Chapter 54: The Abyss (Part 2)

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  Along with the woman's finger, two men curiously looked towards Jiang Xiaoyu.

  Why does this person look so familiar? Ah, I remember now. I saw him outside the city just a while ago. There was also a man with a scar on his face. What a coincidence that we would end up eating in the same inn.

  Jiang Xiaoyu naturally felt that the three of them were staring at him, but he remained calm and continued eating, as if six pairs of eyes didn't make a difference to him. I know I'm handsome, but you can't look at me like this! Jiang Xiaoyu thought to himself, feeling speechless.

  "This person has been seen before, but nothing special was found?" said the man in gray clothes curiously.

  "Junior brother, take a closer look. It was outside the city, and because we were in a hurry to rush along the road, I didn't observe carefully, and unexpectedly it was a senior expert." This senior brother wore white clothes, had a clean face, and looked at Jiang Xiaoyu with a hint of solemnity.

  The purple-robed junior sister nodded and continued his words, saying: "We were too rude to him outside the city earlier. Now that we've met again, it's good that we can apologize to him."

  The man in white nodded, the young man eating in front of him looked like he was twenty-four years old, but what was strange was that he couldn't see through his opponent's bone age, nor could he see his true cultivation! If the other party was an ordinary person, then why were his shoes still so clean after walking from three hundred miles outside the city to the city? There is only one answer, this man is a cultivator, and his strength is absolutely above that of their three junior brothers.

  The three of them walked up and arrived in front of Jiang Xiaoyu's desk.

  Jiang Xiaoyu secretly smiled in his heart, and the conversation between the three of them was naturally heard clearly by him. However, on the surface, he slightly furrowed his brow, as if the arrival of the three had disturbed his appetite for eating.

  "What's going on with you three?" Jiang Xiaoyu put down his chopsticks and looked at the three of them.

  The man in white clothes smiled and said, "I'm sorry to disturb your meal, sir. Do you still remember the three of us?" Afraid that Jiang Xiaoyu might not recall, the man reminded him, "Previously outside the city, we were three fellow disciples, riding horses..."

  "It was you guys." Jiang Xiao Yu's tone was slightly unpleasant, her tightly furrowed eyebrows wrinkling even deeper.

  But are these three people fools? They came to find trouble on their own initiative. Since they didn't cause any trouble for him, could it be out of kindness? Out of morality? Jiang Xiaoyu didn't believe it.

  "At that time we were also in a hurry, so there may be some offense, please forgive us." With that, the three of them sat down.

  "Good grief! So familiar! Jiang Xiaoyu let out a soft sigh and said, 'In a hurry? Hurry up and come eat then?'"

  The three of them suddenly felt awkward, okay they were indeed sitting in the inn eating...

  "Never mind, I'm not petty, so I won't bother with you few. Otherwise, you would have regretted it at the time." Jiang Xiaoyu said calmly and continued eating.

  After a brief moment of silence, Jiang Xiaoyu put down the chopsticks in his hand again, cleared his throat and said: "What do you three want to do?"

  Sorry, it's all said and done, I've forgiven myself too. Why are these three still not leaving? Forget it, I won't eat either. Then the three of them looked at him, he looked back at the three of them.

  The man in white seemed to have something difficult to say, but finally spoke up and said: "Senior, to be honest, my junior sister and I came to Zongyancheng this time for a matter. However, thinking that the three of us are ultimately outnumbered and outmatched..."

  In short, it means getting Jiang Xiaoyu on board!

  "So what?" Jiang Xiaoyu continued to pretend to be stupid. Eavesdropping on such things was very immoral, and he absolutely wouldn't jump in to answer!

  The three of them bowed and said: "We three juniors wish to ask for your assistance, senior!"

  Jiang Xiaoyu furrowed his brow, seemingly considering it, and didn't directly refuse. He said: "You all tell me first, what exactly do you do? I'll think about it carefully."

  The three of them looked at each other, wanting to speak but stopping themselves. If they knew that Jiang Xiaoyu already had an idea of what was going on, who knows what kind of emotions they would have.

  "I've eaten and drunk enough. If you gentlemen have nothing else to discuss, I'll retire to my quarters for some rest." Jiang Xiaoyu stood up, preparing to leave.

  The three of them were in a great hurry, and the man in white clothes hastily said: "Senior, please wait! The matter is like this..."

  Jiang Xiaoyu secretly felt pleased with himself. This little guy, I don't believe I still can't handle you? Afterwards, Jiang Xiaoyu sat down again and listened to the other person's words.

  "Has senior ever heard of 'Dì Yuān'?"

  "I have recently been cultivating in the world and have never heard of it."

  "One hundred years ago, a place of cultivation appeared. Anyone who entered its gates could cultivate! At that time, the emergence of this sect shook the world, because some people were born with blocked acupoints and couldn't sense the breath of heaven and earth, let alone step into the ranks of cultivators. Many people didn't believe it, but later on, many people who couldn't cultivate indeed stepped onto this path! This sect is called Dì Yuān."

  "Bringing blessings to all under heaven, isn't this a good thing?" Jiang Xiaoyu wondered.

