Chapter 442: A Person Must Not Have a Heart

Xi Congyun felt as if the sky were collapsing.

If something truly happened to Chen Yan's father, it would absolutely be the responsibility of the two of them.

Although the entire incident had nothing to do with the two of them, using Chen Yan's father as bait, not only did they fail to catch anything, but they also managed to lose the person.

Then this matter was huge.

Xi Congyun gritted his teeth; either they conceal it and report nothing, completely severing their connection to this affair.

But once such a thing is done, one's perception becomes blurred.

Take one wrong step, and one will only take ten thousand wrong steps.

Yet, at this very moment.

Zhang Ting appeared; he looked at the sinkhole and spoke indifferently:

"No need to go in anymore; I will report this matter to the Sovereign."

Xi Congyun and Mu Zigui walked out from within the sinkhole; they first looked at Chen Yuhu and breathed a sigh of relief.

Immediately after, their expressions sank.

It seemed Zhang Ting was going to report this matter after all.

…………

At the same time.

"Ji Kong, I've already said it, it has nothing to do with me!" Jiang Yuan roared; he was not fleeing toward Qin Province.

Instead, he was fleeing outside of Tie Province.

Once he fled toward Qin Province, it would completely confirm his identity as a spy.

Jiang Yuan was unwilling; he had built an immense network of connections in Ji Province, how could he just give up like this?

So unwilling.

Moreover, this time he really hadn't done anything.

With a hum.

A blade light like a rainbow struck down, covering the sky and earth; Jiang Yuan narrowly dodged it:

"You're playing for real!"

Jiang Yuan's eyes widened.

"Jiang Yuan, regardless of whether you actually participated in this matter, as long as many things are related to you, my Ji Clan's plan will fail; this is beyond doubt!" Ji Kong's expression was cold to the extreme.

Having entered the sixth rank in both the Horizontal Refining and Qi-Blood paths, his long blade's slash could tear huge cracks in the vault of heaven.

This was the strength of the third echelon, second in line.

Once Ji Kong entered the seventh rank, he could become a Great General of the Ji Clan.

Jiang Yuan narrowed his eyes, a chill rising in his heart; looking at it this way, his identity as a spy was confirmed.

The Ji Clan was ultimately different from the Aristocratic Family Alliance.

The Aristocratic Family Alliance was composed of multiple aristocratic families, with chaotic factions within; he, Jiang Yuan, could be said to have been faring better and better.

But the Ji Clan was different.

Especially during the current great war, with everyone united from top to bottom, it was just a bit too difficult for Jiang Yuan to act as a spy.

Furthermore, he had also made mistakes in his espionage this time.

The chill in the depths of Jiang Yuan's eyes emerged; the next moment, he was about to make a move.

Crack!

A sound of wild thunder roaring suddenly rang out; suddenly, a spear shadow cut across ten miles of territory.

Jiang Yuan narrowly dodged it and looked at the newcomer:

"Bing Yi!"

Jiang Yuan shouted in a low voice; this Bing Yi was precisely the third echelon, first in line of the Five Clans Ranking.

Yu Yi.

Jiang Yuan pondered in his heart; he actually didn't understand Yu Yi, and had even guessed that Chen Yan had long since left seclusion and disguised himself as a member of the Yu Clan.

Ji Kong laughed loudly:

"Jiang Yuan, I know you may have hidden your own strength, but I have called Yu Yi.

With the third echelon, first and second in line attacking together, how will you survive?"

High in the distant sky, Yu Yi, dressed in black, carried his long spear on his back and stepped through the void; with a single step, he would appear a thousand miles away.

A sense of indescribable sharpness struck.

Jiang Yuan's expression trembled; he gritted his teeth and the next moment flew toward Qin Province.

But, just as he flew out, he was blocked by Ji Kong again.

"You really are a spy for the Xia Clan; now that you want to return to the Xia Clan, it's too late." Ji Kong sneered:

"Even the smartest people will make mistakes under a false sense of security.

You shouldn't have come to the Great Xia with me."

As Ji Kong spoke, he slashed out with his blade, heavy blade shadows sweeping across the vault of heaven.

Jiang Yuan's whole body bloomed with floating light, his figure beginning to rapidly turn illusory; he moved with extreme speed, dodging this strike.

"Bright Moon-grade array, Jiang Yuan, you are actually a Grand Master of Arrays!" Ji Kong's eyes trembled, and he smiled even more happily:

"I guess you are that hidden second-rank General Star of the Xia Clan!"

