Chapter 622

Chapter 622 – Sudden Storm

Along the sides of the road, mountains rose and fell . Large trees towered more than a hundred meters in the air . From time to time, fierce beasts would roar and vicious birds would fly through the sky .

This road was extremely wide, but it wasn’t smooth . However, this didn’t affect the black shelled snail . It was as if it was moving on smooth ground . In addition, its speed was even a bit faster than speeding horses .

Third grandfather led over ten youths . Shi Hao was also among them, sitting on the back of the snail as they proceeded towards the country town .

Roar . . .

A black-colored unicorn tiger appeared . It had a qilin body and a tiger head, making it look rather vicious and sinister . Its entire body was covered in black scales . It looked everyone in the eye, and then it left, deciding not to attack them .

This wasn’t the first time something like this happened . Along the way, they several powerful vicious beasts, but when they saw that this group wasn’t good to provoke, they decided not to attack .

“Third grandfather, have you heard of the Cloud Race before?” Shi Hao asked . He entered the higher realms through the Cloud Race’s transport formation, so he felt that this clan should be too far away .

“Sounds a bit familiar . ” Third grandfather nodded .

“Where are there? Are they far from this place?” Shi Hao asked for guidance .

“When I was young, I had gone out to travel around . I heard from others before that they were extremely powerful and extremely far . They shouldn’t belong to our Lightning Province,” said third grandfather .

Cloud Race was an extremely ancient great sect . In the higher realms, they had an unordinary inheritance as well . The province they were located in was called ‘Cloud Province’ .

“So extraordinary . ” Shi Hao was shocked . Then, he thought to himself, feeling that it was definitely because the passageway broke apart, causing him to deviate from his original destination and end up in the Lightning Province .

Suddenly, the skies became ugly . Shadows appeared . A dark cloud swept past . This was a vicious bird with shining feathers . Its eyes were penetrating . When it spread its wings, it stretched over a hundred zhang in length .

“Haha… Third grandfather, your village is going to participate in the selection of warriors too, right? These youngsters aren’t good enough . They aren’t strong enough and will most likely be completely wiped out . ” There were several dozen people on the back of the vicious bird . It was clearly another village who was bringing their youth to participate . This individual started a benevolent jesting .

“When the time comes, we’ll let you know how powerful we are!” The youngsters from Vermilion Village were unwilling to accept this .

The vicious bird headed into the village . They came from another village . Their strength was quite good . One could tell just from their mount .

After travelling several hundred li, the terrain gradually became more open . There were less and less forests . A city was faintly discernible in the horizon . They were finally about to arrive .

Scholar Tree City, this was a country town that could hold several tens of thousands of people . It couldn’t be considered big, but it wasn’t that small either .

There was an ancient tree at the head of the city . The branches were upright and strong, and its leaves were verdant and lush . The entire tree was covered in snow white flower petals . This was an ancient tree that was over a hundred zhang tall .

This city obtained its name from this tree . It was the Scholar Tree City’s guardian spirit .

If one looked past the city gate, they would see quite a few people . A few mounts were lining up to enter the city . Today, the city was bustling with activity . Many tribes’ young experts came .

“Out of the way!”

When they were still quite far from the city, someone suddenly shouted . An enormous silver python wrigled over . It was over a hundred zhang in length, carrying a group of people here . They were extremely rude and unreasonable .

Pa!

The silver great python swatted out its tail, fiercely slamming it down on the black snail’s body, making it stagger and almost fall . Meanwhile, quite a few youth that were on top fell .

“What are you doing? You are all bullies!” The group of youth were furious . They stood up from the ground and loudly berated .

“Bullying? A snail is blocking the road and moving slowly, so we can’t just stay off to the side, right?” The silver large python’s people sneered . They didn’t care about Vermilion Village’s people at all .

Quite a few people from Vermilion Village couldn’t hold themselves back . They surged with hot blood, about to rush up to argue with the other party, but they were stopped by third grandfather . He shouted for them not to act rashly .

“What, you still want to use force? You all can come and give it a try . ” A youth on top of the silver great python said with a sneer . He was looking down on all of Vermilion Village’s people .

“You are too arrogant!” A youngster from Vermilion Village couldn’t help but take action .

“Don’t move!” Third grandfather stopped that youngster . He knew that his village’s children weren’t their match .

“These are Python Village’s people . They are quite strong with a few powerful geniuses . In addition, conflict has broken out between our villages in the past . Do not pay attention to their provocations . ” Third grandfather said, fearing that they might suffer losses .

Shi Hao didn’t take action and just quietly watched . He could suppress the other party, but what about after he left? There might be a disaster that would descend . At the very least, now wasn’t a good time to take action .

“All of you better be careful!” Python Village’s people swaggered off, leaving behind these words .

“Third grandfather!” The youngsters were angry . They all clenched their fists .

“Don’t be rash . I heard that there are a few vicious people from Python Village that are moving quite close . We are outside, so it is better if we don’t provoke other parties as much and temporarily endure it . ” Third grandfather consoled .

Nearby, there were people from other tribes . They all rode on vicious birds and beasts, entering the city one after another .

The ancient scholar tree was tall and straight, taking root in front of the city . It was quiet and unmoving . If it wasn’t extremely powerful, it wouldn’t be much different from an ordinary old tree .

Everyone entered the city . There were special lodging locations, and someone showed them the way .

Honglonglong!

Suddenly, everyone was shocked . They heard a sound like thunder rumbling . The great earth was lightly trembling . The entire ancient city was no longer peaceful .

