Avenue Stowaway

Chapter 220 An uncertain future?

In the lake dotted with islands, fish swam freely in the clear water. On one of the smaller islands, two young men in their twenties were sparring with each other.

Because they were just sparring, neither of them used weapons. Fists and feet were exchanged quickly, at an extremely fast speed. A layer of light magic power covered the bodies and fists of the two men, making their simple attacks extremely powerful. A kick caused the ground to crack, and the collision of fists made a loud sound like beating drums.

Suddenly, they both stopped at the same time and looked at the sky outside the lake in surprise, only to see a figure flying quickly from the horizon.

"Judging from his speed, this person should not have reached the Spiritual Transformation Realm, but his speed is much faster than that of the average Spiritual Ascension Realm peak cultivator. To be able to have such a speed in the Spiritual Ascension Realm, could he be a genius like Chen Wandao?"

The two looked at each other in surprise, but when they saw who was approaching quickly, their faces changed drastically.

"It's Elder Jiang Chu from the Spirit God Sect."

"I heard that the elders of the Lingshen Sect who are at the Hualing Realm have practiced some kind of Taoism that allows them to enter the Qingtian Tomb. And they did so. More than 300 elders have entered the Qingtian Tomb. It is said that even the strong men at the Mingshen Realm have entered. Judging from the flying speed of Elder Jiang Chu, it is obvious that he has also used that kind of Taoism to suppress his cultivation. But Elder Jiang Chu should be in the Qingtian Tomb now. Why did he suddenly come to the territory of my Huangfu family?"

The other person was also puzzled and couldn't understand it.

But then their faces turned pale and a hint of fear appeared in their eyes.

The two of them looked at each other suddenly, "Elder Jiang Chu suddenly came to my Huangfu family's territory. Could it be because of Huangfu Qi?"

They both knew that Huangfu Qi was captured by the family. The sudden arrival of the elders of the Spiritual God Sect at this critical moment could not be a good thing.

"We must tell the clan leader about this immediately." One of the young men said in a hurry, "Although Elder Jiang Chu is much faster than us, he is still some distance away from us, and it is impossible for him to see the clan leader right away. We still have time, let's go."

The two immediately took off into the air and headed straight for the largest island in the center of the lake.

Elder Jiang Chu, who flew from a distance, turned a blind eye to the actions of the two. As an elder of the Spiritual Transformation Realm of the Spiritual God Sect, as long as he did not massacre the members of the Huangfu Family, the Huangfu Family would not dare to attack him.

When Jiang Chu landed on the largest island, two cultivators in the Spirit Ascension Realm quickly came over to meet him.

"We didn't know that Elder Jiang Chu was coming. We are sorry for not coming to greet you. We hope Elder Jiang Chu will forgive us." The two men had smiles on their faces and spoke very politely.

Elder Jiang Chu snorted in his heart. The two young monks had already discovered him and were the first to enter the island. How could these people not know that he was coming?

However, Elder Jiang Chu did not show these emotions. Although the Huangfu family was much weaker than the Lingshen Sect, the Huangfu family was only a subsidiary force of the Lingshen Sect after all, not a slave of the Lingshen Sect.

Therefore, Elder Jiang Chu waved his hand calmly and said, "I want to see your clan leader."

"Elder, please follow us." The two led the way in front, and Elder Jiang Chu followed behind and walked towards the center of the island.

At the same time, in a palace in the center of the island, an extremely intense scene was taking place.

"I said that we should not bring that ignorant young man Huangfu Qi back, but should hand him over directly to the Lingshen Sect for disposal. Now, the people from the Lingshen Sect have come directly to our door. My Huangfu family has been passed down for tens of thousands of years. Is it going to be affected because of a disciple? "The Ninth Elder said angrily.

Some time ago, the Ninth Elder went to the dungeon to teach Huangfu Qi a lesson, but he didn't expect that he would be lectured by Huangfu Qi in the end. This made the Ninth Elder extremely angry. Now that he had the opportunity, the Ninth Elder naturally wanted to take advantage of the situation.

Of course, the Ninth Elder said this to show his previous "foresight", which was to sacrifice one of his clansmen to save the safety of others. In fact, the most important thing was to consider his own life.

