Martial Arrogance Dragon Soul-Chapter 194 - 184: Escorting Departure

Qin Qing did not speak; he had been silently observing the three individuals.

He had initially guessed that the three corpses he encountered earlier were the handiwork of these three.

But now it seemed he might have been wrong.

Still... bows, flying daggers, the man in black, and the red-haired woman all seemed to match perfectly.

However, from the conversations of these three, they didn’t seem like bandits.

And most importantly, on them, Qin Qing could not detect any trace of killing intent.

It went without saying that Qin Qing’s ability to sense murderous intent was exceptional.

Nevertheless... Qin Qing did not let his guard down in the slightest because of this.

He didn’t speak, but carefully skirted around the three individuals and headed toward the gloomy forest at the other end...

"Truly ignorant of death!"

Watching Qin Qing’s retreating figure, the man in black shook his head.

"Youth is great!" the burly man said with a hearty laugh.

"Youth is good, but sometimes, I’m afraid they don’t even know how to spell ’death,’" the man in black said mockingly.

"If he dies, then he dies. After all, we’ve already warned him. Whether he listens or not, that’s his business!" the red-haired woman said.

The man in black nodded slightly, pondering, "We have been searching for thirteen days now. Yet, we still haven’t found Wanyan Su..."

"That cunning wolf is not ordinarily skilled at hiding. In this time, the number of humans he has killed is probably no less than thirty!" the red-haired woman said.

"Why not, let’s just give up. This task, we directly abandon it... Thirteen days now, staying in Tianjue Forest this whole time, I feel like I’m about to break down," the burly man exhaled heavily, saying.

"No way!" the red-haired woman shook her head decisively: "Abandoning the mission means we have to compensate with Contract Gold. Moreover, we didn’t come solely for the mission’s reward. That beast Wanyan Su, wantonly slaughtering his own kind... If I don’t kill him personally, I won’t be satisfied!"

The man in black glanced at the red-haired woman and nodded slightly; he knew that the red-haired woman’s younger sister had died at the hands of Wanyan Su.

Moreover, before her death, she suffered inhuman torment; her death was extremely tragic.

......

Elsewhere.

Qin Qing finally walked out of that gloomy forest.

He let out a long breath.

That ubiquitous oppressive feeling finally lessened somewhat.

And at that moment.

The sky once again gradually darkened.

Night was about to fall once again, and the azure sky was like an endless ocean, quiet and profound.

Not long after, stars began to emerge, dot by dot, and in the instant that Qin Qing inadvertently looked up, the starlight had already densely carpeted the entire blue firmament like a curtain.

Qin Qing once again immersed himself in cultivation; during the starry and splendid night, he was even more able to distinctly sense the Star Souls above the nine heavens.

That was the Heavenly Soul!

It was said that the Heavenly Soul that every Star Soul martial artist could sense was their Life-Bound Star Soul.

Cultivating Soul Power was in fact absorbing the power of the Heavenly Soul.

It was rumored that upon reaching the highest realm, one could ascend to the nine heavens, merge with the Heavenly Soul, and possess endless Divine Power.

Of course...

These were all things Qin Qing had heard, just like tales from the ancient or even the Ancient Era.

After all, in the Great Qian Empire, Martial Spirits at the Divinity Transformation Realm were exceedingly rare.

Not to mention Martial Saints in the Transformation period.

Legend had it that to ascend to the nine heavens, one needed to survive the Ninety-Nine Heavenly Tribulations, endure the purification of the tribulations, completely cleanse the mortal body, transcend to sainthood, and then one could ascend to the nine heavens.

...

Qin Qing walked silently on the snow-covered ground.

Time, too, silently passed by.

The first half of the night swiftly went by.

As the night wore on, just before dawn approached, the moon unexpectedly appeared in the sky.

In the two days before the end of the year, which were also the last days of the month, the moon was in its waning crescent phase.

This sliver of a waning moon hung at the edge of the sky; the stars had already receded, leaving only this sickle-like crescent moon, lonely at the horizon.

"Hmm?"

Qin Qing suddenly stopped.

He halted his steps and simultaneously ceased his cultivation.

That familiar sense of danger assailed him once again.

It was a sense of peril.

It felt different from what he had experienced in the Gloomy Forest.

In that forest, Qin Qing had felt more suppression, with both his vision and hearing affected.

But now, what he sensed was a perilous atmosphere, similar to the one he had felt before entering the Gloomy Forest, as if a pair of eyes were watching him from the shadows.

"There’s definitely someone lurking in the dark, ready to attack me at any moment," he thought to himself, certain.

His ability to perceive danger was very sharp and incredibly accurate.

Although he couldn’t pinpoint the source of the crisis, he knew the feeling of danger was not mistaken!

Qin Qing once again reigned in his breath and even suppressed his heartbeat completely; only then could he hear every sound around him more clearly, even the sound of blood flowing or Spiritual Power circling.

If you’re alive, then your blood must certainly flow.

If you launch an attack, then Spiritual Power must certainly be in motion.

However—

Qin Qing still found he couldn’t capture any sound.

The person hiding in the shadows was a hundred times more elusive than the craftiest fox.

Meanwhile, from behind Qin Qing, from the direction he had crossed through the Gloomy Forest earlier in the night, came the sound of footsteps.

Qin Qing turned his head, looking back.

It was the same three people he had encountered before. 𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞

They stopped about a hundred yards away from Qin Qing.

Qin Qing was puzzled.

What exactly did these three want to do?

Qin Qing had no answer.

However, one thing was clear: after these three appeared, that dangerous aura vanished.

This indicated that the source of danger hiding in the darkness was wary of the trio, thereby choosing not to act against Qin Qing under these circumstances.

Without making a sound, Qin Qing once again quietly continued walking forward.

And as Qin Qing moved on, the trio also followed behind, heading in the same direction.

About half an hour later, Qin Qing arrived at a cliff.

Standing on this cliff, one could see Luochuan in the distance.

The morning market in Luochuan had already lit up its lamps, and quite a few shops had also turned on their lights. Looking at Luochuan’s myriad lights from the cold Tianjue Forest sparked a warm feeling in him because Qin Qing knew there were family members and people who cared about him, all waiting for his return.

Waiting for him to come home!

As for the three behind him,

Qin Qing turned back to look and couldn’t help but smile.

These three were not eloquent, but Qin Qing could tell.

These three were ultimately concerned for his safety, which is why they had followed him all this way, with the intent to see him to a safe place.

By now, the three had silently turned around and walked back the way they had come.

"They must think that by escorting me here, I am now safe," he surmised.