Chapter 335: Chapter 335: Battle of the Heroes _1
Qin Yao was pondering when this shout interrupted him completely and a look of displeasure immediately appeared on his face.
Soon, he saw two disciples from the valley running in a sorry state. As soon as they entered the hall, they collapsed on the ground, their bodies bearing wounds.
"What’s the situation? What on earth happened?" Qin Yao asked with a grim face.
The guard stuttered, "Valley Master, it’s terrible, someone causing trouble has come!"
"He not only snatched our patients at the entrance but also spoke rudely to us and started a fight, showing no regard for the people of Wanhua Valley at all!"
Before Qin Yao could speak, an elder of Wanhua Valley stood up and sternly rebuked, "This is outrageous, completely outrageous! When has Wanhua Valley fallen to such a state that we are being insulted at will?"
"Old Tao was murdered, alive, and now, someone dares to cause trouble at the gate of Wanhua Valley, do they want to finish us off?"
"Tell me, who exactly is the troublemaker?"
The two guards shakily said, "He claims his name is Ye Ming, and he demands to see the Valley Master in person!"
"What!"
In the hall, everyone looked at each other in disbelief.
Upon hearing Ye Ming’s name, everyone was greatly shocked.
Qin Yao snorted, "No wonder we couldn’t find him, it turns out he has brought the fight right to our doorstep!"
Before his words fell, several screams rang out from outside the hall again.
A Human Puppet, battered beyond recognition, was thrown in and landed before Qin Yao.
Ye Ming’s voice came from outside the door, "Wanhua Valley Master, that would be you, right? No need for you to come out, I’ve come in myself!"
He swaggered in, his hands smeared with the blood of the Human Puppet.
Qin Yao’s face became extremely cold, his gaze fixed on Ye Ming unwaveringly.
Several elders in the hall retreated and took a defensive stance, ready to attack Ye Ming at any moment.
Not for any other reason, but because the fact that Ye Ming could walk in alive, having passed the heavily guarded valley, already spoke volumes.
Qin Yao asked, "Are you Ye Ming?"
Ye Ming nodded, "I’ve already said so, and I do not wish to repeat myself a second time!"
Qin Yao laughed heartily, "Indeed, a rare talent, was it you who killed our Elder Tao of Wanhua Valley?"
Without denying, Ye Ming candidly said, "He deserved to die, so I sent him on his way."
The atmosphere in the hall instantly dropped to freezing. Not just Qin Yao, but the other elders in the hall and several high-level experts all gathered their killing intent on Ye Ming.
If it were someone else, just this killing intent would already be suffocating.
But Ye Ming still stood up straight, completely unaffected.
Qin Yao snorted coldly and demanded, "Do you realize that the people of Wanhua Valley are out to kill you in full force? Do you comprehend the severe price to be paid for killing a member of Wanhua Valley?"
"Now that you have delivered yourself to our doorstep, you’ve indeed saved us quite some effort!"
Ye Ming didn’t take the bait and instead started speaking on his own, "I did come to seek revenge, but I can give you an opportunity!"
"I need some materials, and if Wanhua Valley is willing to lend them to me, I will write off the past accounts and in the future, I will also repay you with some items as compensation."
As these words were uttered, the hall fell into a brief silence.
Suddenly, a burst of laughter erupted from the crowd.
A senior with a righteous bearing stepped forward, looking at Ye Ming with a face full of mockery, "You killed an elder of our Wanhua Valley and still have the audacity to dream of borrowing medicine. You are delusional. You’d better think about how you’re going to leave here alive."
"This kid is courting death, spouting such fierce words when he’s about to die, and moreover, you are the only one in the world who dares to talk tough in our Wanhua Valley!"
"Dying here in Wanhua Valley can even be considered an honor for you!"
The crowd chimed in one after another, hurling various rebukes and ridicule at Ye Ming.
Ye Ming turned a deaf ear, as if he hadn’t heard them at all.
He said coldly, "Since you are so adamant, then don’t blame me!"
"You disregard human lives and use the dead as human puppets to refine. You turn a blind eye to people’s suffering; you do not deserve to sit in such high seats!"
"Worst case, I’ll take you all down and expose your vile faces to the public eye, let them see!"
With that, Ye Ming shouted explosively, and a sword blade formed of True Qi appeared in his hand.
"Sword Qi Formation? This kid indeed has some skills!"
The senior with the righteous bearing was the first to step forward and said, "Valley Master, let me be the one to test his mettle. I’ll cripple him and take all his elixirs and spring water formulas!"
The elder waved his hand in the air, drawing a couple of strokes, and the ground continued to tremble as another imposing human puppet appeared in Ye Ming’s line of sight.
This elder’s puppet technique had clearly reached the pinnacle of refinements, with the human puppet’s strength appearing very formidable, even having reached the Lower Earth Rank.
"Go, my little one, beat this fellow named Ye Ming to a pulp, but remember, leave him breathing. He has treasures on him that we want!" the elder said with full confidence.
The charms on the human puppet began to glow, and it immediately launched an attack at Ye Ming.
Although it was a corpse, its movements were as agile as those of a living person, only there was a strange, bloodless look on its face.
Ye Ming went on the defensive and took the initiative to attack.
His Qi sword danced in the air and directly stabbed at the human puppet’s heart.
In the blink of an eye, a "puchi" sound was heard; the human puppet was instantly killed, and its charms scattered on the ground.
The senior’s face changed drastically, and he trembled with rage.
The human puppet before him was his masterpiece, refined after years of painstaking effort. He had hoped for a personal show, but before he could even start, it was instantly killed, which he couldn’t accept.
Qin Yao sighed helplessly; he clearly didn’t want to waste any more time. The treasures on Ye Ming were too enticing, and he did not wish to wait.
So, he waved his hand grandly and said, "Enough, stop showing off your puppeteering skills. Let’s all attack together!"
"Whoever defeats Ye Ming and gets his formulas, the position of Vice Valley Master will be theirs!"
At these words, the enthusiasm of the crowd was immediately stirred up.
Several shouts rang out from the midst of the crowd, followed by more and more human puppets entering from outside.
In Wanhua Valley, aside from the high-ranking masters, all the other disciples seemingly practiced the puppet technique, and the number of human puppets had become so considerable that it made Ye Ming’s scalp tingle.
"You have again refreshed my understanding; all of you die!" Ye Ming roared in rage.
