Chapter 169: Beloved?!

In the shadows of the valley forest, a middle-aged man wearing fiery red tight-fitting clothes with a cold expression walked out slowly.

It was exactly that Divine Qi Realm martial artist from the Chiyan Sect, Cheng Yue.

At this moment, there was a look of surprise on his cold face.

Clearly, he hadn't expected an Embracing the Pill Realm martial artist to be able to dodge his sneak attack.

"Not bad, I didn't expect that you, an old bag of bones, could still have such agile movements."

Cheng Yue stood with his hands behind his back, sizing up Jiang Ye with an amused look, and then swept over the giant bear corpse on the ground.

"No wonder you could slaughter such a big beast all by yourself."

Jiang Ye sized up the other person with cold eyes and didn't respond.

He didn't ask why the other person wanted to sneak-attack him.

These were all nonsense.

In this Duanling Mountain Range, the fist is the truth, and strength is the rule.

There was not a trace of panic in his eyes.

Even facing a Divine Qi Realm martial artist, with his Bird-form True Meaning, he could escape at any time.

He didn't retreat immediately because he was pondering in his heart whether there was a chance to kill this Divine Qi Realm martial artist from the Chiyan Sect across ranks.

After all, it had always been him sneak-attacking others; when had it ever been someone else's turn to sneak-attack him?

"The Fire-attribute True Qi and Gold-attribute True Qi have consumed quite a bit... let me try the Blood Moon Illusory Kill..."

Thoughts turned in Jiang Ye's mind.

The strength of Divine Qi far exceeded True Qi.

Even if he used Five Elements True Qi to collide head-on with the other side, he would be the one to suffer.

Facing such a strong enemy, he should play some tactics.

As long as he could control the other side for a moment with the Blood Moon Illusory Kill, and then let Xiao Huo bite him.

He would have plenty of ways to drag the other side to death.

"It seems you, this old bag of bones, are still a tough nut to crack."

Seeing Jiang Ye not panic at all facing him, the coldness and arrogance between Cheng Yue's brows stalled slightly, and a ferocious arc tugged at the corner of his mouth:

"What a coincidence, I like torturing tough nuts the most..."

The moment the words fell, a scorching aura erupted from his body, and the surrounding air was burned and distorted slightly.

Jiang Ye backhanded and drew his curved blade, which was shining with cold light, and was about to unleash the Blood Moon Blade True Meaning, Blood Moon Illusory Kill.

The next instant.

ROAR—!!!

A roar that was neither snake nor dragon exploded in the entire Duanling Mountain Range like thunder falling from the nine heavens.

At this moment.

Time seemed to have fallen into a standstill.

"..."

Jiang Ye, who was about to make a move, was shocked into a blank mind by this roar, and a rare look of trance appeared in his aged eyes.

The vast Duanling Mountain Range fell into a deathly silence at this moment; the wind didn't blow, the leaves didn't rustle, and even the birds in the mountains forgot to flap their wings in this roar.

After a long while.

Jiang Ye finally came to his senses, light returning to his eyes, and a stormy sea surged in his heart: "What exactly was that just now..."

Afterward, he discovered with horror.

His body couldn't move.

"How could this be..."

Jiang Ye's heart instantly sank to the bottom.

Clearly his consciousness was completely awake, but this body seemed to be deeply trapped in the shock of that roar, completely out of the control of his consciousness.

No matter how desperately he channeled his intent, his limbs and bones were like petrified, not moving at all.

The misfortune among the good fortune was that he discovered that the Divine Qi Realm martial artist from the Chiyan Sect was also in the same state, his body stiff there, his eyes wide open, his expression full of unbelievable horror.

Clearly, that roar had also exceeded his cognition.

In the valley, the tense atmosphere was frozen into a strange silence at this moment.

Jiang Ye's eyes condensed.

He suddenly thought of the killing intent he had just cultivated.

Killing intent can break all laws!

He gathered his mind, and the wisp of killing intent hidden in the ancestral aperture of his glabella was instantly mobilized.

The next instant.

BOOM!

A cold, bone-chilling aura erupted from Jiang Ye's body, tearing a crack in the oppressive feeling filling the valley.

At the same time, his body could finally move.

