I Can Merge Techniques

Chapter 440: Chapter 149: Hunting the Acupoint Realm 3

"Oh-ho-ho, so this is why you wouldn’t come home all day. You ran off to the middle of nowhere to fool around with a Witch, did you?"

The voice was sudden, and Mo Yunzi’s expression changed drastically!

"You insignificant Snake Demon, how dare you act so presumptuously before the Master!"

Her eyes turned cold, her killing intent flaring. She spread the five fingers of her right hand, and a ball of black energy instantly condensed, ready to unleash a Demon Technique for capturing demons.

"Stop." Chu Fan raised a hand to stop her.

He looked toward the source of the voice and saw a small, chopstick-length snake, jade-green from head to tail, slither out from the bushes with a SWOOSH.

"What are you doing here?" Chu Fan asked. "No, wait. Your aura is so weak... This isn’t your true body, is it, Sister Bai?"

This little snake was none other than the Cyan Snake Demon he had brought with him from Cyan Yang Ancient City to Qing Province City.

But right now, she hadn’t taken human form, and her aura was extremely faint.

The Cyan Snake ignored the predatory gaze of Mo Yunzi and slithered over familiarly, nimbly climbing up Chu Fan’s clothes. She made her way up until she was wrapped around his neck, her cool, forked tongue flickering by his ear as she said with a faint, anxious hiss, "You’re just lazing around here cultivating, while the Seven Stars Gang and the Demon Suppression Bureau are in complete chaos!"

Chu Fan was taken aback. "What happened in Qing Province City?"

The little green snake coiled around his neck, her cool tongue almost touching the shell of his ear. Her voice was thick with an undeniable jealousy. "Nothing major happened in Qing Province City... You’re out here enjoying the company of a beautiful woman, living a carefree life, while back home, everyone is turning the world upside down for you!"

She quickly explained the whole story from beginning to end...

It turned out that after Baili Bing of Medicine King Valley escaped her pursuers, she didn’t go far. Despite her grave injuries, she forced herself to return to Qing Province City.

Baili Bing immediately went to the Seven Stars Gang to tell them she was being hunted by an expert from the Yin Demon Sect and that Chu Fan might be in grave danger.

Cao Feng and the others were horrified and immediately went to the Demon Suppression Bureau.

Now, the entire Qing Province City was in an uproar because of it.

The Demon Suppression Bureau had actually mobilized several thousand soldiers stationed in Qing Province City. A tide of iron-clad troops flooded out of the city gates, spreading out in all directions to conduct a carpet search, all to find Chu Fan and intimidate the Demon Dao assassin!

The Cyan Snake said that when she and her sister, the White Snake, heard the news at the Seven Stars Gang, they too were burning with anxiety.

Because she was the most familiar with Chu Fan’s aura, and as a member of the Demon Race, was better at tracking, she and her sister performed their ultimate Secret Technique: the Myriad Dharma Bodies.

The two sisters transformed into tens of thousands of tiny dharma bodies, scattering like dandelion seeds outside Qing Province City. Following that faint, almost nonexistent trace of his aura, one of the dharma bodies finally tracked him to this desolate, lonely peak.

But the result was finding him here, getting cozy with a strange woman.

Listening from the side, Mo Yunzi’s heart hammered in her chest. She could hardly believe her ears.

’To find him... the Demon Suppression Bureau mobilized several thousand soldiers?’

’Just what is the Master’s identity? She racked her brains but couldn’t think of when such a figure had appeared in Qing Province City.’

’Why had she never heard his name in her old intelligence network in Qing Province City?’

’Wait!’

’She had heard this name before...’

’It was him!’

’That young hero everyone on the streets was talking about! The Chu Fan from Cyan Yang Ancient City!’

Mo Yunzi’s eyes widened.

She had learned Chu Fan’s name when she signed the contract, and it had only sounded familiar. But because she was severely injured and had become a servant, she hadn’t given it much thought.

A chill shot up Mo Yunzi’s spine to the crown of her head... ’If I had known this "Master" had such deep ties to the Demon Suppression Bureau, I wouldn’t have accepted this assassination mission even if it killed me!’

This was just plain courting death!

She swallowed hard, her voice dry as she interjected, "The one responsible for... for hunting the woman from Medicine King Valley is my senior brother, Mo Daozi. His cultivation is at the Second Heaven of the Acupoint Realm."

The Cyan Snake: "..."

She had just been wondering where this other woman had come from.

’So this woman is with that assassin?’

’But what’s the deal with their relationship now?’

’Why is the woman who was sent to kill Chu Fan now giving him a shoulder massage?’

Knowing that the Seven Stars Gang and the Demon Suppression Bureau had mobilized such a large force for his sake, Chu Fan felt a warmth spread through his heart.

He said to the Cyan Snake around his neck, "This is Mo Yunzi. She was the one sent to kill me, but I’ve already subdued her. Sister Bai, just send a message back saying I’m safe."

"No!" the Cyan Snake immediately objected, her voice three parts sharper. "It’s too dangerous here! That man is at the Second Heaven of the Acupoint Realm!"

"What if he fails to kill Baili Bing and finds his way here? Wouldn’t that be a dead end for you?"

Mo Yunzi quickly tried to explain, "The mission to assassinate the Master was mine. My senior brother’s target is the woman you called ’Baili Bing.’ He... he probably won’t come after the Master."

"Probably?" The Cyan Snake laughed in fury. "And what if he does?! What if he fails to kill Baili Bing, gets frustrated and angry, then discovers Chu Fan’s tracks and follows the trail here? Can you, woman, take responsibility for that?"

Mo Yunzi was rendered speechless.

She knew her senior brother’s temperament all too well: he was ruthless, cruel, and unpredictable. He would stop at nothing to achieve his goals. Such a possibility was not out of the question.

For a moment, silence fell upon the cliff, broken only by the whistling of the night wind.

After a moment, Chu Fan’s calm voice sounded, "I may not necessarily be able to kill someone at the Second Heaven of the Acupoint Realm right now, but it is absolutely impossible for him to kill me."

This time, it was the Cyan Snake’s turn to fall silent.

She remained coiled around Chu Fan’s neck, her jade-green serpent eyes fixed on the side of his face.

She had been with Chu Fan for so long and knew he was not one to make empty boasts.

If he could say such a thing so calmly, he must be absolutely certain.

’But... how is that possible?’

Before leaving Cyan Yang Ancient City, Chu Fan had needed the help of the High-Grade Profound Weapon, the Five Elements Cauldron, just to kill an opponent at the Fourth Heaven of the Divine Power Realm.