White-Robed Chief

Chapter 1005: Exposed

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Chu Li looked at Li Ruolan in resignation.

When a person’s beliefs and principles were involved, there was really nothing he could do.

Since she had chosen this kind of life for herself, he could not force her to change just because of the danger involved in this situation. After all, she was not his woman.

Lu Zhen said, “Junior Brother Zhao, I know that you like Junior Sister Li and that it’s because you care about her too much that you’ve done this. However, we’re both patrols, so we must not back away when we’re facing a dangerous situation. Anyway, we’re not as fragile and delicate as you imagine.”

Li Ruolan turned to give Lu Zhen a glare.

Chu Li frowned and thought about this for a moment. Then, he took out two jade tags from his inner pocket and gave each of them a jade tag. “Keep this on you. When your life is in danger, smash it.”

He had made a firm resolution to take a risk and use God’s Limbs when necessary. If that ever happened, he would tell them that he had been following them the whole time.

It was truly risky for him to use God’s Limbs. Only a few people in the world had successfully cultivated God’s Limbs, and these people were all monks from the Titanium Temple, except for Chu Li. Once others noticed him performing it, his identity would almost certainly be exposed.

Li Ruolan happily received the jade tag from him. “Okay, I’ll smash it to pieces the moment I fall into a dangerous situation. We’ll get going now!”

Lu Zhen took the jade tag and examined it for a few moments before stuffing it into her inner pocket with a smile. “Junior Brother Zhao, once we complete our mission this time, we’ll be back to visit you!”

Chu Li nodded.

With this jade tag, he would be able to instantly go to them whenever they were in danger. It would seem more or less like he had been secretly following them there. Now, he could put his mind to rest a little.

Li Ruolan stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder while chuckling softly and said, “As for you... Well, you should calm down a little and stop making the Saint angry. The Saint is almost running out of patience with you. Behave yourself for now.”

Chu Li replied, “I’m being on my best behavior right now.”

“In that case, stop killing people and stirring up trouble,” Li Ruolan said impatiently. “The Holy Church of Light has to work together with the other three sects to deal with the Qiu Dynasty. After what you’ve done, what would the White Tiger Sect think? The consequences are too huge!”

Chu Li frowned and nodded.

Of course, he knew that he should not be stirring up trouble. However, because of his detached mentality, he felt that he should kill those who deserved to die anyway, so he had not given the situation too much thought.

He also never expected the Saint to send people over to assist him despite still being angry at him. She had initially planned to give him the cold shoulder for some time. However, after what had happened, it seemed like she might have completely given up on him out of disappointment.

As he watched the two women glide away, Chu Li shook his head.

Moving around in the martial arts world was like dancing with death. No matter how strong their martial arts were, they could still risk losing their lives if they were unlucky. Life and death were predetermined by fate whereas riches and honor were matters of destiny. Could it be that everything had been predestined in life?

He took a deep breath and suppressed the ominous feeling in his heart before leaving his residence to wander around Gale City and drive away his depressing thoughts.

So what if he had strong martial arts? He could not manipulate the thoughts of others anyway. This was all because he did not have enough power and influence over the situation. A man could not go without power and influence for even a day!

Gale City was especially lively at night, and the brightly lit avenue bustled with noise and excitement. Most civilians needed to work during the day, so they would usually bring their families out at night to stroll around and relax.

The Phoenix Goddess Brothel seemed even livelier.

However, Chu Li did not feel like going in. Without Yue Ru and Bai Feng there, the Phoenix Goddess Brothel had lost its appeal and felt rather unfamiliar to him.

He had just passed by the Phoenix Goddess Brothel when his expression suddenly changed.

His Omniscient Mirror had fleetingly scanned Elder Song’s residence by chance.

His body swayed slightly and he glided away like the wind. When he appeared in Elder Song’s residence, he found Elder Song lying on the ground. The man had been dead for quite a while.

He did not touch Elder Song’s body but merely stood beside the corpse to examine it more closely.

His vital organs had been shattered in one go. Chu Li could tell that Elder Song had been killed by the White Tiger Killing Skill in one blow.

Clearly, the White Tiger Sect had done this. Could they have found out already that Elder Song had leaked the White Tiger Power?

A sense of alertness rose in his heart and caused him to look around and examine his surroundings.

He spotted only a few martial arts masters within the observational field of his Omniscient Mirror. Then, his gaze suddenly froze. There had not been many people around Elder Song’s residence. He noticed only an old beggar squatting at the end of an alley.

In the backstreets of Elder Song’s residence, there was another beggar squatting at a street corner.