Ji Kong smiled faintly and instantly became entangled with Jiang Yuan; the void shattered.

The chill in the depths of Jiang Yuan's eyes grew increasingly intense.

This time, he had ultimately run into trouble.

Although he did not intervene in Ji Chongyun's capture of Chen Yan's father, he was worried nonetheless.

That is why he chose to come to Great Xia with Ji Kong.

If he had not come, nothing would have happened.

Jiang Yuan waved one hand, sketching out communication formation disks one by one; he intended to notify the experts nearby.

"It's useless. How could I not be prepared if I intended to kill you?" Ji Kong smiled faintly.

"I have already deployed a sealing formation disk."

Jiang Yuan's expression remained unchanged as he unleashed a burst of his will!

Boom, boom, boom!

Monstrous waves of fire exploded above the Qiong Heaven, erupting continuously.

Crack!

Wild thunder roared; Yu Yi attacked, thrusting his long spear horizontally.

A layer of spear intent shattered the fire waves, accompanied by chill and wild thunder, terrifying to the extreme.

"Imitation is just imitation. Compared to the real Ice Intent, your spear intent lacks that sharp edge!"

Jiang Yuan shouted in a low voice.

He stared fixedly at Yu Yi; he had speculated that Yu Yi was Ice Intent, after all, they were almost identical.

But he had never seen him before, so he wasn't certain.

Now, he could be certain.

This Yu Yi was a fake Ice Intent, merely a replica.

Because if it were Chen Yan, he would never try to kill him.

Yu Clan?

The opponent was a member of the Yu Clan.

The Yu Clan had never emerged into the world; why would they suddenly let a Yu Yi come out, and impersonate Ice Intent, and impersonate him so well?

What were they planning?

Jiang Yuan pondered continuously in his mind.

In an instant, Yu Yi's body trembled, and even Ji Kong frowned.

"Jiang Yuan, you say he is a fake Ice Intent?" Ji Kong shouted in a low voice, but he did not stop his attacks, continuing to strike.

And that Yu Yi's movements became faster, and his power even more terrifying.

Yu Yi narrowed his eyes.

Within the Yu Clan, it was almost one hundred percent certain that Ice Intent was Chen Yan.

But after Chen Yan entered the Thunder-Strike Treasure Land and could not come out,

Yu Yi emerged into the world.

He knew that those who knew Chen Yan was Ice Intent would not expose him either.

Because once exposed, it would break Chen Yan's second identity.

Therefore, he was fearless.

He entered the Five Clans under the identity of Ice Intent and the only genius of the Yu Clan to emerge, preparing for the clan's plan.

But he did not expect that this Jiang Yuan would actually expose him at this time.

It made sense; Jiang Yuan was a spy for the Xia Clan and had very likely cooperated with Chen Yan.

Now that he was about to die, it was understandable that he would say this to disrupt the judgment of him and Ji Kong.

Therefore, Jiang Yuan had to die!

"Yu Yi, you are not Ice Intent?" Ji Kong looked at Yu Yi while attacking.

"I am Ice Intent; he is trying to interfere with you and me!" Yu Yi shouted in a low voice.

"If I am not Ice Intent, who is?"

Ji Kong nodded, then sneered.

"Jiang Yuan, you certainly have many little tricks, but if you think you can disrupt the bond between Brother Yu and me like this, you are wrong.

Tell me, what other information do you have?"

Ji Kong slashed out with his blade, the void trembled, and bloody gashes appeared on Jiang Yuan's body.

Ji Kong narrowed his eyes; Jiang Yuan's strength was indeed powerful, everyone had underestimated Jiang Yuan.

But fortunately, he had called Yu Yi.

With the two of them joining forces, Jiang Yuan was already showing signs of decline.

"I have one more secret!" Jiang Yuan struck out with a palm, sending Yu Yi flying.

"Speak!" Ji Kong sneered.

"I have slept with the Empress!" Jiang Yuan laughed loudly.

"If you kill me, the Empress will surely kill you!"

Ji Kong's expression turned ugly to the extreme, his attacks becoming even colder.

"How dare you mock the Empress; I will skin you alive!"

With a boom.

A blade slashed down, and a deep bloody gash instantly appeared on Jiang Yuan's body.

Jiang Yuan coughed up blood, but a smile appeared on the corners of his mouth, a very manic smile.

He, Jiang Yuan, was Yu Siyuan.

An illegitimate son of the Yu family, looked down upon and despised since childhood.

