Published: August 28, 2025
Chapter 455: Frequent Unexpected Events
“Hmph! Do you think whether you go or not is up to you? If you refuse, I’ll kill you right now. You really believe that just because those two old guys from the Star Palace spoke earlier, our Extreme Yin Island wouldn’t dare to act?” Wu Chou’s small eyes gleamed fiercely as he spoke.
For some reason, although Wu Chou had played the villain beside Han Li under the prior instructions of the supreme patriarch of dark yin to pressure him, deep down he truly disliked Han Li.
This aversion was almost innate and without reason.
Naturally, Han Li had no good impression of Wu Chou either. Hearing this, he only cast him a cold glance before turning his attention to the supreme patriarch of dark yin without further ado.
“Although I don’t know what use you have for my spiritual beast, I am very clear that if the owner dies, a spiritual beast that has bonded to its master cannot be tamed by others. Moreover, I can order the blood jade spider to self-destruct in a critical moment. I assume you wouldn’t want to see that happen!”
His words carried a hint of threat, causing a slight change in expression and surprise on the middle-aged man’s face.
Han Li knew very well that Wu Chou was just bluffing! The true decision-maker here was still the supreme patriarch of dark yin, so he didn’t want to get entangled with Wu Chou.
However, Han Li’s words enraged Wu Chou. After a flash of sinister anger crossed his face, he opened his mouth to say something offensive to Han Li, but was stopped by the supreme patriarch of dark yin with a wave of his hand.
“Good, I like courageous juniors. Since I want to borrow your blood jade spider, I won’t let you come here for nothing. Once we reach the Inner Hall, I will...”
The supreme patriarch of dark yin had just begun to promise some conditions when his expression suddenly darkened and his words stopped abruptly.
He slowly turned his head and stared fiercely toward a certain direction.
“Who’s eavesdropping there? Come out!” His voice was sharp and full of killing intent, clearly very angry.
Han Li was startled! Instinctively, he thought the mysterious bone had been discovered and quickly began to consider how to handle the situation.
But then an old voice came from afar, surprising Han Li.
“Brother Wu, why get so angry? I just happened to come by and didn’t intend to intervene. Surely you wouldn’t want to fight?”
A flash of azure light shimmered, and dozens of yards away in the void, a Confucian-robed old man appeared out of nowhere, smiling as he looked at the supreme patriarch of dark yin and the others.
It was none other than the “scholar Qingyi,” who seemed somewhat familiar with the supreme patriarch of dark yin!
“Fellow Daoist Qing, you’ve been following Brother Wu!” The supreme patriarch’s murderous aura paused upon seeing him, then he asked with a very unpleasant expression.
“What stalking? I was just wandering around, saw Fellow Daoist Wu and this young brother talking from afar, and came over to greet you. Didn’t expect it to upset you so much. Ha! Had I known, I wouldn’t have been so reckless.” The Confucian-robed old man chuckled awkwardly, then explained nonchalantly.
Ignoring the explanation, the supreme patriarch of dark yin, whose face had paled somewhat, looked down at the blood jade spider and clicked his tongue in admiration.
“This is the blood jade spider, a truly rare spiritual beast. According to the analysis of previous senior cultivators, this beast is one of the best for extracting the Void Heaven Cauldron, with a success rate far above your fire python and Wan Tianming’s golden silkworm.” Scholar Qingyi said, shaking his head.
Wandering around? Then why the invisibility? Hearing the old man’s shameless excuse, the supreme patriarch of dark yin was furious. Seeing him reveal a secret about the blood jade spider he had long tried to conceal, his expression grew even darker.
“So this is the junior Brother Wu has been worried about? I too enjoy supporting courageous youngsters. How about it? Interested in joining my sect? I’ve never accepted disciples before,” the Confucian-robed old man said, turning his gaze from the blood jade spider to Han Li, slowly circling him with his eyes and then speaking a sentence that made the supreme patriarch of dark yin’s face turn ashen and Han Li stunned.