Library of Heaven’s Path - Chapter 2111

“Who are you calling a fool?” Zhao Ya stood up and asked coldly.

It was one thing to insult her, but there was no way she was going to allow anyone to insult her teacher.

“You should know who I’m talking about!” Wu Xiaoxiao sneered. “If you’re not strong enough, don’t run around recklessly in the future. Otherwise, you’ll have to trouble others to send you back when you’re in danger …”

“Enough!” Mo Yuan bellowed.

“Teacher …” Wu Xiaoxiao raised her head.

“That’s enough!” Mo Yuan frowned. “Xiaoxiao is still young, so she doesn’t know proper etiquette. Please forgive her for her rudeness.”

“It’s fine.” Zhang Xuan shook his head.

Having traversed the Master Teacher Continent and the Azure, his state of mind was already as steady as steel.

After capturing the Gale Sand Fox, Mo Yuan seemed to have used a special method to interrogate it before discreetly leaving the crowd. After searching for two hours, he finally returned with a deep frown on his face.

Clearly, he had also noticed that something was amiss, but he couldn’t find the Greenbeast Ancient Grass.

As for Zhang Xuan, he didn’t think too much of it.

Even with the Gale Sand Fox’s speed, he couldn’t possibly recognize the Greenbeast Ancient Grass even if he saw it, let alone capture it.

The night passed uneventfully, and the group set off at dawn.

With the mission accomplished, Mo Yuan heaved a sigh of relief. He would be able to carry out the instructions of that elder once more.

The group began making their way out of the Grand Spirit Mountain.

Mo Yuan and his students were already familiar with the surroundings. Furthermore, as the spiritual energy in the area receded, most of the ferocious beasts in the mountain had already fled, so they didn’t encounter too much danger.

The group traveled for three days straight.

Over this period of time, with the help of Mo Yuan, a middle-tier God, hunting and hunting were not a problem for Zhang Xuan anymore. He did not have to worry about food anymore. With the replenishment of his Heaven’s Path zhenqi, Zhang Xuan’s injuries were slowly being healed.

Even though it was still some time before he could achieve a breakthrough, at least he wasn’t as weak as before.

“We should be able to leave the mountain range by today,” Mo Yuan said. “However, don’t let your guard down. There are quite a few bandits lurking outside the Grand Spirit Mountain, and they don’t care about anything at all!”

Due to the receding spiritual energy in the area, many cultivators chose to become bandits in order to survive. While the City Lord Manor was busy dealing with these bandits, it wasn’t very effective.

Wildfire cannot burn it out, but it grows again when the spring breeze blows.

If the problem of spirit qi was not completely solved, such a situation would continue to exist, and no one could avoid it.

When they heard the words’ bandits’, everyone’s expression turned solemn.

This time around, the danger in the mountains was nowhere near as great as the distance between the forest and Twilight City.

“You heard it. Don’t run around recklessly on the road. Also, if you encounter bandits, we won’t be able to protect you!” Wu Xiaoxiao looked at Zhang Xuan and the others and coldly snorted.

Zhang Xuan nodded.

No matter what he encountered, he never counted on others. Everything depended on himself.

“Zhao Ya, if we really encounter bandits, just follow behind me. I’ll protect you …” Shen Cheng walked up to her.

“There’s no need for that!” Unable to be bothered with him, Zhao Ya walked up to stand behind her teacher.

“This …” Being rejected, Shen Cheng felt a little awkward.

Wu Xiaoxiao gritted her teeth again.

In order to prevent any accidents, everyone hurried through the night.

“Teacher, let’s rest for a while. We should be able to return to the city in another four hours, so there’s no need for us to rush all the way here. It won’t be too late for us to continue at dawn,” Wu Xiaoxiao said.

After walking for half a night, everyone was starting to feel a little tired.

On the other hand, Zhao Ya and the others, who were weaker, did not say a word. They did not look tired at all.

“Alright then.” Seeing that they were not too far away from the city, Mo Yuan heaved a sigh of relief and nodded.

The group found a low-lying area, lit a campfire, and sat down.

Just as they were about to rest, the sound of galloping horses suddenly echoed in the distance. Following which, the ground began to tremble. It seemed like a group of people was charging in their direction.

“This is bad!”

Mo Yuan’s face warped in horror. He did not think that there would be people so close to the city in the middle of the night. With a wave of his hand, he extinguished the fire before hurriedly getting to his feet to take a look at the source of the sound.

Lu lu …

The galloping horses came to a halt, and more than a dozen figures riding on tall steeds rushed up to them and surrounded them.

The leader of the group was a middle-aged man wielding a crescent saber in his hand. His jet-black hair was fringed with a gray fringe, creating a stark contrast with his fair complexion.

“Streak of Ash?” Mo Yuan narrowed his eyes in astonishment.

There were many bandits in the vicinity of Twilight City, and their strength varied from one another. However, the most famous and powerful of them all was none other than Streak of Ash!

No one knew what Streak of Ash’s real name was, but due to his grayish-white hair, he was known as’ Streak of Ash ‘. Not only was he ferocious, he was even stronger than Mo Yuan himself, reaching middle-tier God realm pinnacle.

“It seems like my reputation isn’t too bad after all,” Streak of Ash chuckled as he reined in his steed.

“Of course it’s our boss’s reputation!”

“Since you know that our boss is here, let’s cut the crap. We’re only here to rob you, so don’t risk your life!”

The bandits by the side chuckled heartily.

Taking a step forward, Mo Yuan gritted his teeth and said, “I am a teacher of Twilight Academy, Mo Yuan. I’m only here to train my students, so I don’t have much money on me. I beseech Streak of Ash to let us off this time … ”

“Students? Since that’s the case, hand over your weapons and that Sand Fox to me! “One Inch Ash frowned as he scanned the surroundings.

