Chapter 33: Encounter at the Cliff

  Boom!

  A deafening roar, accompanied by a thunderous bellow, suddenly came from afar, shaking the earth and making heaven and earth tremble with its enormity.

  Zheng Yuexia stood elegantly under the snow ginseng tree, watching Qin Luoyi painfully picking snow ginseng fruits. Upon hearing a sound, she curiously looked towards the source of the noise.

  A massive, scale-covered aurochs suddenly sprang into the air, its eyes flashing with fierce and sinister light as it fiercely entwined itself in combat with a lithe white figure.

  He was slightly stunned, didn't expect that there would be people under Lion Tiger Cliff, and they even confronted that fierce cow.

  Could it be a disciple of the Piaoyu Sect?

  It's just unknown whether he is a disciple who has come down to refine himself or was punished and sent down. The strength of that fierce cow, Qin Luoyi had witnessed it before, two days ago when he first came down, she saw with her own eyes how he tore a giant python into pieces!

  She and Da Hei were being chased, relying on the high-level Divine Movement Symbol to run fast enough, otherwise they would have had a head-on confrontation with Mang Niu, and if they really got caught up in it, they wouldn't have stood a chance in a real fight.

  Suddenly, the white-clothed man who was originally entangled with the fierce bull leaped back, and a magnificent blue mansion with a radiant aura appeared above his head.

  "Hmph, just a young cultivator from the Qing Prefecture, running into a reckless fool like him is his own bad luck!" Hei Di only glanced at the air for a moment before snorting in disdain and turning back to help Da Hei pick snow lotus fruit.

  The white-clothed man was just entangled with the fierce bull, and his speed was too fast, like a flowing light. Qin Luo only saw that it was a person, but at this time he had his back to himself, controlling Qing Fu to attack the fierce bull. She suddenly felt that the figure's back was extremely familiar.

  Then he looked at her more carefully.

  In the azure sky, a man in white stood tall, his black hair dancing lightly, his collar fluttering, his entire body exuding an aura of cold and overbearing dominance, with a sharp gaze that seemed to pierce through the heavens.

  The cyan mansion on his head was flashing with dazzling cyan light, constantly growing larger and then rapidly rotating towards the Mangniu to crush it. The trees below the sky were withered in an instant by the cyan light.

  The giant's eyes widened in anger, and with a loud roar, its massive arm, covered in green scales, clenched into a fist and struck the Qing Mansion with great force.

  Boom!

  The Qing government was struck by a powerful force, and the dazzling light suddenly dimmed, then suddenly burst into a brilliant green glow again, rapidly rotating towards the fierce bull attack. Below the Qing government, a terrifying whirlpool appeared and disappeared.

  The fierce bull's expression was triumphant, not fearing the extremely terrifying green light in the slightest. He once again stretched out his fist and heavily struck the Green Mansion, causing a loud crash after which the Green Mansion was actually dispersed by his punch!

  "Haha, you despicable human, go die!" The fierce bull let out a loud laugh and unleashed an overwhelmingly powerful force that swept directly towards the white-clothed man.

  A man in white clothes snorted, his feet moved quickly, and he actually flashed behind the fierce bull with great agility. The green light on top of his head flashed again, and the mansion reappeared, spinning rapidly towards the fierce bull.

  Zhong Qing Forever!

  It was actually Du Mu Changqing who had a fierce battle with the wild cow!

  Due to the change in the white-clothed man's position, Qin Luoyi finally got a clear look at his face. A hint of confusion flashed across her pretty face - how did Duanmu Changqing end up here?

  Dà Hēi also saw the figure in the distance clearly, and his paw, which was picking snow pears, paused for a moment. He looked at Qín Luò Yī with a glance, and since Qín Luò Yī didn't make a sound, he flashed his eyes and continued to pick as if nothing had happened.

  The furious bull struck out with one fist, but missed its target. Its anger knew no bounds, and it let out a deafening bellow before turning around and swinging its fist again with all its might.

  The Qing government, which had already flown over its head, collapsed again at the bottom.

  Du Mu's cold and handsome face showed no fear, his hand rose, a golden sword light cut through the sky, carrying an unparalleled killing intent, and fiercely chopped towards Mang Niu. On his head, the scattered Qing Fu quickly condensed again, and the dazzling green light flashed across the horizon.

  "Bastard, I'm going to kill you!"

