Returning from the Immortal World - Chapter 657

Chapter 657: The Schemed Miao Wentang

The group of 19 people stepped out of the exit of the Kanas Airport. Tang Xiu then dialed the cell number Yuan Zhengxuan gave him, and after dialing it for the second time, a low and deep voice came out from the phone, "Jie Walie speaking. May I know who I am speaking with?"

"I'm Tang Xiu." Tang Xiu directly told his name.

"Mr. Tang, my former platoon leader has already told me about you on the phone. Now I'm waiting for you outside. You… have you just come out of the Airport with a group of nearly 20 people? I just saw you."

As his voice faded away, a middle-aged man with a full beard appeared in front of Tang Xiu. There was a knife scar in his eyebrows and he looked so burly and tall that he looked like a bear, and was followed by two young men behind him who were similarly robust and tough.

"Are you Mr. Tang Xiu?"

Tang Xiu ended the call, looked at Jie Walie and said, "I am. Thank you for coming to pick us up so late."

"The friends of platoon leader are this Jie Walie's friends as well." Jie Walie shook his head and said with a smile. "Anyways, welcome to Kanas. We have five SUVs parked outside."

Tang Xiu slightly nodded and introduced Shao Mingzhen to Jie Walie, and then the group quickly left afterward. After coming outside, everyone got on the cars, as the drivers were then instructed to stay behind under Tang Xiu's request.

Inside the SUV at the forefront, Tang Xiu and Jie Walie sat in the backseat while Mo Awu drove the car and Shao Mingzhen took the front seat.

"Jie Walie, there's an urgent matter, that's why we came here in a hurry, so we need to get to Longquan Bay fast. We're not familiar with the state of the roads here, so I will have to trouble you to give us directions."

From Tang Xiu's identity and the rest, Jie Walie knew that these people were not ordinary, and therefore replied happily, "No problem. It will take about three and a half hours to get to Longquan Bay from here. We'll arrive there by 12:30 in the middle of the night."

Tang Xiu nodded without speaking. He could feel a valiant aura from Jie Walie. Even if such a tough aura was common from the people in this region, yet he was very familiar with the aura coming out from him; it was the kind of aura of death caused by doing a lot of killings. Therefore, he asked after hesitating a bit, "Jie Walie, I'm sure your identity is not ordinary since you can get five Wrangler SUVs in a short time like this. May I ask what business you do?"

"Gold mine," answered Jie Walie with a smile.

Shao Mingzhen, who was in the front seat, suddenly said, "There should be no gold mines here in Kanas region as far as I know. Other than stockbreeding, the other developed industries are usually related to tourism. I once visited Kanas, and its geographical environment is very beautiful and boast of many lakes; a good place for a relaxing holiday I may say."

"Since you're the platoon leader's friends, then I won't conceal it from you," said Jie Walie with a smile. "Kanas is indeed a great place for a holiday. On the surface, though, there is no gold mines here, but there are several small and very secretive private mines which belong to us—the miners. We're keeping the news about in check, thus there have been no problems so far."

Tang Xiu and Shao Mingzhen silently nodded and thought that the possibility was indeed very big. After all, there were a lot of things in the world that could not be exposed to the outside. Telling them about the existence of these gold mines to them—strangers was not easy for Jie Walie as one of the owners.

"Jie Walie, if you could heed to my advice, you may do any business and earn money, but it will be better to kill less, else you will have too much death qi around you, with which bad karma and many illnesses will follow. In the case bad luck were to emerge, there would also come some bloody retributions as well," said Tang Xiu slowly after pondering for a moment.

Jie Walie was taken aback and immediately squinted his eyes to observe Tang Xiu's face with scrutiny. After a long while, only then did he slowly reply, "There's a Feng Shui master in the mainland who told me the same thing. Don't tell me young brother Tang Xiu is also good at it?"

"I just know a bit," replied Tang Xiu with a casual tone.

Jie Walie suddenly pointed to Mo Awu, who was driving, and said, "This brother is not some ordinary layman either, right? I can feel a threatening atmosphere from him."

Mo Awu turned his head, smiled with his white teeth and said, "You have good eyes, indeed. The number of people I've killed exceeds three figures."

Hiss… Jie Walie gasped for cold air, and the dread in his eyes turned a lot more intense.

