The Return of the Greatest Sect Leader
Chapter 41 ~ Eastern Forest

Although Deng Xue's appearance was harsh and intimidating, Deng Xue was actually a very gentle person. It could be seen from his actions while saving the little boy from Cheng Lei's anger.

Deng Xue was also a friendly person, so said the people living around her house. Deng Xue had lived alone for a long time. So when he passed out, no one else was guarding his house.

Li Yao and Tao Yuhan took the opportunity to infiltrate Deng Xue's house and checked her condition. Deng Xue's body looked fine. He only got a slight bruise on some parts of his body.

It took 3 hours before Deng Xue finally woke up. During that time, Li Yao and Tao Yuhan waited very patiently. After all, they needed information about the monster from Deng Xue.

The presence of Li Yao and Tao Yuhan inside the room shocked him, Deng Xue did not know the reason they were waiting for him to come to a realization. Wait a minute, doesn't that mean the two kids infiltrated his house?

"What are you doing in my room?" Deng Xue hurriedly interrogated them.

"Before we hunted the monster, the City Manager advised us to go see uncle," explained Li Yao unceremoniously.

"What?" Deng Xue could not believe the words of the unknown child before him.

"Are you guys crazy? Go home, that monster is too dangerous for kids like you!"

Twice Li Yao visited Deng Xue's tavern, she always used her disguise. That was why Deng Xue did not recognize the real Li Yao, a child.

"You can't go into someone else's house just as easily!" added Deng Xue, warning the two presumptuous children.

"Uncle, I am indeed crazy," Tao Yuhan said self-consciously. Li Yao glanced at the girl while giving her the code for her to keep her mouth shut.

"Did uncle underestimate me and him, because we were kids?" li Yao asked, he asked something certain.

"Of course!" deng Xue replied honestly.

"When we have obtained permission from the City Manager" Li Yao said, pointing out the official letter given by Fan Fu.

The letter was genuine, there was a stamp containing traces of Qi belonging to the Eastern Emperor. Deng Xue was stunned. Actually he had thought that these two children were playing tricks on him, but apparently they were really serious.

Why did Fan Fu give them permission to hunt down the monster? Deng Xue did not understand. They were just small children, there was no way they would return safely if they encountered such a dangerous monster.

At any rate, Li Yao and Tao Yuhan attempted to convince the colossal burly man.5 minutes, 10 minutes, 20 minutes passed, Deng Xue remained adamant that Li Yao and Tao Yuhan return to their sects.

Even as Tao Yuhan showed her ability, Deng Xue was stunned yet she still refused. Though at that time the ability of Tao Yuhan managed to surpass the expectations of Li Yao.

Having no other choice, the one thing Li Yao could do now was to bet. Li Yao only had one last way to convince Deng Xue, which was that he said he would still hunt the monster despite not getting any information from Deng Xue.

Li Yao turned around then walked over, followed Tao Yuhan from behind. The departure of the two little ones caused Deng Xue to panic. Without any information from him, facing the monster could be even more dangerous.

After stopping Li Yao and Tao Yuhan's steps, Deng Xue finally gave up and gave him all the information he knew about the monster.

***

The hunt will be conducted at night. Most monsters, wild animals, or demons are active when the sun has sunk. It was no exception with the monsters Li Yao and Tao Yuhan were about to hunt.

According to the information from Deng Xue, the monster had a normal human-like body shape. The difference with normal humans, the monster has a rough skin that peels black, as well as the color of its thin and messy fur.

The monster's eyes were fiery red, its entire teeth pointed as if it was ready to pounce on prey at any moment. The monster's cultivation level was estimated to match that of a mid-level celestial swordsman.

It has been 3 months since the presence of the monster terrorized local residents. In the past 1 month, the monster has rarely been seen in residential areas. Now the monster appears more often in the forest, but sometimes also appears near the big road.

It was no different from fighting Cheng Lei, a swordsman who had reached the realm of destroying fifth stage lives. Moreover, the strength of the monster could be higher.

The reason Deng Xue had informed Li Yao and Tao Yuhan of this information was so that the two of them would undo their intention to hunt down the monster.

When thinking logically, Li Yao currently did not have a chance to defeat the monster.

At the border of the Eastern Forest, Li Yao and Tao Yuhan stood looking at the towering large trees. Once again for the umpteenth time, Li Yao asked Tao Yuhan.

"Is my sister 16 years old?"

"Yes," Tao Yuhan replied with her usual flat tone.

"My body is growing late."

Whether it was a lie or not, now Li Yao did not care. Finishing those extremely short pleasantries, Li Yao again asked his concerns.

"Is Big Brother indeed able to fight a Sky Swordsman-level monster?"

"I can kill him!" tao Yuhan replied, impressed very confidently.

Tao Yuhan's self-confidence instead made Li Yao even more worried. Li Yao could not help but be skeptical of the girl's arrogant statement.

"Did Brother ever fight a celestial warrior?" asked Li Yao again.

"I've killed a few."

Let's just hope Tao Yuhan doesn't lie, Li Yao really hopes so.

"But Big Brother once lost against me" Li Yao reminded him.

"At that time I already knew your identity, so I wasn't serious about fighting you!"

Li Yao still wanted to argue with Tao Yuhan, but Tao Yuhan's answer still sounded quite logical.

Unable to resist himself from sighing, Li Yao glanced at Tao Yuhan then tried to look at his cultivation, remaining unsuccessful. Tao Yuhan's cultivation level was still a mystery to Li Yao.

"What is Brother's cultivation level?"

"I don't know."

Li Yao gave up.

"Please promise me that you won't run away when you face the monster!"

"Yes!"

They quickly entered the forest. Large trees with thick enough leaves sprouted scattered everywhere, covering the dark curtains that had been drawn by the sun.

As if welcoming the arrival of Li Yao and Tao Yuhan, an extremely powerful demonic Qi suddenly penetrated, dashing into their small bodies. That demonic Qi was coming from in front of them.

Li Yao then turned his head to the side and realized that Tao Yuhan had disappeared.