Chapter 1194: Meeting the Death Lord

Upon hearing Li Yue's words, the lord's face instantly changed.

His gaze fixed dead on the man kneeling beside him.

After Li Yue left, the lord's gaze at this moment converged on the man.

He let out a cold snort and asked the man before him icily: "Was everything Lord Chenxi Li Yue just said true?"

"My lord, I. I only made things sound serious so I could meet you. Please spare me this once!?" the man pleaded in rapid succession.

Hearing these words, the lord's lips curled into a faint cold smile. "Still thinking there'll be a next time? You've got quite the nerve!"

At this point, the lord called out toward the doorway: "Guards!" In an instant, two soldiers entered.

The lord said to his subordinates: "Drag this kid out and give him fifty heavy strokes. If anyone dares to do this again next time, it won't be as easy as fifty strokes." Upon hearing Li Yue's words, the lord's face instantly changed.

His gaze fixed dead on the man kneeling beside him.

After Li Yue left, the lord's gaze at this moment converged on the man.

He let out a cold snort and asked the man before him icily: "Was everything Lord Chenxi Li Yue just said true?"

"My lord, I. I only made things sound serious so I could meet you. Please spare me this once!?" the man pleaded in rapid succession.

Hearing these words, the lord's lips curled into a faint cold smile. "Still thinking there'll be a next time? You've got quite the nerve!"

At this point, the lord called out toward the doorway: "Guards!" In an instant, two soldiers entered.

The lord said to his subordinates: "Drag this kid out and give him fifty heavy strokes. If anyone dares to do this again next time, it won't be as easy as fifty strokes." Hearing the lord's order, the two soldiers standing behind him immediately walked toward the kneeling man, seized his arms, and dragged him straight out.

At this moment, Li Yue had long since left the place, heading toward the location of his target.

Li Yue's speed was extremely fast — it would hardly be an exaggeration to say he covered a thousand li in a single step.

One moment he was on a hillside; the next he was already in a stretch of jungle.

After a short while, Li Yue stopped moving.

Within his line of sight, a massive military camp appeared before him.

From a distance, Li Yue could already see several familiar figures.

His whole being was somewhat ecstatic; he lengthened his stride and walked toward the location of his target.

At this point, before Li Yue had even reached the gate, he was stopped by the soldiers standing at the entrance.

"Halt. Who goes there?"

A soldier spoke up.

Hearing the other party's voice, Li Yue finally came to his senses about his own situation.

Right now, the clothes on his body were tattered beyond compare — no better than a beggar's. And his hair, from crawling through bushes everywhere, was a complete mess.

It was perfectly normal that his own men didn't recognize him.

Li Yue's gaze slowly settled on the soldiers guarding the camp gate, and he smiled faintly.

"What? It's only been a few months since we last met, and you already can't recognize me?"

Li Yue spoke in a joking yet earnest tone.

Hearing Li Yue's words, the soldiers curiously sized Li Yue up.

But in their memory, there was no such person.

The voice did sound somewhat familiar, but for the moment they couldn't quite recall who it was.

At this moment, the soldier narrowed his eyes and looked Li Yue up and down.

As if trying to see right through him.

Just then, the Death Lord happened to pass by nearby, caught sight of what was happening at the gate, walked over out of curiosity, and asked: "What's going on? Has something happened?" The soldiers hurriedly saluted, then began to explain.

"My lord, this beggar here was trying to force his way into our camp, but we stopped him. He was also saying some incomprehensible things."

Hearing what the soldiers said, the Death Lord also grew curious.

At this moment, his gaze slowly converged on Li Yue.

At first, the Death Lord's expression didn't change much.

But as he stared longer, at this moment he too began to realize — the person before him seemed to be…

"You're… you're…"

At this moment, the Death Lord could hardly believe his own eyes. He opened his mouth wide, his eyes bulging, his gaze fixed dead on Li Yue. "Is it really you? Li Yue!?"