Chapter 24 - Frightening Murderous Intent (2/2)

“Hmph, you cannot even save yourself yet you still want to save others.” Ren Yi did not take her threat to heart. “Mortals cannot be harvested, but perhaps she can be made into a puppet!”

He summoned his weapon at the end of his words, seemingly about to form a hand seal and cast a Dharma spell, but then Bi Hao suddenly shouted loudly, “Stop!”

“Senior Brother?” Ren Yi was taken aback.

“Fiend Supremacy Impermanence, we are very sorry for everything that has happened today. We hope for your forgiveness and that you will let insignificant figures like us go.” All of a sudden, Bi Hao spoke in an extremely respectful tone, the pride and glee long disappeared from his eyes which were instead… filled with fear?

“Senior Brother!” Ren Yi was stunned at seeing this sudden change in attitude.

“Shut up!” Bi Hao turned back and glared at Ren Yi, preventing him from spouting another word, and then continued to speak respectfully to Qi Chengyu. “I will certainly go to Ming Yin Mountain personally to give a formal apology in the future.” Finished, he immediately took away the seal for the array formation on the ground with one hand and then took out a bottle of elixir for her. “Supremacy’s injury is pretty serious, and as Fiendish Cultivators we should help each other. Here is a bottle of rejuvenation elixirs as our apology.”

“Are you crazy?!” Ren Yi was completely stunned, but he was once again silenced by the look thrown at him by the other.

“What are you up to now?” Qi Chengyu looked at the elixir in her hand.

“I only want to make befriend you and build up good karma between us,” he laughingly said. As if worried of being doubted, he even swallowed one of the rejuvenation pills. “It is rumored that Supremacy has been looking for Gan Zirui from the Grand Vacuity Sect. I have chanced upon the news that he is currently hiding in Grand Vacuity Sect’s Sword Comprehension Peak.”

“Are you speaking the truth?!” Qi Chengyu was shocked. Her eyes had turned red and were emanating murderous intent.

“I dare not hide facts nor lie in front of you, Supremacy.”

Qi Chengyu gritted her teeth and her eyes became alight with a burning hatred as if remembering something. She had searched for so long. So… so, he had been hiding over there.

“If the both of you are alright…” Bi Hao raised his head, and carefully said, “May we make a move first?”

Qi Chengyu took a deep breath before suppressing the turmoil within her. She took the bottle of elixirs from him and said in a deep voice, “Get lost!”

At her words, Bi Hao’s hands became relaxed and he immediately became joyous. “I shall take my leave now!” He quickly dragged along Ren Yi who grumbled with indignation as they left and disappeared within a moment as if being chased by evil ghosts.

“Senior Brother, what was all that about?” After flying for 50km, Ren Yi could no longer hold it in and he flung him aside. “It was such a good opportunity and you just let it go like that. With our talents, once we miss this chance, we may never be able to complete our Nascent Soul Formation!”

Bi Hao stopped and then suddenly squatted down hugging his right arm. He spewed mouthfuls of blood on the ground as his right arm hung at an awkward angle to the ground.

“Senior Brother!” Shocked, Ren Yi quickly took Bi Hao’s pulse from the other arm. After checking his pulse, Ren Yi’s eyes widened. “Senior Brother… your Golden Core! How could it? When did you sustain such serious injuries?”

“If we stayed any longer, I am afraid not only would my Golden Core have been shattered, the both of us would have died there!”

“How is that possible…” Ren Yi was frightened. “Unless… Qi Chengyu was faking it? She was not actually wounded?”

“It’s not her, it’s the other one!” Bi Hao shuddered as if recalling something.

“The other one? You mean…”

“Yes.”

As someone with a Five Elements Maimed Spirit Root, he had always relied on his acute awareness and ability to sense imminent danger to safely perfect his Golden Core and maintain a position amongst all the Fiendish Cultivators. Yet, from the grasp of the girl who was beside Qi Chengyu, he was able to sense a kind of frightening murderous intent he had never experienced before; the kind that was overwhelming and could not be escaped from. All he felt at that moment was—death!

He did not even know when exactly his Golden Core had been shattered. That person… was too scary!

“But… isn’t she a mortal?” She had obviously possessed no Spirit Qi.

“I am not sure either.” Bi Hao clenched his trembling hands. “But that person must not be simple. If we were to ever meet that person again, it would be best for us to keep away from her as far as possible!”

“…”