C46 (1/2)

Hong Ling put Lian Chengyue down and started collecting the Li Family people's spatial rings right in front of Li Tan.

He had gained a lot from killing four great cultivators, including Li Yuan. After carefully calculating it, just the wealth of these four people already exceeded 100,000 gold, and it caused him to be endlessly shocked.

Although he would not do that for no reason, if someone dared to provoke him without opening their eyes, he would not sit still and wait for death.

The corner of Li Tan's mouth twitched when he saw Hong Ling collecting his companion's spatial rings with a face full of greed. He really did not expect that this youth was actually like a trash collector, interested in getting rich like the dead.

However, when he thought about how his four deceased companions were all outstanding within the clan, and how their resources were no less than his, he couldn't help but feel envious.

Li Jun naturally wouldn't care too much about the lives of these brothers of the Li Family. After all, if they didn't die, they might become his competitors in the future. In the great clans, the battles between the disciples of the Li Family were not forbidden or even encouraged by the Li Family.

In this world where the strong preys on the weak, he was not the strongest, so it was hard for him to lead an aristocratic family to glory, and even to maintain their existence was difficult. To be fair, Li Tan did not have much hatred for Hong Ling, but in the face of life threatening situations, he could only choose to protect himself and make himself his enemy.

When Lian Chengyue recovered from his cultivation, his eyes were shining as he stared at Hong Ling, causing his hair to stand on end. The young man was unable to bear with her passionate gaze, and thinking back to how he had hugged her forcefully for such a long time, even if his skin was thick enough, he was still burning at this moment.

”Ah Yue, why are you staring at me?” Hong Ling turned his face away, not looking at Lian Chengyue's smiling face.

Lian Chengyue puffed out a laugh, a laughter like silver bells, causing the entire world to become bright and beautiful.

”Guess why I'm keeping an eye on you!” She brushed the hair at the side of her ears and smiled at the young man.

Hong Ling's face fell, he lowered his head, and took the time to clean up the spoils of war on his hands. Waiting until everything was kept in his spatial ring, he casually raised the fire again, and with two more bear paws, he slowly began to roast.

Although he envied Hong Ling for having the beautiful women accompany him, Li Tan was still busy cleaning up the corpses of his buried comrades. He would not cause any trouble for Hong Ling and the others, because within the Shiwan Mountain, if he did not bury the corpses properly, it would not take more than two to three days before all the beasts and Demonic Beast s finished eating them.

It wasn't that Li Tan hadn't thought of fleeing, but once he thought about the strange state Hong Ling was in just now, he didn't dare to act rashly.

That youth's strength had already far surpassed his surface cultivation, and even exceeded the great perfection of Essence Refinement into Qi. Even though Li Tan was arrogant, he was not arrogant enough to go against a devilish youth by himself.

With his own strength, it would be impossible for him to open the Secret Realm. But with Hong Ling and Lian Chengyue, as long as the three of them together, he had absolute confidence that he could smoothly enter the Secret Realm.

Li Tan had never been someone who could be at peace with himself, but rather, be filled with ambition and a thirst for power. This secret realm once again ignited his originally calm heart, and in the face of such a huge temptation, the life and death of his clansmen was simply nothing to him.

Right now, the key to the secret realm was on Hong Ling's body, and he had just taken the initiative to hand over the map. Even if he managed to escape, the two of them would be able to find the secret realm successfully.

At this moment, he wanted to fight to the death. If he really obtained a heaven-defying treasure within that secret realm, then his position within the clan would be incomparably stable from now on.

As for the fellow clan member who died while training with him, hmph, who doesn't know that training is accompanied by danger. As long as he found a random excuse to hide it, then who would be able to find trouble with him. Moreover, he didn't kill him.

Hong Ling busied himself with roasting the bear's paw, while Lian Chengyue mindlessly added fuel to the fire, the two of them teased each other from time to time, without showing any signs of training.

After Li Tan finished burying his clan companion's body, he washed his hands by the stream and sat down cross-legged to cultivate. Right now, he had completely given up, because when Lian Chengyue showed Hong Ling her newly comprehended sword intent, the young man's body had also erupted with a powerful sword intent.

The two cultivators that had comprehended the sword intent were not weaker than Li Tan himself. This meant that even if Li Tan wanted to escape, they could kill him in an instant.

Li Tan was endlessly praising the talents of the two youths. He was already twenty years old, but his cultivation was still at the perfection-stage of the Essence Refinement into Qi.

Lian Chengyue and Hong Ling looked like they were only sixteen or seventeen, yet they had actually comprehended sword intent. Their entire strength was no weaker than their own, and comparing them to each other, it was truly infuriating.

Hong Ling and Lian Chengyue continued to eat the bear paw. After being processed by the young man's secret seasonings, the taste of the bear paw was already comparable to one of the famous dishes in the Eternity Restaurant. However, the two of them were tired of eating barbecue, hence they did not have much interest in it.

After the two of them finished eating, each of them rested for a while, before they returned to their peak condition. Hong Ling waved at Li Tan, signalling him to follow them towards the secret realm.

”You don't want to rest first?”