CHAPTER 633: CHAPTER 632: SITTING ON THE MOUNTAIN WATCHING THE TIGERS FIGHT

The dagger within the map reveals itself too quickly.

Jiang Yuan pursed his lips and thought to himself, at least give the father and daughter’s reunion scene a proper playthrough. Jumping straight to the topic of the escape quota seems a bit too impatient.

"Father, what are you saying?" Hu Zhile responded smoothly, both surprised and delighted, with a smile: "I’ve often thought before, since my brother and I survived by sheer luck and were saved by our master back then, maybe some family or friends were also rescued by other Void Hunters. Perhaps we might meet by chance while traversing the void."

Indeed, we met today! Although I remember nothing, no matter what, you are my father and brother. How could there be any reason to leave you behind and escape with outsiders?"

Having achieved his objective, Hu Zhili was overjoyed and full of praise, then suddenly remembered to step forward and thank the person for saving his two children.

"No need to be polite, Hu Dao You. Over the years, the brother and sister duo have helped me a lot." Jiang Yuan fanned the flames: "Today’s father-daughter reunion is a great joy, it’s just a pity we cannot celebrate for now.

Why not this way, since Dao You is Yun Shu’s father and is well-acquainted with the situation within the clan, there is still an unoccupied position on the Immortal Shuttle besides you and your son’s, you can decide who to take away with you."

Saying this, he lowered his voice: "I wasn’t trying to scare you earlier, it’s not wise to linger long on this world remnant. I’ll rest briefly before going to mine Spirit Stones. Although we can’t do a losing business, nothing is more important than life. Once I leave, I will definitely not return. Though the Spirit Stone mine is significant, it’s not worth taking too great a risk for it."

The only Immortal Shuttle journey to the Otherworld, and its owner’s servant turns out to be his own estranged daughter!

With this connection, he and his son not only firmly secure places but can also decide who lives and who is left to die!

The sudden joy blasted Dmitri, the thrill of wielding such power almost lifted Hu Zhili off his feet.

A dream-like good luck just suddenly "clinked" right onto him, he didn’t even know how to express the vast bliss swelling within his heart!

"Thank you, Jiang Dao You, for your trust. I will certainly choose a grateful clan member to go with us!" Hu Zhili quickly nodded and expressed his gratitude, while already beginning to sift through targets in his mind.

Hu Da’an definitely cannot come.

That old son, with nothing better to do, concocts Medicine Pills that can temporarily mask eerie auras. While the pills are greatly useful, creating them requires eerie corpses, which can’t be openly brought, that would just cause trouble.

Moreover, he has no combat ability and taking up a spot for nothing contributes no benefit;

It’s best not to take Hu Jun either. He’s adept at fanning flames and exploiting opportunities; it won’t be easy with him around. The problem is, all the Medicine Pills are in his possession, can’t fall out with him yet...

"Father, quickly go get our brother, first so we siblings can meet; second, if things turn for the worse, the master might leave at any moment."

Hu Zhile urged: "Since we’ve recognized each other well, let’s not complicate things. Bring him over early to accompany by the master’s side. As for the other clansmen’s life or death, at this point, there’s nothing we can do, let’s see their fortunes."

"Alright, I’ll go fetch your brother!" Hu Zhili agreed eagerly, hastily stepping out of the West Great Hall to find Hu Jun.

Meanwhile, he was also secretly calculating his way out.

The Medicine Pills were not in his hands, in case Hu Jun disagreed with the father and son securing two spots and attempted to use the pills for leverage, or if other Fox Demons and eerie forces launched attacks revealing the eerie identity, the one named Jiang is unlikely to accept two eerie ones.

The opportunity is right before him, he must seize it to escape this place, even if it means risking it all – use the Curse Technique to seize by force!

After all, with this father-daughter relationship, Jiang trusts the servant girl, clearly not guarded against him, the curse would catch off guard, greatly increasing the likelihood of success.

Having made up his mind, Hu Zhili felt assured of victory, and his mood lightened, even his steps were brisker.

"Boom!"

After waiting a while longer, finally, there was movement!

The earth rumbled and quivered slightly, as if thunderous energy lay hidden underground waiting to erupt.

"Rustle, rustle, rustle!"

The dilapidated hall was dropping dust as if it might collapse at any moment.

[Special Mission: The Stork and the Clam Fight, and the Fisherman Gains]

[Task 2: Incite conflict between the eerie forces, assist the human eerie in entering the palace’s secret passage from the caves near the Spirit Stone Mine, completed. Reward: Random special plant +1 has been issued]

[Task 3: Find a suitable place to watch the tigers fight from across the mountain, and wait for ten minutes. Countdown: 00:10:00 Reward: Spirit Stone +10,000]

[Random Special Plant: An unknown seed, you can only discover what it grows into by planting it. Additionally, a newly planted special plant can be dug up and replanted or stored in a Storage Bag. Once mature, it can only be transplanted once.]

The battle had just started in the narrow path of the secret passage when the system issued a new mission, and a gleaming little star appeared in his Storage Bag, which was the seed of the random special plant.

Jiang Yuan took it out, curious, and looked at it; inside the light yellow star was a small curled sprout, very delicately beautiful, but without planting, it’s completely unknown what it would become.

"Venerable Family, have they started fighting?" Hu Zhile looked a little tense; earlier she saw the human eerie from afar, there must have been at least a hundred, and the number of Fox Demon eerie should not be small either, otherwise, they wouldn’t have oppressed them so severely.

Once the sides start fighting, the pervasive eerie aura will be intense for sure, and careless moves could easily lead to contamination.

