Chapter 1055

Not only did it successively drain the four great spies, Luo Jusheng and his wife, plus a Wan Sanqian, before it finally revealed itself.

Tiezhua Feiying's cultivation was also not low—otherwise how could he have wounded Cao Zhengchun.

But such a master had suddenly died a violent death merely because he held the Heavenly Fragrance Cardamom?

What on earth is this third Heavenly Fragrance Cardamom?

Cao Zhengchun's heart quailed, but he heard not far from his ear the contest between Zhu Tie Dan Shenhou and the Charming Shadow Wu Gong.

His heart was firm once more, thinking only that whatever Zhu Tie Dan Shenhou wanted was also what he himself wanted.

"You—quickly go fetch that Heavenly Fragrance Cardamom for me."

Only wanting it is one thing, but risking himself is quite another.

Cao Zhengchun still knew the principle that a son worth a thousand gold pieces does not sit beneath the eaves.

He immediately pointed at one of the masters behind him and ordered him forward to take the Heavenly Fragrance Cardamom.

This master's face went deathly pale at once, and he repeatedly refused, saying,

"Supervisor, this this… this lowly one…"

"Useless trash!"

Cao Zhengchun could not be bothered with any of this; since the man shrank back once more, his figure suddenly flickered.

Before the man could finish speaking, he suddenly arrived at his side and slammed a palm onto the crown of his skull.

How could this master's Wu Gong cultivation possibly match Cao Zhengchun's.

He did not even have time to dodge, and was struck squarely.

The crown of his skull was smashed entirely to pieces; fresh blood splashed across the faces of the four nearby masters, and only then did the corpse slowly topple down.

"You—go quickly!"

Cao Zhengchun looked upon the remaining four great masters with utter contempt, and with even greater fury, casually pointed to another one at once and commanded.

This man trembled all over, knowing that if he hesitated even a moment longer, he too would likely meet a gruesome death.

Reluctant as he was, he still went to the vicinity of the Heavenly Fragrance Cardamom.

Then, under Cao Zhengchun's ferocious gaze, he shakily stretched out one hand and cupped the Heavenly Fragrance Cardamom in his palm.

He had assumed that after grasping the Heavenly Fragrance Cardamom, he too would suffer a sudden violent death like Tiezhua Feiying.

So terrified, he shut his eyes tight, not daring to face the arrival of death.

He did not expect that a long time passed and he felt nothing at all.

He opened his eyes at once, carefully looked himself up and down, and found that no part of his body had turned to powder.

"Ah! I'm fine! I'm fine!"

This master was overjoyed; clutching the Heavenly Fragrance Cardamom, he was almost ready to leap up in excitement.

Cao Zhengchun also breathed a sigh of relief, and was just about to open his mouth to tell him to hand over the Heavenly Fragrance Cardamom.

Suddenly, thick black smoke began rising from this master's body.

Immediately after, a nameless fierce flame sprang up from nowhere and actually engulfed him within the blaze.

He kept wailing miserably, at one moment leaning against the stone hall's wall, at another rolling on the ground.

But the blaze was too fearsome, and before long it burned him until he no longer stirred.

When the blaze slowly died out, where could his corpse possibly be—it had been burned until not even dregs remained!

Only that single Heavenly Fragrance Cardamom still hung suspended in mid-air.

"This this this…"

The three remaining masters all drew in a sharp breath of cold air.

Though this man's manner of death differed from Tiezhua Feiying's,

what was the same was that the manner of death was utterly bizarre and terrifying!

The three knew that, given Cao Zhengchun's temperament, the next one to grasp that Heavenly Fragrance Cardamom would surely be one of themselves.

Yet the three of them combined still could not match Cao Zhengchun in Wu Gong.

This truly was a case of no path to heaven and Rudiwu Sect—no way out at all.

Sure enough, upon seeing this master burned to ash by the blaze, not even a single scrap left behind,

Cao Zhengchun merely frowned and muttered inwardly that it was a Xie Sect.

Then he casually pointed at another master and commanded,

"It's your turn now!"

841 That's mine!

The second master knew he could not escape it; dodging would still be trouble.

He could only brace himself and step forward, and after seizing the Heavenly Fragrance Cardamom, he tightly shut his eyes.

After a while, sure enough, another strange change arose.

This master's flesh and bones, right before everyone's eyes, melted into a puddle of clear water.

The clear water then fell to the ground, splashing out a small pool.

As for the Heavenly Fragrance Cardamom, naturally it still hung in its original place.

"Truly a Xie Sect!"

Cao Zhengchun's scalp went numb.

Including Tiezhua Feiying, three Eastern Depot masters had now died bizarre deaths.

Not one manner of death was the same, and Cao Zhengchun had not sensed even the slightest ripple of power.

Uneasy at heart, yet unwilling to give up,

he could only fix his gaze on the third master, signaling that it was his turn.

This man already knew he was certain to die today, and did not struggle.

He walked straight over to the Heavenly Fragrance Cardamom, and reached out to grasp it.

This time was even more outrageous—one saw a perfectly fine expert suddenly grow grass all over his body.

Just as Cao Zhengchun and the last remaining expert had no idea what manner of death this was.

The third expert had already turned into a piece of timber.

Then grass and vines crawled all over his entire body.

Before long, a lush little tree abruptly appeared here—where was there any trace of a person left…

"Earth, water, fire, wood! Isn't this the Five Elements?"

Seeing this bizarre scene, Cao Zhengchun connected it with the tragic deaths of Tiezhua Feiying and the other four, and figured it out at once.

Tiezhua Feiying's whole body turned to powder, the entire person becoming dust as he died.

The first expert happened to have thick smoke billowing from his body, then was burned by raging flames, until not even a fragment of bone was left.

The second expert happened to melt into a puddle of water, and now that water-filled pit bore witness to his former existence.

The third expert, however, turned into a tree, and in the end completely lost all human form.

Taken in order, they were precisely the four natural elements of earth, water, fire, and wood!

They happened to line up with metal, wood, water, fire, and earth of the Five Elements—only metal was still missing!

Clearly the last man's manner of death was precisely metal!

Cao Zhengchun, believing he had guessed the key to the Heavenly Fragrance Cardamom, the corner of his mouth lifted slightly, and he tipped his chin toward the last remaining expert.

This man too was utterly disheartened; seeing several companions die in such strange and gruesome ways, he was stupefied.

Since he was going to die either way, he couldn't be bothered to resist.

He walked up to the Heavenly Fragrance Cardamom from which the little tree had sprouted, and reached out to grab it.

The moment he grabbed it, not long after.

From his eyes, ears, mouth, and nose, streams of scalding liquid suddenly poured out.

These liquids were bright in color, just like molten iron.

Flowing down his face, they scalded his features to ruin in an instant, and then laid bare the bare white bone of his skull.

"This…"

Cao Zhengchun instantly felt his scalp go numb.

He had guessed correctly—the last one truly was a metal-attribute death.

Only this manner of death was far more cruel than the previous four.

Even though Cao Zhengchun, as the Superintendent of the Eastern Depot, had killed countless people and seen no end of punishments, he still felt a chill run down his spine.