Chapter 157 - 153: The Silencer is Behind

"Brother Huan, is there a problem?" Lou Buzhi looked fat, but he was not foolish at all; he noticed something was wrong with Ding Huan's expression right away. "Everyone, follow me." After saying this, Ding Huan walked about several hundred meters in the direction of the Old Teapot Market, then stopped and said: "Brother Buzhi, we must say goodbye to the past." After finishing his words, Ding Huan cut a piece from his clothes, then cut two pieces from Qi Xinyue's clothes. Not only that, he also cut a piece from his own shoes and helped Qi Xinyue cut a piece from hers as well. Next, he snipped a small lock of his own hair and Qi Xinyue's hair. "Lao Liu, come here," Ding Huan called Lao Liu over. After Lao Liu came over, Ding Huan continued to cut off several locks of his hair. "Brother Huan, what about me?" Lou Buzhi asked cautiously. "You too. I'll help you." After speaking, Ding Huan cut three pieces from Lou Buzhi's clothes and shoes and then snipped a large lock of his hair. Gathering all these items marked with the Divine Will, Ding Huan originally planned to burn them all at once. However, he thought that burning them might not be a good idea, as if his own Mark of Divine Will were to suddenly disappear, he would notice immediately. Thinking of this, Ding Huan pointed in a direction and said to Qi Xinyue and Lou Buzhi: "Head in this direction and speed up as fast as you can. The faster, the better." The direction Ding Huan pointed was neither toward the market nor Changqiu City, but a sideway direction. "What about you, Brother Huan?" Lou Buzhi asked. Ding Huan just smiled: "I need to step away for a bit, but don't worry, I'll catch up soon." Qi Xinyue didn't even ask; she trusted Ding Huan. "Be careful," she advised Ding Huan, then quickly left in the direction Ding Huan had pointed. Seeing that both Qi Xinyue and Lao Liu had left, Lou Buzhi hurriedly followed. Ding Huan then accelerated with the items towards the Old Teapot Market. The Old Teapot Market was fairly bustling, with goods much more upscale than those in the Little Star Corner Market. Yet Ding Huan had no mood to linger here; after entering the market, he started stripping away the marks and leaving them at various stalls. After completing these tasks, Ding Huan paid for a room in a Rest Inn, then quickly left the market using his Escape Skill. Ding Huan was certain someone on the spaceship that brought them here wanted to kill them all. The reason was simple: to silence them. Ding Huan suspected that middle-aged man whose name he didn't know. He didn't know the extent of the man's cultivation, but it seemed he was extremely desperate for the Immortal Demon Pill. Perhaps the person who previously calculated to kill Ding Qi because of the Heaven and Earth Treasure was this middle-aged man. Unfortunately, he was limited in ability and couldn't get a clear picture. But he couldn't calculate past the Old Teapot Market, probably meaning he was killed. If they were to silence them, including Sang Yuhe and the others, they were also within the range of being silenced. He probably still had a day or two to escape. МIf the middle-aged man wanted to silence them, he must eliminate Sang Yuhe and the others first. He could only hope that Sang Yuhe and the others could hold out against being silenced so easily. Ding Huan was extremely fast, catching up with Qi Xinyue and the others a few hundred miles from their intended rendezvous. "Brother Huan, what took you so long?" Lou Buzhi was happy to see Ding Huan return. Ding Huan's tone was grave: "You guys are too slow, everyone speed up." Before, Ding Huan thought Lou Buzhi would be the slowest, but surprisingly, Lou Buzhi was quite fast. His speed was completely disproportionate to his body size. In fact, the slowest was Lao Liu. This made Ding Huan involuntarily scorn him: "Lao Liu, you dream of achieving Foundation Establishment all day long, but now you're the one holding us back." Lao Liu chirped a few rebuttals, but what Ding Huan said was true. Fortunately, Lao Liu's cultivation was alright, barely keeping up. Running desperately for a day, Ding Huan didn't dare to slow down. This was a matter of life and death; he couldn't afford to slow down. ... "Qi Yushan, you..." On the spaceship Ding Huan had boarded not long ago, a frail man covered his throat; he had been ambushed. "Qi Yushan, what are you trying to do?" At this moment, Sang Yuhe appeared, unbelieving of the scene unfolding before her. The five of them had set out together and this trip could be said to have harvested a great bounty. As long as they brought these items to the Trading Building, it would mean a bright future for them. As the spaceship was about to enter the Taoist Realm, Qi Yushan killed three of his companions in quick succession. It could be said if she hadn't come out, Qi Yushan would have been knocking on her door next, then killed her. "I'm sorry, the Immortal Demon Pill is too important to me, I can't hand it over," Qi Yushan said to Sang Yuhe, his tone incredibly calm. In fact, he had been hesitating the whole journey whether to act. Not because of his conscience, but because he knew he only had one chance, and if he failed, being attacked by the others, he would be finished. As Ding Huan and the others went down, the spaceship was about to enter the Taoist Realm, but he was still hesitating. Until just now, when Jin Da and Yu Jiting had their backs to him, he seized the opportunity and made up his mind to act. He assassinated the two men by surprise, and just as Gong Qi came out, he saw it and without hesitation, he continued his assault on Gong Qi. Sang Yuhe knew that her strength was far inferior to Qi