"You need to temporarily leave." Jiang Yuan put the seed away and nodded: "I have to go watch the tigers fight from the mountain, outside the aura is too strong, it’s too dangerous for you, better to avoid it temporarily."

Saying this, he intently opened the pet contract interface.

Ever since the two contracted pets, Bai Yunqi and Hu Zhile, raised their favorability to four diamonds, an additional "Store" button appeared on the interface besides the "Summon" button.

Below that, there were two pet item slots. Jiang Yuan pondered that they might be similar to the corpse equipment slots of Yu Hu warriors, which could be carried and used at will. This was a perfect opportunity to test their effects.

"Where do I need to hide?" Hu Zhile whispered, "Even though the Venerable Family has divine protection, do not take it lightly. It will be quite troublesome if you get polluted."

"Rest assured, I have a handle on it." Jiang Yuan thought, the eerie pollution was targeting Spiritual Energy, but I have none. Plus, my passive skill, Great Wilderness Heart Scripture, could be upgraded. What am I afraid of?

After speaking, he clicked to store the contracted pet, and sure enough, she instantly vanished from sight, leaving a thumbnail image in the item slot.

You have to admit, it’s really convenient!

On the other side, Hu Zhile felt a blur before her eyes, and the Venerable Family disappeared!

"What is this place?" She looked at a space filled with pure Spiritual Energy, dazed for a few moments, her heart filled with joy—could it be the Venerable Family’s own independent realm?

By the Heavens and the Earth, how many surprises does the Venerable Family have that we’re unaware of?!

Hu Zhile felt both delighted and a little concerned but quickly thought that if the Venerable Family could create a space, they could likely tear through space and escape instantly, making it unnecessary to fear so many peculiarities.

She took a deep breath, closed her eyes in meditation, and awaited the Venerable Family’s summon.

Jiang Yuan leisurely exited the West Great Hall, just in time to see the palaces and houses in the east begin to collapse unable to withstand the intense battle aftermath.

A mass of black fog surged into the sky!

"Kill! Damn fox demon, give your life!"

"Die! Fox demons, all go to hell!"

"This is disastrous! Where are they coming from?"

"Father! Father, come save me..."

......

The collapsing buildings were pushed to the sides by the formidable power released by the peculiarities, completely exposing the underground passage. At least three to four hundred peculiarities suddenly saw daylight, mixing angry curses, cries, and a chaotic battle of blades and swords, messy as a pot of porridge.

For some reason, the newly issued task by the system had a distinct game-like feeling, requiring Jiang Yuan to stand at a specified location for ten minutes, with the countdown not starting until the destination was reached.

Fortunately, the lower right corner of the view had a small arrowed icon, guiding him to discover that the so-called specified location was actually on a giant crossed sword and knife statue in the great square of the Kuang Lang Sect.

The peculiar atmosphere was intense, thus he dared not casually summon the Clear Wind Bright Moon Sword. Instead, Jiang Yuan used the Instant Teleportation Technique to jump twice and stood atop the sword hilt.

A large countdown appeared in view, beginning its digital decrement.

"Oh no!" As the earth trembled, Hu Jun suddenly felt his heart racing with an ominous premonition.

Moments earlier, Hu Zhili had found him with a smug smile, announcing he has acknowledged his daughter and promised that with her owner’s help, he would establish a firm foothold in the Otherworld, hoping he could urge Hu Da’an to produce as many medicine pills as quickly as possible.

The two were feigning pleasantries when sudden chaos erupted!

A few fox demons, who temporarily disguised themselves as righteous cultivators by ingesting medicine pills, also sensed something amiss and emerged from their little dark room.

Then, they witnessed the palace’s collapse, the passage exposed, with peculiarities on both sides already chaotically clashing!

"Zhixun!" Hu Zhili was reveling in gaining a position to leave together with his precious son, full of hope. The next moment he witnessed the clash between two tribes of peculiarities, amidst the blinding dance of blades and magic, unable to spot his son!

He’s just a Foundation Establishment Realm child!

Having raised him closely, a son protected since he was a little furball, Hu Zhili instantly burned with anxiety, flying forward on his sword, his left hand unleashing ice blades against human peculiarities, while his right hand waved to dispel thick black fog, frantically searching for his son’s trail amidst the volatile battleground.

"Father! Boohoo... Father, save me!" Hu Zhixun had a unique upbringing; when other little fox demons were slaughtered, he nestled under his father’s protection, living comfortably.

Coupled with lacking cultivation resources and experience, his poor skills made him increasingly timid and cowardly.

When human peculiarities, guided by Jiang Yuan, located the passage entrance and stormed in, taking everything by surprise, other fox demon peculiarities instinctively reacted in self-defense, only Hu Zhixun wailed, looking for his dad.

"Father’s here!" Hearing the familiar cry, Hu Zhili charged forward, slashing a few swords to repel enemies, dragging his precious son out from the corner.

"Boohoo... Where did you go, Father? I’m so scared!" The tall, strong Hu Zhixun, post-transformation, was still like a giant baby, wiping tears on his hand backs as he cried.

Having just acknowledged a smart, capable elder daughter, the stark contrast infuriated Hu Zhili slightly, saying irritably, "A man should not cry! As a cultivator, do you not know how to fight back and protect yourself?"

Despite the complaints, he examined his son for injuries before sighing in relief, "Fortunately, you’re not hurt. Your sister’s become a Void Hunter, and here you are crying by my side, how disgraceful!"

"Hu Dao You, your son has been tainted by peculiarities." From above, Jiang Yuan observed everything, initially relieved upon witnessing the father-son reunion away from chaos, then suddenly causing tension, "For safety’s sake, you’d better distance yourself from him, otherwise you two will be stuck here forever."