Brother Qin and the other small teams, frightened by what happened, all walked out of the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Range.
Perhaps the martial artists who had come out earlier had spread the news, as there was now no one forming teams at the entrance—it appeared empty and desolate.
Hurricane Wolves comparable to Wushi level suddenly appearing in the Fifth Zone and wiping out the Blood Wolf Mercenary Group—at this time, whoever still stood at the entrance with a foolish expression definitely had something wrong with their brain.
“Boss.”
Fatty said: “We made it out alive!”
“Yeah, I can hardly believe it!” The other members relaxed slightly.
Wolves’ sense of smell was very keen. That they could hide in the Sixth Zone without being discovered by them was definitely a narrow escape from death!
Brother Qin murmured: “Come to think of it, it’s strange—why wasn’t that white-clothed youth’s corpse seen?”
The male companion said: “Maybe that guy’s flesh smelled good, so they didn’t carry off the mercenaries but specifically carried off his corpse.”
“Put that way.”
Fatty said: “He was quite unlucky.”
Brother Qin shook his head: “With high-level fierce beasts appearing in a low-level zone, we shouldn’t go in for a while.”
With that, he led his members back to the town.
This trip had yielded quite a harvest, enough to supply everyone for a period of time. For now, he wasn’t considering entering the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Range.
On the streets of Fugui Town, many martial artists had gathered, all currently discussing what had happened in the Fifth Zone earlier.
Half the expressions in their eyes showed terror, and half showed joy.
The terror was because Hurricane Wolves, these high-level fierce beasts, logically shouldn’t appear in low-level zones.
The joy was because the Blood Wolf Mercenary Group leader and members were all dead, which meant from now on no one would come to rob them!
The Hurricane Wolf pack had eliminated evil for the people!
However.
After discussion, everyone attributed this honor to the white-clothed youth.
If he hadn’t killed Blood Wolf Mercenary Group members, Hou Kun wouldn’t have brought his subordinates to block him, and wouldn’t have encountered the wolf pack and been completely wiped out!
“Ah, what a pity.”
Brother Qin said: “We don’t know that hero’s name, otherwise we could erect a cenotaph for him.”
Fatty scratched his head: “Boss, how about we just name it after the white-clothed youth?”
“That works.”
Brother Qin led his members toward a clothing shop, planning to buy a set of white clothes, then erect a stone monument, treating it as collecting the youth’s remains.
However.
When he passed by an inn and glanced inside intentionally or unintentionally, his whole person immediately froze in place, his facial expression stiff, his eyes showing disbelief.
Fatty and the male companion were confused. Following their boss’s gaze, they too became dumbstruck one by one.
In the inn’s dining hall, at the position directly facing the door.
A white-clothed youth was methodically eating food and drinking wine.
“Boss!”
Fatty exclaimed in shock: “Is… is that him?!”
Brother Qin hastily rubbed his eyes. Confirming he wasn’t seeing things, he said in shock: “It… it seems to be him!”
“My heavens!”
Fatty nearly fainted: “He’s still alive, he didn’t die?!”
That male companion’s mouth twitched: “All the Blood Wolf Mercenary Group people are dead, how could he still be alive!”
This “he” was?
That’s right, our Sect Leader Jun.
After the Hurricane Wolf pack appeared, Brother Qin and the others had been scared off and fled.
So they didn’t know that the high-level fierce beasts appearing in the low-level zone were summoned by Jun Changxiao.
The only person who knew the truth was Hou Kun alone, but unfortunately, he was now already dead.
“Boss!”
Fatty speculated: “Could it be someone who looks like him!”
“That’s possible.” Brother Qin said.
He really didn’t dare imagine that the white-clothed youth could escape from the wolf pack.
Therefore, the one sitting inside eating, perhaps merely looked similar and wasn’t the same person!
Thinking this way, everything made sense and wasn’t so shocking anymore!
After eating and drinking his fill, Jun Changxiao settled the bill and came out.
“Hmm?”
He saw Brother Qin, so he smiled and said: “What a coincidence, we meet again.”
Creak.
Everyone collectively froze again.
This voice, this phrase “meet again.”
It was definitely the white-clothed youth they’d encountered in the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Range earlier!
He didn’t die.
He was truly still alive!
While Brother Qin and the others were shocked and felt as if they were dreaming, Jun Changxiao had already left.
He walked out of the town, summoned the Hurricane Wolf King, then rode on its back and dashingly headed toward Qingyang Commandery.
