The Legendary Master’s Wife - Chap 219
Chapter 219: Life and Death Street, Liu Yue.
There was a narrow street at Yan City, sandwiched in between two big influential families, yet it did not belong to either side.
The street was called Life and Death Street, and the people who gathered at that place were all extremely violent and wicked; most of them were fugitives who fled from outside to that place or people who did not belong to any force. But it didn’t mean that all the people there were those who’d kill other people like flies, some of them were only lone practitioners who didn’t want to join any of the major forces at Yan City.
Due to the agreement between forces at Yan City, the Life and Death Street became a place that was not controlled by anybody. Because of that, the Life and Death Street’s state had become very chaotic. All kinds of people who had unusual strengths, kidnapped people and stole treasures would find themselves here. It was very chaotic, and it couldn’t become any more chaotic than that.
On a bright sunny day, a robbery occurred on Life and Death Street.
A person who didn’t look that old, who looked just like a passer-by. The youth, whose strength seemed to be only at the Sky level, robbed a bald, burly Star level guy. Probably because he knew that his own strength was below the other person, the youth ran after he robbed the guy’s magic bag. The bald guy got angry and called his companions to chase after the youth.
The youth glanced back in a hurry, and his pupils became small in an instant. Apparently, he didn’t think that the robbed bald guy had a group of thug companions, and none of their strengths were below his. The youth ran in a rush, and carelessly ran into a dead end. When the youth turned his head, the bald guy and his gang had already reached the entrance of the dead end.
“You son-of-a-bitch, do you think you can still run? Dare to rob this great uncle’s magic bag, don’t you know who this great uncle is?!”
The bald man made a vicious face while cracking his own ten fingers in front of the cornered youth. The bald guy didn’t want to catch the youth in a hurry. Since the youth dared to challenge the bald guy, they wouldn’t let go of him easily!
The youth’s face became pale, there was a glimpse of despair in his eyes.
If it were only the bald guy, he still could risk his life and try to run, but the bald guy had five people following behind him, the gap was too big, he had no way out.
The people who live in the Life and Death Street were all vicious and merciless. For them, it was easier to kill people than eat a dish.
When the youth turned desperately, he heard a surprised and bewildered sound from on top of his head.
“Yi, this person’s figure is really like yours, eh? But he’s a little bit dirty.”
The youth looked up abruptly. He didn’t realize there were two unfamiliar men on top the wall above his head. One was small, while the other was big. The small one who had just talked looked younger, with a delicate and pretty face, and his eyes looked very bright, without any impurity nor any hostility. This man surely wasn’t a person from Life and Death Street; while the big one was gorgeously dressed and looked just like the aristocrats of high nobility. But somehow this man gave off a rather complicated impression. After hearing the boy’s words, he revealed a faint smile on his lips, “Then let’s choose him.”
The youth’s intuition told him that these two people were very interested in him, and perhaps they could save him; they were the key. The youth had no other choice, so he shouted at both hastily, “If both of you are willing to help me, I promise I will fulfill whatever you want me to do.”
Nothing was more important than life; he didn’t mind even if he had to work like an ox. If he could survive, he would do anything.
The teenager immediately showed a joyful expression, “Are you really willing to do anything?”
The youth nodded without hesitation, “I’m willing to do anything, as long as both of you save my life.”
The teenager quickly said, “Then you must not go back on your word, oh!”
The youth nodded, “I will never go back on my word.”
Seeing the youth made an unfathomable mystery (t/n: unable to make head or tail of it) agreement with the two men right in front of his eyes, the bald man suddenly became furious. He glared at You XiaoMo, who was on top of the wall, “Want to save him? That also depends on whether you have the skill to do that or not, you guys try me!”
When he heard this, the youth immediately looked towards You XiaoMo’s side, to Ling Xiao.
He couldn’t be blamed for that, because You XiaoMo really didn’t look like a practitioner. A mage also had abilities, but since he looked young, no matter how they looked at it, there was no way he could win over a group of Moon level and Star level practitioners.
When You XiaoMo looked at the youth’s action, he couldn’t help twitching his mouth, and quickly let out one of the Qiu team. Suddenly, a crimson object appeared out of nowhere in front of the youth.
The youth stared at it with big eyes and couldn’t but rub his own eyes. It was unexpectedly a fiery-red demon fox.
The fox looked like it had already matured; the pair of its rare, ruby-like irises was flickering brightly and looked at him coldly, then turned to look at the bald guy and his group with an ice-cold and blood-thirsty expression.
The bald guy and his men were suddenly frightened, they stopped hastily, stared at the Seven-Tailed Demon Fox frightenedly. Seven tails, so that meant this one was a level seven demon fox.
Not waiting for them to react and run away, Mao Qiu turned its figure into a brighter red and ran towards them.
Its speed was very high, before the bald guy and his men were able to react or hide, each of them were immediately burned by its flame. Suddenly there was an agonizing scream, followed by other shrills.
Because the bald guy was the last one, he should have been able to run; but seeing that he was already scared and limp on the ground, even if the seven-level demon fox were to kill him, he was already unable to run away, not to mention that the other party was already suppressing him using his power.
