Chapter 897: Chapter 65: Birds of a Feather, Two Brothers
"Haha, good, but I still want to spar with you. There’s a powerful Emperor Qi aura within you, I’m really itching for it."
Hou Chen also smiled and nodded, but he kept touching his fist.
Cold sweat couldn’t help but appear on Liu Haoxin’s forehead. He reluctantly smiled and said, "Let’s leave this match for next time. Well, on my trip out, I discovered a truly remarkable place, hehe, you know the Wanling Returning True Clan, right? The Wanling Returning True Clan has a Life God Tomb, located in an ancient battlefield of annihilation.
I accidentally went there and discovered a tremendous secret, and also found a way to enter."
Liu Haoxin whispered shiftily, occasionally glancing around cautiously as he spoke.
This action completely piqued Hou Chen’s interest. Hou Chen’s eyes immediately lit up with a strange gleam, and he said, "Wanling Returning True Clan? Is that the clan with the yellow hair and skinny heads, nicknamed ’Cutting Nipples’? A Life God Tomb? Doesn’t that mean there’s a Life Soul Spring? That’s simply fantastic! Do you have a way to get it?"
Hou Chen, extremely interested, immediately fired off several questions.
Liu Haoxin was a bit dumbfounded; the muscles on his dark face twitched a few times. He thought to himself, "Cutting... Nipples? That’s ’Gles’, alright, this language is really not standard at all! But, hehe, I like it."
"I came to you because I naturally have a method. But there’s a bit, um, you know the Master’s transformation technique, right? I saw your Dragon Form cultivation is extremely impressive, and you can achieve the mystical Three Purities in one go. Let’s use the tactic of ’Diverting Calamity’."
"Diverting Calamity? How do we do it?"
Hou Chen asked immediately.
"I’ve seen that the Blood Barbarian Clan doesn’t get along well with the Jiang family or the Wanling Returning True Clan. We can first spread the news about the Life God Tomb, then let others fight for it, while we take advantage of the chaos. We can transform and disguise ourselves as Blood Barbarian Clan members to kill some Wanling Clan members, then disguise as Wanling Clan members to kill some other cultivators, thus creating chaos.
Then, after others take the Soul Spring, we can disguise ourselves as people around them, or as their trusted ones, and snatch the Soul Spring. Finally, leave an unintentional flaw that points to the Jiang family of Sealing, then it’s done, isn’t it?"
"Of course, we can act according to changes in circumstances. With your near Sixth Transition of Sword God combat power, plus my roughly comparable combat power, this shouldn’t be difficult. After all, only cultivators of the God Realm can enter that Life God Tomb."
Liu Haoxin explained.
"This matter, truly great, these are my favorite kinds of things. You indeed have more methods for learning things, worthy of being chosen by the Master, truly a tiger father has no dog son."
Hou Chen immediately praised.
The muscles on Liu Haoxin’s dark face twitched again, but he was too lazy to criticize Hou Chen’s random language usage.
Clearly, Hou Chen’s wonderful carefree nature in this aspect had reached a level that was maddening.
The two then discussed some details, surprisingly growing more excited as they talked. It was truly like-minded individuals agreeing instantly. After the discussion, they were immediately ready to execute a big plan.
...
Everything was prepared thoroughly.
Hou Chen and Liu Haoxin had calculated all possible scenarios, hypothesizing both the best and the worst case scenarios.
In case of an encounter, the two had also discussed countless response tactics.
This was precisely learned from Zhou Yan’s derivation method of ’Grasping the Overall Situation’.
"Oh, right, Junior Brother, we are going to the Fiery Flame Domain, time-wise, will we make it? Are we going to fail in this big operation?"
Hou Chen suddenly remembered the matter of going to the Fiery Flame Domain. Although he knew that the time was pushed back, he wasn’t sure about the specifics, so he asked after calming down.
"Don’t worry, I’m already prepared. Many cultivators have already poured into the Life God Tomb’s annihilated battlefield region. There’s indeed enormous danger there, which I deliberately spread, even exaggerating the danger to a shocking level. You know, most cultivators here are cheap, considering themselves invincible. I say that place is extremely dangerous, one look can kill you, they definitely won’t believe it, and they will all go to see. After visiting and not dying, they will think I was lying, and consequently suffer a great loss.
The more of them die, the stronger their hatred towards the Returning True Clan will grow..."
"So we are all set, we can directly start the operation. We estimate it will take about three to five days to solve it. As for going to the Fiery Flame Domain, it shouldn’t be settled in three to five days."
Liu Haoxin said confidently.
"You haven’t already done everything yourself, and just can’t handle it alone, have you? If so, you better not hog all the benefits to yourself!"
Hou Chen suspiciously looked at Liu Haoxin.
Liu Haoxin chuckled awkwardly but said righteously, "How could that be? Do I look like such a person to you, Junior Brother?"
Hou Chen looked seriously at Liu Haoxin, nodded, and said, "You don’t look like one, truly don’t! Because you clearly are that kind of person, so how could you look like one?"
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"The matter of the Life Cemetery is now causing an uproar. Can someone explain to me what is going on?"
Gles’s face was cold, his gaze like two blazing suns, emitting such an incredibly dazzling light that it seemed to blind the eyes of all the assembled Returning True Clan members.
"Prince — subordinate is at fault, please punish us, Prince!"
