CHAPTER 51: CHAPTER 51: A HUNDRED THOUSAND REWARD_1

「Inside the hall.」

The old man in white stared blankly at the Crystal Stone in his hand.

Was there something wrong with the Crystal Stone?

That shouldn’t be!

With a mind full of doubts, he walked to the altar, extended his old, large hand, pressed it onto the Crystal Stone, and closed his eyes in contemplation.

BUZZ!!

The Crystal Stone vibrated over and over, a total of three times.

"I have Level Three spiritual power; there’s nothing wrong with this Crystal Stone!"

Suddenly, he opened his eyes, his confusion vanished, replaced by anger!

His old face twitched along with it.

Since there was nothing wrong with the Crystal Stone, it could only mean that he’d been duped by that brat.

"Damn brat, I won’t let you off today!"

He gritted his teeth, burning with anger as he ran towards the gate.

"Old Feng, what exactly is going on?" Luo Xiong grabbed him, his face full of bewilderment.

"The kid just now, he has Ninth Level spiritual power!"

As soon as the old man in white had finished speaking, he pushed Luo Xiong aside and ran out of the hall without looking back.

"What?"

Luo Xiong was stunned.

When he had first arrived, he’d thought that Qin Feiyang had done something stupid and offended the old man standing before him, which was why he’d been so rough on Qin Feiyang.

Then, when he heard the old man mention Ninth Level spiritual power, he’d thought it was a joke. But he never expected it to be true!

Luo Xiong hurried to catch up and grabbed the old man in white again, saying seriously, "Old Feng, don’t joke about this. Tell me seriously, does he really have Ninth Level spiritual power?"

"I can assure you, very responsibly, he indeed has Ninth Level spiritual power!" said the old man in white.

Luo Xiong’s body trembled, his eyes bursting with brilliance, and he said softly, "Old Feng, no matter what, we have to make him join the Elixir Palace. And this news can only be known by us; no third person can know!"

"Cut the crap! If we don’t chase him now, he’ll slip away," the old man in white said, looking down anxiously.

Looking where his gaze fell, Qin Feiyang was running towards the nearby street as if fleeing for his life.

"Don’t worry, he can’t escape!"

"Jian Haotian, stop right there!" Luo Xiong roared, actually leaping straight from the pinnacle and landing steadily on the ground.

Qin Feiyang’s face changed slightly; he quickened his pace and darted into the crowd.

"What’s going on?" The pedestrians were puzzled when they saw this.

"He’s actually running!" Luo Xiong’s face turned black. He angrily said, "Anyone who can stop him will be rewarded by this Palace with a thousand Qi Gathering Pills!"

As soon as he said this, the entire street surged!

"Go!"

"Stop him!"

The onlookers, who had been enjoying the show, rushed towards Qin Feiyang as if injected with stimulants.

"Was that really necessary?" Qin Feiyang wore a bitter smile. Using the Smoke Step, he dodged repeatedly, moving as if through an uninhabited territory.

"This brat is so slippery!"

"Let’s stand in a line; don’t let him escape!"

A dozen or so people joined hands and blocked the way.

"You little rascal, let’s see how you’re going to run this time," Luo Xiong, at the back, couldn’t help but sneer upon seeing this.

Qin Feiyang glanced at the dozen or so people, then looked back at the rapidly approaching Luo Xiong. His eyebrows furrowed slightly. He stomped his foot hard on the ground, leaped up, and landed directly on the roof of a nearby building, then left without looking back.

"Stop running, kid!" Luo Xiong’s face changed. Battle Intent erupted from him, and he quickly rushed onto the roof.

Looking around, where was there any trace of Qin Feiyang?

Can this kid fly? Luo Xiong frowned.

The old man in white came running over and, looking up at him, asked, "Hall Master, where’s the guy?"

Luo Xiong carefully scanned his surroundings again, then jumped down from the roof, landed in front of the white-robed old man, and shook his head. "That brat is too slippery; he got away."

