Attacked by the Female Demon at the Beginning - Chapter 130

Chapter 130: I didn’t want to draw my sword, but the female demon forced me to do it.

“What made me take action?”

Jiang Hao repeated Hong Yuye’s question and immediately responded without hesitation, “Naturally, because they dared to be disrespectful to the senior.”

“Are you worried that I would blame you, or do you think more would die if I took action?” Hong Yuye casually said as she sipped her tea.

Her voice was calm and indifferent as if she never cared for the lives around her.

“I was worried about dirtying the senior’s hands; it’s better for a junior like me to kill such people,” Jiang Hao said respectfully.

“Lies,” Hong Yuye continued to drink her tea and didn’t ask further.

She seemed accustomed to Jiang Hao lying.

Seeing this, Jiang Hao breathed a sigh of relief.

Indeed, the other party had said something they shouldn’t have.

If he hadn’t acted, he would certainly have been punished.

There might not have been real danger, but he would have suffered physically.

Moreover, if the people from the Blood Fiend Sect continued to speak wildly, and Hong Yuye became angry, no one nearby would survive.

By acting first, he could control the situation.

So as long as Hong Yuye was present, he would not hesitate to draw his sword.

He just didn’t know why the Blood Fiend Sect had come here.

Logically, with one early Golden Core and three peak Foundation Establishment individuals, the Blood Fiend Sect would dare to target them only if they knew these people were injured.

These four must have known they would be targeted, yet they stayed here, likely with an ulterior motive.

Thinking this, Jiang Hao looked at the tavern owner and his wife.

They probably knew the strength of these two people.

The place wasn’t far from Tiantu City; if there was trouble, it probably had something to do with Zuo Lan or perhaps with the Great Thousand Divine Sect.

After all, people from the Mingyue Sect had been drawn here.

With a rough guess, he decided to ask these people.

Since his strength was already exposed, there was no need to hide. But before he could speak, the four stood up to settle their bill and said they were leaving.

“Wait a moment,” Jiang Hao called out to them.

This statement made the four tremble. They had witnessed Jiang Hao’s power.

A single strike had killed an early Golden Core cultivator.

If that strike were aimed at them, they too would not escape death, especially since they were injured and even weaker than He Chang.

At this moment, the leading middle-aged man looked at Jiang Hao and said with a forced smile,

“Is there something you need, senior?” Zhao Sha, robust and in his early thirties, replied.

“I have a few questions for you.” Jiang Hao put down his wine cup and turned to Zhao Sha.

“What were those three people after you for?”

Upon hearing this, the four’s expressions turned pale.

Even the tavern owner and his wife paused for a moment but quickly returned to normal.

“We heard that the Blood Fiend Sect is colluding with Tiantu City, apparently capturing many people with cultivation potential in the vicinity for some purpose,” Zhao Sha tried to stay calm and continued.

“We discovered one of their important bases, but we didn’t expect to be discovered by them, and they’ve been chasing us all the way here. We planned to stay here to lure them further along the road. That way, we could avoid them. We didn’t expect to still be found.”

“Whose people are you?” Jiang Hao asked.

“We are from the Zhao family of Luoyuan City,” Zhao Sha replied respectfully.

“Where is this important base?” Jiang Hao inquired.

“Just outside the Tiantu City, by the Heavenly Lake,” Zhao Sha quickly replied.

“You may leave,” Jiang Hao said calmly.

Upon hearing this, the four of them were overjoyed.

Then they quickly left.

Each of them exerted their full strength as if they were afraid that Jiang Hao would change his mind.

It wasn’t until these people disappeared that Jiang Hao withdrew his gaze.

“Do you think they told any truths?” Hong Yuye casually asked while sipping tea.

After a moment of thought, Jiang Hao finally spoke to answer the question.

“There probably weren’t many truths, but the location might be real.”

These four were injured and came to the tavern for help; how could it possibly be just to deliver a message back?

It’s more likely they were meant to bring something back.