  The demonic bull had already turned red-eyed, but unexpectedly a young master of the Qingfu sect was so difficult to deal with. The Qingfu sect had been dispersed twice by it, yet each time after being dispersed, it could incredibly quickly condense again... In tens of thousands of years, it had never encountered such an abnormal human.

  Boom!

  Boom!

  Boom!

  ……

  It dodged the sharp sword light, and the huge fist fell on the attacking Qingfu again and again, dispersing Qingfu again and again. However, the spiritual power and star power in Du Mu Changqing's body seemed to be inexhaustible, and after it dispersed the mansion, a new mansion quickly condensed, with even more dazzling light and terrifying aura.

  After a dozen rounds, the only thing that could be dispersed was the cyan mansion in front of Du Mu Changqing's body, but it couldn't hurt anyone. The fierce bull was so depressed that he wanted to vomit blood. At this time, the mansion that Du Mu Changqing had condensed again suddenly changed, gradually changing from cyan to jade, and the cyan light dissipated, replaced by a strong jade light that illuminated the sky. A terrifying divine power began to condense above the mansion.

  On the ground, various ferocious beasts and birds of prey that were originally far away from the battlefield suddenly gathered in front of the Jade Palace. In an instant, they felt a terrifying killing intent and scattered with a loud noise, running even farther away.

  "This human is actually advancing in rank after fighting with the wild bull, how interesting!" The Black Emperor raised an eyebrow, leaping from the snow pear tree to stand in mid-air, his black eyes shining like sharp knives.

  Qin Luo Yi was also shocked and jumped halfway into the air.

  Duanshu's body was shrouded in a hazy, ethereal glow as he charged forward with an unstoppable killing intent, his jade-colored mansion radiating an aura of boundless light. Just as he was about to close in on the Wild Ox, the jade mansion on his head suddenly transformed into a dazzling array of light arrows that shot towards the beast at incredible speed.

  The fierce bull let out a low bellow and turned to flee, but its speed was no match for the swift arrows that pursued it. In an instant, two bloody holes appeared on its body as the terrifying jade light struck true, and it let out a pained cry. Just as the dense arrow storm was about to overtake the bull, the Dark Emperor suddenly intervened, his black claws conjuring a massive illusory shadow in mid-air that shattered the arrows and effortlessly plucked the blood-soaked bull from afar back to safety.

  Du Mu's pupils suddenly contracted, condensing the scattered arrow lights into one place, and once again transformed into a delicate jade palace that stopped in his palm. His sharp and unpredictable gaze was directed at Hei Di, but unexpectedly saw a familiar and lovely figure.

  "Good clothes!"

  Du Mu's dark, cold eyes suddenly shone brightly with excitement, his body moved swiftly and he appeared by her side in the blink of an eye. He opened his arms wide and tightly wrapped them around her, pulling her into a tight hug. His low, husky voice whispered: "Yī ér, you're okay... that's great."

  "I'm fine, of course, Second Brother. Uh... let me go first." After being stunned for a moment, Qin Luoyi tried to push away Duanmu Changqing with force. Having seen his usual cold and indifferent demeanor, she was suddenly taken aback by his excited and joyful appearance, and she really wasn't quite used to it.

  Duanmu Changqing didn't let go of her, instead he held her even tighter. After clashing with that powerful and fierce cow, he had been worried all along, fearing that she might have encountered some mishap.

  "Hmm, so this man was looking for her after all. No wonder she didn't want to stay here all along!" The Black Emperor looked at the two people tightly embracing each other, with a look of sudden realization on his face.

  Dà Hēi shook his head and curled up his lip in disdain.

  "Now that her good friend has come down... Heh heh, just right, we'll make a pair of them, and they won't have to go up either. I'll draw a piece of land for them, and let them live here for the rest of their lives." The Black Emperor's mind flashed with inspiration, and he suddenly burst out laughing.

  "They're not a couple at all." Dahei's heart tightened upon hearing this, and he hastily shook his head in denial.

  "Not a pair?" The Black Emperor was somewhat skeptical, how could two people who weren't a pair hug so tightly.

  "It's really not a match." Dahei looked at Duanmu Changqing with disdain: "A man who is so cold and unfeeling, which woman would like him... The man she likes is much more handsome than this one, and his cultivation is also much stronger."

  "Really? Ah, what a pity." Hei Di glanced at the distant Snow Tree, then looked at Qin Luo Yi and Duan Mu Chang Qing embracing each other, and let out a painful sigh. His gaze shifted to Mang Niu beside him, his expression turning scornful: "Hmph, you're becoming more and more useless, not only did you fail to kill anyone, but you also got injured yourself."

