Even without Ninety-Five saying a word, Lin Hao could pretty much guess.
But right now, sothing else was more important to him.
"When I return, I will personally visit the Treasure Hunting Pavilion to call on the Pavilion Master," Lin Hao smiled as he replied.
Ninety-Five was taken aback. "You’re leaving again?"
"My third uncle has been talking all night about ’Smiling Red Dust,’ so I need to make a trip to Red Beauty City."
Ninety-Five’s eyes lit up. He was also a man who appreciated fine wine.
Lin Hao read his expression and knew exactly what he was thinking. "When I get back, I’ll treat you to a drink," he said imdiately.
Ninety-Five had already written a letter about what happened in War Dragon City yesterday and had Chen Tianyu take it back to the capital. He still had to wait for further instructions, so he wasn’t in a hurry with the Treasure Hunting Pavilion’s business.
"Haha, then many thanks, Young Master Lin." Ninety-Five laughed heartily.
Finally, he asked, "By the way, what about the Blood-Eyed Demon Ape?"
He didn’t see the Blood-Eyed Demon Ape and couldn’t help but feel a little worried.
The Treasure Hunting Pavilion had nurous branches. From yesterday afternoon until dawn today, he had received many letters from nearby cities.
Without exception, they were all inquiring about Lin Hao.
It was foreseeable that in a single night, Lin Hao’s na had likely spread throughout the entire Southern Border Prefecture.
For Lin Hao to choose to travel at a ti like this, he was worried about his safety.
"You an Xiaojiu? I’m going to buy wine, not to pick a fight. It’s fine." Lin Hao smiled nonchalantly.
Last night, the Lin family had celebrated wildly, and Xiaojiu had drunk who knows how much. It was now completely passed out.
"Ah, I just rembered! I have so business to attend to at the Treasure Hunting Pavilion in Red Beauty City. Let’s go together," Ninety-Five said suddenly, slapping his forehead.
How could Lin Hao not know what he ant? Still, he refused. "If I want to leave, not even a Soul Gathering Realm expert can stop ."
For a Ninth Layer Blood Coagulation Realm Martial Artist to dare say such a thing was the height of arrogance.
If anyone else had said it, Ninety-Five might have spit in their face on the spot, but since the one who said it was Lin Hao, it was a different matter entirely.
In the end, Ninety-Five nodded, telling Lin Hao to go to the Treasure Hunting Pavilion in Red Beauty City if he encountered any danger.
Lin Hao agreed, and the Cloud-Stepping Beast galloped away.
anwhile, Ninety-Five, still worried, quickly returned to the Treasure Hunting Pavilion, penned an urgent letter, and had it sent to Red Beauty City.
Red Beauty City was only a day’s journey from War Dragon City. Lin Hao’s Cloud-Stepping Beast was extrely fast, and by noon, he had already arrived at the gates of Red Beauty City.
Compared to War Dragon City, Red Beauty City was clearly more magnificent and much livelier.
With the end of the year approaching, the stewards of many families from the surrounding cities would co to Red Beauty City to purchase fine wine.
So families even sent their Patriarchs.
This was because Red Beauty City held an unusually high status in the Southern Border Prefecture.
The city gate was incredibly crowded, with dedicated guards maintaining order. An officer-like figure stood to one side, holding a long spear, looking imposing.
Lin Hao dismounted his Cloud-Stepping Beast and was about to enter the city when he saw the officer wave his hand. A guard imdiately stopped him.
"Halt!"
The officer glanced at the Cloud-Stepping Beast beside Lin Hao, a flicker of greed flashing in his eyes.
A Cloud-Stepping Beast was a Tier Two Devil Beast. It was fast, difficult to capture, and priceless. He had dread of getting one for himself.
"Is there a problem?" Lin Hao frowned.
He hadn’t seen the guards stop anyone else, yet he was the one being blocked. Weren’t they just deliberately looking for trouble?
"Just a routine inspection, Young Master, don’t be offended. May I ask where you’ve co from?" a guard asked, his face wreathed in smiles.
Although Lin Hao was dressed plainly, he had an extraordinary air about him. Most importantly, he had a rare beast like the Cloud-Stepping Beast. The guard needed to find out Lin Hao’s background.
