轩辕荀 frowned and said, "Miss Zi, there are quite a few of them!"
Shangguan Yulin said coldly, "These people truly have no fear of death, coveting the treasures in our hands!"
Rong Guang also sneered, "Indeed! Thinking of how thousands of people from the Cao family were no match for our President, where do these people get the confidence to think they can defeat us?"
Shen Liuxing raised an eyebrow and said, "If they were to rob us openly, we would naturally not be afraid. I'm just afraid that..."
"What is there to fear! We'll meet force with force, block water with earth, and kill thieves when they come!" Shangguan Yulin said dismissively.
Shen Liuxing smiled and said exasperatedly, "What I mean is, we need to guard against them playing dirty tricks!"
Zi Lingling nodded and said, "Young Master Shen is right, we should..."
She stopped here and switched to telepathic transmission.
"I will now teach you the Minor Four Symbols Formation. You will memorize your positions and the patterns of change. We will find a more open area later and wait for them to fall into our trap."
"That's settled! I'm going to beat them when they're down!" Shangguan Yulin said excitedly.
"You, just don't capsize in a ditch!" Rong Guang teased.
"Hahaha..." Xuanyuan Xun let out a hearty laugh.
Shen Liuxing's eyes sparkled as he gazed at Zi Lingling, filled only with tenderness.
At Zi Lingling's suggestion, they slowed their pace, allowing her to teach the Minor Four Symbols Formation to everyone.
The group chatted and laughed, completely unconcerned about the group of people who had set their sights on them.
This, however, left the ill-intentioned individuals following them uncertain for a moment.
They couldn't tell if Zi Lingling and the others hadn't discovered them, were overconfident, or if the group had reinforcements.
Xu Rongwei, the patriarch of the Xu family, said to Xu Kaide, the Great Elder of the Xu family, beside him, "Great Elder, has the family received any investigation results on these five people yet?"
Xu Kaide shook his head and said, "No news has come yet. Let's wait a bit longer! Besides, this is not a suitable place to make a move, lest we be like the mantis stalking the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind."
"Mm!"
Xu Rongwei nodded and said, "Let's wait until we are out of the City of Chaos. I believe Du Kang and Shen Teng think the same!"
"Yes, they are both smart people!" Xu Kaide agreed.
"Great Elder, what do you think it means to be the oriole? Why don't we try to be an oriole ourselves?"
Xu Rongwei glanced at the hiding places of the Du and Shen families and said meaningfully.
Xu Kaide shook his head, "Patriarch, you worry too much. Du Kang and Shen Teng won't give you this opportunity!"
"Is that so?"
Xu Rongwei smiled cunningly, "Opportunities are not always given by others. If there is no opportunity, we can create one ourselves. Isn't there also a saying, 'Cross the plain by feinting east'?"
"'Cross the plain by feinting east'?! How do we do that?" Xu Kaide asked, confused.
Xu Rongwei smiled playfully, "This..."
"Patriarch, Great Elder, there's news from home!"
Xu Laiwen, the Fourth Elder of the Xu family, interrupted their conversation.
"Oh, let me see!"
The smile on Xu Rongwei's face quickly vanished. He glanced at Xu Kaide and extended his hand towards Xu Laiwen.
Xu Laiwen understood and handed over the documents in his hand.
After Xu Rongwei quickly read through them, a look of solemnity appeared on his face.
"Great Elder, I fear it will not be easy for us to catch the cicada!"
As he spoke, he handed the documents in his hand to Xu Kaide.
Xu Kaide took them and read them quickly. A look of solemnity similar to Xu Rongwei's appeared on his face.
"No wonder these five dared to swagger out of the Nine Domains Merchant Guild. It turns out that the Gou and Cao families of Scarlet Blood City have already become their backing!"
Xu Rongwei sighed, "It's probably more than just the Gou and Cao families. I'm afraid the entire Scarlet Blood City has been conquered by them!"
"It's not that serious, is it?" Xu Laiwen asked in surprise.
Xu Rongwei shook his head and said, "It's probably worse than that."
"Worse than that? Patriarch, are you exaggerating?" Xu Laiwen said with some disdain.
"The Patriarch's concerns are not without reason!"
Xu Kaide interjected, "With the strength of only five people, they completely subdued the Gou and Cao families, who are the overlords of Scarlet Blood City. It would not be difficult to unify Scarlet Blood City!"
Xu Rongwei nodded, "Indeed! But you have overlooked two points!"
"Which two points?"
Xu Kaide and Xu Laiwen asked simultaneously.
Xu Rongwei said, "First, these five people came from the Scarlet Origin Blood Domain. The Scarlet Origin Blood Domain is known as a place where not even birds fly. The fact that they could pass through it safely, what does that tell us?"
Xu Laiwen was still confused, but Xu Kaide suddenly realized, "Patriarch means they defeated the Ancient Blood Demon?"
Xu Rongwei nodded and continued, "Second, the information just mentioned four words – 'Chosen of Heaven'!"
"'Chosen of Heaven'?!"
Xu Kaide and Xu Laiwen were both shocked.
Their Xu family were aborigines of the Divine Remnant Continent and naturally had records of the Chosen of Heaven.
Therefore, they also knew that the Chosen of Heaven were embodiments of the Heavenly Dao, favored by the Heavenly Dao, and should absolutely not be made enemies with.
"Then, Patriarch, do we give up?" Xu Kaide asked, recovering from his shock.
Xu Rongwei did not speak, but instead looked at the hiding places of the Du and Shen families, lost in thought.
"Alas, whether it's Ancestral Dragon Essence Blood, Kui Niu Tendon, or Spring of Life, those are all treasures of immeasurable value! It's a pity we have no fate with them!"
Xu Laiwen shook his head, his face filled with regret.
"Not necessarily no fate!" Xu Rongwei suddenly said.
"Patriarch, what did you say?"
Xu Kaide and Xu Laiwen asked in shock.
Xu Rongwei smiled mysteriously and said, "If you do this..."
...
In the hiding place of the Du family, Du Kang's face turned pale and then flushed as he finished reading the intelligence from the Du family.
"Scarlet Blood City! Chosen of Heaven!"
He repeated these seven words incessantly, his heart filled with turmoil.
In the hiding place of the Shen family, Shen Teng was in the same predicament.
However, after a period of difficult psychological struggle, Xu Rongwei, Du Kang, and Shen Teng all made the same decision. Su Dan Novel Network
Zi Lingling and the other four walked slowly, studying the Minor Four Symbols Formation, and only after two hours did they leisurely step out of the City of Chaos.
The moment they stepped out of the City of Chaos, dozens of killing intents simultaneously locked onto them.
Zi Lingling sneered and said to Xuanyuan Xun, Rong Guang, Shangguan Yulin, and Shen Liuxing, "Quick, go!"
The four, already aware of Zi Lingling's plan, naturally did not dare to delay. Thus, they all accelerated and sped forward.