Nine Revolutions Star Technique

Chapter 752 - 751: The Origins of Zheng Jiuling

Ye Qingchen stood with his hands behind his back, neither sad nor happy.

To others, Xing Nu was the Supreme Elder of the Ten Thousand Gods Sect, a formidable master at the Human Immortal Fourth Layer, but to him, he was merely an insignificant insect.

He didn’t even need to exert much effort.

"Next, it’s your turn!"

Ye Qingchen’s gaze coldly swept across the other evil cultivators present.

Ye Qingchen did not intend to interfere much in the Valley of Life and Death affairs. After all, he had little fondness for Taotian Palace, so why bother cleaning up for the sect and dealing with these prisoners?

But these people, it was absolutely unacceptable—they actually consumed living humans.

This had already crossed Ye Qingchen’s bottom line!

"We have no grievances with you, can you let us go?" an evil cultivator pleaded miserably.

"What do you think?" Ye Qingchen said calmly, looking over everyone with his hands behind his back, "Did you let those Taotian Palace disciples who entered here go? If I let you go, wouldn’t more people die at your hands in the future?"

Anyone who met Ye Qingchen’s gaze involuntarily shuddered. This young man’s eyes were indifferent, devoid of warmth, like a divine being from the heavens looking down upon the ants on the ground.

"Everyone, attack together!"

The disfigured man snapped back to his senses, his eyes suddenly cold.

Ye Qingchen was able to kill Xing Nu with a mere wave of his hand; even if he hadn’t killed Xiao Qi’an or dismantled the Law Enforcement Team, their strength wasn’t far apart. If they didn’t attack now, were they just waiting to be killed?

"Roar!"

With a roar.

The disfigured man shot up like a cold snake, sprung into the air, transformed into a streaking shadow, and charged toward Ye Qingchen like a sprinting leopard.

Swish! Swish! Swish!

The remaining few exchanged glances and, without hesitation, erupted with Yin Evil Qi and Demonic Qi, shooting forth instantly. Simultaneously, their martial skills launched, transforming into several swift moving shadows, aiming to surround and kill Ye Qingchen!

These people were originally ruthless individuals outside of the Valley of Life and Death. Moreover, in the face of a life and death threat now, their attacks were merciless, seeking to slay Ye Qingchen right there!

"Seems you are still not convinced!"

Facing the numerous evil cultivators surrounding him, Ye Qingchen did not dodge; instead, he smirked coldly, directly activating his Sword Intent.

Whoosh!

In an instant, a terrifying gust of wind swept up within a hundred-meter radius. The whirlwind stirred up the dust of heaven and earth, piercing through the void in an instant, directly reaching the evil cultivators.

"Puh! Puh! Puh! Puh!..."

In the midst of the storm, a dazzling murderous intent surged; the evil cultivators surrounding Ye Qingchen were struck as if by lightning, going from extreme motion to complete stillness.

In Zheng Jiuling’s horrified gaze, their upper bodies tilted sideways while their lower bodies remained unmoving, collapsing amidst a splash of blood, like felled trees crashing to the ground.

In the blink of an eye.

The Valley of Life and Death, already eerie and terrifying, now turned into a scene of Asura Purgatory as limbs and bodies scattered around.

Seeing this, Zheng Jiuling was scared out of his wits, feeling cold all over. He swallowed hard, his steps moved, intending to sneak away, but suddenly a cold voice echoed in his ear:

"Did I allow you to leave?"

Zheng Jiuling trembled, turned his head to see Ye Qingchen’s cold gaze upon him. At this moment, he could no longer suppress the fear within, and with a thud, he knelt on the ground, shaking and pleading:

"Spare my life, Immortal Master! Spare my life, Immortal Master!"

"How long have you been in the Valley of Life and Death?"

"Reporting to Immortal Master, I have been here for a total of 176 years." Zheng Jiuling trembled, seemingly guessing Ye Qingchen’s intentions, and said in fear, "Regarding the inside of the Valley of Life and Death, I am more familiar than anyone!"

Almost without Ye Qingchen needing to interrogate him, Zheng Jiuling spilled his secrets like beans from a bamboo tube.

As it turns out.

His ancestors were merely grave robbers, making money by digging up graves and selling treasures to others. By his generation, Zheng Jiuling had gained some fame, robbing many great tombs, even escaping alive from the tomb of a Celestial Immortal.

It’s often said.

Walking by the river often, you eventually get your shoes wet; later, he lost his head. He accidentally dug up the ancestral tomb of a Taotian Palace elder, eventually alerting Taotian Palace and being hunted down.

Fortunately, he was clever, surrendered himself, and handed over all the stolen treasures to Taotian Palace, thereby escaping death, though he was still sent to the Valley of Life and Death.

Although his strength was not great, relying on his exceptional Lightweight Skill and trickery, he could often find sustenance under the noses of Xing Nu and the disfigured men, thus surviving until today.

"You said earlier you hadn’t eaten humans, is this true?"

"Immortal Master, it’s absolutely true! If I lied even a bit, let me be entirely obliterated." Kneeling on the ground, Zheng Jiuling raised his right hand, swearing to the heavens, almost crying as he quickly said:

"I just rely on trickery to survive... at most, I just deceive newcomers out of their Dan pills. If they don’t give them, I couldn’t fight anyway, so I’d turn and leave."

"If they do give them, I’ll just point out a way to help them escape a disaster!"

Saying this, Zheng Jiuling buried his head into the ground, remaining prostrate.

"Since that’s the case, I’ll spare your life for now!" Ye Qingchen coldly scanned the Valley of Life and Death, suddenly smiling, "It seems this Valley of Life and Death is even more terrifying than I imagined!"

"Oh well, since it’s like this, let me truly experience the might of this Valley of Life and Death!"

Ye Qingchen squinted his eyes.

If the Valley of Life and Death was such a place where men ate men, those who eventually survived must possess extraordinary strength, perhaps even more terrifying than Xiao Qi’an!

Thinking of this, he looked at Zheng Jiuling and then flicked a Dan pill in front of him.

"This Dan pill..."

Zheng Jiuling’s eyes almost popped out; being a grave robber, he was most sensitive to Spiritual Qi, Evil Qi, and Demonic Qi.

This Dan pill had a fragrant aroma; just a light sniff made him feel his pores open involuntarily, as if all fatigue had been relieved, clearly not an ordinary Dan pill!

Just one was enough to sustain him for half a month, even longer.

"If you do your job well for me, I might give you even more Dan pills, or even take you out of the Valley of Life and Death!" Ye Qingchen said with his hands behind his back.

Upon hearing this, Zheng Jiuling trembled, eyes wide in disbelief, "You can really take me out?"

Ye Qingchen merely looked at him quietly.

Zheng Jiuling’s expression changed rapidly; he had been suppressed in the Valley of Life and Death for too long, not wanting to die forlorn there, eventually prostrating himself fully, declaring loudly: "If the Immortal Master can take me out of the Valley of Life and Death, my life will belong to the Immortal Master!"

Upon hearing this, Ye Qingchen simply smiled faintly, without affirming or denying.