Ye Qiu could clearly sense that the power attached to the spatial ring was immensely strong, enough to kill him outright.
After all, Su Qingxue was a city lord at the peak of the Transcendent Realm!
Ye Qiu’s heart tightened.
He could not figure out whether Su Qingxue had discovered that he was an imposter or was merely testing him.
Ye Qiu stood motionless in place, continuing to maintain Song Que’s demeanour.
As the spatial ring drew within mere zhang of him, Elder Niu suddenly reached out with his palm, grasped the ring firmly, and casually erased the aura belonging to Su Qingxue from it.
“Master.”
Elder Niu respectfully presented the spatial ring to Ye Qiu.
Ye Qiu took the ring and scanned it with his divine sense. He found fifty million spirit stones inside, along with some spiritual herbs and pills.
Ye Qiu frowned in dissatisfaction and asked, “Why is there only this much?”
Su Qingxue replied, “Divine Son, you may not know, but some time ago, this old woman already sent a batch of resources to headquarters. This is what remains.”
“You are not deceiving me?” Ye Qiu still sounded somewhat sceptical.
Su Qingxue smiled. “How would this old woman dare deceive the Divine Son? By the way, Divine Son, you mentioned earlier that the sect leader is indisposed. What exactly has happened to his health?”
Ye Qiu shouted, “How dare you inquire about the sect leader’s affairs?”
“Please do not be angry, Divine Son,” Su Qingxue said. “This old woman is merely concerned for the sect leader.”
“Since the Divine Son is unwilling to say, then when this old woman meets the sect leader in future, she will ask him herself.”
Ye Qiu gave a cold laugh. “Unfortunately, you will have no chance to meet the Wuji Heavenly Venerable.”
Su Qingxue’s expression changed slightly. “Divine Son, what do you mean?”
“What I mean is… you old hag are about to die,” Ye Qiu said. “Dali, send her on her way.”
“Yes!” Elder Niu had been impatient for this moment. Upon hearing Ye Qiu’s command, he swiftly reached out with his palm and seized Su Qingxue in his grasp.
“Divine Son, what is the meaning of this? Why act against this old woman?” Su Qingxue cried out in panic. “If you treat me like this, are you not afraid the sect leader will punish you when he learns of it?”
Ye Qiu smiled. “What, even now, do you still think I am Song Que?”
“Are you not Song Que?” Su Qingxue was stunned. “Who exactly are you?”
“You can ask that question of King Yama when you reach the underworld!” As Ye Qiu spoke, he unleashed a strand of sword qi, severing one of Su Qingxue’s fingers.
On that finger was a spatial ring.
Ye Qiu removed the spatial ring and discarded Su Qingxue’s severed finger as if it were rubbish.
“Kill!” At Ye Qiu’s command, Elder Niu suddenly exerted force with his hand.
Pfft!
Su Qingxue turned into a cloud of bloody mist.
Though the peak of the Transcendent Realm was only half a step from the Saint Realm, the gap between realms was as vast as that between cloud and mud.
With Su Qingxue dead, the guards who had followed her were terrified out of their wits and fled in all directions.
However, Elder Niu was prepared. He unleashed several punches, not only reducing the fleeing guards to bloody mist but also smashing the entire city lord mansion into the ground.
Not a single soul in the city lord mansion survived.
Only then did Ye Qiu examine the spatial ring he had taken from Su Qingxue’s finger.
With Su Qingxue dead, the ring bore no further restrictions. Ye Qiu scanned it with his divine sense and found spirit stones piled like mountains inside, more than a hundred million at least.
There were also numerous spiritual herbs and pills.
Unfortunately, the age of the herbs and the grade of the pills were not particularly high. “This old hag really did not tell the truth.”
Ye Qiu turned and left, instructing, “Old thing, on to the next city.”
“Right away!” The Long-Browed Daoist immediately activated the wind-riding boat, and they departed triumphantly.
In this manner, they spent two days wiping out seven city lord mansions in one go, slaying seven city lords at the peak of the Transcendent Realm, along with countless mansion guards.
Along the way, they encountered innumerable Yin-Yang Sect disciples, killing them one by one, or in pairs as they came.
Any member of the Yin-Yang Sect they saw was shown no mercy.
Moreover, before killing those city lords, Ye Qiu impersonated Song Que and demanded the accumulated treasures of their mansions.
Over two days, the harvest was enormous.
They obtained several billion spirit stones, along with countless spiritual pills and herbs. There were even a few saint-level weapons and two divine herbs.
Ye Qiu gave half to the Long-Browed Daoist.
“We’re rich, we’re rich.” The Long-Browed Daoist cried out excitedly. “This is the first time I’ve seen so many spirit stones. The Yin-Yang Sect is truly wealthy.”
“The only regret is that these city lords periodically send tribute to the Yin-Yang Sect. Otherwise, we would have obtained even more spirit stones and treasures.”
“Little brat, I can hardly wait for the day we destroy the Yin-Yang Sect.”
“When that happens, I must visit their treasury and see just how many treasures are inside.”
Ye Qiu said, “Since you are so eager to go, why not go now?”
“Heh heh, this poor Daoist isn’t going to throw his life away,” the Long-Browed Daoist replied. “This time we killed seven city lords at the peak of the Transcendent Realm in succession, all thanks to Brother Dali’s help. Without him, we wouldn’t have gained so much.”
“As for the Yin-Yang Sect headquarters, experts are as numerous as clouds there. Without absolute strength, going there would be suicide.”
“This poor Daoist isn’t that foolish.”
Ye Qiu smiled. “It seems victory hasn’t gone to your head. Very good.”
“Though we cannot go to the Yin-Yang Sect headquarters now, one day in the future, I will certainly raze it to the ground.”
Having said this, Ye Qiu asked, “Where to next?”
“Guangming City!” the Long-Browed Daoist said. “Guangming City is one of the Yin-Yang Sect’s ten major cities, even larger than Absolute Life City. The treasures in its city lord mansion must be plentiful.”
“Good, to Guangming City,” Ye Qiu decided promptly. “However, after destroying the city lord of Guangming City, we must stop.”
“We cannot continue like this.”
“The Yin-Yang Sect will soon receive news and will certainly respond. If we do not hold back, we will fall into danger.”
“Understood,” the Long-Browed Daoist smiled. “When the time comes, we’ll switch tactics and make the Yin-Yang Sect restless day and night.”
“Enough, no more wasting time. Let’s go!” With that, Ye Qiu spoke, and the Long-Browed Daoist immediately started the wind-riding boat, heading towards Guangming City.
…
Meanwhile.
At the Yin-Yang Sect headquarters.
Within a vast palace, lights blazed brightly.
The Wuji Heavenly Venerable sat cross-legged on the ground, his long hair dishevelled over his shoulders, his face pale.
Last time, in order to capture Ye Qiu, he had carried an imperial artefact and attacked the demon race alone. Unexpectedly, his plan failed in the end. The imperial artefact was destroyed, and he himself nearly perished. Though he escaped at the critical moment, even now his injuries had not fully healed.
Thump, thump, thump!
Suddenly, incessant knocking sounded from outside the tightly closed palace doors.
The Wuji Heavenly Venerable felt a surge of irritation and shouted, “Who is it?”
“Sect Leader, it is I.”
From outside came an aged voice, urgently saying, “Sect Leader, open the door quickly. Something terrible has happened!”
