The people had already left, yet the lingering might still shook the air. Seeing them depart just like that, no one could remain calm.
A grand main peak of Qingmi Mountain, one ranked near the top. Yet such a peak had been stormed by intruders who then retreated unscathed. Even with the peak master appearing in person, the outcome could not be changed.
Everyone felt deeply shaken. They could not believe this fact.
Those who had witnessed Ye Chu’s bloody battle finally gained a clear understanding of the four disciples of Wuxin Peak in Qingmi Mountain. Following in the footsteps of the golden child and the others, Ye Chu had now made his name in Qingmi Mountain. Before today, many people did not even know there was someone called Ye Chu in Qingmi Mountain. But after today, discussions about this name would surely spread endlessly throughout Qingmi Mountain.
At the same time, they were shaken by Ye Chu’s strength. Most importantly, it was the murderous aura that coiled around his entire body. It filled them with dread and terror. One person had nearly crippled Yongfeng entirely. In the whole of Qingmi Mountain, there were not many who possessed such terrifying and shocking power, but those who did were always in secluded death cultivation, rarely appearing in public.
The people from other peaks watched Ye Chu and the others leave, then hurried back to their own peaks as quickly as possible. They needed to warn their peak’s disciples: never provoke Wuxin Peak in the future. Even if they were struck in the face, do not retaliate.
The lunatics of Wuxin Peak were far too mad. No one knew what would happen if they were provoked. Yongfeng was the perfect example. After today’s heavy blow, Yongfeng’s ranking would definitely fall below Wuxin Peak and become dead last.
In the past, Wuxin Peak had always been an object of contempt. But now, even if people still scorned their mental instability, they had no choice but to acknowledge Wuxin Peak’s combat power. These lunatics could not be provoked!
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Back at Wuxin Peak, Ye Chu had no strength left. He collapsed onto the bed. His entire body was exhausted, and his injuries were severe.
“What did you seize from Yongfeng?” Ye Chu could not help asking Ou Yi. “Where are the healing herbs for me? Bring them out.”
“Healing herbs? What healing herbs?” Ou Yi said with great surprise. “What the old madman told me to take were some weapon-refining materials. I also grabbed some weapons suitable for carving along the way.”
As Ou Yi spoke, he tossed out handfuls of precious items like green sand. In his hand he still held a drill-like object that shimmered with flowing light. Clearly it was a fine tool.
“But you went there using the excuse that I shed blood to demand compensation. Did you not take even a single healing medicine?” Ye Chu wanted to strangle the pair of them. Who was it that said one drop of blood was worth ten gold ingots? The one who bled was him, yet he had not received a single thing.
“A real man, a great hero. What is a little blood? It is not worth anything.” Ou Yi had completely forgotten his earlier words. He glanced at Ye Chu and said, “Anyway, you are not dead. That is good enough. This handsome one still has to go carve the world’s most handsome statue.”
Ye Chu let out a light breath. He tried hard to keep his emotions calm. He was worried he would be angered into coughing up blood by them. Ye Chu thought that once he recovered, he would definitely take back everything he had lost.
Feeling how weak his body was, Ye Chu endured it!
“Um… could you help me put this long sword back on the high platform?” Ye Chu said to Ou Yi.
Ou Yi glanced at the long sword beside Ye Chu. He looked at Ye Chu with a strange expression. Seeing Ye Chu gesture for him to come over and take it, Ou Yi could not help shivering. Without a second thought, he turned and ran away at full speed.
What a joke. You may be a madman, but I am not. Although he was bold, he did not dare touch this long sword.
Before leaving, Ou Yi gave Ye Chu a sympathetic look. That glance made Ye Chu’s heart jump with fear. Earlier he had only focused on taking the long sword so he could stand against Yongfeng. But now he could not avoid facing the consequences the long sword would bring.
This long sword was something the old madman had never dared to touch in his entire life.
Ye Chu looked towards the old madman. Sure enough, he saw the old madman staring at the long sword beside Ye Chu. After a long while, the old madman sighed and said, “Focus on recovering from your injuries. We will talk about the long sword after you have healed.”
“Old madman, I…”
Ye Chu wanted to say something, but the old madman interrupted him. “You should understand that this thing cannot be touched carelessly. Since you have touched it, you must bear the responsibility for doing so. However, I will not speak about it now. We will wait until the golden child returns and your eldest senior brother comes out of seclusion. Then we will discuss it!”
Ye Chu’s heart jolted even more because of the old madman’s words. Waiting for the golden child and eldest senior brother? The old madman was waiting for everyone to be present. This was unprecedented. It was enough to prove that Ye Chu had gone too far this time.
The old madman did not give Ye Chu a chance to reply. He simply stepped out and left. Uncle Wang soon arrived to clean Ye Chu’s wounds and brought healing medicines from Qingmi Mountain.
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At the back mountain of Qingmi Mountain, Ou Yi was currently dragging a group of people. All of them were now collapsed on the ground. Their hand and foot tendons had been severed.
Looking at the group writhing on the ground, Ou Yi muttered to himself. He thought that Ye Chu really had a ruthless heart. The moment they returned to Wuxin Peak, Ye Chu had directly severed these people’s hand and foot tendons. Then he handed them over and said, “The rest is up to you. For that one slap Xi Xi received, they deserve to be sliced a thousand times. Do not let them die too comfortably.”
Ou Yi had always felt that he and Ye Chu were fundamentally different. That was a ruthless person. He himself had always been kind. Even when he killed, he would not use overly cruel methods. Asking him to cruelly kill these people really put him in a difficult position.
Ou Yi looked at the group and said, “Do not worry. Do not be too nervous. I am definitely not like that madman Ye Chu. You will all die very peacefully. I will not torture you.”
These people had already lost all hope. They knew their fate could not be changed. All they hoped for now was a quick death without suffering.
A surge of power flowed from Ou Yi’s arm. He lifted them all up and carried them to a mountain cave. Smiling sweetly at Yong Jing and the others, he said, “You can die here.”
Yong Jing and the others looked at the deep abyss beneath them. They thought that falling to their death here would end it all. It would only be a moment of pain.
But Ou Yi did not let go. Instead, he used his power to slowly lower them to the bottom of the cave. They landed safely at the cave floor. This gave them a spark of hope. Perhaps the other side would not kill them.
But this hope did not last long. Their faces were soon replaced by terror. At some unknown moment, countless snakes surged out from all sides of the cave. The snakes poured forth and slithered into their nostrils, into the wounds on their hands and feet, burrowing into their bodies.
“Ah…”
Miserable screams echoed through Wuxin Peak, filled with boundless terror. The people of Yongfeng had never been so frightened before. No one could imagine what it felt like to have countless snakes burrowing into their bodies.
Looking at the few people now enveloped by ten thousand snakes, Ou Yi muttered, “I did not kill you instantly. Letting you live a few more hours in the snake cave, slowly having your blood devoured by the snakes, can also be considered a kind of fortune.”
“In the end, I am still too kind. Even when killing, I am now unwilling to do it myself.” Ou Yi felt that he was the most refined person in Wuxin Peak. He was fundamentally different from madmen like Ye Chu and the golden child. In the entire Wuxin Peak, only he and Xi Xi were normal.