Chapter 14: I couldn’t hear clearly because it was too noisy earlier.
“My strength isn’t particularly strong either,” Ye Changsheng explained, “It’s just like how you’re good at fighting women, and I happen to be good at dealing with you.”
“Don’t, don’t kill me, Dao Master! I’ll tell you everything you want to know! I’ll give you whatever you want!”
Chen Ye forced a smile and, disregarding the pain, quickly kowtowed, begging for mercy. As the saying goes, if you keep the green hills, you’ll never run out of firewood. As long as he could escape here and bring the cultivation technique back to the sect, he wouldn’t have to worry about not being able to soar again.
“I do have something I want.” Ye Changsheng said.
“As long as Dao Master wants it, this humble one will offer it even if it means going through fire and water!”
Chen Ye saw hope and poured out everything from his Small Qiankun Bag. For a cultivator in the Foundation Establishment Realm, these possessions were far too abundant. If sold, they would be equivalent to the annual salary of an Elder from Wuhua Palace.
“You see, Dao Master, is this enough to exchange for this humble one’s dog life?” Chen Ye asked with a fawning smile.
Ye Changsheng glanced at Ling Xiaoxing, who had fainted, and didn’t even look at Chen Ye’s belongings, dismissing them as trash. “What I want is your life.”
Chen Ye froze. “However, if I die, you might never know some things. For example, the Integration Stage mighty figure behind me—”
“Don’t worry, there’s a sorcery to make the dead speak,” Ye Changsheng’s voice was chillingly cold. “I happen to know it.”
Chen Ye’s head buzzed. In this world, there indeed existed a divine sorcery capable of forcing the dead to speak. Such powerful sorcery was only known to the supreme figures of the Demonic Path in the past and was said to be lost now. How could someone possibly master it now? But Ye Changsheng’s attitude didn’t seem like he was joking.
Chen Ye’s hand moved slowly, his survival instinct drawing him towards something he had poured out. The sect behind him had indeed given him a final trump card, one that could even defeat a Nascent Soul stage expert.
“You’ve been cheated! This is my last trump card, Chen Ye’s last trump card!!” Chen Ye no longer cared about his dignity. He scrambled like a dog, grabbed a jade token, channeled his remaining Spiritual Power into it, and activated its effect.
The jade token shattered with a deafening roar, like an ignited explosion. It was like a tsunami of sound waves, making Chen Ye’s ears go deaf. The earth trembled, and birds, startled, flew away into the sky above the Peach Forest Sea.
“No fireworks or firecrackers are allowed in Wuhua Palace on non-holidays.” Ye Changsheng frowned.
“Don’t you notice?? Look around, you idiot!” Chen Ye shrieked with laughter.
Besides the animals in the Peach Forest Sea, the Ferocious Beasts within were also awakened. A Scarlet Wast, hundreds of meters long, appeared above the forest, awakened from its pleasant dream and searching for the source of the sound. Its snake eyes blazed with furious intent.
“That’s a Ferocious Beast in the late Nascent Soul stage! No matter how strong you are, you can’t deal with it!” Chen Ye, who had decided to go all out, bellowed. Like a stray dog, he was determined to drag Ye Changsheng down with him. This was the final plan instructed by his sect’s mighty figures: to use a Magical Artifact to forcefully summon the Scarlet Wast from the Star Vortex forest, causing it to become disoriented and attack indiscriminately, creating chaos.
The sound waves made the Scarlet Wast’s mind scatter. Its vision turned red, and it wanted to devour any living creature it saw. It spotted two figures and, not caring who they were, let out a terrifying roar and lunged towards Ye Changsheng and Chen Ye.
“Sigh.” Ye Changsheng sighed.
“So you can make that face too? Then I’ll truly die comfortably~ I’ll have company on my journey to the underworld,” Chen Ye said.
As the land was about to be swallowed by the Scarlet Wast, turning them into its next meal, Ye Changsheng turned his back with his hands behind him. Facing the Ferocious Beast, a sharp glint flashed in Ye Changsheng’s eyes.
“Get down.”
BOOM!
The Scarlet Wast’s massive body slammed onto the ground as if acting on reflex. Before it could even think, its body instinctively obeyed the command.
“Hiss…”
The Scarlet Wast clearly saw who was in front of it and regretted its actions immensely, trembling all over. This Ferocious Beast, capable of dominating the Nascent Soul stage, no longer dared to show any authority. Before Ye Changsheng, it was like a pet being disciplined by its owner, not even daring to lift its head.
“I really didn’t want this to happen. Now Chi’s got PTSD again…” Ye Changsheng shook his head slightly. When they first met, the Ferocious Beast looked down on Ye Changsheng and frantically tried to kill him. Therefore, Ye Changsheng had to teach it a lesson. Since it was a Ferocious Beast with a temper, he was a bit heavy-handed and disciplined it quite a few times. This resulted in the Scarlet Wast developing PTSD and being afraid to appear before Ye Changsheng for a long time.
“Can you calm down?” Although Ye Changsheng’s voice was gentle, the Scarlet Wast, recalling past events, felt like he was asking: *Do you want to become snake soup?*
“Hiss!! Hiss!!”
To save its life, the Scarlet Wast had become a groveling snake, not daring to exhale and being completely obedient to Ye Changsheng.
“Oh right, Chen Ye, what was your trump card again?” Ye Changsheng shifted his gaze back to Chen Ye. “It was too noisy earlier, I couldn’t hear clearly.”
Chen Ye was already stunned. This late Nascent Soul stage Ferocious Beast was not even a threat to Ye Changsheng. This was beyond his understanding of common sense. He collapsed, falling to his knees, unable to say anything. A foul smell emanated from his crotch.
“I… I… this, this…” Chen Ye had no more means to deal with Ye Changsheng.
Ye Changsheng disgustedly backed away. “Forget it, Chi, eat. Just leave me the head.”
…
“So, it was the Soul Refining Sect causing trouble from behind.” Ye Changsheng performed a cultivation technique and obtained the intelligence hidden behind. Because of the great war in the past, the Soul Refining Sect’s vitality was greatly damaged, and they became a second-rate Demonic Path sect, still not recovered. Seeing Wuhua Palace gradually establish itself as a first-rate Demonic Path sect, how could they not be jealous? Thus, they planned this scheme and caused trouble.
“It doesn’t concern me anyway, I’m too lazy to get involved.” Ye Changsheng boredly dropped Chen Ye’s head on the ground. Chen Ye was already dead. He threw all of his possessions to the Scarlet Wast, which also helped heal its wounded spirit. The matter came to an end like this. Ling Xiaoxing knew nothing of the truth, and the Scarlet Wast dared not reveal any clues to the people of Wuhua Palace. The ending was acceptable.
“I can finally return to my peaceful undercover life.” Ye Changsheng walked to Ling Xiaoxing’s side, looked at her cute face, and a bold idea struck him on a whim. He placed Chen Ye’s head on Ling Xiaoxing’s flat chest, so that as soon as she woke up, this horrifying bounty would fill her vision.
“Senior Sister Xiaoxing, wake up quickly, I have a gift for you.”
