox, its fluffy white fur appearing quite beautiful and seemingly harmless. However, its sharp claws and fangs made anyone wary of it.

It seemed this man harbored deep hostility towards Han people, so upon hearing that Ye Qing was Han, he immediately came down to assist Huo Lie.

Although the Gu insect was running on the ground, its speed and agility were nearly that of a fox, and with just a few leaps, it had already sprung to Ye Qing’s side and jumped up, clawing at his face.

Ye Qing hurriedly dodged, but the fox’s agility far exceeded his expectations. As he thought he was about to evade it, unexpectedly, the fox’s tail twitched mid-air, abruptly changing direction and pouncing towards him again.

At this point, it was impossible for Ye Qing to dodge any further. Seeing the fox’s fierce approach, Ye Qing could only extend his arm to shield his face. Predictably, the fox left several bloody scratches on his arm. But that wasn’t the end—the fox grabbed onto Ye Qing’s arm and leapt again, this time close to his head, scratching a few more marks on Ye Qing’s face.

Ye Qing hadn’t anticipated the fox to be so deft; he repeatedly tried to grab it, yet couldn’t even touch the fox, and instead found himself with numerous wounds inflicted by it.

Meanwhile, witnessing the situation, Huo Lie couldn’t help but rejoice, exclaiming repeatedly, ”Good! Good! Good!”

Without hesitation, he whistled loudly, urging Zi Ying to attack Ye Qing. Though Zi Ying wasn’t as fast as the fox, its strength far surpassed that of the fox. With the fox entangling Ye Qing, Zi Ying sought an opportunity to ambush, placing Ye Qing in a precarious situation, surrounded on all sides.

Seeing this, Huangfu Ziyu furrowed her brows and let out a light reprimand. She quickly dashed over, raised her hand, and grabbed towards the fox.

”Don’t!” Ye Qing shouted urgently, ”The fox is poisonous!”

He spoke too late. Watching Huangfu Ziyu approach, the fox promptly clawed her arm. Huangfu Ziyu winced in pain and tried to grab the fox, but it had already darted away, its speed astonishing.

Seeing Huangfu Ziyu injured, Ye Qing was startled. He forced Zi Ying back with the Seven-Star Ancient Sword, disregarded the fox, and hastily retrieved a small bottle from his pocket, tossing it to Huangfu Ziyu.

”Quickly, detoxify yourself, don’t worry about me!” Ye Qing urged.

Huangfu Ziyu felt something amiss at her wound and reached to catch the bottle. But at that moment, the man suddenly whistled, and the fox that had been pestering Ye Qing abruptly turned, snatching the bottle just as Huangfu Ziyu was about to grasp it.

Ye Qing’s face changed instantly, knowing that the bottle contained the Ziyu Chenxiang Pill given by Southern Fist King Shen Tianjun—an antidote, a Holy Medicine. Without it, there would be no way to save Huangfu Ziyu from the poison.

”Give it back!” Ye Qing shouted fiercely, ignoring Zi Ying behind him, turning to chase after the fox.

But the fox was incredibly fast, dodging Ye Qing in a few quick loops and promptly ran over to the man, offering the bottle in a fawning manner.

The man coldly watched Ye Qing and whistled again, and the fox promptly sprang down, joining Zi Ying in encircling Ye Qing.

Meanwhile, holding the bottle, the man saw that Ye Qing had no chance of approaching and slowly opened it. He initially intended to destroy all the pills inside, but the moment he poured out the first Ziyu Chenxiang Pill, he suddenly paused, his expression changing dramatically, as if witnessing something utterly unbelievable. His eyes flickered with shock and nostalgia, though no one knew why.

After quite a while, the man finally came to his senses, loudly demanding, ”Where did you steal these Ziyu Chenxiang Pills?”