by Translator: BornToBe; Author: Ordinary Magician (平凡魔术师); Licensed From: 17k
“Hehe, you praise me. If it weren’t for your communication ability, this method of mine wouldn’t have worked either. I don’t know how to speak ghost,” laughed Long Chen.
“Dislikable. Don’t spout nonsense. If you didn’t know how to speak ghost, that Huang Junmo wouldn’t have been hoodwinked by you,” said Yue Xiaoqian.
Long Chen decided to keep his mouth shut. The two of them followed the ghost. Every now and then, it would stop and Long Chen would have to give it a gold coin.
After Long Chen had given it over a hundred gold coins, and after they had walked for over two hours through twisting and winding corridors, light finally appeared in front of them. The ghost immediately stopped, not daring to go any further.
Long Chen thought about it. As expected, with money, it was possible to get even a ghost to work for you. He decided to be a bit magnanimous and directly gave a hundred gold coins to it as a bonus. Then he and Yue Xiaoqian walked into the light.
Before they even entered the light, he felt several powerful auras ahead. There had to be experts already there.
The space in front of them suddenly opened. This was a world of light, with a bright sun hanging in the air. Only now did Long Chen realize the two of them had made a mistake. Perhaps if they had been walking aboveground, it would have been much easier to reach this place.
It seemed as if the underground core trial had already crumbled. As a result, it was revealed aboveground in a huge space around twenty miles wide.
There was a hill ten meters tall in this space. That hill was covered in a layer of light.
Once Long Chen entered, he immediately felt that something was wrong. He felt like some kind of energy had been stripped off him.
“This place forbids the usage of magical arts. Nor can you use heaven and earth’s energy,” warned Yue Xiaoqian quietly.
The two of them had only just entered when countless eyes stared at Long Chen like blades.
There were hundreds of experts here. They were walking around the hill, frowning in thought. There were experts from the Righteous path, the Corrupt path, and the ancient races. But none of them were speaking.
So when the two of them appeared, it immediately drew all their attention. When they saw Long Chen, they were shocked.
“Long Chen, you’re still not dead?” A chilly voice rang out, one that caused everyone’s hearts to shake.
That voice had come from a person with shoulder-length hair. He was surrounded by a terrifying energy, and his eyes emitted a cold light. There was a third eye on his forehead that was closed. Terrifying fluctuations came from him.
“Oh, aren’t you Xue You? Your complexion looks much better than before, and your neck looks much sturdier than ever. I wonder if it will be severed as easily again? And you’ve even grown back both your legs? Not bad, not bad, congratulations.” Long Chen looked at Xue You with a bit of surprise.
His words caused everyone to jump in fright. People had heard of Long Chen’s sudden rise, how he was powerful enough to fight with the other peak experts, but those were only stories. The peak experts in the Immemorial Path were existences that had blossomed from childhood. Their fame had been known for many years.
But Long Chen’s rise had been too sudden. Many people thought he was simply bragging, trying to raise his status without any true power to back it.
But now, everyone was dumbfounded. Long Chen had not only fought against Xue You, but he had also severed his neck and his legs? If that was true, Long Chen was practically heaven-defying.
Xue You ignored his provocation. He was still shocked. “Leng Yueyan let you go? That’s impossible!”
Leng Yueyan was merciless and vicious. All these years, Xue You had fought against her, and he had narrowly escaped death several times. That was why he was so confused.
Long Chen had already wasted a great deal of his energy fighting him, so how could he still be alive after facing Leng Yueyan? That made no sense.
“Tch, do you think I’m as weak as you and would have my leg cut off instantly in a single exchange? No matter how amazing Leng Yueyan is, she’s nothing more than a beautiful girl. Sooner or later, I will subdue her and make it so that she can’t even fight back.” Long Chen patted his chest confidently.
Before Xue You could even respond, an indifferent voice rang out. But that voice was imposing and icy. “Really? I really look forward to that day.”
Everyone was startled. They hastily looked up to see that at some unknown point, a figure had appeared in the sky.
She was beautiful, perfectly so. Her sapphire eyes possessed a breathtaking beauty.
