“Picking Swordleaf Mysteria barehanded…” The white ape pondered and sneered. Even with its naturally strong body and years of martial arts training, it dared not mention picking this flower barehanded.

You should know, the sword leaves of the Swordleaf Mysteria can be refined into magical instruments on their own, extremely sharp! Who would dare to touch its edge barehanded?

But Chu Liang’s attitude made it somewhat puzzled. If he didn’t have some confidence, why would this kid say such a thing?

Upon thinking, even if there was some divine technique that could enhance the physical body, it was definitely not something a third realm cultivator like him could touch.

He was just bluffing! He wanted to trick it into picking the flower barehanded, and once it got injured, it would be unable to compete with the golden flood.

For a moment, the white ape felt as if it had seen through the other’s trick with its wisdom, and couldn’t help but sneer.

“Fine.” It responded,

“I admit that I can’t pick this Swordleaf Mysteria barehanded. If you can do it, you can take it away. If you dare not, you should leave as soon as possible.” The white ape counterattacked in this way, thinking that the young man would definitely not dare to agree.

But Chu Liang just smiled slightly and said:

“Alright!” Before his words fell, he had already stepped forward!

“Hmm?” The white ape’s human-like face showed a bit of confusion. Chu Liang stepped onto the big rock, looking at a cluster of Swordleaf Mysteria as high as his calf, the gorgeous flowers surrounded by several seemingly loose sword-shaped long leaves.

Just as Lin Bei and the white ape were about to focus their attention on him, he suddenly pinched the stem of the Mysteria with his fingers, as fast as lightning!

Almost at the same time, the eight long leaves straightened up instantly, turning into sword-like blades, slightly offset and closed, even an iron hand would be cut off!

But when those sword leaves met Chu Liang’s fingers, they made a sound of metal clashing, unable to close! What?

The white ape’s eyes narrowed, feeling incredulous. Each of its fingers was strong and powerful. But even its fingers couldn’t do this!

Upon closer inspection, those sword leaves had actually embedded into Chu Liang’s flesh a little, but when they touched his bones, they encountered a strong resistance.

What was the reason for this? In the white ape’s puzzled eyes, Chu Liang exerted force with his fingers, broke off the stem of the Mysteria, and the hot juice immediately overflowed.

“Thank you.” He smiled at the white ape and landed lightly.

“You…” The white ape seemed unwilling, but the other party had the golden flood to protect him, and he couldn’t do anything about it.

Seeing Chu Liang coming back, Lin Bei asked:

“How did you do it?”

“Hehe.” Chu Liang raised his fingers and waved,

“My fingers are not ordinary.” The two fingers he got in the foggy valley were said to be as hard as rock, but that was just a metaphor.

In fact, his fingers under the spirit were much harder than ordinary metal! The two didn’t stay long, they left the valley while guarding against the white ape’s outbreak, and then they rode the golden flood away.

But they didn’t know that after they left, the white ape showed a cold look. After all this fuss, it was already late.

Shu Mountain was far from here, if they flew back, it would be late at night. Chu Liang and Lin Bei discussed and decided to find a place to stay here first, and return to Shu Mountain early the next morning.

The main reason was that this place was close to the city of Yanbo in the East Sea. The cities in the eastern region were different from those in the southern region, with a high level of prosperity.

Compared with Glutton City, there were fewer cultivators, but it was even more prosperous. Lin Bei came here last time, but he was in a hurry to go back to take the Fire Spirit Mushroom, so he didn’t have time to wander around.

Both of them had the idea of coming here to have fun. To experience the scenery of the eastern region. But when they arrived at the city gate, reality gave them a cold shower.

“This fifth realm spirit beast is too fierce.” The city guard was also a martial arts cultivator, probably at the second realm, but he was not afraid of the golden flood,

“According to the law, it is not allowed to enter the city.” The Yu Dynasty always prohibited large beasts from entering the mortal city to protect the people.

But Chu Liang and Lin Bei usually practiced on Shu Mountain, and they didn’t have a mount before, so they didn’t know much about this.

“Ah…” The two were greatly disappointed, they couldn’t just leave the golden flood outside the city while they went in to play.

They couldn’t let the big head fly back to Shu Mountain by itself, they wouldn’t feel safe along the way. It was getting late, so they had to find a guesthouse outside the city to stay.

Yanbo City did not allow large beasts to enter, so naturally there were guesthouses outside the city catering to these cultivators.

The inn they stayed in had a large courtyard in the back mountain to accommodate these big guys. They tied the golden flood in the courtyard downstairs, and there were professionals to take care of it, while Chu Liang and Lin Bei rested upstairs.

After all this fuss, when they lay down to sleep, it was already midnight. But not long after, they heard a roar!

All the beasts in the courtyard were startled! Chu Liang woke up instantly, it was the roar of the golden flood! He jumped out of the window and saw that the iron chain around the golden flood’s neck had somehow come loose, and the big head was glaring fiercely at a small figure.

The person was already scared and sitting on the ground, trembling.

And there was a headless body next to him, blood all over the ground. Damn. It looked like the golden flood had killed someone?

But Chu Liang immediately thought that although it was a bit fierce to outsiders on weekdays, it was a spirit beast, not a wild beast.

It wouldn’t kill people at will! Something must have happened. Not only him, but soon people gathered from all directions, there were quite a few cultivators in this inn, and they quickly surrounded the place.

Upon seeing the crowd grow, the man sitting on the ground immediately gathered his courage and shouted:

“This beast eats people! This beast eats humans! Quickly, call the guards!”

“Roar—” He pointed at the golden-haired Xun and yelled, further infuriating it. With a wide-open mouth, its roar almost killed the man.

“Stop!” Chu Liang hurriedly shouted. The one who was already dead couldn’t be explained, and if another one was killed under everyone’s gaze, it would be completely difficult to handle.

“What’s going on?” Lin Bei also came to his side. By this time, almost all the guests in the inn had come out, many people were pointing and whispering, and some had already run to report to the officials.

If it weren’t for the powerful strength of the golden-haired Xun, someone would have restrained it long ago. Whether it’s a fifth realm spiritual beast or a disciple of Shu Mountain, if you really harm human lives, the Yu Dynasty government will not indulge you.

Especially in recent years, it is a big taboo for disciples of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths to harm ordinary people! Chu Liang didn’t know what had happened, but the current situation didn’t allow for careful thought. He raised his hand, and a red light suddenly wrapped around the man, binding him.

“Golden-haired, guard the door!” Chu Liang picked up the man who was bound by the turtle shell,

“Before the guards arrive, let’s find out what exactly happened!” The cultivators in the courtyard watched as Chu Liang took the man into the room.

Because of the golden-haired Xun’s presence, no one dared to step forward and say a word. These cultivators were mostly of low realm, and they didn’t dare to provoke a fifth realm fierce spiritual beast.

“Chu Liang, what are you going to do?” Inside the room, Lin Bei was also extremely surprised, very confused about everything that had just happened,

“Isn’t he the victim?”

“I believe that the golden-haired Xun wouldn’t harm people easily.” Chu Liang frowned,

“The urgent task is to quickly find out what happened. If he really is the victim, we naturally won’t shirk responsibility, but now…” With a thud, he threw the man on the ground and said coldly,

“I ask, you answer.” As he said this, he took out a black candle from his bosom, lit it in his hand.

Lin Bei looked at the man who was tightly bound, then at the candle in Chu Liang’s hand… looked at the demon-binding rope, looked at the candle… he couldn’t help but feel a chill rise from his tailbone.

Had Chu Liang’s progress reached a point where even he had to exclaim in astonishment?