Mountain and River Festival

Chapter 28 Hunting
It’s really the Hall of Yama!
And they are actually coming for the two of them. Could it be that there is someone stronger who wants to assassinate the young master?

"Young Master has so many people around him, and City Lord Xu is no weaker than us, so he's not feeling empty..."

Just as the thought flashed through Huo Lei's mind, a huge fire suddenly broke out in the distance, illuminating the sky red.

After a while, the demonic energy rose into the sky, the wind blew violently, sand and rocks flew everywhere, and the demon's roar resounded through the sky.

"Monster!" The two turned around in horror, "Is that... the City Lord's Mansion?"

"Oh no! Something strange happened at the City Lord's Mansion, and it's a demonic thing. Will Xu Bingkun and the Demon Suppression Division be implicated?"

"Fell into a trap!"

Suddenly, an empty wheelchair appeared in front of him, spinning in place. The laughter in the air grew closer: "You came here after the wheelchair. Now that you've seen it, why are you in such a hurry to go back?"

The two looked in the direction of the sound, and saw a sword beam coming straight at them. Behind the sword beam was a pair of cruel eyes: "Since you are here, play with me."

"Dang!" Huo Lei quickly blocked the sword light and said hurriedly: "Fifth-rank assassin... I will deal with it, you go back quickly!"

"You can go back, but at least stay for half a cup of tea."

"Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh!" There were shadowy figures on the left and right mountain paths, and the aura of magic weapons flowed through the mountains, implicitly setting up a formation to trap a dragon.

Huo Ting was furious: "How much money did the other party give you, Yama Palace? You're working so hard! We'll pay double!"

"Even if you offer ten times as much, in our eyes, it's still no match for his words."

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After sending out the brothers Huo Lei and Huo Ting, Huo Yu felt a little guilty for a moment.

Uncle Fu died, and the brothers Huo Lei and Huo Ting left. He only had a group of seventh and eighth-rank guards around him, and suddenly he felt as if they were quite weak.

But looking at this room full of powerful figures—City Lord Xu Bingkun and his guards, the deputy commanders and middle-level officials of the Demon Suppression Division, and Liu Qingcang, who was also a powerful figure—it was still a prosperous situation. Furthermore, if there was any movement here, the Huo Lei brothers would quickly return to support.

There is no way the other party would take action at this time.

Huo Yu quickly suppressed the slight uneasiness in his heart and snorted coldly, "Everyone, please sit down and have some tea first, and then we can discuss how to hunt down that bastard."

Xu Bingkun stroked his beard and smiled, "With all the colleagues from the Demon Suppression Division here, things will be much easier. After all, the Demon Suppression Division has a wealth of experience in investigations and relevant treasures. Once they find any trace, they will have enough strength to detain the person."

In reality, the Demon Suppression Division members really didn't want to get involved, so even when they were being pushed into a corner, they could only reply, "We'll dispatch a search team tomorrow morning. As long as he's still in Xiazhou, he can't possibly disappear without a trace."

Liu Qingcang asked, "What if they're hiding in a private residence? Search every house?"

"Of course we search house by house." Huo Yu glared at Xu Bingkun with some dissatisfaction. They were supposed to search house by house today, but the mayor was not efficient enough and had to drag it out until now.

Xu Bingkun seemed to be blind, stroking his beard and saying, "Then shouldn't we search the house that's right next door first?"

Lu Xingzhou used his hatred to pull Huo Yu's gaze away from Shen Tang, but he knew it wouldn't last long. Huo Yu's surroundings, from Xu Bingkun to Liu Qingcang, were constantly stirring up trouble, and any excuse would draw Huo Yu's gaze back.

Therefore, Lu Xingzhou had always intended to end the battle quickly and did not want Huo Yu to survive beyond the next night.

Huo Yu was somewhat moved by Xu Bingkun's words. It was late at night, so he thought it would be okay to search the Shen's business...

Just as I was thinking this, a loud howl suddenly came from the distance.

