Chapter 15: Disguise as a Tiger and Eat a Pig

  Those people with an aura of prestige are heading in the direction of Tianqian Village! At this time, Huo Ran's first thought was that these people were very likely to be the 'Immortals' mentioned by the villagers, who demanded tribute money! In short, they were just minor cultivators, but in the eyes of ordinary people, they were still unattainable!

  A distance of ten li was just a matter of a cup of tea for cultivators. When Huo Ran arrived at the entrance of Tianqian Village, he saw that the three men were acting arrogantly and domineeringly in front of the villagers, pointing fingers and even wanting to use force!

  "Stop!"

  Huo Ran let out a loud whoop and flashed in front of the villagers, facing off against the three men.

  The combination of these three is also interesting, one is exceptionally tall but extremely thin; one is particularly short but has a big belly and waist; the other's height and build are normal, except that he is missing an arm, leaving an empty sleeve fluttering in the wind.

  "Who are you, daring to be so insolent in front of us three? Are you tired of living?" The tall and thin man with a voice like a male duck's quacked, putting on an expression that said he was very angry and the consequences would be severe.

  The villagers on the side had already prepared to take a beating, but at the critical moment, they saw Huo Ran walking away and couldn't help but ignite a glimmer of hope in their hearts. This young brother Huo can even cure that strange illness of Yuanyuan's, he must be an immortal!

  At this time, they all hoped that Horan could force these three people back.

  Turning back to see the villagers' hopeful gaze, Huo Ran smiled faintly at them, indicating that they didn't need to worry. Then, he glanced sideways at the three of them and said, "People from the Mu family!"

  Facing three fellow Quadruplet Realm cultivators, Huo Ran didn't have the confidence to win either, and could only hope that by relying on the prestige of the Mu clan, these three would retreat in the face of difficulty.

  "What? The Mu family?" The short, fat man stretched out his greasy hand to wipe away the fine sweat that had seeped onto his forehead. His small eyes darted back and forth, as if searching for something. And when his two companions heard the words "Mu family", their faces also changed suddenly.

  Seeing the reactions of the three people, Huo Ran coldly sneered: "You have a big dog's guts, actually daring to collect money everywhere!"

  "Boom! Boom! Boom!"

  Three successive thuds of kneeling echoed, and the three men were frightened by a sudden sentence, their whole body trembling, knocking their heads non-stop, begging for mercy: "Sir, spare our lives, sir, spare our lives! We three are not like you, born into a prestigious family, with nothing to worry about. To survive, we can only continue to cultivate and collect money from these ordinary people... Please, sir, don't make it difficult for us..."

  "Are you having a hard time?" At this moment, He Ran had not spoken yet, but the old black man behind him took a step forward. His dark face was like charcoal, and when he heard the three men's words, his face showed indignation: "You guys who bully the weak and fear the strong, have you forgotten how you treated us when we couldn't pay our taxes? Now you want to ask Brother He not to make things difficult for you? Hmm..." The old black man paused here, looking at He Ran whose expression had changed: "Brother He, aren't you a member of the Mu family? Why are you surnamed He?"

  When Old Hei said this, several villagers kept giving him meaningful glances, but unfortunately, Old Hei just didn't understand what they meant.

  Rumbling!

  The three of them stood up simultaneously, their faces extremely unsightly, as if they had just found out that someone had slept with their own daughter-in-law.

  "Hmm!" Seeing the three of them, Huo Ran suddenly gestured with one hand behind his back to signal the villagers to retreat, while saying: "Must all members of the Mu family be surnamed Mu? If you don't believe me, you can follow me back to the Mu residence. Only then..."

  Huoran didn't continue speaking, but the threatening implication in his words was self-evident.

  The three of them hesitated again, what the Mu family was, they were very clear about it. Not to mention them, as long as one is a cultivator, almost no one doesn't know that the Mu family is one of the top powers in the Ji Tian realm! Just like Huo Ran said, not everyone in the Mu family can be surnamed Mu, only direct descendants of the Mu family or outstanding outer sect disciples who have made contributions will be surnamed Mu.

  Follow Huo Ran back to the Mu's residence? Are you kidding me? The Mu's residence is not a place where just anyone can enter, right? Even if they had the courage of a hundred men, they wouldn't dare! Huo Ran's ambiguous attitude has really put them in an awkward position.

  "Brother." At this time, the relatively normal one-armed middle-aged man among the three, who had not spoken until now, gave Ho Ran a signal and said: "My brothers and I have been rude in many ways, please forgive us, we will take our leave!" After finishing speaking, he made eye contact with the two people beside him, and they turned around to leave together.

