Chapter 413: The God Slayer Is an Old Friend
Early the next morning, when Ye Feng came out of his room with a large group of people, Hong Lian happened to push open her own door.
“Your friend…” Hong Lian was slightly stunned; she had no idea when Ye Feng’s friends had arrived.
“Mm,” Ye Feng nodded and introduced them to Pearl and the others behind him, “This is Hong Lian… and the one in her arms is Xiao Bai.”
“Hello everyone!” Hong Lian was very polite. Although she was dressed in men’s clothes, she spoke in a female voice in front of Pearl and the others.
Pearl, Long Yue, and the other women quickly became friendly with Hong Lian and joined in teasing Xiao Bai. Most women have no resistance to small pets.
“Let’s have some breakfast first!” Ye Feng suggested. In fact, Pearl and the others had eaten all kinds of food throughout the night—things he had bought from the Void Realm. He could only make three free purchases per day, but fortunately, a third-level domain power allowed him to buy countless foods in the Human Realm.
However, aside from Ye Feng and Pearl, Long Yue and the others had hardly tasted any food from the Demon Realm. In fact, in the Demon Realm, food wasn’t essential—even if one didn’t eat or drink for a million years, they wouldn’t starve or thirst. Food was a luxury there. Previously, Long Yue and the others had to work in small inns to obtain Demon Realm cores, which were not even enough for their own cultivation, let alone to buy such luxuries as food. Not to mention Yi Fan and the others, who were sent to the Refinement Realm right after being revived.
This was why Ye Feng suggested having breakfast here.
“Aren’t we going to look for the God Slayer?” Hong Lian asked curiously, looking at Ye Feng. After all, his purpose for coming to this city was to find the God Slayer. But now he seemed not to be in any hurry at all, which puzzled her.
“There are over 300 top-tier individuals in this city, seven semi-god-level fighters, two god-level beings, and one true god-level figure. Of course, these numbers exclude us,” Ye Feng said, sharing his statistics. “We have no idea what cultivation level the God Slayer has, what he looks like, or even what his characteristics are. Finding him will undoubtedly take a lot of effort. So, what we need to do now is wait.”
“You mean wait for him to show up on his own?” Hong Lian asked.
“That’s right. For someone like him, even if he doesn’t seek trouble, trouble will find him,” Ye Feng replied calmly.
“It seems you have a deep understanding of this,” Pearl said with a smile. She knew that Ye Feng had encountered similar situations many times before.
“We just need to wait patiently. As long as he’s in this city, it won’t be long before we get news of him.” Ye Feng walked over to the waiter. “We want a private room.”
“Sure,” the waiter immediately led Ye Feng and his group upstairs.
After giving the waiter a high-quality magic crystal as tip, Ye Feng’s voice woke the dazed waiter back to reality. “Tell me, where was that God of Murder last seen?”
“At the Imperial Heart Restaurant in the heart of the city!” The waiter answered instantly. Seeing that Ye Feng remained silent for a while, he asked awkwardly, “Is there anything else you need, sir?”
“If there’s any news about that God of Murder today, let us know right away!” Ye Feng nodded slightly and sat down at the round table.
The waiter left with great respect, making sure to close the sliding door of Ye Feng’s private room behind him.
It wasn’t long before breakfast was served. In fact, most food in the Demon Realm consisted of meat, and breakfast was no exception.
When Pearl and the others saw the table filled with meat similar to steaks, they immediately lost their appetite. After all, they had eaten magical beast meat for ten thousand years in the Refinement Realm and tried countless ways of preparing it, which made them feel nauseous at the sight of such meat.
“I’ll pass. I ate Dove chocolates for three hours last night, followed by Oreo for another three hours. I feel a bit full this morning…” Pearl seemed unfazed at all. “I’ll just have some soup.”
“Me too…” Long Yue and the others nodded as well.
“I’ll eat next time. I gnawed on pig’s trotters all night—braised, steamed, fried, boiled, stir-fried… I feel like vomiting at the sight of meat now…” Yi Fan covered his eyes.
“Aren’t any of you eating?” Hong Lian stared at Ye Feng and the others with wide eyes.
Ye Feng shrugged helplessly.
Seeing that no one picked up their chopsticks, Hong Lian placed Xiao Bai on the table. “Xiao Bai, eat it all!”
Hearing this, Xiao Bai immediately bit into the piece of meat closest to him…
Just as Xiao Bai was devouring the meat on the table, there was a knock at the door.
“Come in!”
The door opened, and it was the waiter.
“Sir, we have the information you wanted,” the waiter said excitedly. “The God of Killing was disturbed by several top-tier experts while having breakfast, and he killed all of them.”
“At Emperor’s Heart Restaurant?” Ye Feng narrowed his eyes slightly.
“Yes,” the waiter nodded quickly.
