Chapter 222: Chapter 229: 5 Big Fat Sheep Have Arrived! (Fifth Update)
Translator: 549690339
Two days blinked by, and the Scoundrel Cat stood atop a mountain, occasionally looking into the distance, and, pouting, said, “Kid, where’s this big fat sheep you talked about? I don’t even see a scrawny chicken! Are you sure you didn’t get it wrong?”
Yang Zhen didn’t seem bothered at all. Laying on a big tree, he said, “You can’t rush to eat hot tofu. Why are you worried when I’m not?”
“Hot tofu?” The Scoundrel Cat’s eyes sparkled. It asked impatiently, “What’s that?Is it tasty?”
Yang Zhen was taken aback, he glared at Scoundrel Cat and paused. Suddenly, he remembered a love-hate delicacy from a blue planet. He chuckled and said, “I’ll make you some delicious food when I get the chance. I guarantee you’ll love it and consider all other foods to be garbage from that point forward.”
“You said it…” Scoundrel Cat’s joyous face flashed with a hint of confusion. He looked at Yang Zhen with uncertainty, “Why do I get the feeling you can’t be trusted by the way you look?”
Yang Zhen got really angry. He sat up and said, “Well, if you’re so confident, don’t eat it when it’s served!”
The Scoundrel Cat turned its nose up and wisely chose to remain silent. It’s eyes, however, started to rotate, clearly thinking deeply about something.
“Why haven’t they come yet, did I guess wrong?” Yang Zhen looked around, his gaze fell on a bush and his lips curved into a smirk.
Coast of the East Sea.
“Did you hear, those jerks, Yang Zhen and Scoundrel Cat, appeared near a mountain range called White Cloud Mountain in the Nether Sun Country, no idea what they are up to.”
“My friend, you’re really out of touch. Almost everyone knows by now that Yang Zhen and Scoundrel Cat didn’t just appear in White Cloud Mountain, but are also waiting for a secret treasure to appear.”
“You believe such rumors? I’ve been to that place, it’s barren, how could a secret treasure exist there?”
“Hah, that’s where you’re wrong, knowing Yang Zhen and Scoundrel Cat, why else would they stick around in a place like that without some good stuff?”
“True, I’ve heard some of Yang Zhen’s enemies have gone to White Cloud Mountain, even three Divine Travel Stage practitioners from Mountian Hua were heading there.”
“What?” Everyone gasped, exclaiming, “Three Divine Travel Stage practitioners?”
“Not only three of them, I got some news just now. Mountain Hua also invited two Divine Travel Stage practitioners from Land Spring Cave Heaven, they must be planning to kill Yang Zhen!”
“No wonder, Yang Zhen has killed too many people in Mountian Hua. Elder Wang and Elder Pan Jinglian both died by his hands. His action has thoroughly angered Mountian Hua.”
More and more practitioners received the news. Some of them certainly were enemies of Yang Zhen while others simply coveted the numerous storage rings he owned.
Once Yang Zhen died, those storage rings would cause quite a stir along the Coast of the East Sea.
Then there was the Scoundrel Cat, although it couldn’t be killed, capturing and restraining it was still feasible. Also, it wore quite a few precious trinkets around its neck.
At Wanhua Island, practitioners there who had witnessed Yang Zhen withstand heavenly tribulation thought differently. Upon hearing that Mountain Hua and Land Spring Cave Heaven had sent five Divine Travel Stage practitioners to White Cloud Mountain, they all sneered.
“They think five Divine Travel Stage practitioners can just exterminate Yang Zhen, they’ re delusional. Do they really think Yang Zhen is foolish enough to just sit there and let them kill him?”
One practitioner spoke up, “You have a point. In my opinion, those Divine Travel Stage practitioners from Mountain Hua and Land Spring Cave Heaven aren’t so much planning to kill Yang Zhen, as they are planning to seize the hidden treasure under the pretense of killing Yang Zhen!”
“Ah, that makes sense! It might not be easy to kill Yang Zhen but seizing the hidden treasure from him doesn’t seem so difficult!”
