Braised Dragon with Soy Sauce

Chapter 202 Tricks the City Lord

Just as the old carriage had traveled only a few dozen feet, two dark figures suddenly descended from the sky like ghosts, landing steadily in front of the carriage and blocking its path.

Both men in black were dressed in tight-fitting black outfits, with cold and stern faces, exuding a chilling aura.

One of the men in black spoke first, asking:

"Have you seen a boy, about ten years old, dressed in tattered clothes, pass by here?"

The coachman answered tremblingly:

"Your Excellency, I just came from the teahouse next door and didn't pay much attention to the pedestrians on the post road. However, just a short while ago, someone did rush past here in a hurry, but as for whether it was the young man you described, I really dare not make a conclusion."

The coachman was none other than Commander Yu. He carefully answered the man in black's questions, following the lines that Mo Yuming had taught him.

Upon hearing Commander Yu's words, the other silent old man in black snorted coldly and decisively said:

"Let's go! It must be that guy!"

Having said that, he flashed away like an arrow. Seeing this, the middle-aged man, who had wanted to ask a few more questions, could only shake his head helplessly and follow him.

However, just as the two men in black turned to leave, Mo Yuming, sitting in the car, decisively ordered Ah Hao and Commander Yu to get out of the car quickly and rush towards the mysterious sinkhole not far away at lightning speed.

At the same time, he personally took control of the carriage, raising his whip and lashing it hard across the horse's back. Stimulated by the intense pain, the horse neighed and bolted forward like a madman.

As the carriage sped up and was about to disappear from sight, Mo Yuming suddenly leaped down, gracefully jumping off the speeding vehicle. Without pausing, he darted into the dense forest beside him like a nimble cheetah, vanishing without a trace in the blink of an eye.

"Father, we've been tricked!"

A quarter of an hour later, on a large rock beside the post road fifty miles away, two men in black, their faces ashen, stood chasing Mo Yuming. Following the post road ahead, the fork in the road at the foot of the mountain was clearly visible.

"I didn't expect that fellow to have accomplices. Just as Father predicted, that fellow is definitely not an ordinary person. I wonder why he disguised himself as a commoner and came to Jingzhou to cause trouble? What is his purpose in coming here?"

"No matter who he is, if he dares to cause trouble in Jingzhou, we'll make sure he doesn't leave alive! Let's go and see how far he can go!"

The old man in black said viciously. Beating up the young city lord, breaking through the city gates, and even deceiving them completely—just thinking about it made him furious. He wished he could immediately capture Mo Yuming and the others and kill them to vent his anger.

A few miles from the city, beside the post road, an unclaimed carriage lay overturned in a ditch, the poor horse that had been pulling it long gone.

The old man in black stood in front of the carriage and angrily slapped it with his palm. With a 'bang,' the carriage, which was already overturned and falling apart, shattered into wood chips that flew out and scattered all over the ground.

"You think you can escape our capture by abandoning your car? Hah, you overestimate yourself. You should find out what kind of family the Ye family comes from!"

The middle-aged man in black sneered.

"Black Falcon, rise!" The middle-aged man clasped his hands together, then reversed his palms, pointing his left hand upwards and pressing his right palm downwards. In a moment, azure spiritual energy appeared above his head, quickly condensing into a giant black spiritual falcon about ten feet long. With a flap of its wings, it soared into the sky and instantly disappeared into the clouds.

At this moment, the middle-aged man in black had the vision of a hawk circling in the sky searching for prey, with all the birds and beasts within his field of vision in sight.

"You thought you could hide if you ran up the mountain! Now see where you think you can run!"

A moment later, the middle-aged man in black discovered the whereabouts of Mo Yuming and his companions. He then flew up with the old man in black and chased after Mo Yuming and the others who were running wildly through the mountains and forests.

"Why don't you run away?"

