The Immortal Emperor Returns

Chapter 637 What If They Say No?

Ghost Gate Road was dark and damp, with no sunlight all year round. Gusts of wind blew from time to time, making people feel uncomfortable. Too many people had died here before.

Mu Qi walked over step by step, causing the expressions of the members of the Wen Family to change greatly. Ordinary warriors couldn’t withstand his oppressive pressure at all. Their Qi and blood surged, and they looked painful.

Lei Ming’s face darkened, and his aura surged. However, he was only a Third Grade Human King. Even if he was full of courage and hot-blooded, he was no match for Mu Qi at all.

Wen Rushan protected Wen Ruyi, and her pretty face was pale. Wen Ruyi’s tiny face was filled with horror.

“Wait a minute...” Wen Rushan snapped.

Everyone looked at her subconsciously.

Wen Rushan looked gloomily at Mu Qi. “Please take the spiritual herbs away.”

“Miss!” Lei Ming wasn’t willing.

“Don’t say anything more. I’ve made up my mind,” Wen Rushan said sternly. They were just like eggs hurled against stones. If fighting against Mu Qi and his companions, they would lose both herbs and their own lives.

It was idiotic to fight against the enemies just relying on their courage. They might lose both herbs and their lives. It was better to preserve their lives first. Their lives were worth more than a few carriages of spiritual herbs.

Mu Qi looked curiously at Wen Rushan. His eyes flickered with interest, and he said, “As expected, you are as excellent as men.”

“You flatter me.” Wen Rushan had a cold expression on her face.

Mu Qi burst into laughter as if he was happy. He looked at Wen Rushan with a strange light in his eyes.

“It’s said that the Wen Family became one of the three great families of Tong’an City because of you. You are very good at doing business. As the saying goes, giving a man a fish is not as good as teaching him how to fish. Miss Wen, please stay behind and teach us the way to earn money.”

Wen Rushan didn’t have great beauty but had a heroic spirit. Ordinary women didn’t have that spirit. It seemed like Mu Qi had some crooked thoughts.

“Mu Qi, don’t go too far. Do you want to become an enemy of the entire Wen Family?” Lei Ming shouted angrily.

Mu Qi’s eyes turned cold. He raised his palm and struck out. An energy chain of Internal Breath shot towards Lei Ming and made the surrounding cold air distorted.

Lei Ming shouted and tried his best to resist. With a boom, a blast surged, and Lei Ming coughed up blood and flew backward.

Lei Ming was no match for Mu Qi at all. If Mu Qi had exerted all his strength, Lei Ming would die.

Lei Ming fell dozens of meters away. Several warriors of the Wen Family ran over to help him up. Lei Ming’s face was pale, and his breath was weak. He was on the verge of death.

Mu Qi snorted coldly and said, “As a Third Grade Human King, how dare you go against me for times? Don’t you know how to respect the experts? I spared your life for the sake of Miss Wen.”

Wen Rushan’s expression was dark. She had long known that a woman had to take much more risk running into the Jianghu than a man. However, she had never thought about encountering something like this today. Mu Qi had actually thought of her.

“Mu Qi, do you want to learn how to do business?” Wen Rushan asked.

Mu Qi nodded with a smile. “My brothers are all boorish people and don’t know how to do business. If you can teach them how to do business, they’ll be able to make a living for themselves.”

Wen Rushan cast a cold glance at Hu Er and his companions and said, “I agree to teach you about business.”

“Really?” Mu Qi was a little surprised. He didn’t expect that she agreed so readily.

Wen Rushan nodded. “But I have a condition.”

“Please speak ahead!”

“Please let off my companions. Then I’ll go with you.”

Mu Qi was slightly stunned and lowered his head in deep thought.

“Alright.” After pondering for a moment, Mu Qi raised his head and said, “The others of you can leave now.”

“Miss.” Her companions were shocked. They did not expect that Wen Rushan would choose to sacrifice herself to save them.

“Don’t say anything more. Please go back and tell my father that I’ll be back in a while.” Wen Rushan handed Wen Ruyi to a warrior. “Please send him back safely.”

The eyes of the warriors were full of hatred. As men, they let a woman sacrifice herself for their safety. It was really depressing.

“Sis, I don’t want to leave. Let me stay with you.” Although Wen Ruyi was young, he knew what had happened and cried.

“Ruyi, listen to me. Go back home as soon as possible.”

Wen Ruyi cried, and two warriors hugged him desperately. With two booms, the warriors fell out. Actually, they were knocked back by Wen Ruyi.

Although Wen Ruyi was young, his martial arts talent was extremely high. He was a genius. As a seven-year-old boy, he had already reached the Great Completion of the Grandmaster Realm. However, he had a kind heart and seldom fought. Few people knew about his cultivation.

“What a powerful talent.” Mu Qi’s facial expression changed slightly.

Wen Rushan’s heart thumped, and she cursed secretly. Wen Ruyi’s talent must have made Mu Qi on guard. His talent was too great.

Mu Qi’s pupils contracted slightly. A seven or eight-year-old child had already reached the Great Completion of the Grandmaster Realm. The boy would be a great threat to him after growing up.

From today on, both sides would definitely form a grudge against each other. Once the child grew up, the first person he would kill would be Mu Qi. Thinking of this, Mu QI wanted to protect himself from being killed by the boy in the future. He wanted to nip this potential danger in the bud.

