Deities Are All Just My Food

Chapter 2488 - 1123: Haijing God Lin, Shocking the World! (Part 2)

The proprietress couldn’t wait anymore. She had to rush to the Qinling Mountains right now and confirm Lin Baici’s safety!

No!

He’ll definitely be fine!

"Boss..."

The bartender hurriedly called out and chased after her. He wanted to ask about the Qin Palace, but the proprietress had no time to bother with him. She didn’t even look back, just waved her hand.

Half a day later, the Dragon and Beauty Bar also started to hear this news.

Because there was no need to keep something like this secret, and the attention on it was sky-high, the news spread extremely fast.

But after being passed along N times, the authenticity of the news was greatly discounted.

Things like: although God Xia took down the Qin Palace Divine Ruins, she was seriously injured and might be crippled in the future.

This was some people’s own imagination. They felt the Qin Palace was so terrifying that even Xia Hongmian couldn’t get out unscathed and must’ve paid with most of her life.

Things like: Lin Baici died miserably, his whole body turned into a Dead Flesh Man.

This was spread by those who were jealous of Lin Baici, adding fuel to the fire. They were dying for Lin Baici to be super miserable—as if just dying would be too easy for him, he had to turn into a monster; the more tragic, the better.

Things like: it had nothing to do with Xia Hongmian, it was the Godfather who took it down. Others said it was the witch Melissa!

Most of this came from foreigners. Instinctively, they didn’t want to see People from Jiuzhou taking down the Qin Palace, and wanted to use Dudek and Misha, who shared their nationality, to prove their own sense of superiority.

...

In the royal palace, the group of painted, carved-beam palaces was collapsing. Amid booming rumbles, great clouds of dust shot into the sky.

Lin Baici’s brow furrowed tight. They couldn’t stay here anymore, or they’d be crushed. And at the current rate of the buildings collapsing, there was no way he could find anyone.

"Fuck!"

Lin Baici cursed, hesitating over whether to leave first and come back to search after the palaces finished collapsing, when suddenly a sense of foreboding flared in his heart.

Someone?

Lin Baici had just been about to Teleport away to avoid a sneak attack when he heard someone call him.

"Lin Baici!"

The voice carried three parts joy, three parts surprise, three parts appreciation, and one part doubt!

"Xia Hongmian?"

Although Lin Baici hadn’t met Xia Hongmian many times, he was very familiar with that soft, gentle voice.

Lin Baici turned his head, and sure enough, Xia Hongmian was still in her suit, already standing not far away.

"Director Xia!"

Lin Baici greeted her. Seeing Xia Hongmian here didn’t surprise him at all.

From his daily chats with the high-ponytail girl, Lin Baici knew the two sisters had a very good relationship.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Xia Hongmian and Suddhodana sped toward him!

"Where’s Red Medicine?"

Xia Hongmian gave Lin Baici a once-over, then glanced around.

Suddhodana said nothing, staring at Lin Baici with a completely scrutinizing look.

"No idea!"

There was an apology hidden in Lin Baici’s tone.

"What do you mean, ’no idea’?"

Suddhodana demanded.

"Brother Su, don’t be so irritable!"

Xia Hongmian stopped Suddhodana, then soothed Lin Baici: "You don’t need to feel sorry. In the God’s ruins, anything can happen!"

"Even if Red Medicine is dead, I won’t blame you!"

"I just want to know what things were like when you last parted with her."

Xia Hongmian was a woman who knew how to see the bigger picture.

"The last thing we were facing was a rules pollution. I knew the only way to cleanse it was to kill that God-king, so I went ahead first!"

Lin Baici didn’t hide anything: "When I came back, Red Medicine and the others were gone!"

"When you came back?"

Suddhodana was stunned. "You mean, you killed that God-king?"

The dark mist was currently dissipating. Suddhodana had already realized the ruins had been purified. Hearing it firsthand now, he was shocked beyond words, with a layer of disbelief on top.

"Just you alone?"

As soon as he asked, Suddhodana felt the question was a bit stupid. There had to be others. Otherwise, if Lin Baici soloed a God, how strong would that make him?

Xia Hongmian raised a hand, signaling Suddhodana not to ask further.

Whether the God-king was dead or not, Xia Hongmian didn’t care. She only wanted to know Xia Hongyao’s whereabouts: "What’s your take on it?"