“Is there really a hidden treasure?”
“Otherwise, Yang Zhen and Despicable Cat would have bolted by now!”
More and more practitioners gathered towards White Cloud Mountain, each with their notions and diverse objectives. However, most of them agreed on one thing: Yang Zhen had been guarding such a desolate place for a long while, undoubtedly for some hidden treasure or emerging legacy.
White Cloud Mountain, the bored Despicable Cat leaped over a yard high, darting to Yang Zhen and said with suspicion, “Kid, you nearly fooled me. We are waiting here to ambush a fat sheep, but what if we are instead butchered by the sheep? Have you made any preparations? What were you secretly tinkering with these past few days?”
Yang Zhen gave a sneer and dismissively replied, “I thought you would never realize this. Guess you’re not as impossibly stupid as I thought!”
Instead of taking offense, Despicable Cat laughed delightedly, “That’s more like it. I knewyou’re a devious one. How could you just wait blindly for someone to kill you? But it’s taking too long, isn’t it? It’s about to be two days. Why hasn’t anyone come yet?”
Yang Zhen, pointing at the enormous sunset in the west, irritatedly replied, “What’s the hurry, the sun hasn’t set yet, has it?”
Despicable Cat muttered in discontent and scurried away into hiding.
Unknown to them, an inconspicuous shadow had flashed past a bush and disappeared into the continuous mountains.
The shadow hurriedly maneuvered through the forest. It didn’t take long before it climbed halfway up a mountain, came to five elders standing there, and respectfully said, “Respected elders, Yang Zhen indeed shows no signs of leaving.”
Among the five elders, a stern-faced slender old man scoffed, “When did the elders of Mountian Hua’s blessed land become so cautious? It’s just a mere Void Cultivation Stage lad. Despite possessing some talents, how formidable could he possibly be? His reluctance to leave is surely a sign of waiting for the emergence of the hidden treasure. With the five of us at the Divine Travel Stage here, are we afraid we can’t capture this boy?”
At the slender old man’s words, a composed elder who was sitting cross-legged opened his eyes and glanced at the old man, “We should not underestimate Yang Zhen. Perhaps this is a trap, caution is prudent!”
“Caution?” Abroad-faced elder next to the slender man burst into laughter, “Ridiculous! Five Divine Travel Stage practitioners need to exercise such caution to kill a Void Cultivation Stage boy. If you from Mountain Hua’s blessed land are too timid to act, let Elder Quan and I go first and capture Yang Zhen.”
The elder from Mountain Hua’s blessed land looked indifferently at the broadfaced elder without uttering a word.
The broad-faced elder and the slim elder exchanged a glance, snorted coldly in unison, and turned to leave when suddenly another dark shadow rushed over from afar.
“Elder Feng, we have checked, there’s no anomaly around White Cloud Mountain.”
Bearing a grave expression at the news, Elder Feng stood up and said, “Let’s go. We’ll question Yang Zhen after capturing him to figure out if there’s anything unusual about this place!”
Boom Boom Boom!
Five terrifying energy waves surged towards the sky, rushing toward White Cloud Mountain.
The ferocious energy engulfed the sun, appearing exceptionally potent against the afterglow of the setting sun. The aura of the five Divine Travel Stage practitioners was so formidable it seemed to sweep across the earth and sky.
All the practitioners secretly observing nearby were shocked, lifting their heads to gaze at the five reckless energy flows in horror.
“It’s from Mountain Hua’s blessed land, five Divine Travel Stage practitioners have made their move!”
The crowd was agitated. All of them rushed towards White Cloud Mountain, fearing they might be late.
On White Cloud Mountain, within Shangyuan Sect, all the disciples and elders turned pale, feeling the terrifying power in the sky, they were utterly horrified.
“Who… Who is this? It’s terrifying!”
On a peak of White Cloud Mountain, Despicable Cat burst into laughter, “Oh, look! Five Divine Travel Stage practitioners have arrived. Damn, five giant fat sheep! It is indeed giant fat sheep, so fat it’s without bounds!”