Everyone was stunned for a moment, quickly left the hall, and jumped to a high place to look where the sound came from.

A huge fire broke out in the City Lord’s Mansion, and evil spirits rose to the sky.

Everyone suddenly turned to stare at Xu Bingkun. Xu Bingkun's face turned pale and he forced himself to ask, "Could it be that a demon is attacking our City Lord's Mansion?"

Demonic attacks... This statement dispelled much of the suspicion that he was raising demons himself. Immediately, the deputy commander of the Demon Suppression Division sternly said, "The demonic invasion is our top priority. Master Huo, please forgive us. We must go immediately!"

Without waiting for Huo Yu to reply, the people from the Demon Suppression Division left in an instant, and Xu Bingkun led the crowd away in a hurry.

Huo Yu felt that he could also deal with demons, so he pulled Xu Bingkun and said, "Don't worry, City Lord, let's go together."

Xu Bingkun thought to himself that if the demon was just talking nonsense, he could try to cover it up or suppress it with only a group of Xiazhou officials present. But if you were there and heard it, it would be disastrous. So he advised, "I don't know what level of cultivation that demon has. To have the audacity to invade our City Lord's Mansion, he must be extremely powerful. Young Master, you are a precious person, so please don't be so cautious. If you want to go, please wait for the two guards to return before going together."

Huo Yu thought about it and nodded, saying, "They will be back soon. City Lord, go ahead and we will follow."

In the blink of an eye, the once powerful Huo's residence was deserted with only Huo Yu and his guards left.

Looking at the bright lights and messy cups in the hall, Huo Yu suddenly felt more guilty, and he always felt that the huge Huo residence was like a haunted house.

He paced back and forth for a few steps, and then said, "Why hasn't Huo Lei Huo Ting come back yet? I won't wait any longer. Let's go and slay the demons!"

The guards had no idea that this young master was so timid and brave. They thought he was really going to fight the demons, but they showed a rare bit of respect: "Since you want to go, we will protect you even if we die..."

Before he finished speaking, a breeze blew in, the candlelight flickered, and a laugh filled the air: "Sixth Young Master Huo isn't afraid of demons, so what about ghosts?"

The sound of ghosts crying filled the hall, and the candlelight was holographic.

Huo Yu rushed out of the hall completely subconsciously and shouted sternly: "You bastard, are you still pretending to be a ghost? Come out here if you have the guts!" As soon as he stepped out of the hall, he felt something was wrong.

Turning around, I saw that none of the guards had followed me out. The hall was silent, as if it were isolated from another dimension.

The only sound that could be heard was Liu Qingcang's angry roar: "Damn kid, why is it you!"

Before Huo Yu could figure out what was going on, a figure in a wheelchair slowly emerged from the shadows. Under the moonlight, Lu Xingzhou's calm face gradually emerged: "Mr. Huo, how are you?"

"You..." Huo Yu was stunned for a few breaths, then suddenly realized: "You are not Huo Shang at all! You are from that hunter..."

"I never said I was Huo Shang." Lu Xingzhou said calmly, "After all, I share the same bloodline as you. I think Huo Shang would also feel that this is unlucky."

Huo Yu finally figured out what was going on: "So you've actually been hiding in the mountain behind us all along!"

Lu Xingzhou snapped his fingers: "Tsk, this is a rare time for me to be smart."

Huo Yu's stunned expression vanished, replaced by a sarcastic smile. "They took advantage of the gathering of government forces in my city to trick me into sending my guards away. They then used demons to lure the officials away, instantly shattering my heyday... Do you think your plan was brilliant? Finally, you've come face to face with me, young master?"

Lu Xingzhou said calmly, "If you had thought of this a cup of tea earlier, you might not have died."

Huo Yu's expression turned ferocious: "But haven't you ever considered that you can't beat me?"

"Swoosh!" A small flying sword suddenly appeared in front of Huo Yu, and then instantly grew bigger, with the dazzling sword light rushing straight towards Lu Xingzhou.

At such a short distance, there was no way to avoid it.