A large group of young men and women from the Returning True Clan all knelt down, pressing their heads to the ground, their bodies trembling in fear.
Prince Gles had almost never been angry.
But when Prince Gles was angry, it was the most terrifying.
Since knowing Prince Gles’s growing experiences, Prince Gles had only been angry twice.
The first time was when the Holy Daughter’s message came out, but the Jiang family suddenly blocked all of the Jiang family’s forces without any explanation.
At that time, the entire Returning True Clan could feel Gles’s wrath, which was almost like a destructive oppressive aura.
It lasted for a full three days!
During these three days, even the Elder-level figures of the Wanling Clan were cautious, fearing to ignite the uncontainable anger of Gles.
And this time, the Life Cemetery, which can be said to be an ’Ancient Inheritance’ of the Returning True Clan, the ’Soul Body Divine Baptism’ of the inheritance, this matter was exposed and caused quite a stir.
"Punishment? Indeed. Although our Returning True Clan advocates peace and nature, this has led to our clan’s decline. This can’t continue. If there’s no punishment for mistakes, the lesson won’t be remembered, and they will make the same mistakes again, causing more losses."
Gles muttered to himself in a voice that was incomparably cold.
But as he spoke, the members of the Returning True Clan kneeling on the ground were all as silent as cicadas in winter, trembling all over.
"You—Mores, stand up and explain the situation in detail, along with your analysis."
Gles pointed with a finger, and a young Returning True Clan cultivator of the Fourth Transition of the Sword God, who was kneeling, suddenly floated up, unable to kneel anymore.
The young man’s appearance was also extraordinarily handsome, with an ethereal aura and strong vitality. However, in the face of Gles, he seemed much dimmer in every aspect.
"Prince, Mores was confused and failed to notice anything unusual. Mores is willing to accept punishment."
Mores discovered nothing and had no idea how the news was leaked.
"Since you know nothing, then what is your use?!"
As Gles spoke, a bow and arrow suddenly appeared in his eyes.
"Pft—"
An arrow shot out from his gaze, like a Destructive Strike.
"Buzz—"
Mores’s Divine Body was directly struck by this intangible arrow, and with a "puff," the Divine Body shattered into endless fragments of flesh and blood.
Simultaneously, the exploded flesh and blood splattered onto numerous surrounding Returning True Clan cultivators, causing them all to feel chilled, with the hot blood and water on their backs and waists, not daring to breathe a word.
"Xiao Laisi, you speak."
After Gles killed Mores with a glance, his expression remained unchanged, still as indifferent as ever.
His gaze towards Xiao Laisi was also cold and merciless, devoid of emotion.
"Prince, Xiao Laisi led a group of clansmen and once discovered a suspicious person who disappeared suddenly in the Jiang family region after being tracked."
"However, I cannot determine who he is or what his background is."
"What about his vitality?"
"Xiao Laisi had a hard time tracking him, unable to detect his aura."
"Useless!"
Gles snorted coldly, causing Xiao Laisi to tremble all over as his Divine Body shattered, instantly dying tragically.
During the subsequent interrogation by Gles, many clansmen were trembling with fear and performed even worse.
One after another, members of the Returning True Clan died like this.
They died at the hands of Gles.
Finally, when the scene reduced from more than a hundred clansmen to thirteen, a young man named ’Zhen Laisi’ who was called upon recounted a very secret experience.
"While traversing the Jiang family region, I saw a cultivator quietly remove their armor in a hidden array, revealing a trace of aura—that trace of aura belonged to Jiang Tianxin.
Moreover, Jiang Tianxin is known to have fought the Evil Venerate, which is not a secret in the Jiang family or even the Plane. If it were someone else, I wouldn’t be able to judge, but it’s him, the unique Sky Vaulting Giant Finger aura of the Jiang family that I can clearly identify."
"I paid attention but did not act rashly, then personally saw him enter the Jiang family’s sealed mountain area, deliberately bypassing the Guardian Ancient Array to enter the internal array and disappear."
"So, from my perspective, this Jiang family firstly broke their promise, then used the sealed mountain as a pretense, intentionally revealing our Wanling Clan’s ’Life Soul Spring’ information. They must have ulterior motives!"
That Zhen Laisi said seriously, along with his calm analysis.
"You are very good. In the future, stay by my side and do my bidding."
Gles nodded slightly, this time finally refraining from killing someone.
And the praised Zhen Laisi was extremely excited, kowtowing repeatedly to express gratitude.
Gles merely waved his hand casually, preventing him from continuing to kowtow, while Gles glanced around and said, "With regards to the Jiang family, everyone should understand the situation and keep this secret. The Jiang family must have known of the dangers of the Life Cemetery, so they sent more cultivators to die in vain, using Life Energy to neutralize the risks of the Life Cemetery.
This could only be done with a thorough understanding of our Wanling Returning True Clan.
And they have acted against the Life Soul Spring, yet outwardly showed a closed mountain stance, clearly indicating that Jiang He is no longer viable.
So...this time, I will personally oversee the Life Soul Spring matter, turning the Divine Tomb into a Soul Burying Land that devours all cultivators. Their Life Energy can exactly provide for the Life Soul Spring, nurturing more Life Energy, allowing me to complete the divine baptism and achieve transcendence!"
Gles spoke coldly.
These thoughts and even plans of his were spoken openly, seemingly unafraid that it would be spread to outsiders or known by enemies.