Chapter 709: Chapter 708: Hu Lizhong’s Great Fortune
Helian Zhan, Wang Chunyang, Ouyang He, and Zhao Wuji had all seen Yang Fei before.
Although they weren’t very close, this young man had already left a deep impression in their subconscious, so when they saw Yang Fei again, they recognized him at a glance.
However, when the four looked in the direction Helian Rong was pointing, they did not see Yang Fei’s figure.
Zhao Wuji looked at Helian Rong with confusion, "Miss, did you see wrong?"
While the others continued to search in that direction, they pricked up their ears to hear Helian Rong’s reply. Helian Rong said, "No, I’m correct. Did you see the two people on that road across from us? They are walking fast and are about to turn their backs to us. Master, please stop the car..."
Helian Rong pointed to two figures on a street a few dozen meters away while rushing to the car door and asking the driver to stop.
The driver hurriedly said, "One moment, please, we can’t stop on this road, I will pull over."
"Stop the car," Zhao Wuji commanded loudly, "Now."
The driver was startled, feeling two piercing stares on himself, as if needles were poking his back, making him shudder with fear.
Without any hesitation, Coaster made an abrupt stop.
Beep beep!!!
The sharp sound of a horn came from behind as the car following the Coaster also braked abruptly, and fortunately, the driver, worried that Coaster might be carrying some important person, had maintained enough distance and managed to stop in time.
Just as he was sighing in relief, a violent vibration came from the car.
Great, he had stopped, but the car following him did not and ended up hitting his rear.
The Coaster’s door opened, Helian Rong briskly stepped out. Despite the heavy traffic on the opposite lane, she didn’t care much and rushed forward.
Beep beep!
Toot toot toot!!!
The beeping noises kept coming, many people sticking their heads out of their car windows and shouting profanities.
Helian Rong wasn’t hit by a car, but she realized that charging across the road was very dangerous. She immediately soared into the air and flew towards the other side.
She was already dressed in traditional Han clothing, so when she leapt up and flew over twenty meters before lightly touching down on top of a truck and then springing up again, she crossed the wide road with two leaps, leaving onlookers dumbfounded.
"Fuck!"
"Is this a movie scene?"
"Am I seeing things, did that woman just fly across?"
"Bang... Bang bang..."
Amidst cries of astonishment, many drivers, distracted, failed to control their speed and a series of rear-end collisions occurred.
"Damn, is this really a movie shoot? Why can a few people fly?"
A high-decibel voice sounded.
The people who had seen Helian Rong fly across the street had not yet completely recovered from their bewilderment, shock, and confusion when they saw four more figures leap out of the Coaster.
These four were also dressed in traditional garments; two of them seemed to be carrying swords, and another, an old man with flowing white hair, was holding a snake-headed cane. Their attire was strikingly from the martial arts world.
Then, under the attention of many, these four also took flight.
Compared to the woman who borrowed force twice to cross the entire street, these four were even more exaggerated. Without relying on any support, they just flew across the tens of meters wide road.
"Fuck, that’s too cool, simply incredible. I caught it on my phone, the whole thing, it’s so cool."
"So it’s not just me? Everyone saw that, right? This is real?"
"I didn’t see any camera crew, and there aren’t any drones nearby, doesn’t seem like they are filming."
"Even if they are filming, could a wire rig let someone swing that far? And this is a major road; there’s no sign of large crane equipment on the street."
In no time, the entire street had completely paralyzed and was blocked solid.
Many drivers stopped their cars and after getting out, looked around for any traces of the five people who had left toward the corner of a distant street, where many people flocked as if in pursuit.
In less than a minute, the largest domestic short video platforms saw the release of this video, and soon after, more videos from different angles were also uploaded, immediately sparking heated discussions among netizens.
As people of the Divine Continent, perhaps not everyone dreams of martial arts, but who didn’t dream of flying when they were young?
Moreover, since this incident was captured by dozens of people from various angles, its authenticity was more convincing. There was no doubt, the video of these individuals flying went viral!
