Chapter 125: Chapter 123: None of You Will Leave
Lin Qiu hated being interrupted during his appreciation more than anything!
"Boy, are you in a hurry to die? I may have forgotten to tell you—aside from female corpses, I also have a fondness for the bodies of fair and tender young men like you. Hahaha..."
Lin Qiu’s chillingly perverse voice echoed across the summit, carrying far into the distance.
He assumed that upon hearing his words, the boy would be so terrified that his legs would give out, and he might even drop to his knees and beg for mercy.
In the past, he had scared many a boy into that state with a single sentence.
At the very least, Hua Xiaoling was so frightened at that moment that her face had gone pale. Her delicate frame trembled uncontrollably, as though she hadn’t even heard Jiang Jichen’s question.
Seeing the young girl so terrified, Jiang Jichen frowned. He shot Lin Qiu a cold glare and said, "I am asking a question. You’d best not interrupt me!"
Then, without sparing Lin Qiu another glance, he turned to Hua Xiaoling. "Miss, can you tell me what this place is?"
Only then did Hua Xiaoling snap back to reality. She stared at the calm and composed young man before her, utterly shocked that he had just dared to reprimand Lin Qiu!
Hua Xiaoling thought she must have misheard, but then, so did Lin Qiu and his men.
To be ignored and reprimanded by a mere Innate First Realm boy, Lin Qiu felt utterly humiliated!
He was the Second Young Master of the Lin Family—high and mighty. It was always he who ignored and berated others. To be ignored and berated in turn by some weakling, some piece of trash, filled him with boundless rage. His voice turned icy. "So what if I interrupted you? What are you going to do about it? But you, boy, you interrupted my appreciation. I was just going to kill you and be done with it, but now... I won’t let you die so easily. I will make your life a living nightmare!"
Hua Xiaoling wasn’t as afraid anymore, perhaps because the young man’s composure was contagious. She gritted her teeth and said, "Young Master, you have to run! I... I’ll hold them off for a moment. Flee to Fenggu Town, and help me deliver a Jade Scroll to the Hua Clan Leader!"
’Fenggu Town? Hua Clan Leader? Jiang Jichen didn’t have a clue what she was talking about!’
Lin Qiu’s voice rang out. "Hua Xiaoling, you want this boy to rush out and deliver a message so the Hua Family can send people to intercept us? But will it work? Neither of you is leaving this place!"
At this point, Hua Xiaoling had thrown all caution to the wind. She said coldly, "In that case, no one is getting the Thousand-Petaled Flower. I’ll destroy it right now!"
With that, Hua Xiaoling lifted her foot to stomp on the Thousand-Petaled Flower beside the Spiritual Spring!
The expressions on the faces of Lin Qiu and his men changed drastically. "Don’t!" they yelled.
A mature Thousand-Petaled Flower was incredibly precious. It was a Holy Medicine for detoxification, and if refined into an Antitoxic Pill, it could cure a thousand poisons, making it as valuable as a Foundation Establishment Pill.
And at the very instant Hua Xiaoling lifted her foot, the Thousand-Petaled Flower beneath it suddenly matured. Its thousand petals unfurled, blooming in a flash into a gorgeous, delicate pink blossom.
But Hua Xiaoling still didn’t hesitate in the slightest. She even channeled her Spiritual Power as she stomped down with force.
BOOM!
Spiritual Power surged, and a crater was stomped into the spot where the Thousand-Petaled Flower had been growing.
But then, a voice rang out. "A Holy Medicine for detoxification as precious as the Thousand-Petaled Flower... how could you destroy it? Young lady, you’re quite the wasteful one!"
At that moment, Hua Xiaoling was stunned, and so were Lin Qiu and his men.
They hadn’t seen the boy make a move. How did the Thousand-Petaled Flower end up in his hand?
But whatever the reason, the Thousand-Petaled Flower was not destroyed, and Lin Qiu finally breathed a sigh of relief. His voice now a little milder, he said to Jiang Jichen, "Young man, if you give me the Thousand-Petaled Flower, how about I let you leave with your life? We can let what happened earlier be water under the bridge!"
Anyone familiar with Lin Qiu would have been surprised by his magnanimity, as he was the type to seek revenge for even the smallest grievance.
Of course, those who knew him even better were also aware that he was a man who never kept his promises!
Jiang Jichen smiled. He temporarily put the matter of his questions aside, knowing he couldn’t hope to get any answers in peace until he dealt with the people in front of him.
He handed the Thousand-Petaled Flower to Hua Xiaoling and said, "You fought so desperately for this; it must be very important to you, right? Keep it safe. There’s no need to destroy it. I’m here."
Hua Xiaoling never expected that the young man would not only rescue the Thousand-Petaled Flower from under her foot but also return it to her personally. For a moment she was at a loss, filled with an irrepressible sense of gratitude.
"Yes. This flower is to save my grandfather’s life. The very survival of the Hua Family depends on it!"
Hua Xiaoling had only been willing to destroy the Thousand-Petaled Flower because she had been driven to a dead end; otherwise, how could she have ever brought herself to do it?
Nearby, Lin Qiu was filled with a towering hatred. Even if he had to give up the Thousand-Petaled Flower, he would still tear that boy limb from limb.
He had spoken to the boy, only to be completely ignored. And what’s more, the brat was flirting with the girl right in front of him!
"Cripple him first!"
Lin Qiu gave the order directly, no longer wasting words on Jiang Jichen.
The moment he spoke, two Spirit Cultivators of the Innate Second Realm shot forward, charging toward Jiang Jichen.
Jiang Jichen wasted no more words either. With his current strength, even without revealing his true Cultivation, he could easily sweep aside everyone here just by using the power of the Innate First Realm Perfect Realm.
Besides, with his body at the Innate Body Refining Fourth Realm, he could just stand there and let them attack him without receiving so much as a scratch.
Jiang Jichen stood rooted to the spot, unmoving, and casually flicked out two fingers!
It was the Basic Attack of the Soul Destruction Finger; he couldn’t even be bothered to use a proper technique.
PFFT! PFFT!
Without any warning, their heads were pierced by the Finger Light, and two corpses dropped to the ground.
’What just happened?’
Hua Xiaoling, who had been about to intervene, stared dumbfounded at the scene before her.
She had seen that Jiang Jichen was only at the Innate First Realm and was being attacked by two Innate Second Realm Cultivators. She had been thinking of helping him, but the result...
Lin Qiu and his men had not expected such an outcome either and were momentarily stunned.
How could someone at the Innate First Realm Perfect Realm possibly have such terrifying combat strength? He had killed two Innate Second Realm Spirit Cultivators with a flick of his finger!
It was as if those two Innate Second Realm Cultivators had been made of paper in front of that young man!
"Today, none of you are leaving."
Jiang Jichen spoke with cold indifference, as if killing two people with a casual gesture was a completely trivial matter.
A burly man beside Lin Qiu, a veteran of numerous Slaughter Battlefields, narrowed his eyes. The young man now gave him an unfathomable feeling.
Lin Qiu shouted, "You’re courting death! You think you’re invincible just because you killed a couple of nobodies? You there! Take two men and cripple him!"
He pointed at the burly man beside him. Simultaneously, two Cultivators at the Innate Third Realm stepped forward, raising their swords to assassinate Jiang Jichen.
However, Jiang Jichen suddenly raised his finger and pointed it at Lin Qiu!
PFFT!
Before anyone could react, Lin Qiu’s knees were shattered, and he fell straight to the ground, forced to his knees.
