Chapter 129: Then I Shall Take Your Life!

The winds and clouds in the Secret Realm were shifting, yet Lu Ren stood unmoved.

After finishing the letter from Dantai Jin, he sighed and buried this Soul-Extinguishing Platform.

The Soul-Extinguishing Platform was not something that should remain.

He also had no use for such an insidious object.

Qiongqi, who had been released to do manual labor:...

Qiongqi was speechless.

Qiongqi wanted to speak.

But under Lu Ren's warning gaze, Qiongqi ultimately said nothing.

He grunted and groaned, dutifully dragging the Soul-Extinguishing Platform into the spatial dimension to bury it.

While burying it, he muttered to himself.

"Yes, yes, yes, you are a great philanthropist, you are a Holy Son, you are kind-hearted and benevolent..."

Back and forth, muttering incessantly, until he was finally forced to shut up by a single look from Lu Ren.

He could only sigh in his heart.

One knows one's own affairs best.

He guaranteed it.

This Soul-Extinguishing Platform would absolutely "accidentally" see the light of day again one day.

Qiongqi is a Fierce Beast that favors the wicked and shuns the virtuous, drawing close to villains and killing good people.

As for what Lu Ren relied on to become the master of Qiongqi, it can only be said that different people have different views.

"Ascension..."

After burying the Soul-Extinguishing Platform, Lu Ren could not help but pinch the bridge of his nose.

The matter of Ascension was of great importance; Ji Shisi had spoken of it early on, and Dantai Jin had spoken of it later.

He knew even better that the Heavenly Dao had long since gone wrong.

Looking at it this way...

Ascension is impossible on the Tianxuan Continent!

He did not know if Ascension could be achieved in other places.

Burying his thoughts, Lu Ren took away Dantai Jin's belongings; most of the spirit flowers and Ling Grass among them had withered over time, their medicinal efficacy long gone.

The Spirit Treasures were also severely damaged, though a portion remained usable.

The most noteworthy items were the talisman hand seals and the compendium of arrays left behind by Dantai Jin.

In that era of his, he had been a dazzling genius who cultivated both talismans and arrays.

It was a pity that the Heavenly Dao could not tolerate his existence.

He was also not the Child of Luck chosen by the Heavenly Dao.

Therefore, he died.

He died in an extremely inexplicable way.

He died in a corner that no one knew about.

These few books regarding his cultivation techniques were still useful to Lu Ren.

He tucked them away properly, and just as he was about to leave after erasing all traces at the site, he suddenly bumped into a carriage pulled by extremely luxurious spirit horses.

A young master wearing brocade robes and a jade crown poked his head out from inside the carriage.

He looked quite handsome.

But the arrogant expression on that face ruined his appearance.

"What good things did you find here?" Ouyang Lie jumped down from the carriage, snatched the whip from the coachman with one hand, and pointed it aggressively at Lu Ren, "Hand it over!"

"This young master might just spare your life!"

Looking at his demeanor, he was either relying on something or was extremely stupid.

Or perhaps both possibilities were true.

Lu Ren lowered his eyes indifferently.

In this Secret Realm, everyone's strength was compressed to the same realm, which gave some fools a chance to harbor delusions.

The one before him.

Was clearly one of those fools.

Seeing that Lu Ren did not answer his question and even ignored him, Ouyang Lie was instantly furious.

"This young master is talking to you, didn't you hear? Hand over everything you've harvested! Don't blame me for not warning you!"

"You are only one person, but we are two!"

"Don't you agree?"

While making his threats, he kicked the coachman who was driving for him; the coachman scrambled off the carriage, fell to his knees by his feet with a thud, and revealed an extremely ugly face. Truly ugly.

Even Lu Ren was rendered speechless for a moment by the ugliness.

That such an ugly person could exist in this world!

He looked at Ouyang Lie with extreme sycophancy, nodding repeatedly and agreeing with everything, while the massive tumor on his face wobbled up and down, not to mention the large yellow teeth that stuck out whenever he opened his mouth to speak...

It was extremely nauseating to look at.

Ouyang Lie subconsciously covered his nose and mouth, stepped back in disgust, and kicked the coachman hard in the face.

"Shut up! Who allowed you to speak? You're stinking up this young master's nose!"

They say there is gold under a man's knees.

Yet this coachman only kept cowering backward, and even when stepped on the face, he showed no sign of anger.

He even slapped himself! While slapping himself, he stammered, "Yes, yes, this lowly one deserves to die!"

"Hmph!"

Ouyang Lie couldn't be bothered to look at him, instead lifting his chin and glaring at Lu Ren with extreme arrogance, "Hurry up and hand over your loot!"

"If it weren't for the fact that I couldn't get in, I would have dealt with you long ago!"

So that was it.

A flash of realization crossed Lu Ren's eyes.

He had been wondering; given Ouyang Lie's personality, he wouldn't have been able to wait patiently for him to collect everything for himself—it turned out he couldn't get in.

No wonder.

It must have been Dantai Jin who set up a screening array.

This master and servant, one beautiful and one ugly, one arrogant and one servile, truly made for a striking contrast.

But it had nothing to do with Lu Ren.

His cold gaze swept over Ouyang Lie's neck and landed on the half of the Jade Pendant exposed there, a look of realization instantly sliding across his eyes.

It was the family crest of the Ouyang Family.

This must be that old thing Ouyang's only grandson, Ouyang Lie.

The reason he was so arrogant was likely because the Jade Pendant on his neck was engraved with the soul imprint of that old fellow Ouyang.

Whenever anything threatened him, it would trigger the dual defensive and offensive powers left behind by that old Ouyang codger.

It was a pity he had run into him.

Lu Ren mocked, "There is no one in this world who can take things from my hands. You want my loot? But I am not willing to give it."

A fierce glint flashed in Ouyang Lie's eyes.

He said viciously, "You brought this on yourself!"

"Then I have no choice but to kill you!"

"Ugly thing, get him for me!"

The coachman, who had been kicked into a roll by him, acted like a loyal dog almost immediately upon hearing his command; his pair of turbid, nearly half-blind eyes stared straight at the spot where Lu Ren stood.

His gums ground together constantly, and a green mist gradually spread from his body, eerily bypassing Ouyang Lie and surging toward where Lu Ren was.

Wherever this green mist reached, all the flowers and plants withered.

Lu Ren raised an eyebrow.

This mist was clearly evolved from an extremely vicious life-stealing array, and it bore extremely dense traces of array patterns.

Rather than calling it a mist, it was more like an overwhelming swarm of tiny green insects, all controlled by that ugly coachman.

Lu Ren had excellent eyesight; he could see thousands upon thousands of tiny insects in the green mist vibrating their wings as they lunged at him, which was both disgusting and shocking.

Ouyang Lie laughed out loud.

"I don't care what kind of high-level expert you were before; once you fall into this Secret Realm, everyone stands on the same starting line. With this ugly freak's Gu insects, I am the king of this Secret Realm!"

"No one can beat me! Let's see if Grandfather still says I'm good-for-nothing now!"

He was extremely excited.

So excited that his face was even twisting.

The coachman nearby paused for some reason, and Lu Ren gave him a faint look.

"The way of Gu insects has always been ruthless and prone to backlash; I wonder if that is true or false?"

After he finished saying this ambiguously and meaningfully, he clapped his hands amidst the sudden flash of wariness in the coachman's eyes.

"Two against one is truly a bit unfair."

"How about two against two."

"Qiongqi, eat him."

(End of chapter)