C37 Ye Ming
C37 Ye Ming
Qin Zheng's fame had already steadily surpassed Qin Gaang's. Some busybodies were already privately discussing who would be the next Duke of Qin.
Under normal circumstances, there was no doubt that the eldest son would succeed the throne.
However, Qin Gaang's reputation was not good, and his cultivation talent was not as good as Qin Zheng's. Furthermore, his right hand was already crippled, and his image was even worse. Due to various reasons, everyone was looking forward to the next Duke of Qin's successor, and they were more inclined towards Qin Zheng.
As time passed, the competition for the throne of the Duke of Qin became more and more intense.
On the surface, the Royal City of Qin Family looked calm and relaxed, but in fact, there were undercurrents in the Royal City of Qin Family.
In the blink of an eye, two months had passed.
During this period of time, Qin Zheng and Qin Gaang were safe and sound, and everything was calm and peaceful.
During this period of time, Lin Yue would enter the Fiendgod Pagoda to cultivate whenever he had time. He became more and more familiar with the use of the ice power and discovered some techniques to use it.
On this day, Lin Yue came out of the Fiendgod Pagoda and opened the door. It was pitch black outside, and the wind was whistling.
As the saying goes, the night when the moon is dark and the people are killed, the wind is high and the fire is high in the sky.
All of this didn't seem to be a good sign.
Lin Yue closed the door of the courtyard, but he felt an inexplicable sense of unease in his heart.
He frowned and quickly planted eight small flags of different colors in different directions in the courtyard.
"Activate!" Lin Yue lightly shouted and sent a stream of spiritual energy into the middle. The eight small flags instantly disappeared into the ground.
These days, he had also done some research on formations and had mastered several different formations.
After doing all of this, he returned to his room and sat down cross-legged to meditate.
As time passed by, Lin Yue's uneasiness grew stronger and stronger.
At this moment, a figure floated into the courtyard without making a sound.
This person was thin and small, and his movements were as agile as a night cat by a hundred times.
He saw that the room was still lit with candlelight, and a blurry figure was standing by the window.
The man's eyes flashed, and he raised his hands. Two cold stars shot through the window like lightning, hitting the figure's head.
With a splash, the figure in the room fell with the sound.
The man sneered and opened the door swaggeringly. He saw a wooden rack with clothes on it fall to the ground.
"Not good!" The man was shocked. At this moment, a long sword slashed down from above.
"Die! The man shouted coldly. He flicked the sword with his finger, and the long sword was sent flying.
Lin Yue, who was above the door frame, missed his attack. He did not panic at all. Dozens of darts forced the man out of the yard.
"Who are you?" Lin Yue followed the weak candlelight and saw the man's face clearly.
The man was about 1.6 meters tall, with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks, and there was a scar on his face.
"Ye Ming!" The man looked at Lin Yue. "You are indeed a cultivator. My third brother, Ye Hu, was killed by you."
Lin Yue had obtained information about Ye Han from Qin Zheng. He knew that he still had his big brother, but no one knew where he was. He did not expect that he would appear today.
"Ninth level Pulse Opening." Lin Yue squinted his eyes as he looked at the surging spiritual energy on his body.
An expert of this level could only use their wits and not force their way into it.
"I did kill Ye Hu. It's not my fault. He came to kill me. I can't just stick my neck out and let him kill me, right?" Lin Yue said slowly.
"You hid it well enough. But today, you are dead for sure." Ye Ming attacked Lin Yue with his bare hands.
Before he entered the courtyard, he had already set up a barrier formation outside the courtyard, so he wasn't afraid of being discovered by others.
The three brothers had some knowledge about formations.
The fist carried the sound of rushing wind, and Lin Yue could only rely on the Nine-heavens Wind Controlling Arts to dodge in the courtyard.
"Activate!" Lin Yue shouted out loudly. He spat out a mouthful of Blood Essence in the air. In an instant, the eight small flags in the courtyard enlarged, and a thick fog gushed out from the formation.
"Fog formation!" Ye Ming was somewhat surprised, "You actually know how to set up a formation. Looks like Third Brother's Storage Ring was taken by you."
The eight large flags kept moving quickly, and the fog became thicker and thicker. Within three meters, the Human Shadow could no longer be seen clearly.
Ye Ming kept waving his hands in all directions, and the sky was filled with cold stars that covered the entire formation.
Lin Yue let out a miserable cry, and the sound of him falling to the ground could be heard.
Ye Ming was delighted, and moved towards the source of the sound.
However, there were only some ice fragments there, and Lin Yue was nowhere to be found.
Lin Yue had already floated out of the formation. The Ice Armor in front of him was full of bumps and hollows, and it was all caused by the hidden weapon.
Ye Ming's strength was really too great. Although the Ice Armor had blocked the hidden weapon, the impact of the force almost made him vomit blood.
He did not choose to escape, because he knew that Ye Ming must have set up a formation outside the courtyard. Otherwise, the guards would have heard him and came over.
"Bang!" Lin Yue's eyes flashed fiercely, and he shattered a small flag in his hand.
Boom!
The eight large flags moved closer to the center, and surrounded Ye Ming. Then, they exploded.
Lin Yue spat out a mouthful of blood. The power of the formation's collapse was shocking, but the person who laid the formation would also be devoured by it.
Terrifying energy waves swept across. An invisible barrier outside the courtyard twisted violently. It was the barrier formation that Ye Ming had set up, and it almost couldn't withstand it and collapsed.
The mist dispersed, and a huge crater was created in the courtyard. Ye Ming stood there with his hair disheveled. His clothes were tattered, and some parts of his body were emitting white smoke.
"Puff!" Ye Ming spat out a mouthful of blood, and his aura became a bit weaker.