"Killing intent is indeed useful!"

A flash of wild joy appeared in Jiang Ye's eyes.

Without any hesitation, he tapped his feet, his figure like a residual image tearing through the silence, and sped toward the Chiyan Sect martial artist who was still stiff not far away.

"..."

Cheng Yue's eyes were wide open, and even streaks of blood appeared in his eyeballs.

At this moment, countless emotions surged in his eyes.

Shock, unwillingness, disbelief, and fear deep into the bones...

WHOOSH—!!!

A blade light swept past.

All the emotions in Cheng Yue's eyes came to an abrupt end.

The next instant.

His head rolled from his neck, falling into the mud, emitting a muffled sound.

The headless body swayed, then fell down like a golden mountain collapsing, splashing a piece of blood-stained dust.

Jiang Ye breathed a sigh of relief, looked down at the head on the ground that was still wide-eyed, and a flash of trance-like surprise crossed his eyes.

A powerful Divine Qi Realm expert had been killed by him just like that.

Not a narrow victory in a life-and-death struggle.

But in the aftermath of that strange roar, he had been beheaded with one blade, like cutting vegetables...

If this were told, I'm afraid no one would believe it.

Even he himself still felt it was a bit unreal.

"That roar just now... it wouldn't be the legendary thousand-year snake demon..."

Jiang Ye looked up in the direction of the center of the Duanling Mountain Range, taking a deep breath with lingering fear.

The legends about the Duanling Mountain Range that Zheng Feng and Zheng Hui had mentioned back then flooded his mind like a tide.

I'm afraid only that level of demonic beast could emit such a terrifying roar, just one hiss making a Divine Qi Realm expert unable to move, like a lamb waiting to be slaughtered.

No matter what, he couldn't stay in this Duanling Mountain Range anymore.

He had to evacuate quickly.

Jiang Ye suppressed the stormy sea in his heart, but his movements were faster than his thoughts, and he had already squatted down to search the headless corpse of the Chiyan Sect martial artist.

After a moment, he fished out several silver notes from the corpse that still had warmth, roughly counting them to be tens of thousands of taels.

There were also several bottles of pills, the jade porcelain bottles warm to the touch, the mouths of the bottles plugged tightly.

He pulled out one of the bottle stoppers, and a medicinal fragrance as clear as frost drifted out, seeping into his nasal cavity, making his spirit energized.

The bottle contained several pale white pills, faintly glowing with a layer of coolness under the moonlight.

"This is... Frost-Condensing Nourishing Pill?!"

Jiang Ye's pupils shrank slightly, revealing an uncontrollable joy.

He had read quite a few books in the Tianqing Sect during this period and was no longer that ignorant old man from the county town.

This Frost-Condensing Nourishing Pill was a top-grade healing pill refined with Heavenly Mountain Snow Lotus as the main medicinal material, and it was worth a lot.

Ordinary Embracing the Pill Realm martial artists couldn't afford this kind of healing pill at all.

It had to be a Divine Qi Realm martial artist who had this strength.

Jiang Ye opened the other bottles of pills to look at them; besides this healing Frost-Condensing Nourishing Pill, there was also a dark red pill lying quietly at the bottom of the bottle, emitting a scorching and overbearing aura.

"This should be the Divine Qi Tempering Pill..."

The joy on Jiang Ye's face became even stronger.

This Divine Qi Tempering Pill could assist in tempering Divine Qi, and the price was even higher than the Frost-Condensing Nourishing Pill.

This pill was supplied in limited quantities even within the Tianqing Sect.

Even if it was a Peak Master, the share they could get each month was not much.

"Not bad, you died worth it."

Jiang Ye nodded with satisfaction and put the several bottles of pills and the stack of silver notes into his bosom.

Afterward, he drew the curved blade at his waist, slashed the headless corpse into several pieces, and kicked them into the bushes.

This was to facilitate the wild beasts in the valley to eat.

It could only be said that in terms of being thoughtful, Old Jiang really had nothing to say.

Afterward, Jiang Ye's gaze fell on the giant bear corpse, a flash of regret in his eyes, "Xiao Huo, you spendthrift."

