Chapter Thirty-Seven: Rushing Back in Time

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  Everyone knew that the Luoyang team was attacked by a beast tide before, and it was clear that someone had rushed towards Qin Chao. Now, only nine people walked out of the Tianyun Mountains. Qin Chao did not follow them out.

  Does this mean that Qin Lang has already died in the beast tide?

  Everyone was guessing in their hearts, but no one made a sound on the scene, and they quietly watched the Luoyang City team walk onto the platform.

  Murong Fang had been waiting for a long time, and there was no news from the team. He was also anxious in his heart. At this moment, he saw the team coming out and hurriedly searched for Qin Liang's figure in the crowd.

  However, what made him tense was that he did not find Qin Liang's figure.

  "Brother Murong, why didn't Qin Lang come out with you?" The water fairy of the Sea City rushed over a few steps and asked Murong Fang. His worry was no less than Murong Fang's, because Qin Lang was recommended by Lin Yun Tian.

  "Who do you ask me to go with?" Normally, Murong Fangke wouldn't dare speak to Shuixianhua like this, but at this moment his heart was also very annoyed, and he didn't have a good expression for Shuixianhua either. But Shuixianhua didn't mind these things at the moment.

  "Tong Gang, where's Qin Lang? Why didn't he come out with you guys?" Murong Fang rushed forward and grabbed Tong Gang.

  "Lord Murong!" Tong Gang's face was also filled with anxiety, "We encountered a beast tide in the mountain forest, Qin Lang stayed behind to block the beast tide and parted ways with us. Since then, we have never met Qin Lang again."

  Zhao Long took a few steps forward and said to Murong Fang: "Lord Murong, hasn't Qin brother come out yet?"

  Murong frowned and said in a gloomy tone, "Hmph, the beast tide you encountered was manipulated by humans, and it was completely aimed at Qin Chao."

  "What? Think you're being manipulated?"

  "Is Qin brother the target?"

  "Not bad. Even the county master was shocked and rushed to rescue him personally. However, after the county master returned, he didn't mention Qin Guang's safety at all, until now, Qin Guang still hasn't appeared. Hmph! No matter what, I must dig out that behind-the-scenes manipulator."

  "It's despicable, Brother Qin stayed behind to cover for us." Tong Gang said gritting his teeth.

  But Zhao Long lowered his head and started thinking.

  "Bring your spoils of war here, troops from Luoyang City." A middle-aged man in military uniform shouted to the troops from Luoyang City below the platform.

  "You all go and deal with the beast crystal first, we'll talk about Qin Lang's matter later." Murong Fang said to Tong Gang and others.

  "Yes, sir." Tong Gang said, and immediately led the team members to prepare for the delivery of the beast crystal. After experiencing the beast tide event in the mountains and forests, all the obtained beast crystals were equally preserved by all team members.

  "Little brother, help me pass this." Zhao Long pulled a bag from his hand and handed it to Tong Gang.

  Tong glanced at Zhao Long and didn't say anything, then took his storage bag and left.

  After seeing Tong walk away, Zhao Long said in a low voice to Murong Fang: "Lord Murong, I have some guesses about Qin's affairs."

  "Oh?" Murong Fang raised an eyebrow and leaned in a few inches closer to Zhao Long, saying in a low voice: "Tell me."

  "Sir, before the Grand Competition, none of us knew Qin brother, nor did we know his true strength. At the beginning of the competition, everything was normal. But after Qin brother revealed his astonishing strength, we encountered the beast tide. Now, according to what you said, sir, this beast tide is actually being manipulated by someone, with the goal of eliminating Qin brother. Thinking back, in our Luoyang City, including Lin Hai Gongzi and several other young masters who were injured and unable to participate in the competition... could there be some inevitable connection between these events?"

  After hearing Zhao Long's words, Murong Fang also fell into silence. It seems that this is very likely. Before the injury of the young generation of masters and Qin Cang's encounter, all of these have only one consequence, which is to severely damage the strength of Luoyang City. I know Qin Cang's background, it's impossible to offend anyone. So, in fact, the target is not Qin Cang, but Luoyang City.

  Murong Fang looked around, thinking to himself: "If it's really like that, then the black hand behind the scenes is about to reveal itself. Among the cities that ranked above us in the previous county competition, except for Gū Yún City, any of them could be possible. But who exactly? Dōng Lín City? Dì Míng City? Or some other city?"

  "Ladies and gentlemen." At this moment, Mo Gu Yun, who was standing on the platform, began to speak.

  "The competition is about to end, please have all participating teams hand over the spoils of war to the organizing committee for statistics, and then return to their respective teams. After the time limit expires and the score results are counted, I will announce the result of the competition."

  As soon as Mo Gu Yun finished speaking, everyone immediately sprang into action.

  As the last team walked out of the forest, the game finally entered its final stage. The staff were nervously counting the spoils of war for each team and converting them into scores according to different standards.

  At this time, the gathering point of Di Ming City, the red-faced big man Ming Li had a calm face, looking at his own city's representative team, and surprisingly, he revealed a very pleased expression on his face.