Tang Xiu knitted his brows and shouted in a deep voice, "Awu, shut up!"

Mo Awu's neck shrunk and dared not to say anything more.

Turning to look at Jie Walie again, Tang Xiu said, "Don't listen to him. He likes to brag. In fact, don't look at his stocky and sturdy figure, he doesn't even dare to kill a chicken."

Jie Walie was not a fool, how could he not tell that Tang Xiu was trying to conceal it from his expression? Though he was curious about the identity of Tang Xiu and the rest, he did not intend to inquire more. His former platoon leader was his savior who once saved his life, and the camaraderie between them was very deep, so he put down his own business at hand and personally came to fetch Tang Xiu and them.

At Longquan Bay.

The name was very beautiful, but the place was fraught with dangers. There were many lakes here, and also many swamps. If a non-native person from another region who did not know the Longquan Bay area were to rashly wander around the place to enjoy the beautiful scenery, they may meet their demise here.

Therefore, even though tourism had been developed in Kanas, this place was still undeveloped and only a few people would come here.

Longquan Village.

There were only a handful of hamlets around the Longquan Bay, and the number of inhabitants in this village was less than 100 households, where Miao Wentang's secretary and his two bodyguards were guarding him.

At 12:30 in the middle of the night, five SUVs arrived at Longquan Village and stopped outside the stockaded village. Just as Tang Xiu's men got off the car, one of Miao Wentang's bodyguards came out from the dark and hidden bushes.

"Mr. Shao."

That bodyguard knew Shao Mingzhen and immediately greeted him.

Shao Mingzhen nodded at him and asked, "Where is Miao Wentang?"

The bodyguard glanced at Tang Xiu and the rest before pointing to the stockaded village and saying, "We have arranged for Boss to stay here, I'll lead you to him."

A few minutes later, the group entered the stockaded village and came to the courtyard of the farmhouse where Miao Wentang was staying. As Shao Mingzhen strode into the front gate in a hurry, Tang Xiu stopped his pace, taking out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket and handing one cigarette to Jie Walie.

As an astute person, Jie Walie understood Tang Xiu's attitude and immediately said, "I will not follow you inside, Mr. Tang. Just call me if you have something you need my help with."

"Thank you for escorting us here, Jie Walie. The matter my friend has encountered here is very troublesome and may implicate you if you are to stay here. I know that you have a very good relationship with Uncle Yuan, but we will take care of these matters ourselves. If it's possible, I have to trouble you to leave four cars behind to us, too."

After thinking for a moment, Jie Walie nodded and said, "Alright. Then we'll go back first."

As Jie Walie left with his two men, Tang Xiu quickly went inside. When he saw Miao Wentang lying in the bed, looking pale and his lips turned purple, he immediately reached out to grab his wrist.

"He's poisoned… a very terrifying poison."

After the examination, Tang Xiu found that Miao Wentang was not only poisoned but also got bruises, scars, some places wounded by a sword, and there were also some more that seemed to be scratched by a beast's claws.

Immediately, Tang Xiu took out the silver needle box and applied acupuncture treatment on him. At the same time, he injected his Primal Chaos Force to help him force out the poison. The poison was unfortunately too potent, so it took Tang Xiu a few hours before less than a half of the poison was discharged out of his body.

Cough cough…

Miao Wentang, who was previously unconscious, finally sobered up and coughed up blood. His eyes slowly opened and then become more focused. He struggled to sit after his vision fell on Shao Mingzhen and Tang Xiu, but the pain brought by his wounds and the weakness of his body didn't let him do so.

Tang Xiu held him down and said, "Brother Miao, your injury is very serious, and the poison in your body is very damaging to your internal organs. Fortunately, your cultivation is quite deep so the poison is suppressed for the time being. But I'm afraid you won't be able to hold on for too long if you don't get a timely treatment."

"Yeah, Brother Tang has just helped you force out the poison, but it was still only a small amount of it. The rest will need to rely on yourself," echoed Shao Mingzhen hurriedly.

"Thank you, Brothers." Miao Wentang squeezed out a smile, yet it looked very ugly. His lips wriggled and his voice was very small.

"Don't look at us like we are some kind of strangers and just tell us." Tang Xiu shook his head. "Brother Miao, what exactly happened to you? Who injured you in this town and caused you to be in such a state?"

