Doomsday: Gain experience by hunting

Late at night, the north wind howled.

The Tang residence was brightly lit.

"Young Master, the people from the inn have arrived!"

"Bring them in."

The inn where Bai Youruo and her group stayed after entering the city was under the Blackwater Gang's control.

For Tang Wen to meet the inn's owner and manager was just a matter of a word.

"Greetings, Young Master!"

Seven or eight people bowed respectfully.

Tang Wen glanced over them, looked at the small old man at the head, and casually picked up three portraits from the table, handing them over.

"Have you seen these people before?"

The inn's owner and staff passed around the three portraits in turn.

One of the young men immediately raised his hand upon seeing the portraits and said, "Young Master, I served two of these three."

As he spoke, he picked up the portraits of Bai Xue and Bai Shuo, pointing at Bai Xue and saying:

"This young lady is beautiful and stayed in the best courtyard. Therefore, I remember her very clearly.

At the time, the three of them stayed at the inn; the other one was also a woman. However, she wore a white veil, so I couldn't see her face clearly.

So, I can't be sure if she's the young lady in the other portrait!"

Tang Wen pondered, "Three people stayed at the inn? Can you be sure?"

The young man thought for a moment, then bent over and replied, "Basically, yes. Although we don't keep an eye on guests coming and going, we clean the rooms and make the beds every day, and we prepare three sets of toiletries and tidy up three beds."

"Not bad, very observant," Tang Wen praised, looking at the female housekeeper, Shui Mo, "Give him a promotion."

The young man was overjoyed and hurriedly thanked him.

Tang Wen raised his hand slightly and said to the others, "If anyone else asks you for information, be careful to conceal it and try to find out the identity of the person."

The owner and others agreed and bowed before leaving.

The investigation had a direction.

"Chirp, chirp..."

Two mutated hummingbirds, more than twice the size of ordinary hummingbirds, were summoned.

After a moment of comforting, they were fed a little blood marrow.

The two hummingbirds became excited and flew back to the Hummingbird Garden of the Giant Rock Martial Hall that night.

Before long, hummingbirds flew out of the garden one after another.

The hummingbirds were free-range and often had to go on missions, so entering and leaving the garden was normal.

But this batch of hummingbirds that went out were all mutated.

At this time, the impact of the stolen Purple Pearl Honey incident had not yet passed.

The Hummingbird Garden and the Black Bee area each had fifth-rank experts secretly guarding them.

Nearly a hundred mutated hummingbirds flew out, immediately attracting attention.

The Giant Rock Martial Hall reacted quickly. Shi Lei and other fifth-rank experts gathered in the courtyard, and many sixth-rank experts went out to track the hummingbirds.

They wanted to find out their whereabouts and who was controlling them behind the scenes.

Half an hour passed, an hour passed.

Just as Shi Lei was losing his patience.

A sixth-rank expert who practiced wind-attribute techniques returned.

Seeing all the fifth-rank bigwigs in the martial hall, he didn't even have time to catch his breath. As soon as his feet touched the ground, he blurted out, "The hummingbirds are doing a search!"

"Doing a search?"

"Yes, and they're searching house by house."

"Searching for what?"

The wind-attribute sixth-rank spread his hands, indicating that he didn't know either.

"Continue tracking, send more people, ensure the safety of these mutated hummingbirds, and find out who is controlling them!"

The wind-attribute sixth-rank left, and then a large number of transcendents gathered in the martial hall.

The master added, "If anyone asks, say we received a tip that Huang Shiqi Lang may have sneaked back into the city and is doing a search!"

Shi Lei also suggested, "Send out more hummingbirds to search for suspicious people."

"Right! Do as Lao Shi says, do it convincingly."

The master stood up and looked at the fifth-rank experts, "Everyone else, don't stand idle, take the Red King and each be responsible for an area!"

Everyone responded loudly.

Shi Lei waved his hand, "I remembered something, don't count me in."

"What's more important than this?" The master wanted to scold him, but when he turned his head, he saw his serious face, as if he was thinking about something.

Shi Lei: "I'll tell you what it is when I get back."

The master frowned, and Shi Lei turned and left the Hummingbird Garden gate.

He hurried to Tang Wen's residence.

"Young Master, Deputy Master Shi has arrived. He wants to visit you, and his face doesn't look good."

A gleam flashed in Tang Wen's eyes, "He's quite perceptive. Prepare tea and invite him in."

Shi Lei strode into the Tang residence, carefully observing along the way, but didn't see a single hummingbird.

Seeing Tang Wen, he didn't stand on ceremony. After exchanging pleasantries, he directly stated his purpose:

"I remember that Young Master Tang seems very interested in hummingbirds and is also a Beastmaster?"

Tang Wen smiled and pointed to the tea table, "Uncle Lei, please sit down."

Shi Lei sat down, hesitating, "Your master is younger than me, so you should call me Grandpa. But Grandpa doesn't sound good."

Tang Wen smiled, "Uncle Lei is one of us, so I won't beat around the bush. Is there something wrong with the Hummingbird Garden?"

"You really know!" Shi Lei's thick eyebrows furrowed, "Could it be that you did it?"

