Chapter 26: Ling Fei Yang's Second Update

  The man in black at the front of the group felt a sudden jolt, and before he could even react, it was too late. A sharp pain in his back made his vision go dark, and with all his might, he turned around to see that all his subordinates had fallen to the ground, lifeless. Could it be that they were killed so quickly? Feng Bao, did you have such terrifying power?

  The wind leopard stood silently behind him, retracting its sharp claws.

  "...good...fast..." The black-clad man spat out these two words and fell straight down, making no more sound.

  "Hurricane, I'll praise you once more before you die." Zhuge Mingyue said, reaching out to touch the hurricane's head as it walked over.

  Typhoon Ao Jiao raised her chin and gave a "of course" look.

  "Miss Zhuge..." Lin Yuhans voice came out, the scene just now had left him stunned. He had seen Wind Leopards before, but never one with such lightning speed, "I didn't expect Miss Zhuge to be hiding her true strength, she's actually such a powerful summoner. I apologize for my earlier rudeness, please forgive me."

  "Are you the young master of Lin's Chamber of Commerce?" Zhuge Mingyue asked directly after looking at Lin Yuhans wound.

  A bitter smile floated onto Lin Yuhans face: "He is the second young master of the Lin Clan Merchant Guild."

  Zhuge Mingyue didn't ask again, she saw that Lin Yuhans seemed to have an unspoken secret. The struggle between the big families, Zhuge Mingyue also understood.

  "Return to the city, your injuries need treatment." Zhuge Mingyue glanced at the corpses of the Ma brothers on the ground. Zheng Zhiheng and Qin Juan were also seriously injured. Zhuge Mingyue recalled Feng Bao back with her spiritual power, as she couldn't maintain the summoning state for a long time. The demonic pet space was the world suitable for their survival, and staying outside for too long would only over-consume their life force and spiritual power. Zhuge Mingyue went forward to check Qin Juan's injuries. Qin Juan's injuries were severe, and Zheng Zhiheng was helping her apply medicine.

  After resting for a while, the crowd began to return, but the speed was much slower. Seeing that the two people who were still standing in front of them yesterday had died, Zhuge Mingyue's heart also had a few unspeakable sorrows. For a moment, no one spoke, and the air was filled with a faint sadness and sorrow.

  "Be careful, brother," Wu Tingying said with concern as she supported Lin Yuhanshan. However, her tone suddenly changed to one of annoyance, "But, brother, the people around you are really useless, they can't even protect you."

  Qin Juan and Zheng Zhi Cheng's faces suddenly turned pale, the fists hidden in their sleeves were clenched tightly. Their companions had died just to protect this arrogant young lady, yet this detestable woman dared to say such a thing!

  "Shut up! Tingying, if it weren't for my friends fighting with their lives on the line, how could we still be standing here? My friends used their blood to earn us a chance to survive, you must apologize!" Lin Yuhans face also changed, sternly scolding Wu Tingying.

  Wu Tingying had never seen Lin Yuhanso angry before, and was a little scared in her heart, so she apologized softly: "Sorry."

  Qin Juan and Zheng Zhi were extremely annoyed with Wu Tingying in their hearts, but they were very moved by Lin Yuhans attitude.

  "Miss Zhuge, thank you too. If it wasn't for your timely intervention, we might have been in trouble today..." Lin Yuhansaid to Zhuge Mingyue, "However, I don't have that much cash on me, let me pay you back when I return to the city."

  "Second brother, shouldn't you be thanking us instead? We're the ones who paid." Wu Tingying had just been scolded and couldn't find a place to vent her anger, so she took it out on Zhuge Mingyue. In her opinion, everything could be measured with money.

  "Master Lin's 10,000 gold coins were to buy his and his friend's lives, but not yours. Miss Wu, besides, do you really think your cousin's life is only worth this 10,000 gold coins?" Zhuge Mingyue sneered coldly, "You don't think you should thank me, so are you going to pay the labor costs instead?"

  "Pay up then!" Wu Tingying was infuriated by Zhuge Mingyue's words and shouted, stamping her foot.

  "That's it, 100,000 gold coins, pay up." Zhuge Mingyue said calmly.

  "Why don't you go and grab it?" Wu Tingying almost jumped up when she heard Zhu Ge Mingyue's words.

  "What? The life of Miss Wu is not even worth 100,000 gold coins? Mr. Lin's life is worth 10,000 gold coins plus a promise. That promise is priceless. As for you... giving some money is just that, your promise is worthless." Zhuge Mingyue was not polite to Miss Wu at all. Qin Juan and Zheng Zichen disliked Wu Tingying, now listening to Zhuge Mingyue's words, they felt much more comfortable in their hearts, and their good impression of Zhuge Mingyue also increased a lot.