"I just went back to the main hall and didn’t find Red Medicine and the others. I got a bit anxious. Thinking about it now, the choir and the Security Bureau staff are all dead, and only our team has gone missing. That means Red Medicine and the others managed to save themselves and then found a place to hide!"

Lin Baici analyzed.

"What are you planning to do next?"

Xia Hongmian wanted to hear Lin Baici’s opinion. In fact, seeing him here made her appreciate this young man even more.

The palace was like it had been hit by a magnitude-nine earthquake; people could barely stand, yet Lin Baici was still risking his neck to run around inside looking for people.

No wonder Red Medicine trusted him so much.

"Leave the city first, circle around, and wait for the collapse to subside before coming back!"

Lin Baici didn’t have a better plan.

"No need, I’ll find them!"

Xia Hongmian closed her eyes and formed a strange hand seal with both hands.

She hadn’t used this before because this Divine Grace consumed a huge amount of spiritual power. Even with Xia Hongmian’s physique, after using it she’d have a headache for half a month and her combat power would be impaired.

Now the situation was urgent; she had no choice but to use it!

Bright Mirror Stopped Water!

Swoosh!

In that instant, Lin Baici felt something sweep over his body.

Like a ripple!

Yeah!

Xia Hongmian was like a raindrop falling into a lake, sending out a ring of ripples that quickly spread outward.

These ripples were like Xia Hongmian’s eyes, feeding everything they passed back into her mind.

Northeast!

Heavenly Master Li and Uncle Savage were sprinting through the royal palace, rushing this way.

Each of Xia Hongmian’s six-person group carried a piece of turtle shell. It belonged to Heavenly Master Li, who could use it to locate anyone else carrying the shell in the shortest time.

Three minutes later, Heavenly Master Li and Uncle Savage arrived.

"Director Xia, we found Red Medicine!"

Uncle Savage shouted the good news: "She’s fine!"

Then he glanced at Lin Baici and added, "God Lin, all your team members are fine!"

Although Xia Hongyao was technically the team leader, Uncle Savage wasn’t stupid. He knew Lin Baici was the real stabilizing pillar.

Without him, this team would’ve fallen apart long ago.

"Qingqiu, Ying Zhen, Small Fish, San Miyairi, Long Miaomiao, Yi Jisheng, Ai Xuyue—they’re all fine?"

Lin Baici asked anxiously. He was worried this big shot might not recognize all his team members, so he read the names off once.

"That’s right, all fine!"

Uncle Savage looked Lin Baici over with curiosity.

So young!

Before, he’d only heard Xia Hongyao bragging about Lin Baici in the group and thought she was exaggerating. Seeing him now, the reputation was well deserved.

Though, why didn’t Red Medicine say much about his most handsome feature—this face?

With looks like this, even if he didn’t work as a God Hunter, he wouldn’t have to worry about putting food on the table.

"Thanks!"

Lin Baici let out a long breath. Only then did his taut nerves finally relax completely.

Xia Hongmian noticed this and liked him even more.

Normally, someone who’d just killed a God would already be floating, thinking the overall situation was settled. Lin Baici didn’t; he was worrying about his teammates’ safety.

This was absolutely a man you could entrust your life to.

Now that they’d found Xia Hongyao and the others, Lin Baici naturally wouldn’t linger in such a dangerous place. He immediately moved out.

Ten minutes later, Lin Baici and Xia Hongmian’s group of four returned to the woods.

"Little Linzi!"

"Lord Lin!"

Seeing Lin Baici, Xia Hongyao and San Miyairi rushed over at once, but Xia Hongyao was faster.

Bang!

Xia Hongyao crashed into Lin Baici. Because she used too much force, she knocked him right over.

"Careful!"

San Miyairi stared at Lin Baici with worship and infatuation. "Lord Lin just slew a God. He’s definitely wounded. Slow down!"

"Oh, oh!"

Xia Hongyao came back to her senses and hurriedly climbed off Lin Baici, then supported him like he was a hundred-year-old elder. "Where are you feeling unwell?"

"I’m fine!"

Lin Baici smiled and looked over at the unconscious Gu Qingqiu and the others. "How are you and Eri? What about them?"

"We’re fine!"

Xia Hongyao chuckled, just about to say more when San Miyairi coughed twice and cut her off.

The sharp San Miyairi had already sensed something was off. Long Miaomiao said everyone was saved by Lin Baici, but from the look of things, that probably wasn’t the case.

And most importantly, why hadn’t Long Miaomiao, a total newbie, passed out?

There’s no way she’s stronger than Red Medicine and herself, right?