Chapter 255: Chapter 238: The Golden Realm of Ancient Times, The Sealed Forbidden Sequence!
"I didn’t expect you to handle him all by yourself. That’s quite impressive."
Mu Yun chewed on a piece of ash bread, blinking her beautiful dark-golden dragon eyes. She picked up the Shadow Wolf Luo Xin, who had long since passed out and was now an unrecognizable heap. She couldn’t help but ask, "Chu Yi, should we kill this guy?"
Chu Yi shot Mu Yun a look one might give an idiot. He stared at her for a moment, leaving her baffled and unable to grasp what her personal chef meant.
Seeing that this Dragon Maiden truly didn’t understand, Chu Yi gave in. He pointed to the shadowy figures looming in the gray mist below the Ancient City and explained, "If you want to be targeted by a group of werewolves, you can try."
"Oh."
Mu Yun stuck out her tongue and pouted. "But you beat him up so badly! If you let him go back, he won’t be grateful. Why keep an enemy around? To serve him dinner?"
Hearing this, Chu Yi said mysteriously, "Who said I’m letting him go back?"
Not letting him go, but not killing him either? Are we going to keep him as a pet dog? That idiot Chu Yi... Mu Yun grumbled inwardly.
Chu Yi, however, just smiled.
After all, he and the Dragon Maiden were fighting alone, whereas in the Ancient City, a group of forces had gathered. The best strategy now was to blend into one of the factions. Otherwise, with just the two of them entering, they not only faced the danger of the Ancient City but also had to guard against the Blood Race and werewolves. Luo Xin, a Dawn Star-level werewolf of the Shadow Wolf Race, held a game slot. Many people would be interested in this bargaining chip.
A blood-red streak shot through the air, landing in front of them moments later.
Someone’s here!
Chu Yi scrutinized this Divine War prospect from the Blood Race. The man had a pale face and a refined smile. He addressed Chu Yi and Mu Yun, "Would you two be interested in joining us?"
In the Dark World, werewolves and the Blood Race were natural enemies. Whether due to their faith in different deities, or their history and culture, they stood on opposing sides.
As far as the Blood Race was concerned, if you fought werewolves, you were a friend!
Besides, Chu Yi had a rather close relationship with one of the Blood Race’s pawns.
"Disgusting."
Mu Yun disdainfully hid behind Chu Yi. Her sharp senses detected a decaying, rancid odor emanating from the approaching Blood Race member.
She had robbed a few Blood Race pawns before. They’d coughed up blood-soaked food, likely rotten for years, which had completely killed her appetite.
William seemed slightly surprised but offered an awkward yet polite smile. "I am William, from the Herg family. A pleasure to meet you both."
"Hello, William."
Chu Yi shook his hand. A bone-chilling coldness emanated from it, but vanished in an instant, as if the chill had been a mere illusion.
Interesting. Chu Yi smiled, his wariness towards this William growing.
After the introductions, William glanced at Luo Xin, who was comically embedded halfway into the ground. His gaze was intense as he licked his lips and said, "Seeing as you’ve defeated Luo Xin, how about joining us? That way, the werewolves won’t give you any trouble."
"Besides, our group is currently recruiting powerful individuals."
"Alright!"
Before the Dragon Witch could react, Chu Yi nodded, clearly pleased. "Since we’re here, I’ll call you Big Brother William. How about this: take whatever spoils you like from this werewolf. Consider it a little something from your younger brother to mark our meeting."
"Huh?"
William blinked, a hint of greed flickering in his eyes, but he replied with an air of restraint, "Oh, I couldn’t possibly. My family has always instilled in me the eight virtues of knighthood."
"Not at all, Big Brother! I felt an instant connection with you..."
While Mu Yun stared in a daze, Chu Yi and William chatted away amicably. Being terrible with languages, she couldn’t understand a word they were saying.
Soon, unable to refuse Chu Yi’s enthusiastic offers, William relented. He used a special technique to retrieve a storage item from Luo Xin, broke its seals, and shared the spoils with Chu Yi.
He only picked out a few valuable items before dragging away the now penniless Luo Xin, leaving the remainder for Chu Yi. Both sides seemed quite satisfied with the arrangement.
Chu Yi ended up with a pile of materials, though all the Dawn Star-grade items had been taken by his new "Big Brother." He wasn’t angry, just offered a faint smile.
It’ll all come back to me, with interest, eventually. He planned to rob everyone who entered the Ancient City blind! The only tricky part was figuring out how to use the Human King Body’s Celestial Tribulation within the Ancient City to legitimize his skyrocketing strength in front of everyone.
"Chu Yi, are you stupid?"
The Dragon Witch, seeing her hard-won spoils "looted" by this Blood Race member who’d popped up out of nowhere, couldn’t stop herself from complaining, "We won! Why should we give him any of it... MPH!"
Chu Yi quickly took out a piece of ash bread and stuffed it into the Dragon Maiden’s crimson lips. "Just eat your bread."
This violent girl would definitely challenge William to a duel if I don’t stop her.
"MPH!" Mu Yun’s cheeks bulged like a chipmunk’s. After a few vigorous swallows, she managed to clear her mouth.
"Hmph! Stupid Chu Yi!" Mu Yun was fuming. She tilted her chin up, her dragon eyes glaring coldly at him. "If you don’t give me ten more pieces of bread, I’ll never forgive you for this outrag— Mmph! Too... too much..."
After stuffing the silly Dragon Maiden with food, Chu Yi noted that her IQ seemed to plummet when her stomach was full. If she weren’t so easy to control and a decent addition to their fighting power, he’d have ditched her to find Lias long ago.
Soon, he and Mu Yun joined William’s contingent. It was a group of over twenty individuals, mostly pawns and retainers, with only three Divine War prospects, including William himself.
When Chu Yi came over, he drew many strange and curious looks from the various chosen pawns, all intrigued by this human youth.