Chapter 116

"The same kind of people?!"

A sneer appeared on Jiang Ye's face, his aged eyes filled with mockery, "I wouldn't dare to be the same kind of person as Miss Yang!"

Yang Han still wore a smile: "It's fine if you lie to me, Elder Jiang, but don't lie to yourself..."

The murderous intent in Jiang Ye's eyes grew even stronger, "Do you think I don't dare to kill you?"

Yang Han nodded slightly with a smile, not a hint of fear on her beautiful face, her autumn-water-like eyes calmly meeting Jiang Ye's gaze. "Of course I believe Elder Jiang has that determination and those means..."

"It's just..."

Yang Han paused slightly, her tone light: "Taking a step back, even if Elder Jiang really killed me, what benefit would you gain?"

"It couldn't possibly be for some nonsense reason like the common people of the world..."

"I must state here that although the 'Six Demons of Yunling' have a bad reputation, I am very clean and have never wantonly killed the innocent... especially the elderly and children..."

"Just like the 'Head-Chopping Demon,' who wiped out the Sun family but didn't lay a hand on those innocent servants..."

As she spoke, she even playfully winked at Jiang Ye.

Jiang Ye sneered coldly, his voice like ice: "If I want to kill you, why would I need a reason!"

"Fine." Yang Han wore a faint smile, shrugging her shoulders as if helpless, a gesture that carried an indescribable charm on her, "Then I can only suggest that Elder Jiang not do such a foolish thing..."

"Otherwise, far too many people will die."

As the words fell, the smile on Yang Han's face gradually turned cold.

"Putting on an act..."

Jiang Ye sneered, just about to speak.

Yang Han, as if she had long anticipated what he was going to say, spoke in a soft voice: "Does Elder Jiang think I am putting on an act..."

She shook her head:

"Not at all~ I have always respected the elderly and loved the young, and I don't like to lie~ Look at this!"

She extended her fair, soft palm toward Jiang Ye, her five fingers slender, her palm facing upward, slowly opening.

In that instant, Jiang Ye's pupils shrank abruptly.

He saw that her palm was actually emitting a faint moonlight, the light clear and gentle, as if the moon of the fifteenth day had poked its head out from behind the clouds, casting a clear radiance over the ground.

In the center of that light, a moon mark faintly emerged; it was not large, but exceptionally clear, as if it had grown out of her flesh and blood, fused with her palm.

"This is..."

Jiang Ye narrowed his eyes; the moon mark in Yang Han's hand actually gave him a sense of trance, as if he were staring directly at the moon.

"Elder Jiang, please forgive my presumption in taking your hand."

As Yang Han spoke, she extended her fair, soft jade hand and directly grasped Jiang Ye's withered, aged right hand.

Jiang Ye was slightly startled; a sensation like playing with fine jade came from his hand—warm, delicate, and carrying a hint of coolness, as if he were holding a piece of top-quality mutton-fat jade.

The next instant.

Jiang Ye's expression changed abruptly.

From Yang Han's hand, he felt an incomparably thick energy.

That energy was hidden deep within her body, as cool as moonlight and as vast as the tide, as if she were hiding a small moon inside her.

Jiang Ye's heart shook, and he subconsciously released Yang Han's hand, his brow furrowing tightly as he said: "Is that the moon essence you absorbed?!"

He thought of the scene not long ago where Yang Han was absorbing moon essence on the roof of the inn.

Yang Han nodded slightly with a smile, that smile carrying a hint of pride and a hint of cunning, "That's right, so Elder Jiang should know now that I wasn't putting on an act, right?"

She withdrew her hand, looked down at the moon mark on her palm that was gradually fading, and said in a light voice: "If I were to unfortunately die, the moonlight within my body would be detonated..."

She raised her eyes, her autumn-water-like eyes staring straight at Jiang Ye, the smile on the corners of her lips remaining, but there was not a hint of joking in the depths of her eyes:

"Elder Jiang, guess what would happen... if this moonlight were detonated..."

Jiang Ye looked at Yang Han with a solemn expression, not responding.

If Yang Han really detonated that moon essence within her body, he estimated that of the people in these ruins today, probably fewer than one in ten would survive.

Moreover, he would be the first to bear the brunt of it.

The two stood in a standoff, the grotto so quiet that they could hear each other's breathing.

That breathing was one deep and one shallow, one steady and one soft.

Yang Han extended her soft hand again with a smile, "Elder Jiang, let's cooperate!"

Jiang Ye looked at her with an indifferent expression, his thoughts turning sharply.

He truly hadn't expected that this Yang Han would be such a hot potato.

After a long while, Jiang Ye spoke in a cold tone: "What is there for the two of us to cooperate on?"

"There is."

Yang Han smiled, her autumn eyes curving into two crescent moons: "There is an excellent target right now, and I was just worried about the risks of going it alone."

As she spoke, she took another step forward, her purple skirt rubbing lightly against the ground, emitting a faint, crisp sound.

She leaned into Jiang Ye's ear, stood slightly on tiptoe, and whispered a few words.

A flash of strange color crossed Jiang Ye's eyes, and he sneered: "I heard that the 'Six Demons of Yunling' had been recruited by the Seven Kill Sect; you actually dare to have designs on this... you really are bold beyond measure."

Yang Han smiled faintly: "I... do indeed have some guts... I just don't know if Elder Jiang has the courage."

