Chapter 173 - Old Lu
The young man that narrowly escaped from death hurriedly stepped back. As for the two guards whose chests were punctured, and strung up by the broken bufonid’s tongue; they were quite irrefutably dead.
“Zhengxuan! Are you alright?!”
Not far away, a middle-aged man coughing out a mouthful of blood rushed over and asked.
“He saved me.” The young man said as he shook his head, he then turned his head toward the entrance of the valley.
The pretty girl’s eyes instantly shined. The boy standing there appeared to be only sixteen or seventeen years old, and even seemed to carry an air of youthful inexperience. However, that sword attack launched by him earlier was indeed terrifyingly powerful. It had chopped the bufonid’s tongue off so easily, as if he was just cutting a piece of meat.
“Thank you, young martial artist, for saving Zhengxuan’s life.” The middle-aged was shocked by Ye Chen’s powerfulness as well, yet he remained perfectly calm. He was clearly aware that this world was vast and magical, and some amazing geniuses at a very young age had already managed to far surpass the older generation martial artists. One such individual was Wei Dongshe, the top-ranked disciple of the Green Bamboo Martial School, a rank 7 institution of the Thousand Thread Nation.
Ye Chen’s clothes fluttered in the wind, making a loud rustling noise as it did. Nimbly moving across the valley, he appeared suddenly in front of the group of people; responding with a deep voice, “It was as easy as lifting of a finger, don’t mention it.”
The pretty girl was still as grateful as before and said, “If you hadn’t help us, we would have all died here - Watch out!!”
Before she even finished the sentence, her expression abruptly changed and she let out a scream. In her view, the eyes of the Five Coloured Bufoid abruptly turned blood-red and it spurted a stream of five-coloured air in Ye Chen’s direction. The monstrous air engulfed and devastated; wherever it swept across, the plants would immediately wither and on the ground, a deep gorge would be plowed.
Ye Chen’s sense of awareness was impeccably sharp, and every single movement made by the bufonid was under Ye Chen’s watch. He swiftly turned his body, and with a swing of the Dragon Spring Sword, a beam of pale blue sword Qi was slashed out.
Puff!
The sword Qi skattered the stream of five-coloured air and fiercely slashed the head of the bufonid.
The bufonid let out a series of muffled howls; its house-sized body fell over and smashed open a few large cracks on the walls of the valley, even causing rocks to tumble down the valley.
“Highly Condensed Qi!”
This Five Coloured Bufoid was many times weaker than the Black Bomb Serpent, however, it possessed a great defensive power. Any ordinary attack would not be able to kill it. Ye Chen didn’t want to waste any time on it, thus, he launched a deadly attack.
Following a wave of puffing noises, a thick stream of sword Qi that contained layers of power easily cut open the ugly skin of the bufonid; it pierced through the body of the bufonid, striking the rock wall behind it, and leaving a deep slash behind.
Clang!
Placing the sword back into its sheath, Ye Chen then waved his hand; along with this move, the bufonid’s pearl core popped out of its chest and flew towards Ye Chen.
“Amazing! He killed the bufonid!”
“The Five Coloured Bufonid is as powerful as a medium Clasping Yuan Realm martial artist, but even a medium Clasping Yuan Realm martial artist wouldn’t want to fight against it head on!”
“This young martial artist looks to be even younger than my nephew, I can’t believe he actually just killed the bufonid with a single move!”
All the surviving guards were medium or advanced Condensing Reality Realm martial artists, and many times before, they had heard of all kinds of amazing geniuses, yet none of them has actually met one; watching Ye Chen kill the bufonid just now made them all dumbfounded.
The young man whose name was Zhengxuan, finally realised what had just happened. Eyes filled with admiration and jealousy, he cupped his hands and said, “My name is Lu Zhengxuan, may I have your name please?”
Ye Chen shook his head and said, “I’m leaving immediately, there is no need to know my name.”
He had saved all these people only because it was no effort on his part, and it wouldn’t take up too much of his time. Since saving some lives could be done in passing, why shouldn’t he do it?
Putting the pearl core into his storage ring, Ye Chen turned around and said, “I’m leaving, you should be extra careful.” He prepared to leave after he said this.
Abruptly, the middle-aged man began coughing severely, and immediately after, spat out a mouthful of badly stinking blood. On his face, faint five-coloured flakes emerged.
“You’re poisoned.” Ye Chen frowned.
The middle-aged man forcibly boosted his Zhen Qi, temporarily restraining the poison effect. Giving a bitter smile, he said, “The Five Coloured Bufoid’s poison is far too powerful; it managed to poison me through my protective Zhen Qi.”
“Don’t move, let me try to disperse the poison for you.”
Swiftly moving behind the middle-aged man, Ye Chen pressed both of his hands to the man’s back; streams of pure and powerful Great Mystery Zhen Qi were injected into the middle-aged man’s body through the meridians in Ye Chen’s arms.
After a short while.
Ye Chen dropped his hands, slowly letting out a long breath, he said, “The poison is too strong; mere Zhen Qi can’t disperse it. You’ll have to make an antidote to cure him. Fortunately, his current situation is not that serious, and the poison can’t kill him in such a short time.”
The girl, who seemed to have thought of something, said, “Normally, to make an antidote of a certain kind of beast poison, the corresponding materials from the beast’s body should be collected and used, this Five Coloured Bufonid…”
Whilst speaking, the girl turned her eyes to Ye Chen. The bufonid was killed by Ye Chen, this meant that the bufonid’s body now belonged to him. Therefore, without Ye Chen’s permission, the girl and the others did not dare to collect materials from the bufonid’s body.
“You can do whatever you want with the dead bufonid.” Ye Chen wasn’t going to take the bufonid’s body, anyway.
After collecting the necessary materials, the group of people prepared to go back.
Ye Chen saw that among this group of people, some were injured while some were poisoned, only a few of them could still fight. They couldn’t possibly survive their return journey like this, not in the dangerous and wild Five Poison Mountain Range. Helplessly, Ye Chen sighed then said, “I’ll will escort all of you out!”
The girl glanced at Ye Chen with a pair of sparkling eyes filled with gratitude.
During the journey, Ye Chen got to know some of the people’s name and circumstances. The beautiful girl’s name was Lin Qingmei, and she was the young mistress of the Lin Family in Black Rock City, a city situated near the Five Poison Mountain Range. The name of the middle-aged man who was poisoned was Lu Zhengde; he was Lu Zhengxuan’s father, and at the same time, an elder of the Lin Family. This time, they entered the Five Poison Mountain Range to collect a rare and magical herbal medicine— the Buddhist Vanilla… however, this Buddhist Vanilla was guarded by the Five Coloured Bufonid, which nearly killed them all.
Walking out of the Five Poison Mountain Range, they traveled Eastwards for over a hundred miles; after which, a city that was mainly built with black rock appeared in Ye Chen’s sight.
“It's about the same size as Windy City, this city probably doesn't have much of a tyrannical force.” Normally, powerful institutions each had their own territories, and large influential families were all living in relatively bigger cities, such as Luo City, where the Ye Family lived in. This Black Rock City couldn’t even compare to big cities like that.
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