Hide in The Immortal Cultivation World, Strike Hard in the Martial World
Chapter 159 - 112: Brother Chen, Save Me_3

Suddenly, he felt a squeezing sensation from his heart, spreading from the inside out.

In the very next moment,

Boom!

The heart of the bandit cultivator exploded, followed by the cracking of his protective shield,

Although it was impossible to determine the exact sequence of these two events afterward.

Now, Chen Yi had advanced to the Huajin stage, further honing his grasp over the application of force,

He was able to direct his power to bypass protective shields and ordinary surfaces, and explode within.

Simply this move alone was a killer blow that almost no mana cultivators in the Immortal Cultivation World could withstand,

Of course, if he were to encounter a body cultivator of the same level, his force would be blocked by the opponent's strong body,

There would be no such tricks then, a bitter battle would be inevitable.

After the bandit cultivator died, the fire crows left in the air were without control,

Liu Huo, battling on all sides, was scorched severely a few times, barely holding on until Chen Yi came to assist,

On the other hand, Zhang Shigui behind them met a cruel fate,

When Chen Yi finished the battle, collected the spoils, and helped Liu Huo take down a few fire crows, they finally had some breathing room. By then,

They turned around to find Zhang Shigui had been burnt to a cinder by the fire crows...

Chen Yi sighed and said:

"Ah, it's truly unfortunate for Zhang."

We encountered a bandit cultivator on our way back. In the fierce combat where all three of us put in our utmost effort, we used all our tricks and barely defeated the bandit cultivator,

Brother Liu, you suffered severe burns, while Zhang... Zhang died at the hands of the bandit cultivator while protecting us,

We must remember Zhang's sacrifice and appreciate his spirit of selflessness!"

Chen Yi stared at Liu Huo as he said all this,

Liu Huo was grimacing in pain from the burns all over his body, but he still managed a shocked look at Chen Yi:

"Chen... Brother Chen, when did you break through to the Second Layer of Body Refining?"

"That's not the point, the key is the sequence of the battle I just described, did you remember it? Do you know how to report it when we pass the official executor of Ten Thousand Islands Lake later?"

"Huh?" Liu Huo was somewhat confused. Wasn't the bandit cultivator killed with one easy punch by you?

"What do you mean 'huh'? I have special effect trauma medicine here, it works especially well on burns, do you want to apply some?"

"Yes, yes, yes, I remember. Brother Chen, the three of us desperately fought together and barely went against the bandit cultivator. Zhang Shigui heroically sacrificed himself as he shielded us, we will remember this in our hearts."

"You forgot 'used all our tricks'."

"Alright, 'used all our tricks'."

"Good, here's the trauma medicine, for external use, three inferior spirit stones." Chen Yi handed Liu Huo a porcelain bottle.

Liu Huo took it with a dazed look: "I... I need to pay spirit stones?"

"Nonsense, this is at cost price. You think the medicine is free? If you don't want to spend spirit stones, give it back to me. You can recover from these injuries in a few months, at most you'll have some scars, which might just affect your subsequent Body Refining Cultivation level."

"Brother Chen, here are six spirit stones, I'll buy two doses of medicine!!"

Chen Yi left Liu Huo there to administer the medicine while he went to check the spoils. Hmm... the enemy was killed by him alone, and he also saved a teammate, he should have no problems keeping all the spoils on his own, right?

Chen Yi stepped forward to collect the bandit cultivator's storage bag, only to find that inside it were a few inferior first-tier Talisman Scrolls, two bottles of cultivation pills, a few dozen inferior spirit stones, and the flying Lotus-shaped Artifact,

Even though it was a used lower-tier first-tier artifact, it could still be worth around a hundred and eight spirit stones,

This move brought in roughly 200 spirit stones, just about making ends meet.

Lastly, Chen Yi removed the man's mask, only to freeze in surprise: It's him?

This bandit cultivator was none other than Island Master Qian of the thirty-second island!

"I haven't come after you yet, but you actually took the initiative to attack us first?"

Chen Yi and Liu Huo speculated that this man must have known that his act of selling them to the demon cultivator was exposed. Fearing that they'd seek revenge once their cultivation level grew in the future,

He chose to strike first. However, he didn't anticipate that Chen Yi had concealed his Second Layer Body Refining strength, which led to his downfall.

As for why Island Master Qian took action this time instead of Ghost Face,

Chen Yi speculated on two possibilities. The first being that they had divided their forces, and Ghost Face had gone after Zhao Chengyu,

The second would be that Island Master Qian was more known, thus more worried about revenge,

While Ghost Face had always concealed his true identity. Even if Chen Yi and the others grew in power and sought revenge, they might not be able to find him.

The two reported everything—including Island Master Qian—to the passing official executor of the Ten Thousand Islands Alliance before Liu Huo headed back to Zhao Family Island on their flying boat.

Several days later, Zhao Chengyu returned,

The three of them cross-checked the information, and sure enough, Ghost Face had gone to attack Zhao Chengyu while Island Master Qian had ambushed Liu Huo and Chen Yi,

However, the result was only minor injuries on Zhao Chengyu who had been saved by a cultivator from his family who followed him covertly.

That demon cultivator escaped using Blood Escaping again,

On the other hand, Liu Huo was rather lucky as they managed to kill Island Master Qian at the cost of only Zhang Shigui's life, avenging part of their previous grievance.

After some thought, Zhao Chengyu wrote a letter and attached 30 inferior spirit stones to send to Zhang Shigui's master—who was the third son of the Foundation Establishment Family, the Hou Family, which mainly dealt in Talisman Scrolls. This was to express gratitude for Zhang Shigui's contribution or perhaps an apology for the loss caused to the Hou Family,

No matter how one interprets it, it essentially means: 'one of your servants died, we'll compensate with some spirit stones, let's put this behind us'.

Seeing this, Liu Huo didn't show any reaction,

While Chen Yi, in his heart, was more adamant about not serving as a servant for any family.

After signing the unequal contract, one was sometimes valued less than a dog in the family.

In the Immortal Cultivation World, strength was the fundamental factor. Unless there are other matters at hand, Chen Yi decided to seclude himself for cultivation and increase his cultivation level before discussing anything else.

There was another matter that no one mentioned, but Chen Yi had to contemplate deeply,

When the trio of him, Zhao Chengyu, and Liu Huo left this time, they traveled separately on their flying boat,

Why was it that when they departed from Spirit Cloud Island, they were attacked by enemies simultaneously,

How did a demon cultivator force know their whereabouts so accurately?

This was no longer just an issue of having a mole....

Chen Yi returned to his courtyard, deciding not to leave for a short period. He had killed Island Master Qian with his own hands and no matter how low-key,

At least, the enemy would know he had the strength of the mid-term strength of Refining Qi. The next time they came to kill him, they would certainly send someone who had progressed beyond the late stage of Qi Cultivation,

Although Chen Yi was not afraid, there was no need to take the risk.

"I'll stay in the Zhao family and cultivate for a while. In two years, the agreed time would have arrived, If we can negotiate properly, I can stay in Zhao's family for a while longer.

After all, if I were to go out on my own, finding a new place with spiritual veins would not only take time and energy, but it would also not be as safe as Zhao's home."