Rise Against Desperation

The Cloud City Soldier was dressed in a silver white armor, his cultivation base was around the age of 30 years old, he was a martial artist at the ninth phase, his thick black beard covered half of his face, and the first impression he gave was that of a bad-tempered soldier. He gazed at the five people on the Lion Bird, intentionally sizing up this young man.

This youth no longer said anything. He didn't dare to behave atrociously in the City Lord's territory. Since he was heading in the direction of Spirit Beast Mountain, he wasn't in a hurry. He could do whatever he wanted after exiting the city.

"A mere service disciple dares to go out alone and even wants to ride on the spirit stones of a flying spirit beast. Looking at his aura, he's only at the fifth stage of the Fighter realm. Hehe."

After a complacent chuckle, he stopped looking in the direction of the forest bud and waited quietly.

The Lion Bird extended a pair of wings that were about five meters long. As the soldier chanted a strange incantation, the Lion Bird took orders and slowly flew up into the air.

From a view of Cloud City, flowers and trees dotted the streets, the stone bridges were arrayed everywhere, fishermen in raincoats were passing under the bridges, the streets were filled with people, and children were playing and playing in harmony.

Cloud City was a city where common cultivators lived side by side. If a baby was born, they would usually be chosen to enter the City Lord's Mansion. After entering, they would rarely appear in public.

Looking at the peaceful scene below, Lin Hu sighed. He longed for this kind of life, but he knew that this was just a dream for him. Even though he had yet to report his great hatred, he couldn't stop walking.

Looking at Lin Hu's long sigh, the youth's sinister smile was once again revealed, "How did you know that after provoking me, you won't be able to escape in a while?" He muttered to himself as he hid behind the crowd, laughing to himself. It was an indescribable feeling of vulgarity.

One day was a little long. Considering that the Lin Clan disciples should already have entered the mountain, he decided to just sit quietly with his eyes closed and continue comprehending the Dazzling Spring Steps in his mind.

Although the Dazzling Spring Steps was a movement technique of the Xuan Class and the Stepping Wind Steps was a middle Huang grade cultivation technique, it could only be considered as a minor accomplishment when compared to Lin Wushuang and the rest who had attained the Great Perfection Stage of the Wind Stepping Steps.

Lin Hu was sitting at the very front of the group. Naturally, the actions of the four people behind him had caught their attention. Although the other three didn't target Lin Hu, disdain could still be seen in their eyes.

"A mere servant has come to Spirit Beast Mountain to die. I really don't know what you're thinking." The three of them were all men and they were all in their thirties. Their faces were full of vicissitudes and they had already stepped into Stage Eight Martial Disciple. They were only slightly lower than the soldiers from Cloud City.

"Little brother, you should go back later. If you don't have enough talent, it would be impossible for you to encounter good fortune in a novel."

The words that came from behind caused Lin Hu to turn his head and nod with a smile in response. Although the words were a bit unpleasant to hear, they were not crude words.

Seeing that this youth did not care about their intentions, he did not speak anymore. He was too lazy to even talk about whether he was a relative or a friend to send himself to his death.

As for the young man in the corner behind them, he had a sinister smile on his face and his eyes were filled with desire.

Killing people and stealing treasures was the most common phenomenon in the Martial Qi Continent. If you are weaker than me, then the treasure on you is mine. Without a doubt, Lin Hu was now treated as a prey when he was out alone.

Lin Hua had been consolidating his Chasing Haze Steps for a whole day. Although there was no place for him to display it, he seemed to have improved a bit. With joy, he opened his eyes.

The Lion Bird had already flown for a day. The morning sun shined on everyone as they faced the endless mountains and rivers beneath the Lion Bird. It faced the first rays of warmth in the world.

As the sun rose and the first rays of its rising were released, wisps of essence were absorbed into his body, slowly flowing through his meridians and into his body. With a stroke of sweat, Lin Hua stood up and wiped the sweat off his forehead.

A vast mountain range was situated in front of them, and various campsites were built around it. The direction that the Lion Bird was heading towards was towards a stronghold.

In addition, Lin Hu also saw three strongholds. They were the Lin Clan, the Li Clan, and the Fang Clan. The three strongholds were the strongest families below the Cloud City Lord's Mansion.

Falling to the ground, Lin Hu did not head towards the Lin Clan stronghold. He had been ordered to protect the Lin Clan from the shadows. Furthermore, he did not wish to be exposed to the members of the Lin Clan.

As he watched the martial practitioners enter the mountain one after another, Lin Hua also took large strides forward.

"Young man."

Lin Hua turned his head to look at the troops from Cloud City, wondering what this soldier had to say.

"How about we take you home for free?"

Lin Hu smiled. Before this vicious soldier of the continent had left, he had warned the young man to protect him, and now he was prepared to not go to Spirit Beast Mountain to die. How could there be such a kind soldier in this dangerous Martial Qi Continent?

"Thank you, but I don't need it." With that, he turned and left.

Looking at the departing back of the youth, the soldier looked at the young man with a complicated expression. After leaving Cloud City, this young man no longer needed to pay any attention to this soldier.

"Others might not appreciate your kindness, big brother Cloud City Soldier." "Then I'll be going as well. Bye bye!" With a smile on his face, the young man waved his hand towards the soldier, then looked towards the direction in which Lin Hu was following.

The Yun Family soldiers shook their heads as they led the soldiers to fly back. He had always wanted to save a few people, but these people had never listened to him and had lost their lives.

He had witnessed far too many scenes like this, and he was already numb to it. Lin Hu naturally knew the intentions of the Yun Family soldiers, but he really didn't care about this young man.

The young man held his head with both hands covering his mouth and had a piece of Sogatsu grass in the corner. His long hair was loose and his eyes were small and narrow. The garlic wine nose was fiercely embedded in his face, along with a pair of crescent brows.

He had always maintained a distance of a hundred meters from Lin Yuan. There were many martial practitioners entering the Spirit Beast Mountain, so this was not a good time to act. Therefore, he chose to follow them.

Lin Hu naturally knew about the silhouette behind him. However, he didn't care much about a Stage Nine martial artist. Instead, he was thinking about where he should start from once he entered the mountain.

Therefore, he went to the roadside hawker and bought a map of Spirit Beast Mountain's outskirts. "It's really expensive. I didn't think that ten pieces of energy stones would be required for a single map."

What Lin Hu didn't know was that when he bought the map, the youth behind him had a greedy look in his eyes, "A mere service disciple has so many spirit stones, he must be rich."

The more the young man looked at Lin Hua's back, the happier he got. Even his saliva almost flowed down to the ground. He had always maintained a proper distance from Lin Hua, waiting for Lin Hua to enter the mountain.