"You’re a one-star War King, and you lost him... you’re really useless!" The old man in white pointed at Luo Xiong’s nose, cursing loudly, so angry his body was shaking.

"Old Feng, I am, after all, the Hall Master of the Elixir Palace. How can you talk to me like this? Don’t you know any propriety?" Luo Xiong looked displeased but was also quite embarrassed.

"I don’t care. If you can’t find him today, I won’t let you off," the old man in white finished speaking and entered a small alley, starting his own search.

"Ah, such a headache." Luo Xiong rubbed his forehead, scanned the crowd around him, and called out loudly, "Increased reward! Anyone who can find Jian Haotian will be rewarded with twenty thousand Gold Coins!"

"Twenty thousand!"

"What on earth did this Jian Haotian do in the Elixir Palace that was so outrageous?"

"Who cares? That’s twenty thousand Gold Coins! I must find him!"

The crowd dispersed in a rush, their hearts excited, searching throughout the city.

...

"The royal family’s bounty is only ten thousand Gold Coins. The Elixir Palace offers twenty thousand Gold Coins. It shows that the Elixir Palace has more foresight than the royal family. Right, Brother Wolf?" Qin Feiyang was hiding in an ancient castle, looking at the Wolf King with a mischievous smile.

The Wolf King grinned, seemingly very much in agreement with what Qin Feiyang had just said.

"Oh, right." Qin Feiyang smacked his head, took out the Beast Spirit Pill, handed it to the Wolf King’s mouth, and laughed, "Brother Wolf, I keep my word. This Beast Spirit Pill is for you."

The Wolf King’s eyes lit up. He didn’t shy away, sticking out his tongue to directly roll the Beast Spirit Pill into his mouth.

Qin Feiyang held his breath, anticipation rising within him.

BUZZ!

Suddenly, brilliant white light burst out from the Wolf King’s body.

But soon, the light retracted.

"Finally... I can... speak..." The very next moment, a halting, emotional, and somewhat unfamiliar voice rang out in Qin Feiyang’s mind.

But this voice... it sounds a bit strange?

Qin Feiyang furrowed his brows, asking the Wolf King, "Are you the one talking to me?"

"Obviously! Who else could it be apart from Brother Wolf?" The Wolf King rolled his eyes.

"Haha..." Qin Feiyang looked at the Wolf King blankly, then suddenly burst into laughter.

He had initially thought that the Wolf King’s voice would be commanding and brimming with fierceness.

But the reality was far from what he expected.

Instead of being fierce, it sounded young, like the voice of a seven or eight-year-old boy. It completely mismatched its brutal appearance and shattered Qin Feiyang’s image of the Wolf King in his mind.

Think about it. Putting a child’s voice on a grown-up—how ridiculous and unusual would that be?

Seeing this, the Wolf King’s forehead vein throbbed, and his face darkened. "Shut up! If you keep laughing, I’ll lose my temper!"

"It’s not my fault!"

"Look at you! Your appearance is pretty vicious, enough to make kids cry, but your voice is just too funny!"

"Could there be a problem with the Beast Spirit Pill?"

"Hahaha..." Qin Feiyang laughed so hard he doubled over, unable to stop.

"ROAR!" Unable to bear it anymore, the Wolf King snapped at Qin Feiyang’s arm.

"You can’t be serious!" Qin Feiyang’s expression changed, and he dodged quickly.

"Then keep laughing!" The Wolf King gave him a sly stare.

"I’ll stop laughing, I’ll stop..." Qin Feiyang repeatedly gestured with his hands, his face turning red from suppressed laughter.

The Wolf King rolled his eyes at him and sighed, "A long time ago, Brother Wolf wanted a Beast Spirit Pill. But as a handsome and mighty wolf, I really didn’t dare to break into your human towns. Xiao Qinzi, thank you."