These two beggars looked old and clumsy, and their movements were slow and labored. As they emitted no killing intent and did not seem to possess any martial art, they were the most ordinary-looking people ever. That was why he had not paid much attention to them before this. However, at that moment, he sensed something wrong with them and so decided to circulate his Omniscient Mirror with more force to read their minds.

He shot out of Elder Song’s residence abruptly through the back door.

The two beggars began moving simultaneously. Their body movement technique was lightning-fast. Soon, they were about to catch up to him.

Their inner energy did not fluctuate at all, which made them seem like ordinary people who did not know any martial art. Nonetheless, these two ordinary-looking people were moving at an incredible and formidable speed. They were moving even faster than him.

He did not dare to use his divine powers, so he could only pour everything he had into performing the Time Steps. He dashed around to avoid getting surrounded by both of them and then charged away in a different direction.

With their superb body movement technique, the two old men managed to catch up to him in the blink of an eye. Their tattered and dirty clothing fluttered about in the wind while they gave off a murderous vibe.

He had already found out their purpose in coming here.

The White Tiger Sect had found something odd about the way Zheng Yanwu had died. It did not make sense that a centenarian master like him would die so soundlessly. Thus, they suspected that there was something wrong with Elder Song. After being captured and interrogated by them, Elder Song came clean about everything. That was how they had found out that Chu Li had acquired the legacy of the White Tiger Power.

Previously, when Chu Li had killed all those disciples of White Tiger Sect, they did not really take it to heart. After all, it was hard for martial arts sect disciples to avoid getting involved in fights and risking their lives. However, when Chu Li acquired this legacy of the White Tiger Sect, it involved the very foundation of the White Tiger Sect, and they could never tolerate this.

It was still okay if only Chu Li alone had learned the White Tiger Power, but if the Holy Church of Light acquired the White Tiger Power through him, the destruction of the White Tiger Sect would then be close at hand, and that was the scariest part. In any case, they had to kill Chu Li.

These two old men were, in fact, centenarian masters who had been living in seclusion.

He made an abrupt turn while he was still in mid-air and changed his direction again. Two men who had disguised themselves as merchants were rushing directly toward him from two hundred meters away to launch a joint attack on him with the two beggars. The White Tiger Sect had not dispatched two centenarian masters but four of them!

He became nervous as he recalled what had happened when he had previously tried to rescue King Ping.

These centenarian masters were far more powerful than his assumed identity of Zhao Dahe, so he would not be able to ward them off.

If he had made preparations beforehand to use the Single Slice of the Universe, he would be able to ward off one centenarian master but not four of them in one go, so he would still lose anyway.

Now, since he was not prepared for this situation at all and could not use his God’s Limbs, the only thing he could do was to run for his life.

The four men had come together to surround him, but before they managed to place him under siege, he had escaped and proceeded to run back toward Gale City with the four of them hot on his trail. He wanted to let everyone know about the presence of these four people so that these men would be afraid of the consequences.

Once word got out that four centenarian masters from the White Tiger Sect had come out of seclusion to hunt down a branch leader, the Holy Church of Light would definitely not let this matter drop, so the White Tiger Sect had to take into account the consequences of this matter as well.

He glided to the top of the Phoenix Goddess Brothel and shouted, “The White Tiger Sect is extremely despicable. Come and get me then!”

The four men glided over to him and Chu Li launched a Divine Light Fist.

They easily blocked his attack without reducing their speed.

Chu Li swung both his hands and shot out two flying blades.

“Ding, ding...” As the two beggars each threw a punch and brought down the flying blades; their tattered clothes fluttered about.

Chu Li’s Light Blade contained an incredibly destructive force, so they could not take it lightly. However, since they were already wearing their treasured armor, as long as they remained alert, they did not have to fear the Light Blade. Nonetheless, they were still being very careful in defending themselves against the Light Blade.

“Roar, roar...” The four of them each launched a white tiger silhouette.

These four white tiger silhouettes were extremely fast and were much harder to deal with compared to his four opponents. The tiger silhouettes caught up to Chu Li in an instant.

Chu Li joined his palms and formed a tiger silhouette, which seemed as vivid as a real baby tiger. Although the tiger silhouette was only the size of a fist, it exuded an intense air of power and dominance. It growled like a young tiger but carried quite a strong and imposing aura as it pounced on one of the approaching tiger silhouettes.

“Tsh...” With a soft noise, Chu Li’s tiger silhouette destroyed one approaching tiger silhouette and immediately charged toward the remaining three tiger silhouettes.