  Seeing the three turn around as if they were about to leave, Hao Ran became even more cautious, guarding against their sudden movements.

  As expected, just as the three of them had turned around and taken a step forward, Huo Ran suddenly felt a chill run down his spine. He hastily bent backwards, and a cold light grazed past the front of his clothes.

  "Rip..."

  Seeing the dagger hovering above his chest, he suddenly slid to the left by one zhang and coldly said to the middle-aged man with one arm: "Are you determined to be an enemy of my family?"

  With one strike unsuccessful, the lone arm withdrew the dagger and stuck out its tongue to lick its scarlet lips, saying slyly: "Let's not mention whether you're a member of the Mu family or not, even if you are, what use is that in this small mountain village? Even if you were the King of Heaven himself, it would be useless!"

  "Not bad!" The stout man beside him rubbed his greasy hands together, sizing up the villagers who had already retreated to a distance. "Apart from you, everyone else here is just an ordinary person with no ability to fight back. Even if you are a member of the Mu family, would they even know if we killed you?"

  The dwarf's words obviously meant to kill Huo Ran first, and then kill these villagers, cut the grass and eliminate the roots. After that, even if Huo Ran was really a member of the Mu family, it would make the Mu family lose their clue.

  "Clang!"

  Huoran didn't say a word, his face filled with rage, and he drew out the golden greatsword that was once forbidden, striking directly at the one-armed middle-aged man.

  As the leader of the three, the one-armed middle-aged man was the most seasoned and had the highest cultivation. When he saw the golden greatsword in Huo Ran's hand, the greedy color in his eyes was not hidden at all. He held a dagger with one hand to avoid Huo Ran's attack, then stabbed out at an angle that was hard to defend against.

  "I didn't expect you little brat to be carrying a precious treasure, this has only strengthened my resolve to kill you!"

  The cultivation of the one-armed middle-aged man was at the peak of the Four Extremes Realm, and he had almost stepped into the Five Elements Realm. The dagger in his hand was no ordinary object, and after being wrapped in law, it flashed with a bright red light, making a 'whooshing' sound as it cut through the air.

  At this time, two others also launched a pincer attack, one with a stick and the other with a knife.

  Huoran's face turned solemn, and the internal force burst out of his body. The golden great sword suddenly shot out a dazzling blood light. His body seemed to be boneless, and he dodged the dagger in an unbelievable way. Then, with one powerful slash, he chopped down Mount Hua and cut off the rod and knife that were about to strike him from behind.

  Now he must first defeat Gao Qiu and Duan Yu before he can possibly avoid being defeated by the one-armed middle-aged man!

  "Bang!"

  The two did not know that the Golden Great Sword was no ordinary magical instrument, and they went up to meet it. However, when the three armies clashed, they regretted it, a powerful force directly shook them flying out of three feet, hitting a house behind, heavily falling to the ground, all over the body broken bones, spitting blood non-stop.

  "Good! Well done, Little Hua!"

  The villagers couldn't help but cheer loudly as Huo Ran struck back and forced Shou Zi and Pang Zi to retreat.

  However, Huo Ran couldn't help but smile bitterly, only he himself knew that his situation wasn't much better than those two people's, both of his hands felt numb as if they had been electrocuted, and even gripping the golden greatsword was a struggle.

  "Rip..."

  At this time, the second blow of the one-armed middle-aged man came again. He was like an assassin, sinister and cunning! The dagger brought up a flash of blood light, and his body swayed back and forth, as if he might fall at any moment.

  One hand grasped the hilt of his sword, which was stuck in the ground, and the other hand pressed against the wound on his chest, preventing the blood from gushing out rapidly. His eyes gleamed with a sharp light as he stared intently at the one-armed middle-aged man.

  The one-armed middle-aged man who had successfully left a wound on Horan's body, with his eyebrows tightly locked, said to the two people who were groaning in the ruins: "Are you okay?"

  "Big... big brother, kill... him!"

  A faint and intermittent voice came from the ruins, it can be imagined that the two people must have been seriously injured, otherwise they would not be able to speak in such a disjointed manner.

  When he heard the words of that unknown person, whether thin or fat, the one-armed middle-aged man's whole body was filled with rage, his aura surging to another peak, almost rivaling that of a Five Elements Realm cultivator! These two people had followed him for many years, and now they were severely injured, all thanks to this person in front of him. He must avenge them and quench his anger!

  "Whoosh..."

  The middle-aged man's body transformed into a flowing light, seemingly merging with the dagger to become one entity, causing a storm to erupt around him!

  Huo Ran's face was expressionless, his left palm covered in blood facing upwards, a drop of blood slowly gathering between his fingers before suddenly bursting forth...