He instinctively condensed his True Qi into a armor, but the power of the formation's collapse was too terrifying. It forcefully shattered the armor, and even injured his internal organs.
"How ruthless!" Ye Ming wiped the blood off his face and looked at Lin Yue with hatred.
Although he was injured, the backlash that Lin Yue suffered wasn't any better.
However, what he didn't know was that Fiendgod Pagoda was rapidly healing Lin Yue's injuries.
"Die!" A nine-ringed blade appeared in Ye Ming's hand. His hatred for Lin Yue had reached the sky. He had to chop Lin Yue into pieces in order to relieve the hatred in his heart!
Lin Yue took out a long sword and carefully protected it.
The two of them instantly started fighting, but Lin Yue had always been at a disadvantage. He only had the strength to defend.
"Wind Blade!" Ye Ming shouted out loudly. The blade shadows that filled the sky were like a fierce wind, and they were everywhere.
Lin Yue kept blocking, and the blade of the blade was thrown backwards. It was already beyond recognition.
Bang!
The long sword was sent flying. The nine-ringed broadsword slashed towards Lin Yue's left shoulder!
Lin Yue did not retreat. Instead, he advanced with extreme speed. He did not care about the falling great blade. His right palm hit Ye Ming's chest, but he was cut down by the great blade!
Bang!
The thick ice armor on Lin Yue's shoulder was shattered. Blood and flesh flew all over his shoulder, revealing his white bones.
He was so shaken that he spurted out three mouthfuls of blood in a row. His aura was extremely weak.
Because the force was too great, his body was forcefully smashed half a meter into the ground!
"Kid, you actually know how to use the power of ice, but in front of absolute strength... These little tricks are useless!" Ye Ming was struck by the palm and felt a trace of the spiritual energy that contained the power of ice enter his body. He instantly wrapped it with spiritual energy and began to refine it.
"Trying to use ice energy to affect the circulation of my spiritual energy? How childish!" Ye Ming completely refined the ice energy in his body and lifted the large saber once again.
With Lin Yue's current condition, he had completely lost his ability to fight. He could only let himself be slaughtered.
"Hand over your movement technique and the method to cultivate the ice energy!" Ye Han's large knife was placed on Lin Yue's neck. As long as he exerted force, he would be able to cut off Lin Yue's head.
"Alright, I'll hand it over, cough... Cough cough, I'll hand it over. " Lin Yue coughed out a few more mouthfuls of blood.
Ye Ming's strength was really too powerful. Even though most of the energy in the Ice Armor had been neutralized, the remaining energy still caused him serious injuries.
"The cultivation technique has already been burned by me... I can... You can read it, just write it down. " Lin Yue said.
"You better not lie to me, or I'll make you wish you were dead!" Ye Ming put away the knife and took out a pen and paper. As long as he dared to tease him, he would immediately kick him to death.
"The movement technique is called Nine-heavens Wind Controlling Arts..." Lin Yue told the truth slowly, but he was calculating the time in his mind.
Ye Ming's eyes lit up when he heard this. This heart technique was indeed different.
He came from the Wind Sect, and his sect was best at speed cultivation techniques. However, after meeting Lin Yue, he realized that the so-called essence of the sect's movement technique was not worth mentioning at all.
"Alright, continue... Continue." At this moment, Ye Ming suddenly felt his vision darken.
In the next moment, with a click, the pen and paper fell to the ground.
Ye Ming also softly fell to the ground. His face was purple and black, and he spat out blood. He kept twitching!
Lin Yue let out a long sigh of relief. The ice power he injected into Ye Ming's body with all his might contained the green snake venom.
Green Snake Venom was known as a poison that was under the Star-treading Stage. As long as one was bitten by it, one would undoubtedly die within a second.
This was because the poison could not be forced out with spiritual energy. It would follow the flow of the spiritual energy and reach every part of the body. There were no abnormalities until it was discovered, and the poison had already entered the heart. There was no way to reverse the situation.
When Lin Yue was bitten, he relied on the power of the ice marrow to seal the poison. If it wasn't for the ice marrow, he would have died a long time ago.
After twitching a few times, Ye Ming's legs stopped moving.
Lin Yue looked at the cracked bones on his left arm and smiled bitterly. Luckily, he was able to recover at a speed visible to the naked eye with the help of Fiendgod Pagoda's heaven defying recovery ability.
He gritted his teeth, pulled his legs out from the ground, and came to Ye Ming's side.
Ye Ming's eyes were wide open, and he died with everlasting regret.
Lin Yue took off his Storage Ring, wiped off the spirit mark on it, and put it away.
He took out a small porcelain bottle and poured some powder on Ye Ming's body. After a moment, Ye Ming, along with his clothes, turned into a puddle of water.
This powder was called Corpse Powder. It was found in Ye Hu's Storage Ring.
Since Ye Ming was dead, the formation he set up outside the courtyard naturally disappeared. Lin Yue did not dare to make too much noise, otherwise, he would not be able to explain himself if he alerted the guards outside.
Lin Yue looked at the huge hole that was created by the collapse of the fog formation in the courtyard and felt powerless.
Normally, it would be a small matter to fill up the hole. Even an ordinary person would be able to do it, but with his current physical condition, it was impossible for him to do it.
"Forget it, I'll just heal my injuries first." Lin Tian looked at the sky. There were still three hours before dawn. He should recover some strength first.
Lin Yue directly entered the Fiendgod Pagoda to treat his injuries. Two hours later, he came to the courtyard.
The cracks on his left arm's bones had completely disappeared. Some flesh and blood began to form, but it looked somewhat terrifying.
Lin Yue held a shovel in his right hand and began to fill the pit with soil.
"Lin Muqing, is that you?" A moment later, a voice came from outside the door!