Chapter 497: I’m Not Carrying This Burden (1/2)

Chapter 497: I’m Not Carrying This Burden

Translator: Sparrow TranslationsEditor: Sparrow Translations

A hint of guilt flashed across Yan Ye’s eyes; he immediately said, ”I have indeed been poisoned. Someone didn’t want Ji Yue to marry into the Yan Clan, so he acted against me. The person who I just killed, was someone that had been secretly following me…”

Mo Wuji took a step forward and grabbed Yan Ye’s wrist. With a circulation of his detoxification channel, he could instantly tell that this fella wasn’t lying. As the detoxification channel continued to circulate, it almost swept Yan Ye’s poison away. However, Mo Wuji promptly stopped it.

It wasn’t because he didn’t want to save Yan Ye, but because this poison was too terrifying. If this poison had been administered on him, he would be able to easily expel it. However, the poison had been residing in Yan Ye for too long, and it had actually infiltrated into his primordial spirit. With his detoxification channel, he had no means of separating the poison from the primordial spirit, at least with his current cultivation.

Thus, if Mo Wuji were to circulate the poison away, Yan Ye’s primordial spirit would instantly suffer the same fate as the poison; it would be converted into the purest form of spiritual energy and get absorbed by Mo Wuji.

Seeing Mo Wuji release his hand, Yan Ye said sincerely, ”Ji Yue is very pitiable. I beg that you help me; as long as she can marry into the Yan Clan, there won't be any further danger. Moreover, this Lifeless Secret Domain is going to end soon. The moment they know that I manage to come out alive, they definitely wouldn't dare to act against me again.”

Mo Wuji's face had turned slightly unsightly; he was sure that this Ji Yue was no good woman. She clearly knew that Yan Ye liked her, but she was willing to make use of Yan Ye and his clan-saving favour just to save herself. And if that wasn't enough, she had put Yan Ye in danger. Just like how it stands now, Yan Ye was merely an incense's time away from death.

Mo Wuji did not believe that the Ji Clan was without reason when they didn't want Ji Yue to leave. Regardless of this reason, Ji Yue should not have placed this burden on Yan Ye.

As he stared at the dying Yan Ye, Mo Wuji was a little speechless. It could be said that people are pitiful because of their own faults; this fella had been used, and he was even going to lose his life, but he was still bent on that woman. Moreover, as for Yan Ye's words about how no one would act against him once Ji Yue married into the Yan Clan, Mo Wuji didn't believe a single word of it. Even if it was true, he still wouldn't believe it.

”Dao Friend Yan Ye, I'm unable to help you. But I do need to borrow your identity token. As for Ji Yue, if I have the chance, I would pass her this message: to go and find some other clan to marry into. Anyway, I'm not going to marry her, nor will I carry this burden.”

When Yan Ye saw Mo Wuji's attitude, he signed and sank into silence. After some time, he shakingly brought his ring up, ”The cultivation resources in the ring… I have to trouble you to pass it to my sister, Yan Yi…”

Mo Wuji sneered, ”You have a sister, but you're still crazily following your own whims to help some unrelated woman. I really take my hat off to you. However, I'm able to help you with this.”

”My sister is already married, there's someone taking care of her…” Yan Ye's voice tapered off; he did not even finish this sentence before he crashed onto the ground. Even if Mo Wuji didn't agree to his request, he still wouldn't have been able to push any further; the venom had acted and his primordial spirit had collapsed.

Mo Wuji carefully kept the imaging crystal ball; he would need to be careful with this sort of thing. If he ever got discovered, his words would not suffice compared to some hard evidence.

Yan Ye's ring was easily opened by Mo Wuji. Inside, besides some immortal crystals, there were some immortal herbs, and a few immortal equipment. Even the immortal equipment were not bad, Mo Wuji didn't care much for them. He then took out a jade token and the name inscribed on it; he instantly knew that this was the jade token Yan Ye used to enter the Lifeless Secret Domain.

After placing the jade token into his own ring, Mo Wuji kept Yan Ye's storage ring.

Even though there were many questions that Yan Ye didn't manage to answer, Mo Wuji managed to get a rough understanding of the situation; this was indeed a secret domain, and its name was Lifeless Secret Domain.

Mo Wuji blasted the stone door open. Then, he carefully felt the direction where rich spiritual energy was coming from. Just as he was about to continue, he heard a flurry of violent impacts from the depths.

Mo Wuji immediately noticed a sort of spatial collapse in the distance; but before he could see what happened, he saw a couple of figures swiftly fleeing outwards.

Something happened in the tomb. Mo Wuji did not think twice as he turned and charged towards the entrance.

He had come late; the treasure that was in here had already been taken, causing this spatial collapse. He didn’t even manage to get anything but he had actually been placed in such danger; the more he thought of this, the more depressed he felt.

Fortunately, he was furthest from the core. Thus, while he was the last to enter, he was the first to leave.

Mo Wuji soon reached the entrance, and he immediately charged out. This tomb was no simple place. As an expert on arrays, Mo Wuji naturally knew that the spatial collapse wasn’t due to a simple defensive array; instead, it was an actual killing machine. The moment he got caught in the spatial array, even if his powers were multiplied by another hundred times, he still wouldn’t be able to escape.

He didn’t know how many people entered this tomb, but there was one thing that Mo Wuji was sure off: if 20 to 30% of those people could escape, it would already be extremely fortunate.

Mo Wuji fled continuously; he only stopped after a few hours.

As he ran, he only saw vestiges of immortal herbs that had already been dug out. Occasionally, he would see one or two immortal herbs, but they were the lowest of tiers, and Mo Wuji wasn’t really interested in them.

Clearly, most of the immortal herbs here had already been harvested.

Mo Wuji did not continue searching for immortal herbs. Since this was the Lifeless Dao Sect’s secret domain, most of the treasures here would probably have already been taken away. As for immortal herbs, he had a few Tier 4 immortal herbs on him, so he could try concocting a few Tier 4 Immortal Pills. The moment he concocted a Tier 4 Immortal Pill, it would mean that he had advanced into the Immortal Pill King Stage.