Chapter 54: Hiring, Killing Enemies

【“The city we’re in is a commandery city under the rule of the Purple Firmament Immortal Dynasty, called Xuan’feng Commandery City. The City Lord is a Return-to-Void realm powerhouse!”】

【After leaving the teleportation formation, Bai Ruoxi led you around the commandery city, explaining things as you went.】

【“And the place where my Bai family is located is a small county town under Xuan’feng Commandery City.”】

【“Let’s rest here for a night. Tomorrow I’ll take you to find an alchemist to refine the pill.”】

【To avoid any long delays, you rejected Bai Ruoxi’s suggestion. “Time waits for no one. We go find the alchemist now!”】

【“But…” Bai Ruoxi still wanted to struggle a little longer.】

【“Hm?” Your expression turned cold as you glanced at Bai Ruoxi.】

【“We’ll go right now.” Bai Ruoxi didn’t dare say another word, obediently leading you toward Yun’gui City where the Bai family was located.】

【Passing by the Immortal Treasure Pavilion, you stopped in your tracks. Bai Ruoxi looked at you in confusion.】

【You said nothing, instead walking straight into the Immortal Treasure Pavilion.】

【A quarter of an hour later, a Spirit Transformation powerhouse stood behind you!】

【This was a bodyguard you had specifically hired from the Immortal Treasure Pavilion as a precaution.】

【As the most top-tier merchants in the entire Heaven Mystery Continent, the Immortal Treasure Pavilion could satisfy basically any request, as long as you had money.】

【You spent six hundred thousand mid-grade spirit stones to hire this Spirit Transformation cultivator named Li Wuyou for one month.】

【Within this month, Li Wuyou would protect your life throughout.】

【“You’re way too cautious, aren’t you? Spending six hundred thousand mid-grade spirit stones to hire a Spirit Transformation powerhouse.”】

【“If you have that kind of money, you might as well give it to me! I’d have my Ancestor protect you!” Bai Ruoxi was heartbroken. That was six hundred thousand mid-grade spirit stones!】

【You couldn’t be bothered to waste words on her. Hiring this Spirit Transformation cultivator was precisely to guard against the Spirit Transformation powerhouses of Yun’gui City.】

【Once out of the city gates, you took Bai Ruoxi flying through the air, heading straight for Yun’gui City where the Bai family was located!】

【The hired Spirit Transformation powerhouse, meanwhile, concealed himself in the void, following closely.】

【“Unknown forces are following us. Be careful.” Not long after leaving the city, Li Wuyou transmitted to you.】

【Hearing this, you frowned. Your Nascent Soul divine sense spread in all directions, and you quickly discovered a group of cultivators.】

【You had seen all these people before. They were the guards beside that masked woman from the teleportation formation today!】

【“Have you spotted any high-tier cultivators?” you transmitted, without betraying anything on your face.】

【“Not yet. Currently only four Nascent Soul cultivators are following.” Li Wuyou replied.】

【You nodded to show you understood.】

【“Are there any restrictions on killing people in Central State?” Having just arrived, you had no choice but to tread carefully.】

【“As long as you don’t fear retaliation from the forces behind them, there are no restrictions at all!” Li Wuyou told you that even in Central State, the strong were still revered!】

【Half an hour later, you stopped in a desolate, uninhabited place.】

【“You’ve followed long enough. Come out!” You turned around, speaking to the empty void.】

【“Where is anyone? We’ve been followed?” Bai Ruoxi scanned the surroundings. With her cultivation sealed, she simply could not see through the concealment of Nascent Soul cultivators.】

【Four figures slowly emerged from the void. The leading Nascent Soul cultivator sized you up, then said with amusement, “Interesting. How did you discover us?”】

【You did not answer. Instead, you asked, “Fellow Daoists, you’ve followed us all the way here. What do you want?”】

【“Nothing much. You just touched someone you shouldn’t have. We need to deal with it.”】

【“Boss, stop wasting words on him. Just kill him and be done with it!” The three Nascent Soul cultivators couldn’t hold back any longer, itching to make a move against you.】

【“Touched someone I shouldn’t have?” You mulled it over, then thought of that masked woman whose arm you had grabbed.】

【You suddenly laughed. Just because you grabbed an arm, your life had to be forfeit? How tyrannical!】

【“These people are not to be provoked. Let the Senior deal with them and send them back.” Bai Ruoxi whispered beside your ear, hoping you wouldn’t bring down some big shot from the Purple Firmament Immortal Dynasty.】

【“What are you laughing at, you idiot!” One of the hot-tempered Nascent Soul cultivators immediately struck, wanting to kill you in a single blow.】

【Before you could even act, Li Wuyou stepped out from the void and blocked the Nascent Soul cultivator’s attack for you.】

【Then he made no further move.】

【You understood this as well. After all, Li Wuyou was only responsible for protecting your life, not acting as your thug.】

【If you wanted Li Wuyou to kill for you, you’d have to pay extra!】

【“Who are you?” A casual strike that blocked a Nascent Soul powerhouse’s full-powered blow made the four Nascent Soul cultivators no longer dare to act rashly.】

【“I advise you, Fellow Daoist, not to stick your nose into matters that don’t concern you. The people behind me are not someone you can afford to provoke!”】

【“Oh? There are people even my Immortal Treasure Pavilion cannot afford to provoke?” Li Wuyou smiled. His Spirit Transformation cultivation erupted in full, suppressing the four Nascent Soul cultivators so thoroughly they couldn’t move.】

【“This person is under my protection. If you don’t want to die, then get lost right now!”】

【The leading Nascent Soul cultivator gave you a vicious look, then helplessly turned to leave.】

【“Hold on. Did I say you could leave?” Watching the four unwillingly depart, you suddenly spoke up.】

【“Fellow Daoist, I am only responsible for protecting you. I will not help you kill people.” Li Wuyou transmitted a reminder to you.】

【“What do you want? You still want to kill us? Do you dare? Do you!” The Nascent Soul cultivator who had attacked you earlier turned back and mocked you.】

【You pressed your lips together and walked forward, step by step, closing in on the four.】

【“Heh. What, with your Golden Core stage cultivation, you still want to kill me?”】

【“If not for that Senior from the Immortal Treasure Pavilion protecting you, you’d have been dead long ago!”】

【You came to a stop before the four. With Li Wuyou present, they did not dare make a move against you.】

【The Nascent Soul cultivator mocked you a few more times, then turned to leave.】

【Your hand reached out, and you actually gripped the Nascent Soul cultivator’s head in a death grip. Under Li Wuyou’s astonished gaze, bang! His head was crushed outright in your grasp!】

【The Nascent Soul cultivator’s blood, mixed with brain matter, splattered directly onto the remaining three Nascent Soul cultivators.】

【Before the three Nascent Soul cultivators could even react, you struck again. A single punch shattered the Nascent Soul cultivator’s protective spiritual power and slammed heavily into the dantian position!】

【The Heavenly Lightning power contained within the Heavenly Lightning Fist remained inside the Nascent Soul cultivator’s dantian, wreaking havoc on it from within.】

【Two strikes, two Nascent Soul cultivators down. That also gave the last two Nascent Soul cultivators time to react.】

【Their Nascent Soul cultivation erupted, about to put distance between them and you. You grabbed one, dragging him into close-quarters combat.】

【Three exchanges later, with a ripping sound, the Nascent Soul cultivator was torn in half by your bare hands!】

【The last Nascent Soul cultivator was so terrified that, heedless of his comrades, he hurriedly fled through the air.】