148: Chapter 148 A Fleeting Life

"Resorting to kidnapping now, are we?" Lin Ming watched Chi Shengjie suddenly appear, the corners of his mouth curling up slightly.

It seemed the Red Flood Dragon Clan intended to gift him another Flood Dragon corpse. If they insisted on giving it, he wouldn't mind accepting it.

"Wait here," Master Yun Hua said.

"Fellow Daoist Chi, why be so irritable?" An aged voice rang out.

Immediately after, an old man appeared above Cangyuan City, standing Face-to-Face with Chi Shengjie. Upon seeing the old man appear, Master Yun Hua stopped in her tracks.

"Fusheng Ke, you old thing, you're still alive." When Chi Shengjie saw the old man, a trace of wariness flashed in his eyes.

"Fusheng Ke? Is it that Fusheng Ke?!"

"I saw this old man in a restaurant a few days ago!"

"It must be that Fusheng Ke."

"Phew... we are saved."

"Fusheng Ke." Atop the city wall, Sun Tianxiang let out an inexplicable sigh of relief after seeing Fusheng Ke appear.

He knew the Red Flood Dragon Clan wouldn't let it rest, and this powerhouse of the Red Flood Dragon Clan was likely Chi Shengjie.

Facing Chi Shengjie, Cangyuan City had absolutely no power to resist; the man could wipe Cangyuan City out with a casual wave of his hand.

Sun Tianxiang had initially hoped that the mysterious powerhouse who killed Third Elder Chi Hongxuan would appear to Face Chi Shengjie, but that powerhouse remained absent.

As for Master Yun Hua, Sun Tianxiang did not believe Old Ancestor Yun Hua was a match for Chi Shengjie; even if she possessed some methods from Yuanxu Mountain, it would likely only be enough for self-preservation.

Chi Shengjie was, after all, an Old Ancestor at the Late Stage of the Nirvana Realm. But now, the appearance of Fusheng Ke gave them hope for survival.

Fusheng Ke, an Old Ancestor of the Nirvana Realm, was highly likely a powerhouse at the Late Stage of the Nirvana Realm. Moreover, this person did not belong to any faction; he was a Loose Cultivator, one of the few Loose Cultivators in the Nirvana Realm, and had been famous for a long time. With his appearance, their Cangyuan City was considered safe.

"Fellow Daoist Chi, I am actually younger than you," Fusheng Ke said with a smile.

Regarding age, despite Fusheng Ke's appearance as an old man, Chi Shengjie was actually much older than him.

"Cut the crap," Chi Shengjie said coldly. He had no patience to stand there and chat with Fusheng Ke.

"Fellow Daoist Chi, Cangyuan City cannot be destroyed by your hands," Fusheng Ke said. He felt helpless about the situation in his heart.

He hadn't expected things to develop to this point. Master Yun Hua saving Yan Nian, the Red Flood Dragon Clan sending a powerhouse to fight Master Yun Hua—he had considered all these possibilities.

But he never expected a mysterious Nirvana Realm cultivator to appear, killing Third Elder Chi Hongxuan in just one move, not even giving him a chance to intervene. This had made things somewhat exceed his expectations.

According to his plan, if Master Yun Hua was not a match for Third Elder Chi Hongxuan and Second Elder Chi Chen, he would step in at the last moment to stop the Red Flood Dragon Clan and save Yan Nian. After all, he owed a favor to Yuanxu Mountain and him. This time would serve to repay that favor.

But unexpectedly, a Nirvana Realm cultivator he didn't recognize—who had popped out of nowhere—appeared and killed Third Elder Chi Hongxuan directly.

Fusheng Ke knew at that moment that the Red Flood Dragon Clan would not let this matter end there; for the Face-conscious Red Flood Dragon Clan, they would definitely seek to regain their pride. Now, Chi Shengjie had personally taken action. He couldn't just watch as Chi Shengjie destroyed Cangyuan City.

"So, you intend to stop me as well?" Chi Shengjie looked at Fusheng Ke and said coldly.

"Are you intending to start a war with the Human Race, Fellow Daoist Chi?" Fusheng Ke countered.

Once Chi Shengjie took action to destroy Cangyuan City, the factions of the Human Race would definitely not sit idly by, and it might even ignite a war between the Human Race and the Yao Race once again.

"My Red Flood Dragon Clan has lost an Elder," Chi Shengjie continued. This was a Nirvana Realm cultivator, dying so inexplicably in Cangyuan City.

"Then Fellow Daoist Chi can go find the Fellow Daoist who killed your clansman; why make things difficult for Cangyuan City?" Fusheng Ke said.

"Do you know who that person is?" Chi Shengjie demanded.

"I do not," Fusheng Ke shook his head. He truly did not know who that person was; among the Nirvana Realm powerhouses he knew, no such person existed. Perhaps it was the hidden foundation of some faction, one never knew.

"Heh..." Chi Shengjie sneered. He didn't know? He certainly didn't believe Fusheng Ke's words; how could Fusheng Ke not know of such a Human Race powerhouse? What a joke.

"Move aside," Chi Shengjie said. The next second, the surrounding temperature rose sharply.

"Fellow Daoist Chi, the other Fellow Daoists of the Yao Race would likely not approve of your actions," Fusheng Ke continued.

"Whether they approve or not is none of my concern." Chi Shengjie's patience had reached its limit. He had no more time to waste with Fusheng Ke.

"What a fine 'none of my concern'." A burly man charged over from the distance, appearing in everyone's line of sight at an extremely high speed.

"Hu Hai, you intend to interfere in this matter as well?" Upon seeing the newcomer, Chi Shengjie's expression became even gloomier.

"I don't care about other things, but if you want to destroy Cangyuan City, that is going too far," Hu Hai said.

He certainly wouldn't care about Chi Shengjie wanting to cause trouble for a Human Race Nirvana Realm cultivator. After all, the Red Flood Dragon Clan's Nirvana Realm cultivator had indeed died at that person's hands. But Cangyuan City could not be harmed.

This was an agreement between the Human and Yao Races; once Chi Shengjie took action to destroy Cangyuan City, it would mean the Yao Race had unilaterally torn up the agreement, which might trigger a war between the two races again. At this moment in time, he did not want the Human and Yao Races to ignite the flames of war.

"Going too far?" Chi Shengjie became increasingly dissatisfied. So, because it wasn't an expert from their Wind Demon Tiger Clan who died, they could take this attitude, right?

He also knew that a few old geezers were likely watching the situation here the whole time, and were probably clapping their hands in joy over Third Elder Chi Hongxuan's death. Precisely because of this, his attitude had to remain firm.

But just at this moment, Chi Shengjie's expression underwent a subtle change.

"Consider yourselves lucky." Chi Shengjie snorted coldly, then transformed into a speck of light and disappeared from everyone's sight.

"You Human Race should not go too far." Hu Hai glanced at Fusheng Ke and then left as well.

This left Fusheng Ke looking bewildered. He had already prepared to fight Chi Shengjie, yet he had just left so suddenly. There was likely some issue with this.

Fusheng Ke did not linger for long and also departed. Thus, the life-and-death crisis of Cangyuan City was resolved. Many people let out a sigh of relief.

"Holy crap, seven Nirvana Realm powerhouses this time! A full seven Nirvana Realm powerhouses."

"Yeah, I've never seen so many Nirvana Realm powerhouses in my entire life."

"This time was worth it."

"I'll have something to brag about from now on."