This was merely the spark that brought the existence of people involved in hidden cultivation to the attention of ordinary people worldwide. Regarding the existence of martial artists, superpower users, and other special groups, countries around the world would no longer keep them a secret, and many officials would even publicly acknowledge the existence of these exceptional beings.
The instigator, Helian Rong, had no idea that her actions would cause such a sensation in the mundane world.
She had just crossed the street when Helian Zhan was the first to follow her. Helian Zhan asked, "Are you sure it’s that kid, you didn’t see wrong?"
Helian Rong spoke with conviction, "There’s no mistake, he disguised himself."
Upon hearing this, Helian Zhan’s eyes flashed.
Previously, when Helian Rong mentioned seeing Yang Fei, they all looked in the direction she had pointed, and saw two people, but those two were strangers, neither of them looked like Yang Fei. Now, hearing Helian Rong saying Yang Fei had disguised himself, he no longer doubted her.
"You could recognize him even in disguise?" Wang Chunyang asked, his tone skeptical.
Helian Rong’s lips curled into a smile, "The disguise he used, it’s exactly the one I used when I took him away from Muyun City. It belonged to a servant of my family named Wang Lin. Hehe, he would never expect that someone could recognize him in the mundane world even when disguised as an insignificant character from the Hidden Sect World."
Helian Zhan, Ouyang He, and Wang Chunyang couldn’t help but smile.
It made sense that Yang Fei would appear in the Imperial Capital in disguise, considering it was an extremely dangerous place for him. Even though he was now among the top experts, he could not afford to be careless, thus he disguised himself as someone else.
On the bustling street, the group of five moved swiftly and after turning at the street corner, they indeed saw the figures of two people walking briskly tens of meters away.
"It should be that kid, the person with him has cultivated energy," Wang Chunyang said.
Ouyang He nodded silently.
Helian Zhan chuckled and added, "The cultivation technique this kid practices indeed possesses exquisite subtlety, excellently concealing the aura of his cultivation."
A flicker of interest crossed Wang Chunyang’s brow, "As far as I know, traditional Taoist cultivation techniques didn’t have the special feature of hiding one’s cultivation aura, did they?"
Ouyang He shook his head, "Indeed they didn’t."
"Could it be that this kid’s cultivation technique isn’t from the traditional Taoist teachings?" Zhao Wuji’s eyes gleamed.
Just then, Helian Zhan softly said, "These two have noticed us, they’re quite alert."
Ouyang He smiled at this, "Don’t worry, he won’t escape."
Yang Fei looked solemn, while internally he felt puzzled.
He hadn’t expected that shortly after arriving in the Imperial City with Hu Lizhong, they would already be targeted by someone.
The problem was, both he and Hu Lizhong were disguised, so theoretically, no one should recognize either of them.
However, the several traces of locked energy pursuing them were indeed real, there was no mistaking that.
The worst part was, the strength of these individuals was formidable, formidable enough that even he felt an intense sense of crisis now.
Why were there so many Divine Travel Realm experts in this Imperial City?
And why was he so unlucky to encounter three or four of them all at once?
"Old Hu, I’ll hold them off later, you run first," Yang Fei increased his speed, seeing that the several people behind him were closely following and knowing he couldn’t shake them off. He knew a fierce battle was inevitable, so he transmitted his voice to Hu Lizhong in advance.
Hu Lizhong was deeply moved but also clenched up from nervousness, secretly laughing bitterly to himself.
With so many enemies, all so powerful, and even he’s telling me to run, how the hell can I escape?
What kind of bad luck is this?
After following Yang Fei and breaking through to the Innate Realm, he thought he’d be under a fortuitous star from now on. Yet now, he was destitute and desperate, just arrived in the Imperial City hoping to make a big move, but damn, he was targeted by several powerful figures right away.
Could it be that this year Yang Fei was doomed to ill luck, such that even he couldn’t turn the tide with his fortuitous momentum?