Unstoppable Martial Arts: Starting with brother's wife and young sister Chapter 988 - 510: Explanation? Do I Need to Explain?
Previously on Unstoppable Martial Arts: Starting with brother's wife and young sister...
Heaven’s Chasm!
Wu Guang’s figure remained suspended in mid-air. His expression was grave, his gaze intensely fixed on the direction of the Stone Race. This marked his first appearance since Wu Jin was plummeted into the Heaven’s Chasm by the Stone Race.
Han Jing tilted his head slightly. "I wonder if the lord has emerged yet."
"Ah—" He let out a soft sigh. "Worry not, who is the lord? He will surely be unharmed!"
A Dao Realm expert standing near Han Jing spoke in a hushed tone. "Mm!" Han Jing nodded faintly, holding onto that hope. But could this blow truly be overcome so easily? Wu Jin was the lord’s only son. Although they were accustomed to the grim realities of life and death, the departure of an elder at the hands of a young man was not a simple wound to heal.
"Rumble..." A sharp, tearing sound rent the air from across Heaven’s Chasm. Instantly, the expressions of the Guard Army soldiers shifted. Han Jing immediately composed himself, his eyes wide, his entire being poised like a cornered beast, staring intently at the other side of Heaven’s Chasm.
"Do not act rashly!" The Dao Realm expert beside him cautioned, a frown creasing his brow. While aware of Han Jing’s close bond with Wu Jin, he stressed that recklessness was forbidden when facing the Stone Race.
"I understand!" Han Jing’s voice was strained, so low that the Dao Realm expert felt a chill creep up his spine.
"Ah!" With a sigh, he offered no further advice, but resolved that great caution would be necessary henceforth.
Meanwhile, Wu Guang, positioned in mid-air, sensed an aura that caused his tense expression to suddenly relax. When Wu Jin had informed him of Liu Sheng’s departure for the Stone Race, he had immediately mobilized the Guard Army to await here.
Moments later. Liu Sheng and Chen Xuan’s figures appeared in plain sight before the Human Race’s Guard Army. At that moment! Everyone was taken aback. Two humans, emerging from the direction of the Stone Race? What in the world was transpue?
Han Jing also gazed at the two figures suspended in the air, utterly bewildered. He had anticipated a fierce confrontation with the Stone Race, a chance to avenge his friend, yet unexpectedly, it was two individuals of the Human Race who appeared.
Within the Nineteen Prince’s Mansion. Due to Wu Guang’s reappearance, Qin Qi had been observing the situation. However, upon seeing Liu Sheng, he too was left dumbfounded! What was going on? Why was Liu Sheng within the Stone Cave? And who was the young man accompanying him?
A Chief of the Ritual Department, a figure of considerable standing, appearing within the Stone Cave without prior notice, suggested that he, the King of the Stone Cave, had been utterly disregarded. Qin Qi’s face contorted with displeasure. He slowly rose, stepping into the void, and instantly materialized at Heaven’s Chasm.
Observing Qin Qi’s arrival and his evident displeasure, Wu Guang felt a pang of helplessness. "How am I to explain this now?" This was the domain of the Stone Cave; even Liu Sheng’s status afforded him no right to trespass so casually. Though Qin Qi typically maintained a detached demeanor, such an action was a direct challenge to his authority.
"Liu Sheng!" Qin Qi addressed him coldly, "You owe this prince an explanation?"
"Explanation? What explanation?" Faced with Qin Qi’s palpable anger, Liu Sheng retorted instead.
"You...."
"Enough!" Liu Sheng cut him off abruptly. "You should be offering me your sincere gratitude, do you comprehend?"
"Gratitude?" Qin Qi laughed in sheer exasperation. "Liu Sheng, do not mistake your position as Chief Eunuch for license to act with impunity. This is the Stone Cave; your unauthorized entry and disregard for my authority would be indefensible, even before Emperor Yu."
"I am justified!" Hearing this, Chen Xuan nearly burst into laughter but managed to restrain himself. He mused inwardly why Liu Sheng, typically reserved, was now engaging in such banter with Qin Qi.
"Bastard!" Qin Qi could no longer contain the fury simmering within him, his enraged voice suddenly reverberating above Heaven’s Chasm.
"Nineteen Prince, I implore you to calm yourself. There must be a specific reason for this," Wu Guang hastily interjected with a placating smile. Internally, he felt a sense of dread; Liu Sheng might remain unfazed, but he knew this incident would inevitably be traced back to him later.
"Chief Eunuch, could you not show a sliver of consideration for my predicament?"
"Hmph!" Qin Qi completely disregarded the plea, fixing Wu Guang with a cold, accusing glare. "I will deal with you later!" It was evident to him that this was all Wu Guang’s doing, and he was fully aware of the clandestine arrangement between Wu Guang and Liu Sheng.
"Hehe!" Wu Guang offered a strained grin, his smile apologetic, daring not to utter another word.
"Very well, Old Nineteen, escort me to your hall for a drink!" Liu Sheng declared. "This time, you truly ought to thank me properly; it is no laughing matter!" he reiterated.
Qin Qi knitted his brows, recognizing Liu Sheng’s peculiar nature. "Did you perhaps eliminate a few of those detestable old fellows from the Stone Race?"
"What do you surmise?" With a final remark, Liu Sheng directly ascended towards the Nineteen Prince’s Mansion.
Chen Xuan also chimed in with a grin, "Nineteen Prince, the Chief Eunuch annihilated the Stone Race’s two most formidable ancestors, obliterated their Holy Land, and... that is not the entirety of it!"
"What is this?"
Qin Qi was utterly perplexed, questioning if his own ears were deceiving him.
Wu Guang mirrored his confusion, gazing at Chen Xuan with a vacant stare, "Can that truly be so?"
Furthermore, the Guard Army situated below caught wind of Chen Xuan’s astounding declaration, and even their typically disciplined ranks erupted into hushed murmurs amongst themselves.
For countless years, they had been stationed here, engaging and defeating no more than a handful of cultivators at the high-level Dao Realm.
What was being said now?
The two most powerful ancestors were slain, their Holy Land reduced to ruins? And there was even more to this tale?
"Nineteen Prince, shall we proceed to the mansion first?"
Chen Xuan’s voice snapped Qin Qi out of his deep astonishment, "Let us depart!"
The moment the words left his lips, he vanished from Heaven's Chasm.
"Let us also go, General Wu Guang! Life within the Stone Cave will undoubtedly improve from this moment onward."
Chen Xuan remarked with a smile, clapping Wu Guang on the shoulder before soaring towards the mansion.
"This..."
Wu Guang finally regained his composure, exclaiming, "The Chief Eunuch certainly lives up to his esteemed position!"