Supreme Sword God

Chapter 458: Chapter 457: The Venomous Toad Faces Tribulation, Awaiting Treasure

Everyone was frightened by the murderous intent in Ye Chen’s tone.

However, no one said anything more because both Qi Cultivator and Liu Xingfeng indeed deserved to die!

Moments later, Ye Chen retracted the tangible killing intent from his body and said, ”You all are seriously injured now, quickly start healing!”

A group of people staring at each other wide-eyed, what are they doing?

Everyone’s barely able to move, do you want me to carry you?

After saying this, Ye Chen ran to one side to meditate on his own.

His own condition wasn’t that good either!

Then, Ren Ying walked to Ye Chen’s side and said softly, ”Do you really want to find and kill them now?”

Ye Chen slowly opened his eyes and said, ”If not kill them, what’s the use of keeping them alive?”

Ren Ying said, ”Killing them directly will cause a lot of trouble... reporting it above should result in a handling that satisfies everyone...”

Ye Chen said, ”Why did Qi Cultivator and Liu Xingfeng target you?”

Ren Ying: ”...”

Seeing Ren Ying not speaking, Ye Chen said, ”I don’t need to guess to know, it’s because of me, right!

They hate me, but when I was alive, they couldn’t beat me. When they thought I was dead, they transferred these grudges onto the people related to me.

If I hadn’t appeared today, you would have been killed.

And your deaths would indirectly be my fault.

I don’t want anyone to be implicated because of me. Now that the incident has occurred, I have to resolve it. If it’s not resolved this time, there may be a second or third time.

Not every time can we narrowly escape danger. If they succeed even once, what’s the use of killing them afterward?

Leave it to the True Martial Hall to solve?

It’s not that I don’t trust them, but one’s own matters should be solved by oneself.

Even if killing them without permission now will cause great trouble, so what?

I want to see whether what we do as True Martial Guards has any meaning or not!”

The last sentence Ye Chen said was quite severe.

If he kills Qi Cultivator and Liu Xingfeng and causes a huge stir, but the True Martial Hall can’t even suppress the uproar, it would mean everything the True Martial Guards do, risking their lives, has no meaning!

This statement touched upon the core of the True Martial Hall!

Ren Ying was a smart person; she heard the underlying meaning in Ye Chen’s words and after a moment of silence said, ”If there’s a huge storm, I’ll face it with you!”

......

After resting for about half a day.

Ye Chen’s state improved significantly.

The little source left of the Red Flame Spirit Flame in his Dantian must not be used carelessly anymore. It needs to be nurtured properly with the Taiyin Fire Control Technique.

Although the sword seed burned by the Red Flame Spirit Flame still showed some damage marks, it wasn’t serious. Instead, the flame made the sword seed’s edge more solid.

At this time, Ye Chen finished his cultivation and stood up, frowning slightly.

For some reason, about half a quarter of an hour ago, he had a vague sense of unease!

It was a pure intuition.

Ren Ying and the others were still sitting and healing.

Everyone was swallowing pills and using spirit stones, but their breaths were still weak and listless.

Compared to Ye Chen’s recovery speed, they were far behind.

”Rest here for a while, I’m going to take a look around.” Ye Chen said. That intuition made him uneasy, and he planned to thoroughly investigate the surroundings.

As for asking Luo Qingyi and others for help, it wasn’t necessary for now.

Earlier, Master Legs said that Luo Qingyi frequently sensing the outside world might attract the attention of the Heavenly Dao.

”I’ll go with you.”

”So will I.”

Ren Ying and Lu Feiyu’s voices rang out simultaneously.

Then, the two of them looked at each other, seeing a hint of stubbornness on each other’s faces.

Ye Chen: ”I don’t need you two.”

These two silly girls following him around would be nothing but burdens.

The two girls, realizing they were being dismissed by Ye Chen: ”...”

Ye Chen said, ”Stay here and don’t wander off!”

After giving his instructions, he left the area where everyone was healing.

......

In another part of the Cloudy Marshlands.

Liu Xingfeng and Qi Cultivator, leading five people, were wandering aimlessly.

”Brother Liu, do you think those assassins from Blood Robe Tower succeeded?” Qi Cultivator said with a smile.