The father and son, dressed in black, stood in mid-air, exuding murderous intent, and looked mockingly at Mo Yuming and his two companions who were stopped at the edge of the cliff.

"You two must be the legendary Two Marquises of Jingzhou, I think you should be called Er Gou (Two Dogs)!"

Mo Yuming faced the pressure of two Heavenly Realm experts alone without the slightest fear.

"Heh, you ignorant brat, you're about to die and you're still spouting nonsense. Anyone who dares to talk to me like that is no longer in this world. You're the same. I'll let you have your way since you're so young. Go ahead and curse me however you want. I'd love to hear what kind of nonsense you can come up with."

The old man in black stared at Mo Yuming and said in a sinister voice.

"Don't blame me for being ruthless. You brought this all on yourself. If you hadn't been so arrogant and beaten my son, you might have been forgiven by obediently following the guards to the city lord's mansion to admit your mistake, given your youth and ignorance. But not only did you not repent, you went even further, injuring my soldiers and forcibly breaking through the city gates. You even mocked me. If word gets out that the people of the past knew that the Second Marquis of Jingzhou had been tricked by a wild brat, how would we be able to face them in the social circles afterward!"

"Does a mere early-stage Heavenly Rank cultivator think he's superior just because he's arrogant and domineering in front of the world? Letting your son commit violence and cause trouble is no different from being a bandit in the mountains! And you still dare to argue your way out of this! Who gave you the right to disregard human life?"

"Hehe, even if you're sharp-tongued, you can't change your fate. Accept it and be reborn into a better family in your next life."

The middle-aged man stopped wasting words with Mo Yuming and plummeted from mid-air. Halfway down, he reversed his body, head down and feet up, and unleashed a "Mount Tai Pressing Down" attack on Mo Yuming's head, intending to kill him with a single blow.

Although the middle-aged man was only at the initial stage of the Heaven Rank, just one level higher than Mo Yuming, he was still a Heaven Rank cultivator. Compared to the Earth Rank cultivator, he was far more powerful. For example, Heaven Rank cultivators could fly in the sky, while Earth Rank cultivators could not. Even someone like Mo Yuming, who was at the peak of the Earth Rank, could not achieve true flight. That was the difference.

Seeing the middle-aged man strike down with his palm, Mo Yuming quickly conjured a large earthen shield to block it. Then he retreated rapidly, grabbing Ah Hao with one hand and Commander Yu with the other, and retreated towards the cliff behind him.

With a 'bang,' the strongest earthen shield that Mo Yuming had condensed was shattered by the sharp sword energy in less than three breaths. However, it did block the fatal blow and bought him a moment. Mo Yuming grabbed the two of them and successfully jumped backward off the cliff, quickly falling towards the bottom of the sinkhole.

The middle-aged man was astonished to see Mo Yuming dodge the fatal blow unscathed, even taking his two companions with him. Even the old man, still floating in mid-air watching, was moved. However, that was all; he showed no intention of intervening, believing the middle-aged man was more than capable of handling Mo Yuming. There was no need for him to intervene.

Seeing that his attack had missed, the middle-aged man also leaped off the cliff, using his fingers as a sword. He condensed a cyan sword aura more than two feet long from between his index and middle fingers and thrust it toward Mo Yuming's face. His falling speed was faster than Mo Yuming's, and in the blink of an eye, he was about ten feet away from Mo Yuming. The sharp sword intent made Mo Yuming's face feel a stinging pain.

Mo Yuming quickly activated the Five Elements Mutual Generation Technique to generate metal from earth, enhancing his metal energy profound skill. Then, he used the metal power to activate the soul sword he had been nurturing in his dantian. It was the soul sword pill given to him by the Ji family head. He had successfully nurtured the pill in his body according to the technique, but he had never practiced how to command the soul sword to kill enemies. This was the first time he had used the soul sword in the heat of battle.

Mo Yuming silently recited the mental incantation, using his mind to drive the soul sword to stab at the middle-aged man.