Imperial God Emperor

Little Nine was taken aback for a moment, and then slightly slowed down.

And just as Ye Qingyu looked extremely puzzled, a loud laugh sounded—— 

“Haha! Finally found you, brother you can run really fast!” 

It was a familiar voice. 

It was Hu Bugui.

Ye Qingyu immediately felt a huge weight off his mind when he heard this voice. He breathed out a sigh of relief, and patted Little Nine on the head, motioning him to stop.

In a flash the dark golden beam of light streaked across the horizon and steadily stopped in front of Ye Qingyu. The dark golden halo of light dissipated, and three figures appeared before Ye Qingyu and the others.

It was Hu Bugui, Liu Shaji, and Nan Tieyi! 

The three people were also covered in dust. As they neared and saw Old Fish, a little stunned look crossed their faces. Thinking about what happened at the Storm Sword Duel, the identity of Old Fish was too strange, they did not know how to address Old Fish for a while.  

Only Hu Bugui laughed heartily, came over to wrap his arm around Old Fish’s shoulder and said, “Haha, I told you, this old man, pretending to be a master, is indeed a lie.” 

Old Fish cast a sidelong glance at Hu Bugui, “Humph, come on, I am an elder!”

The others also could not hide their smile when they heard these words.

The atmosphere suddenly became relaxed.  

“Xing'er, these are the friends that I met in Clear River Domain.” Noticing the slight doubtful expression on Yu Xiaoxing’s face, Ye Qingyu introduced them to her. 

“Haha, so you know this girl. That day when I saw you staring at this girl I thought it was because you have tender protective feelings towards women.” Hu Bugui aimed a punch at Ye Qingyu's stomach, and then came a muffled sound. “Haha, little girl, I am famous in Clear River Domain, tell me if someone dares to bully you. Old Hu, I, will help you kill them!” Hu Bugui  said to Yu Xiaoxing as he slammed his chest. 

Yu Xiaoxing's eyes gleamed with a crafty glint, as she said grinning, “All forces of Clear River Domain want to capture me, can you help me defeat them all?”

Upon hearing her response, Hu Bugui’s face flushed in embarrassment, scratching his head awkwardly, and then suddenly laughed, “Haha, I can’t fight them all at once but, in batches, they are not a problem for us brothers, haha.”

Everyone burst into laughter again. 

Old Fish rolled his eyes, sat back down, and continued conserving his energy by closing his eyes.

Ye Qingyu then introduced Yu Xiaoxing to Liu Shaji and Nan Tieyi, and Yu Xiaoxing bowed to each of them. 

Ye Qingyu invited the several people to sit down, a load easing off his heart.

Ever since the separation ten days ago, they had lost contact with each other. It would be impossible for him to say that he wasn't worried about the safety of these three people. And now that everyone was finally gathered back together, he finally heaved a sigh of relief. 

The sky was dark, and everyone was sat around a campfire.  

“That day I had to take Xing’er to escape first, how did you escape later?” Ye Qingyu asked, looking down in shame. 

Hu Bugui laughed, “We all understand the situation that day! After you escaped, all the super forces were desperately chasing after you like a madman whose wife had been taken away. Our pressure also lessened a lot, and us three took the opportunity to escape. If it was not for my treasure, we really wouldn’t be able to catch up to this white dog... where did you pick up this super fast dog?”

When Hu Bugui finished, he curiously stared at the silly dog Little Nine. 

Little Nine at this moment had restored to his mini form, lying on Ye Qingyu shoulder snoring loudly.  

Ye Qingyu leaned his head sideways to look at the asleep Little Nine, “Thanks to this silly dog, he has done a lot these days.” Ye Qingyu suddenly changed the topic. “Right, these days there are more and more enemies, and they are fiercer than the ones before, I feel like all the forces of the domain have gathered at the Sky Wing mountain range, it will be incredibly difficult to escape Greater One mountains. How is the current situation outside?” 

Hu Bugui replied, “Don’t ask, the situation is not good. These days we have been constantly evading the enemies, but heard a lot of things along the way. That day when the demon clan attacked the Greater One Sect, caught off guard, the Greater One Sect suffered disastrous losses and many disciples have died... But the Greater One Sect has a solid foundation and its sect had not been breached.”

“Well, that’s expected, as an overlord of Clear River Domain, the Greater One Sect will not fall easily,” Ye Qingyu stated.

Hu Bugui continued, “I heard the Greater One Sect’s power had diminished a lot. The disciples had retreated to the eight peaks, and the area that they currently hold is only the tens of thousands of miles of Greater One mountains. All the major towns and strongholds that the Greater One Sect ruled before, as well as the power of the Fragrance Plains, have been taken by the Demon Spider clan during the chaos. It can even be said to be a heavy loss and its constitution greatly injured. They luckily survived this, but it will most likely take hundreds of years of time for them to be restored to their former power.”

“In other words, the Greater One Sect does not have the power to control the entire Greater One mountains?” Ye Qingyu said thoughtfully. 