He stared at Tang Wen, wanting to see some clues from his expression.

The latter didn't answer directly, but talked about the Bai family's affairs:

"Uncle Lei should know that the Ship Gang, the Huang family, and the Bai family have formed an alliance. And just a few nights ago, there was a brief battle on the Ship Gang's territory. You should have heard something about it. I suspect it was a trap set for my friends."

What are you talking about, kid? If it were a normal junior, he would have slapped him and made him answer the question.

Unfortunately, this kid in front of him is no ordinary person.

He might not be able to beat the tiger next to him.

No matter how anxious he is, he has to endure it.

Shi Lei replied, "Our martial hall seems to have detailed information. You also know that we've been investigating Huang Shiqi Lang day and night recently, and there are people watching in many places."

As he spoke, he communicated with the Red Bee King on his shoulder, and the transcendent hummingbird flapped its wings and left.

Tang Wen didn't wait for the information to come back, and directly revealed his cards, "Yesterday, I came back from cultivation outside the city and noticed that my friends might have encountered misfortune. So, I used the mutated hummingbirds."

"It really is you!"

With a snap, the teacup fell on the table, and the teacup lid rolled around.

Tang Wen smiled, "I had no choice. Those friends are also from the Bai family. If I didn't activate the hummingbirds, I wouldn't be able to find them. I can't use the White Tiger to search the city, can I?"

Shi Lei took a few deep breaths to calm down, picked up the teacup again, drank it in one gulp, and chewed the tea leaves inside, "How can you control the hummingbirds?"

"Uncle Lei, don't be so serious, as if we have some great feud."

"Tang Wen! This matter is much more serious than you think! Hummingbirds are the lifeblood of our martial hall!"

Shi Lei called him by his name, his tone solemn.

"Speaking of this, I have some guesses about the usefulness of hummingbirds to you!" Tang Wen became interested, and first used the power of darkness to envelop himself and the other party, before saying, "Although you haven't expressed it too clearly, seeing several of your fifth-ranks carrying Red Hummingbirds, I guess these transcendent hummingbirds have some connection with your techniques!"

Shi Lei's face changed several times, and he had the heart to kill and silence him, but he couldn't do it.

After a long while, his voice was dry, "Let's talk about how you control the mutated hummingbirds. If your methods are shady, this matter will have a big impact."

This was a disguised admission.

Tang Wen didn't care about his words, "Actually, it's very simple, these dozens of mutated hummingbirds were raised by me one by one!"

"What?!"

The plain tone, falling into Shi Lei's ears, was like a thunderstorm.

Shi Lei jumped up suddenly, his strength out of control, and the stone bricks under his feet shattered into powder:

"What did you say?!"

Tang Wen shook his head, closing his eyes to perceive the location of the hummingbirds with his mental power.

Before long, two mutated hummingbirds flew over rapidly and landed on the tea table between the two.

Following them was a sixth-rank expert from the Giant Rock Martial Hall: "Young Master Tang Wen? Sorry, sorry, I'm really sorry, we sent hummingbirds to check for Huang Shiqi Lang's whereabouts..."

"Alright, you go back first!" Shi Lei opened his mouth to dismiss the other party.

The two mutated hummingbirds jumped onto Tang Wen's shoulder, particularly affectionate.

"It really was you who cultivated them."

Tang Wen motioned for him to sit down again, "Before, I secretly climbed over the walls you were guarding, and a hummingbird chased after me, so I locked it up and studied it for a while.

I need informants in the city, and controlling birds or rat-type demonic beasts is easy to attract attention."

"So, you set your sights on hummingbirds?"

"That's right. There are too many benefits to doing this. You raise them for me, and I mobilize them when I need them. When others see it, they think it's your Giant Rock Martial Hall doing things, so they will naturally give you some face."

Shi Lei felt unhappy, feeling like he had suffered a big loss, "You, you kid, this is..."

"Free riding!"

Tang Wen kindly offered a word.

Shi Lei felt even more depressed, wishing he could raise his fist the size of a sandbag and smash it hard on his handsome face, "Stealing our hummingbirds, using our resources, and finally, we have to take the blame if something goes wrong!"

Tang Wen laughed, "Don't worry about these details, didn't I also raise nearly a hundred mutated hummingbirds for you?"

Shi Lei's eyelids twitched, ignoring the rebuttal, and asked, "What is your success rate when cultivating them?"

"Very high!"

"How high?"

Tang Wen used a hundred hummingbirds with Purple Pearl Honey to cultivate seventy or eighty mutated hummingbirds, a shockingly high success rate.

But if he said that, he wouldn't be able to explain the source of the Purple Honey.

After thinking about it, he had to make up a story, "Three or four hundred."

"One out of five, are you sure?"

"More or less," Tang Wen heard his surprise and had a bottom line in his heart, "Unfortunately, it seems to be lacking some kind of recovery pill, it's difficult for me to let them continue to evolve, otherwise there would have been transcendent hummingbirds in this group of little guys long ago!"

"Transcendent hummingbirds, do you know how much resources it takes to cultivate a transcendent hummingbird, how many times it has to fail! You kid really dare to think!"

