Chapter 171 – The Might of Zhen Yuan (1/2)
Chapter 171- The Might of Zhen Yuan
The sturdy man raised his head and growled towards the sky, “Thunder Freer! Do you have any idea regarding the consequences of killing us, the leaders of the Purple Sun Martial School’s assassin group?!”
“Right now, you still have the chance to leave, I assume you don’t want to be hunted down by our Top Elder again, do you?” The malicious-looking elderly man was not as calm as the sturdy man. He clearly knew that the latter could easily end both of their lives in a moment. If the other party insisted on killing them, escaping would be futile. They could only hope that the other party would be afraid of their top elder, and give up on protecting Ye Chen.
Bang!
An even thicker lightning bolt struck down from the sky, splitting into two in the air. Each bolt struck both the sturdy man and the elderly man, and just like the middle-aged man who had a gloomy face, both of them were instantly burnt to ashes along with their protective Zhen Qi. Two huge, deep craters were produced on the ground, and flames that contained slivers of lightning bolts was blazing in all three holes; while streaks of lightning lingered in the air, letting out popping and crackling sound.
“Is this the power of an Astral Reaching Realm martial artist?” Ye Chen finally realised what had happened just now, and instantly knew it was an Astral Reaching Realm martial artist protecting him. However, what had still shocked him was that, three advanced Clasping Yuan Realm martial artists were completely burnt to ashes before they even had the chance to fight back. The gap between the two grades was astoundingly wide, such that he couldn’t even imagine how wide that gap actually was.
From above the skies, a lightning bolt tore apart the cloud layer and descended with a speed that far exceeded the speed of sound, and faintly, a human silhouette could be seen within the lightning bolt.
The lightning bolt dissipated in the next moment, and the person landed on the ground not too far away from Ye Chen, murmuring, “You might have survived if you didn’t mention that old Lie Huo bastard’s name, but mentioning that damn name, I moreso won't let you live.”
Ye Chen gasped deeply, then bowed with his hands cupped, and said politely, “Thank you for saving my life, dear senior Thunder Freer!”
Turning around, Thunder Freer spoke with a grin, “That old bastard, Xian Yunzi, is an old friend of mine, so I still have to help him out with this small problem; besides, I’ve been annoyed by that old Lie Huo bastard for such a long time.”
“Old Lie Huo bastard? Is he the Top Elder of the Purple Sun Martial School?”
Ye Chen once heard from Luo Hanshan that all five top-ranked institutions of the Windy Nation was under the protection of their Top Elder, and only Astral Reaching Realm or higher grade martial artists could become a Top Elder of the institutions. This was the main reason as to why the Ghost Artist did not dare to directly attack the five top-ranked institutions. The Ghost Artist was also an Astral Reaching Realm martial artist himself, but he hadn’t fully recovered from his old injuries yet.
Thunder Freer nodded and said, “Yes, he is. That Lie Huo bastard don't have much of an upright moral character, yet, he is the strongest amongst the three of us. He has already reached the medium Astral Reaching Realm, while both Xian Yunzi and I are still in the early Astral Reaching Realm. Back then, he didn't dare to be so aggressive twenty years ago because your Top Elder, Wu Yunzi, was even more powerful than him. However, Wu Yunzi was too easily goaded, and died at the hands of the Nine Evil Cult’s besiegement. That Lie Huo bastard was definitely heavily involved in it, I suspect, at the time, he colluded with the remaining forces of the Nine Evil Cult.”
“Colluded with the remaining forces of the Nine Evil Cult? Wouldn’t this have enraged everyone back then?”
“He wasn’t the only one involved. At that time, the Nine Evil Cult was doomed, and none of their remaining forces could change their fate. Thus, many people began scheming; they used the remaining forces of the Nine Evil Cult to destroy their enemies and suppress the other institutions. The previous patriarch of your Sky Cloud Martial School, Wu Yunzi, had a very short temper, yet, he was genuinely an upright person. As he couldn’t bear watching any unfairness, he got trapped and killed by others, as well as many other powerful Sky Cloud Martial School’s martial artists; after that, your school degraded into rank 9 from rank 8. Fortunately, the old bastard, Xian Yunzi was full of cunning tricks, that under an extremely dangerous situation, he saved your school and set another trap, that killed one of the Lie Huo bastard’s junior brothers and a few of the most powerful inner elders of the Purple Sun Martial School. As such, he barely weakened Purple Sun Martial School and made them equally powerful with you again.”
Hearing this, Ye Chen nodded. Conflicts would always happen in anywhere that had people living in there, from tricks to schemes, from families to institutions, this kind of things were constantly happening in every corner of their world, on a single piece of land. These things probably would stop only until all human beings had lost their humanities and turned into dolls.
“That Lie Huo bastard might become so angry when he learns that I’ve killed these three, however, he can only do nothing to me. I’m all alone and free, not like him, who has an institution to protect.”
Thunder Freer lazily said as he grabbed the calabash and drank a mouthful of wine.
This was the very first time Ye Chen met an Astral Reaching Realm martial artist face to face, he deeply understood that this was a precious chance, so he hurriedly asked, “Dear senior, is the gap between the Clasping Yuan Realm and the Astral Reaching Realm truly that tremendous? I saw you killing all three of them as easily as crushing a couple of ants.”