This woman, who was an embodiment of the pinnacle of beauty, caused everyone to get goosebumps. It was like a blade was pressed against their throats.
A bloodthirsty aura filled the world. It was like killing intent, but not. It was like it had come from her bones, or perhaps even her soul.
“Leng Yueyan!”
Long Chen was shocked. Unconsciously, his hand was already gripping his broadsword tightly. All his energy began to slowly condense as he took on a battle posture.
[1] ‘Ghost words’ means nonsense or lies. So by asking her if she knew how to speak ghost, Long Chen was kind of insulting her a bit.
Chapter 865 Suppressing Everyone Present
Leng Yueyan’s arrival caused a formless, murderous aura to fill the entire space. It was like this space had become a bloody hell because of her arrival. The atmosphere instantly became tense, and those with weaker wills began to sweat.
Her arrival shocked everyone present. But her gaze was only on Long Chen. “Good, worthy of the man I’ve taken a fancy to. In such a short time, you’ve improved so much. However, with just this little power, wanting to subdue me and making it so I can’t even fight back is impossible.”
No one dared to make a sound. Leng Yueyan’s aura was too powerful, powerful to the point that even breathing was difficult.
Long Chen immediately felt awkward. He really had screwed himself up, bragging right before being exposed. He felt like he had slapped his own face, and not lightly.
Seeing her sapphire eyes locked onto him, he felt like his face was burning. He raged, “So what? I want to subdue you; do you have any objections?”
His words caused everyone’s hearts to shake. Subdue Leng Yueyan? Just how many times would his head be severed on that night? Although Leng Yueyan was peerlessly beautiful, the icy killing intent coming from her made it so that others couldn’t feel her beauty in the slightest. In fact, they weren’t even able to treat her as a woman. She was more like a killing goddess.
Leng Yueyan merely smiled. “No objections. If you want to subdue me, it’s no problem. I just hope you don’t let me kill you before that day.”
Leng Yueyan suddenly fell from the sky. Originally, she had been descending slowly, but once she crossed a certain boundary, the wings behind her disappeared. No magical arts were permitted here.
She landed on the ground. Everyone around her immediately fled, as if being near her was like standing before the gates of hell.
Even Xue You fled, hiding further away. He held his sword, his guard raised. He was clearly terrified that Leng Yueyan would kill him. In this region, he was unable to use his magical arts, so he would be at an immense disadvantage.
The only comforting thing was that Leng Yueyan didn’t even look at him. But it was also extremely infuriating that she would only look at Long Chen.
Long Chen acted calm on the outside, but he had already made his preparations for an immense battle. He didn’t dare to be the slightest bit careless in front of Leng Yueyan.
Leng Yueyan was thirty meters away from Long Chen. That was a safe distance to him, as magical arts were forbidden.
“Oh… you…” Leng Yueyan suddenly glanced at the veiled Yue Xiaoqian with shock.
“Not good! She has Voidpiercing Eyes!” Long Chen’s heart skipped a beat.
“Long Chen, her Voidpiercing Eyes have already seen th
rough my identity!” said Yue Xiaoqian to Long Chen.
“Don’t be afraid. The worst case is that we’ll have to kill everyone here!” Long Chen made his determination. If Leng Yueyan exposed Yue Xiaoqian, he wouldn’t hesitate to pay any price to kill everyone here.
Leng Yueyan’s Voidpiercing Eyes caused the two of them to feel extremely uneasy. If they were exposed here in front of others, they would immediately be attacked by everyone.
Yue Xiaoqian was most afraid of implicating Long Chen. For her, the worst case was leaving the Immemorial Path and forever staying in the Skyscraping World. But Long Chen would be hunted down on the Martial Heaven Continent no matter where he went.
“Do you know what you’re doing?” Leng Yueyan looked at Long Chen indifferently. But she wasn’t speaking. Instead, she was mouthing her words so only Long Chen and Leng Yueyan could know what she was saying.
“Of course. I hope you can protect this secret,” responded Long Chen in the same manner.
