Hunyuan Immortal Sect

Chapter 78: Prominent Family Background
Carissa was startled and immediately understood what he meant. She said seriously, "Brother Zhong, if you want to kill everyone on this ship, you have to kill me first."

Zhong Wenyuan remained silent. He was not a soft-hearted person. Killing the entire ship for such a large sum of money was not a difficult thing for him. He had lived for so many years and had heard of all the evil deeds in the cultivation world. In the eyes of many practitioners, ordinary mortals were no longer the same species as them, and human life was as worthless as grass.

Although he had not reached that point, he did not value the lives of these mortals very much. He believed that any slightly greedy monk would kill the man in front of him and everyone on the boat without hesitation.

But as a sect elder, he couldn't kill his fellow disciples with his own hands.

He was hesitating. Since he couldn't persuade Carissa, should he just kill the man in front of him and make the matter irreversible?

However, he was also worried about the situation that Carissa mentioned, that is, this person was a direct descendant of a powerful force, and was ambushed and in trouble for some reason. If he killed this person, he would be hunted down by that force unless he killed all the people on the ship.

If this happens, he will inevitably turn against Carissa, and Qi Xiaobai is the most important link in the sect's sale of Yuxiang Pills.

He felt a little regretful that he did not kill the man at the first time, which led to the situation where he was in such a difficult situation now.

Carissa noticed his hesitation and said, "Brother Zhong, why don't you think positively? This person is most likely a direct descendant of a powerful faction. If we rescue him, that faction will surely be grateful to us. Even if hostile forces come after us, firstly, they will definitely be from the Muhe Grassland. If we flee back to Qin, they won't necessarily do anything to us. Secondly, with the power behind this person stepping in, we can be safe."

"If we rescue him, his enemies won't necessarily come to cause trouble. But if we kill him, we'll inevitably draw retaliation from the forces behind him. Furthermore, it will cost the lives of over a dozen people on this ship."

"Brother Zhong, if you're truly worried, we can just hand him over to a farmer when we get back to the dock and let him recuperate. No matter how much hatred someone harbors against him, they're unlikely to travel all the way from the Muhe Grasslands to Qin State to settle accounts with us just because we rescued him from the sea!"

Zhong Wenyuan knew that if he insisted on doing so, he would definitely turn against Carissa. Moreover, he didn't know the specific situation at the moment, so he sighed and said, "I hope you are right."

After saying that, he walked out and told the captain to turn around immediately and go back to the dock.

Since this person was seriously injured and fell into the sea, his enemy might be nearby. If he continues to wander around on the sea and is discovered by his enemy, he will definitely not have a good ending.

In the cabin, Likasa pried open his mouth, put the pill into his mouth, and took off his wet coat. Only then did she discover that under the plain black clothes, there was a set of luxurious high-level robes.

The robes were colorful and emitted a faint light.

It was this thing that prevented him from sinking completely into the sea and kept him floating on the surface.

At this time, Zhong Wenyuan had returned to the house. Seeing the high-level robe hidden under the plain black coat, his eyes narrowed slightly and his thoughts raced in his mind.

Only people with a certain status and position would wear high-level robes. If you are just a casual cultivator, you would not waste the money because the robes have a very low cost-effectiveness and are often used as a symbol of status.

Since this person was wearing a high-level robe, it showed that he came from a good family. This ruled out the possibility that the items in his storage bag were not stolen but were his personal belongings.

He was wearing a high-level robe but did not reveal it to the outside world. Instead, he covered it with a plain black robe. There was only one possibility: he encountered an emergency and was running for his life. He did not want to attract attention because of his expensive robe, so he just picked up a plain black robe to cover himself.

This just shows that the situation was extremely urgent and happened in a hurry. He didn't even have time to change his clothes. He had to escape quickly and was afraid of being recognized, so he just put on an outer coat.

"Junior Sister Carissa, since you're determined to rescue this man, I have nothing much to say. I only have two requests. First, do not reveal our true identities. Second, once the ship docks, immediately drop him off at an inn or a farmer's house."

"Brother Zhong, don't worry. I know what to do."

The ship sailed westward. Carissa was worried that Zhong Wenyuan would secretly harm her, so she stayed in the house and took good care of the man.

