32: Chapter 32: One Man and One Demon, Heading Straight to Red Rock County City!

[Quest: Enemies Throughout the Country]

[Phase 2 Quest Refreshed: Head to Hongyan Prefecture's Prefecture City and slay the Prefectural Commandant and Prefect who want to kill you!]

[Quest Rewards: Experience +2000, Mall Points +7000, Huoyun Country Fame +1000, White-Grade Martial Art · Wind-Riding Step * 1]

[Note: This quest is divided into multiple phases. Upon completing each phase, you can claim that phase's rewards and unlock the next phase.]

"Hongyan Prefecture's prefecture city, the Prefectural Commandant and Prefect..."

Qin Muyuan patted Wangcai on the head:

"Let's go. A new goal has appeared; how can we remain stagnant?!"

"Awooo!"

Wangcai let out a vent-filled wolf howl, keeping up with Qin Muyuan's pace.

Truth be told, following by Qin Muyuan's side allowed it to experience what it meant to be decisive in slaughter!

When seeing an enemy, there was no need to endure, nor did it matter which faction's protection the enemy was hiding under—they just started killing directly!

Protected by other factions?

Kill the protecting faction right along with them!

The wolf yao recalled the bitter days it used to live—hiding in deep mountains and old forests, putting in all sorts of awkward effort to catch a gamey and astringent wild boar for meals.

After finishing the wild boar, it still had to carefully dispose of the carcass so that the patrolling Martial Artists wouldn't discover that it was the one who killed it.

Otherwise, it would be highly likely that Martial Artists would come looking for it, peel off its wolf skin, and pull out its wolf tendons!

All because it was a wolf yao, a member of the Yao Race!

All because its skin, flesh, tendons, and bones provided huge benefits to a Martial Artist's cultivation!

Regarding this, Wangcai felt deeply wronged; it was born a wolf yao, yet because its Physical Body was weak, it was abandoned in the desolate mountains by its wolf father and wolf mother.

Having managed to grow up, it still had to hide and cower, and in the end, it still couldn't escape the plight of being captured by those Martial Artists from Baiyun Martial Arts Hall!

Born as such, it was just a wolf yao without the protection of a wolf father or wolf mother; what could it do?

However... fortunately, it met its current master!

Not only was his strength heaven-defying, but he was also very good to it, helping it exact revenge by killing the humans from Baiyun Martial Arts Hall who had captured it.

Furthermore, he even brought it to Xiao Mansion and gave it crispy and fragrant roasted thigh meat to eat.

That was a delicacy it had never enjoyed in the five years it had lived since birth!

Qin Muyuan was the master it had acknowledged, and even an Immortal coming would not be able to stop it!

"Awoo-awoo-awoo—"

"Stop barking like a dog."

Qin Muyuan smashed a fist onto Wangcai's head, instantly cutting off Wangcai's wolf howl.

"Awoo-woo-woo..."

Wangcai let out a low whimper and hurriedly shut its wolf mouth.

Following Qin Muyuan, it galloped swiftly toward the outskirts of Qinghua County.

While Qin Muyuan led Wangcai away following the arrows in his vision,

on a tall building, Fairy Yushui also faintly withdrew her gaze, flew up into the air, and quietly followed behind them.

Half an hour after the group left, the sound of hoofbeats came tardily as hundreds of elite soldiers wearing armor charged into Qinghua County.

These were the reinforcements from the Dingyuan Army who had received the signal flare.

However, by the time they arrived, the place was already deserted; all the noble families of Qinghua County had been thoroughly wiped out by Qin Muyuan.

"Pursue! We cannot let that fiend escape!"

Seeing this, the leading centurion of the Dingyuan Army clenched his teeth slightly and immediately spoke.

If the Qinghua County yamen still existed, the ones taking the blame would be the people of the yamen.

But the yamen had been smashed to pieces by that fiend named Qin Muyuan, and their Dingyuan Army had received a call for help from the county garrison...

In other words, the yamen could no longer take the blame for the noble families being slaughtered, and only their Dingyuan Army could take the fall!