In addition to the clan leader who was sitting in the main seat, there were also some other elders sitting in this hall. Although the faces of these elders were not good at this time, no one spoke. Only the ninth elder seemed indignant and kept talking.

"Xiaojiu." The Huangfu clan leader, who was sitting in the main seat and wearing a light blue gown, suddenly called out.

The Ninth Elder, who was talking excitedly, seemed to be grabbed by the neck and his voice stopped abruptly.

"Clan leader." The ninth elder's expression calmed down and he said respectfully.

"I summoned you here to hear your opinions on Jiang Chu's sudden arrival and how to deal with it. And you have been talking about Huangfu Qi from the beginning. Is this your opinion?" Although the Huangfu clan leader looked like a middle-aged man, he had lived much longer than the Ninth Elder, and his strength was naturally not comparable to that of the Ninth Elder. Therefore, under the clan leader's scrutinizing gaze, the Ninth Elder was speechless.

At this time, an old man sitting on the right side of the clan leader suddenly said in a low voice: "The guesses of those two clan members are still reasonable. Now, all the elders of the Lingshen Sect have entered the Qingtian Tomb, but Jiang Chu suddenly appeared in the territory of my Huangfu family. This is obviously abnormal. I think it is very likely that Jiang Chu came here because of Huangfu Qi. It's just..." The old man hesitated.

"Go on." Patriarch Huangfu's voice showed no emotion, but was very calm.

"However, Huangfu Qi has not yet had such a big impact on Lingshen Sect that Lingshen Sect would choose to send people to my Huangfu family at this time. After all, the fault Huangfu Qi committed was just that he was not loyal enough to Lingshen Sect. Although this matter has not been put on the surface, everyone knows it in their hearts. Which disciple with a family or sect behind him would be 100% loyal to Lingshen Sect? Lingshen Sect can punish Huangfu Qi afterwards, but it should not suddenly come to my Huangfu family at this time. Unless this matter involves the cultivator named Kong Fang that Huangfu Qi knows."

"It's Kong Fang again. Because of him, my Huangfu family has successively provoked two forces. One of them is the Lingshen Sect, which we are completely unable to resist. If I meet him, I must make him understand that there will be a price to pay for being too arrogant." The Ninth Elder was furious.

After hearing what the Ninth Elder said, the muscles on the faces of some elders present could not help but twitch. Although the whole thing was caused by Kong Fang, the fact that their Huangfu family provoked two forces had nothing to do with Kong Fang. It was their own problem. The Ninth Elder's words made the elders present want to throw him out. It was really embarrassing.

The clan leader sitting in the main seat couldn't help but glance at the Ninth Elder, then turned back and said to another elder: "Seventh Elder, go to the dungeon and bring Huangfu Qi here, and we will go to welcome Jiang Chu."

A moment later, Elder Jiang Chu came to the palace with the Huangfu family's strong men. Both sides sat down as host and guest. Elder Jiang Chu did not beat around the bush. The cultivators captured by Kong Fang in the Qingtian Tomb were still waiting for him, so he did not have time to beat around the bush. So he went straight to the point and said, "Clan leader Huangfu, I have something to ask Huangfu Qi. Where is he now?"

Everyone in the Huangfu family looked at each other, and Jiang Chu was indeed here to find Huangfu Qi.

The ninth elder sneered in his heart.

"May I ask what Elder Jiang Chu wants to talk to Huangfu Qi about?"

Huangfu Qi's disloyalty to the Spiritual God Sect was exposed, and the Spiritual God Sect had every reason to deal with Huangfu Qi. There was something wrong with what Patriarch Huangfu asked, but as a strong man at the peak of the Mingshen Realm, Patriarch Huangfu still had some confidence in facing Jiang Chu, who was at the Hualing Realm. Of course, at this time, Elder Jiang Chu's cultivation was only at the peak of the Shengling Realm. He had not yet reached the Hualing Realm.

Elder Jiang Chu's face suddenly changed. How could he say that he had to come because Kong Fang had captured almost all of the Lingshen Sect's Hualing Realm elders and Mingshen Realm masters, and Kong Fang wanted to see Huangfu Qi and others. Elder Jiang Chu didn't even have time to hide such an ugly thing, so how could he tell it out?

