Hong Ba was a notorious bully south of Cloud Spirit City, and he had never entered a mortal daring enough to be so brazen.
He was a minure in the Bck Forest Gang outside the city, possessing some cultivation, but only at the Foundatioablishment stage. He couldn't even handle ordinary wild beasts, let alone demonic beasts.
However, this level of strength was enough for him to lord over the south of Cloud Spirit City, as he was cautious and could dis orth provoking.
The young man before him, holding a ntern with a fearless expression, was definitely not someoo be trifled with.
There was no trace of true qi on him, indig he was a mere mortal, and why should mortals be feared?
Just putting on a show!
"I'll knock you down first!"
Hong Ba's fist came quickly, but to Gu Heng, his movements were as slow as an elderly person on the brink of death. Gu Heng easily sidestepped, not even b to lift his leg, evading the punch with just his body's agility and reflexive as.
Gu Heng casually swung a sp, sending Hong Ba flying backward, crashing into a wall, spitting blood, and falling unscious!
The surrounding onlookers were dumbfounded, shocked, and incredulous.
They were all cultivators, though only at the Qi Refining stage, but Hong Ba was at the Foundatioablishment stage. Yet this young man had knocked him out with a casual sp?
Gu Heng raised an eyebrow, his gaze sweeping over the others. "What, do you want to try as well?"
His tone was calm, even with a hint of a smile, but it inexplicably instilled fear. The crowd exged gnces, swallowing hard. One of them stammered, "Do you know what happens if you provoke the Bck Forest Gang?"
Even his words were tinged with fear and terror.
With their leader lying there, how could they dare front Gu Heng directly?
A frail figure, curled up in a defensive posture in the er, slowly raised his head, revealing half ao look at Gu Heng, curiosity flickering in his gaze.
Gu Heng smiled calmly. "The Bck Forest Gang?"
"Never heard of them."
Seeing the young man's disdainful and indifferent expression, the burly men dared not act rashly. Not even the Bck Forest Gang could intimidate him? Their leader was a Core Formation stage cultivator, overseeing two mountaiories!
Yet he wasn't afraid?
Who was this guy?
"I'll give you three breaths to carry that guy out of my sight, or I'll make sure you all perish here."
Gu Heng shook the a ntern in his hand, the pale light casting a ghostly chill on his face.
He had never shown meraliortals.
Gu Heng had dealt with bandits in the mountains before. After mastering his body refieiques, he feared nothing.
Moreover, he knew alchemy, and with alchemy came knowledge of poisons. Many cultivators had died from poison. In Greenwood City, he had onknowingly poisoned a cultivator from another family, and that guy was at the Core Formation stage.
Fang like the Bck Forest Gang, their leader robably at most at the Core Formation stage. If they were any strohey wouldn't o hide in the forests outside the city.
So, Gu Heng had nothing to fear.
Seeing this, the meated no lowo of them hoisted the unscious Hong Ba and ran off, disappearing down the alley.
"…"
The alley was left with only Gu Heng and the battered young boy.
The frail body trembled slightly, but the dirty face showed no pain, only a thin yer of stubbornness and curiosity.
Gu Heng looked at him and asked, "Does it hurt?"
The boy shook his head.
"Are you hungry?"
He lowered his head, not answering, but Gu Heng could tell he was too weak from hunger.
"What's your name?" Gu Heng asked again.
"…"
No answer.
"Do you see that building?"
Gu Heng poio the brightly lit Medie Hall across the alley, though it hadn't yet hung its sign.
The boy looked up at the Medie Hall, pressing his lips together, remaining silent.
Gu Heng smiled and ruffled his hair. "Go wash up, have something to eat, and don't be stubborn with me. I tell your dition."
The boy blinked in fusion, but still moved his unsteady legs toward the Medie Hall.
Watg his back, Gu Heng's lips curled into a faint smile.
This boy, though skin and bones and living a hard life, had a resilient and unyielding spirit. He reminded Gu Heng of himself when he first awakened his System.
The greater the hope, the greater the disappoi.
The boy stood at the Medie Hall's entrance, looking i hesitating to enter until Gu Heng caught up and gave him a gentle push, prompting him to step inside.
The first thing he saw was a small silver cat lying on the sultation desk.
Sensing a stranger's presence, Su Jinxi zily opened her eyes, the battered and emaciated figure, only to find him her iurn.
Su Jinxi quickly lowered her head and closed her eyes again.
"Go upstairs first. I'll heat some water for you to wash up, and then I'll prepare some food for you."
Gu Heng pced the a ntern beside Su Jinxi, gesturing upstairs. The boy hesitated for a moment but eventually went up.
"Ah, I didn't expect to do a good deed on my first night in Cloud Spirit City…"
Gu Heng muttered as he headed to the back to boil water.
In the front hall, Su Jinxi slowly opened her eyes, looking at the staircase leading to the sed floor, her tail swaying, then g the a ntern beside her.
"Senior Xuan, did you feel it?"
"What, Elder Jinxi, did you feel it too?"
The light ihe a ntern flickered.
"Ihough I don't know what it is, when I looked into those eyes… it felt like seeing something a."
Su Jinxi narrowed her eyes in thought, vaguely guessing a possibility.
If that boy was an a remnant, possessing a bloodlines, perhaps that was why she felt su unusual sensation!
"But the child seems so young, sidering his frail appearance, he 't be more than fifteen or sixteen, and there's no trace of true qi on him. It's unlikely he's an a remnant with such a legacy. Five my limited vision, but I 't see it…"
"Heh, it seems our little pce has gained another extraordinary newer."
Su Jinxi said coldly.
"Young Master Gu wants to ie with mortals, to experience mortal life, but the people as he's entering are far from simple."
Jian Xuan sighed.
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