Chapter 22: Even Wings Couldn’t Help You Fly
Those two figures were naturally Lu Yun and the masked woman. The two had been secretly following, waiting for a chance to snatch the bundle from the fire. Now, with no Heavenly Rank Grandmaster present, only four Earth Rank Grandmasters, the two could not hold back any longer and made their move to seize the bundle!
In the blink of an eye, the two simultaneously grabbed the two ends of the bundle! At this moment, the four Xiahou Clan Grandmasters also roared in fury and pounced over!
The two dared not stop for a moment, ignoring their struggle over it, each grabbed one end of the bundle and frenziedly ran toward the mountain!
“Little thieves, stop!” Behind them, the Xiahou Clan Grandmaster’s furious roar rang out: “You dare rob the Xiahou Clan’s things? Do you want to implicate your nine clans?!”
The two ignored it completely, sprinting madly, but inevitably hindered each other, unable to reach their fastest speed.
Seeing the pursuers behind them closing in, the masked woman tightly gripped the bundle and low shouted to Lu Yun: “Give me the bundle, I’ll lead them away, we’ll meet up later!”
“…” Lu Yun rolled his eyes, giving her a look of ‘are we that close?’, naturally holding tightly to the bundle without letting go.
“Let go quick, or neither of us can escape!” The woman anxiously exerted force with her hand.
“You letting go is the same.” Lu Yun said dully, still not loosening his grip.
In this dispute between the two, with a rip, the thick bundle tore open a slit, and one thing inside revealed a gleaming golden corner. Fearing the things inside would fall out, the two bodies involuntarily paused.
In this instant, the four Grandmasters behind pounced up, their figures overshadowing the two’s tops of the head.
“Idiot!” The woman ground her silver teeth; she had no ability to hard resist Earth Rank Grandmasters, so she had to let go and suddenly flashed to the side!
Now, the bundle finally fell into Lu Yun’s hands alone, but the four Earth Rank Grandmasters’ fists and feet came viciously at him!
Lu Yun tightly protected the bundle with one hand while resisting the four’s assault! All four were on par with Xiahou Lei; he dared not unseal the acupoint in the center of the forehead to fight at full strength, and in an instant fell to a disadvantage, firmly trapped in the middle by the four Grandmasters!
The four Grandmasters were all long-famous great experts, naturally able to see that Lu Yun was not old yet already had Earth Rank strength. How could they let such a future giant opposing the Xiahou Clan continue to grow?
They must kill him here! The four Grandmasters made up their minds and simultaneously used ten tenths of their cultivation, each unleashing killing moves, attacking him together!
Lu Yun barely dodged one fist and one foot, then could no longer evade; with two bangs, he simultaneously took a fist and a foot, immediately like a kite with a broken string, flying out nearly two zhang, crashing headfirst into the grassland!
“Overreaching!” Seeing Lu Yun struggling on the ground, the four sneered and leaped over: “Be smarter in your next life, the Xiahou Clan is not to be provoked!” They were about to kill him on the spot.
The woman had already fled far away; seeing this, she shouted loudly to Lu Yun: “Quick, throw the thing over!”
Helplessly, the bundle in Lu Yun’s hand turned into a shooting star, flying toward the woman. At the same time, he did a lazy donkey roll, rolling several zhang on the ground, dodging the four Grandmasters’ killing moves!
The four Grandmasters saw the bundle fly toward the woman and involuntarily roared in fury! Just as they landed, they chased after the masked woman, no longer caring about killing the star of hope.
Although the masked woman’s martial arts were slightly inferior, her lightness skill was not weaker than the four Grandmasters. She moved through the mountain forest like a graceful antelope, and the four Grandmasters had not yet caught up!
“Dragon Elephant Unity!” The furious Xiahou Clan four once again assumed a combined assault stance, intending to blast the woman directly to death!
The woman had seen the power of Dragon Elephant Unity; how could she be arrogant? With a clear shout: “Catch!” She tossed the bundle back to Lu Yun who had caught up.
The four Grandmasters seeing this, were so angry their ancestors’ hearts ached. They really wanted to ignore everything and kill this little wench first, but Dragon Elephant Unity needed time to activate; by the time they blasted the little wench, there would be danger of letting Lu Yun escape!
“Ah…” The four let out infuriated roars of extreme frustration and had to change targets again. But this time they learned; only three pounced toward Lu Yun, while the remaining one continued chasing the woman!
Lu Yun reached out to catch the bundle, his expression slightly changing; seeing three Grandmasters pouncing over, he immediately threw it back to the woman, as if that thing had become a hot potato!
“Dare to do it again?!” The Xiahou Clan Grandmaster chasing behind the woman sneered, did a pulling onions from dry land, his body leaping up a zhang, and snatched the bundle mid-air!
“Haha, got it!” He couldn’t help laughing maniacally.
The masked woman seeing this, no longer fought over it and ran headlong toward the mountain top without looking back.