Liu Xingfeng snorted coldly and said, ”The leader of Blood Robe Tower is called Blood Eagle. A month ago, a prodigy ranking seventieth on the Qingyun List died at his hands.

Ren Ying, Lu Feiyu, and Xiao Mo are just average in strength; they must be dead by now. It’s a pity, though, Ren Ying and Lu Feiyu were quite good-looking.”

Qi Cultivator smiled and said, ”Brother Liu, don’t feel regret, when we return to Cangxing City, I’ll arrange a few more for you.”

Liu Xingfeng’s eyes flickered, and he said, ”Brother Qi, about your sister’s marriage...”

Qi Cultivator said, ”My sister was severely punished by the family last time because of Ye Chen, locked in confinement. Once her confinement ends, I’ll surely put in a good word for you with Brother Liu.”

As he spoke, Qi Cultivator cursed silently in his heart.

Liu Xingfeng, you pervert!

We call each other brothers, yet you’re always trying to become my brother-in-law!

A man walking behind the two whispered, ”If we do this... if the True Martial Hall finds out...”

Qi Cultivator smiled lightly and said, ”As long as none of us say anything, who will know? When we go back, we’ll just say we acted separately.

Their deaths have nothing to do with us. People dying on missions as True Martial Guards is a common occurrence; it’s no big deal.”

Liu Xingfeng snorted and said, ”This decision wasn’t forced on you by Qi Cultivator and me. Since you chose this path, you’d better be steadfast. If anyone leaks the truth, none of us will survive!”

”Are we still searching for the aliens?” someone else asked.

Liu Xingfeng sneered and said, ”If aliens were really descending here, they would have appeared long ago. Clearly, there’s been a misjudgment in the True Martial Hall’s surveillance this time, and it’s not the first time this kind of mistake has happened.

Besides, even if the aliens really come, it’s suicide for just a few of us to fight. It’s better to wander around this Cloudy Marshlands.

It’s said that the Hundred Poison Divine Bead exists in Cloudy Marshlands. If anyone acquires the bead, they gain an immunity to all poisons. Who knows, we might stumble upon such a rare treasure by merely wandering around.”

Qi Cultivator laughed and said, ”The Hundred Poison Divine Bead is just a legend. Many once believed it to be true, but in the end, even though Cloudy Marshlands was turned upside down, nothing was discovered. Brother Liu, do you really think this place has it?”

Liu Xingfeng laughed heartily and said, ”Just saying it offhandedly, wandering around before heading back, otherwise there’s no way to explain returning too soon.”

......

”Ribbit!”

”Ribbit!”

”Ribbit!”

At this moment, Ye Chen was wandering alone in the Cloudy Marshlands. He stopped in an area with extremely dense fog.

The toxicity of the drifting fog here was much stronger than in other areas.

The constant ribbiting sound echoed around, yet its source was indeterminable.

In this area, Ye Chen’s feeling of unease grew even stronger.

Martial Arts Celestial Eye, activated to the extreme, Ye Chen carefully observed his surroundings.

Moments later, his gaze suddenly fixed!

He saw a toad as big as an ordinary house, its skin surface covered with multicolored warts.

This toad lay in a muddy pool within the marsh, exuding an extremely powerful aura.

”Soul-Devouring Poison Toad, it’s about to undergo a tribulation.” Master Legs’ voice sounded in Ye Chen’s mind.

”Master Legs, you can contact me on your own now?” Ye Chen looked bewildered.

Master Legs said, ”Since you first arrived at this place, Luo Qingyi sensed the aura of Thunder Tribulation. Thunder Tribulation is a power of the Heavenly Dao, so she couldn’t conveniently communicate with you and had me keep an eye on you.

The toad you see is a highly poisonous creature that’s about to break through to a level equivalent to a Martial Artist’s Heaven-Reaching Realm. However, usually, such low-level creatures wouldn’t attract a Thunder Tribulation, so I suspect there’s a treasure inside the toad.

Stay away and don’t get caught up in the Thunder Tribulation.

After the toad survives its tribulation and is at its weakest, you can go over and stab it, maybe get some gains.”

Ye Chen immediately understood all his previous doubts.

No wonder he had that uneasy feeling; it turned out a Thunder Tribulation was about to descend in the Cloudy Marshlands.

It’s normal that Ren Ying and others didn’t feel anything; his senses were far superior to theirs!