Chapter 43: Xu Hua Xian, Luo Cheng Yue

  Luo City, south of the city!

  In a dilapidated small hut, it was completely dark inside, and the sunlight seemed to be unable to shine here, making it look somewhat eerie and terrifying.

  In the darkness, a person sat cross-legged there, motionless, but the house was filled with a 'gurgling' sound, making it even more terrifying.

  This man is Xu Hua. A few days ago, he left the east of the city and came to this territory in the south. This place was originally a gang's turf, belonging to the middle to lower class in Luocheng, only able to bully some weak civilians. A few days ago, they saw Xu Hua and thought he was an easy target, but unexpectedly he was a bloodthirsty wolf, costing all the small gang members their lives.

  Xu Hua now needs a secluded place to hide for ten days or half a month, this place is just right, but those little 'mix' 'mix' can't be trusted, so Xu Hua turned them all into life 'essence'.

  These past few days, Xu Hua had been hiding in the darkness, not venturing out even once. Even his food was already prepared and stored within his spatial ring.

  He devoted all his energy to cultivation, without knowing that his reputation was resounding in Luocheng at this time, and even more unaware that many people were eyeing him. Although he didn't know how the Niu family would react, he knew that his own strength was still weak, if he encountered two powerful men like Niu Wushu, then he would be dead for sure, so he hid in the dark to seize every moment to improve his strength.

  The effect of the recent closed-door training is evident, not only has it tempered two more pieces of muscle, but also condensed another drop of true liquid, overall strength absolutely surpassing that of Niu Wushi before.

  At present, Xu Hua's physical strength alone has reached 5,200 jin, and the true energy bursting out of his body can also exert a force of 700-800 jin. In total, Xu Hua's attacking power can reach 6,000 jin, what a terrifying number! Even an ordinary late-stage Martial King can only reach 5,000 jin at most, and even the strongest among the powerful families and factions like Niu Wu's family can only be stronger by about 500-600 jin. However, those people have cultivated their martial skills for decades, which is not something Xu Hua can compare to. So overall, Xu Hua's current strength should be roughly equal to that of Niu Wu.

  Certainly, Xu Hua's power has made significant progress, but the resources he consumed are equally terrifying. The diluted spiritual liquid has been consumed by nearly thirty drops in these few days. It can be said that the energy contained in those thirty drops of diluted spiritual liquid far exceeds a Martial King's imagination. However, Xu Hua cannot fully absorb them, and many are wasted. But Xu Hua doesn't care about this; he only cares about his own strength. Anyway, he is not lacking in spiritual liquid. If consuming all the spiritual liquid can exchange for his invincible strength, he would be absolutely willing.

  At this moment, he is still immersed in deep cultivation, and unless someone comes, he will not be disturbed.

  ……

  Recently, in Luocheng, there has been some unrest. It is unknown who spread the rumor that Xu Hua had obtained all the treasures from an intact ancient relic. As a result, many people are looking for Xu Hua; some of them are not strong enough and just want to catch a glimpse of Xu Hua's trail, which would be enough to earn rewards from others. Some individuals, or even small families who think they have considerable strength, want to take down Xu Hua and obtain the treasures he carries.

  The only unparalleled, Luocheng's top wine house, it is very peculiar, here is not a place where you can enter with money, here only recognizes one thing, that is strength! Of course, if you have a huge background, such as the five overlords of Luocheng, you can also enter.

  Generally, only Martial Kings and those above them are qualified to enter the consumption, and the prices here also vary from person to person. The general price for a Martial King's consumption is the normal price, while a Martial Emperor gets half off, and a strong Martial Venerable enjoys it completely free of charge.

  This wine house seems extremely unfair, but it is also extremely fair. The Tianxuan Continent has always been a place where the strong are respected, and more cruelly put, the strong live and the weak die. As for the rules of this wine house, no one has objected, not only because this world has always been so, but also because this wine house is not simple, and there have been powerful warriors like Wu Huang appearing before. No one knows how many powerful people are behind it, and it can be said that it is extremely mysterious to most people in Luo City. Perhaps only the local tyrant Wuding Clan knows its origin.

  This tavern seems to never lack customers, whether it's daytime or nighttime.

  At this time, in the wine building, no matter what topic they were discussing, it all involved one person - Xu Hua!

  "Not a few people have been spreading rumors about that kid, saying he's incredibly powerful, but who knows if it's true or not?" A middle-aged martial artist raised his wine cup and drained it in one gulp, still muttering to himself.

  "It can't be true, right? I heard he's only eighteen, but he's already able to hold his own against Niu Chong, isn't that ridiculous? Who is Niu Chong? In the later stages of the Martial King's reign, among all the Niu clan members, if the Martial Emperor didn't come out, he could at least rank in the top five. If that kid Xu Hua really can hold his own against him, wouldn't that mean he's already surpassed all the young top experts in Luocheng?!" The person opposite him had a relaxed smile on his face, seemingly treating Xu Hua as a joke.

  The man nodded and said: "Rumors may have false components, but most of them should be true."

  "Hmm, so what do you think about that kid getting his hands on a complete relic?" His partner asked with a slight frown.