"War Dragon City," Lin Hao replied.
’War Dragon City. A remote place. Nothing to be afraid of.’
The guard visibly relaxed, then said with a smirk, "This mount of yours isn’t your own, is it?"
Lin Hao nodded.
’This mount was procured for by Lord Lingdi. When I return to the sect, I’ll naturally have to release it. It really doesn’t belong to .’
The guard didn’t expect Lin Hao to be so cooperative. His face broke into a huge, crinkled grin. "Excellent. That’s our Commander Zhang’s mount. Hand it over now, and then scram!"
Er...
Lin Hao was speechless.
’Do I have a face that just begs to be bullied?’
Lin Hao couldn’t even be bothered to stoop to this person’s level. With a slight lift of his lips, he handed over the reins.
The guard was dumbfounded.
’Is this guy an idiot or just spineless?’
"Wang Laoshu, what are you waiting for? Take good hold of my Cloud-Stepping Beast!" Commander Zhang’s eyes burned with feverish excitent as he barked the order.
’It just fell right into my lap.’
The guard, Wang Laoshu, snapped out of it, snatched the reins, and looked at Lin Hao as if he were a complete fool.
Lin Hao shrugged, paid the Cloud-Stepping Beast no mind, and walked straight toward the city.
"Insolent! Who said you could enter the city? Get lost!" Seeing how easily bullied Lin Hao seed, Wang Laoshu imdiately beca haughty and arrogant.
Lin Hao’s eyes narrowed, and a flash of killing intent crossed them.
’Red Beauty City is incredibly crowded. My original intention was to let this guy be my free labor and watch over the Cloud-Stepping Beast for , but now...’
A corner of Lin Hao’s mouth lifted, and he suddenly let out a sharp whistle.
The mont the whistle sounded, the previously docile Cloud-Stepping Beast violently tossed its head. Wang Laoshu’s body was sent flying, landing with a BANG several dozen ters away.
"How dare you!"
Commander Zhang roared, his figure leaping into the air. While airborne, he thrust his long spear straight at Lin Hao’s back.
"Commander Zhang’s cultivation is at the Peak of the Ninth Layer of the Blood Coagulation Realm, and his spear is a Divine Soldier forged with Crimson Cloud Cold Iron! It’s over, this kid is done for."
The crowd of onlookers at the city gate shook their heads upon seeing Commander Zhang’s strike.
Lin Hao spun around and threw a punch, eting the long spear head-on!
HISS!
The sight made everyone in the surrounding crowd gasp.
"So the boy’s an idiot!"
Soone shook their head.
To block the tip of a spear with a bare fist... not even soone with an Elental Realm cultivation would dare do that. If this boy isn’t an idiot, what is he?
However, what happened next shocked everyone!
BOOM!
Lin Hao’s fist and the tip of the long spear collided squarely.
The stone slabs beneath Lin Hao’s feet shattered from the force, but he himself didn’t move an inch.
The long spear, however, bent dramatically from Lin Hao’s blow before flinging Commander Zhang away.
The crowd stared at Lin Hao’s fist, their eyes wide as saucers.
Lin Hao’s fist was completely unscathed!
He blocked a Divine Soldier with his bare hands!
Shocking!
The onlookers were shocked beyond belief.
How old could he be? To think his fist could take a blow from a Divine Soldier and remain unhard.
This boy wasn’t an idiot, but a monster—an unparalleled monster.
"Who is he?"
The onlookers hurriedly asked those around them.
No one answered.
"I just heard him say he seems to be from War Dragon City," soone who had overheard Lin Hao replied.
"War Dragon City?! Could he be... Lin Hao?!" soone cried out in shock.
"Lin Hao? The one who single-handedly wiped out the Wu family?"
"I also heard he scared the Young Sect Leader of the Zhengyang Sect into a pathetic retreat!"
"He even shattered a strand of the Zhengyang Sect Leader’s Divine Soul. If the Young Sect Leader didn’t flee, he’d be courting death!"
"And he even announced that the War Dragon City branch of the Lin family was splitting from the main family. That’s insane!"
"He has a Tier Four Spiritual Artifact!"
