“What?”
Li Jian jumped in fright. He had not expected that so many people would die all at once.
Then, his gaze fell on Ye Qiu’s fingertip. He saw a faint blue flame flickering there.
Although the flame was only the size of a grain of rice, it made him feel a deadly threat.
“Heterogeneous fire!”
Li Jian recognised the flame on Ye Qiu’s fingertip. He shouted in anger, “Dragon Bodhisattva, you actually used heterogeneous fire to burn so many of our people to death. Aren’t you afraid of heavenly retribution?”
“Besides, the Yin-Yang Sect and our Taichu Holy Land are allies. By killing our people, aren’t you afraid of breaking the alliance?”
“Who exactly ordered you to do this?”
“Was it Qi Tian? Or the Wuji Heavenly Venerable?”
Ye Qiu smiled and said, “To tell you the truth, no one ordered me.”
Li Jian became even angrier and shouted, “Dragon Bodhisattva, you have such great audacity. You kill people recklessly. Aren’t you afraid that the Wuji Heavenly Venerable and Brother Qi will find out and punish you?”
“Punish me?” Ye Qiu looked at Chang Mei Zhenren and said, “Old thing, did you hear that? He says the Wuji Heavenly Venerable and Qi Tian will punish me.”
Chang Mei Zhenren said with disdain, “Li Jian, let me tell you, Qi Tian and the Wuji Heavenly Venerable will sooner or later die at the hands of this little brat. It’s just a pity that you won’t live to see that day.”
“Hurry up and hand over the treasures on you.”
“I will let the little brat leave you with an intact corpse.”
Through the conversation between Chang Mei Zhenren and Ye Qiu, Li Jian immediately realised that these two were not in a master-servant relationship.
If they were not master and servant, did that mean they were not from the Yin-Yang Sect?
“Who exactly are you people?” Li Jian shouted.
Ye Qiu said, “I am the Ye Changsheng that your five major forces are hunting.”
What?
Terror appeared on Li Jian’s face. He cried out, “Impossible. You are not Ye Changsheng. Ye Changsheng is in the demon clan. He could never come to the Dragon Burial Nest…”
Whoosh!
Ye Qiu flicked his finger and sent out a sword qi that pierced Li Jian’s forehead and destroyed his primordial spirit.
At the same time, Ye Qiu flashed forward and took a spatial ring from Li Jian’s body.
Then, he pointed his finger, and the heterogeneous fire landed on Li Jian’s body.
In the blink of an eye, Li Jian’s corpse was burned to ashes.
After Li Jian died, the heterogeneous fire returned to Ye Qiu’s fingertip.
At this moment, Chang Mei Zhenren came closer. Rubbing his hands together, he said, “Little brat, quickly give me Li Jian’s spatial ring.”
“Give it to you?” The heterogeneous fire flickered on Ye Qiu’s fingertip as he said, “Do you want me to give you the heterogeneous fire as well?”
Chang Mei Zhenren jumped in fright and quickly retreated two steps. He said, “Little brat, you misunderstood. I just want to see what good things are inside Li Jian’s spatial ring.”
Ye Qiu opened Li Jian’s spatial ring.
He immediately saw the five treasures that Qi Tian and the others had given to Li Jian earlier. In addition, there were dozens of earth-level spirit pills and a saint-grade sword inside the spatial ring.
Chang Mei Zhenren stretched his neck like a giraffe, staring at the treasures in the spatial ring and swallowing his saliva.
“Little brat, those who see it get a share,” Chang Mei Zhenren said shamelessly. “There are so many treasures. Give me half, alright?”
Ye Qiu thought for a moment, took out the nine flying swords that Chen Tianming had given to Li Jian, and then threw the spatial ring to Chang Mei Zhenren.
“You are giving it all to me?” Chang Mei Zhenren could hardly believe it.
He had not expected Ye Qiu to be so generous.
“If you do not want it, you can give it back to me,” Ye Qiu said.