Mo Yuan hesitated for a moment.

“It wasn’t easy for us to capture the Sand Fox, so why should we hand it over to you?” Wu Xiaoxiao stepped forward and said, “Get out of the way and let us return to the city. Otherwise, I’ll have my father annihilate all of you!”

“Your father?”

“That’s right. My father is the city lord of Twilight City, Wu Fangqing! Celestial God realm cultivator, I advise you to know what’s good for you. How dare you try to rob even me? He’ll surely capture all of you and kill you! ”

Wu Xiaoxiao straightened her back proudly.

It was one thing for her, the daughter of the city lord, to lose to a few Semi-Divinity realm cultivators, but a few bandits actually dared to try to rob the Sand Fox?

“The daughter of the city lord?” Streak of Ash was taken aback for a moment before bursting into laughter. He turned to the bandits behind him and said, “Boys, tell her, have we ever been afraid of the city lord?”

“Afraid? If we’re afraid, we’ll quit this dangerous job! ”

“Good timing. Let’s tie this b * tch up and have her father send money over to ransom her!”

“The city lord sure has been relentless in his pursuit of us over the years. It’ll be best if we capture this woman and teach him a lesson …”

…

A huge commotion broke out among the crowd.

“What are you all trying to do?”

Wu Xiaoxiao thought that by revealing her identity, the group of petty thieves would flee upon hearing her name, not daring to look for trouble. Yet, contrary to her expectations, the situation turned out to be the opposite. Wu Xiaoxiao narrowed her eyes.

Her father was a Celestial God! No one in Twilight City would dare to defy him as long as she reported her name. Yet, these bandits actually didn’t care about her at all … Were they really not afraid of death?

“What are we doing?” Streak of Ash chuckled softly. “I thought that they were just a bunch of poor students, but who could have thought that there would be such a big fish among them! Boys, don’t let a single one of them escape. Once we capture them, we’ll be able to have a good meal! ”

“Alright!” The bandits laughed heartily as they leaped down from their steeds and surrounded the group.

“Shen Cheng, try to break out of this encirclement!”

Not expecting things to turn out this way, Mo Yuan’s face turned livid. It was already too late for him to say anything, so he quickly charged toward Streak of Ash.

The only thing he could do now was to defeat Streak of Ash and threaten him so that he could escape.

Hula!

A burst of sword qi burst forth from Streak of Ash, exerting immense pressure on the crowd.

Middle-tier Gods were considered the lowest tier of Gods in the Firmament, but their strength and agility far surpassed that of low-tier Gods. On top of that, Mo Yuan was the teacher of the Firmament, so his sudden attack posed a huge threat to Streak of Ash.

“You’re courting death!” Seemingly having guessed that Mo Yuan would make a move, Streak of Ash raised his crescent blade and slashed down on Mo Yuan.

It looked simple, but it harnessed immense strength, making it hard for Mo Yuan to guard against it.

Mo Yuan hurriedly retracted his sword to block the attack.

Kacha!

Under the overwhelming might of the attack, Mo Yuan’s sword trembled uncontrollably. He felt a numbing sensation on his hand, and fresh blood trickled down his palm. Under the immense pressure, his knees buckled, and he fell to his knees.

Using the strength of the crescent blade and the advantage of being seated on a horse, Streak of Ash was able to nullify all of Mo Yuan’s moves in a single move.

“Absolute strength …” Zhang Xuan muttered with a deep frown on his forehead.

As soon as Wu Xiaoxiao revealed her background, he knew that something was amiss. The city lord was indeed formidable, but they were outside the city, and the other party was a bunch of bandits. Wasn’t she courting death?

It seemed like Wu Xiaoxiao was not only spoiled, but more importantly, she didn’t have the slightest bit of experience in the wilderness.

Otherwise, she wouldn’t have acted so recklessly.

Of course, even if Wu Xiaoxiao hadn’t said those words, he didn’t think that the bandits would have spared them either.

Those who were able to enter Twilight Academy were all geniuses of the city, and each of them came from a respectable background. If they were to let Zhang Xuan and Wu Xiaoxiao go, wouldn’t they be leaving themselves with a hidden threat?

As someone who had dominated Twilight City for many years, Zhang Xuan didn’t think that the bandits would go easy on them just because of their students.

The reason why Wu Xiaoxiao had said that she was only going to snatch the sword and the Sand Fox was to lull them into letting their guard down.

It was precisely because of this that Zhang Xuan and Mo Yuan didn’t stop Wu Xiaoxiao even though they knew that she would only bring disaster upon herself.

Peng!

With such thoughts in mind, Streak of Ash swung his crescent blade across Mo Yuan’s body, sending the latter flying. His body stiffened, unable to move at all.

“Tie him up!”

Huala!

Two of Streak of Ash’s subordinates walked up to Mo Yuan and took out a rope to tie him up.

“How is it? Do you still want to resist? ”

One Inch Ash smiled faintly as he surveyed his surroundings with an arrogant look on his face. He had managed to severely injure Teacher Mo Yuan in just two moves.

“This …”

The faces of Shen Cheng, Wu Xiaoxiao, and the others paled.

They had thought that their teacher would be able to stop Streak of Ash, and even if he couldn’t defeat him, he would at least be able to buy some time for the other party to escape. Who could have thought that he would be defeated in just two moves?

If even their teacher, a middle-tier God, couldn’t withstand two moves, wouldn’t they be unable to withstand even a single move?

Just as they were at a loss for what to do, the young man named Zhang Xuan suddenly walked up to them with a dazed look on his face.