Chapter 809: Chapter 802: Leaving the City
Donglin City, the only open east city gate where people can enter and exit.
Although the land surrounding the city for a thousand miles is mostly barren mountains and wilderness with no other cities visible towering on this land, those preparing to leave the city are still densely packed, forming a long line near this city gate.
After all, the population of over ten million in Donglin City can only earn spirit coins from a few professions within the city. Most people need to rely on various resources available in the wilderness outside the city to make a better living.
Due to consecutive days of blizzards, many people could do nothing but stay inside the city and watch their resources dwindle. Now that the weather has improved a bit, they naturally choose to exit the city en masse, hoping for some luck and a decent harvest.
"Young Master, with such splendid weather, so many people are rushing out of the city at once, and Donglin City is only leaving one city gate open for people to come and go. This situation seems a bit odd!"
Among the crowd, Qingmu, looking listless, waved the whip in his hand, appearing completely spiritless, as if drowsy.
Despite this, the surrounding scenes all fell into his sensing; though not speaking, his voice directly resonated in Chen Hai’s mind.
This situation is naturally not strange, as Qingmu is no ordinary person; he is a Quasi-Saint level powerhouse.
On Primordial Land, Saints do not emerge; Quasi-Saints are revered.
As for whether Saints still exist on this vast land, it’s already unclear to anyone.
Excluding those high and mighty Saints who haven’t appeared for countless ages, a Quasi-Saint like Qingmu is already among the most top-tier powerhouses openly known on Primordial.
Even though Qingmu, due to severe injuries, has only recovered about half of his strength, a Quasi-Saint is still a Quasi-Saint, his power far surpassing that of ordinary Daluo Golden Immortals!
"Something’s off in the city? So what?"
"We only want to leave Donglin City. Although we follow the rules and do not wish to cause trouble, this does not mean we are afraid of trouble!"
"That Donglin City Lord is at most a Daluo; with your capabilities, Qingmu, are you still worried he might be adverse to you?"
Chen Hai chuckled indifferently, casually responding.
Naturally, fearing eavesdroppers, his response was also through sound transmission, so besides himself and Qingmu, no one else could overhear their conversation!
"Just a City Lord of Donglin, of course, isn’t worth my concern. What truly worries me is Tianyin and Seductive Lady."
"They are both like me, having stepped into the Quasi-Saint Realm; in terms of actual combat power, any one of them is almost on par with me."
"This time, I got injured so severely, almost losing my life, precisely because I was caught off guard and ambushed by both of them."
"I’ve been recuperating in the Young Master Mansion during this period. Tianyin and Seductive Lady haven’t likely given up searching for my whereabouts. This Donglin City is indeed under the power of their Demon Palace. It’s not surprising they would search all the way to here!"
"Now that my injuries haven’t healed, facing any one of them, I am absolutely not their match. If the closure of the city gate is related to them..."
Clearly worried, Qingmu stopped here, not continuing.
However, the implication of his words was clear, enough to let Chen Hai understand the precise meaning without him needing to say it outright.
"These days, the city of Donglin has remained relatively calm. You mentioned Tianyin and Seductive Lady, two dignified Quasi-Saint powerhouses, would they really stay in this city all the time? I find that quite unlikely!"
With a slight frown, pondering for a moment, Chen Hai lightly smiled and continued, "Your current appearance compared to before is completely like two different people."
"Moreover, besides appearance, even your aura has entirely changed. Without taking action, even Tianyin and Seductive Lady would probably find it very hard to determine your identity, wouldn’t they?"
"If that worst-case scenario really occurs, joining forces with you, we wouldn’t necessarily have no chance in a fight, don’t you think?"
Chen Hai spoke confidently.
Even though he has only defeated Daluo and never truly fought a Quasi-Saint level powerhouse, the Heaven and Earth Exquisite Mysterious Yellow Tower and Golden Jiao Scissors in his hands are his greatest assurance.
"Let’s hope so!" Qingmu beside him, however, smiled wryly, sighed.
In the time they whispered through sound transmission, the carriage they were riding finally moved with the flow and arrived at the city gate position.
"Identity Jade Token!"
"Leaving the city at this time, where are you planning to go?"
Among the guards at the gate, a few approached the shabby carriage occupied by Chen Hai and began to question.
...
Over a hundred meters from the city gate, inside a nearby tavern on the second floor in a private room.
"Tianyin, you and I staying here is like guarding a tree, waiting for a rabbit."
"I feel that finding Qingmu’s trace this way has almost a zero chance of success."
Gazing through the small window in the private room, Seductive Lady glanced at the scene at the city gate, clearly dissatisfied, and snorted softly.
Tianyin beside her, however, leisurely enjoyed some appetizers and sipped on a small glass of wine, appearing more relaxed than Seductive Lady.
"Do what you can, accept fate, guarding here is better than doing nothing at all, isn’t it?"
Picking up a few peanuts and putting them in his mouth, Tianyin raised the wine cup before him and took a small sip.
Glancing at Seductive Lady beside him, who seemed a bit impatient, he gently smiled and continued, "It’s been quite a few days since Qingmu dispelled the Extreme Yin Mysterious Qi."
"Without the Extreme Yin Mysterious Qi ravaging his body, his strength should have largely recovered by now."
"Donglin City is such a vast region, you and I cannot monitor everywhere; perhaps, with much recovered strength, he might have already left, it’s uncertain."
"Over there, Fang Datong, even though promised to surely find Qingmu’s trace, considering his strength, I don’t hold much hope in him finding Qingmu’s trail at all."
"Us guarding around the city gate right now is merely a last resort, but what if we’re lucky and a blind cat catches a dead mouse?"
Leisurely smiling, Tianyin picked up his wine cup again and took another small sip.
Seductive Lady showed a sneer in response to his words.
"Huh, this young man..." Sweeping casually out the window beside them, Seductive Lady focused her gaze.
Her eyes set upon Chen Hai as he stepped down from the carriage at the city gate for inspection; she was startled.
In her sensing, Chen Hai, who appeared to be just an early-stage Earth Immortal, inexplicably gave her a sense of threat.
Concentrating, Seductive Lady carefully sensed.
The Concealing Breath Technique could no longer hide Chen Hai’s true realm; his late-stage Golden Immortal’s power now clearly appeared in Seductive Lady’s sensing.
"So there is hidden power? I almost got deceived, interesting, interesting!" Enlightened, Seductive Lady sighed quietly.