What?
Kāng Yuán Qǐ Er Xīn Liǎo?
Chén Yun Mei Bù Kě Sī Dào, Xiāng Qián Dà Jiā Shēng Sǐ Yǔ Gòng, Zhī Cǐ Kāng Yuán Huì Qǐ Le Èr Xīn.
He was somewhat skeptical and even volunteered, "The Master of Kāng Yuán shouldn't be like that."
Qín Míng Yě Tìng Cái Shuō Zhī Kāng Yuán:“Kāng Jiào Zhǔ Bǎ Huà Shén Cǎo Shōu Qǐ Lái, shì Yào Mò Yuàn Dǎo Zhuàng Fèi Diān Dǎo, Xiǎng Dào Wài Zài Hé Wǒ Men……"
Before she could finish her sentence, the crowd saw Kāng Yuán's face become fierce and cackle, then call on all his law power, shake the entire underground cave.
It is quite evident that this fellow is preparing to wake up the sleeping centipede spirit beast!
At that moment, the entire small mountain began to shake violently.
Even Chen Yun, who was outside the cave, felt the ground shaking and mountains trembling.
Why Kāng Yuán is doing this, the purpose is already very clear; it is to wake up the centipede spirit beast!
Although after the centipede spirit beast is awakened, the other party may also be in danger, but combined with the previous action of the other party putting away the spirit grass that enhances divinity, it's obvious that Kāng Yuán has some sort of escape plan!
You have to know that the centipede spirit beast is an existence even more formidable than immortal cultivators!
If this centipede spirit beast is awakened, it may be afraid of sunlight and may not necessarily come outside, but no one inside can survive!
Seeing this, Wu Kě Jiǔ burst into anger and said, "Dare you do such a thing!"
Zhang Ling and the remaining twenty or so people also all looked unpleasant.
None of them could have imagined that Kāng Yuán would actually betray their trust and do such a thing!
Chén Yun doesn't have time to scold Kāng Yuán. He immediately shouts out loud and orders: "Everyone prepare to rescue the people inside."
The crowd finally realized that now is not the time to worry about Kāng Yuán's betrayal or not. The priority is to find a way to save the lives of the people inside.
Qín Míng, Zhang Líng, and others quickly took out their magical items and tried to blast a hole in the small mountain, so that the people inside could escape in a timely manner.
Who knew, just as they were about to take out their magical items, and before they could do anything, an even more terrifying scene unfolded.
After Kāng Yuán's magic caused the ground to tremble and shake, the centipede spirit beast was awakened instantly.
Chén Yun's spiritual awareness was clear and could detect that the huge monster, which was more than twice as long as the water serpent, was starting to move its body.
Suddenly, this centipede spirit beast seemed to sense Gāo Chén and the others, lifting one of its 382 legs and fiercely trampling on them.
Boom!
A huge roar suddenly echoes from the ground to the surface!
Chén Yun only felt the earth shake, and then the small hill collapsed instantly!
His spiritual awareness also saw that Gāo Chén, Dīng Xù and others were instantly submerged in the mud layer.
Only Kāng Yuán turned into a beam of soil light and merged into the ground, rapidly burrowing underground and suddenly disappearing from sight!
Earthwalk!
Kāng Yuán has mastered the earthwalk technique of the five elements!
"What?"
"How can he use earthwalk?"
"We've known this guy for decades, how could we not know he could use earthwalk?"
"That's why he dared to do such a thing; it turns out he's learned earthwalk!"
A group of people were all enraged and their eyes were full of anger. No one could have expected that Kāng Yuán would be so selfish, just to get the spirit grass that enhances divinity, he awoke the centipede spirit beast, and then used Gāo Chén, Dīng Xù and others as distractions while himself ran away instantly using earthwalk technique!
It's common knowledge that Wu Kějiu and Chén Yun are very loyal and would not leave Dīng Xù, Gāo Chén, and others to die without help. Qín Míng is also in a weak state, so even if the others wanted to chase after him, they couldn't possibly be a match for Kāng Yuán.
Therefore, these people couldn't possibly go after him.