Several dozen mounts appeared by the city gate . They were all unique beasts that were powerful and fierce . Their enormous hooves trampled on the ground, releasing heart trembling muffled sounds .

“Ink Unicorn beast . It looks a bit like a Qilin and even has a bit of its bloodline . It is an extremely powerful beast mount . They are… people from the prefectural city . ”

These several dozen mounts were covered in dark golden armor . Their bodies were flickering with brilliance and releasing a powerful pressure . They were all unordinary . A young lady sat on top of them that was wearing a silver gown . She was extremely beautiful .

“The prefectural city’s people have come to look around . They are paying quite some attention to this time’s competition . ” The people sighed in admiration .

“Hurry and move out of the way!” Someone cried out .

Everyone took shelter, not daring to stop these people .

Fortunately, these Ink Unicorn Beasts slowed down their footsteps and did not barbarically charge into everyone . They were still quite disciplined, surrounding the silver robed young lady as they headed into the city’s main manor .

“Don’t look anymore . Hurry and get some rest . The selection competition is going to start tomorrow . ” Third grandfather reminded everyone so they could save their strength for tomorrow .

The next day, everyone woke up extremely early . They were led into the country town’s enormous fighting arena in the central district . They were going to carry out the competition here .

However,these dozens of mounts appeared again before the selection competition started . In addition, the aged Scholar Tree City master accompanied the silver-robed young lady that came here .

“Everyone, you all are the leaders of the nearby areas . This time, you’ve even brought your clans’ most powerful youngsters . I believe that all of you are most sensitive to new information . ”

Everyone became stupefied . What he said was completely unrelated to the warrior selection competition . Why did he bring this up?

Soon after, everyone understood . The old city lord was quite fearful towards those armored horses, wishing to help them obtain information .

“This is the emissary sent from the prefectural city . Apart from supervising the great selection competitions that are being carried out in various places, there is another important matter…” The old city master explained .

The silver robed young lady walked up, ascending the high platform and overlooking everyone . She was extremely beautiful, but her expression was a bit cold . She slowly unfolded a scroll and displayed it in the void .

“Which one of you have seen this person before?”

The painting scroll shone, freezing itself in the void . It flowed with a mysterious power . There was a female on the scroll whose physique was tall and slender . Silver hair shone brilliantly . Her pupils were clear . Her entire being was beautiful to a dream-like level .

The female in the painting was quite young, looking like she couldn’t be older than eighteen or nineteen . However, she didn’t carry any immaturity or inexperience, instead carrying a type of extraordinary aura .

Even though her expression was calm and her eyes clear like water, there was a heavy pressure that was exuded from the painting . Everyone felt their heart rates quickening .

This was only a painting, yet there was already such a powerful pressure . What if the real person appeared? This was too shocking . This place immediately entered a state of quietness .

“Has anyone seen her before?” The silver robed young lady asked .

“May I ask great one who this young lady is?” Someone said with a small voice . That individual was quite confused . This was clearly a warrior selection competition, so why did this type of situation appear?

Heng!

A cold snort sounded . The silver robed young lady swept out a glance, and that individual immediately felt as if he was struck by lightning . He couldn’t stand still and staggered backwards .

Everyone’s expressions changed . This emissary from the prefectural city was so powerful! Just this cold snort alone forced someone back . She was definitely extremely strong . From the looks of it, her age shouldn’t be that great either . This made many of the youngsters feel a sense of failure .

The country town’s old city master coughed and said, “Everyone, do not speak too much . Has anyone seen this silver haired woman? This matter is extremely important . ”

Many people shook their heads, expressing that they did not . They had never met this silver haired woman before . Her temperament looked outstanding . If they ever saw her before, they would definitely not forget .

“She fled into this area . If you all have information about her, hurry and report it . There will be a generous reward!” said the silver robed young lady . She swept her gaze over everyone .

Everyone became shocked . They looked at the painting again . The silver haired girl was definitely powerful, with a character that was much more outstanding that the female emissary in front of their eyes and more formidable .

Who was it that injured her? To actually flee to this place .

“Even if I explained it to you all, none of you would understand!” The silver robed woman coldly snorted . Then, she said quietly to herself, “This was the woman injured by Immortal Palace’s young great one . Only after fighting great battles continuously did he end up seriously injuring her . This person is important . Immortal Palace’s great one has stated that she must be found . It really is hard…”

Shi Hao heard everything clearly . That silver haired girl was actually that young great figure’s opponent? After fighting great battles continuously, she was defeated and suffered severe injuries, fleeing here .

His heart was moved . Even when he was in the lower realm, he already knew how terrifying Immortal Palace was . This woman actually dared to stand against Immortal Palace and carry out a great battle .

He had heard before that Immortal Mountain’s young great one of this generation was like a great mountain that crushed down on everyone’s minds . Those of the same generation couldn’t be his opponent at all . He was difficult to surpass!

Meanwhile, this woman actually dared to fight intensely against him again and again, ultimately fleeing after being injured, leaving alive . This really was shocking!

“Could it be that I am going to meet that individual from Immortal Palace so soon? Will there be a battle too?!” Shi Hao said to himself inwardly .

That so-called young great one from Immortal Palace definitely came, entering this region and currently looking for that silver-haired woman . A storm was stirring here .

“If there is any information, immediately report it!” The silver-robed girl turned around and left for the distance .

Suddenly, Shi Hao’s eyes flashed . Just now, he seemed to have seen a strand of silvery light . It was extremely blurry, flashing not far away . It made his mind jump .

Could it be that woman came and was going to take action here?!

If that was the case, that individual from Immortal Palace was most likely going to appear too!