“I want it, I want it,” Chang Mei Zhenren said happily with a beaming smile.
Ye Qiu said, “The Heavenly Dew Pearl can heal injuries, that armour can protect the body, the Enlightenment Tea Leaves can improve enlightenment ability, and that heaven-grade mid-tier spirit pill that Qi Tian gave to Li Jian. All of these will be very useful to you.”
Chang Mei Zhenren said, “Little brat, you are so good to me. I do not even know how to thank you. How about… this poor Daoist offers himself to you?”
“Get lost!” Ye Qiu cursed, then fixed his eyes on the depths of the cave and said, “I wonder who we will meet next.”
“No matter who it is, if a god blocks us, we kill the god. If a Buddha blocks us, we kill the Buddha,” Chang Mei Zhenren said. “Little brat, you killed them too quickly just now. Next time, remember to give me a chance to act.”
“My brick is already hungry and thirsty.”
Ye Qiu smiled and stepped forward.
…
At almost the same time.
In the top sect of the Eastern Wasteland, the Taichu Holy Land.
In the middle of a bamboo forest, an old man sat cross-legged.
The old man had his eyes closed and was cultivating.
If Ye Qiu were here, he would recognise this old man at a glance. It was Li Jian’s master. Earlier, when Li Jian used the summoning divine technique, they had all seen this aged face.
Suddenly, the old man opened his eyes.
“Strange. Why do I suddenly feel uneasy for no reason?”
The old man looked up at the sky, frowned slightly, and said in a low voice, “Could something bad be about to happen?”
At that moment…
“Great Elder, something terrible has happened!”
A young man rushed over quickly and knelt before the old man. He said in panic, “Great Elder, something has happened to Divine Son Li Jian…”
“I know,” the old man said before the young man could finish. “Li Jian used the summoning divine technique in the Dragon Burial Nest, which severely damaged his vital energy.”
“Do not worry. When he returns, I will personally help him regulate his body.”
“In just a few days, Li Jian will recover…”
“Great Elder!” The young man interrupted the old man and said, “You are mistaken. Divine Son Li Jian has already fallen.”
“What nonsense are you talking?” The old man’s eyes shone like divine lamps.
In an instant, the young man felt as if a huge mountain was pressing on his back, making it almost impossible for him to breathe.
The old man said, “Although Li Jian’s vital energy was severely damaged, Qi Tian, Xiao Yichen, Chen Tianming, and the others who were present all promised me that they would safely escort Li Jian out of the Dragon Burial Nest.”
“How could Li Jian possibly fall?”
“If you dare to talk nonsense again, be careful or I will slap you to death with one palm.”
The young man lay on the ground and said, “Great Elder, I dare not deceive you. Divine Son Li Jian has truly fallen. Just now, his life lamp went out.”
Upon hearing this, the old man stood up abruptly and shouted, “What did you say? Say it again!”
The young man said, “Divine Son Li Jian’s life lamp has gone out.”
Boom!
The old man’s anger surged like raging waves. In an instant, the surrounding bamboo forest exploded into powder.
Terrifying killing intent shot straight into the sky.
“Great Elder, why are you angry?” Suddenly, a voice full of authority rang out.
The old man said, “Reporting to the Holy Lord, my disciple Li Jian has fallen in the Dragon Burial Nest.”
“What? Li Jian has fallen?” The Taichu Holy Lord was surprised and asked, “How did Li Jian fall? Was it his own carelessness, or was he murdered?”
“It is not clear yet,” the old man said. “Holy Lord, I wish to go to the Dragon Burial Nest myself.”
“Go,” the Taichu Holy Lord said. “If Li Jian’s fall was an accident, then it was his fate. If he was murdered, no matter who did it, Great Elder, you may act freely. I will bear all the consequences.”
“Thank you, Holy Lord,” the old man replied. Then he tore open the void and headed straight for the Dragon Burial Nest.
