Nine Nether Heavenly Emperor
Chapter 148: Meeting Li Liuxin Again

Chapter 148: Chapter 148: Meeting Li Liuxin Again

A procession of Black-armored Iron Cavalry continued their march through the desert, with Shi Feng seated on the back of the Ghost Wolf as before, following behind them, eyes closed in cultivation.

As the sky darkened, the once scorching temperatures slowly cooled. By midnight, the desert temperature contrasted sharply with that of the day, feeling bitterly cold.

"Whoo...whoo...whoo..." The icy night wind blew, sounding eerily like a woman weeping, sinister and terrifying.

"Why is Long Xiaotian leading us this way?" someone among the Black-armored Iron Cavalry whispered.

"Shh, keep your voice down. Right now, he’s a favorite in the eyes of that high-ranking official," his companion cautioned.

"But do you know what place this is?"

"What place is it?" the other asked.

"You don’t know? This area is called the Vanishing Evil Land. Legend has it that there used to be a town here that vanished overnight. No one knows why—it might have been buried by a massive sandstorm. But I once walked through here in the daytime, and an old soldier told me that when they camped here one night, hundreds of people suddenly disappeared."

"Hundreds of people disappeared? For real? Could they have encountered Desert Demon Beasts, or maybe the Lizard Clan or Snake-man Race?"

"The commander of that troop was none other than our Northwest Desert King, Elder Changqing, a Martial King Realm Expert. If it were those Desert Demon Beasts or mutant races, wouldn’t he have sensed it? I think they were taken by ghosts."

"Ah, stop talking nonsense. It’s creepy to hear, and we are in this place right now."

These two were at the very back of the formation, not far from Shi Feng. Naturally, their whispered conversation did not escape Shi Feng’s hearing. However, Shi Feng hadn’t sensed any ghostly presence; if there were ghosts, they couldn’t have escaped his Soul Power.

"Ah!" Suddenly, a scream rang out in the night sky, startling many of the Black-armored Iron Cavalry who were aware of the legends. Following that, the same voice exclaimed excitedly, as though greeting an old friend after a long separation, "Isn’t that Brother Shi’s demon beast?"

"What is that?" Hearing the voice, Shi Feng looked up into the night sky to see a blue figure appearing, and beneath the blue figure, a large blue bird was flying by flapping its wings.

"Li Liuxin!" Shi Feng’s eyes widened in shock. So, he really wasn’t dead. So, the blue silhouette he had seen in the Demon Beast Mountain Forest that day, was that really him?

Shi Feng remembered that day in the Demon Beast Mountain Forest, the blue silhouette had effortlessly slain a Fifth-stage Peak Snow Ape with a single sword strike.

"Ah, I indeed wasn’t mistaken, it really is Brother Shi. Even if you cover your face, I could recognize you. What a serendipitous reunion in a foreign land!" Li Liuxin said as the large blue bird flew towards Shi Feng. Li Liuxin appeared as refined and scholarly as ever, holding an unspectacular-looking long sword sheathed in its scabbard.

"Thank goodness, thank goodness, I finally see someone, and it’s you, an old acquaintance," Li Liuxin approached Shi Feng and spoke joyfully, then continued, "Brother Shi, you have no idea. I’ve been lost in this Ghost Desert for several days. They say demon beasts have intelligence, right? But this flat-haired beast is just so dumb, it really annoys me to death."

"What are you doing in the desert?" Shi Feng remained cautious facing Li Liuxin.

"Oh, that’s a long story," Li Liuxin sighed. "It’s all because of you. You killed Feng Yunxiao and Jin Lin and framed me for it, didn’t you? I had no choice but to run. Then I thought, where should I go? I must stay far from Imperial City and the Skywind Sect, so I ended up in this godforsaken place in the Northwest."

Looking at Li Liuxin and listening to his words, Shi Feng doubted whether the blue figure he saw that day was really him. If it was him, with that powerful strength, was there still a need to run? If it wasn’t him, then how did he survive the attack from the Golden Peng King that day?

"By the way, Brother Shi, what exactly happened in the Demon Beast Mountain Range that day? I only remember you knocking me out. At that time, I thought you were taking me to my death, ah... but it turned out I was wrong about you. When I woke up, you had already rescued me from the Demon Beast Mountain Range and placed me in a cave. You really are a good person," Li Liuxin said sincerely to Shi Feng.

"What happened after that? You forgot everything?" Shi Feng asked.

"How could I remember? You knocked me out, didn’t you? How would someone unconscious know anything?" Li Liuxin replied nonchalantly.

Shi Feng looked at him now and believed he was probably not lying.

"Thinking about it, I, Li Liuxin of the Residual Flower Sword, have always valued friendship and loyalty, putting righteousness first," Li Liuxin said, without a flicker of emotion, deceiving anyone who didn’t know better. He continued, "Regarding loyalty, I have never admired anyone before, but now, I only admire you, Brother Shi."

"Let’s not talk about the past anymore," Shi Feng said.

"Brother Shi, where are you all heading? These cavalrymen ahead, if I am not mistaken, belong to the Western Wasteland City’s Black-armored Iron Cavalry, right? Have you already joined the Western Wasteland City Lord and are now leading these cavalrymen into battle?" Li Liuxin asked curiously.

This man, still as talkative as before.

Seeing Li Liuxin now, it was indeed hard to connect him with the blue figure who had killed a fifth-stage peak demon beast with one strike that day.

"Do you plan to keep following me?" Shi Feng asked.

"That’s natural! We are as close as brothers, good brothers, valuing loyalty after all! Wherever you go, I will follow. Moreover, Brother, I am now lost in this Ghost Desert! You might not have listened carefully, but at night, the wind here howls like a weeping woman, it has scared me every night these past few nights."

Shi Feng found that this man talked even more than before—was it really because he thought I had rescued him from the Demon Beast Mountain Range and the Ice Snow Land?

All the way, Shi Feng only felt an incessant buzzing in his ears, maybe because Li Liuxin had been lost in the desert for days, with only that blue flat-haired beast for company, and he hadn’t talked to anyone in days, he was bursting to talk.

Several times, Shi Feng even wanted to kill him with a sword, but remembering that blue figure, he sheathed his sword again.

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