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Chapter 973 - 627: Key

Chapter 973: Chapter 627: Key

With the return of Li Kun, the disciples of the Taoist sect found their cornerstone.

Li Changhe and the others also breathed a sigh of relief.

As the leader of the association and the only one aware of the players’ identities, Li Kun’s absence made it difficult to proceed with the next plan.

Then, Li Changhe witnessed Li Kun giving Ghost Hand an unpleasant glance before checking on the injured mute girl and the unconscious Sword in Wine. After coming out, he took Ghost Hand into a small grove to discuss life.

Li Changhe did not witness the fight, but he knew from the lightning and Ghost Hand’s exasperated shouts that ensued in the grove.

"Look, this is what happens when you don’t get along with your wife’s family," Li Changhe said to the Taoist disciples. "Our senior Ghost Hand is giving you a practical lesson. Remember it well. A man in this world will face three enemies..."

"Senior Li Ba, what are the three enemies?" a Taoist disciple asked.

"Heh, heh, heh," Li Changhe smiled, "A love rival, a father-in-law, and a son-in-law."

Upon hearing this, the Taoist disciples nodded in agreement, finding the statement reasonable. They then started to cheer for Li Kun, saying they would like him to beat their share too.

A few minutes later, Li Kun and Ghost Hand, with his hair looking like an explosion, returned to the old temple. The other Earth Level Extraordinaries and players also gathered together.

Li Kun sat by the fire and said to Li Changhe, "Regarding Sword in Wine, I have learned of what happened through Mr. All-known’s secret technique. I didn’t expect that your method could actually face the Three Corpses. It seems you’re not only a variable for the Tianyan Association but also the nemesis of the Three Corpses God."

"Indeed, encountering me was their eighteenth generation of bad luck. Perhaps that’s the reason I’m here," Li Changhe responded, clearly pleased with the good news.

Whether by coincidence or fate’s inevitability,

the Black Mud Divinity under Li Changhe’s control could actually suppress the Three Corpses.

Dealing with entities like the Three Corpses that possess bodies is quite difficult.

Unlike mental interference or spiritual possession, the Three Corpses are part of each person’s emotions. Many methods have no Effect on the Three Corpses.

Because the ’Three Corpses’ are not external entities.

But the Evil Black Mud can suppress the Three Corpses, saving a comrade from their occupation.

"However, why the Three Corpses God would target the mute senior, I haven’t figured out," Li Changhe said. "He used his means to control the Three Corpses within Sword in Wine and evaded the Tianyan Association’s Heavenly Eye inspection. He could have planned for greater victories. In fact, he should have attacked you when you were completely unguarded. That would have given him a far greater advantage."

"Hmm... if that had been the case, my fight with Sword in Wine would surely have been without reservations, because I know I couldn’t save him, and he himself would wish for death. If it wasn’t for saving the mute girl, his recently still-controllable right hand would probably have shattered his own brain," Li Kun pondered for a moment, calculating with his fingers. It took a long time before he replied, "The Three Corpses God is one of the Three Corpses of the Ghost Valley sage, and he possesses nearly all of Ghost Valley’s techniques. Perhaps he deduced that the mute girl was dangerous to him."

"Wait!" Ghost Hand, pressing down his exploded hair while frowning, interjected, "The danger the mute girl poses is obviously not as great as you old guys. Why target her? Just for the Purification Talisman?"

"The Three Corpses God probably divined it..." Li Kun said, "This type of divination can give us a very vague result. Perhaps he divined that the mute girl would be particularly detrimental to him."

"You can’t divine it?" Li Changhe asked.

"It’s not clear, but a vague feeling tells me that the mute girl is key to defeating the Three Corpses God," Li Kun shook his head, even he had issues avoiding this problem with divination.

"So, the divination results for both of you are cryptic?" Li Changhe said, "No wonder, it’s all so hazy. And it has to do with the mute girl..."

Li Changhe recalled the past, hoping to glean some information from his own history.

In his history, the mute girl’s body was found in the riverbed before a change in the river’s course.

The location of Ghost Hand and the others was less than a hundred meters away from her. However, there was a certain time gap between their deaths, with Ghost Hand and the company dying first, and the mute girl dying several months later.

The cause of death was suicide, and no more clues were available.

"It seems that, in the eyes of the Three Corpses God, the mute girl is very important. She is a top priority target." Li Kun looked around at the people nearby and said solemnly, "So, our next course of action is ’to protect the mute girl.’ Do any of you have objections?"

"Not at all!" Ghost Hand was the first to raise his hand.

"What the enemy wants to do, we will naturally prevent them from achieving." Li Changhe also agreed with this approach.

For some reason, he had a good impression of the always joking and never serious Ghost Hand, as well as the mute girl who could not speak but was very gentle.

And he truly hoped that the two of them would get through this great trial of life and death... and not leave regrets like his cousin Chen Yan did.

"By the way, I’ve even given my share of the betrothal gifts, you guys better get married. See if I don’t beat you to death!" Li Changhe said this.

Ghost Hand immediately smiled joyously, patted Li Changhe’s shoulder and said, "That’s brotherly, I’ll have you as my best man. Let’s turn these relatives of the bride upside down! Ah hahaha...."

"Then you’ve certainly found the right person. With the strength of my physique, flipping Sword in Wine is not a problem." Li Changhe joked, as a player with a main physique would naturally have a strong tolerance for alcohol.

The teammate with the Big Iron Pestle, Little Drill Wind. Used the advantage of the main physique and abilities to fight against the enemy.

Meanwhile, Li Kun, the disciples of the Taoist sect groaned in unison because they were going to be those relatives of the bride to be turned upside down...

"As you say." The old monk Kongchan intoned a phrase of Buddha’s teachings to express agreement.

"Um... okay then." Jiang Shenchui looked around at the people and also raised his hand.

Could he disagree? Since Ghost Hand and the mute girl were already discussing marriage, he naturally wanted to ensure the mute girl’s safety.

And the strongest of them, Li Kun... he was the person who doted on the mute girl the most, so naturally, he would agree with this plan. Whether or not anyone else agreed.

In fact, as a large number of Transcendents were transferred away from Yanyun, mostly Taoist sect disciples were able to come here.

In some ways, this had become a place where Li Kun had the final say.

Whether Li Kun is biased towards his disciples or there is indeed a key point to be found in the mute girl, the result would not change.

"Maybe, in the original history, it was also for this reason that the mute girl and others survived until the end." Li Changhe discussed with his friend Pan Ke, "In our timeline, the importance of the mute girl was also discovered by Li Kun and his group. They must have been protecting the mute girl while trying to find a way to defeat the Three Corpses God. And in the end, they succeeded."

"Yes, that must be it. But we just don’t know why, in the end, the mute girl’s master still died, and it was suicide at that." Pan Ke replied, "If only we could solve this mystery earlier this time. Dealing with the Three Corpses would be simpler."

"It doesn’t matter if we can’t find it. After all, I’m here."

Being able to precisely counter the instance boss’s abilities... what fortunate luck.

Li Changhe had never fought such a well-endowed battle in all his tasks.