Chapter 1380: Chapter 1375: Escaping Danger
Somewhere in the mountain range of Ghost Cry Ridge.
Here, the rocks are jagged, and no flowers or plants grow.
Inside a cave near the edge of the mountain range.
Young Master Xu sat cross-legged on the ground, slowly opened his eyes, exhaled a breath, and sighed, "My injury is almost healed!"
Qin Hao smiled next to him: "You weren’t really injured, were you? Don’t think you can trick me into helping you heal with my Qi."
"Big brother, you’re something else."
Young Master Xu stood up helplessly, showing a smile more charming than a woman’s: "You saw through my little trick, are you Conan?"
"I’m not." Qin Hao said righteously: "I’m Sherlock Holmes."
Young Master Xu was amused, and after laughing for a while, he sighed, "It’s always so fun being with you, it’s great."
He paused and then asked, "Big brother, how did you do it just now?"
Thinking back, that strange wind, that dense fog, could these really be human capabilities?
Qin Hao smiled faintly and explained, "First of all, that hurricane was my deep inner strength at play, ever heard of the Mountain-Overturning Palm?"
Young Master Xu shook his head without hesitation, "I know inner strength can bring wind, but the wind just now was too strong, even a Divine Realm master couldn’t do that."
"My strength has already surpassed the Divine Realm, watch!"
Qin Hao, full of pride, casually struck out with his palm.
Woosh!
The wind suddenly whipped up, and Young Master Xu saw a whirlpool shaped like a hurricane emerge from Qin Hao’s palm.
Boom!
The whirlpool hit the mountain wall, causing rocks to shatter and dust to fill the air.
"This..."
Young Master Xu’s mouth gaped open, and his beautiful face was full of shock.
"Big brother, isn’t your inner strength too terrifying? Is this the peak of the Divine Realm or above it?"
Qin Hao smiled mysteriously, not saying much more.
He couldn’t possibly tell Young Master Xu it was Spiritual Qi, could he?
"And the fog? How did you create it?" seeing Qin Hao didn’t want to answer, Young Master Xu didn’t push, changing the question instead.
"The fog is simpler."
Qin Hao took a piece of grass from his chest.
"Is this... Foggy Grass?" Young Master Xu recognized it.
"Correct." Qin Hao lit the Foggy Grass, and as it burned, it emitted smoke like mist.
Young Master Xu nodded slightly: "Indeed, Foggy Grass does have the effect of producing thick smoke like fog. But that amount of fog was so little, there was so much fog just now..."
"Just find more Foggy Grass." Qin Hao said lightly: "To be honest, I burned about ten pounds of Foggy Grass just now."
"Hiss!"
Young Master Xu drew in a sharp breath, ten pounds, are you running a wholesale business?
However, Young Master Xu didn’t ask Qin Hao how he found so much Foggy Grass.
He thought, with his big brother being so powerful, doing something miraculous is no surprise.
"Xiao Xuxu, now can you tell me what’s going on, really?"
Qin Hao asked.
"Actually, the situation is simple."
Young Master Xu showed a bitter smile: "My father failed in a power struggle and was imprisoned, now my uncle is the Patriarch, and he wants to kill me."
"Alright, that’s straightforward." Qin Hao casually joked, "So, do you want me to help you get rid of your uncle?"
As sworn brothers, if Young Master Xu had a request, Qin Hao certainly wouldn’t refuse.
"No need." Young Master Xu shook his head, his expression a bit reserved, "The matter of seizing power is my business, so I won’t bother big brother."
"You’re treating me like an outsider." Qin Hao pretended to be furious: "What are we?"
"Good brothers!" Young Master Xu answered earnestly, but still explained, "If I want to become Patriarch, getting rid of my uncle is inevitable, and if I rely on big brother’s power, then it wouldn’t be legitimate, it would only prove my own lack of ability. Even if I became Patriarch, it would implicate the Xu Family."
Upon hearing this, Qin Hao was filled with admiration: "What a self-reliant man. Weakly asking, then why did you ask for my help?"
Of course, the latter part was a joke, Young Master Xu laughed angrily: "Get lost!"
The two laughed for a while, then Young Master Xu said seriously: "At that time I just thought I was going to die, and wanted to see if I could see big brother one last time before I died."
"And then drag me down with you, making me chased by your so-called ’brothers’ too, right?" Qin Hao said with a pout.
"Haha, you saw through it, big brother." Young Master Xu laughed shamelessly, "But I believe, with your strength, those guys couldn’t possibly catch up to you."
Qin Hao accepted the flattery and seriously asked, "So, how are we going to take revenge now?"
Young Master Xu shook his head: "Forget it, they were just being used, after all, they’re my kin, killing them all would affect the family’s foundation."
Qin Hao stared: "So compassionate?"
Young Master Xu said proudly: "After all, I’m going to be the Patriarch, I have to think for the family’s sake!"
Qin Hao flipped him the middle finger: "So your narcissism skills are as good as mine."
"That’s called brotherly love!"
Young Master Xu stretched lazily.
Just then, a coarse voice called from outside the cave.
"Where’s that Xu Niangpao you mentioned?"
Young Master Xu was startled all of a sudden, "That voice, it seems to be Tan Wujie?"
"Tan Wujie?" while Qin Hao was puzzled, Young Master Xu went to the cave entrance, peeking outside with half his face showing, eyes peeping out.
Qin Hao followed him to peek outside, and saw in the distance a group of people looking around on a flat ground.
The speaker was a robust young man in a brocade outfit, holding a large axe, looking fierce and impressive, somewhat resembling Li Yuanba of the Tang Dynasty.
Around Tan Wujie were indeed the people of the Xu Family.
"Xu Mu, you promised you could help me find Xu Niangpao! Where is he now?"
Tan Wujie said with a face full of anger.
"Uh..." Xu Mu looked nervous, glancing around, he explained: "Brother Tan, don’t be anxious, my Tracking Skill won’t make mistakes! I followed the traces here, I can confirm that Young Master Xu is nearby."
"Nearby?"
Tan Wujie fumed for a while, then became angrier: "Such a large area nearby! Are you just talking nonsense?"
With this shout, Xu Mu’s face turned pale with fear, but he forced himself to say, "Brother Tan, don’t be anxious, let me look around more..."
Inside the cave.
Qin Hao asked: "Who is that tall guy, why are your family guys so afraid of him?"
"Tan Wujie, a famous martial madman, ranked very high on the Cyan Cloud List."
"How high?" Qin Hao became curious.
"Eleventh." Young Master Xu’s voice was somewhat bitter.
"Oh." Qin Hao only nodded slightly, but Young Master Xu became uneasy: "Do you know what the Cyan Cloud List is? It’s a ranking where geniuses from all the Huaxia Ancient Martial Families gather! Everyone who can make it is extraordinary!"
After Young Master Xu finished explaining, Qin Hao said calmly: "I know. I’m actually on it."
"What?" Young Master Xu was stupefied, then exclaimed: "Big brother, you’re on it too? How is that possible?"