A few days later, when the ship returned to the dock, the man finally woke up, but he remained silent. He neither spoke nor responded. He just stared at the ceiling of the room in a daze. No matter how Carissa asked, he didn't say a word, and sometimes he even closed his eyes.

He would only open his mouth to chew and swallow when Carissa fed him food and water. The rest of the time he was like a vegetable.

Because of his severe injuries, including several broken ribs, Su Xing opened his eyes but was unable to move. Zhong Wenyuan knew this man's identity was unusual, so to avoid exposing him, he wrapped him tightly after the boat arrived at the dock and, using his magical instrument, transported him to the home of an elderly family in Carissa's hometown.

There was only an old man living in that farmhouse, in a very remote valley, and few people came there on weekdays.

Karissa gave some money and lied that the man was injured in an attack by robbers and asked to stay in the old man's house to recuperate for a while.

The old man was a farmer who lived in seclusion in a desolate valley, didn't care about worldly affairs, and only knew how to herd sheep. How could he not accept the money?

The two of them placed it on the bed in the room.

The man opened his eyes but remained silent.

Zhong Wenyuan stood in front of the bed, put the storage bag back on his waist, and said in a deep voice: "Friend, I don't know who you are or what happened to you. We met you in the sea. You were unconscious and floating on the surface. Based on the principle of saving lives, we pulled you out of the sea."

"We are leaving now. The owner of this place will take care of you. May everything be well with you in the future."

"This is your storage bag. I was afraid others on the ship might see it and arouse their suspicion, so I kept it. Now I'm giving it back to you."

"I also collected the high-level robes you were wearing and put them in your storage bag. I think you wore black clothes in the outer room because you definitely didn't want others to see the robes inside."

Carissa translated Zhong Wenyuan's words into Muhe grassland language. Although Zhong Wenyuan could use simple daily expressions, he still couldn't express his meaning fluently and completely in such a long paragraph.

Unexpectedly, the usually expressionless man turned around and looked at the two of them after hearing this. He spoke for the first time, his voice a little hoarse: "Who are you?"

The two exchanged glances. Unexpectedly, the man, who had always remained silent, his expression impassive, would speak at this last moment. Carissa quickly replied, "We're from the Qin State. Can you tell us who you are and what happened?"

The man said expressionlessly, "Thank you for saving me, but I can't tell you my identity. I'm sure you're good people now, and I hope you can do me another favor."

Carissa replied, "Whatever you need, just tell me."

"I also want to go to Qin State, and I hope you can take me there."

"Junior Sister Carissa, what did he say?" After all, Zhong Wenyuan had not yet fully learned the Muhe grassland language, and the man spoke quickly and fluently, so he did not understand what he meant.

Carissa then repeated the conversation. Zhong Wenyuan immediately shook his head when he heard it. "That won't work. Tell him that if he wants to return to Qin with us, he must tell us his identity and background, as well as what happened. Otherwise, we won't take him. His enemies are powerful, and we can't afford to offend them."

"Take me to Qin State, and I will give you half of the treasure in this storage bag."

Zhong Wenyuan had long coveted the treasure in the storage bag and wanted to take it for himself, but he was worried that taking the storage bag would offend the forces behind this person and bring about a fatal disaster, so he had been suppressing his thoughts. Now, after hearing what he said, he still shook his head and said, "If we were greedy for money, we would have taken the storage bag long ago."

The man remained silent, but thinking of his current situation and his inability to move, he realized that if he stayed here, he might be discovered at any time, and then he would definitely die. So he said, "I am a descendant of Hussein. My father is Jin Mingle Hussein, a cousin of Adolf Hussein. My name is Apples Hussein."

When Carissa heard this, her face changed drastically.

Seeing this, Zhong Wenyuan hurriedly asked.

Carissa explained, "The Hussein family is the most powerful force in the eastern Muh Steppe. They have ruled the eastern Muh Steppe for thousands of years. Adolf Hussein is the current head of the Hussein family and the lord of the entire eastern Muh Steppe."

Zhong Wenyuan was stunned when he heard this. He thought that the man in front of him had a prominent family background, but he didn't expect him to be so noble.

(End of this chapter)