  The mighty bull lowered its head in shame. Deep down, he knew that if the Black Emperor hadn't intervened earlier, he would have already lost his life at the hands of that despicable human.

  After a long while, Du Mu Chang Qing's agitated emotions calmed down slightly. Feeling the struggle of the person in his arms, his eyes darkened, and he finally let go of her.

  Qin Luyi quickly retreated from his side as soon as she gained her freedom, and the urgent movement made Du Mu Changqing's gaze even more somber. Looking at her bright and jade-like face, he slowly opened his mouth and said: "Yī ér, how did you end up coming down to Lion Tiger Cliff?"

  Qin Luo Yi blinked her eyes.

  Clothes?

  Didn't they used to call her Little Shifu all along? What's wrong with him today, suddenly changing his mouth and calling her Yī'er, which really makes her quite uncomfortable? Besides, are they that close?

  Her beautiful red lips curled up with a faint smile, and she said with a slightly puzzled expression: "Second brother, I was just about to ask you, how did you end up here?"

  She wasn't familiar with Du Mu Changqing either. As for her entanglement with Dong Tian Fu Di, it was a long story, and she didn't plan on telling him.

  Du Mu Changqing gazed at her steadily, a flash of tenderness in his dark eyes: "You dropped something on the cliff edge of Yuzang Mountain." As he spoke, he took out the jade hairpin from his sleeve and handed it to her.

  "Did you come down on purpose to find me?" Qin Luo Yi took the jade hairpin, her expression shocked and suspicious: "Could it be that you jumped down from Lion Tiger Cliff?" Only by jumping down from Lion Tiger Cliff could one find this place so quickly, and also encounter the wild cow.

  Gee, if it's really like that, then she's truly being pampered!

  Du Mu Changqing didn't say a word, but a hint of embarrassment flashed across his handsome face.

  Qin Luoyi was even more shocked, never expecting that he had actually jumped down from Lion Tiger Cliff!

  "You picked up my hairpin and jumped down like that...... Now how are we going to get back up?" Qin Luo's mouth opened, his expression somewhat strange as he stared at him.

  She wouldn't foolishly think that Duanmu Changqing jumped down to save her just because she's his junior sister and he knew she fell off the cliff. She knows she doesn't have that kind of charm... The reason he did this is probably because he was afraid of dying here, and then no one would be able to release his acupoints, so he'd be a eunuch for the rest of his life.

  His gaze involuntarily shifted downward for a moment before quickly moving away again before Du Mu Qing noticed.

  In his heart, he was both angry and amused, never expecting that this man would consider his pride more important than his life!

  That fierce cow fought with him for a long time, not only did it not hurt him, but instead allowed him to condense the Jade Mansion in battle and break through the cultivation barrier. However, even so, with his newly cultivated Jade Mansion, whether he could win or lose against the Black Emperor was still hard to say.

  "This jade hairpin wasn't picked up by me, it was a disciple from our sect who happened to pick it up on the top of Yuzang Mountain... I've already told him to go find Master, we'll be able to leave soon." Du Mu Changqing's dark eyes looked at her reassuringly.

  So that's how it is.

  Qin's eyes flashed with realization as she said, "I knew it, this man, how could he possibly jump down without any regard for his own life? It turns out he still had a trick up his sleeve."

  She thought for a moment and then beckoned to Dahei.

  The big black one ran over quickly, and Hei Di followed beside it, also running over.

  Du Mu's gaze swept over the black emperor's face, which was full of arrogance and ill intentions, with a multitude of doubts in his heart.

  Da Hei was a rare ancient beast, even in the Tian Xuan continent, it was extremely rare. Unexpectedly, under the Lion Tiger Cliff, there was one, and its cultivation was obviously very powerful... What made him even more curious was that Qin Luo Yi was actually with this powerful beast, and they seemed to get along quite well.

  Before that, Da Hei had been following her, and he found it very strange. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't figure out why Da Hei would willingly follow Qin Luo Yi with her cultivation. Unexpectedly, they encountered another one at the extremely perilous Lion Tiger Cliff, and in just two short days, it listened to her every command and came immediately when summoned... His scorching gaze fixed on Qin Luo Yi, he was really curious - how did she manage to do it?

  Qin Luo Yi told Da Hei and Hei Di that the Xuan Mi Sect might send someone down immediately, then smiled at Hei Di with a pleased expression.