“Well, now the Greater One Sect is not in charge of the Greater One mountains. While running away the three of us heard that all forces of Clear River Domain have flocked to the Greater One mountains, the situation is chaotic, and all the signs are pointing to you,” Hu Bugui’s gaze swept back and forth between Ye Qingyu and Yu Xiaoxing as he spoke. “While we were running away, we noticed that all over the Greater One mountains there are traps and formations, and any person will dare to set up formations across the mountain. It is like a patchwork, big and small, and there are various kinds. There are at least 90,000. Even the periphery is like a water bucket, and not even a fly can fly out.”

Liu Shaji sighed, “It’s not difficult to break through a trap, but what’s difficult is that there are too many traps and also they are linked to each other. If we make a little movement, we will be found. And before we can break through the traps to escape, we will be surrounded. A few days ago we have tried a few times, it is almost impossible to forcibly break through, so we had to return to figure out a way. But we were incredibly lucky today and found traces of you guys.”

Ye Qingyu’s heart sank when he heard this, and coldly smiled, “It seems they are determined to get their hands on me and Xing’er. They most likely have not just set traps, right?”

Liu Shaji nodded. “Well, in addition, the major forces have issued a reward, whether they capture you alive or provide effective information, there will be a huge reward.” 

“A huge reward?” Ye Qingyu smiled faintly. 

At the mention of the reward, Hu Bugui immediately turned excited and began to explain thoroughly like he was very familiar with the matter. “The Greater One Sect states that whoever brings you back alive will be rewarded a top divine weapon, but this may not be true, according to trustworthy information they will be rewarded with ten pounds or even one thousand pounds of origin crystal as a reward. The Nangong family also put forward a divine weapon called the Absolute Gugin! The Sky Demon Palace offered a drop of blood essence, I heard that it is the blood of the heart of a top Immortal Step demon expert! The Demon Spider Race also put forward a rare treasure, but no one has said what treasure it is.”

“Haha, all of them have placed a big wager.” Ye Qingyu's face flashed with a vague smiling expression. 

“Right there is more, your master, the old man, has also been offered a reward.” Hu Bugui sniggered. 

“Hm?” Old Fish’s eyebrows were raised when he heard what was said, curled his lips and asked, “Tut-tut, those little bastards, dare to involve me in this?” 

Hu Bugui, Liu Shaji, and Nan Tieyi all seemed to be laughing in a suppressed way. Confused, Old Fish’s small eyes narrowed, glaring at Hu Bugui and snorted. 

“It's not hard to understand.” Ye Qingyu laughed. “Old man has lived for so long. Although now he does not have any power, but, his knowledge is incomparable, he is living history. However,” Ye Qingyu also sensed that something was wrong, turned to Hu Bugui and the other two people, saying puzzledly, “hey, you three, what is this expression?” 

“Hahahaha.” Hu Bugui slapped his leg and burst into uncontrolled laughter. 

Liu Shaji’s face was tightened with suppressed laughter, clearing the voice but did not speak. 

Ye Qingyu's eyes shifted to Nan Tieyi, who looked awkward and a little embarrassed. 

“Quickly, tell me what's going on?” Yu Xiaxoing who had been quietly listening at the side couldn't stand it any longer, bluntly asked Nan Tieyi.

Nan Tieyi looked at Old Fish, who was pretending to be unconcerned. 

“This, it’s just a mediocre force has offered a reward for those who capture Elder.” Nan Tieyi carefully chose his words. 

“Woof, what treasure is there for those who captured the old man!” The silly dog Little Nine’s appetite was piqued, from his expression, it was evident that he was interested in the reward. He just needed to find a chance to knock Old Fish unconscious to receive the reward. 

“This…” Nan Tieyi seemed to not know how to continue. 

“Hahahaha, I can't hold it any longer! Hahaha.” Hu Bugui let out a very loud laugh before he said, “The reward is two fish!”

“Two... two fish? This is too much!” Old Fish immediately jumped up, stomping madly in aggravation. 

Ye Qingyu was taken aback for a moment, then asked, “Two fish?”  

“Actually it is a very rare kind of spirit fish, there are very few of them, they taste very delicious,” Liu Shaji explained in a serious tone.

“So what if it tastes delicious, I am only worth two fish?! I am so infuriated!” Old Fish fumed. Even though he had experienced and weathered countless storms, being looked down on was unbearable to him. 

“Okay, okay, let’s not talk about this... What other news is there? How is the situation in Clear River Domain?” Ye Qingyu quickly changed the topic to prevent Hu Bugui and the others from infuriating Old Fish again.  

Hu Bugui held in the laughter and responded to Ye Qingyu, “Besides the Greater One Sect, several major forces had suffered certain damage. It is rumoured that the Masters of the Nangong family and the Heaven Devastator Demon Sect were wounded during the fight against the Demon Spider Race. The Sky Demon Palace has temporarily remained neutral. And a few Immortal Step experts of the Demon Spider Race have also fallen. At present, the Human Race and the Demon Race are in a temporary confrontational state after the first battle, it is peaceful for now, but obviously, this kind of peaceful state cannot last for long, war could break out at any moment.” 

Nan Tieyi also nodded with a serious look on his face. “The Human Race and the Demon Race have been fighting continuously for a long time, but it has always been even. However, this time the balance may be broken. Not long now, the final ruler of the Clear River Domain will be determined. If the Demon Race wins, the people of Clear River Domain will be reduced to meat for the Demon Race!” ————