“Hmph, that’s impossible. I don’t want to deal with troublesome things. If you kill her right now, I can consider keeping your secret.” Leng Yueyan stared at Long Chen, seeming to see through his inner heart.
“No one can kill her unless they step over my corpse. If you refuse to keep it secret, then I’m sorry, but I can only kill you.” Long Chen raised his broadsword.
Yue Xiaoqian’s eyes were wet. His simple words caused her to feel the warmth of being protected. She also raised her sword. If Long Chen were to attack, she wouldn’t mind using her core energy to kill everyone here. She didn’t want to implicate him.
“Hahaha, not bad, not bad, truly worthy of being the man I’ve taken a fancy to. I like this stubbornness of yours.” What Long Chen and Yue Xiaoqian hadn’t expected was for Leng Yueyan to suddenly laugh, and her laughter sounded happy.
The others weren’t able to understand what was going on. Seeing them draw their weapons, they had thought Leng Yueyan would immediately attack them. But now she suddenly laughed. They found it inconceivable.
Long Chen couldn’t help being delighted. But he didn’t dare to say it out loud. Looking at Leng Yueyan, he suddenly said out loud, “I find that you’re growing more and more beautiful.”
“Hahaha.”
Leng Yueyan laughed. Her laughter was especially beautiful when combined with her sapphire eyes. Even Yue Xiaoqian became absent-minded for a moment.
Suddenly, Leng Yueyan shot at Long Chen, her bone sword stabbing toward his heart. Her speed was absolutely incomparable.
BOOM!
Long Chen hastily blocked with his broadsword. It was fortunate the broadsword was wide enough, so even caught off-guard, it managed to block Leng Yueyan’s attack. Long Chen was knocked back several steps, his blood leaping within him.
“If I’m like this, do you still feel I’m beautiful?” Leng Yueyan resheathed her sword after that one attack. It seemed she was teasing him, as if she had just made a joke to him.
“You really are mentally ill!”
Long Chen was startled and infuriated, and he couldn’t help but curse. Leng Yueyan’s attack had been incredibly quick and vicious. If he had been struck, it really was possible he would have been killed without even having a chance to heal.
She had been so amicable and laughed, but she turned hostile in the blink of an eye, wanting to take his life. Everyone was silent. Only Long Chen’s furious roar continued to echo.
Everyone felt a chill. Even Xue You was no exception. When Leng Yueyan had attacked, it was like it had happened in an instant. Before they could react, it was already over. It was too fast.
The name of the Devil Empress Leng Yueyan was even more illustrious than Xue You. There were no experts who didn’t know it. Now seeing her terrifying speed, they turned pale.
With such speed, even if they were on guard, they wouldn’t be able to block. It could be said that other than a few experts that could be counted on their fingers, Leng Yueyan could kill anyone she wanted here without wasting a second move.
Furthermore, it was also shocking that Long Chen could block this attack. His reaction was also monstrous.
They didn’t know that Long Chen had already fought a life and death battle against Leng Yueyan. He was a bit familiar with her moves, and it was only because of his instinctive reaction that he had managed to block it.
Seeing Long Chen roaring furiously like an angry lion, Leng Yueyan smiled. “Didn’t I just stab you once? You don’t need to be so petty. Look, there are so many people there, but I don’t bother stabbing them. That proves that in my eyes, you’re different from them!”
“Fuck off! Go stab them then and see if they’ll be so magnanimous!” raged Long Chen.
His words caused everyone to turn green. They once more fled like startled rabbits. They were now basically on the border of this space. Inside, they cursed Long Chen to death.
Yue Xiaoqian was shocked. She had never seen such speed. Leng Yueyan could attack without making any signs, meaning her attack had come essentially before she had even thought about attacking, the opposite of an ordinary person. This attack exceeded her understanding.
“I’ve already said it was just a joke. If I really wanted to kill you, I would tell you beforehand. Can you still not resolve your temper? However, your reactions and power really are not bad. Only by getting stronger can you think of picking up girls. Not bad, not bad, did anything happen between the two of you?” Leng Yueyan looked from Long Chen to Yue Xiaoqian, her sapphire eyes sweeping over their bodies.