  Mingli said to the team members: "You have performed exceptionally well this time, you are the pride of our Ming City. I, Mingli, am proud of you."

  "My Lord of Netherworld, for the sake of Nether City, we should spare no effort."

  "Not bad, in life we are people of Di Ming City, in death we are ghosts of Di Ming City."

  "Hehe, very good, very good. After you return, the City Lord will host a welcoming feast for you." Ming Li couldn't hold back the joy in his heart and finally smiled.

  Mingli glanced in the direction of Luoyang City with a flicker of his eyes, but did not find Qin Guang's figure among the crowd, and he also let out a sigh of relief in his heart.

  "Hmph, a mere Luoyang City, daring to rush into the top three? Thinking of replacing my Ming City's position, how easy is that?" Ming Li thought to himself. After going through so much trouble, it was all for this moment. At this time, he couldn't wait to hear the County Master announce the results.

  The entire scene finally welcomed its last moment after experiencing a tense silence.

  Mo Gu Yun stood in the middle of the platform, holding a red paper in his right hand. Everyone knew that the result of this county's big competition was on that paper.

  "Ladies and gentlemen, this competition is about to come to an end. There have been some unexpected events during the contest, but none of them have affected the smooth progress of the competition. The results are already out, and I'm holding them in my hand right now." Mo Gu Yun raised his right hand.

  "This time, the competition is judged by the beast crystals obtained. We all know that demonic beasts also have levels, so we won't simply compare the number of beast crystals obtained. First-level primary demonic beast 10 points, first-level intermediate demonic beast 50 points, first-level advanced demonic beast 100 points, second-level primary demonic beast 1000 points, second-level intermediate 5000 points, second-level advanced demonic beast 10000 points, and so on."

  "According to this standard, we have counted out the final scores of each team. Next I will announce the results of the competition..."

  Everyone held their breaths, waiting for the county lady to announce the result of the competition.

  Just then, a voice came from the woods: "Wait, wait, wait."

  Upon hearing this voice, everyone looked over. The Luoyang City team suddenly erupted because they realized that the voice was not talking about someone else, but Qin Guang himself.

  Only saw Qin Lang rushing out of the mountain forest, his clothes were already tattered and barely covered his vital parts.

  "Qin Lang!" Everyone in the Luoyang City team shouted out in surprise, rushing towards Qin Lang one after another.

  Murong Fang was the fastest, rushing to the front of everyone, grabbing Qin Lang and scolding: "You little brat, where did you run off to? You don't know how many people were worried about you."

  The narcissus also followed closely, but he was more careful than Murong Fang. He quickly took out a piece of clothing from somewhere and put it on Qin Cang, laughing: "You little guy, exposing so much skin and you don't feel cold?"

  The members of the Luoyang City team also rushed over at this time, asking one after another.

  "Qin brother, are you alright?"

  "Qin brother, we have been searching for you in the mountains and forests, later we also returned to that cave, but still couldn't find you."

  "Yes, yes, you've worried us to death! If anything unexpected happens to you, I'll never be at peace for the rest of my life!"

  All along, I haven't had many friends, wandering outside, suffering from discrimination, and no one has ever cared about me. Now for the first time, I feel so much concern from everyone, feeling their heartfelt anxiety for me, which also makes Qin Lang, who has never been sentimental, a little choked up.

  "Sorry to have worried you, Mu Rong and Shui. Brothers." Qin Lang took two deep breaths, forcing himself to calm down, but his eyes, brimming with tears, betrayed him.

  "Alright, kiddo, you're back safely, that's all that matters. Everything else can wait until after the competition is over. For now, hurry up and report in." Murong Fang said with a smile.

  "Not too late, right?" Qin Lang's eyes widened suddenly, and he quickly ran out of the crowd's encirclement, rushing towards the platform.

  Rushing down to the platform, Qin Huan looked up at the Lonely Cloud County Master on the platform and said: "County Master, I'm not late, am I?"

  Mo Gu Yun glanced at Qin Lang, a faint smile rising to the corner of his mouth that was hard to detect, and quickly returned to normal. He looked at the incense sticks in the huge censer beside him and said, "The competition has not ended yet, so you are naturally not late."

  "It's okay, it's okay, I finally made it back in time." Upon hearing Mo Gu Yun's words, Qin Lang let out a sigh of relief.

  "Well, return to your team then, I'm about to announce the results of the match." Mo Gu Yun said calmly as he gazed at Qin Lang.

  "Wait, County Master, wait, I'm not finished yet." Qin Lang hurriedly shouted, and then said to the Tianjun who was responsible for counting the score below the stage: "I still have some beast crystals here, please count them for me."

  "Hand over your storage bag," a heavenly soldier said.

  "No, no, I'll do it myself." The storage bag didn't just contain an egg, but also a large quantity of crystals taken from the mysterious cave. These things weren't very suitable to be brought out. Qin Lin took out the storage bag and poured out a large pile of colorful beast crystals with a clattering sound. These beast crystals were all taken from the body of the dead demon beast.

  Everyone's eyes widened as they looked at these beast crystals.

  Is this Qin Lang who has copied the lair of the demon beast?