Yushan's, and now that Qi Yushan wanted to kill her, she probably couldn't even escape. At that moment, just when Gong Qi was about to die, he suddenly grabbed Qi Yushan's legs: "Yuhe, run quickly..." Sang Yuhe reacted immediately, she frantically rushed to the spaceship hatch and pressed the release button. "You're seeking death." Qi Yushan, furious, slapped Gong Qi on the head, causing his brain to splatter, and he died beyond any doubt. At this moment, Sang Yuhe had already opened the hatch and rushed out. "Sang Yuhe, if I hear any news about a Demon Core spreading outside, I'll kill your entire family..." Qi Yushan knew Sang Yuhe's escape skills were extremely formidable, letting Sang Yuhe escape from the spaceship meant he absolutely couldn't kill her anymore. It was too late for regrets; he could only utter threats. Sang Yuhe heard Qi Yushan's threat, and even without the threats, she wouldn't dare talk about what happened. Half an hour later, Qi Yushan cleared all traces on the spaceship. Poorly, the seven talented young men and women, not having been possessed yet, were killed by Qi Yushan. After killing everyone, Qi Yushan immediately rushed to the Little Star Corner Market. Silencing them, he definitely had to kill everyone. But upon arriving at the market, he was stunned. He found all the marks of Divine Will, but none were the person he was looking for. After asking around the market for more than two hours, he finally located the Rest Inn where Ding Huan was staying. Qi Yushan swore that if he didn't tear Ding Huan to a thousand pieces, he couldn't relieve his hatred. How many things did he have to do? A mere ant had him wasting time in this tiny market, why wouldn't he be furious? What infuriated him even more was that this Rest Inn had no information about Ding Huan at all. Ding Huan indeed had booked a room, but he never actually stayed there. After continuing a thorough investigation in the market and again wasting half a day, he still couldn't get any information. Ding Huan and his group seemed to have vanished into thin air. That wasn't all; before disappearing, they had scattered their marks of Divine Will everywhere. Qi Yushan forced himself to calm down and then directed the spaceship towards Changqiu City. He had his marks there as well. ... As soon as Ding Qi arrived in Changqiu City, he located a Rest Inn and took out the Heaven and Earth Treasure. The Heaven and Earth Treasure was not only a Taoist Cultivation Method, but it also had the divine ability to predict the future. Ding Qi had read about the predictive divine abilities described in it, but they were too esoteric and complicated; he simply couldn't muster up any interest. After being reminded by Ding Huan, he had always suspected that Ding Huan also knew some predictive techniques. But such things were not easy to ask about. Ding Qi didn't take out the Heaven and Earth Treasure to predict, but to resolve a problem in his cultivation. Yet before he could solve his problem, an intense unease came over him. Ding Qi knew that the Heaven and Earth Treasure could derive the past and the future. Now, holding the Heaven and Earth Treasure made him uneasy and completely unable to calm down, giving rise to a bad premonition. Was he going to die in Changqiu City? The more he thought about it, the more uneasy he became. He put away the Heaven and Earth Treasure, and the unease vanished. Grabbing the Heaven and Earth Treasure again, the unease became even more apparent. He wasn't entirely sure why, but he could vaguely sense through the Heaven and Earth Treasure that it had something to do with clothes and hats. He immediately changed his outer clothes, but the unease persisted. After anxiously waiting for half an hour, Ding Qi simply changed all his clothes and shoes. He had no hat, so he decided to shave off all his hair. The feeling of unease lessened a bit but still lingered. Ding Qi decisively chose to leave Changqiu City; he couldn't stay there. Compared to Ding Huan, his experience wasn't much less. No matter if it was a puppet or not, he had stayed in the position of a Star Lord for many years. He somewhat suspected his danger might be connected to those on the spaceship wanting to silence him. The reason for silencing was likely the Immortal Demon Pill that Ding Huan brought, which was outrageously valuable. Should someone want to forcefully claim it for themselves, violence was indeed possible. Qi Yushan arrived at Changqiu City and found the Rest Inn where Ding Qi was staying. What made him furious was that Ding Qi had also left. He had left through regular check-out procedures. Letting it go was one thing, but that guy had even shaved his head. Not only that, but he didn't even take his clothes or shoes, and he even left his bag behind. Even a fool like Qi Yushan knew that Ding Qi definitely still had some kind of storage device on him. He sought to silence them, yet one person from the spaceship had escaped, and he hadn't eliminated any of the small fry in his eyes. The furious Qi Yushan almost burned down the Rest Inn. However, after calming down, he knew he must first return to the Trading Building in the Taoist Realm. The Mortal World of the Triple Heaven Star Land is just as vast and boundless, and with his current level of cultivation, it was nearly impossible to catch and silence all those escaped ants. As for issuing a bounty, his rank was far from sufficient. Besides, he wouldn't dare; this was no small matter, and once Ding Huan and the others were caught, if others questioned and found out the specifics, he would be exposing himself. (Today's update ends here. Good night, friends, and those with monthly tickets, please support with your votes!)