Urban Martial Saint

Huangfu Ziyu’s arm was starting to become paralyzed at this moment. Hearing these words, she immediately retorted angrily, ”This was given to us by my Master, how can you call it stolen? You’re the one who’s stealing!”

”Your Master?” The man’s expression changed again, and he asked gravely, ”Who is your Master?”

”Southern Fist King Shen Tianjun!” Huangfu Ziyu replied proudly.

”恩...恩人?” The man’s eyes suddenly widened.

Huangfu Ziyu and Ye Qing were taken aback. How could this man call Shen Tianjun his benefactor?

Just as they were perplexed, the fox and Zi Ying lunged forward simultaneously. The fox scratched Ye Qing’s neck again, while Zi Ying bit directly into Ye Qing’s shoulder and pulled hard.

Ye Qing, in pain, didn’t bother grabbing the fox but directly reached out to grab Zi Ying. Unexpectedly, as soon as he touched Zi Ying, its tail immediately shot up, revealing a spike-like thing that pierced Ye Qing’s hand, causing him nearly to let go.

Ye Qing gritted his teeth and forcefully pried at Zi Ying’s mouth, trying to pull it off first. Meanwhile, the fox lunged again, preparing to attack Ye Qing from behind. These two Gu insects teamed up, leaving Ye Qing flustered and frantic.

”Be careful!” Huangfu Ziyu cried out in alarm, but she lacked the strength to help.

Just as the fox was about to bite Ye Qing, the man suddenly let out a whistle, and the fox immediately veered away from Ye Qing, swiftly returning to the man’s side, perching on his shoulder. When it wasn’t showing its claws and fangs, it looked just like a docile little silver fox, extremely beautiful and adorable. However, once it exposed its claws and fangs to attack you, no one dared to underestimate it. This kind of Gu insect was incredibly fast, making it difficult to defend against.

”What are you doing?” Huo Lie exclaimed in surprise, urgently whistling, wanting his Zi Ying to return, but it was already too late.

With the fox retreating, Ye Qing finally breathed a sigh of relief, grabbing Zi Ying’s mouth and forcibly prying it open, pulling it off himself.

Zi Ying’s tail was still pierced into Ye Qing’s hand, and Ye Qing directly slashed down with a sword, severing Zi Ying’s tail. Zi Ying let out a thunderous scream, struggling free from Ye Qing’s hand, turning around to run over to Huo Lie, no longer daring to approach Ye Qing.

Huo Lie’s eyes almost spewed fire; originally, he was about to win this battle. But at the most crucial moment, the man withdrew his hand, ruining everything. The most critical thing was Zi Ying had suffered a grave injury, and now, how could he participate in the Ten Thousand Gu Festival?

”Mu Chen, what do you mean?” Huo Lie gritted his teeth in anger, ”Are you helping this Han person, or helping me?”

Upon hearing this, Ye Qing and Huangfu Ziyu exchanged a glance, and simultaneously looked at the man and said, ”Are you the Mu Chen Gu Master?”

The man slowly nodded, looking at Ye Qing and Huangfu Ziyu, and asked, ”Did Senior Shen mention me?”

”Of course!” Ye Qing said urgently, ”When we came to the Miao Borderlands, Master specifically instructed us to find Mu Chen Gu Master.”

Mu Chen’s eyes flashed with nostalgia and respect, and after a moment of silence, he looked at Ye Qing and asked, ”How is Senior Shen’s health?”

Ye Qing replied, ”Very well, thank you Mu Chen Gu Master for your concern!”

”That’s good!” Mu Chen nodded slowly, turning to address Huo Lie, ”Fire Dong Master, you should go back first!”

”What do you mean by this?” Huo Lie became even angrier, saying coldly, ”Mu Chen, are you going to shelter this Han person? Let me tell you, he kidnapped my daughter and injured Huo Ying. I won’t let him off so easily. Today is the day of the Ten Thousand Gu Festival. If I bring this matter up, not only will your Zhenmu Dong face criticism from the Seventy-Two Dong, but even the Gu God won’t earn respect from the Miao People!”

Mu Chen’s expression turned cold and harsh, saying, ”I told you, go back first!”

”Impossible!” Huo Lie shouted angrily, ”If you don’t give me an explanation today, I won’t leave!”

Mu Chen furrowed his brows tightly, saying coldly, ”Fire Dong Master, if you don’t leave now, don’t blame me for being ruthless!”

”Mu Chen, you’re actually willing to attack me for a Han person?” Huo Lie was even more enraged, declaring furiously, ”To think you once claimed to be the most hateful of the Han people in all Miao Borderlands; now it seems you’re nothing but a hypocritical scoundrel. Humph, even if you’re ruthless, what can you do? You think I, Huo Lie, fear you?”

Mu Chen didn’t say another word, only whistled once, and the fox immediately revealed its claws and fangs, directly charging at Huo Lie.

Seeing the fox charging down, Huo Lie’s expression changed, he frantically whistled, directing Zi Ying to deal with the fox. However, Zi Ying was still heavily injured, its strength greatly reduced, and its speed was no match for the fox. Upon the first encounter, the fox scratched Zi Ying’s wound again, causing Zi Ying to let out another scream.

The fox, however, completely ignored Zi Ying, bypassed it, and lunged directly at Huo Lie.

Huo Lie was startled and spat out a mouthful of black mist, enveloping the fox. However, the speed of the fox was even faster than Ye Qing’s, let alone this Gu Master.