"I am a Beastmaster expert, my Beastmaster talent is as good as my martial arts talent!"

While the two were talking, a stream of fire flew in from outside.

It was the transcendent hummingbird that had just left, and it held a bamboo tube in its long beak.

Tang Wen reached out and cast "Pacify."

The fiery red hummingbird felt goodwill and comfort, and without thinking, slightly adjusted its flight direction and landed directly on Tang Wen's shoulder.

Shi Lei's face was full of mockery, frozen on his face.

This kid!

He's flirting with my Red King again.

Tang Wen slammed down two more Pacify powers, and the fiery red hummingbird had already begun to rub his neck with its small head.

"Come on, Red King, come back, come here."

Shi Lei was horrified and hurriedly spoke to stop their intimacy. Seeing that it had no effect, he simply grabbed the Red King back.

"Chirp chirp chirp!"

The transcendent hummingbird was dissatisfied.

Shi Lei flattered him like a licking dog coaxing his girlfriend, taking out all kinds of food and flattering him for a while.

The fiery red hummingbird ignored him, and kept turning his head to look at Tang Wen.

Tang Wen, this aloof male god, didn't even look at them, picked up the bamboo tube that had just been delivered, and poured out the secret letter:

[At night, two top sixth-rank experts of unknown origin fought fiercely with Ship Gang experts. The Ship Gang side is suspected of having two fifth-rank experts dispatched. The top sixth-rank experts shouted that it was a trap, and both fought desperately, almost breaking out of the encirclement. At the critical moment, three fifth-rank experts from the Huang family appeared and joined the battle group. The two sixth-rank experts were seriously injured and captured alive. Their life and death are unknown.]

Tang Wen's eyes darkened: The matter was already very clear.

The situation was probably that Bai Shuo and another sixth-rank expert came into the city to find the Bai family exploration team.

He thought that with the strength of his two top sixth-ranks, even if they encountered trouble, they could leave calmly.

Because the Bai family's succession battle had an invisible rule, which was that fifth-rank experts were not allowed to be dispatched.

After all, it was an internal family fight. Dispatched fifth-rank experts would waste resources, and it would be easy to start a real fire. The family selected an heir, looking at wrist ability, not who was more ruthless to their own brothers.

As a result, that Bai family young lady named Bai Ningbing actually directly pulled in the Huang family and the Ship Gang, and dispatched five fifth-ranks to ambush Bai Shuo and the two who were also from the Bai family.

But this report said two top sixth-ranks, and did not mention the transcendent woman.

Tang Wen took out the portraits of Bai Youruo and Bai Xue, and said to Shi Lei, who was still pacifying the hummingbird, "Help me find these two people."

Shi Lei looked at it, "Two beauties! Simple, do you have their clothes, preferably close-fitting ones."

Tang Wen looked at him speechlessly.

Shi Lei said, "What kind of look is that, kid? It's for the hummingbirds to track, they are very sensitive to scents."

Tang Wen suddenly understood, but was embarrassed again, "They are just friends with me. Hmm? Is it okay where they slept?"

"Hehe, you kid has slept with them, and you still say they are ordinary friends."

Tang Wen: "..."

"I can help you find people. But you always have to pay something." Shi Lei hinted.

"You want me to help you cultivate transcendent hummingbirds?"

"It's an attempt."

The Giant Rock Martial Hall had thought of too many cultivation methods, and countless Beastmasters had been found, but in the end, the number of transcendent hummingbirds still couldn't go up.

Shi Lei didn't think Tang Wen had the ability to surpass his predecessors.

"It seems that Uncle Lei doesn't trust me! What if I cultivate it?"

Shi Lei said unhappily, "If you can really cultivate it, the Giant Rock Martial Hall will definitely regard you as the future master of the hall!"

"Huh?" Tang Wen thought he was talking nonsense.

On second thought, could it be that the role of this transcendent hummingbird in the Giant Rock Martial Hall is even greater than he imagined?

Shi Lei didn't explain any further. Tang Wen took him to the inn and entered the room where the three Bai family members had stayed.

"Chirp chirp chirp"

The Red Bee King鳴叫起來, its voice traveled far and was extremely penetrating.

Several teams of hummingbirds nearby arrived, each flying into a house, noting the scent inside, and then flying off in different directions.

Tang Wen thought for a moment, then took out his bone flute from his pocket and blew it three long and two short times, but no sound came from the bone flute.

But soon, the Seven Tigers and Five Maidens arrived in the courtyard together.

Tang Wen explained the situation and suggested, "Should we split up and track them?"

The Tiger Clan members didn't move. Hu Li said, "The Ship Gang and the Huang family are very strong. We only have twelve fifth-rank cultivators in total, so it's not wise to split up. Elder Tang, we should notify the Holy Maiden as soon as possible and ask her to send reinforcements. We should request one or two fourth-rank cultivators to lead a team, with enough fifth-rank guards, to ensure everything is foolproof."

Tang Wen and Shi Lei were stunned: Fourth-rank cultivators leading the team to ensure everything is foolproof?

What kind of foolproof are we talking about?

Are we just looking for someone, or are we going to destroy a city?