Fang Zhixing replied, "I drove him off. Why, didn’t he return?"
Upon hearing this, Ji Xiangjun’s face went through a range of changes but she did not waste any more words and turned to leave.
Fan Zhenglun hurriedly got up and personally saw her off.
Fang Zhixing extended his hand over the brocade box and in the next instant, the Demon Blood Grass turned to flying ash and dissipated into nothing.
At that moment, Xigou came over and transmitted his voice, "I’ve stayed in that royal residence before; anything you want, they have. Why not consider it?"
Fang Zhixing sneered disdainfully, "I have no interest in being a dog at the royal house."
Xigou was immediately rendered speechless.
"One is indeed short-handed when they accept someone’s favors..."
Fang Zhixing sighed and nonchalantly tore up the invitation from Qingliang Temple, pondering, "I’ve had enough of Dan State as well. The world is so big, let’s go out and see it."
Xigou was silent for a moment, then nodded and said, "That sounds good, after all, we were bound to venture out sooner or later."
Now that their strength was sufficient for self-protection, it was time to traverse mountains and rivers and explore the true face of this world.
Soon, Fan Zhenglun came back.
Fang Zhixing informed him about his decision to leave.
Fan Zhenglun listened and was not too surprised.
After all, Fang Zhixing was a warrior of the Hundred Cows Realm, and the small temple of the Six Void Sect was far too confining.
"Sect Uncle, please take Jun Yao with you; she cannot stay in Dan State," Fan Zhenglun pleaded once more, his age showing.
Xigou immediately said, "Yes, take her with us. A beauty like Jun Yao shouldn’t be left for that Princely Heir. You haven’t seen the guy; he looks really sleazy."
Fang Zhixing was silent for a moment, then nodded, "Sect Master, rest assured, I won’t abandon Jun Yao."
With those words, Fan Zhenglun let out a long sigh of relief and couldn’t help but beam with joy.
One night quickly passed.
The next morning, Fang Zhixing packed his things and, under Fan Zhenglun’s gaze, walked out of the Six Void Palace gate.
Jun Yao’s eyes brimmed with tears as she knelt down and solemnly kowtowed thrice to Fan Zhenglun.
Then, she and Fang Zhixing mounted Xigou’s back together.
Xigou bolted off, swiftly weaving through the forest.
In less than an hour, they passed Dan Ye City.
Xigou slowed down and cast his gaze toward the royal house, a touch of longing surfacing in his eyes.
He had spent seven years at that royal house where the Commandery Princess treated him very well, and he even had a four-tailed white fox for company.
Truth be told, Xigou didn’t want to wander the world with Fang Zhixing.
Isn’t it good to live a comfortable life?
But when he thought of how quickly Fang Zhixing was advancing, unparalleled...
"Sigh, Fang Zhixing, you really know how to keep me on my toes!"
Xigou couldn’t help but grumble inwardly, then extinguished all his thoughts and picked up speed once more.
As they were running...
Suddenly, a beam of light shot towards them, the air buzzing with vibration.
Fang Zhixing scooped up Jun Yao and leapt into the air.
The streak of light was too fast, faster than thunder and arrived in a flash.
Xigou was caught off guard, watching wide-eyed as the light struck right below him.
The light exploded, hurling Xigou through the air. His body slammed into tree after tree, snapping each trunk cleanly in half.
The next moment, Xigou crashed to the ground, his belly fur charred black, flesh muddled, with more than a dozen bones broken throughout his body.
Xigou was bewildered, he hadn’t provoked anyone, who the hell ambushed me?
And with an "Energy Cannon" to boot!
Xigou lay still for a moment, feigning death, observing the situation before making a move.
Fang Zhixing, holding Jun Yao, gently landed, and his gaze shifted to a large tree.
Suddenly, a shadow leapt from the tree, landing with a thunderous crash that made the ground tremble.
The shadow was dressed in a black cloak, but as soon as it landed, it quickly tore off the cloak, revealing a silver-grey metallic body, its right arm shaped like a gun barrel, still emitting white smoke from the muzzle.
Immediately after, three more shadows appeared from different directions, forming a surrounding stance.
They too ripped off their clothes, and they were also humanoid mechs.
Fang Zhixing’s expression was as cold as ice as he asked, "From the Lu Family?"
A mech responded in a chilling voice, "Fang Zhixing, you thought you could kill the descendants of my Lu Family and live to leave Dan State?"
Fang Zhixing sneered, "The reason I left Dan State was to give face to King Chi’an, not because I’m afraid of your Lu Family!"
He let go of Jun Yao, signaling her to go to Xigou.
Jun Yao quickly ran over and, seeing Xigou’s grievous injuries, her face turned pale with shock.
"Doggy, how are you?"
Jun Yao was on the verge of tears, hurriedly rummaging through her baggage for an assortment of bottles and jars.
Meanwhile, Fang Zhixing’s figure flickered, moving with lightning speed towards one of the mechs.
All four mechs had flickering lights in their eyes, seemingly possessing a "Locking" skill, their pupils always able to target Fang Zhixing’s trajectory.
Fang Zhixing launched a sudden attack, closing in on a mech, attempting to engage in close combat.
The targeted mech, already with its right hand raised, transformed into a gun barrel and fired an energy cannon directly at close range.
Fang Zhixing raised his left arm, blocking the energy cannon head-on.
After a thunderous explosion, Fang Zhixing’s left arm was blasted into shreds, flesh charred and a horrific sight to behold.
Yet, Fang Zhixing remained unmoved, charging straight at the mech, his right hand gathering a cluster of black-red blood drops, like a Rasengan, pressing it against the mech’s chest.
As the blood drops exploded, the mech was instantly torn apart, its parts flying in all directions.
The scattered metal fragments quickly turned blood red, corroding into scraps of rust.
The other three mechs, witnessing this scene, were all shocked.
"Fang Zhixing is so merciless; he must have fought against mechs before and knows our weaknesses," one mech hesitated.
"What are we afraid of? Destroy this body if we must; we can always regenerate," another mech declared, undaunted, their bodies made of "Life Metal."
In their family’s stockpile, there was plenty of Life Metal, and as long as there was enough, they could continuously obtain new bodies.
The three mechs simultaneously raised their arms, transforming into dual cannons, and fired at Fang Zhixing together.