Chapter 397 - Corpse-refining (2/2)

Seeing that everyone was working seriously, Yan Liang exclaimed, “Please work harder these three days, and when it’s finished, I will find you some beautiful girls from the brothel in the town.”

The words made the atmosphere in the cold cave a litter livelier. However, Su Lianyue frowned harder at the words and cursed to herself that it was disgusting.

After saying that, Yan Liang looked at Qi Yan and said, “Junior Brother Qi Yan, come out with me.”

After Yan Liang and Qi Yan left, the atmosphere in the cave turned more relaxing, and many people began to whisper about what Yan Liang had said just now.

While extracting the Rancorous Qi in a corpse, Xiao Chen whispered to a disciple next to him, “Do you know why the seniors of the sect wanted the Rancorous Qi so urgently?”

The man looked around and whispered, “Han Yun, are you crazy? Do more and talk less!”

Su Lianyue standing aside frowned hard. Even though she had killed many people, she still felt disgusted when touching these corpses. In addition, because she was unskillful in the operation, the cauldron which carried the Rancorous Qi kept wavering under her control. In frustration, she waved her sleeves and knocked the cauldron down on the ground. Traces of black gas spread out from inside the cauldron.

Everyone inside the cave was startled by her action. They turned around and looked at her, with some doubts and more fear in their eyes. Xiao Chen frowned, and at this moment, a cold voice came from behind, “What’s going on?”

More than a hundred disciples came to their minds, and immediately began to do their own work absorbedly as if they hadn’t seen anything. It could be heard that footsteps were approaching gradually in the cave. It turned out to be from Qi Yan, the man in red. He looked at the mini cauldron on the ground, from which black gas floated out, and then looked at Su Lianyue, who disguised as Han Yu, and said coldly, “Pick it up.”

His voice was so cold that it seemed to freeze the air. Everyone shivered and immersed themselves in the work. They didn’t even dare to breathe heavily. Xiao Chen frowned. He knew from Han Yun’s memory that the man in front of him was named Qi Yan, who was in the middle stage of the Core Forming Realm. Because of his disagreement with Shen Qing in his early years, he had been targeting the Han brothers. Last month, he even found some excuses to bully the two brothers.

“I told you to pick it up, didn’t you hear me?” Qi Yan said coldly again, and the disciples trembled again, but a cold killing intention flashed in Su Lianyue’s eyes.

Xiao Chen frowned, and bent down to pick up the cauldron, but just when he held the cauldron, Qi Yan stepped on it and said, “I told him to pick it up, not you!”

Many people in the cave looked aside at them carefully. Xiao Chen took a deep breath, slowly stood up, and smiled, saying, “My brother just accidentally knocked it over on the ground. Senior Brother Qi, please don’t be angry.”

Su Lianyue squeezed her fingers and finally walked over to pick up the cauldron. Qi Yan snorted, stared at them and then walked forward, saying coldly, “Get to do your job, hurry up! Whoever doesn’t want to live can say it out now!”

None of the disciples dared to say a word, and they continued working until 11 pm. It was colder and colder in the cave as if the air were to freeze the disciples in the cave. Su Lianyue was shivering with cold and her hands were trembling, while others were a little sleepy, too.

Qi Yan was also a little tired. He yawned and said, “Okay, this is all for today. Come early tomorrow.” After saying this, he looked at Xiao Chen and Su Lianyue and said, “This time, Senior Brother Yan Liang asked the two of you to send the Grudge Cauldron to Tai Yin Cavity. There must be no mistake about it. Do you understand?”

There were many External Sects like Chang Yin Cavity in the Corpse Refinery Sect. The collected Grudge Cauldrons had to be sent to Tai Yin Cavity first before the sect handed them over to the Internal Sect. No mistake should appear along the way; otherwise, the people involved in this would be killed. As a result, most of the disciples did not want to do such a troublesome job.

Xiao Chen noticed a glimmer of murdering intention from Qi Yan’s eyes. It seemed that because of what the woman in red said during the day, Elder Xu really had thought about killing him and Su Lianyue. Xiao Chen smiled and answered, “Don’t worry; there won’t be any problem about it.”

The disciples left the cave in an orderly manner and went outside. Although it was still a bit cold outside the cave, it was much better than in the cave. Su Lianyue was still trembling with cold. Xiao Chen looked at her and said, “Are you cold?”

Su Lianyue put her hands over her shoulders, shook her head and did not speak. After leaving the back mountain, the disciples returned to their rooms to rest, and according to Han Yun’s memory, Xiao Chen found a humble hut with two small wooden beds, as well as some dilapidated tables and chairs. Nevertheless, the room was clean and tidy and was exactly where the two Han brothers lived.

When Xiao Chen and Su Lianyue entered the room, Xiao Chen immediately closed the doors and windows and set up a Soundproof Barrier that people inside the room could hear the noise of the outside while the people outside the room could not hear the voices of the inside. After she lit up a candle, Su Lianyue immediately changed into her original appearance because her disguise skill could not last long. Xiao Chen also peeled off the leather mask on his face to get some fresh air.

The two looked at each other, and Xiao Chen habitually made a hush gesture, and then whispered, “We can’t act tonight. Three days later, as Qi Yan has said, we would go to send the Grudge Cauldron. That will be our best opportunity.”

Su Lianyue nodded and said, “Did you find anything strange with the woman in red today? I’ve never heard of it before that there are female disciples in Corpse Refinery Sect.”

Xiao Chen frowned and pondered for a long time. The woman in red they met today did not have high cultivation, but Elder Xu was extremely afraid of her. Besides, Ye Wuxin seemed very cautious last night when he acted. It appeared that he was in fear of something. The Corpse Refinery Sect appeared more and more unusual…

“I suddenly thought of something!” Su Lianyue suddenly looked serious as if she had been frightened by something. Xiao Chen frowned and asked, “What is it?”

“Yu Yangzi, the leader of Corpse Refinery Sect who disappeared three hundred years ago!”