My family tree hollow connects to the modern era : Chapter 15

By the time Jiang Lin brought Bai Zhizhi to the scene, the commotion near the stream was considerable. Spiritual energy fluctuations and ability user auras were flying everywhere, and it was obvious a fight had broken out.

Jiang Lin frowned slightly. He had asked Xiao Yu to hurry over precisely hoping to avoid a fight. How had they still ended up fighting?

Bai Zhizhi, who had been playing a game, heard the noise and was very curious about the battle situation there. Seeing that Jiang Lin could only run and not fly, he said, “I’ll go take a look first.”

After speaking, he stuffed his phone into his pocket and whooshed away, flying off in an instant.

Jiang Lin hurriedly shouted, “Don’t you start fighting!”

The only response was the shaking of treetops, and he had no idea whether the little fox had heard him.

Bai Zhizhi was simply curious and was not looking for trouble. The fighting among humans had nothing to do with him. Watching the excitement was enough.

He flew to the very top of the trees, where he could just see the situation in the stream clearly. There was actually another Xian Yu here, except this one was much smaller than the one at Fulu House, less than two meters long. But the Xian Yu at Fulu House had been fed meat, while this one was fed by spiritual energy, so its cultivation was far beyond what the Fulu House fish could compare to.

The first to discover the Xian Yu were He’er’s people. When they saw there was actually a strange red fish here, they acted without thinking, wanting to catch it. They had seen the strange fish from Fulu House on the hot search. It was enormous, and when they dragged the fish away they used a big truck to transport it. This one was much smaller, so they underestimated the danger of this one.

As soon as their man made a move, the Xian Yu smacked him hard across the face with a flick of its tail.

A fish with cultivation and naturally great strength. With one tail flick, it directly sent the ability user who could not dodge in time flying. He crashed into a tree and broke it, then lay on the ground, his condition unknown.

The others immediately rushed over. At first they still wanted to capture it alive. Such a fish clearly carrying spiritual energy and cultivation was more valuable alive than dead.

But soon they could not worry about capturing it alive anymore. Both sides were fighting over it, and the Xian Yu was indiscriminately attacking everyone who intruded into its territory.

Beasts were naturally stronger than humans. With equal cultivation, a demon beast could completely crush a human.

Although the Xian Yu in the stream was only at the third or fourth level of Qi Refinement, if it really came to a fight, it could completely hold its own against a human at Foundation Building level.

When Bai Zhizhi flew to the treetops to watch the fun, the Xian Yu was using its long slender body to wrap around a golden haired and blue eyed human, dragging him into the water.

That person did not know how to hold his breath. As he struggled, he kept inhaling water. Although the stream was not deep, it was still about chest deep on a person. Being dragged down by the fish like this, he simply could not climb up.

He’er directly gathered lightning power and sent it into the water, trying to knock the Xian Yu unconscious.

Bai Zhizhi had learned about ability users from Lin Xiaoyang. They were a group of people who were relatively sensitive to the five elements. Their cultivation method also focused on the one of the five elements they were most attuned to. For example, He’er was a mutant of the five elements, a lightning type ability user.

Unfortunately, this lightning power was too weak. The Xian Yu, which already had cultivation, had fish scales that were its strongest protection. This bit of lightning hitting it was no different than scratching an itch.

Amidst the chaos, the ability user wrapped up by the Xian Yu was growing weaker. Perhaps he had hit a stone in the stream, or perhaps the fish’s body was constricting him too tightly. The ability user began spitting blood from his mouth. The blood quickly mixed into the water and was diluted, vanishing from sight.

But with the water stained by blood, the Xian Yu was further provoked into a frenzy. Its long snake like body wrapped around the human, and its massive tail casually swept. The hard stones in the water were instantly smashed to pieces.

The human cultivators on the side also seemed to be trying hard to save the person. Some people in front were attracting the Xian Yu’s attention, while others attacked the Xian Yu’s tail, creating opportunities for He’er and his people to save the man.

It was obvious they were wasting their effort. Unless the person wrapped by the Xian Yu died, the Xian Yu would absolutely not let go. And the people in front attracting the Xian Yu’s attacks were also sent flying by a violent collision.

Bai Zhizhi saw two people sent flying by fierce spiritual energy, and shook his head. These people had not figured out the Xian Yu’s weak points before attacking randomly. Escaping death was sheer luck.

When he looked again, among the two people sent flying, there was someone he knew. It was Yue Zhihuan’s older brother. Last night he had helped him clear a game level.

So Bai Zhizhi reached out and grabbed, intercepting Yue Yanting in midair. The other person had no one to intercept him, and after flying out he crashed straight into a tree, grimacing in pain and unable to get up for a long time.

Yue Yanting only felt a sudden binding around his waist. After a dizzying spin, his entire body was suspended in midair by a white silk ribbon. The other end of the white silk was held by the little fox sitting on a treetop.

Bai Zhizhi gave a light shake, and the white silk wrapped around Yue Yanting’s waist loosened. The unprepared Yue Yanting fell to the ground with a splat. Luckily it was not very high, so falling like this did not hurt much.

Xiao Yu, who was directing the fight, followed the white silk being pulled back and looked up, only then discovering there was actually someone above.

That person sat in a relaxed posture on the treetop, as if weightless. Amid the lush greenery, he looked ethereal and spirit like, beautiful to the point of not seeming real.