Jiang Ye shook his head slightly, his tone remaining cold: "The premise of cooperation is trust; why should I believe you?"

Yang Han smiled: "What would I have to do for Elder Jiang to trust me?"

Jiang Ye sneered, a flash of brilliance appearing in his aged eyes: "That's simple; hand over the technique for utilizing murderous intent, as well as the breathing method for absorbing moon essence, and I will believe you have the sincerity!"

"The technique for utilizing murderous intent..."

Yang Han looked Jiang Ye over thoughtfully, the smile on her face deepening: "I didn't expect Elder Jiang to be a fellow traveler..."

"Do you know that this is the core secret technique of the Seven Kill Sect? It was not easy for me to obtain..."

She paused, her smile carrying a hint of deeper meaning.

Afterward, she changed the subject: "However, in order to befriend a personage like Elder Jiang, this secret technique is not impossible to share."

"The core secret technique of the Seven Kill Sect..."

Jiang Ye's expression remained unchanged, but he nodded secretly in his heart.

His previous guess was indeed correct; the technique regarding murderous intent was indeed only in the hands of the Seven Kill Sect demons.

That Yang Han could get her hands on it showed that her involvement with that demonic sect was even deeper than he had imagined.

Yang Han did not dawdle, readily taking a yellowed page from her bosom and handing it to Jiang Ye, "Elder Jiang, to show my sincerity, I will first give you the first layer of this Seven Kill Sect secret technique."

"Oh?!"

Jiang Ye's eyes brightened, and he took the yellowed page from Yang Han's hand without changing his expression.

Taking a close look, this should be something Yang Han had copied herself; the edges of the paper were slightly frayed, clearly having been flipped through many times.

The characters on the paper were dense, the handwriting sloppy yet revealing a sharpness; just by taking a glance, a chilling murderous aura rushed toward him.

He scanned it roughly; it recorded how to absorb murderous intent into the body, but many parts were incomplete.

He raised his eyes to look at Yang Han and asked in a low voice: "How many layers does this secret technique have in total?"

Yang Han smiled faintly, her smile carrying a hint of cunning: "I don't know how many layers the secret technique has in total, but I only have three layers in my hands right now; giving you one layer should be enough to show my sincerity, right?"

She paused and continued: "After the cooperation ends, I will give you the remaining two layers of the secret technique."

Jiang Ye pondered for a moment, tucked the page into his bosom, and then said: "What about the breathing method for absorbing moon essence!"

Upon hearing this, Yang Han smiled and said: "Elder Jiang, I don't have any breathing method for absorbing moon essence."

Jiang Ye's brow furrowed, his tone growing a few degrees colder: "Then how do you absorb moon essence?"

Yang Han blinked with a faint smile, her tone soft: "Elder Jiang, this is my secret, and I can only tell you alone~ I can absorb moon essence because my constitution is special..."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Ye was slightly startled.

A special constitution?

He immediately thought of Xu Qinghuan, who possessed the True Yin Constitution.

Could it be that this Yang Han before him also possessed a similar constitution?

"What special constitution!"

Jiang Ye asked in a low voice, his gaze fixed tightly on her.

Yang Han shook her head slightly, a hint of seriousness appearing on her faintly smiling face, "Elder Jiang, girls always have some secrets that are inconvenient to tell others... when we get to know each other better in the future, I'll tell you, okay~"

As she spoke, Yang Han winked playfully again, her tone actually carrying a hint of coquettishness.

Seeing the expression on Yang Han's face, Jiang Ye knew that he probably wouldn't be able to get the answer to this matter.

However, he had already obtained the most critical method for cultivating murderous intent for free, so he didn't lose out.

"Elder Jiang, please look after me in the future."

Yang Han extended her hand to Jiang Ye once more with a faint smile.

Jiang Ye originally didn't want to shake her hand, but Yang Han was staring straight at him, quite like someone who wouldn't withdraw her hand if he didn't shake it.

After pondering for a moment, Jiang Ye reached out and shook it; the sensation was still that warmth like playing with fine jade.

Jiang Ye asked casually: "Miss Yang, do you know what the secret treasure in these ruins is?"

Yang Han shook her head slightly with a smile: "I don't know either, though I did hear 'that person' mention it inadvertently; the owner of these ruins seems to be called something like the Five Elements Old Man..."

"Five Elements Old Man?!"

Jiang Ye's expression remained unchanged, but he silently noted this name.

Just at this moment.

Rumble!!!

A violent tremor suddenly came from the direction of the stone door, the sound like muffled thunder rolling underground, shaking the dust on the ceiling of the grotto down in a rustle, broken stones crumbling from the stone walls and hitting the ground with a dull thud.

"The stone door is opening!!!"

Someone let out a loud shout, the voice filled with irrepressible excitement and urgency.

Everyone rushed toward the stone door with excited expressions.

Jiang Ye was no exception; he stood up immediately, his figure flickering as he swept toward the direction of the stone door.

His speed was extremely fast, and in the blink of an eye, he merged into the crowd of the Profound Heaven Sect, joining Zheng Feng, Xie Tang, and the others.

Behind him, Yang Han's soft voice drifted over lightly, like an invisible silk thread, falling precisely into his ears.

"Elder Jiang! Don't forget our agreement to cooperate~~~"