Chapter 760 -15: Zhao Gongming, Tamer of the Evil God
With Qiong Xiao leading the way and giving introductions all along, Bi Xiao’s eyes never left the various strange items in the hands of the vendors by the roadside.
From the most basic necessities of food, clothing, housing, and travel, to small Magical Artifacts whose entertainment value far surpassed their practical use.
Sharp-eyed as she was, Bi Xiao even spotted some rare Exotic Beasts, likewise laid out by the roadside waiting for buyers, among which were even intelligent beings with tears in their eyes.
“This… there’s no one in charge of this?”
Perhaps influenced by Luo Qiao, Bi Xiao clearly could not accept this kind of trafficking in intelligent beings.
Although she had listened to Luo Qiao’s talks as well, Qiong Xiao simply did not possess Bi Xiao’s kind of unnecessary compassion.
“Who’s supposed to them? The Longbo Giants?”
Without even turning her head, Qiong Xiao, walking in front, countered like this.
“Didn’t you notice that all the way here we haven’t seen a single Longbo Giant?”
“Their population is really too small; they simply can’t take care of everything.”
“This port only nominally belongs to the ‘Longbo Kingdom’, but in reality it has always been in a semi-independent state.”
Without slowing her steps, Qiong Xiao continued at the same even pace.
“But you don’t need to overthink it, those human traffickers won’t be arrogant for long.”
“Didn’t you see all their stalls are set up near the exit, looking like they’re ready to bolt at any moment?”
“Once some member of the Three-Eyed Race notices them, they’ll naturally be taken care of in passing.”
Hearing this, Bi Xiao blinked in slight bewilderment.
“The Three-Eyed Race actually this kind of thing?”
Qiong Xiao couldn’t help but chuckle, then spoke again to explain.
“Otherwise, what do you think people call them ‘Three-Eyed Holy Demons’ for?”
“They’re a bunch of ruthless types who can’t tolerate even a grain of sand in their eyes; even our eldest sister once suffered in their hands.”
Looking at Qiong Xiao’s back with a strange expression, Bi Xiao muttered under her breath.
“Can’t tolerate sand in their eyes? Ruthless types?”
“Why does it sound like you’re giving a self-introduction?”
In Bi Xiao’s heart, it was Qiong Xiao, so swift and decisive, who seemed more like the kind of ruthless type who couldn’t tolerate any sand in her eyes.
As for why she was now turning a blind eye to those intelligent beings with tears in their eyes—
It was purely because Qiong Xiao did not think that was something worth meddling in.
After all, outside the Hundred Lands Mountain Range, this kind of law-of-the-jungle situation was what counted as normal.
Qiong Xiao was simply shaped by this broader environment and naturally formed this sort of outlook on life and the world.
By contrast, it was Bi Xiao, who hadn’t had much contact with the outside world, who possessed more compassion and empathy.
Bang!
Just as the two sisters were chatting, a sound of flesh slamming into a wall suddenly rang out.
Following the sound with their eyes, they saw the previously noisy marketplace abruptly fall silent, and the dense crowd up ahead was split apart by an invisible force.
“Didn’t I tell you all before?”
“If I ever see you making and selling fake goods here again, I will definitely not spare you!”
Accompanied by a deep, resonant voice, a burly man over eight feet tall appeared before the crowd.
The man’s entire body was packed with bulging muscles, his skin black as ink.
Only his pair of eyes flashed with a strange gleam, as if containing some invisible majesty.
Anyone swept by his gaze instinctively lowered their heads, not daring to meet his eyes for even a second.
Behind the burly man, a black tiger was lazily yawning, its front paws still pinning down an Alien Race being who was half-human, half-beast.
“Crap! It’s that brute again!”
“Run! Zhao Gongming is here!”
…
After a brief moment of silence, wails and screams erupted from the previously quiet crowd.
Among them, the ones selling intelligent lifeforms ran the fastest, almost instantly dashing out of the square.
Some of the more hot-headed ones even took to the air and dove straight into the sea, abandoning their own stalls.
“Huh?”
Noticing the intelligent beings the vendors had left behind.
Zhao Gongming’s brows suddenly furrowed, and his already imposing face turned even more terrifying.
“Profound Altar!”
With just a soft shout.
The black tiger behind Zhao Gongming leapt in perfect tacit understanding, vaulting over the crowd as it pounced toward those fleeing vendors.
Immediately after, Zhao Gongming took the [Qiankun Bag] from his waist and opened it toward the sky.
In the blink of an eye, a length of golden [Dragon-Binding Rope] shot out, splitting into dozens of copies in midair that streaked after those vendors.
“You bastards, this time I’m definitely going to butcher you all!”
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“…”
Watching Zhao Gongming’s departing back, Bi Xiao remained dazed for a long time.
Only when Qiong Xiao gave her a light push did Bi Xiao, still somewhat absent-minded, turn her head to look at her elder sister.
“I… I didn’t see that wrong just now, did I?”
“That black tiger… seemed to be an Evil God? An Evil God being commanded by a human?”
Nodding to affirm Bi Xiao’s words, Qiong Xiao likewise stared at Zhao Gongming’s receding figure as she spoke.
“You didn’t see wrong. The Three-Eyed Race really did tame an Evil God.”
At this, Bi Xiao was instantly stunned.
“He’s from the Three-Eyed Race?”
Glancing around them, Qiong Xiao quietly explained to Bi Xiao.
“Who else?”
“Aside from the Three-Eyed Race, who else could tame an Evil God?”
“Aside from the Three-Eyed Race, who else could casually toss out so many Magical Treasures?”
Bi Xiao opened her mouth, wanting to say something, and fumbled awkwardly at the spot between her brows, but for a moment truly didn’t know what to say.
Fortunately, after so many years as sisters, Qiong Xiao saw through her thoughts at a glance.
“You’re wondering about his eyes?”
“It’s not like every member of the Three-Eyed Race likes to keep their third eye open.”
“It’s normal you don’t know, since this is your first time seeing a real Three-Eyed Race member.”
“For the vast majority of the Three-Eyed Race, their third eye is not an ordinary eye, but a unique Innate Divine Power.”
“That is a true Celestial Eye. Besides the basic functions of a Thousand-Mile Eye and X-ray vision, that Celestial Eye can also perceive the flow of Primordial Qi.”
“It’s said that some powerful members of the Three-Eyed Race can even use that Celestial Eye to cast Magical Divine Powers.”
Here, Qiong Xiao’s voice paused slightly.
“I haven’t seen it with my own eyes, but our eldest sister once crossed hands with a member of the Three-Eyed Race.”
“That Three-Eyed Race member relied on the Celestial Eye to severely wound her, and she had to recuperate for over half a year to recover.”
Hearing this, Bi Xiao immediately forgot about questioning Zhao Gongming and instead stared at Qiong Xiao in disbelief as she asked:
“Why would our eldest sister fight someone from the Three-Eyed Race?”
“She’s such a good person, and so gentle—did that Three-Eyed Race guy do something bad!?”
Qiong Xiao shook her head, looking slightly at a loss; clearly she didn’t know the ins and outs of the whole affair either.
“That I don’t know. There seems to have been some misunderstanding in the middle?”
“Anyway, that’s what Eldest Sister said, and she never seemed inclined to seek revenge afterward.”
“From what I know of her personality, I feel like she was probably the one in the wrong.”
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