“What a talented child.” Mu Qi looked at Wen Ruyi. “Are you willing to be my disciple?”

Mu Qi wanted to find an excuse to kill Wen Ruyi at first but changed his mind on the spur of the moment. If he took this child as his disciple, Wen Ruyi would work for him when he grew up. At that time, Wen Ruyi would absolutely not dare to kill him.

“Bad guy! I don’t want to be your disciple!” Wen Ruyi’s little face was filled with rage. This bad guy bullied his sister and injured Mr. Lei. How dare he want Wen Ruyi to be his disciple?

Mu Qi narrowed his eyes slightly. It seemed that this child had already hated him. He decided to kill him and secretly gave Hu Er a meaningful look.

Hu Er lifted his broadsword and walked forward. He opened his big mouth. “You little brat, it is your great fortune that Mr. Mu wanted to take you as his disciple. I will kill all your companions if you disagree.”

“Hu Er, how dare you threaten a child?” Wen Rushan was so angry that her face had turned pale.

“Sis, I’m not afraid. I’ll protect you.” Wen Ruyi stood in front of Wen Rushan, looking determined.

Swoosh!

With a flash, Hu Er rushed to the warriors of the Wen Family. He waved the broadsword in his hand, and with a poof, a head flew away with fresh blood spurting out. He beheaded a warrior of the Wen Family.

In fact, his cultivation was almost the same as Lei Ming’s. It was easy for him to kill an ordinary warrior. He was so cruel because he wanted to frighten them.

Wen Ruyi was frightened. He had seen dead people but he had never seen anyone so cruel before.

The warriors of the Wen Family were so shocked that their faces were full of horror. However, they were no match for the other party at all.

Wen Rushan’s expression was gloomy, and she bit her lips to the point it almost bled. She knew it was Mu Qi’s scheme. He let Hu Er force them.

“Child, are you willing to take Mr. Mu as your teacher?” Hu Er understood Mu Qi’s meaning. He didn’t want to offend Wen Rushan, but he was afraid of the child’s talent. He let Hu Er do the bad.

With his understanding of Mu Qi, if this child disagreed, he would die today. Hu Er would kill him.

Hu Er didn’t care about killing how many people and who he would kill at all. He was also shocked by the child’s talent. It was amazing that the child had cultivated so fast. He was absolutely a genius. Hu Er liked to kill geniuses.

“What are you trying to do, Mu Qi?” Wen Rushan’s face was full of anger.

“Miss Wen, please don’t misunderstand. The child has high talent. I don’t want his talent to remain latent, so I want to take him in as a disciple. If he disagrees, I won’t force him.” After these words, he looked at Hu Er. “You reckless fellow, we need to coax the child. You need to change your personality.”

Hu Er was not stupid. He knew that Mu Qi was pretending. Hu Er was the one to act as the bad guy. He grinned sinisterly and said, “Ever since I followed Mr. Mu, I have sworn to follow you to the death. Since this child disagrees to be your disciple, for your reputation, I can only do this.”

“I’ve repeatedly warned you not to kill people anymore. Why don’t you obey me?” Mu Qi shook his head and had a disappointed expression.

“I’ll kill whoever dares to disobey you,” Hu Er sternly said.

“It’s enough. Stop pretending anymore. You looked disgusting,” Wen Rushan roared. Did they think she was an idiot? She stared at Mu Qi angrily and said, “Tell me, what do you want?”

Before Mu Qi could say anything, Hu Er said fiercely, “If you follow Mr. Mu, and this child agrees to take Mr. Mu as his teacher, the others will survive. If you dare to say no...”

“What if they dare to say no?” Suddenly, an indifferent voice rang out.

Hu Er was startled and turned his head to look.

Everyone looked in the direction of the voice.

A slender figure strode over from afar in an unhurried manner, and he seemed to be taking a walk and didn’t care about the tense atmosphere here at all.

If ordinary people saw the situation here, they would avoid it. But this person seemed to be traveling. This was absolutely abnormal. Mu Qi winked at Hu Er.

“Big Brother...” Wen Ruyi waved his hand in pleasant surprise when he saw who it was.

It was Chu Xun. He had absorbed all the spiritual energy in a radius of dozens of miles. He wanted to find another place to continue, and he remembered that Wen Rushan had mentioned that there was a city not far away, so he came here. Unexpectedly, he happened to encounter such a scene.

Chu Xun came and glanced at Lei Ming. Several warriors were surrounding him. The elder’s face looked pale. It seemed that he was seriously injured. Chu Xun had injured him before, and the other party also injured him. If Chu Xun did not help him, the elder’s cultivation would be ruined, and he could only struggle to survive for the rest of his life.

“Get out of the way.” Chu Xun pushed the warriors surrounding the elder away. The warriors glared at him. If it weren’t that they were in danger, they would have scolded him.

Chu Xun didn’t care about their emotions. He gently exerted a trace of pressure, which made these warriors feel great pressure, and they stepped back in horror.

Chu Xun squatted down and placed his hand on Lei Ming’s chest. He transferred some of his Hong Meng Immortal Qi to Lei Ming. Then he stopped at once. After all, he had recovered less than 30% of his cultivation, so he didn’t want to waste it.

However, Lei Ming’s face was filled with shock. He could sense that the wounds within his body were healing at a frightening speed...