Revelation of the Way of Heaven

Chapter 146 The Return Journey

"Huff, huff..." Qin Xiaochuan gasped for breath, looking at the battered python at his feet. The scales on the snake's head were almost completely broken, its once cold eyes had lost their luster, and blood was flowing from its mouth.

"Is he dead?" Guo Shiyi asked.

"This..." Han Kexin hesitated before her answer changed, and she suddenly shouted, "Watch out!"

"You're really ruthless, kid. But you're going to die." Kawamoto Taro's voice suddenly came from underground, and the python under Qin Xiaochuan's feet slowly turned into a layer of white molted skin.

"Blazing Dance!" Qin Xiaochuan shouted, and a fireball blasted towards a certain spot in the snake molt. In the scattered snake molt, he saw a python, with six white spiritual energy balls gathering in its mouth.

Boom! A deafening explosion suddenly swept over, the immense impact forcing him to stagger back five or six steps. As he regained his footing, countless drops of blood rained down from the sky, filling the air with a suffocating stench of blood. As for the python at the epicenter of the explosion, it only managed a slight twist before falling still, its former head now reduced to a mangled mess of flesh and blood.

"How many times do I have to tell you, I've already seen through your skills," he said coldly to the python's corpse.

"Ugh~" The strong smell of blood made Guo Shiyi vomit.

Han Kexin frowned and said, "Let's get out of here quickly." With that, she took out a rhinoceros beetle and flew into the air with everyone.

"Strange, Xiaoying's clothes on the back are torn, how come she's not injured?" Guo Shiyi muttered to herself as she bandaged the little girl's wounds.

Han Kexin didn't say anything, but reached out and touched the little girl's head, then gave Qin Xiaochuan a meaningful look.

Her gaze made Qin Xiaochuan feel somewhat awkward. Although he wanted to say something, he couldn't bring himself to speak with Guo Shiyi beside him. In the end, he could only ask them, "By the way, how's that floating creature doing now? Did you defeat it?"

Han Kexin shook her head. "We couldn't defeat him, but he couldn't do anything to us either. In the end, we could only let him escape."

"That would be terrible. He's already so strong. If he continues to absorb other people's spiritual energy, wouldn't he become even stronger? In the end, who would be able to defeat him?" Qin Xiaochuan said worriedly.

Han Kexin: "That's true, but we don't need to worry that much right now."

Why?

"There are always stronger hands among the strong. There are many powerful people in this world. When the time comes, someone will naturally deal with it. But we need to make those people take it seriously first." As Han Kexin spoke, she glanced at Guo Shiyi intentionally or unintentionally. "Instead of being wary of the floating creature, we should pay attention to the conspiracy of the demon race that went to such lengths to release it."

"Demon race?" Qin Xiaochuan, who was focused on healing Xiaoying, raised his head in surprise, looking confused. Before coming here, Qin Xiaochuan had only mentioned the Witch race to her, and had not mentioned the demon race or the Blood Witch race at all.

"Not bad." Han Kexin explained the grudges between the three ancient races to Guo Shiyi in detail, and even told her about the origin of the Blood Witch Clan. Qin Xiaochuan felt that she was telling Guo Shiyi these things on purpose. Could it be that she wanted to send a warning to someone through Guo Shiyi?

"This...how is this possible?" Just like Qin Xiaochuan had been, Guo Shiyi simply couldn't accept what Han Kexin was saying.

"You've already seen the Witch Clan's floating creatures and the Demon Clan's Kawamoto Taro with your own eyes, so what else is impossible?" Han Kexin said calmly.

"That's true." Guo Shiyi put her hand to her forehead. "How do you explain it? If there really are demons, why have we never found any trace of them? Although there have been many legends about mountain spirits and monsters throughout history, they are just legends and there is hardly any conclusive evidence to convince people."

"As I just mentioned, the demon race was driven to the Buzhou Realm by the witch race in ancient times, and it is now very difficult to find any trace of them."

"That makes it even more puzzling," Guo Shiyi said speechlessly. "Since the demon race has been banished to the Buzhou Realm, why did we encounter another one today?"

Han Kexin explained, "In fact, the ancient demon race was divided into ten races according to their different species: the dragon race, the winged race, the tiger race, the ape race, the feathered race, the fox race, the fish race, the snake race, and the insect race. After the great war between the witch race and the demon race, most of the demon race were driven to the Buzhou Realm, but a small number of fox and snake races who were good at transformation mixed in with humans and hid."

Han Kexin paused for a moment before continuing, "Kawamoto Taro is a member of the snake clan. The snake clan can not only disguise themselves as other clans, but also as the witch clan with snake heads and bodies, so they have always been feared by the world. However, they are too good at changing and disguising themselves, so no matter how much humans hunt them down, they can't eradicate them completely."

"According to Sister Kexin, all the fox spirits in ancient legends and the story of the White Snake are all true?"

"Perhaps. Every legend evolves from some facts."

"I still find it unbelievable." Guo Shiyi scratched her head. "By the way, you just mentioned the demon race's conspiracy? What conspiracy?"

"That's exactly what we need to investigate. You're well aware of Fuyou's strength. The demons must have a special purpose in releasing him. We must stop them before things get to their worst."

"Yes, Sister Kexin, you're right." Guo Shiyi nodded seriously. "It seems I need to tell Master and the others about these things."

"I think your master must also know about the legends of the three ancient races. They will definitely be cautious about this matter. However, when you tell them these things, I still hope that you will not reveal the Land of Witches." Han Kexin said lightly, as if she were talking about something insignificant.

"I know, Sister Kexin. We've already made a promise, and I won't break it."

"Well, in that case, we should head back. We have a lot to investigate when we get back." Han Kexin ordered the rhinoceros beetle to lead everyone toward the entrance to the Land of Witches.

"Huh? Why didn't I see that skeleton monster?" Qin Xiaochuan asked in surprise as he flew out of the dungeon.

"When the float flew away, it followed it," Guo Shiyi explained.

"If it were to run outside, wouldn't it scare people to death?" He imagined the expressions on people's faces when they saw a moving skeleton monster, and who knew what the consequences would be if it were provoked.

Han Kexin: "In this way, its and the movement of the planktonic animals will be easily exposed, and we can find them easily."

Qin Xiaochuan nodded, looking at the city bathed in golden light, and said with a surge of excitement, "Are we really going to go back empty-handed?"

"Is that even a question?" Guo Shiyi said with a serious and earnest expression. "Of course we need to bring some things, otherwise it would be a wasted trip." As she spoke, a dazzling golden light flashed in her eyes.

"Don't take the big items, they're too heavy. Besides the five of us, the rhinoceros beetle can only carry a limited amount of weight, so each of you can take five lighter items," Han Kexin said calmly, her indifference even when faced with so many treasures.

"That's such a pity." Qin Xiaochuan patted the rhinoceros beetle's hard-shelled head and said regretfully, "Brother rhinoceros beetle, why couldn't you have grown bigger?"

The rhinoceros beetle was speechless.