That Xiahou Clan Grandmaster then also felt something wrong with the bundle in his hand, his expression freezing! He shook it open, only to see inside was a gleaming golden… melon!
When the bundle tore, everyone had seen a golden box inside, but now it had become a melon!
Now he finally understood why Lu Yun hurriedly threw it back; clearly he had discovered the things inside had been swapped by the woman!
“Consider it a gift from this miss!” The woman’s joyful laughter, like pearls falling on a jade plate, sprinkled through the verdant mountain forest.
“Demoness!” The Xiahou Clan Grandmaster furiously chased after her; this time they completely ignored Lu Yun, determined to blast the woman to death no matter what!
Lu Yun did not move again, frowning as he watched the woman flying toward the mountain top, not knowing how she would escape…
The four Xiahou Clan Grandmasters clearly thought the same; they chased the woman to the mountain top, then surrounded her in a fan shape.
Ahead was a hundred-zhang precipice; the woman had no way out…
“Put on wings and fly down!” The leading Xiahou Clan Grandmaster sneered.
“…” The woman did not stop underfoot, turning her head to give that man a charming smile, crisply saying: “Good idea!”
With that, she tugged her collar, and the slightly loose night clothes detached from her body, blown toward the several Xiahou Clan Grandmasters by the howling mountain wind!
The Xiahou Clan Grandmasters hurriedly punched the night clothes to shreds, but when they looked at the woman again, they were all stunned!
Lu Yun in the distance was also stunned; he would never forget this scene — on the woman’s back, incredibly, was a pair of wings! Paired with her slender graceful figure, she was like an elf flying out of a fairy tale, dazzling and mesmerizing!
The woman seemed to sense something, turning back to give Lu Yun a charming smile; her pair of lively big eyes were full of sly triumph. Then, she grabbed the two ends of the wings with both hands and leaped forward. The Xiahou Clan Grandmasters then snapped out of their shock, roaring to grab her, but it was too late; they could only watch her jump off the cliff!
After a moment of falling, the woman used the pair of wings to glide elegantly in the mountain wind, in an instant flying over ten zhang away.
By now, the Xiahou Clan Grandmasters could see clearly that the pair of wings were made of silk cloth woven from ice silkworm silk, with edges supported by some fine and tough material. There was a long wooden box on the woman’s back; clearly, this pair of wings had been stored in that wooden box before!
“Lu Ban Wings! She’s from Taiping Dao!” Seeing the woman glide to a valley a hundred zhang away and suddenly disappear into the mountain forest, the several Grandmasters flew into a rage but were helpless. Even a Heavenly Rank Grandmaster could not catch up to her.
When their anger subsided and they wanted to turn back to grab Lu Yun, where could they still find his shadow?
The four Grandmasters wished they could bang their heads on the ground, but could only dejectedly go down the mountain, preparing to find a path to track the woman. Though the hope was extremely slim, how could they dare go back like this?
On the way down, they ran into the arriving Xiahou Clan members; that Earth Rank Grandmaster saw their expressions and knew something was wrong, hurriedly asking: “What happened?!”
“Sigh, it’s a long story…” The four wished they could hug their heads and weep. This time the Xiahou Clan’s painstaking operation, not hesitating to violate the great taboo under heaven, had been ruined in their hands, and in such an idiotic way. Even if Xiahou Bubai did not eat them alive, they would be dealt with by clan law upon return…
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Leaving aside the Xiahou Clan members grieving like they’d lost their ancestors, Lu Yun, seeing the woman escape, immediately withdrew. He used seven tenths of his cultivation, with a few leaps, in an instant went a hundred zhang away, his figure disappearing into the mountain forest.
Entering the mountain forest, Lu Yun reduced his cultivation back to five tenths, frenziedly running for a full hour, confirming he had completely shaken off the pursuers before stopping to catch his breath.
When Lu Yun finished regulating his breathing and opened his eyes, he saw Uncle Bao standing not far away, fully vigilant in protecting him.
Seeing Lu Yun recovered, Uncle Bao sighed dejectedly with a full face: “Young Master forgive me, those several Xiahou Clan Grandmasters are old acquaintances of mine. This subordinate feared being recognized by them and did not dare assist.”
“No harm.” Lu Yun shook his head with a smile, expression calm.
“How no harm?!” Uncle Bao slapped his thigh hard: “If I had acted, we definitely could have snatched that thing!” He said with regret: “Something the Xiahou Clan would fight so desperately for must be a heavenly treasure. What a pity it ended up benefiting that demoness!”
Lu Yun helplessly looked at Uncle Bao; the old mister was good at everything, just too excitable.
“Sigh, made Young Master busy for nothing, not even knowing what thing was inside!” Uncle Bao self-reproachfully wanted to bang his head on a tree.
But he heard Lu Yun leisurely say: “I know.”
“How would Young Master know?!” Uncle Bao did not believe it.
“Because that thing…” Lu Yun said, taking something from his bosom, holding it in his palm with a smile: “Is right here in my hand.”
“Ah?!” Uncle Bao’s jaw nearly dropped to the ground.