Before Xiao Yu could speak, he saw Yue Yanting, who had gotten up from the ground, shout, “Zhizhi, why are you up there? Where is Brother Jiang?”

Bai Zhizhi pointed in another direction. “He is on his way over from that side.”

Poor humans could not fly, so they could only run over slowly.

Xiao Yu looked at Yue Yanting. “Who is he?”

Yue Yanting said, “The newcomer at the courtyard. He is following Brother Jiang now.”

He did not say that Zhizhi was a fox spirit. A fox spirit’s identity was better not casually revealed. If someone harbored ill intentions, it would only cause trouble.

A thunderous boom pulled their attention away from Bai Zhizhi. Turning toward the sound, they saw the ability user wrapped by the Xian Yu being thrown off. The force of the throw was so great that he broke two or three trees in succession. The person who fell to the ground lay in a terribly twisted posture. Without even going over to look, they knew this person was probably already dead beyond saving.

He’er’s side had lost one person, and another was severely injured on the ground with unknown chances of survival. Enraged, his eyes turned red. He no longer cared about value. He unleashed his full power and went in for the kill against the Xian Yu.

Several huge bangs startled the birds in the forest into flying everywhere. Bai Zhizhi also curiously looked down, wanting to see what was making the noise.

He saw He’er holding something in his hand, aiming at the Xian Yu splashing in the stream and firing several times.

Although the Xian Yu’s fish scales were hard, its cultivation was not high. It could resist some spiritual energy damage, but this kind of lethal physical damage was obviously something it had not yet cultivated enough to defend against.

Soon the stream was dyed red. The injured Xian Yu fell into complete frenzy. With a flip, it leaped out of the stream and opened its mouth, screeching.

Everyone felt their heads buzz, as if they had been hit by a blunt blow, dizzy and disoriented. Right at that moment, several spirit talismans were scattered down. Before they even hit the ground, they were drawn by spiritual energy into forming a large array.

Spiritual light flowed, and runes appeared. The Xian Yu suppressed inside the large array struggled madly.

Jiang Lin put power into his feet, leaping onto the Xian Yu’s body. Spiritual light flashed in his hand, and a long sword suddenly appeared. He stabbed fiercely, nailing the Xian Yu’s tail dead to the ground.

With its tail pinned, the Xian Yu lost its mobility. In pain, it thrashed wildly, twisting its body and opening its fish mouth to reveal sharp fangs, wanting to bite at Jiang Lin.

Seeing this, Xiao Yu immediately shouted, “Xu Mo!”

Xu Mo, who had long been prepared, had his team members spread out to cast a net.

This net was not an ordinary net either. It was woven from special materials, and array formations were inscribed on it.

Bai Zhizhi, still sitting in the tree, clearly felt a power that suppressed demon beasts pouring out from the large net they spread open. Looking at the Xian Yu again, sure enough, it could not endure the array’s suppression. Soon it exhausted its strength and went limp on the shore.

Jiang Lin waited for them to inject enough anesthetic into the Xian Yu, confirming that this fish could not cause any more waves, before he put away his sword.

He’er hurriedly checked on his people. The one wrapped by the Xian Yu was already dead. The other one had hit so hard that his entire waist was twisted at a strange angle. Although he was still breathing, with injuries like this, the outlook was grim.

He had brought five people, and two were lost in this moment. It could be said his losses were heavy.

Xiao Yu said, “Rescue is already on the way. Use whatever healing medicine you have on him. Maybe you can still keep him alive.”

He’er’s face was dark and cold. He glanced at the person lying on the ground with his last breath. With a raise of his hand, a bolt of lightning power struck him, simply giving him a quick end.

He’er’s action stunned everyone present. The man was not dead yet. As an ability user, his physical qualities were already stronger than ordinary people. Moreover, the medicines cultivators used were spirit medicines. As long as he was breathing, he could be saved. This man did not even try to save him, just directly finished him off. That was too ruthless.

He’er withdrew his hand and said coldly, “A useless person is not worth wasting spirit medicine on.”

A guy who had already reached such an age and was only at the initial stage of ability. If he died, he died.

Bai Zhizhi in the tree covered his mouth, his eyes widening in shock. Humans were truly ruthless. They would kill even their own people without hesitation.

Out of the corner of his eye, he glimpsed a pink and shiny thing flashing past in the stream. Bai Zhizhi flew directly down from the tree, skimming over the stream surface. He picked up a palm sized stone from the water, then tapped his toes lightly on the water surface and floated lightly to Jiang Lin’s side.

Happily holding up the stone, he gestured, “Jiang Lin, I found it. Pay me!”

The others did not immediately understand what he meant. Jiang Lin understood. Looking at the stone in his hand, honestly he did not see anything special, nor did he sense any special spiritual energy fluctuations. But with foreign ability users present right now, it was clearly not convenient to speak openly.

Jiang Lin was about to respond, telling him to put the stone away and they would talk later, when he saw Bai Zhizhi slap the stone with his palm. Spiritual energy shook, and the stone’s outer shell directly cracked and split into pieces, revealing a lump of pink crystal inside.

As the pink crystal was revealed, a vast burst of spiritual energy also erupted.

Everyone present changed their expressions.

Bai Zhizhi tossed aside the useless stone shell, and held out the lump of water spirit crystal wrapped in dense spiritual energy toward Jiang Lin. “Here. Give me money!”