Chapter 507

Chapter 507: Since It’s Already Chaotic, Let’s Make It Messier
“Old Black Daoist, Sui Bian, they didn’t just catch me. The bookworm is in their hands too.”

The weak voice entered the ears of Ancestor Sui Bian and Old Black Daoist. Their faces turned even uglier.

Old Black Daoist at once turned to the old man and asked anxiously: “Where is the person who was caught together with this Nine-Tailed Fox?”

The old man thought for a moment, then put on a fake, apologetic smile and said: “Sorry, that person was sold yesterday.”

“What? Who bought him? Say it!”

The old man’s face darkened. A wary light flashed in his eyes as he said: “Sorry, the underground black market only does business. We don’t ask where things come from, and we don’t reveal our customers’ information. I will not break the rules. I can’t say more.”

Ancestor Sui Bian frowned and said: “We’re not asking you to break the rules. We’re also doing business with you. We want that person too.”

The old man shook his head and said: “You’re not from the underground black market, so you don’t understand our rules. We do buy and sell, but we value trust. Once a customer has bought something, we will never interfere again, and we will never reveal where they went.

If you want to break the rules, then you will be the enemy of our whole underground black market.”

Ancestor Sui Bian and Old Black Daoist both felt their hearts sink.

The bookworm came from Tai Bai Academy. His dao name was Kai Juan. He loved reading and liked to talk about the logic of the Great Dao, so they had given him the nickname “bookworm.”

He was also known for having a very good temper. When Ancestor Sui Bian and Old Black Daoist had first ascended to the Qi Lan Realm, the bookworm had been their guide. He had taught them a lot about the Middle World.

Now that they knew the bookworm might be in danger, the two of them were burning with worry.

“What happened?”

Senior Ling Long spoke up to ask.

Ancestor Sui Bian lowered his voice and explained to Ling Long and Xiu Yu: “Hong Wei and the bookworm are both old friends of ours. We’ve saved Hong Wei now, but the bookworm is still missing. We must find him as soon as possible.”

After hearing this, Senior Ling Long glanced at the old man, whose eyes were cold and gloomy.

She made a quick decision. At the same time as she sent a voice transmission to tell Xiu Yu to protect Yu Zhao, her figure flashed and she suddenly appeared in front of the old man.

Her five fingers bent like hooks as she grabbed the old man by the neck and lifted him up.

The old man was caught off guard, his vital spot locked. Fear flashed across his face, but he forced himself to act calm as he shouted: “What do you think you’re doing! You dare make a move here? Do you want to die?”

Senior Ling Long’s face stayed blank as she said: “Cut the nonsense. Tell me where the person who was caught together with the Nine-Tailed Fox is.”

The old man was crushed by Senior Ling Long’s aura. Cold sweat rolled down his forehead, but he still tried to act tough as he said: “I’m warning you. If you dare hurt me, don’t even think about leaving the underground black market alive! This is not a place where you can run wild!”

As if in answer to his words, countless figures appeared in the air above the cages like a huge net, surrounding Ling Long’s group.

Senior Ling Long gave a cold laugh and tightened her grip a little more as she said: “Then let’s see who dies first, you or us.”

A fierce battle will rushed into the old man’s body through all his limbs. He felt as if even his soul was about to be torn apart by that power.

He could no longer hold on. His body trembled as he stammered: “I’ll talk, I’ll talk! That person… that person was bought yesterday!”

“Bought?”

Ancestor Sui Bian and Old Black Daoist cried out at the same time.

Senior Ling Long asked coldly: “Who bought him? Make it clear.”

The old man swallowed hard, his voice hoarse as he said: “It… it was the Giant Spirit Bear Beastman Clan that bought him.”

Hearing this, Senior Ling Long did not lighten her grip at all. Instead, she squeezed even harder as she snapped: “You still dare lie!”

“I’m not lying, I’m not lying. A beastkin said they were looking for someone to go back and teach classes. They specially bought someone with a lot of knowledge. But I really don’t know exactly where they went.”

Senior Ling Long gave a small nod and looked down at the old man from above as she said: “We don’t know yet if what you said is true or false. So you’ll have to come with us.”

As she spoke, she shot a look at Xiu Yu and the others, telling everyone to leave quickly.

But as soon as they took a step forward, the cultivators around them also stepped forward.

A huge pressure pressed down from above.

The people and beasts locked in the cages all started to grow restless.

Senior Ling Long kept her voice low as she said: “Tell them to let us leave.”

The old man replied bitterly: “We all work for someone else. They won’t listen to me!”

Right then, a man with a scar on his face gave a cold laugh and said: “You dare make a move in the underground black market? You’ve got guts.”

Ancestor Sui Bian and Old Black Daoist tensed at once.

Old Black Daoist turned and put Hong Wei into Yu Zhao’s arms, then drew his own life-bound flying sword with his backhand.

Yu Zhao looked down at the huge creature in her arms, her eyes round with shock.

The person and the beast stared at each other.

Senior Ling Long looked around them, a cold light flashing in her eyes as she said: “Since it’s already chaotic, let’s make it messier.”

As soon as she finished speaking, she threw the old man down onto the ground and took a long whip from her storage space.

Her wrist flicked, and the whip danced in the air like a living snake. Whip shadows flashed like lightning, cutting through the air and letting out a sharp whistle.

The people surrounding them wanted to dodge at first, but they soon noticed that all the whip shadows were shooting past them, only brushing by their bodies and never actually touching them.

They thought Senior Ling Long was just putting on a show.

They were just about to sneer when they suddenly heard a series of harsh cracking sounds.

They looked up and were shocked to find that wherever the whip shadows passed, the iron cages broke apart one after another. Only then did they realize the whip had never been aimed at them in the first place.

The people and beasts locked in the cages did not react at once. They stared blankly at the openings that had suddenly appeared in front of them.

“What are you standing around for? Fight!”

Ancestor Sui Bian’s voice boomed like thunder, snapping them back to their senses and igniting the anger they had buried for so long.

The Leopard Beastman who had been introduced to Ling Long as a pet let out a furious roar. He raised his fist and smashed it toward the nearest cultivator.

The young man who had been praised as a genius now had blood-red eyes. He formed hand seals, and blazing flames burst out from his body, sweeping quickly in all directions.

A giant lizard covered in scales rushed out and ran wild, crashing through everything in its path. Wherever it passed, chaos followed.

In an instant, the area fell into complete disorder.

The defensive line those people had built up fell apart at once. Everyone was too busy saving themselves to care about anything else.

“It’s over, it’s over!”

The old man looked at the scene before him. His vision went dark, and he almost fainted.

The scarred man’s face was ashen. He shouted: “None of you are leaving!”

He roared and turned into a streak of black light, shooting straight toward Senior Ling Long.

Senior Ling Long did not even look at him. She flicked her whip backhand and snapped: “Go!”

Crack!

The black shadow in the air was whipped flying in an instant.

Senior Ling Long then charged toward the exit in the lead.

Senior Xiu Yu picked up Yu Zhao and immediately followed.

Ancestor Sui Bian and Old Black Daoist rushed after them.

“Kill them!”