  "You!" Wu Tingying's whole body trembled with anger. When had she ever been treated like this? When had she ever been humiliated like this?

  "Miss Zhuge, my cousin is young and doesn't understand things, I hope you won't mind. I'm really sorry." Lin Yuhansaid apologetically.

  Zhuge Mingyue snorted, looking at Wu Tingying who was out of breath, and sneered: "In that case, I'll let it go because of Mr. Lin's face." After finishing speaking, Zhuge Mingyue turned around and continued walking forward. Wu Tingying's venomous gaze burned on Zhuge Mingyue's back, as if she wanted to burn a hole through it.

  No one noticed that soon after they left, a slender black-clad figure appeared in the place where they had previously fought. He squatted down to examine the wounds of the corpses on the ground, and after confirming that all his men had been killed, he looked up towards the front. With doubts in his mind, Lin Yuhans' people were not very strong, logically these people should have been enough to complete the task, why did they fail? It was also strange that he himself was too careless, thinking that this mission would be foolproof, so he came a step late.

  The man in black didn't look at the corpses on the ground again, but instead sprinted towards the exit of Xunlong Mountain Range. Lin Yuhanshouldn't have gone far yet, and they could still catch up with them.

  Zhuge Mingyue's party was moving at a very slow pace, and before they could reach the exit of Xunlong Mountain Range, the sky had already completely darkened, with the moon gradually rising, casting a hazy, even layer of moonlight over every inch of land.

  "Master Lin, it should be safe to head out of the Dragon Seeking Mountain Range now. If you're all exhausted, I can go back to town and bring a doctor in a horse carriage to pick you up." Zhuge Mingyue looked at the exit of the Dragon Seeking Mountain Range which was not far ahead, turned her head and suggested to the pale-faced few people.

  "Then, I'll have to trouble Miss Zhuge. I'm truly grateful." Lin Yuhansaid with gratitude, previously the few of them had injuries on their bodies but they didn't dare stay in the mountain range, afraid that there were still black-clothed men and remaining party members.

  Zhuge Mingyue nodded and was about to move forward when she suddenly felt a strange movement in the air.

  "Be careful!" Zhuge Mingyue and Qin Juan shouted in unison, with Qin Juan even disregarding her own safety to block Lin Yuhans path.

  A masked black-clad figure with agile hands descended from the sky, his sharp sword mercilessly slashing towards Lin Yuhanshan. Qin Juan managed to barely draw her sword to counterattack at this moment, but it pulled on her wound, and a large amount of blood spurted out of her mouth.

  Zhuge Mingyue hastily started chanting the incantation, but just as she began, the masked black-robed figure suddenly turned around and attacked her! Zhuge Mingyue rolled on the ground, barely dodging the black-robed figure's attack, but had no time to continue chanting. It must be said that this black-robed figure was extremely cunning, having apparently hidden in the shadows to analyze their profession and abilities. From the start, he launched a sneak attack on Lin Yuhanshan, and when that didn't work, he targeted the strongest summoner.

  At this moment, Zhuge Mingyue deeply felt the importance of having a guardian! If someone could buy her just ten seconds now, she would be able to summon Feng Bao and turn the situation around. But she didn't have a guardian now! Qin Juan and Zheng Zichen were seriously injured, Lin Yuhans' condition wasn't much better, and Wu Tingying was even more hopeless. The black-clad man dodged the consecutive shots from her sleeve arrows with ease, causing Zhuge Mingyue's heart to sink. This person's strength was not low! Lin Yuhans' group were extremely anxious but unable to do anything. Meanwhile, Wu Tingying let out a panicked shriek that was ear-piercing.

  Is it going to end here today? A strong sense of unwillingness rose up in Zhuge Mingyue's heart!

  Just as the man in black raised his sword again to strike Zhuge Mingyue, Zhuge Mingyue did not feel the intense pain he had imagined.

  The clear and crisp sound rang out, it was the sound of weapons clashing.

  Zhuge Mingyue was stunned, looking at the tall and straight back in front of her, she didn't come to her senses for a moment. The fluttering raven-black hair, the spotless white clothes, and the long sword shining with cold light, seemed to have stopped time at this moment.

  The one who saved her is Ling Feiyang!

  Digression

  Two updates in a row! Please give me applause! I'm so diligent, praise me, haha!