“Let’s go and take a look!” Ye Feng waved at Pearl and the others, tossed a top-quality magic crystal to the waiter, and led them away.
“Finish eating and follow later; I’ll go first!” Hong Lian patted Xiaobai’s head and left with Ye Feng and the others.
Xiaobai didn’t even lift his head, continuing to eat the food on the table.
The waiter glanced at Xiaobai before closing the private room door and leaving.
“Emperor’s Heart Restaurant—should be here, right?” Ye Feng saw a huge sign from afar.
A large crowd had gathered around, but no one dared approach; they could only watch from a distance.
Ye Feng and his group moved slowly. The powerful aura he carried made everyone in front of them voluntarily make way. After all, the aura of a peak True God was something cultivators from the Demon Realm couldn’t resist.
“It seems there’s going to be some interesting action!” Among the crowd were also many strong individuals. Upon sensing Ye Feng’s aura, they all looked on with anticipation, choosing to observe.
After entering the seemingly vacuum-like area ahead, the onlookers turned their attention to Ye Feng and his group.
“Emperor’s Heart Restaurant—must be here…” Ye Feng looked up at the sign, asking deliberately. The sign was so prominent that it could be seen even from a kilometer away. To outsiders, this seemed like a display of power.
But he didn’t care about that. He wanted to know who this God of Killing really was.
Under everyone’s gaze, the group stepped through the restaurant’s door and entered.
On the first floor of the entire hall, there was only one person—a tall man drinking leisurely. A hood on his black cloak covered his entire face.
Ye Feng walked over to the largest round table. After everyone sat down, he called out, “Waiter, bring two jars of wine.”
“That voice…” The man frowned and slowly turned his head. His movements suddenly stiffened.
Ye Feng and the others were also stunned.
“Brother Long?” Ye Feng was overjoyed. He never expected Brother Long to be in the Demon Realm as well.
“Xiao Feng?” The man in black lifted his hat, revealing a face that was unmistakably Long Tian’s—only his face was covered in stubble, his hair untidy, giving him a much older appearance. His originally somewhat despondent expression instantly turned into a smile. “And everyone else too…”
“Huh? Why isn’t there any fighting?” The onlookers outside couldn’t see what was happening inside, so they were curious why the god of killing, who slaughtered enemies like grass, hadn’t struck immediately. Not even the slightest energy fluctuation could be detected, which left them puzzled.
By this time, Ye Feng and the others had already found a private room to sit together.
“When did you ascend?” Ye Feng was also amazed by Long Tian’s speed of cultivation. He could clearly sense that Long Tian’s cultivation level had reached the peak of the semi-god tier. After all, even people like Zhen Zhu had rare talents—under a thousand times accelerated time, only Zhen Zhu had reached the semi-god tier, and that too only to the mid-stage. He couldn’t imagine how Long Tian had cultivated so fast.
“I’ve been ascended for over nine years now,” Long Tian said, feeling no need to hide anything from Ye Feng. “When I first ascended, I heard about your deeds and wanted to find you, but I couldn’t. At that time, my cultivation level was only that of a Spirit Immortal, and without financial support, it was difficult for me to travel long distances. It took me a while to gather a few magic crystals to teleport to this city. While hunting magical beasts in the wilderness, I accidentally entered an uninhabited secret realm. I obtained its inheritance and numerous treasures. I secluded myself for nine years until I came out a few days ago.”
“After coming out, I found out you’d been missing for ten years. I was worried that arriving in the City of Darkness would be in vain, so I came up with the idea of challenging you to make you seek me out. I knew that as long as you heard about someone challenging you, you’d definitely pay attention to me. Of course, even if you noticed me, you might not necessarily come after me. So, I had to prove my strength by killing some notorious strongmen so that my name would be known. Once you realized I had the strength to be a rival, you’d surely come after me without hesitation. It seems this plan worked well.”
“I heard you also entered a secret realm over these ten years?” Long Tian asked.
“Yeah, it took ten years before I was released,” Ye Feng nodded helplessly.
“Did you get any inheritance from that realm?” Long Tian asked eagerly.
“No. That realm was special—it could only pass its inheritance to one’s own descendants,” Ye Feng shrugged. “I didn’t meet that condition.”
“Oh, that’s a bit of a shame. But it’s okay; in a few days, another secret realm will open outside this city. We can all go and take a look then,” Long Tian said in a mysterious whisper.
“How do you know?” Ye Feng asked, puzzled.
“It’s a secret I can’t reveal…” Long Tian put his index finger to his lips, acting mysterious.
“Alright…” Ye Feng understood that everyone has their own secrets, and there’s no need to probe into some things. He only needed to know that he could trust Long Tian. As for anything else that Long Tian didn’t want to share, he wouldn’t press further—there was no need.