It can be said that Kāng Yuán's move this time has calculated everyone's psychology!
Not only do Wu Kějiu and the others feel chilled, but even Chén Yun is very angry. It's not because they lost the twenty spirit grasses that they might have obtained, but rather because they have lived together for so long, sharing life and death in any danger. They can be said to be close friends through thick and thin.
Now that Kāng Yuán has betrayed, Chén Yun feels as if he has been betrayed by someone he considers to be a "close relative".
This is more infuriating than when his father sold him off.
His father had sold him before because the family genuinely couldn't afford to support so many people, which was understandable.
Kāng Yuán?
The spirit grass that enhances divinity could have been safely acquired without any danger, and then everyone could take some.
Now, this fellow not only wants to hoard it all for himself but also woke up the centipede spirit beast, which is more formidable than an immortal cultivator, wanting to harm Gāo Chén, Dīng Xù, and others.
Such actions are completely heartless!
Chén Yun wanted to kill Kāng Yuán so much that he had no heart!
Why would this guy be like this?
How could he have such a heart as evil as this?
Chén Yun could not imagine that in the Dragon Serpent Cave, this guy was the first to be attacked by the Dragon Serpent, and everyone stayed together, even sacrificing their lives to save him. Now he's done something like this!
By the way, there was also the time they encountered the White Wolf, where Kāng Yuán wanted a magical item, and everyone fought against the White Wolf together. Although in the end it was Meilín who killed the White Wolf with a sneak attack, after Chen Yun and others helped kill Meilín, they still gave him half a share of the earthly-celestial root they obtained as a reward for his previous merits. This can be said to have given him plenty of respect.
Doesn't your conscience hurt when you do this?
Can you live with yourself after doing this to everyone?
Chén Yun took a deep breath and tightly clenched his fists, wishing he could kill Kāng Yuán right away!
In fact, he knew why Kāng Yuán did this. In the end, it was still the allure of wealth and riches that moved people. The spirit grass that enhances divinity is a heavenly drug that may help people refine their true divine essence. Even Chen Yun, the legitimate master of the Xuan Gate, was moved by it. How much more so for Kāng Yuán, a self-styled Eastern Wòteachmaster who wasn't part of any sect?
Yes, although Kāng Yuán has gained some part of the Wòjiao cultivation method inheritance and has self-proclaimed himself as the Great Tang Wòjiao Master, in the end, he is just an isolated individual with no sect affiliation, a solitary cultivator.
For a solitary cultivator to attain the longevity of the heavens, it can almost be said that it's like climbing to heaven.
Therefore, when they saw the spirit grass that enhances divinity, it was normal for them to do something like this.
But while it is normal, Chén Yun still finds it hard to accept the other person's actions.
After all, this is a betrayal. How could he possibly accept it?
However, no matter whether he can accept it or not, now is not the time to consider whether to kill Kāng Yuán. Chén Yun needs to find a way to save his companions Gāo Chén and Dīng Xù as soon as possible!
Wu Kějiu shouted, "The centipede spirit beast is more afraid of the sun. We need to blast through this hill as soon as possible to let the sunlight in, so that Gāo Chén, Dīng Xù and the others can escape."
The short man who practiced "corpse technique" immediately objected, "No, we can't do that! If we make too much noise, the centipede spirit beast might get angry and kill Gāo Chén and Xu Yang without any care. Moreover, it might pursue us and kill everyone of us!"
Both of them are making valid points.
The centipede spirit beast just doesn't like sunlight and prefers to stay in dark and damp places, which is the nature of a centipede. However, this doesn't necessarily mean that the centipede spirit beast would be affected by sunlight. After all, it's a super spirit beast; how could it really be afraid of the sun?
True, dark evils like ghosts can become so powerful that they can ignore sunlight. How much more so a super spirit beast like the centipede, which is even stronger than human immortals?
As soon as the short man spoke, everyone who wanted to blast through the hill hesitated.
No one dared to make a move, fearing they might anger the centipede.
Chén Yun also thought of this and stood there for a moment without moving.
