novelraw Chapter 1284: This Goofball Knows How to Adapt
Chapter 1284: This Goofball Knows How to Adapt
Using the Green Cloud Feather, with a few leaps, Han Yan was already a hundred feet away, but the two Fierce Stone Demons were still in relentless pursuit behind."What are you doing, let me go, let me go," Zhu Xiuqing finally snapped out of his daze, yelling at Han Yan in a flustered rage.
"Oh, okay." Han Yan casually dropped him to the ground.
Zhu Xiuqing was momentarily stunned, and immediately saw the Fierce Stone Demons behind closing in with thunderous roars, nearly scaring him to collapse.
"Help, help." Zhu Xiuqing did not know where he got the strength, but he bounced up from the ground, crying and wailing as he chased after.
Han Yan smiled slightly, reached back and grabbed Zhu Xiuqing by the neck, continuing to run swiftly.
Zhu Xiuqing was quiet at first, but soon started twisting and turning.
"What are you trying to do now? Are you hoping I’ll let you go again?" Han Yan said impatiently.
"No, no." Zhu Xiuqing quickly denied. With a hundred miles to the nearest town and two Fierce Stone Demons in hot pursuit, if Han Yan abandoned him, he was truly doomed, with only one path—death.
"Actually, I just wanted to say, can you not grab my neck? I’m not a kitten or puppy. If someone sees, it would damage my reputation as the Heir of Prince Anxi." Seeing Han Yan not responding, Zhu Xiuqing cautiously added.
Indeed, at the moment, with his head shrunk and legs curled, being grabbed by Han Yan by the neck, Zhu Xiuqing really did look like a kitten or puppy.
"Do you want me to hold you then?" Han Yan replied sarcastically. Reputation indeed, for a good-for-nothing playboy, what reputation is there? Besides, who’s around to see in this wilderness?
"That wouldn’t be proper, men and women shouldn’t be intimate. If word gets out, it would ruin my reputation," Zhu Xiuqing said righteously, then after a thought, added, "But given the urgent situation, I won’t blame you."
"Bang." As soon as he finished speaking, Zhu Xiuqing was thrown to the ground by Han Yan, landing with a bump on his head.
He had seen shameless people, but none quite like this. Han Yan suddenly wondered if he should just throw this guy to the Fierce Stone Demons to vent.
"No, don’t, I’m wrong, don’t abandon me." Zhu Xiuqing let out a blood-curdling scream, rolling and crawling to catch up.
"Sit tight." Han Yan ordered.
Zhu Xiuqing, as if under an immobilization spell, abruptly stopped and sat down, looking pitiably at Han Yan. Funny enough, he did resemble a well-behaved big yellow dog sitting obediently.
Seeing him like this, Han Yan couldn’t help but laugh. One had to admit, this good-for-nothing dandy young prince at least had some sense.
"Lost those two guys?" Zhu Xiuqing noticed for the first time that the two Fierce Stone Demons were nowhere to be seen, tentatively asked.
Han Yan didn’t reply. Although the two Fierce Stone Demons were left far behind, her keen Six Senses could still hear the gradually approaching footsteps and roars. Clearly, they hadn’t given up.
"Han Yan, even though you are an An Yun Envoy, to dare to disrespect me, use me as bait. When we return to the Capital, I will report this to His Majesty, and then we’ll see..." Zhu Xiuqing, seeing Han Yan’s silence and thinking they had truly lost the two Fierce Stone Demons, began his bravado again.
Though a fool he was, he wasn’t an idiot. With some thinking, he realized Han Yan used him as bait to draw away the Fierce Stone Demons, hating her in his heart. Yet, he never considered that if Han Yan hadn’t dragged him away like a chick, he wouldn’t even have had the chance to be bait.
"You’re right, so there’s no choice but to kill you to silence you." Before he could finish, Han Yan spoke thoughtfully.
"Master Mu, Lady Mu... uh, Sister Mu, I can’t thank you enough for saving me earlier. Once back in the Capital, I will report to His Majesty and you will be richly rewarded," Zhu Xiuqing immediately stopped his bravado, flattering Han Yan with a smile.
In this wilderness, should Han Yan really kill him to silence him and blame it on the Fierce Stone Demons, no one would know how he died, and who would speak for him? The more Zhu Xiuqing thought, the colder and more frightful it became. He dared not speak recklessly anymore.
Han Yan only felt a wave of nausea hearing Zhu Xiuqing shift from Master Mu to Lady Mu and then to Sister Mu, wondering: Is this guy really the Heir of Prince Anxi, the future young prince? Could he have been picked up?
Naturally, there were fools among the Royal Family, but they at least retained some dignity. Yet, this was the first time seeing someone so shameless, disgracing the Yue Royal Family’s reputation completely.
"Sit tight!" Han Yan glared at him.
Zhu Xiuqing, who was about to cozy up closer, quickly stopped and sat properly, looking at Han Yan with a flattering face.
"Strange, why did your Divine Beast Heavenly Might stop working?" Han Yan ignored Zhu Xiuqing, speaking to Taowu, who was puffing beside her.
"I guess it was forcibly erased by another powerful Divine Beast, otherwise it’s impossible to ignore my Divine Beast Heavenly Might," Taowu speculated.
"Other Divine Beasts..." Han Yan frowned.
The Fierce Stone Demons feared Taowu’s Divine Beast Heavenly Might due to a spiritual mark in their bloodline. Only Divine Beasts at Taowu’s level could erase it. However, as far as Han Yan knew, those legendary Divine Beasts had long disappeared from the Holy Court Continent, leaving only two—Taowu here, and Qiongqi with Xia Youchen.
Could it be Qiongqi? After thinking a bit, Han Yan ruled out this guess. The resurrected Qiongqi, relying on a divine beast skeleton’s power, wasn’t even as strong as Taowu. It shouldn’t have this capability nor the necessity.
If not Qiongqi, then could it be the Aolai Divine Beast? Han Yan’s mind conjured up the majestic figure of the Aolai Divine Beast, with hollow, bewildered eyes yet full of the vicissitudes and desolation of time.
"Roar..." Before Han Yan could conclude, the Fierce Stone Demons’ furious roars came again from not far away.
Without hesitation, Han Yan rose to continue fleeing. Taowu’s Divine Beast Heavenly Might had failed; she didn’t think she could confront two Fierce Stone Demons.
"Master Mu, Lady Mu, Sister Mu, wait for me, wait for me." Zhu Xiuqing rolled after, pitifully stretching his neck.
Earlier wounded gravely, the elixirs he carried shattered along with his battle armor. After a brief rest, he could move like a normal person, but couldn’t regain his strength. Of course, even if fully recovered, he would still stand no chance against the Fierce Stone Demons.