"I’m taking Ling Wan with now, do you have any objections?"
Yun Xiao really didn’t want to talk any more with this extrely vicious father and son. If it wasn’t for his lack of strength and the Golden Snake Worm falling into hibernation, he really wanted to slap them both to death.
"No objections, no objections!"
Since Zhao Huan had already developed a fear of Yun Xiao at this ti, how could he dare to provoke Yun Xiao again? If Yun Xiao were to exhibit that terrifying power again, he certainly wouldn’t have the endurance of a Mid Stage ridian Union cultivator.
"That... Brother Yun Xiao, you see..."
Seeing Yun Xiao help Ling Wan up and turn to leave, Zhao Huan’s heart couldn’t help but panic as he nervously stamred. It seed he was really scared of Yun Xiao.
"You want to ask about the antidote for the Corrosive Intestine Pills, right?"
Yun Xiao turned his head back, glanced faintly at the Family Head of the Zhao Family, and then said with expectation in his eyes, "Three days later, go find Butcher Zhang in the east of the city, he will tell you where the antidote is!"
After he finished speaking, seeing a flash of sharpness in Zhao Huan’s eyes, Yun Xiao couldn’t help but sneer, "I advise you not to look for him early. If you can’t get the antidote then, don’t bla !"
Yun Xiao didn’t reveal the reason, but he believed that after his words, Zhao Huan, for his son’s life, would not dare to play any tricks. This was also a security assurance for him.
In fact, Yun Xiao was able to subdue Zhao Huan, an Early Stage ridian Union Realm cultivator, not only due to his overwhelmingly strong show of power that day, but also because of the Corrosive Intestine Pill he had administered to Zhao Ningshu.
For this inherently vicious father and son, Yun Xiao really wasn’t sure if they would instantly turn hostile after receiving the antidote. Currently, without the protection of the Golden Snake Worm, he resorted to a little trick.
Watching Yun Xiao and Ling Wan’s figures disappear at the doorway, Zhao Huan and Zhao Ningshu, father and son, had fluctuating expressions on their faces, seemingly unable to recover for a long ti.
With the Zhao Family’s influence in Ningfeng City, they had never experienced such a suffocating mont; yet, the one causing it was just a cultivator at the Middle Stage of ridian Rushing Realm.
"Father, are we just going to let them go like this?"
Zhao Ningshu clearly was unwilling to let it go, and he also understood that from now on, he might live under Yun Xiao’s and even Ling Wan’s shadow, unable to resist at all.
"Nonsense, do you think I’m willing to let it go? If you could ignore the effects of the Corrosive Intestine Pill, I would have crushed those two brats into pieces right now!"
Hearing Zhao Ningshu’s words, Zhao Huan turned back, scolded irritably, and with that, the talented son of the Zhao Family shuddered and instantly fell silent.
Regardless of whether Zhao Huan dared to really go after Yun Xiao for trouble, Zhao Ningshu absolutely wouldn’t gamble with his own life. Yun Xiao was extrely ticulous both in intelligence and tactics. Before getting the antidote, who knew if he had more tricks up his sleeve?
"Hmph, we may not be able to handle Yun Xiao, but that doesn’t an no one else can control him. Have you forgotten the arrest warrant issued from Luocheng?"
After calming his Heart Qi, Zhao Huan thought of sothing and hinted again, this remark sowhat improving Zhao Ningshu’s expression.
"Just a troublemaker, let’s see how long you can roam free?" A voice filled with resentnt ca from Zhao Ningshu, and after a mont, no more voices were heard inside the room.
...
"Brother Yun Xiao, thank you very much this ti!"
Following Yun Xiao, Ling Wan who had left the Zhao Mansion, glanced at the two Zhao Family guards unable to move at the doorway, then turned around and bowed deeply to Yun Xiao.
"Why so formal between brothers?"
Yun Xiao waved his hand, not taking credit, but lifted his head to look at the words "Zhao Mansion" on the gate and quietly asked, "This Zhao Family, do you still plan to return?"
"Heh, return for what? To let those two destroy my ridian Qi?"
Upon hearing this, Ling Wan let out a self-mocking laugh, from which Yun Xiao still sensed a hint of lancholy, a decisive sorrow, a sorrow about severing ties with his family from now on.
After his words fell, Ling Wan turned around, as if he could see through the layers of houses inside the Zhao Mansion, to a certain room with a faint figure collapsed on the ground.
Perhaps at this mont, the only thing Ling Wan couldn’t let go of was his mother, who had always treated him extrely well. Yet, he knew his own limited strength ant he could do nothing.
Moreover, his mother had spent half her life in Zhao Mansion, even if Ling Wan wanted to take her away, she might not be willing to leave. So after being lancholic for a while, he decisively turned around.