"To Patriarch Huangfu, I did come to Huangfu Qi for something, but I cannot tell you. But there is one thing I can assure you, Patriarch Huangfu, Lingshen Sect will never target the Huangfu family because of Huangfu Qi, nor will they kill Huangfu Qi, but..." Elder Jiang Chu paused for a moment before continuing, "As for whether Huangfu Qi can survive, it is hard to say."

Jiang Chu, like Fu Qu and the others, also believed that Kong Fang suddenly asked them to bring Huangfu Qi and the other three to the Qingtian Tomb just to kill them to vent his anger, which was why he said the last sentence.

A strange light flashed in the eyes of Huangfu clan leader. Elder Jiang Chu's words were somewhat contradictory. Lingshen Sect did not kill Huangfu Qi, so was there anyone else who wanted to kill Huangfu Qi?

suddenly--

Patriarch Huangfu thought of someone.

Upon hearing that the Lingshen Sect would not target the Huangfu family, the Ninth Elder immediately showed a relaxed smile on his face.

"Huangfu Qi must be very willing to work for Lingshen Sect. Elder Jiang Chu, please wait, Huangfu Qi will be here soon." The Ninth Elder couldn't wait to show his "loyalty".

"Since the Ninth Elder is so eager, why don't you go by yourself?" A cold voice came from outside the hall, but there was a hint of sarcasm in the voice that made the Ninth Elder's face darken, and a surge of anger rose in his heart. He had failed to teach Huangfu Qi a lesson before and was instead taught a lesson by the junior Huangfu Qi. Now he was embarrassed in front of so many people, and the Ninth Elder suddenly lost his mind.

"The family has raised and taught you for so many years, can't you make some sacrifices for the family? Even if it's just a dog, it still knows how to repay the favor. But you only bring disaster to the family." The ninth elder, whose reason was burned by anger, said something extremely blunt as soon as he opened his mouth.

“Shut up.” The patriarch sitting in the main seat suddenly roared, his voice like thunder, shaking the entire hall.

The Ninth Elder actually said such words in front of outsiders. The other elders also looked at him with unpleasant expressions.

The Ninth Elder came back to his senses immediately after being yelled at by the clan leader. He wanted to explain something, but when he saw the clan leader's eyes that were about to spit fire, the Ninth Elder felt his mouth was extremely dry and he couldn't say anything. However, the Ninth Elder felt that he was not wrong. Sacrificing one clan member to save all the clan members was the most correct approach.

"Hahaha, I, Huangfu Qi, won't even frown when sacrificing myself for the family. I'm willing to do it! But if my sacrifice is just to buy a chance to survive for someone like you who can only wag his tail and beg for mercy, then my sacrifice would be too worthless." Huangfu Qi retorted without any hesitation. Anyway, Huangfu Qi felt that he was not far from death, and there was no reason for him to endure the bullying of the Ninth Elder any longer.

"Elder Jiang Chu, let's go." Huangfu Qi, who was wearing gray cloth clothes and had his hair scattered behind him, suddenly turned around and said to Elder Jiang Chu. Huangfu Qi's expression returned to calm at this time, but a hint of sadness flashed across his eyes.

"Elder Jiang Chu, if the Lingshen Sect wants to punish my Huangfu family, my Huangfu family is willing to accept it, but can they leave Huangfu Qi behind?" Just as Elder Jiang Chu was about to take Huangfu Qi away, the head of the Huangfu clan suddenly spoke.

The elders of the Huangfu family looked at the patriarch in surprise. They didn't expect that the patriarch would be willing to take all the blame for a member of the family. At this time, reason told them that sacrificing a member of the family to protect the entire family was the wisest approach, but people have feelings after all, and they couldn't just watch their members die like this.

A light flashed in Huangfu Qi's eyes, but then dimmed again.

Elder Jiang Chu could only smile bitterly in his heart. He did not want to take Huangfu Qi away. After all, it was a shame for the Spiritual God Sect to bow to Kong Fang. But now that thousands of cultivators were in Kong Fang's hands, he had no choice.

"Sorry." Elder Jiang Chu shook his head slightly, and then quickly flew away with Huangfu Qi.