Chapter Eight Hundred and Two
Hearing Ye Chu speak like this, the others looked at him pitifully. Their strength was not weak, but in the Rakshasa Land they really amounted to nothing. If they encountered robbers, they would find it hard to resist.
“What you said is not wrong. But I don’t think you would abandon me, right?” Zhong Wei broke into a smile, not frightened by Ye Chu’s words, “I am valuable to you, am I not?”
“Clever!” Ye Chu gave Zhong Wei a thumbs up, “But the real reason I won’t give up on you is because you are a beauty. I really can’t bear to let you die!”
“Pah!” This sentence made even the ladylike Zhong Wei unable to resist spitting. She would believe this if any other man said it, but it just had to be this man who looked at her with such lustful eyes, so his words could not be trusted.
Ye Chu shrugged, not continuing to entangle with Zhong Wei on this matter, “You should know where I want to go. I think you should help me with this small favour, right?”
“Do I have any room to refuse?” Zhong Wei looked at Ye Chu, brushed aside the beautiful hair on her forehead, and walked forward first.
“Truly a pure and noble beauty!” Ye Chu praised, his tone incomparably sincere.
“Such words coming from your mouth make my skin crawl. I beg you, don’t say such things in future.” Zhong Wei said to Ye Chu.
Ye Chu shrugged, and the group continued forward. Of course, some among them were afraid of being implicated by Zhong Wei, and secretly slipped away. Regarding this, both Ye Chu and Zhong Wei turned a blind eye as if they had seen nothing.
“Hey! Which domain are you from?” Zhong Wei looked at Ye Chu walking alongside her, curiosity in her heart, and asked.
Ye Chu turned to look at Zhong Wei, gazing at the charming pretty face before him, “Have you heard of the Sentiment Domain?”
This sentence made Cui Zhu and the others hiss. Some people who originally still held a few points of reverence for Ye Chu, after Ye Chu said this, many cast disdainful looks. The Sentiment Domain was the most remote place among the various domains. Many people regarded it as a backwater. If it had not produced the Sentiment Saint, no one would have known of the place.
“So it was the Sentiment Domain!” Zhong Wei also had a few points of surprise, not expecting that the Sentiment Domain could produce such a character.
“What! Admiring the Sentiment Domain now, want to go take a walk?” Ye Chu directly ignored the contempt of the crowd, smiling as he looked at Zhong Wei.
“I do want to go take a walk, but not out of admiration!” Zhong Wei said to Ye Chu, “I simply revere Senior Sentiment Saint!”
“I am the successor of the Sentiment Saint, you can revere me too.” Ye Chu said to Zhong Wei with a great laugh.
Hearing Ye Chu’s words, Zhong Wei directly turned her head away, thinking to herself that believing you would be seeing a ghost. What kind of figure was Senior Sentiment Saint, how could he choose you as his successor? Moreover, who didn’t know that Senior Sentiment Saint had committed suicide back then.
The group chatted and laughed as they continuously advanced. Along the way Ye Chu spouted nonsense non-stop, making Cui Zhu and Zhou Kayang loathe him to the extreme.
And only Zhong Wei was instead calm. After spending a long time with Ye Chu, she discovered this fellow was somewhat different from the ordinary. Although that burning gaze of his made her nauseous.
Of course, they also encountered robbers along the way. But these were no match for the group. These robbers could rob other passengers of the Seven-Coloured Treasure Ship, but robbing characters who had reached the Sovereign level, they were simply no match.
But Ye Chu and Zhong Wei were not happy because of this, because the further they went, the more robberies they discovered, searching everywhere, dragging out one cultivator after another who had luckily escaped with their lives and robbing them clean.
Ye Chu was not afraid of these scattered cultivators, but they all understood that the scheme the other side had laid out would not be so simple. There must be more to come!
From some of the robbers’ mouths, Ye Chu also learned that this was the Rakshasa Wasteland of the Rakshasa Land.
“How should we proceed? More and more robbers!” Zhong Wei asked Ye Chu, “If their target is truly me, they definitely know I will head to the Artifact Sect.”
Ye Chu nodded and said, “How many paths are there from here to the Artifact Sect?”
“Only two. One is through Wasteland City to reach the Artifact Sect, the other is through Wasteland Canyon. The Wasteland Canyon path has sparse human habitation, and the journey is comparatively shorter. But Wasteland City is indeed a gathering place for robbers. Of those who enter it, without a certain level of power, very few escape being robbed. Moreover, if we enter it, we will practically become a tasty morsel for these robbers.” Zhong Wei said to Ye Chu, “In your opinion, which path should we take?”
“Of course we should take the Wasteland Canyon path. This path is vast, extremely easy to hide in. Even if danger is discovered, we can escape extremely quickly. But if we head to Wasteland City, we practically become their target.” Zhou Kayang said, “Miss, if we take this path, as long as we are careful, it won’t be so easy for them to catch us.”
Zhong Wei did not answer Zhou Kayang, but turned her gaze to Ye Chu and said, “What do you think?”
“What he said also makes sense. Taking Wasteland Canyon makes it easy to escape and easy to avoid. However, since the other side has laid out such a grand scheme, they won’t let you break it so easily. In the end it’s the same whichever way you go, you cannot avoid them.” Ye Chu said to Zhong Wei.
“Then what do you mean?” Zhong Wei wanted to hear Ye Chu’s opinion. Along this journey she had somewhat changed her view of Ye Chu. This fellow had formidable strength and also had many ideas.
“Let’s go through Wasteland City!” Ye Chu answered, “There the dragons and snakes are mixed together. Although it’s not a good place to go. But precisely because it is like that, there are also many variables, and the other side cannot calculate everything perfectly.”
Zhong Wei thought for a moment, nodded and said, “What you said makes sense. Only, are you confident you have the strength to guarantee our safety within it?”
“No!” Ye Chu answered, “Can only do my best to try!”
“Not confident and still going there, Miss, you must absolutely not listen to him.” Zhou Kayang shouted to Zhong Wei.
Ye Chu glanced at the other party, suddenly laughed, laughed in a way that made Zhou Kayang baffled. But in the next instant he understood. He saw Ye Chu suddenly grab Zhong Wei, then tread through the air and walk, carrying Zhong Wei as he rapidly flickered. With each step on his feet, he left one after another afterimage in the void.
“Miss!” Zhou Kayang shouted in terror, flickering his steps as he chased after Ye Chu. But how could his speed compare to Ye Chu’s? Very soon Ye Chu and Zhong Wei’s tracks were no longer visible.
“Ye Chu!” Zhou Kayang’s group ground their teeth, their eyes blood red.
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Zhong Wei had not expected Ye Chu to suddenly act like this. After being carried a great distance away by Ye Chu, she only then looked at Ye Chu with a cold expression, that absolutely beautiful face coated with a layer of frost.
“Let go of your stinking hand!”
Ye Chu was gripping Zhong Wei’s wrist. On that fair wrist were red marks from being grabbed, with a burning pain.
“Sorry, to prevent you from struggling and escaping, I had no choice.” As Ye Chu spoke, his finger flicked, and the hairpin on Zhong Wei’s head instantly fell into Ye Chu’s hand. Zhong Wei’s beautiful hair cascaded down like a waterfall, the fragrance of her hair floating in the air.