Chapter 628 - 302: The Legend of the Sage!_3
Chapter 628: Chapter 302: The Legend of the Sage!_3
Fang Mu didn’t recognize these two city guards, but one of them recognized Fang Mu.
He trembled incessantly while charging Qin Shao and Jin Ya for entering the city to collect the Soul of Death.
This city guard was coincidentally the same one who had previously welcomed Fang Mu and Shui Miao into the city and had witnessed firsthand how Fang Mu had decisively killed the provocateur!
As for the former partner of this city guard, he died not long after receiving Fang Mu, in a conflict at the city gate.
The entire Rock Peak City had turned into a battlefield, and the Qingdian Clan of the Panfeng Federation Royal Family did not have the capability to protect the citizens and city guards of the Panfeng Federation.
They were allowing this chaos to spread.
The chaos inside the city was even worse than at the city gate, with many corpses on the ground that had not been cleaned up in time.
Seeing this scene, the four of them frowned together, unable to understand the Qingdian Clan’s intentions.
If things keep going like this, once the other forces leave Rock Peak City, the Qingdian Clan will lose the support of all the residents and city guards.
Jin Ya couldn’t help but express her doubts.
“Could it be that the strong individuals in the Qingdian Clan are being held hostage by the Beast Controlling Forces!?”
Qin Shao shook his head upon hearing this.
“Beast Controlling Forces need to be discreet inside the human Federation.”
“They need creators and certainly don’t want to give humans a bad impression, so they won’t provoke the Ten-thousand Nations Federation.”
“This is not in line with the interests of the Beast Taming Tribes!”
“However, the Beast Controlling Forces’ arrogance towards the Qingdian Clan is indisputable.”
“The chaos could only have been a choice made by the Qingdian Clan.”
Fang Mu had a low opinion of the Qingdian Clan.
He still didn’t understand what kind of gains the Qingdian Clan had obtained on the ancient battlefield that prompted them to eradicate the Town Rock Family.
Moreover, the eradication was carried out by exploiting another core force.
In doing so, the Qingdian Clan didn’t consider the impact of their actions on their reputation.
Fang Mu thought for a long time but couldn’t come up with a reason. Thus, he simply said,
“Let’s go home and get a good night’s sleep. We might be able to figure something out during the gathering at the Panfeng Royal Court tomorrow night!”
The Beast Controlling Forces were indeed here for the Sage, but they must also be very interested in the ancient book that was going to appear in the Royal Court meeting!
Since the objectives of the major Beast Controlling Forces didn’t exceed his expectations, Fang Mu didn’t make any other preparations and decided to stick to his original plan.
It was when Fang Mu and his party had walked half the distance, a few kilometers away from the hotel, that a dozen people in black clothes surrounded them.
Qin Shao and Shui Miao didn’t take these individuals seriously.
Both of them were seasoned fighters, and they decided to watch the situation unfold and see what these people were up to!
Moreover, whether it was Qin Shao or Shui Miao, both of them were here to train Fang Mu.
It was up to Fang Mu to make the decisions and both of them would act accordingly.
Fang Mu frowned and coldly retorted.
“Instead of getting a good night’s sleep or hunting the undead, you surround us. Are you here to rob us!?”
Before these people surrounded Fang Mu, he had been contemplating a question.
He had gone through the entire ancient book and remembered that several heart-shaped markers had no annotations.
Could these heart-shaped markers possibly be connected to the legendary Sage in some way!?
What Fang Mu hated the most while thinking was being interrupted.
These people ignited Fang Mu’s intent to kill.
Upon hearing Fang Mu’s cold reply, the leader of the group responded playfully with a smile.
“What makes you think we can’t be robbers?”
These people had been observing Fang Mu and his group for a long time.
In the chaos of Rock Peak City, powerful forces would summon their Guardian Beasts without any hesitation to navigate the city.
At first, only the strong forces did this, but after seeing that the Panfeng Federation didn’t manage it, other forces started to use their Guardian Beasts for transportation within the city as well.
Rock Peak City is vast, and if one relies solely on walking, it would consume a lot of time.
The fact that Fang Mu and his group had been walking without summoning any Guardian Beasts was seen as a sign of lack of strength by others.
Fang Mu chose not to summon a Guardian Beast partly because the hotel where they were staying was not far from the city gate.
Another reason was that he didn’t want to cause any disturbances.
Whether it was his Guardian Beast or those of Shui Miao and Qin Shao, summoning them would undoubtedly attract others’ attention.
Being low-profile under the cover of night had surprisingly attracted trouble to their doorstep.
Fang Mu looked at the leader, who was clearly taking things light-heartedly, yet managed to keep an innocent look on his face. He asked directly,
“How much resource do you want to let us go?”
With his plan set to go into motion the next day, Fang Mu didn’t want to attract any unwanted attention.
However, the leader of the other party interpreted this as a sign of weakness.
Still wearing an innocent expression, he answered with a sinister tone,
“If I kill you, all your resources, including your corpses, will be mine!”
Frustrated by their leader’s comment, Fang Mu retorted,
“I will tell you the same thing, although I’m not interested in your corpses.”
Just as Shui Miao was about to attack upon hearing Fang Mu’s words, Qin Shao removed her mask.
A faint pink glow emerged from Qin Shao’s face, and the faces of the people who saw Qin Shao’s light turned blank and infatuated, as they stared dumbly at her face.
Qin Shao snapped, “Scram!”
The group of black-clad individuals immediately scattered in all directions.
Just as Qin Shao was about to put her mask back on, she suddenly noticed that Shui Miao was also staring at her in awe.
Qin Shao hadn’t used her Destiny Guardian Beast’s power on Shui Miao. There was no way her Destiny Guardian Beast could affect Shui Miao.
Qin Shao clearly remembered that Shui Miao had seen her true face before, and at that time, Shui Miao hadn’t shown such a reaction!