There was a tinge of fear inside Miao Wentang's eyes as he replied with a bitter expression, "It's the Western Nefarious Sangha and his Bloodthirsty Chiropterans. You must be very careful, Western Nefarious Sangha has a dreadful sorcery, and those two Bloodthirsty Chiropterans he raised are extremely difficult to deal with. Also… be careful of that Golden Armored Zombie."  

Tang Xiu and Shao Mingzhen exchanged bewildered looks. They did not know what monster Miao Wentang was talking about.

"I don't know much about them either, actually. I really got schemed this time. I brought a group of my men to come over and thought that I could make a big deal, and ended up encountering this Western Nefarious Sangha and Golden Armored Zombie. This Western Nefarious Sangha is the name that that bald monk calls himself, and that Golden Armored Zombie is like an ancient corpse possessing sentience, like a zombie." Miao Wentang, who was now more relaxed, explained while using his True Essence to suppress the poison in his body.

"Who has schemed against you and exactly what was the business deal?" Asked Tang Xiu.

"It was Grandma Shipo of the Miao tribe. She told me that there was a Night Orchid and an Aerolite Essence here. She told me that as long as I brought my Sky Sandstone then I could trade with the other party with these two things I need."

Tang Xiu's expression changed and said in a deep tone, "I warned you that you must not disclose anything about the Sky Sandstone, didn't I?"

"I made a pendant made of this Sky Sandstone, which Grandma Shipo of the Miao tribe took notice of," said Miao Wentang with an astringent expression. "In fact, what she was talking about was exactly this pendant."

"People who can recognize the Sky Sandstone are never ordinary," said Tang Xiu seriously. "Once they have identified it, they will surely try to rob it with any means necessary. Brother Miao, you were too careless."

"It's too late for me to regret it now, isn't it?" Said Miao Wentang. "Everyone I brought with me were killed, and the Sky Sandstone pendant was also robbed, while I myself am…"

Sigh… Tang Xiu sighed and said with an easy expression, "Brother Miao, what's important for you now is to heal yourself and discharge the poison. I will help you with that, and when your injury is healed, we'll go to confront this Western Nefarious Sangha together."

Chapter 658: There Must Be Something Strange About Things Going Wrong

After spending three days to heal himself, Miao Wentang's injuries were almost cured and the poison in his body was fully discharged. With the help of Tang Xiu and consuming two healing medicinal pills and half a bottle of Body Refining Liquid, he turned this misfortune into a blessing since his physical body became more formidable and his cultivation also faintly improved.

As grateful Miao Wentang right now, it was Shao Mingzhen who was envious of him.

"Why wasn't it me who got injured?"

While watching Miao Wentang performed a set of fists fast, perfect, and smoothly, Shao Mingzhen sighed with a sour tone. At this moment, Tang Xiu was simply like a treasure vault in his eyes—a treasury vault with an endless number of treasures. He felt envious of Chen Zhizhong all of a sudden and even genuinely admired the man inwardly. With such a powerful Master like Tang Xiu, wasn't he highly likely to obtain many benefits, too?

Miao Wentang wiped the sweat off of his face and grinned, "Brother Shao, do you think it feels good to get injured so badly? I was just a shy close to death, even if it did turn into a blessing in disguise right now, I never want to go through this a second time."

"Bwahaha!" Shao Mingzhen mockingly laughed at him and his eyes then fell on Tang Xiu, who came out of the house.

Donning sportswear, Tang Xiu walked to the courtyard and said, "It's about time, Brother Miao. Let's go to the place where you were attacked after we have a breakfast! Though we're not sure whether this Western Nefarious Sangha and Golden Armored Zombie are still there, we still must look for them. Redress not the enmity and you are a man no longer, so finding them is a must to let them pay the necessary price."

Miao Wentang shuddered inside as a tinge of dread flashed inside his eyes, and he replied with a helpless expression, "Brother Tang, I know that you've become very strong now, but the Western Nefarious Sangha is really too queer. He has all sort of despicable and shameless means that he puts out one after another endlessly, and his cultivation is also stronger than mine. And that Golden Armored Zombie, he did not even act but I still got a chill down my spine by only his aura. How about waiting for some more time? It's never too late for a man to take his revenge ten years later, so we'll come back to find them again when we become stronger, how about it?"