The bear demon's defense was astonishing, and this bear skin should have been worth a lot, but as a result, in such a short time, it had been corroded by Xiao Huo's fire poison into a mess.

"Forget it."

Jiang Ye shook his head slightly and didn't delay any longer, sweeping toward the top of the valley.

When he arrived at Zheng Hui's hiding place, a flash of surprise crossed his eyes.

This little girl actually went to find Zheng Feng.

Fortunately, she left a signal.

"Meet at the place where we tied the horses..."

Jiang Ye pondered for a moment and was about to move.

But his footsteps stopped abruptly.

The wind was wrong.

It was just an ordinary mountain wind blowing through the forest a moment ago, but now it suddenly became violent, making his robes flutter loudly, and the surrounding grass and trees all bowed low.

He subconsciously turned his head to look.

The next instant.

His expression stalled abruptly.

In the center of the Duanling Mountain Range, a cyan tornado rose into the sky, like a giant pillar piercing heaven and earth, twisting the clouds into a ferocious vortex.

The violent wind rolled with broken wood and sand, sweeping toward all directions with the tornado as the core, breaking trees and flying stones wherever it passed, as if even the sky was about to be torn off a corner by it.

"This... this..."

Jiang Ye's heart trembled violently.

First, a roar made the Divine Qi Realm expert unable to move, and now a cyan tornado that destroyed heaven and earth appeared for no reason.

He couldn't stay in this damn place for even a second longer.

He didn't dare to look again, tapped his feet, and his figure, like an arrow off the string, sped toward the direction where the horses were tied.

Just at this moment.

WHOOSH—!!!

High in the sky, a sharp and ear-piercing sound of breaking through the air suddenly came, as if some heavy object had torn through the sky, falling at a terrifying speed.

Jiang Ye looked up suddenly, his pupils instantly shrinking to the size of needle tips.

High in the sky, a cyan stream of light was falling straight down.

Coincidentally, the direction of the fall was right above his head.

He subconsciously wanted to dodge.

But he was still a moment too slow.

The next instant.

BANG—!!!

A muffled, extreme loud noise exploded in the mountain forest.

Jiang Ye was hit squarely by the cyan stream of light, his body sinking into the solid ground, mud and gravel splashing, and a shallow pit was smashed into the ground on the spot.

"Ugh..."

Jiang Ye groaned, the blood in his body surging and churning, his internal organs feeling as if they had been grabbed fiercely by an invisible hand.

Fortunately, he had practiced the "Diamond Body Refining Technique" and had a body of steel and iron.

Otherwise, this blow alone could have directly paralyzed him.

Or even killed him directly.

"What is this..."

After the blood in his body, which was churning like a river, finally calmed down, Jiang Ye came to his senses.

The smoke and dust hadn't dissipated yet; he looked down, and his pupils shrank violently again.

The cyan stream of light that fell on him...

It was actually that mysterious woman in the purple dress from before?!

At this moment, she was falling into Jiang Ye's arms, her eyes closed, a trace of almost transparent paleness on her beautiful, dignified oval face.

Her breathing was weak and disordered, and she seemed to have fainted.

But even so, the dignified aura of someone who had been in a high position for a long time remained, like a sleeping phoenix; even if she closed her eyes and was silent, it made people not dare to have any thoughts of blasphemy.

With the fragrant and soft jade in his arms, there was no joy in Jiang Ye's eyes.

"How could it be her... how could it be her?!"

Jiang Ye took a deep breath, thoughts flying in his mind.

Finally, he looked toward the center of the Duanling Mountain Range with horror in his eyes, and a terrifying thought popped up.

Those movements before, they wouldn't have anything to do with her, would they...

Thinking of this, he felt that what he was holding in his arms was not fragrant and soft jade, but a hot potato.

He almost immediately placed her on the ground.

Immediately after, he flipped out of the pit and ran wildly toward the direction where the horses were tied without looking back.

Run, run.

After a long while.

The woman in the purple dress lying on the ground, her thick long eyelashes suddenly trembled lightly a few times.

She slowly opened her eyes, and a deep look of surprise flashed in her bright, almost piercing pupils.

"Hmm..."

She frowned slightly and raised her sleeve.

"Why is there someone else's scent on me."

"Someone held me?!"