From this mont on, Ling Wan vowed to sever all ties with the Zhao Family. If Zhao Ningshu dares to trouble him again, he will show no rcy.
Indeed, with Ling Wan’s current cultivation at the early stage of the ridian Rushing Realm, even if Zhao Ningshu mustered all his courage, he wouldn’t dare provoke him again—wouldn’t that be asking for humiliation?
Seeing Ling Wan had cald himself, Yun Xiao quickly caught up and gently patted his shoulder, and the two brothers headed together towards the East Gate of Ningfeng City.
"What are those people looking at?"
After walking for about thirty minutes and arriving at the entrance of the East Gate, they saw a crowd gathered there. Driven by curiosity, Ling Wan imdiately made his way through the crowd to see what the commotion was about.
Yun Xiao slightly smiled and followed Ling Wan, but his expression darkened instantly when he saw the announcent posted on the city wall.
"Tsk, tsk, Xuan Zhi, this guy is truly a persistent ghost. Using such tactics of abusing power!"
While Ling Wan turned his head in disbelief, Yun Xiao’s face showed a trace of cold sneer as his eyes fixed on a young portrait on the announcent, as if looking into a mirror.
"Wanted: Great Thief Yun Xiao, about sixteen years old, stole treasures from the Royal Family and fled. Anyone with information about him, please report to the City Lord’s Mansion of any city. A substantial reward will be offered. Failing to report will be considered complicity, by order!"
That was the full content of the announcent with a portrait attached, seemingly crafted by a skilled artist, closely resembling Yun Xiao himself.
It seems this is the wanted poster issued from Luocheng. The uninford city dwellers and cultivators naturally do not know the object Yun Xiao acquired is an unclaid treasure from the ridian Treasure, and they blindly trust the Royal Family.
"Nonsense, absolute nonsense!"
When Ling Wan finished reading the content of the wanted poster, he beca so furious that he blurted out curses and imdiately stepped forward, intending to tear down the wanted poster.
"Ling Wan, don’t!"
Yun Xiao couldn’t help but shout to stop him, though it seed to be too late. Due to Yun Xiao’s movent, the surrounding crowd took notice of them.
And when people’s eyes shifted onto Yun Xiao, comparing him with the portrait on the announcent, they imdiately cleared a large space around them.
"It’s the Great Thief Yun Xiao! It’s the Great Thief Yun Xiao!"
An incredulous voice emitted from the crowd, and everyone recognized the shabbily dressed teenager in front of them as the great thief Yun Xiao ntioned in the announcent, all inhaling a cold breath.
Indeed, the artist who created the portrait on the announcent was skilled, capturing Yun Xiao’s appearance extrely accurately.
But this was the first ti since Yun Xiao’s rebirth that he was referred to as a "Great Thief," making him feel a bit of novelty, yet he didn’t pay much attention to these cultivators from Ningfeng City who were mostly at the ridian Gathering stage.
Compared to Yun Xiao, the Ningfeng City cultivators who recognized his identity, although all wanted the "substantial reward" ntioned in the wanted poster, none dared to take the initiative at this mont.
Even if these people were unaware of Yun Xiao’s true strength, a thief who dared to steal from the Royal Family must have so skills. Given that the Royal Family is known for its might, escaping unscathed is in itself a remarkable feat.
"Make way, where is the Great Thief Yun Xiao?"
Just as the crowd was briefly distracted by Yun Xiao, a series of hurried footsteps soon followed, and the figures scattered, allowing a group of guards in uniform to surround Yun Xiao and Ling Wan in the center.
"It’s the guard squad from the City Lord’s Mansion, this will be a good show!"
When the guards appeared by the city gate, many recognized them as the city’s patrol and security guards, with their captain being a cultivator at the early stage of the ridian Rushing Realm.
"Ha ha, to think I’ve searched hard without reward, and now he appears without effort!"
The previously speaking guard captain now needed no reminder, as the teenager before him, resembling the portrait on the wanted poster to a tee, was easily recognizable.
The laughter erupted, and excitent filled the captain’s face. These past days, since the wanted poster was issued from Luocheng, the whole northeastern region of the Xuanyue Empire had been tense, afraid to miss a glimpse of the great thief Yun Xiao.
And compared to the "substantial reward" ntioned in the announcent, the rewards explicitly promised to the guards of the various City Lord’s Mansions for finding Yun Xiao were even more clear, boosting their spirits trendously.
As a cultivator at the early stage of the ridian Rushing Realm, this unsuspecting captain of the Ningfeng City guards, clearly unaware of Yun Xiao’s real combat power, believed with the power of a dozen guards by his side, this young man couldn’t possibly escape to the skies?
It appeared this grand accolade was about to fall on his own head. Thinking of this, the guard captain’s excited expression intensified even further.
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