Qin Feiyang’s face twitched. It seemed that the words ’handsome’ and ’mighty’ didn’t suit a wolf at all, right?

The Wolf King stood upright on his hind legs, clapped Qin Feiyang on the shoulder, and chuckled, "Xiao Qinzi, as a token of my gratitude, Brother Wolf will have your back from now on."

"Mm," Qin Feiyang nodded.

But the next moment, he came to his senses and snapped, "What did you say? Do I need you to look out for me? And stop calling me Xiao Qinzi! Judging by your voice, I am clearly older than you. You should be calling me Brother. Got it?"

"Hmph, who do you think you are? When Brother Wolf was roaming the mountains and forests, you were still wearing split-crotch pants!" The Wolf King snorted disdainfully.

"Shameless," Qin Feiyang scorned.

From his estimation, the Wolf King had been around for eight or nine years at most. That means when he, Qin Feiyang, became famous in the Imperial Capital, the Wolf King hadn’t even been born yet!

"ROAR!" At the slightest disagreement, the Wolf King bit Qin Feiyang again.

"OUCH! OUCH! OUCH!"

"GRRR!"

"You wolf cub, let go!"

"GRRR!"

"Let go, or I’ll hit you!"

"GRRR!"

"Last warning, don’t push it!"

"GRRR!"

"Dammit, you ungrateful White-Eyed Wolf! Don’t mistake a quiet tiger for a sick cat! Take this!"

...

The man and the wolf messed around for a while, then each began their cultivation.

「Meanwhile, the outside world was in an uproar.」

The news of Luo Xiong offering a twenty thousand Gold Coin bounty for Qin Feiyang had spread everywhere.

Everyone in Black Bear City was going mad, looking for his whereabouts.

The inn where he stayed was quickly discovered. The old man in white, upon hearing the news, had stayed there, lying in wait for Qin Feiyang.

「That afternoon.」

Luo Xiong increased the bounty to thirty thousand Gold Coins!

「The next day, the bounty was raised again to forty thousand Gold Coins!」

Finally, Luo Xiong set the bounty at one hundred thousand Gold Coins!

This even alarmed the three great families.

Mu Fei and Jiang Wei personally led the Martial Ancestor experts of their clans to search the city.

They thought that Qin Feiyang had offended the Elixir Palace and was thus being hunted by Luo Xiong, so they saw this as a perfect opportunity for revenge.

But even after a whole month, not a single person had found Qin Feiyang. It was as if he had evaporated into thin air.

「Inside the ancient castle.」

Qin Feiyang’s finger paused.

Simultaneously, the metallic book released a dazzling glow.

After a month of arduous copying, consuming a full eight thousand Qi Gathering Pills, Qin Feiyang had finally copied the third stroke!

His cultivation realm had also subsequently advanced to Four-star Martial Master.

He withdrew his arm.

Looking at the word ’Counter’ on the metallic book, his eyes shone!

Only three strokes were left.

After copying these, he could finally master the Counter Curse Manual!

To counter others with their own methods!

Thinking of the terrifying power of the Counter Curse Manual, he couldn’t help but feel excited!

"Phew!" Taking a long breath, he closed the metallic book, lowered his head, his brows knitting slightly.

If he remembered correctly, outside the Treasure Pavilion, the Jiang Family Head and Mu Family Head had mentioned the words ’Hunting Contest’.

Judging from their tone at the time, it seemed this ’Hunting Contest’ had some special significance?

Seeing the Wolf King still immersed in cultivation, he left the ancient castle directly, appearing on the rooftop.

"Huh?"

He lay on the roof, concealing himself, and surveyed the surrounding streets, a look of surprise slowly creeping into his eyes.

It was already mid-morning. Usually at this time, the streets were packed with people, bustling with noise and excitement.

But now, as he looked around, it was hard to find anyone; even the omnipresent street vendors had vanished without a trace.