Ye Qiu and Chang Mei Zhenren walked into the cave.
The path was completely clear.
Soon, they saw Li Jian.
Li Jian was surrounded by disciples from the Taichu Holy Land. His face was pale, he looked weak and breathless, and he appeared extremely frail.
“Who is it?”
Hearing footsteps approaching, one of the Taichu Holy Land disciples shouted sharply.
At once, the other disciples from the Taichu Holy Land all turned to look behind them. Every one of them had vigilant expressions and prepared to take action.
Ye Qiu and Chang Mei Zhenren walked forward.
“It’s you!”
In an instant, everyone recognised Ye Qiu and Chang Mei Zhenren. They could not help but take a step back.
“Are you humans or ghosts?” The disciples from the Taichu Holy Land looked terrified, as if they had seen ghosts.
No one could blame them for reacting this way. It was mainly because they had personally witnessed Ye Qiu and Chang Mei Zhenren performing the sacrifice earlier.
Now, two people who were supposed to have died in the sacrifice suddenly appeared before them. How could they not be horrified?
“Of course we are humans,” Ye Qiu said with a smile as he greeted them. “Everyone, long time no see.”
“Dragon Bodhisattva?” Li Jian also recognised Ye Qiu. Shock appeared in his eyes as he asked, “Weren’t you sacrificed?”
Ye Qiu smiled and said, “That’s right, I was sacrificed, but I didn’t die.”
Li Jian looked very curious and asked, “How did you manage that?”
Ye Qiu replied, “My master taught me a life-saving method.”
So that was it!
When the disciples from the Taichu Holy Land heard this, they all breathed a sigh of relief. Earlier they had thought Ye Qiu was a ghost.
Li Jian said in admiration, “Brother Qi survived nine heavenly thunderbolts, and you two survived the sacrifice as well. The methods of the Wuji Heavenly Venerable are truly impressive.”
Ye Qiu pretended to be puzzled and asked, “Li Divine Son, why are you still here?”
Li Jian said, “It’s quite embarrassing to say. My vital energy was severely damaged, and I can’t walk.”
“So that’s how it is!” Ye Qiu said, “Li Divine Son, if it weren’t for your great sense of justice and your use of the summoning divine technique to find a way to break the grand formation, we would probably still be outside staring blankly.”
“For this, you even damaged your vital energy and gave up the Dragon Emperor inheritance.”
“Such broad-mindedness is truly admirable.”
“Please accept my bow!”
Ye Qiu solemnly bowed to Li Jian.
At once, Li Jian felt a surge of goodwill towards Ye Qiu and said, “Brother Long, there is no need for that.”
“You previously sacrificed yourself to buy time for Brother Qi. Such actions make me admire you greatly.”
Li Jian said, “I truly envy you and Brother Qi. You are not blood brothers, yet you are closer than blood brothers.”
Envy?
Hmph, if you knew what Qi Tian did, you would not think this way.
Ye Qiu kept a calm expression on his face. He took a few steps forward and asked with concern, “Brother Li, how are your injuries?”
Li Jian sighed and said, “My vital energy is severely damaged. It won’t recover in a short time.”
“If Brother Li had not used the summoning divine technique and damaged his vital energy, perhaps you could have obtained the Dragon Emperor inheritance,” Ye Qiu said. Then he took out a spirit pill and offered it to Li Jian, saying, “Brother Li, I have a healing spirit pill here. Please accept it.”
Li Jian took one look and saw that the spirit pill Ye Qiu offered was only an upper-grade earth-level pill.
He had many pills of this level himself.
Li Jian did not reach out to take it and said, “Brother Long, thank you for your kindness, but this spirit pill is useless to me.”
“Unless it is a saint pill or an extreme-grade divine medicine, otherwise I need to rest quietly for three months before my vital energy can recover. You should keep this spirit pill for yourself.”
Ye Qiu looked embarrassed and said, “Sorry, Brother Li. This is the best spirit pill I have. I thought it would be useful to you…”
Seeing Ye Qiu’s expression, Li Jian’s goodwill towards him rose even higher.
“I truly envy Qi Tian for having such a loyal and righteous junior brother. If only I had a junior brother like that.”
While Li Jian was thinking these thoughts, he did not notice that Ye Qiu had quietly taken three more steps forward.
At this moment, only half a step remained between Ye Qiu and Li Jian.
“Brother Li, let me support you!”
As Ye Qiu spoke, his hands directly grabbed Li Jian’s right arm. His fingers silently rested on Li Jian’s pulse.
Li Jian still did not realise Ye Qiu’s intentions and said, “Brother Long, there is no need…”
“Brother Li, we are allies. I admire you very much,” Ye Qiu said, gripping even tighter.
Li Jian felt moved and said, “Thank you, Brother Long.”
“No need to be polite,” Ye Qiu said with a bright smile.
The disciples from the Taichu Holy Land saw this scene and looked at Ye Qiu with friendly eyes.
“Brother Li, shall we set off?” Ye Qiu asked. “I also want to know which genius will ultimately obtain the Dragon Emperor inheritance.”
“Brother Long, your thoughts are exactly the same as mine,” Li Jian said with a smile. “Let’s go.”
However, after only two steps, Ye Qiu stopped and said, “Brother Li, I have an impolite request. I am not sure if I should mention it.”
Li Jian smiled and said, “Just as Brother Long said earlier, we are allies. Feel free to speak.”
“Then I will be direct,” Ye Qiu whispered into Li Jian’s ear. “Brother Li, I really like the nine flying swords that Chen Tianming gave you. Could you give them to me?”
Li Jian frowned slightly. He thought to himself, although I have a good impression of you, we don’t really have any deep relationship. Asking for the flying swords right away is a bit too much.
“Brother Long, I’m sorry, but I cannot give away those nine flying swords,” Li Jian said.
Ye Qiu was not surprised by this answer at all.
“Brother Li, then could you give me another item?” Ye Qiu asked.
Li Jian said, “What item?”
Ye Qiu narrowed his eyes and smiled, “Your life!”
Li Jian’s expression froze. He said, “Brother Long, don’t joke.”
“Do I look like I’m joking?” A cold killing intent appeared on Ye Qiu’s face.
Li Jian sensed something bad and tried to retreat, only to find his entire body immobilised and unable to move.
“What have you done to me?” Li Jian glared at Ye Qiu in anger.
“Did you really think I would kindly support you? Fool,” Ye Qiu said with a laugh. “I simply took the chance to check if your vital energy was truly severely damaged, and at the same time I secretly placed several talismans on you.”
Li Jian said furiously, “Dragon Bodhisattva, even though my vital energy is damaged, with your cultivation level, it is impossible for you to kill me.”
“Among the disciples of our Taichu Holy Land, even the weakest one is stronger than you.”
“If you want my life, you are simply daydreaming.”
Li Jian shouted, “Everyone, come quickly! Capture these two!”
The disciples from the Taichu Holy Land quickly surrounded Ye Qiu and Chang Mei Zhenren.
Chang Mei Zhenren was about to act, but Ye Qiu stopped him.
“A bunch of trash,” Ye Qiu said as he extended one finger.
Boom!
Strange flames erupted from Ye Qiu’s fingertip and swept outward.
In an instant, dozens of disciples from the Taichu Holy Land were engulfed in the sea of fire. They did not even have time to scream before they turned to ashes, leaving no trace behind.