Those facts had proven that he already couldn’t escape; Mao Qiu simply didn’t give him any chance to do so. After it killed his companions, Mao Qiu gracefully walked towards him, opened its ferocious mouth in front of its prey, and ate the bald man’s upper body in one bite. Before the bald man could even make a miserable cry, Mao Qiu had already swallowed him completely.
As Xiao Hei said before, inside the bodies of strong practitioners and mages flow a lot of energy through the meridian system. Eating their corpse would help them level up.
This was the first time You XiaoMo saw this oppressive sight, so he was terrified.
Ling Xiao intentionally let him look at it, so he didn’t cover You XiaoMo’s eyes.
The youth’s expression was calm. There were more brutal things that had happened on Life and Death Street, if he couldn’t adapt even to this small thing, it would be impossible for him to survive on Life and Death Street.
Two minutes later, the three of them appeared at the inn on Life and Death Street.
The inn was a tourist trap, the price was unusually high, and if they found out that the other party’s strength was lower than themselves, they would just rob and kill them. Nevertheless, for the people who couldn’t find a place to stay, they would still choose this inn and just be careful not to reveal their valuables.
You XiaoMo put Mao Qiu back into the space, and then got comforted by Ling Xiao. He already accepted the fact that demon beasts eat people, no matter what, it was a part of natural selection; the survival of the fittest. If he couldn’t adapt, he would just get eliminated, just like what he learned from his biology class.
The youth was surprised on how much both Ling Xiao and You XiaoMo got along with each other; his instinct told him they weren’t just friends, instead, they were more like… lovers?
The youth was frightened by his own imagination. But he didn’t stay surprised too long, there were some men who got together in this world, and because it was harder for female practitioners to practice, compared to male practitioners in this Long Xiang Continent, there were far less female practitioners compared to the opposite sex.
“My name is Liu Yue, I give my thanks to both of you for saving me. I’m wondering, what can I do to help you, when both of you found me?”
Liu Yue got rid of his distracting thoughts, cupping his hands towards both. After he witnessed the teenager’s contract beast, there was no way he would dare to think of doing any funny business.
You XiaoMo asked, “Have you reached twenty-five years of age?”
Liu Yue blankly stared, “Not yet, I’m going to reach twenty-five next year.”
You XiaoMo was somewhat surprised, he hadn’t reach twenty-five years old, but he was already so tall, what did he eat to grow up to be that tall?
“Hey, you…”
Before he could finish talking, he was already interrupted by Ling Xiao, “Xiao-Momo, let’s just get to the point.”
You XiaoMo’s ears became red, he rubbed his nose and said, “Do you know about the student enrollment at Dao Xin Academy? We’d like you to register for one of us. After you finish this task, we will reward you accordingly.”
Liu Yue’s sight fell on Ling Xiao, he finally understood what they meant at the dead end before. It was actually because of this. It was nothing difficult, “I can help you with that, but my strength isn’t enough, Dao Xin Academy’s requirement for student enrollment is Sun level or above.”
Student admission for Dao Xin Academy was extremely sensational, and he lived at Life and Death Street, there’d be no way he hadn’t heard about it.
You XiaoMo laughed, “You don’t have to worry, I am a mage, I can just give you magic pills to help you level up into Sun level. It wouldn’t be a problem anymore.”
Liu Yue’s eyes became bigger, and then asked excitedly, “Is what you said really true?”
You XiaoMo immediately took out a bottle of level three magic pills on top of the table.
Liu Yue couldn’t help rubbing his hand. He stared at the transparent jade bottle filled with the magic pills passionately. The color and luster of these level three magic pills were much darker than the low-grade magic pills that he got before; so, these were high-grade magic pills?
“This thing, you will really give it to me?” Liu Yue asked him hesitantly, he still hardly believed there would be such a good thing.
“Of course, but just for insurance, after that we will erase your memory about this matter, if you agree to the terms, this bottle is yours. When things were done, I will give you five level four magic pills. How about it?” You XiaoMo asked.
This was clearly where meat fell from the sky. If he were to reject it, he would become the biggest fool in the world.
When he saw that he nodded, You XiaoMo was secretly relieved.
Were he to refuse, he couldn’t guarantee he would be able to find another person whose figure was like Ling Xiao’s.
When Liu Yue was about to take the jade bottle, suddenly there was a hand that came over, and the index finger was on top of the bottle’s neck. When he looked up, he saw that the owner of the hand was a masked man.
Ling Xiao said, “I have to tell you beforehand. When I erase your memories, it will be extremely painful – to the point that you may not wish to live.”
Liu Yue quickly responded, and said this firmly, “In order to become stronger, I can endure all kinds of hardships.”
Ling Xiao raised his eyebrow and moved his hand.
Since it had already been eight days before they finally found Liu Yue, plus, they had to make Liu Yue level up, as well as making his body features like Ling Xiao, it took another couple of days before they could finalize all the details. Finally, they sat on top of the Gigantic Firebird, and quickly went to the student enrollment place.
