Chapter 147: Recruiting a Crew to Test the Waters!

Zhang Ze and the others could not possibly imagine the war that might erupt in Anqing City.

When the crystals in their hands once again emitted a white glow, the three of them vaguely discerned the outline of Wulan City.

...

Lu Mingyu was quite excited. "It's right in that mountain range ahead. Back then, I was tracking a rank-six star beast to find its lair and accidentally stumbled upon that mansion in the wilderness."

Following this, the three of them picked up their pace.

Barely ten minutes later.

After crossing a peak, the mansion Lu Mingyu had spoken of truly appeared before them.

"Humph!"

Zhang Ze sneered. "The owner of this mansion sure has some refined taste, building a house in a place like this!"

As the group discussed this, they approached the mansion and slowly came to a halt.

Li Sanqing asked Lu Mingyu in a deep voice, "Do you actually know how many people are inside? If a rank-seven powerhouse suddenly pops out, won't we all be sacrificing our lives here?"

"There shouldn't be any high-rank powerhouses present!"

Zhang Ze said with certainty, before adding, "Though whether there are rank-six ones is hard to say."

Seeing the two hesitate, Lu Mingyu gritted his teeth and said, "Then I'll go scout the way, but I want sixty percent of the final haul for myself!"

...

In fact, before setting off, the three had already agreed that all eventual spoils would be converted into contribution points and split on a three-three-four ratio.

Since the location and intelligence were provided by Lu Mingyu, Zhang Ze and the other didn't argue that he deserved the smallest share just because his cultivation was the weakest.

Yet Lu Mingyu now wanted to increase his share by twenty percent, causing Zhang Ze to frown and chuckle lightly.

Then, he retorted unpleasantly, "Go to hell, you jerk!"

Lu Mingyu wasn't angered at all and countered, "Then what do you suggest we do?"

Believe it or not, Zhang Ze actually had a plan.

"Earlier, someone lured a star beast horde to try and kill me amidst the chaos. Let's do the exact same thing!"

Hearing Zhang Ze's idea, the other two nodded in quick succession.

Their operation was swift. Immediately, each of them darted into the mountain forests, agreeing to lure a star beast horde to assault this mansion in half an hour.

...

Meanwhile.

Inside the tallest building in Wulan City.

The man in the primary seat was a rugged fellow with bulging muscles that possessed tremendous visual impact.

This person was none other than the lord of Wulan City, and one of the representatives of the Pisces branch within this astral space space.

Wulan's voice was resonant as he asked the powerhouses on both sides of the grand hall, "I've heard that Blood Moon City has constantly been capturing human martial artists recently. Can anyone tell me what Blood Moon is up to?"

It was no wonder Wulan found it strange.

In truth, these astral alien races had always held only one principle regarding humans—kill!

Not only must they slaughter all the human martial artists who intruded into the astral space, but they also intended to charge into Earth and massacre ordinary humans.

Yet within this astral space, Blood Moon City was closest to Anqing City, so the task of eliminating human martial artists naturally fell upon Blood Moon City's shoulders.

Killing was correct!

But if Blood Moon had recently been capturing rather than killing, there was definitely something wrong!

...

Hearing Wulan's interrogation, the various powerhouses on both sides remained silent.

It seemed no one knew about this matter.

However, Wulan acutely noticed the abnormality of the person on the left and inquired, "Respected Elder He, do you know something about this?"

The one addressed appeared to be a matron, the hem of her white robe fluttering gracefully, giving her a somewhat ethereal and immortal air.

Elder He said in a deep voice, "Subordinate has heard that the Lord of Blood Moon City discovered a human ruin, which might be related to this matter..."

"A human ruin?"

Wulan furrowed his brows deeply, then asked, "Why would human ruins appear in our astral space?"

Elder He shook her head. "Subordinate does not know!"

Instead, a powerhouse on the other side remarked, "Could the City Lord have forgotten about those in the upper astral domains..."

"You mean?" Wulan was greatly startled!

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Roar!

Star beasts roared endlessly behind him, yet Zhang Ze felt an inner thrill that was exhilarating.

He had directly poked a hornet's nest!

The star beasts trailing him looked remarkably similar to hornets on Earth, only much larger, each exceeding a meter in length.

The crucial point was that this type of star beast could not fly!

Zhang Ze led this pack of star beasts on a merry chase, and sensing the time was about right, he headed straight for the mansion in the mountains.

...

Following the roars of star beasts echoing from two other directions, Zhang Ze pinpointed the locations of Li Sanqing and the other.

Only, it astonished him somewhat that this fellow Lu Mingyu was truly risking his life!

Not far behind him was a tiger-type star beast boasting a full rank-six cultivation!

The reason he knew it was rank-six was simply because the system failed to display the cultivation level of this tiger-type star beast.

As for it being a high-rank star beast, there was no way Lu Mingyu would still be jumping around alive if it were!

In reality, this tiger-type star beast was indeed toying with Lu Mingyu; otherwise, how could he survive with his rank-three cultivation?

Contempt aside, Zhang Ze still deeply admired Lu Mingyu at this moment.

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Roar!

The guards inside the mansion heard the commotion in the mountain forest and all displayed tyrannical auras, clearly intending to drive away these restless star beasts.

Presumably, when their master built the mansion here, they never anticipated such an issue, and the guards should have plenty of experience in driving away star beasts.

Yet they could never have imagined that this time, it wasn't a spontaneous stampede of star beasts, but rather someone intentionally provoking them!

In the eyes of these star beasts, Zhang Ze and the other three looked identical to the people inside the mansion, so they concluded they were all part of the same gang.

Don't bother trying to explain that their languages were different—star beasts didn't understand any languages!

...

With tacit understanding, the three of them restrained their auras, especially Zhang Ze, who had activated his concealment skill as he charged close to the mansion.

Those star beasts were definitely not going to let it go; since you harassed us first, and plus there are so many of us making a show of force, why should we be afraid of you?

Especially the tiger-type star beast lured by Lu Mingyu.

With its rank-six cultivation, compared to the few rank-five star beasts lured by Zhang Ze and Li Sanqing, it was the undisputed leader.

Now, the leader had spoken!

Following the tiger-type star beast's roar toward the heavens, the star beasts in the surrounding forest instantly charged toward the mansion.

...

Meanwhile, the mastermind behind the scenes was already hiding in the nearby forest, waiting to watch a good show.

Lu Mingyu eyed Zhang Ze and said, "Why do I feel absolutely nothing when looking at you?"

"Damn it—"

Zhang Ze didn't understand his remark at first. "I'm a genuine, full-blooded man. What kind of feeling do you want to have?"

Realizing the ambiguity in his words, Lu Mingyu's forehead darkened, and he said coldly, "I mean how come I can't sense your aura at all!"

Hearing this, Li Sanqing reacted as well, and both of them began scrutinizing Zhang Ze.

The latter felt his hair stand on end from their stares and said, "I can't teach you this technique..."

"Truth!"

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Roar!

Before Li Sanqing and the other could ask anything further, they heard the roars of the star beasts approaching.

One after another, over a dozen martial artists appeared within the mansion, among whom the leading figure possessed rank-six cultivation.

"There really is a rank-six here—"

Lu Mingyu scratched his head and said helplessly, "There won't be a rank-seven powerhouse as well, right?"

Hearing him say this, Li Sanqing speculated from the side, "There shouldn't be..."

"If there truly were a high-rank powerhouse guarding the place, the moment they slightly revealed their aura, these star beasts would have retreated!"

"That's true as well—"