But he, Jiang Yuan, looked down on everyone, because he was very smart, too smart.

When he was young, he could make two little bullies who came to pick on him turn against each other with just a few words.

He relied solely on his status as an illegitimate son to be acknowledged by the Yu family, recognized by his father, and to snatch away the position of legitimate son that belonged to Yu Sixian.

He was valued by the previous Ruler.

The Ruler wanted him to go to the Military Guard.

Yet Jiang Yuan entered the Ji Clan's spy organization through a mission and climbed higher and higher.

Everyone was an idiot.

No matter how powerful a person was, in Jiang Yuan's eyes, they were all just big, dumb oafs who could be seen through at a glance.

The world was just a makeshift stage, and he, Jiang Yuan, was the only piece of gold.

Then, he was arranged by the Ji Clan spies to enter the Aristocratic Family Alliance.

A spy, a spy among spies.

It was a job that seemed to be on the edge of life and death, but Jiang Yuan did it very well, and the more he did it, the more exhilarating it felt.

Chen Changyuan, Chen Sanyuan, Luo Feng?

One by one, they were all idiots, all being tricked back and forth by him.

Simple, too simple.

He was heartless and lived only for himself.

But once a person has a heart, they will make mistakes.

Jiang Yuan reached out with one hand, took Ji Kong's blade head-on, and forcibly gouged out one of Ji Kong's eyes.

"Ahhh!!!" Ji Kong roared:

"You will die!"

Jiang Yuan coughed up blood, but the speed of his hand became even faster.

Where was I just talking about?

Right, once a person has a heart, they will make mistakes.

Before, when he was in the Ji Clan and was arranged to kill people of the Xia Clan, he could kill them with a smile, being more Ji Clan than the Ji Clan itself.

When he was in the Aristocratic Family Alliance and saw so many tragedies, he was still happy and cheerful.

He was Jiang Yuan; he had no heart. How could one be a spy if they had a heart?

He knew deeply that his value was far greater than those who were sacrificed!

Much greater!

He was the top priority for the Xia Clan all along!

Therefore, he did not need to have a heart.

But he had one now.

Therefore, he was wrong, and he was going to die.

He shouldn't have cared about Chen Yuhu, and he shouldn't have come to Great Xia.

He shouldn't have transmitted classified information for Great Xia so many times.

He knew someone was going to surround and kill Shen Yiwei; if they were going to surround and kill him, let them, what did that have to do with him?

But he transmitted the classified information.

He knew the great army led by Extreme Dao Martial was going to be ambushed; if they were going to be ambushed, let them.

What the hell did that have to do with him!

But he did it anyway.

Therefore, he was killed, and it was not a loss.

He had long been suspected.

It was all because of Chen Yan.

It was all because of this bastard.

If not for Chen Yan, he would absolutely never have cared about these things.

"Damn it!" Jiang Yuan roared lowly, then laughed as his chest was pierced through by Yu Yi's spear.

"A person cannot have a heart; once they have a heart, they will die!"

"Exhilarating!" Jiang Yuan roared, his body leaning forward, letting the spear pierce through, rushing all the way to Yu Yi and biting down.

With a *pfft* sound!

Yu Yi felt the pain and kicked Jiang Yuan away; a large chunk of flesh on his shoulder had been bitten off by Jiang Yuan, and blood flowed incessantly.

"You piece of trash," Jiang Yuan said with a smile, spitting blood.

His whole body was shattered as he looked at the ground below.

Where was I just talking about?

Right.

A person cannot have a heart.

Jiang Yuan's laughter was tragic, but he was still chuckling as he kicked out, blasting through Ji Kong's abdomen.

Ji Kong gritted his teeth; he had underestimated Jiang Yuan.

This person was terrifying!

He was no more than twenty years old, but his combat power and methods were terrifying to the extreme.

"You are absolutely the head of the Second Tier, the second greatest prodigy of Great Xia after Chen Yan!" Ji Kong, covered in blood, roared out.

He stared fixedly at Jiang Yuan, a trace of a smile appearing at the corner of his mouth.

Jiang Yuan is going to die!

Fortunately, he called Yu Yi over.

Otherwise, if he had attacked alone, he definitely would have suffered a setback.

Jiang Yuan wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, a smile appearing in his eyes; he was indeed going to die.

In his mind, he was conceiving his final words before death.

He thought for a long time, and finally, he knew what he should say.

Boom!

Yu Yi thrust his spear over once again.