“Awoo!”
Hundreds of Hurricane Wolves followed behind—the scene could be called magnificent!
Sect Leader Jun always insisted on keeping a low profile, so on the road returning to the sect, he specifically chose uninhabited mountains and wilderness to travel through.
…
This trip to the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Range took about half a month or more. The resources Jun Changxiao obtained far exceeded those from Death Valley.
Not to mention medicinal herbs and ores—just Swift Movement Talismans alone, he had refined over eighty.
Hou Kun, this mercenary group leader, also had quite a lot of goods.
Inside his spatial ring not only were piled large amounts of gold, silver, jewels and materials, but also over a hundred spirit stones!
“Awesome!”
On the road, Jun Changxiao shouted loudly.
Even more awesome was that he’d obtained quite a few resources and also contracted an Ice Crystal Lion Beast, subdued the Hurricane Wolf King and its wolf pack!
“The long ancient road stretches on endlessly, speaking of endless joys and sorrows, only that camel continues rushing busily as always…”
Through the mountains and wilderness, Jun Changxiao’s joyful singing voice rang out.
…
Tiegu Clanging Sect.
In front of the mountain gate.
Zhong Yi and the others stood facing the cold wind, their expressions colorful.
They had rushed over several days ago, but why weren’t they going in, drinking the northwest wind here instead?
Because of the sect-protecting grand formation!
Jun Changxiao had also forgotten at the time that before he left, he’d already activated the formation, so Zhong Yi and his brothers could only stand in the wind in disarray.
“Gentlemen.”
Li Qingyang stood inside the formation, saying: “Please go wait in Qingyang Village instead.”
“It’s fine.”
Zhong Yi said: “Waiting here is the same.”
As a person with loyalty and righteousness, since he’d said he would pledge allegiance to Tiegu Sect, he would naturally show sufficient sincerity.
“Awoo!”
Suddenly, wolf howls came from down the mountain.
Zhong Yi’s expression changed, and he hastily walked to the stairway entrance to look down, seeing wolf beasts with wind spirals beneath their feet charging up.
“These are…” he said in shock: “Hurricane Wolf pack!”
“Ah?”
The other members heard this, and their expressions immediately changed dramatically.
As rogue cultivators who had mixed in the jianghu for many years, they naturally knew that Hurricane Wolves were a type of high-level fierce beasts!
“Quick! Quick!”
Zhong Yi said: “Hide!”
But… the mountain gate entrance was only so big—where could they hide?
Finished, finished.
Despair immediately rose in Zhong Yi’s heart.
He and his brothers didn’t die in the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Range, but would die outside instead—this luck was truly terrible!
“Swish!”
Just then, a Hurricane Wolf with a majestic physique charged up first, then landed steadily and securely in front of everyone.
This was the Hurricane Wolf King!
Just as Zhong Yi’s expression became extremely ugly, he was shocked to discover that a person was sitting on the wolf beast’s back.
And that person was actually—Sect Leader Jun!
“Hmm?”
Jun Changxiao said: “Why aren’t you going in, standing in front of the mountain gate doing what?”
“Slap!”
He remembered something and slapped his forehead: “Forgot, forgot—this seat activated the sect-protecting grand formation.”
With a thought, he temporarily deactivated the formation.
As for Zhong Yi and his brothers, they remained in a dazed state.
That’s not right!
Sect Leader Jun’s contracted beast—wasn’t it the Ice Crystal Lion Beast? How did it change to the even stronger Hurricane Wolf King!
“Stop standing there stupidly.”
Jun Changxiao said: “Follow this seat inside.”
“Uh…” Zhong Yi came back to his senses and hastily led his brothers inside.
Just as they entered the gate, the Hurricane Wolves behind them whooshed up one after another, then gathered outside the training grounds, obediently assuming a sitting posture.
“My heavens!”
Su Xiaomo hastily ran over, maintaining a certain distance from that group of imposing and majestic wolf beasts, her face full of shock: “Sect Leader, what’s going on here?”
Jun Changxiao said: “Mounts prepared for all of you.”
“Mounts?”
The disciples who had gathered around were immediately extremely excited.
These wolf beasts with wind spirals gathering beneath their feet were simply too handsome. If they could ride them out, it would definitely be incredibly cool!
Zhong Yi and his brothers’ mouths twitched.
To be able to use high-level wolf beasts as mounts for disciples—what heaven-defying awesomeness this was!