Tang Xiu shot a deep gaze at Miao Wentang's eyes and realized that the man really did not want to face Western Nefarious Sangha and Golden Armored Zombie.

Miao Wentang had… succumbed to his fear.

Tang Xiu's vision then landed on Shao Mingzhen and also found that the man nodded with a cautious expression. Eventually, he had to force a smile and said, "Alright, I'll follow the major vote since you two don't want to face them. Anyways, let's just have breakfast and leave!"

"Alright!" The two men nodded and did not speak more.

****

Longquan Bay, at one lakeshore with gleaming water under the sunlight, two waterfowls flapped their wings and continually streaked toward the sky, hitting the horizon with all their momentum. Their reddish sharp eyes were two times bigger than that of ordinary waterfowls, with sharp talons that were slender and yet very sharp.

Whoosh…

A raging wind swept through as the two waterfowls streaked upward for tens of meters, dripping a few drops of blood, and its large feathers fell down before its trace was gone completely.

"YOU COURT YOUR DEATH, ZOMBIE!"

A roar of rage came from a bald headed monk sitting cross-legged on the shore. There were nine incense scars on top of his head, donned in a bright Kasaya, big round earrings decorated his ears, and a magical wand laid on his knees. A dreadful aura erupted from him and blotted out the sky toward the feathers.

Hehehe…

Amid a terrifying laughter, a humanoid monster appeared out of thin air donning a golden armor attire with a black cloth on his face that only exposed his eyes.

"Don't be so stingy, Western Nefarious Sangha! Those birds are nothing but puppets. You can still control some more casually, right? Anyways, I'm very hungry; I'm starving. Maybe I can eat to the full if you give me that Sky Sandstone."

"We are done with our trade!" Western Nefarious Sangha coldly snorted. "This Sky Sandstone is mine. Scram and leave me alone if you know what's good for you, else don't blame for being rude."

"Let's have a gamble. Isn't gambling what you like the most?" Golden Armored Zombie maniacally laughed. "How about I tell you where that Miao guy is, and you give me this Sky Sandstone?"

Western Nefarious Sangha's face moved and looked at Golden Armored Zombie. Then he immediately sneered and shook his head, "I've seen tons of clever deceptions, but don't think to play me with this petty trick. However, if you lead me to that Miao guy and I get more Sky Sandstones from, I may share it with you equally."

The Golden Armored Zombie cried out in a strange voice and flew away, but a tiny voice was transmitted to Western Nefarious Sangha's ears: "Longquan Village."

****

Longquan Village.

The ten SUVs started, but the people who boarded each car were few in number. Miao Wentang originally brought along more than 20 men with him, many of whom were experts he had fostered, but now there were only two bodyguards and one secretary left.

"Let's go! Let's leave this damned place," spoke Miao Wentang with a deep sigh. He sat next to Tang Xiu and glanced at Shao Mingzhen on the front seat.

Tang Xiu's brows pricked and said faintly, "I'm afraid it won't be easy for us to leave now."

"What do you mean?" Asked Miao Wentang with a confused and blank expression.

"There are things that we won't be able to hide in this world from," said Tang Xiu faintly. "We may be unwilling to find these people, and yet they actually came looking for us. Seems like entering the game where they die or we must perish is inevitable!"

After saying that Tang Xiu pushed open the door and got off. As he walked forward for five-plus steps, his eyes then fell on the old man who waltzed through the entrance of Longquan Village.

"It's him!" Miao Wentang's expression changed greatly, and there was fear deep inside his heart as though he was currently facing an enemy who was preying on him.

"Amitabha, Benefactor Miao is really skillful. You've been poisoned by this penniless monk's Seven Flowers Seven Insects Poison, and yet the poison was unable to kill you. Moreover, you turn out to have invited so many helpers as well, eh?" Western Nefarious Sangha spoke loudly with a contemptuous look.

Stepping forward, Miao Wentang stood side by side with Tang Xiu and glared at him, "You worked together with Grandma Shipo to trap me. I intended to let this go and was about to leave this place back to the mainland. Little did I think that you would be so aggressive and overbearing to even chase me here. Western Nefarious Sangha, do you really want to bully me so much?"

"Amitabha." Western Nefarious Evil nodded and smilingly said, "Benefactor Miao is indeed a good target to be bullied."

