Free Web NovelChapter 502: Chapter 499: Staged Accident (Part 2)
The old man looked in the direction the youth pointed.
It was a Scab Chicken, completely featherless. Its skin was mottled with black and white patches and was rough and uneven.
Although its appearance was nothing special, it was plump and fat.
"BOK BOK BOK."
The Scab Chicken strutted with a splay-footed gait, letting out soft clucks as it passed in front of the buck-toothed youth’s group as if they weren’t even there.
"What a fat chicken!" The buck-toothed youth’s eyes lit up, and he licked his lips. "I haven’t had any meat since entering this Desperate Mountain Range. My mouth is starting to go bland."
As he spoke, he rolled up his sleeves, wanting to catch the Scab Chicken for a nice meal.
"Young Master, wait!" The old man stopped the buck-toothed youth.
"What is it, Grandmaster Wei?" the buck-toothed youth asked, looking at the old man in confusion.
"There’s something wrong with this chicken!"
The buck-toothed youth paused, scratching his head. "It doesn’t have the slightest Energy fluctuation, its eyes are dull, and it clearly has no intelligence. It should just be a normal chicken."
The old man gave the Scab Chicken a deep look and said, "That is the biggest problem! The Desperate Mountain Range is fraught with danger. How could an ordinary chicken possibly live here, and so well-fed at that?"
The buck-toothed youth didn’t want to give up on the delicious meal that was practically in his grasp.
"Grandmaster Wei, you’re overthinking it. Maybe someone brought this chicken in from the outside, and it just happened to get lost and run into us."
Hearing this, the old man’s brow furrowed slightly. He nodded, thinking to himself: ’That’s not impossible, but I absolutely cannot let the Young Master take any risks.’
"Young Master, please wait here a moment. This subordinate will go and capture that chicken."
After speaking, the old man walked toward the Scab Chicken.
"BOK BOK BOK."
The Scab Chicken seemed oblivious, strolling about leisurely. It pecked at the ground from time to time, its foraging behavior no different from that of any ordinary fowl.
However, that was not the case.
This Scab Chicken was none other than Mo Tu!
Right now, he was having a complete mental breakdown.
’The shame! This is utterly shameful! To think that I, the great Chicken Ancestor, thirty thousand years old, am here pretending to be an imbecile!’
Although he was completely unwilling, he could only bite the bullet and continue the act.
Sensing the old man approaching, the Scab Chicken deliberately slowed its pace and even turned around to approach him.
The old man immediately stopped, his power coiled and ready to be unleashed, prepared to face danger at any moment.
’There really is something wrong. This chicken isn’t afraid of strangers!’
Normally, if it were an ordinary domestic chicken, its first reaction upon seeing a stranger approach would be to flee.
But not only did the Scab Chicken not run, it actually came closer!
’To be able to hide its aura so perfectly that even I can’t detect anything fishy... this chicken is definitely not simple.’
The old man stared intently at the Scab Chicken, waiting for the right moment to act.
However, after a long while, the Scab Chicken was still the same, showing no unusual behavior.
’What’s wrong with this old coot? I, the Chicken Ancestor, am serving myself up on a platter, so why hasn’t he made a move yet?’ The Scab Chicken was getting extremely anxious.
He was desperate to end this idiotic act.
After waiting another moment, the old man finally approached the Scab Chicken cautiously.
Not until the old man reached out and grabbed its neck did the Scab Chicken struggle symbolically a few times. It feigned a flash of panic in its eyes, a panic followed by relief.
’Hm? Could it be that I was overthinking things?’
The old man released his True Essence, circulating it through the Scab Chicken’s body. He found nothing; it was indeed an ordinary fowl.
With a gentle twist of his hands...
CRACK!
He snapped the Scab Chicken’s neck. Its head lolled to the side, and its Life Aura vanished.
"It seems I really was overthinking it."
The old man let out a long sigh. Only now did he truly relax.
What he didn’t notice was the imperceptible twitch of the Scab Chicken’s left eyelid.
"Hahaha, we can finally have a decent meal!" the buck-toothed youth laughed.
"Young Master, it’s not safe here. Abyssal Demons and powerful Demon Beasts could appear at any moment. We should find a hidden spot first," the old man suggested.
"Alright, I’ll listen to you, Grandmaster Wei," the buck-toothed youth nodded.
And so, the group prepared to leave with the Scab Chicken.
"I say, you killed my chicken and are trying to leave without so much as an explanation. Don’t you think that’s a bit unreasonable?"
A voice, seemingly both real and illusory, came from all directions.
"Who’s there?!" The old man was startled. His Divine Sense spread out, trying to find the speaker, but he found nothing.
The eight black-clothed men drew their swords simultaneously, tightening their formation to protect the buck-toothed youth in the center.
THUD!
Mo Qi and Gu Peng jumped down from a tree and walked toward the old man.
Only upon hearing the sound did the old man finally spot Mo Qi.
His heart surged with turmoil. His pupils contracted sharply, and he instinctively raised his entire Cultivation, as if facing a formidable enemy.
The tree where Mo Qi and Gu Peng had been was less than a hundred zhang away, yet his Divine Sense hadn’t detected them at all.
’He’s definitely an expert!’
"It’s you?!"
The old man was shocked again when he got a clear look at Mo Qi’s face.
’Isn’t this the Vajra Realm Cultivator with a bounty on his head from the Master of the Doomed Mountain Range?!’
At this thought, the old man’s heart instantly relaxed for the most part.
Whether it was him or the eight black-clothed men, they all had Peak Void Realm Cultivation.
Forget one Vajra Realm Cultivator; even if a thousand or ten thousand of them came, they would be no match for them.
’He must be carrying some kind of Treasure that conceals his presence, which is how he avoided my Divine Sense,’ the old man thought. ’It seems the heavens are protecting my Young Master. If I can kill him and obtain the Desperate Mountain Range, this training expedition for the Young Master will be considered a perfect success.’
With this in mind, the old man released his Grotto Heaven without hesitation, sealing off all of Mo Qi’s escape routes.
"We’re in trouble! It’s a Void Realm expert!" Gu Peng’s face turned grim.
He had wanted to sneak Mo Qi out of the Desperate Mountain Range as quickly as possible, but Mo Qi had told him to stay and watch a good show.
Now, not only was there no show to watch, they were surrounded by a group of Void Realm experts. freēwebnovel.com
Mo Qi was unfazed. He looked at the old man and said, "It seems you recognize me. What, you want to kill me for the bounty?"
Mo Qi’s calm demeanor made the old man wary.
’Why does the Master of the Doomed Mountain Range have a bounty on him?’
’On what grounds does a mere Vajra Realm Cultivator dare to speak to me like this?’
’Where does his confidence come from?’
’Or is he just bluffing, pretending to be calm to trick me?’
"Wow, you’re the big shot wanted by the Master of the Doomed Mountain Range?" The buck-toothed youth suddenly appeared beside the old man, looking at Mo Qi with an excited expression.
"Ahem, Young Master, have you forgotten the master’s teachings?" the old man quickly reminded him via voice transmission.
Hearing this, the buck-toothed youth’s expression stiffened. He quickly wiped the smile from his face, and his eyes turned ice-cold, as if he had become a different person.
"Brat, are you going to deliver your head into my hands, or do I have to come and take it myself?" the buck-toothed youth said in a chilling tone. "I advise you to be cooperative. Otherwise, it won’t be as simple as just dying."
Mo Qi: "..."
’Deliver my own head?’
’What kind of move is that?’
’And are you two-faced? How can you change your expression so fast?’