The fox circled around Huo Lie and leaped directly onto his shoulder.

At this moment, Huo Lie was in utter despair. He had neither the strength nor the speed to drive away this fox. If the fox scratched him, what would he do?

However, the fox had no intention of scratching him. It stayed on his shoulder for only a moment before leaping away.

”Fire Dong Master, you’d better go back first!” Mu Chen said in a deep voice, ”Zi Ying is seriously injured, you should settle Zi Ying first. Otherwise, if Zi Ying’s vitality is greatly damaged, your efforts of half a lifetime will be wasted!”

Huo Lie gritted his teeth and said angrily, ”Mu Chen, are you threatening me? I, Huo Lie, fear neither heaven nor earth, how could I be afraid of a little fox?”

Mu Chen sighed, knowing that if Huo Lie wasn’t taught a harsh lesson, he would definitely continue to pester him. Mu Chen gave a light whistle, and the fox immediately sprang up, jumped onto a person behind Huo Lie, and made some scratches on his body. Then it jumped onto another person, making a few more scratches. After scratching three people, the fox finally retreated and ran back to Mu Chen, standing on Mu Chen’s shoulder.

The three people were trembling in fear, covering their wounds and screaming. The wounds didn’t hurt, but the main issue was that the fox was poisonous. If they didn’t get the antidote, they’d be doomed!

”Mu Chen, how dare you kill my Huoyu Dong people!” Huo Lie’s eyes widened in anger, and he shouted, ”I’ll fight you to the end!”

”Fire Dong Master, I advise you to go back first!” Mu Chen said coldly, ”If this continues, all of your people will stay here. Zhenmu Dong and Huoyu Dong have no enmity, and I don’t want to become foes because of this. You go back first, the antidote will be sent later!”

Huo Lie wanted to rage on but was hastily stopped by a few youngsters around him. These people could see clearly that if they continued to fight, they would definitely suffer. Zi Ying had already been seriously injured, completely no match for the fox. With Mu Chen being so formidable, coupled with the strong Ye Qing, the people of Huoyu Dong certainly dared not continue fighting.

In the end, Huo Lie was persuaded to leave by the youngsters. Watching them go far away, Mu Chen finally breathed a sigh of relief. He took out a bottle from his body, along with the one from earlier, and handed it to Ye Qing.

”This is your Ziyu Chenxiang Pill, and this is the antidote for the Silver Fox Gu. Take one, and you’ll be fine!” Mu Chen said softly.

Ye Qing quickly fed an antidote to Huangfu Ziyu. After a while, some black blood oozed from Huangfu Ziyu’s wound, and his arm was no longer numb.

Seeing Huangfu Ziyu’s poison was cleared, Ye Qing let out a long sigh of relief, cupped his hands towards Mu Chen, and said, ”Thank you, Wood Stretching Gu Master!”

”You’re welcome!” Mu Chen replied, ”I received too many favors from your Master in those years, and I might not repay them in this life. However, now that Senior Shen has left the Miao Borderlands, I have no chance to repay him. I didn’t expect to meet his heir today, giving me a chance to repay a little!”

Ye Qing and Huangfu Ziyu exchanged a glance, neither of them expecting that Southern Fist King Shen Tianjun had helped people in the Miao Borderlands as well. It seemed that Southern Fist King Shen Tianjun had traveled quite a bit in the past twenty years.

”By the way, why have you come to the Miao Borderlands?” Mu Chen asked curiously, ”How did you end up in conflict with Huo Family people? And he just said you kidnapped his daughter, what’s that about?”

Ye Qing sighed and recounted his story from beginning to end. After listening to Ye Qing, Mu Chen widened his eyes and said in a deep voice, ”Twin Life Gu? Someone actually managed to cultivate a Twin Life Gu?”

Whenever someone from the Miao Borderlands hears the Twin Life Gu, they are extremely shocked. Because this thing hasn’t appeared for over a hundred years in the Miao Borderlands. Moreover, the power of the Twin Life Gu is truly beyond doubt. If a Han person cultivated such a thing, the face of the Miao Gu Masters would be utterly lost. Most importantly, if this Han person challenged the Miao Gu Masters, no one in the Miao Borderlands could take up the challenge!

”This Wang Tian’an is a disciple of Ning Qianshu?” Mu Chen asked.

”Yes!” Ye Qing nodded, ”And that Zhou Yuliang is also Ning Qianshu’s disciple!”

”What exactly is Ning Qianshu trying to do?” Mu Chen furrowed his brows, ”He’s even extending his hand into the Miao Borderlands!”

Ye Qing looked at Mu Chen and said in a low voice, ”Wood Stretching Gu Master, the Fire Sang girl is still there with the Gu Mother’s Sacred Body, is there still a chance to save her?”

Mu Chen came back to his senses, looked at Ye Qing, and said, ”Did the Gu God tell you there are remnants of the Golden Silkworm Gu by the Gu Mother’s Sacred Body?”

”Yes!” Ye Qing nodded, ”Why, is there something wrong with that?”

”In this world, what can exist for hundreds of years?” Mu Chen looked at Ye Qing, ”Do you think this is right?”

Ye Qing scratched his head. The Miao Borderlands were full of so many strange and mysterious things. So he didn’t doubt what the Gu God said and really thought the Golden Silkworm Gu was undying and indestructible.

”Did the Gu God deceive us?” Ye Qing wondered aloud, ”Impossible, right? Why would he lie to us?”