A talisman appeared in Lu Xingzhou's hand.

The talisman burned, and an arc-shaped mirror appeared in front of him. The sword light was deflected by the mirror and pierced the courtyard wall with a bang, shattering it.

"Mirror Light Talisman..." Huo Yu was stunned for a moment, and then he saw Lu Xingzhou holding three or four talismans between his fingertips, burning at the same time.

"A very powerful Taoist... unfortunately he met the Huo family." Huo Yu laughed and suddenly took out a jade pendant.

The light from the jade pendant enveloped the entire courtyard. The talisman paper in Lu Xingzhou's hand suddenly went out, and the spiritual energy dissipated.

"This is my Huo family's forbidden magic jade. It renders all the lower three-grade Taoist magic ineffective. What else can you, a cripple, do?" Huo Yu laughed heartily. He stretched out his hand and flew the sword back from the wall. He thrust the sword forward and stabbed forward: "Die!"

Lu Xingzhou, whose Taoist magic had failed, had no expression on his face from beginning to end, staring intently at Huo Yu as he flew towards him with his sword combined.

Until it was very close, he stretched out his left hand quickly and flicked it lightly, and the sword light was easily deflected.

Huo Yu was horrified at having completely misjudged Lu Xingzhou. He realized that Lu Xingzhou was not only a Taoist practitioner, he was also a martial artist, practicing both Taoism and martial arts!

Who would have thought that a sickly crippled man in a wheelchair is actually a martial artist?

Before Lu Xingzhou could recover from the shock, he suddenly pressed down lightly with his right hand which was resting on the armrest of the wheelchair.

With a "bang", the front end of the handrail suddenly exploded, and countless fine needles were fired, as if thousands of pear trees were in full bloom, or like a torrential rain pouring down on the sky.

The Torrential Pear Blossom Needles...is not a hidden weapon, it's a magic weapon!
Lu Xingzhou's inconspicuous wheelchair turned out to be a magical weapon...

A specially made magic weapon, the grade of which is not inferior to Huo Yu's... Where did Lu Xingzhou get the resources to do such a thing?

Huo Yu finally realized that he had no idea what he was fighting against. He had no idea what he was up against, while the enemy knew everything about him.

Huo Yu didn't have time to think. The jade pendant hanging from his chest shattered with a bang, forming a soft shield in front of him. There was a sound of pearls dropping on a jade plate, and countless fine needles flashing with terrifying energy rushed into the shield. Huo Yu spat out a mouthful of blood and fell back.

"There are quite a lot of treasures..." Lu Xingzhou slapped the armrest, and the whole person jumped up, like an eagle spreading its wings, chasing in the air.

Huo Yu fell backwards in mid-air. Seeing that he couldn't dodge, excitement flashed in his eyes: "You are careless too!"

As the words came out, a figure flashed by in the shadows on the side with incredible speed, and the sword flashed towards Lu Xingzhou and slashed him in the waist.

No one can fly... Being in mid-air is the most dangerous time, and there is no way to avoid it.

Lu Xingzhou's face remained expressionless. "You secretly followed the Shadow Guard. Do you really think I don't know? If he shows up, you'll have no trump card..."

From the moment the first word was spoken, the ghostly cries in the hall, which seemed to be isolated before, stopped. A sticky little ball appeared like a ghost and placed a palm print behind Huo Yu.

The life-saving light of the protective robe exploded again behind Huo Yu, but when it touched An Nuo's chubby palm, the energy disappeared at the speed of light, and it did not provide any protection at all, just like ordinary clothes.

"Bang!" The palm pressed hard on Huo Yu's back, bones cracked and the spine broke.

At the same time, Lu Xingzhou stopped in mid-air, just in time to avoid the shadow guard's knife flash. The shadow passed directly in front of him, and Lu Xingzhou hit him in the ribs with a thin needle.

Until this moment, the sentence was just finished.

"Puff..." Huo Yu spat out a mouthful of blood and fell to the ground.

(End of this chapter)