  "It was fine, but later on, strange things happened one after another in the cultivation world!" The man in white looked around mysteriously and then continued in a low voice: "At that time, the sect of the Earth Abyss was located at a mountain peak in the Eastern Wilderness's Great Desolate Mountain. After they settled down on that mountain peak, the streams between the mountains would occasionally spout out fresh blood, and sometimes, even human corpses would flow down with the stream!"

  Jiang Xiaoyu's expression changed slightly, and what he heard sounded like a paranormal event?

  "Later, the matter quickly spread throughout the Eastern Territory. Some relatives of the deceased identified the bodies and confirmed that they were all people who had gone up the mountain to learn from their masters. The dead were too miserable to look at, with some having their organs dug out, the means were too bloody!"

  Later on, some disciples of various sects went missing without a reason, and Di Yuan was flawless in this regard. Some sects suspected that they were the ones responsible, but there wasn't enough evidence. Unfortunately, Di Yuan, who shouldn't have done so, dared to lay hands on the disciples of Xuan Fu Mountain!

  "That year, the Mountain Master was enraged and sat on the floating mountain, separated by a distance of ten thousand miles. With just one finger, he destroyed the Di Yuan sect's power. It should be known that at that time, there were three powerful beings in the Di Yuan sect who had reached the Divine Bridge realm. Even so, they were still no match for the Mountain Master."

  Jiang Xiaoyu took a deep breath in his heart after listening. Firstly, he was amazed by the strength of the mountain master, and secondly, he was horrified by the terror of this abyss, and the means were so disgusting! If Fang Hen really fell into their hands, wouldn't it be... Thinking of this, he secretly shuddered and didn't dare to think about it anymore.

  "The emergence of the Abyss is too terrifying, deeply rooted in people's hearts, and the method of cultivation is also contrary to human nature! It was destroyed soon after it appeared, which is also in line with the Heavenly Way. Recently, we have discovered some clues about the Abyss. At first, we were not sure, but a few days ago, several elders of our sect sent out a message saying that they were trapped by people from the Abyss and asked us to rescue them."

  After listening, Jiang Xiaoyu's emotions didn't change much. Joke, as a senior, can he not be calm?

  "With a slightly suspicious tone, Jiang Xiaoyu said: 'So your meaning is that the Earth Abyss may reappear in the world now? And you three are here to rescue your master and investigate the Earth Abyss?'"

  "Good insight!" The three of them praised.

  "Hehe, I think we've already reached a point where there's nothing more to talk about." Jiang Xiaoyu sighed and prepared to leave.

  The three of them suddenly became anxious and hastily asked: "Senior, what do you mean by this? Have we said something wrong?"

  "Firstly, from your descriptions of the Earth Abyss, it's incredibly formidable. The Suspended Mountain Sect Master didn't take action, probably because no one can handle them. So your sect sent just the three of you? Secondly, what does the appearance of the Earth Abyss have to do with me? If they provoke me, I'll naturally take action." Jiang Xiao Yu hummed twice.

  Seeing this, the man in white hurriedly explained: "Senior, you don't know that recently, the Tianhang Mountain grand gathering is about to take place. Not just our Yunliu Sect, but also the high-ranking members of other sects have all gone there to discuss matters related to this grand gathering..."

  Jiang Xiaoyu felt a bit relieved, he said that if those people knew about this matter, how could they possibly send some young kids over?

  However, he also didn't want to intervene in this matter, and whether or not he had a relationship with Fang Yu, he still hadn't decided.

  Several people saw Jiang Xiaoyu not making any moves, and the man in white continued: "The three of you are also quite powerful, all of whom are in the Huálóng Secret Realm. If we add this senior's God Bridge realm's overlord, I'm sure we can defeat this Earth Abyss! The Earth Abyss was indeed powerful back then, but now it may not be as strong as it was back then. Having a single God Bridge cultivator is already the limit."

  On the surface, he was flattering Jiang Xiaoyu, but in reality, he was using his words to probe Jiang Xiaoyu's true abilities.

  Jiang Xiaoyu also detected the hidden meaning in these words, but only smiled lightly and said: "Still the same sentence, what makes me take action?"

  "If seniors are willing to lend a hand, after the matter is settled, juniors can take charge. In the Flowing Cloud Sect's treasury, seniors can choose one thing!" The man in white pleaded.

  "You're just a junior, can you take charge of such things?" Jiang Xiaoyu was very curious.

  From the very beginning, this kid has been talking a lot of nonsense, and that woman and another man didn't even dare to breathe loudly. It's obvious that these three people are led by this kid.

  "Hao Shixiong is the son of the Sect Master and also the number one expert among our Flowing Cloud Sect's younger generation. He has already been designated as the next Sect Master, so he can definitely make decisions on this matter." The woman spoke up first.

  She was extremely dissatisfied with the attitude of this senior, her own senior brother had invited him again and again, but he just wouldn't give face, until he was willing to offer benefits, would he loosen up, having a bit of leeway. She hated people like that the most!

  "Oh?"

  Jiang Xiaoyu was slightly surprised, didn't expect this unknown name, looking not as handsome as himself young man, turned out to be a rich second generation plus official second generation, seems pretty good!