"General Chen Tianyu of the Crimson Fla Army greatly admires him and beca his sworn brother. I also heard that the Wenren family is on his side. Now, I doubt the Zhengyang Sect or the main Lin family will dare to make a rash move. Don’t tell you were thinking of targeting him?"
The surrounding crowd buzzed with discussion.
Lin Hao’s na had long since reached Red Beauty City.
Commander Zhang, who had been knocked back by the punch and was about to attack again, heard the crowd’s words and no longer dared to act rashly.
Lin Hao dared to provoke even Soul Gathering Realm experts. He himself was rely at the first layer of the Elental Realm. He couldn’t afford to ss with a baleful star like this.
For a mont, Commander Zhang was so full of regret he could have kicked himself.
But Lin Hao strode toward him.
"Lin—" Before Commander Zhang could finish, he had already raised his spear to block, because Lin Hao had attacked.
BOOM!
Lin Hao threw a simple, direct punch. It smashed into the shaft of the long spear, sending Commander Zhang and his weapon flying backward.
"I apologize! I am an imperial officer. If you dare to touch , you are provoking the empire!" Seeing Lin Hao approach again, Commander Zhang retreated while trying a mix of pleas and threats.
He could feel the killing intent radiating from Lin Hao.
Lin Hao truly wanted to kill him.
However, Lin Hao turned a deaf ear to his words and moved again.
The hearts of the onlookers leaped. Commander Zhang had invoked the empire, but even that couldn’t stop Lin Hao. This Lin Hao was truly lawless.
"Do you really think I’m afraid of you?!" Pushed to the brink, Commander Zhang also grew furious. With a flick of his long spear, he attacked Lin Hao with the force of a thunderbolt.
The power of an Elental Realm Martial Artist wielding a weapon was astonishing.
The spear streaked through the sky, tearing through the air with stunning brilliance.
Without dodging or evading, Lin Hao charged straight forward, extending a hand to slap the long spear once more.
His speed was incomparably fast.
CLANG!
One hand slapped against the long spear, tilting it aside. Lin Hao’s body then slamd violently into Commander Zhang.
At this mont, Lin Hao’s body had beco a weapon. The force of the impact was at least several thousand pounds. If Commander Zhang took the full brunt of it, he would definitely suffer gravely.
A cold sneer flashed in Commander Zhang’s eyes, and he suddenly abandoned his spear.
At the sa ti, a dagger appeared in his right hand, and he thrust it toward Lin Hao’s body.
He refused to believe that Lin Hao’s body was impervious to blades.
However, sothing terrifying happened.
The dagger struck Lin Hao’s body as if hitting a wall of bronze and iron, and it instantly shattered.
「The next mont.」
BOOM!
As if struck by a mountain, Commander Zhang was hit like a bolt of lightning. He flew backward like a piece of paper, coughing up mouthfuls of blood.
His eyes were wide as saucers.
Lin Hao’s body was too terrifying.
SWOOSH!
In the next instant, Commander Zhang’s eyes widened abruptly.
Lin Hao kicked the long spear, sending it flying toward him with the might of a thunderbolt. By the ti he realized what was happening, the spear was already before his eyes.
Commander Zhang had no way to dodge and could only try to grab the spear with both hands.
But Lin Hao’s strength was beyond his imagination.
Commander Zhang was sent flying along with the spear.
PFFT!
The long spear pierced his body!
BOOM!
Under the trendous impact, his entire body was run through by the spear and then pinned to the city wall.
A corpse, still trembling, was skewered on the long spear.
This scene shocked everyone as well.
Lin Hao was simply too domineering.
And his Martial Dao Cultivation left everyone in shock.
A Martial Artist at the Peak of the Ninth Layer of the Blood Coagulation Realm hadn’t lasted two moves against him!
Terrifying!
Lin Hao’s eyes were icy cold. He took the reins of the Cloud-Stepping Beast and walked straight into Red Beauty City.
Seeing this, the people in the crowd shook their heads again and again.
Lin Hao had killed one of Red Beauty City’s commanders, yet he still dared to enter the city. He was simply too brazen.
After all, this Commander Zhang had a significant background.
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