Chapter 443 - 310: So This Is What Kissing Feels Like

Chapter 443: Chapter 310: So This Is What Kissing Feels Like

The tree ran.

And running with it,

was the Huang Family’s secret leader, Huang the Ninth.

He had gone to great lengths to trick those old fossils of the Huang Family down from the tree, fooling them into surrounding and killing Hu Yun and the White Tiger.

Meanwhile, Huang the Ninth himself seized the opportunity to take the Blood Pool and the Demon Tree with him.

Of course, from Hu Yun and the Shadow King’s perspective, it was the Demon Tree that had escaped.

Speaking of which, Hu Yun expressed great regret, "The Shadow King didn’t tell me much, only that the Demon Tree left with the Blood Pool’s seed. She said she had seen the Blood Pool before and that it was related to the Underground Demon race. She has no idea why it ended up in the Huang Family’s hands!"

After the Shadow King killed a group of the Huang Family’s old geezers and left to pursue the Demon Tree, Hu Yun returned.

She happened to run into the White Tiger, Crocodile Turtle, and the others nearby.

The few Exotic Beasts had gone out and brought back two Fifth-Grade Thunder Saber Locusts—one Initial-Stage Fifth Grade and one Mid-Grade Fifth Rank.

Now, even if they didn’t hunt anything else, if Tang Wen and Feng San Niang each took one, they would have a good chance of placing in the top three.

Hu Yun had taken some Wound Medicine on the way. Now, after a few cups of wine, the medicine’s effects had spread, and her complexion looked much better.

"Oh, right. On my way back, I saw some members of the Huang Family. I killed a few of them on a whim." After speaking, Hu Yun pulled two Void Stones from her clothes.

Tang Wen was taken aback. "You killed them all?"

’The Direct Lineage of the Boat Gang is already wiped out.’

’If the Huang Family’s Direct Lineage gets wiped out too, they’ll pin it all on me, won’t they?’

Feng San Niang took the Void Stones and glanced at them, then pursed her lips and said, "These Void Stones were sold to the Huang Family by the Commerce Association. Their Direct Lineage members all carry one. Two Void Stones means two people are dead."

’So that means one member of the Huang Family’s Direct Lineage is still alive.’

Tang Wen was just about to breathe a sigh of relief.

But then Hu Yun fished another Void Stone from her ample bosom. "There’s one more. I kept it for myself. I killed nine in total. They were all at the Peak of Sixth Grade or Initial-Stage Fifth Grade in terms of combat strength."

Void Stones are mutually incompatible.

Meaning, one Void Stone can hold many things, but it cannot be placed inside another Void Stone.

"What? Are you worried the Huang Family will come looking for trouble with you?" Hu Yun asked, looking at Tang Wen.

’As a Fourth Grade Clan, the Huang Family can’t be a monolith internally.’

’Where there are hawks, there are doves.’

’With the underground Blood Pool gone, the Huang Family’s power is greatly diminished. They only have so many publicly known masters, so they shouldn’t pose too much of a threat to me.’

He thought for a moment. "They won’t come at me openly."

’So they’ll resort to dirty tricks?’

Hu Yun tilted her snow-white chin up. "In that case, I’m in no hurry to go back. I can’t easily make a move against the Huang Family’s forces inside Huang Family City, but they have plenty of assets outside the city, right?"

"Er, what are you planning to do?"

Hu Yun replied, "Inside the city, I have to be wary of the Huang Family’s half-step Fourth Grade expert. But if I kill enough of them outside the city until they’re short-handed, the Huang Family will naturally learn to behave."

Feng San Niang’s eyes were wide with shock. Her mouth opened and closed, but no words came out.

’Is the White Tiger Race really that domineering?’

Tang Wen was also shocked.

’The thousand-li radius around Ganshan City was considered well-ordered.’

’Although people were divided into various social strata...’

’...unless you were a high-level figure from one of the major powers, people generally didn’t just kill wantonly.’

’Even common folk could find a way to survive during years of famine and disaster.’

’There hasn’t been a major war in a very long time!’

"Kill the Huang Family’s peripheral members," Tang Wen mused.

"Mhm, I’ll take a couple of White Tigers with me. Stone Dragon and Crocodile Turtle can just stay outside as backup," Hu Yun immediately began to plan. "I’ll lead four Fifth-Grade Exotic Beasts on the assassination mission. If anything goes wrong, I’ll have backup waiting outside the camp."

Seeing Tang Wen’s silence, Hu Yun made a sweeping promise. "Don’t worry. I’ll do my best to ensure the White Tigers leave no trace. Nothing will be traced back to you."

"What are you talking about!" Tang Wen straightened his back. "Take me with you. I’ll go and conceal our movements. When the time comes, you incapacitate them, and I’ll kill them with my own hands!"

’He was planning to grind some EXP.’

Hu Yun frowned and sized him up for a moment. "What’s the point of a slaughter like that?"

’Which meant, there wasn’t much point.’

’But the EXP gains were too good to pass up.’

After racking his brain, Tang Wen couldn’t find a suitable reason, so he braced himself and put on a stern face. "A woman’s job is to listen. This is a form of cultivation!"

"’A woman’s job is to listen’? Heh! In our White Tiger Tribe, it’s the women who hold all the power." A playful look appeared in Hu Yun’s eyes.

Feng San Niang covered her mouth, trying to hide a giggle.

Tang Wen just grunted and didn’t say anything more.

’After all, I’m not yet Fifth Grade. If I really piss off Hu Yun and she pins me down for a beating, it’ll be hard to assert my ’husbandly authority’ in the future!’

He turned to Hu Niannian. Two Fifth Grade Exotic Beasts as their final spoils wasn’t a very safe bet.

Especially since he had to split them evenly with Feng San Niang.

Once Tang Wen had explained, Hu Niannian understood his meaning and pouted. "You’re an Elder now, so of course I have to listen to your orders! Let’s go, let’s go, time to go out and kill some people and set some fires."

Tang Wen smiled and reminded her, "Don’t just kill randomly. The enemies in the Thunder Jade Mine area are pretty much all dead!"

"Got it."

The Exotic Beasts went out hunting once again.

Feng San Niang took out two new wine cups, poured the warmed wine, and personally handed one to Tang Wen.

Hu Yun picked up the new cup in front of her, suddenly a little curious. "There was only one cup before. Did you two share it?"

"COUGH, COUGH." Feng San Niang choked on her wine, nearly spraying it everywhere.

Tang Wen smiled and gently patted her on the back.

Third Lady caught her breath, her pretty face flushed. Seeing the clear, questioning look in Hu Yun’s eyes, she figured the other woman likely wasn’t teasing them on purpose.

After a moment’s thought, she leaned close to Hu Yun and whispered something to her using sound transmission.

’You two are treating me like an outsider!’

After Third Lady finished, Hu Yun’s eyes showed confusion, as if she didn’t understand what was so fun about drinking wine that way.

But her beautiful eyes landed on Tang Wen’s lips.

Tang Wen, not even seventeen in actual age, had red lips and white teeth, looking incredibly tender.

Hu Yun stared for a while, a little surprised at her own thoughts. She’d never had this idea before, but now that she was aware of it, she did feel a sudden impulse to take a bite.

And so, she raised the wine cup with her left hand and drained it in one gulp.