Everyone fell silent, only releasing spells to constantly explore the situation inside the cave, while secretly praying that Gāo Chén, Xu Yang, and Dīng Xù would be safe.
After the centipede spirit beast collapsed the hill, it seemed uninterested in the lives of Gāo Chén, Xu Yang, and others buried in the ruins. It was continuously emitting poison gas, corroding the rocks covering it, as if trying to form a huge cave again to have a place to stay.
"Hmm?"
"It doesn't seem to be chasing after Gāo Chén and Dīng Xù!"
The crowd all showed expressions of surprise.
Wu Kějiu was overjoyed, "With this, as long as Dīng Xù and Gāo Chén don't move recklessly, they should be safe."
Chén Yun sensed that Dīng Xù, Gāo Chén, and others were still alive. He quickly passed the message through his spiritual awareness, telling these people buried to remain still.
Dīng Xù, Gāo Chén, and the others seemed to have thought of this as well.
They immediately released their qì to maintain their own vitality, not daring to make any movements.
Seeing that Xu Yang, Gāo Chén, and others were relatively safe for now, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
However, now a new problem has arisen.
The people are safe for now, but they can't lie still in the mud layer forever.
Their qì will be exhausted one day.
If they can't escape by then, lying there would truly be like being in a graveyard!
The most important thing is that the centipede spirit beast is continuously releasing poison gas to corrode the rock underground.
Who knows if the poison gas will penetrate the ground and thus kill Gāo Chén, Xu Yang, and others?
Wu Kějiu stood there frowning and said, "How are we going to rescue them?"
Zhang Líng looked hopelessly and said, "This centipede spirit beast is even stronger than human immortals, maybe as strong as a celestial being. How are we going to save Dīng Xù and others?"
Chén Yun also fell silent.
He still has two lifeline elixirs.
However, he had previously used the lifeline elixirs, and he knew that the power added to his own might only be slightly stronger than that of a human immortal.
Perhaps it could reach the strength of a celestial being.
But according to Wu Kějiu's description, the centipede spirit beast is also that strong.
What does that mean?
It means that even if he uses the lifeline elixirs, he might not be able to defeat the spirit beast.
The power of lifeline elixirs is an enhancement, but it doesn't belong to himself.
And the centipede spirit beast itself is already so strong.
Even if their apparent power is equal, in actual application, the centipede spirit beast would definitely be superior.
So Chén Yun feels that even if he uses lifeline elixirs, it might not necessarily be able to beat the centipede spirit beast.
What's even more important is that even if he could match the centipede spirit beast evenly by using lifeline elixirs, the powerful waves of energy could harm the people underground.
Therefore, using the lifeline elixirs is not a very good choice.
To save the people underground, he needs to think of some better ways.
Chén Yun and this group have been together for so long and have shared life-and-death experiences. Naturally, he wants to save the people first and then go after Kāng Yuán.
From the moment he entered thePropagation of Doctrine Hall to now, the "educational philosophy" he has accepted is that "life is more important than anything else."
Therefore, Chén Yun cannot abandon saving the people to pursue the hundred-plus spirit grasses and go after Kāng Yuán.
Only after saving everyone can he go and kill the betrayer with a clear conscience.
What needs to be done to safely rescue Dīng Xù, Gāo Chén, Xu Yang, and others without any harm?
Chén Yun is putting all his brainpower into thinking.
Wu Kějiu, Zhang Líng, and Qín Míng and others were all lost in thought.
Everyone wanted to rescue Xu Yang, Dīng Xù, and others who were buried deep underground and didn't want to give up their companions' lives.
The centipede spirit beast is too strong, and in a hurry, people can't think of a solution.
Just as everyone was stumped, Wu Kějiu couldn't help but sigh, "If one of us knows transformation arts, we could turn into a gigantic rooster. Maybe that would scare the centipede spirit beast away."
"Hmm?"
Change Arts?
Chén Yun recalled "Eighty-Nine Mysteries" once again.
He may not know the Change Arts now, but he can learn.
The important question is, how big of a rooster do we need to transform to scare off the centipede spirit beast?