  Hei Di nodded in understanding, a glint of amusement flashing in his eyes as he smiled and said, "Don't worry, this entire Lion Tiger Cliff is my territory. If anyone comes down, I'll know about it immediately. The beast tribes won't dare to cause trouble for them."

  Qin's smile on her face grew thicker, she put down her guard, the Black Emperor's strength was terrifying, she didn't want it to clash with her master or anyone sent by her master.

  Dahuo listened to Qinyin's words, but he was reluctant to say: "It's going up so soon, I have to seize the time to prepare more things for you." After finishing speaking, he spread his hooves and jumped into mid-air, climbed onto the snow ginseng tree, and picked the snow ginseng fruit with his sharp claws.

  Hei Di gave it a resentful glance, then looked at Qin Luo Yi beside him and finally let out a sigh. He said to Meng Niu: "If you find someone coming down, inform me immediately."

  It's best if someone comes down now and takes Qin Luo away, delaying for a little more time. The treasure under the Lion Tiger Cliff is still unknown how much will be lost.

  The fierce bull went away with great reverence.

  Qin Luo's clothes naturally didn't miss the black emperor's face of regret, and he smiled slightly, also falling from mid-air.

  This strange space, although the beast tribe can't go out, but her hand bell space is not like a general storage space, which can only hold dead objects, and living things can also be taken out. Dahei has been in and out of it many times.

  So Dà Hēi compromised after being unable to defeat Hēi Dì and learning the reason why Hēi Dì was certain she couldn't leave. She planned to search for as many treasures as possible here, and when she left, hide in the hand ring space, take these rare treasures with her, and make Hēi Dì furious.

  Qin Luoyi couldn't help but look at Hei Di with a tinge of sympathy, thinking that the poor Black Emperor had been waiting for tens of thousands of years, and finally got a companion, an opposite sex one at that. He thought he could form a pair bond with it, and was even willing to offer up many treasures to win it over... only to end up losing his wife and suffering defeat, probably to the point of coughing up blood in anger.

  Du Mu Changqing closely followed Qin Luo Yi wanting to jump down from mid-air, but Hei Di suddenly blocked his way.

  "What's your relationship with that woman? Why did you come all the way here to find her?" Hei Di asked, staring wide-eyed.

  "Why should I tell you?" Du Mu Changqing put his hands behind him, hooked a smile on his lips, and faced the mysterious black emperor without fear.

  Hei Di stood there, his sleek fur unruffled by the windless air, a hint of disdain flashing across his face: "If you don't tell me, I'll slap you to death. But it's just Yu Fu's cultivation, last time a Zi Fu cultivator, this emperor easily tore him into pieces!"

  Duanmu Changqing's pupils contracted, and a fierce aura burst out from his body. He sneered, "Think you can swat me dead? I'll play along anytime!"

  The Dark Emperor's face darkened in anger, and his black claws suddenly rose, but when he caught sight of Qin Luoyi and Dahei out of the corner of his eye, he put them down again. His tone softened slightly: "Forget it, I can squash you like an ant, and even Dahei said that you're as cold as a popsicle stick. That woman doesn't like you, so naturally there's nothing special between you two...I won't ask how you came to find her either."

  He pointed to the Snow Ginseng tree on the ground and tempted him, "Do you know who that woman likes? If you do... as long as you can bring the person down from this cliff, there are things in my treasure trove that are a hundred times more precious than this Snow Ginseng fruit. You can choose three of them."

  After finishing, she stared at him with piercing eyes. The things in Qin Luoyi's storage ring were much more precious than the Snow Ginseng Fruit. Not only were they precious, but there were also many of them. As a member of the狴犴 tribe, Da Hei had an extremely sensitive sense of smell for treasures. Over the past two days, he had been wandering around with Qin Luoyi, and no matter where the treasures were hidden, Da Hei would always find them and put them in Qin Luoyi's pocket.

  Alright, Qin Luoyi is the contractor of Da Hei, and they are also soul contractors. It's not Da Hei's fault, it's just an unavoidable situation. However, letting Qin Luoyi, a human, take away so many treasures alone, he really can't bear it!

  It would be great if this man could bring the person Qin Luoyi likes, take three treasures and exchange them for Qin Luoyi to leave everything behind. Hehe, what a good deal!

  Digression

  Thank you to Cheng Tian's online darling, thank you to Yue Yan's darling, thank you to Zhu Zhu Le Le's darling, thank you to Fu Cha Yi Qing's flower.