“Does that have a damn thing to do with you?!” raged Long Chen. He still hadn’t calmed down from his fury. He thought Leng Yueyan had failed to live up to his confidence. This was a kind of deception, which made it hard for him to accept.
He suddenly had an urge to release all his power and have a fight with her. But she was smiling innocently, making it so he couldn’t attack. The feeling of not being able to release his anger was stifling.
Having Leng Yueyan’s gaze sweep over her body, Yue Xiaoqian suddenly turned red, fury in her eyes.
“Oh, you’re still a virgin? It seems your relationship hasn’t developed to that point. Regretful, regretful. Oh, Long Chen, who would have thought that you’re also a virgin?” Leng Yueyan suddenly looked at Long Chen with shock.
“Fuck off, just who is a virgin? I have countless experiences with women and am a seasoned veteran. In fact, others nicknamed me the Adamantine Golden Spear. Do you even understand what the expression that young women like older men means?” raged Long Chen. In this era, calling men virgins was a kind of insult.
“Long Chen, don’t be so crass!” Yue Xiaoqian reddened.
The distant experts looked at them oddly. They felt like the world was going crazy. This was the legendary Devil Empress that killed people without blinking, the Leng Yueyan that had walked a path of broken bones? Why did it seem more like they were flirting?
“Tch, I won’t lower myself to your level. I’m going to go see what treasure is inside. If you aren’t afraid of me suddenly killing you, you can come with me!” said Leng Yueyan. Just like that, she began walking toward the center.
Chapter 866 Digging Holes and Filling Mounds
Long Chen was unable to figure out this beautiful killing goddess. But in the end, he and Yue Xiaoqian still decided to follow her.
There was a hill with a diameter of around thirty meters. It looked like a fake mountain, as there were little mounds on it. In front of those mounds were coffins.
Long Chen couldn’t help but find this curious. Coffins should have been buried underground. Why would they be left outside? That made no sense.
“How strange. Long Chen, what do you say? What is going on here?” Leng Yueyan suddenly turned back.
Long Chen was just about to answer with how the hell was he supposed to know, when he suddenly smiled. “I know. But why do I have to tell you?”
Leng Yueyan was startled. She hadn’t expected him to know such an ancient secret. At f
irst, she wanted to say something, but seeing that he appeared hostile, she chose to stay silent for a moment.
“If you tell me, I will forever protect one of your secrets,” she said suddenly, glancing at Yue Xiaoqian.
“Really?”
“I, Leng Yueyan, disdain lying,” she said indifferently. That voice was full of her arrogance.
“Alright, that’s what you said. You better keep your word…” Hearing Long Chen’s words, although the others didn’t dare to get closer, they perked up their ears. After investigating for this long, they still hadn’t managed to solve this riddle.
“In truth, burying coffins usually requires three people to be most efficient. One person digs the hole, one person buries the coffin, and one person fills the mound. According to my vast experience, just from one small clue, the truth reveals itself to me. I would be so bold as to conclude through my careful analysis that…” said Long Chen.
“Conclude what?” Leng Yueyan didn’t say anything, so it was Yue Xiaoqian that urged him on.
“That on that day, the person in charge of burying the coffin didn’t come to work. So one person dug the hole, one person filled the mound, but then the coffin was just left outside,” said Long Chen with absolute certainty.
Everyone’s expressions became odd. They all glared at Long Chen. What kind of dogshit logic was this? Having been listening so carefully, they felt like they had been duped.
“Long Chen, do you believe me when I say I’ll kill you right now?” Leng Yueyan’s expression finally became a bit angry. In all her memories, this was the first time someone dared to try to dupe her.
“Hm, did you make some kind of mistake? Didn’t you just say that if I told you, you’d forever protect one of my secrets? I’ve already told you my deduction, but you immediately became hostile. Hmph, it seems that I recall a certain someone saying something like I, Leng Yueyan, disdain lying? What, you regret it so quickly?” said Long Chen, even imitating her tone. But his imitation was a bit exaggerated, and instead of seeming like a killing god, he seemed like an effeminate man.