If they couldn't catch up to that Qin Muyuan and kill him, once the higher-ups blamed them, his position as centurion would not be guaranteed!

...

On the official road from Qinghua County leading to Hongyan Prefecture's prefecture city, one human and one yao shuttled past at high speed.

That person was covered in blood, his feet seeming to tread upon violent winds. Under the enhancement of a certain special force, his entire person was like a bolt of lightning, swiftly sweeping past the roadside taverns along the way.

And upon that person's head was a wolf yao of massive size.

The wolf yao was held above the person's head with both hands, looking just like some giant doll as they sped away.

On the wolf yao's face, one could even see shock and panic akin to that of the Human Race.

"Buddha above, I must be getting old and blind; how could such a combination appear on the road..."

"Holy shit? Where did this human and wolf yao come from?!"

"Is... is this right? How can someone carry a wolf yao aloft while swaggering through the streets..."

Inside the tavern, countless resting farmers and passersby widened their eyes in disbelief, staring blankly at the one human and one yao that swaggered into the distance.

Let alone the farmers and passersby along the way, even Wangcai itself was somewhat dazed.

Originally, it was traveling along with Qin Muyuan, who had said they were heading to Hongyan Prefecture's prefecture city.

However, because the speed at which Qin Muyuan executed Wind-Treading Step was too fast, Wangcai simply couldn't keep up.

Thus.

The wolf yao felt the human hands supporting its butt beneath... It experienced a sensation it had never felt in its entire life:

Being held high in the air by a human, carried away just like transporting cargo!

Although Wangcai felt that as a member of the Yao Race, saying this wasn't very appropriate,

still:

"Awoo-awoo-awoo! (Is this really something a human can do!)"

"Stop yelling, stop yelling, we'll be there soon!"

Qin Muyuan patted the wolf yao's butt and said.

As the first pet he recruited in this game, Qin Muyuan still had some emotional attachment to it.

At any rate, it was a pet that had accompanied him for nearly half a day; he couldn't just release it like this on the main road.

It's just that the Poké Balls in the game mall were too expensive.

They weren't something Qin Muyuan could afford at the present stage, so in the end, he could only use this method to carry Wangcai all the way to Hongyan Prefecture's prefecture city.

"Sigh, other people's pets carry their masters, but only I run while holding my own pet; I really am such a great person..."

Qin Muyuan sighed with emotion.

Fortunately, the NPCs in this game were very well designed and could provide quite good bystander feedback.

Seeing Qin Muyuan walking past while holding Wangcai aloft, they all started shouting and hollering.

This instantly gave Qin Muyuan an idea:

If in the future he were to take in eighty or a hundred pets and travel down the streets with them, that scene would definitely be spectacular...

"Suddenly I kind of understand why those ancient emperors wanted to build wonders..."

Qin Muyuan reined in his straying thoughts and put the wolf yao Wangcai down on the ground.

Ahead, a prefecture city forged from red rocks rushed into view.

Within his field of view, two arrows respectively representing the prefect and the prefectural commandant of Hongyan Prefecture both pointed straight into the prefecture city.

"Halt!"

Just as Qin Muyuan approached the city gates of Hongyan Prefecture, the guards on duty outside the city gates also noticed him.

Or rather, it was impossible not to notice.

One person covered entirely in blood, and a wolf yao whose fur was also soaked in blood.

Moreover, that rich bloody stench—when the gentle breeze blew, even from a distance of dozens of zhang, it could be smelled clearly!

The guards on duty quickly grabbed their long spears, aimed them at Qin Muyuan, and shouted sternly:

"Who goes there? Why are you covered in blood?"

"The people who are going to kill you."

An ethereal voice drifted into their ears.

The next instant, a figure flashed past, and a cold, fierce sword light flickered before the city gate.

Swish!

Eight corpses cut in half lay horizontally on the ground.

Accompanied by panicked shouts following a brief silence, Qin Muyuan stepped into the territory of Hongyan Prefecture's prefecture city.