As for what it was, he had appraised—it was a book.

With this in mind, it wasn’t worth his concern.

As long as it wasn’t the secret whisper slate, he had no interest.

Jiang Yuye didn’t speak again and continued to drink tea for a while before standing up, ready to leave.

Seeing this, Jiang Hao cleaned the teacup and put it away. Before leaving, he paid with copper coins.

He casually picked up two Foundation Establishment storage treasures. the early Golden Core treasures were gone.

It might have been destroyed by the Mountain Suppressor.

“By the way,” Jiang Hao turned to the tavern owner and asked curiously.

“Do you know someone named Zuo Lan?”

“I’ve heard he’s in the Tiantu City, selling some information. Just ask around the market, and you’ll find news,” the owner replied politely.

Jiang Hao nodded, thanked him, and then followed Hong Yuye, disappearing at the end of the road in a way the tavern owner couldn’t comprehend.

Seeing this, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

From the beginning, he suspected he had exposed himself, but those two just kept drinking tea and never paid him any attention.

Zhao Sha and the others had left, but the trickery was obvious to anyone.

He had been waiting for Jiang Hao to ask.

The other party’s delay made him uneasy.

It was only before leaving that Jiang Hao asked.

Whether it was confidential information or not, he would answer.

He didn’t dare not to answer anymore.

“We’re all packed up,” the landlady came over and said.

“Let’s go, far from here. Who knows who’s involved? This place has become a lot more complicated. The Tianyin Sect might get involved too, and we would definitely suffer.”

The owner sighed, taking his wife and fleeing far away in the evening.

……

Hong Yuye and Jiang Hao arrived in front of the Tiantu City.

There were fewer people coming and going here than in Luo City. After entering, they found the streets and facilities to be somewhat different. Fortunately, they found an inn just like the last one.

It was also the Yunshang Inn, with the same six floors and Yunshang rooms at the top floo.

Jiang Hao took out some silver and placed it on the counter.

“Sorry,” the innkeeper said awkwardly.

“The inn is fully booked.”

Jiang Hao sensed around and found that there were hardly any guests.

“Did a big customer book the entire place?” Jiang Hao asked softly.

The innkeeper looked troubled.

“Sir, our inn is just a regular place, I hope you can understand.”

Jiang Hao glanced at Hong Yuye, who also looked back at him.

Her silver eyes were calm and undisturbed, showing no sign of whether she was willing to compromise.

With a sigh, Jiang Hao took out his Half-Moon saber.

His original intention was to avoid trouble, but it seemed Hong Yuye had no such plans, which forced him to be more conspicuous.

The Half-Moon saber was unsheathed, the moonlight shone, and he slashed towards the sixth floor.

A sword light appeared, countering Jiang Hao’s strike.

A middle-aged man emerged from the room, looking at Jiang Hao with furrowed brows, but before he could speak, Jiang Hao stepped forward and swung his sword again.

After exchanging two moves, Jiang Hao raised his sword and slashed down, breaking the man’s long sword and cutting open his chest.

With a thud, the middle-aged man fell heavily to the ground.

He wasn’t strong, and Jiang Hao had restrained himself to prevent destroying the inn with a single strike.

At this point, other people in the inn appeared and, seeing Jiang Hao injuring someone, attacked without a word.

They were just a group of Foundation Establishment late-stagers.

Jiang Hao didn’t even draw his sword and left them seriously injured on the ground.

Then he approached the first middle-aged man who had appeared and said calmly, “I want to stay at the inn.”

Before he could finish, the middle-aged man asked:

“Who are you?”

Jiang Hao drew his sword and cut the man’s throat, blood spilling out continuously.

Then, under the man’s horrified gaze, he said coldly and indifferently.

“I want to stay at the inn. I heard you’ve booked it all. Can you give us two Yunshang rooms?”

The people were terrified, and no one dared to refuse.

In the end, Jiang Hao left two taels of silver and went upstairs with Hong Yuye.