Chapter 1454

"Do you think it's difficult for me to kill you now?" Chen Yu coldly glanced at him: "I think there's no difficulty at all, no different from killing a chicken."

"You..." Qingchen was furious; after all, he was an Elder of the Qing Beast Temple, yet Chen Yu humiliated him like this?

But as soon as he moved, he felt his internal qi become chaotic, then he spat out a mouthful of blood with a puff, and at the same time, his sword cracked with a sound, a fissure spreading, suddenly shattering into over ten pieces.

Stupidly staring at his sword, Qingchen's gaze was dazed; the opponent could shatter his Dharma Artifact barehanded—was this fight even necessary? This was nearly a crushing dominance; Chen Yu's strength was indeed unfathomable.

"If you lose, you must admit it." Chen Yu advised: "Victory and defeat are common in warfare; there's nothing serious about it."

"Chen Yu, you despicable shameless bastard!" Ling Yun said resentfully: "I thought you were an ordinary person, and kindly invited you to our sect as a guest."

"Was that inviting me to be a guest?" Chen Yu glanced at him as if looking at a fool: "You merely wanted to show off your sect's grandeur in front of an ordinary person."

"Didn't you see my shocked expression? Aren't you disappointed?"

"You..." Ling Yun was speechless from being rebuked, but indeed, she had invited Chen Yu to the Qing Shou Temple to show off, yet she never imagined she would bring fire upon herself this time.

"Ling Yun, you've really... gotten us all killed." Qingchen was both shocked and angry; he had guarded this place for a long time, but he never dreamed they would fail at the last moment.

And the major cause of his failure was actually his beloved daughter, leaving him truly speechless.

"Father... I... I didn't mean to, but I really thought he was an ordinary person." Ling Yun knew she was in the wrong, her voice lacking confidence.

"Hehe, you used to be willful, and I always protected you; whenever you went out, I sent people to follow you, but I never imagined this would instead harm you, fostering your such personality."

"Sorry, Father, I won't do it again." Ling Yun's eyes welled with tears; now she truly regretted it too late.

"Enough, things have come to this point; saying anything now is too late." Qingchen gritted his teeth, staring at Chen Yu: "You should know how treacherous this world is; once you know, you won't fall for the same trick again."

"I will absolutely not make such a mistake again." Ling Yun nodded.

"Enough, saying anything now is too late; hehe, no wonder Yunluju is so tense this time—turns out Mr. Chen is a master." Qingchen said resentfully: "We are indeed just cannon fodder."

"You should know Yunluju itself isn't anything good; if there were good fortune, how could it possibly fall to you?" Chen Yu shook his head: "Remember this lesson; don't repeat it."

"Chen Yu, what do you want?" Qingchen said coldly: "Today we fell into your hands due to our carelessness; if you want to kill us, give us a quick death."

"Why must it be fighting and killing?" Chen Yu said helplessly: "This is my grudge with Yunluju, unrelated to you; why must you drag yourselves into it?"

"You won't kill us?" Qingchen stared at Chen Yu.

"You just withdraw yourselves; I'm too lazy to bother with you." Chen Yu waved his hand: "If we can reduce killing, let's do so; I also dislike making things difficult for people—if you don't provoke me, I won't provoke you."

"Thank you." Qingchen clasped his hands: "My Qing Shou Temple is deeply grateful."

"How many people did you ambush around?" Chen Yu asked.

"There are only three routes to Qing Shou Temple, and each has people stationed." Qingchen said.

"Just as I thought, so we split into three forces, though we agreed to meet at Qing Shou Temple at noon today—you lead the way." Chen Yu checked the time; it was already late.

The agreed time was noon to reach Qing Shou Temple; if lucky, we could still have a meal there; if late, we'd miss it.

"Mr. Chen, this way please." Qingchen nodded and made a gesturing invitation.

Chen Yu stepped forward to walk, but was stopped again by Qingchen.

"Mr. Chen, please release my disciples." Qingchen, with an embarrassed expression, pointed at the group of disciples frozen on the spot.

"Oh, I forgot, sorry." Chen Yu waved his right hand, releasing the seal on those disciples, then walked forward.

"Elder, should we really take him into the temple?" a disciple asked softly.

"Act according to circumstances." Qingchen gave that disciple a warning glance: "Pass the word—everyone prepare; if there's a chance, strike to eliminate him."

"Understood." The disciple bowed.

After walking several kilometers, a dilapidated village came into view, with over ten ruined houses, some collapsed due to long neglect.

Moreover, the village was overgrown with weeds, reaching more than a person's height.

"What place is this?" Chen Yu stopped, looking around; he suddenly frowned slightly, for here he saw endless resentment.

Around the village, there should be a Soul Locking Array, and the solitary souls and wild ghosts trapped within likely number over a hundred.

It's clear this village once had at least dozens of households, over a hundred people, but overnight, everyone vanished; the long-neglected houses collapsed, weeds covered the ruins, leaving only these over ten households.

Yet the broken, ruined objects in the ruins indicate many once lived here.

"This place was once a village." Qingchen said: "But later, due to some reasons, the villagers vanished overnight, and it became like this."

"Why did they vanish overnight?" Chen Yu stared at Qingchen: "The formations laid around here—were they set up by your Qing Shou Temple? This is a Soul Locking Array."

"This..." Qingchen hesitated, trying to find an excuse, when that troublesome Ling Yun spoke again.

"These people living here affected our Qing Shou Temple; when our current Temple Master took office, he slaughtered the village."

"Shut up." Qingchen's face changed drastically; he glared fiercely at his daughter; for the first time in his life, he regretted giving birth to such a foolish idiot.

"Did I say something wrong?" Ling Yun jumped in fright, she weakly said: "Our Temple Master said before that our Qing Shou Temple's residence is only for Dharma Cultivators."