  "I think most people are just jealous of this kid's fame! After all, if it were you or me who found the relic, would we still be so carefree and swaggering out like that?"

  His companion immediately shook his head and said, "If it were me, I would definitely hide and wait until I had dealt with this batch of treasure before showing up."

  "That's it," he said with a clap of his hands. "So, this thing is probably false, but what if? It's better to believe in its existence than not."

  "What's on your mind, He Ge?" his partner asked excitedly, looking at him.

  "Send someone from our family to investigate his whereabouts, and if we find him, the two families will join forces to take him down. Even if he really has the strength of a bull, in front of the combined strength of both our families, he'll still be left with nothing but regret. It's not hard for us to know whether he gets the relic or not, is it?"

  "Haha, from now on, everything will be decided by Brother He. I'll follow your lead, brother."

  "Haha, good brother, come on and have another drink!"

  ……

  Countless people are looking for Xu Hua's whereabouts, but without exception, none of them have any leads. However, they all refuse to give up and send more people to search for Xu Hua in Luocheng.

  In the castle lord's residence.

  "Haha, Ge Shu did a good job, now everyone in Luocheng should go find that kid! To be honest, that kid hid really well, even we couldn't find him. But since we can't find him ourselves, it's much easier to let the whole city look for him." Wu Ding looked at Ge Shu with excitement, having been unable to find Xu Hua's whereabouts for several days had put him in a bad mood, so he came up with this 'cunning' plan. Once everyone in Luocheng treated him as prey, no matter how capable the kid was, he would definitely not be able to hide."

  "Perhaps without us lifting a hand, that little brat will die a miserable death!" Gai Shu's withered face was filled with a sinister and ruthless look.

  "He's just a small fry, let's go, there are more important things waiting for us!"

  ……

  For ten consecutive days, the entire city of Luocheng was searching for Xu Hua, and even those scholars who came to participate in the imperial examination would mention him in their casual conversations.

  Dongcheng, Nancheng, Xicheng and Beicheng, from taverns to mansions, all had people going to search. The scope of the search was from large to small, even these Luocheng people who were excited like they had been injected with 'chicken' blood almost dug three feet underground, but they still couldn't find any trace of Xu Hua.

  Many people are waiting for Xu Hua's appearance or discovery in secret. Many of them are for the sake of Xu Hua's illusory legacy, but some have other purposes.

  Luosheng Sect's Seventh Elder Zhang He had been secretly waiting for a full ten days, and also waiting were Mingyang Sect's Pursuing Longfeng and Chen Feng's maid 'girl'! Pursuing Longfeng and Zhang He were naturally there to kill Xu Hua, while Chen Feng's maid was there to capture Xu Hua alive and present him to her master.

  Countless people know that Chen Feng is very talented, but they don't know that his subordinate has an even more talented maid. She's only a few years older than Chen Feng, but her strength is several times stronger, perhaps even stronger than Niu Chong.

  Just as the three of them were getting impatient, news suddenly came from the south of the city that Xu Hua's whereabouts had been found, and in an instant, the winds and clouds gathered in Luocheng, and a storm was brewing!

  In the west of the city, Zhang He Chang Lao finally received news about Xue Hua and excitedly smashed his favorite teacup. With a sinister tone, he said: "Good little kid, you've been hiding really deeply! You made me wait for so long. But this time you won't be able to escape, although I'm not interested in you, who made you offend the young master?"

  In the east of the city, after receiving the news, he immediately rushed to Xu Hua's location in the south of the city on horseback. He was wearing a cloak, but no one knew his identity. "I hope you're dead before I arrive, otherwise I'll make you die miserably! Very miserably!"

  As for Chen Feng's maid 'girl', she immediately rushed out of Chen's mansion and quickly headed towards the south of the city.

  Chengnan! The small black hut where Xu Hua was located had been completely overturned, but Xu Hua was still inside and hadn't left. The bodies of the four people were lying on the ground around the hut, although they looked normal, more than half of their life "essence" had disappeared.

  Suddenly being bullied at the door, Xu Hua was naturally unhappy. Although there were many people coming over, it made him a bit headache. In order to reduce their combat effectiveness, he secretly absorbed part of their life "essence" energy.

  "Xu Hua, hand over the treasure from the ancient relic, or you will not die!"

  "Hurry up and hand over the treasure! It's not something you can swallow by yourself. If you don't hand it over, then you'll be an enemy of the entire Luocheng!"

  "Hurry up and hand it over..."

  Many people have already sacrificed, but they don't care, all they care about is the treasure.

  In this small hut that could no longer hide people, Xu Hua's eyes flashed with a few strands of bloodthirsty killing intent, and an evil smile appeared on his face. He emerged in front of everyone and said, "Are you going to be the enemy of the entire Luocheng?" He immediately shook his head and laughed loudly: "Haha, you are just tools in those people's hands, being deceived and sent to death! Being the enemy of the entire Luocheng? You're not even worthy!"

  "He's gone too far, kill him..."

  "Kill him..."

  At this time, all the heroes were enraged and vowed to kill him.

  Xu Hua's face also 'revealed' an extremely ferocious killing intent. "Since you've come, then all of you can go die for me!"