71: Twilight Island

The Aura was certainly impressive, but the power... well, Tian Tian and Chu Yuan only saw the Wolf King get knocked flying, only to stand back up a second later as if nothing had happened.

The guard they had originally raised in their hearts dissipated as well.

"Damn it! It's gotten stronger again!"

"Wucheng! Stop it!"

"Friends over there! Could you please help?"

"..." A flash of confusion crossed Tian Tian's eyes, and she asked in a low voice, "Chu Yuan, what are they saying?"

"I don't know either... It sounds like the Mu Island language?" Chu Yuan said uncertainly.

"Mu Island language? Does that mean we were teleported to Mu Island?" Tian Tian was pleasantly surprised. Mu Island wasn't very far from Great Qin; as long as they could contact Great Qin, they would be able to return very soon!

Even returning on their own wouldn't take much time.

"Captain! These two people seem to be mutes..."

"Don't talk nonsense! They were able to repel the wolf pack, so they must be experts! It's better if they don't intervene; that way, no one will come to split the spoils of war with us..."

A battle that, in Chu Yuan's eyes, was plain and simple, little more than a brawl, quickly came to an end.

Tian Tian had watched it quite seriously, and in the end, she even felt a bit unsatisfied...

Although the strength of these six people wasn't very high, their coordination with each other was tight.

So much so that they managed to slay the Wolf King in the end without a single person suffering an injury?

Only two were seriously injured, and they were currently being carried on the backs of their companions... Is this the power of the 'bonds' so highly valued in their culture?

The strongest one among them walked slowly toward them.

With caution but without losing respect, he said, "Two respected friends, I am Fujiki Yu. If it weren't for you two wearing down the wolf pack, we would not have been able to complete the mission of slaying the Wolf King... The Wolf King's corpse belongs to us, and these ordinary wolf corpses can be handled by you two. How about that?"

Seeing their faces clearly, Fujiki Yu was shocked. They were so young? They looked as if they weren't even as old as his own son...

But to have such strong strength at this age, the background of these two young people must be so great that he couldn't even imagine it! They were very likely from some powerful Family!

Tian Tian was a bit embarrassed: "Sorry, I don't understand your language..."

"..." Chu Yuan was speechless. He took over from Tian Tian, his tone carrying an unquestionable command: "We are great qin people! Where is the Mu Island branch of the Zhenwu Bureau? Take us there!"

"What?! You two are actually great qin people!?" Fujiki Yu was stunned. After regaining his senses, he bowed even more respectfully and said in the Great Qin language, "Your Excellency, the Zhenwu Bureau branch is located in Xijing, and it is a long way off... But I, Fujiki Yu, am willing to serve you both! I will protect Your Excellencies until death as we travel!"

A long way off... Chu Yuan frowned. The wilderness of Mu Island was not as safe as Great Qin; something like a Wolf King didn't count as a powerful enemy in the wilderness! Going there directly was not a good idea, and besides... there was no need for that.

"No need. Go to the nearest city and contact the Xijing Zhenwu Bureau!"

"Yes..." Fujiki Yu lowered his head and agreed, a flash of regret in his eyes. If he had participated in the escort for the whole journey, he might have been able to establish a relationship with these two young experts from Great Qin. The benefits of that... would be much greater than the corpse of this Wolf King! It wasn't even in the same league! But if it was just sending a message... then there wouldn't be much merit in it...

"Your Excellencies, please follow me." Fujiki Yu gestured to lead the way, then seemed to think of something and added, "This cunning Wolf King was only slain thanks to the efforts of Your Excellencies; it should rightfully be handled by Your Excellencies!"

His gaze was sincere, as if he genuinely wanted to hand over the Wolf King's corpse to the two of them. What was peculiar was that the other team members didn't show the slightest dissatisfaction; even the two who had been seriously injured because of it revealed expressions of agreement in their eyes.

"It has nothing to do with me." Chu Yuan shook his head. "Tian Tian, you decide for yourself."

Fujiki Yu turned his gaze to Tian Tian and said solemnly, "I implore Your Excellency to please accept it!"

It was the first time Tian Tian had encountered such a situation, and she felt uncomfortable all over. "Er... no need. You all paid a high price, keep it for yourselves."

At this moment, she understood why Chu Yuan had interrupted her negotiation earlier. Earth Star originally had more than just Great Qin, but since the resurgence of martial arts, for some reason, only Great Qin had gotten on the right track! After clearing the beasts and sea beasts within its own borders, it finally set foot on the Outer Heaven Battlefield...

As for the other countries, those adjacent to Great Qin still had Martial Artists born; although they were not very strong relatively speaking, they barely managed to maintain the operation of their countries.

But those further away, and even countries with different races... seemed to have a hard time understanding the concept of martial arts. Facing the sudden disasters, they were still using technological weapons to fight back! They were even forced to drop things at the level of nuclear weapons on their own soil...

Fortunately, before the world situation completely rotted away, Great Qin gave birth to the first Eighth Realm Martial Artist! With the momentum of sweeping away everything, he wiped out the vast majority of non-Human Race experts on Earth Star in a single day. Later, he spread the Great Qin martial arts and established branches of the Zhenwu Bureau in various countries, completely establishing the world situation...

This resulted in the great qin people having an incomparably noble status in all countries around the world. If they weren't arrogant enough, or not aloof enough, people would actually suspect whether they were truly great qin people.

As for being able to speak the Great Qin language... that didn't prove anything at all; because the martial arts spread by that expert back then used the Great Qin language. If you didn't learn the Great Qin language, you couldn't even understand the Cultivation Technique.

However, for ordinary people, these didn't mean much; ordinary people couldn't leave Great Qin in their entire lives, and their concept of other countries on Earth Star remained only in textbooks.

Some people were once confused: since Great Qin is so strong, why not occupy all the territory in the world? Why help them instead? Especially countries like Mu Island that had a grudge with Great Qin?

Because of insufficient population! The pressure on the Outer Heaven Battlefield was simply too great! Other countries on Earth Star only needed to consider the threats of beasts and sea beasts; even if they were temporarily defeated, there was always a time for a counterattack. Great Qin had much more to consider... Once the Outer Heaven Battlefield collapsed, all that would await Great Qin was a slow extinction.

That territory on Earth Star, rather than being occupied and ravaged by exotic beasts, was better off being occupied by other countries on behalf of Great Qin first...

Tian Tian's thoughts wandered, and she thought of a lot in an instant, a subtle sense of pride rising in her heart. Seeing the awe-filled and evasive eyes of Fujiki Yu and his team members, she understood that all of this stemmed from strength! They were chattering away; they must be discussing the strength of Great Qin, right?

But the reality was somewhat different from what she thought... "Captain! That thing on the boy's hand... could it be the legendary storage ring!?"