It wasn’t just Man Mountain and Wu Hao. The few youths with them had also been scared into fainting, and they toppled stiffly to the ground.
Su Mo stared at the people lying on the ground, his face a mask of confusion.
’What’s going on?’
He had just arrived, and Wu Hao, Man Mountain, and the others were already dead.
’Don’t tell me they were poisoned?’
Su Mo turned to Mu Qing and asked, "Did you guys offend someone?"
"No!"
Mu Qing was completely baffled.
Although they weren’t weak, they wouldn’t dare act arrogantly in a place teeming with geniuses like this. They hadn’t offended anyone.
"Then how did they die?"
Su Mo’s face was filled with disappointment.
He was in a new and unfamiliar place at Holy Spirit Manor and didn’t know a soul. He’d just wanted to find a couple of people to ask about the situation, but they died before he could even open his mouth.
’So damn unlucky.’
Just then, the Cyan Cloud Sparrow stepped forward to check on them. "Elder Su, there’s one here who’s still alive. He’s playing dead."
"What? Playing dead?"
Su Mo said, delighted, "Quick, wake him up! Ask him what’s going on."
The Cyan Cloud Sparrow shook Wu Hao vigorously. "Hey, get up! Didn’t you hear Elder Su calling you?"
Wu Hao wanted to cry but had no tears.
He had gone so far as to smash his head and bite his tongue, yet he had still been found out.
’What should I do?’
’Keep playing dead or get up?’
’But if I get up, what if Su Mo decides to kill me?’
When Wu Hao still didn’t move after a long while of shaking, the Cyan Cloud Sparrow said angrily, "You, surnamed Wu! If you don’t get your ass up right now, I’ll chop you into a million pieces and stew you in a hot pot!"
"Don’t, don’t, don’t!"
Terrified, Wu Hao shot up from the ground like a spring and hurried over to Su Mo, his face wreathed in smiles.
Just as he was feeling anxious, unsure of what to say, Su Mo exclaimed excitedly, "Brother Wu, you really are alive! That’s great! I was just getting bored and wanted to find someone to talk to."
"Ah..."
Wu Hao asked in surprise, "Elder Su, you... you’re not here to kill me?"
Su Mo asked, confused, "We have no grievance or enmity between us. Why would I kill you?"
"That’s good, that’s good!"
Wu Hao wiped away a cold sweat, walked over to Man Mountain, and stomped hard on his face. "You dead dog, stop faking it! Get up!"
"I was even foaming at the mouth! How did you know I was faking?"
Man Mountain asked as he scrambled up.
Wu Hao shot Man Mountain a look. "Foaming at the mouth is nothing. I smashed my head open and was spitting blood, and I still couldn’t fool them."
"Greetings, Elder Su."
Man Mountain came before Su Mo and gave him a deep bow.
Su Mo asked, puzzled, "Why were you guys playing dead? Did you run into some enemy?"
Man Mountain scratched his head and explained awkwardly, "We don’t have any enemies... It’s just... just that after we saw you, Elder Su..."
Hearing this, Su Mo finally understood.
’So these two were deliberately playing dead to avoid me.’
’Damn it!’
’Am I really that scary?’
Su Mo pointed at the few youths on the ground and asked speechlessly, "Them too? Are they also playing dead?"
"No, they fainted from being scared by you."
Wu Hao explained.
When the youths saw Man Mountain and Wu Hao playing dead, they thought the two had actually been scared to death and fainted on the spot.
After a good while of effort, the two managed to wake the youths up, then they gave Su Mo an embarrassed smile.
Mu Qing grumbled in a low voice, "Damn, you two are really something else. Why didn’t you tell me earlier that Elder Su was so dangerous?"
"We did tell you. You were the one who didn’t believe us and wanted to go test him out."
Man Mountain and Wu Hao replied, speechless.
Mu Qing gave an embarrassed smile.
In truth, he couldn’t really be blamed.
No one would believe such an incredible story just by hearing it.
Unless they saw it with their own eyes.
Mu Qing said, "Actually, you two have misjudged Elder Su. He’s a good person, not as outrageous as you described."
"We agree with that!"
The two of them nodded.
It was because Su Mo had killed Ouyang Cheng and annihilated the Celestial Moon Sect that they had mistakenly thought he was cruel and ruthless.
Only after actually interacting with him did they discover that Su Mo was very easy to get along with and didn’t put on the airs of an expert at all.
Man Mountain asked respectfully, "Elder Su, have you eaten yet?"
"No!"
Su Mo replied.
He had rushed all the way here for the Holy Spirit Assembly and had only just finished registering. He hadn’t had a chance to eat yet.
Man Mountain said excitedly, "A chance encounter is better than a formal invitation! Since you haven’t eaten, Elder Su, and we’re all hungry too, why don’t you do us the honor of letting us treat you to a big meal?"
"Sure!"
Su Mo agreed without a second thought.
Hearing this, the group’s faces lit up with excitement.
In their eyes, being able to eat with such an incredible powerhouse was an immense honor.
Mu Qing quickly said, "I know a good tavern. Let’s go there."
"Alright!"
The group headed to the tavern together.
On the way, Man Mountain asked curiously, "Elder Su, this lord by your side is...?"
The others also looked at the Cyan Cloud Sparrow with curiosity.
For some reason, they all felt that the green-robed youth before them was very dangerous, even a little terrifying.
Su Mo said casually, "That’s Little Queque, my mount. You and Wu Hao have met it before."
"We have?"
Man Mountain and Wu Hao were completely bewildered.
The Cyan Cloud Sparrow picked up the conversation. "That’s right, we met at the Beast Taming Sect. I was still a Tier Four Demon Beast back then."
"Holy shit, you’re a Demon Beast!"
Man Mountain and Wu Hao were scared out of their wits. They clearly hadn’t expected the youth before them to be a Transformed Great Demon.
The Cyan Cloud Sparrow announced proudly, "I’m already a Tier Five Great Demon now, approaching Great Perfection. That’s comparable to a Half-Step Martial King among you humans."
HISS...
Mu Qing and the others gasped sharply, so stunned they were dumbfounded, their jaws nearly hitting the floor.
’A Half-Step Martial King as a mount?’
’Is that something a human can even do?’
...
Just after the group left, two figures descended from the sky, frowning at the sight of Chen Ge buried up to his waist in the ground.
The leading elder asked, "Go take a look. Is he still alive?"
"Yes!"
The middle-aged man ran to Chen Ge’s side and, after a careful inspection, said, "Reporting to the Elder, Chen Ge is still alive. He’s not in any serious danger."
Hearing this, the elder’s brow furrowed instantly.
Only his head was above ground while the rest of his body had been smashed into the earth. ’And you call that "not in any serious danger"?’
The elder went forward to inspect him personally.
The next moment, he was shocked.
Aside from a few superficial wounds, Chen Ge really wasn’t in any serious danger. He didn’t even have many broken bones.
’How was this even possible?’
The elder woke Chen Ge up.
Chen Ge shouted in a panic, "Don’t kill me, don’t kill me! I’ll call you ’daddy,’ how about that?"
"’Call me daddy’?"
The elder’s face darkened. "Nonsense! I’m old enough to be your grandfather! Take a good look at who I am!"
"You’re... Elder Linan?"
Chen Ge breathed a sigh of relief.
Elder Linan asked sternly, "Speak. What happened? Who dug a pit and buried you in it?"
"Well..."
Chen Ge said awkwardly, "Reporting to Elder Linan, I wasn’t buried in a pit someone dug. I was slapped into the ground with a single palm strike."
"What? You were slapped into the ground with a single palm strike?"
Li Nan was utterly dumbfounded.