Chén Yun wondered if he should ask the question, "Wu Jiaozhao, you said that the centipede spirit beast is afraid of roosters. So, how big of a rooster do we need to transform to scare the centipede spirit beast away?"
Wu Kějiu didn't know why Chén Yun would ask such a question, so he thought for a moment before saying, "At least as big as the normal rooster compared to the centipede."
Qín Míng sighed, "The centipede spirit beast is over eighty-nine feet long. According to your words, we need to transform into a rooster over sixty feet high. Do you know how much qì would be required to do this? Even if we are among the top-tier magic users who master transformation arts, it would still require depleting all of our qì to accomplish this. It's not something we can do."
Gao Lin didn't say that was wrong.
A normal chicken is about 25 to 30 centimeters tall, while a centipede is about 5 to 7 centimeters long.
If we look at the ratio, a chicken's height should be about five to six times that of a centipede.
The giant centipede underground is over four thousand meters long.
Indeed, one would need to transform into a rooster over twenty kilometers tall to be proportional.
It would consume an enormous amount of qì just to maintain the appearance of such a large rooster, let alone actually fighting it.
Chén Yun is currently a mid-stage fourth-level magician, even if he immediately learns "Eighty-Nine Mysteries," his qì throughout his body is not enough to transform into such a large rooster.
Unless he cultivates to the level of a superior magician, he might be able to attempt it barely.
Although it may not be possible to change into such a large rooster and scare off the centipede spirit beast by cultivating to the level of a superior magician, this is currently the only solution.
Chén Yun's eyes became firm.
Chén Yun took a deep breath and said, "As long as you all can ensure that Gāo Chén, Dīng Xù, and others will not die within five days... no, ten days, I can try to save them."
"Ah?"
"Can you ensure they don't die in five days?"
"Mr. Chen, is this true or not?"
Everyone hurried over to look, and everyone had a look of joy on their faces.
Chén Yun said decisively, "Yes, I can try, but I can't guarantee it will work. The premise is that you all can ensure that Dīng Xù, Xu Yang, and Gāo Chén will not die within five days."
Though they didn't know what method Chén Yun had in mind, Wu Kějiu said resolutely, "Alright, we will do everything we can to ensure they don't die in five days. Mr. Chen, now it's all up to you. As long as we can rescue Gāo Chén and Dīng Xù, we will go to any lengths to hunt down that traitor Kāng Yuán!"
Chén Yun felt the weight on his shoulders was heavy, and he responded with the utmost sincerity, "Okay, I will do my best!"
He decided to ignore the physical burden and rush to the realm of superior magician!
Yes, although using the wolf stomach soup to stimulate the effects of the refining essence into qì soup without regard for his body's limits might cause his flesh to overburden and collapse.
But Chén Yun has Yànhè Cǎo, as well as the Life Water he had obtained earlier.
Even if his flesh collapses, he can use these two treasures to quickly restore his body to its original state.
Therefore, he believes that it's not impossible to use the power of the Wolf Stomach Soup to surge through the medicinal effects of Refining Essence into Qi to become a superior magician within five days!
As to why he chose not to use lifeline elixirs and transformation arts, it's because Chén Yun knew that Kāng Yuán had a powerful artifact in his hand. If he used the lifeline elixirs now, and then went after Kāng Yuán, he might have to use the lifeline elixirs again to kill the other party. This way, he would have used up all three of his lifeline elixirs.
No matter how great Chén Yun is, he can't possibly use all his defensive techniques to serve others, can he?
Moreover, the current situation with Gāo Chén and Dīng Xù is not particularly dangerous. As long as they can endure the next five days, Chén Yun will be able to save one lifeline elixir. Therefore, he thinks that it's better to use transformation arts to surge through the medicinal effects of Refining Essence into Qi to become a superior magician than to waste lifeline elixirs.
Of course, if the situation is truly critical, he will still use all his lifeline elixirs to save the people.
No matter how precious the lifeline elixirs are, in Chén Yun's heart, they are never as important as the lives of twenty or more people.
Regardless of the outcome, he has made his decision. He will go all out to surge through to the realm of superior magician within five days!
(End of chapter)