Jiang Yuan dodged with difficulty, his left arm was blown apart, and Jiang Yuan roared:

"Chen Yan, you...!"

He opened his mouth wide and roared.

He wanted to curse Chen Yan.

It was all because of Chen Yan.

This person had snatched his First-Rank General Star position, and the secret base of the aristocratic family alliance that he had been planning for years had been snatched away by more than half by Chen Yan.

Not only that, but he had told him they would become Divine Generals together, yet in the end, he became one directly, while he, Jiang Yuan, was now going to die.

Was he playing him for a fool?

It was all Chen Yan's fault!

His eyes turned red, and the next moment, the words "son of a b*tch" were about to blurt out.

Ji Kong and Yu Yi were both stunned.

This Jiang Yuan, on the verge of death, actually wanted to curse Chen Yan.

Is he sick?

It was also at this moment that a light, airy voice drifted over:

"I advise you to shut your mouth; if those next two words come out, I won't come over to save you."

Jiang Yuan was stunned; such a familiar voice.

Ji Kong and Yu Yi's expressions changed instantly, and they looked around with extreme vigilance.

"Who is it?!"

The two scanned their surroundings.

The ink-blue sky and the deep sea merged in the distance.

The dark place all around was like the endless netherworld when chaos first opened.

"Your Excellency, who are you?" Ji Kong shouted in a low voice.

"This voice is extremely far away, using Qi and blood to transmit sound; the opponent might still be a hundred miles away!" Yu Yi shouted in a low voice.

Ji Kong's eyes turned sharp:

"Attack!"

The next moment, he flew toward Jiang Yuan.

But it was also at this time.

Hum!

It was like the harsh humming sound produced by gears rotating rapidly and rubbing against the air.

A rotating white light ring, about ten meters in diameter, instantly pierced through from the distant void.

The light ring rotated rapidly, appearing to possess the power to split heaven and earth, as ring-shaped white tail flames exploded from it.

Terrifying!

Terrifying to the extreme!

"Not good!"

Ji Kong's eyes shrank instantly; at this moment, his muscles were wailing, and he dodged with all his might.

Hum!

The huge light ring brushed past him and instantly blasted into the deep sky.

Boom!

A low sound of a slash resounded; the pitch-black deep sky was slashed with a light mark thousands of meters long, and layers of night clouds were lifted by the terrifying air wave, rolling backward in all directions.

Terrifying!

Horrifying!

"Who is Your Excellency!"

Ji Kong's face turned pale; was the person who arrived a Seventh-Rank, or a peak Sixth-Rank?

What kind of move was this?

Yu Yi and Jiang Yuan were both left dumbfounded.

Especially Jiang Yuan, whose brows were deeply furrowed at this moment.

That's impossible.

That's not right.

That shouldn't be!

"I am Ji Kong of Ji Province, from the third tier of the Five Clans Ranking..." Ji Kong hurriedly spoke.

Boom!

A low whistling sound erupted from within the void, as if hundreds of flying warships were streaking across the high sky.

A tall, slender figure wreathed in ink-colored lightning struck with extreme speed.

He wore a long robe and a white mask on his face.

"Bing Yi!" Ji Kong was stunned; a second Bing Yi?

"This...!"

As for Yu Yi, he let out a startled cry in almost an instant:

"Run, he is Chen Yan!"

Ji Kong's mouth fell open in an instant, and immediately after, the two of them prepared to flee.

Yet at this very moment, countless thought-threads instantly entangled them, causing them to lose the ability to move for a brief moment.

"Jiang Yuan!!!" Ji Kong roared, his eyes weeping blood.

The next instant.

The incoming Chen Yan reached out a hand, his slender fingers grasping at the air; as his power surged, a white wheel of light emerged from his palm, spinning rapidly!

Boundless, sharp killing intent struck once more.

【Illusion Slaughter Dragon-Carving Style】, second form: 【Heaven-Splitting Style】!

"No!"

Ji Kong was still bound by Jiang Yuan's thought-threads, and seeing Chen Yan's arrival, he let out a heart-rending roar.

His brain reeled; where exactly had things gone wrong?

This person was Chen Yan?

How could the other party know what had happened here?

When had Jiang Yuan leaked the information?

He did not know!

He only knew that he was about to die.

He was Ji Kong; in a few years, he would be a Great General of the Ji Clan.

With a squelch.

The wheel of light slashed across Ji Kong's neck, and a large head detached from his body.

Ji Kong died.