"You…" Miao Wentang was incensed and knew that today's matter would not end in an amicable way. He also did not want to endure it anymore, for he had a limit to the degree of anger he could restrain. More so that he was forced to this point and if worse came to worst, he would fight till they perished together. The instant he drew his sword, he already bolted towards the Western Nefarious Sangha.

"Golden Armored Zombie, I know what you have in mind, bastard. You must have a wishful thinking to earn a profit as the third party from this fight between me and them. This brat Miao is very easy to deal with, but there are still some brats who're not easy to handle here. If you don't show up, then I'll leave at once!" Keen and alert as he was, Western Nefarious Sangha could not tell how strong Tang Xiu was, making him secretly cautious inside. But the aura emitted by Shao Mingzhen was not weaker than Miao Wentang's, and the most notable thing was that this group of people felt very particular, as he could sense that half of them should be cultivators, more so that they seemed to be the kind of ruthless and fierce bunch.

"What skill! You're really too difficult to plot against!"

Golden Armored Zombie came with his howl. When he saw Miao Wentang and Western Nefarious Sangha clashing, he immediately stood at the side and shook his head after sighing.

Tang Xiu glanced at Shao Mingzhen and said, "Go help Brother Miao. Leave this corpse to me."

Shao Mingzhen complied and flashed towards Western Nefarious Sangha.

Obviously, Golden Armored Zombie could hear Tang Xiu's words as his eyes finally fell on him. He carefully scrutinized Tang Xiu, let out a strange laughter and said, "What a spirited brat. But young as you are, even if you've been cultivating since you were still in your mother's womb, how high would you've gone, to begin with? Come, let this majesty give you 300 moves…"

Tang Xiu stuffed his hand into his pocket and took out a porcelain bottle. He shook it toward Golden Armored Zombie and smilingly said with a ruminating look, "Hey bogeyman, do you believe that I won't be able to take care of you?"

Golden Armored Zombie waved his hand as a dazzling golden spear instantly shot towards Tang Xiu and his figure followed the instant after, appearing in front of Tang Xiu in the blink of an eye.

The golden spear only pierced a shadow, but Golden Armored Zombie's fist struck Tang Xiu's left shoulder. His was extremely fast, and even if Tang Xiu avoided it to the best he could, his speed was slightly slower than his. However, at this moment, Tang Xiu flicked his finger and opened the porcelain bottle's lid as the liquid inside it brought about a corrosive stench and sprinkled on Golden Armored Zombie's body.

Zi Zi zi…

The pungent stench of a corpse being corroded quickly spread out, and amidst the white smoke coming out from Golden Armored Zombie and despite him having an iron skeleton and copper skin body, he still let out a shrill scream. In just a short hundredth second, he had already escaped and streaked to the sky.

Western Nefarious Sangha, who was facing Miao Wentang's and Shao Mingzhen's joint attacks, suddenly heard Golden Armored Zombie's miserable howl and immediately looked toward the other side.

"How is it possible? What kind of method that brat used to make that Golden Armored Zombie suffer such a great loss?" Western Nefarious Sangha was secretly shocked.

"I thought I would waste a lot of energy and effort to deal with you. Never thought that my conjecture was correct, that you're really afraid of the Body Dissolving Liquid. Hahaha…" Tang Xiu loudly laughed.

As his voice faded away, he had already dashed towards Golden Armored Zombie. He wanted to kill him to seize his treasures, something he had done so many times before. And yet, he was really looking forward to this time. He found that Golden Armored Zombie had an Aerolite Essence hung on his waist.

Aerolite Essence! It was a precious ore comparable to the Sky Sandstone that had an enormous effect to improve the immortal sword's intrinsic quality. Tang Xiu decided that he must obtain this Aerolite Essence and fuse it into his Bloodguzzler Dagger, so that it would be greatly enhanced. Moreover, it was also highly likely that it could turn into a spiritual device in a very short time.

"Awu, you must ensure their safety! I'll return immediately after I'm done finishing Golden Armored Zombie." Tang Xiu's voice sounded as his body was about to disappear in the sky.

A cold expression painted Mo Awu's face. Though he and the ten experts of the Everlasting Feast Hall were still weak, he was ready to give his all even if he had to sacrifice everything to execute this order!

"Release your swords!" Mo Awu shouted loudly, as a longsword then appeared in his hand, followed by similar longswords also appeared in the other ten experts' hands.