Chapter Thirteen: Whatever You Have to Say, Go Ask King Yama

Chapter Thirteen: Whatever You Have to Say, Go Ask King Yama

"What—what in the world happened?!"

"How could someone have arrived here before us and taken the Earth Spirit Pearl?"

"This news was supposed to be known only to us."

The Woman surnamed Zhou's face went pale.

They had come down the mountain this time precisely for the Earth Spirit Pearl here.

Yet now, the Azure Blood Crocodile lay dead, and the Earth Spirit Pearl had vanished without a trace!

"Senior sister, look! There's a corpse here, and the spiritual energy is so dense!"

Ye Cheng discovered Qin Yang, whose physical body had exploded, leaving behind only a thread of consciousness. The scene was utterly horrifying.

The two girls hurried over to inspect it. When they discovered traces of the Earth Spirit Pearl on the corpse before them, their expressions became terribly ugly.

"How outrageous! Who is this person? He actually obtained the Earth Spirit Pearl?!"

"Taking it away would have been one thing, but this idiot actually swallowed the Earth Spirit Pearl whole! That was a natural spiritual object containing incredibly dense spiritual energy. How could anyone possibly consume it directly? No wonder his body exploded!"

The Woman surnamed Zhou was furious, cursing him for wasting such a heavenly treasure.

The Woman surnamed Hu was also so angry that she stamped her feet. She nearly ground her back teeth to dust, wishing she could whip Qin Yang's corpse.

"He really was a fool who got himself killed."

"The Earth Spirit Pearl must be held in the hand and slowly refined with circulating energy. Only then can it display its greatest effects and raise one's cultivation to the greatest extent."

"But this fellow actually swallowed it directly. If you don't die after doing that, then who will?"

"What a shame to waste such a heavenly spiritual object. The Earth Spirit Pearl needs at least ten years of nurturing before it can mature!"

All three were furious beyond measure.

Little did they know that Qin Yang, whose consciousness was on the verge of scattering, had heard their conversation.

"Hold it in my hand and circulate energy while cultivating? I can try that in my next life."

That was the final thought to surface in Qin Yang's mind.

At the very least, he had died cleanly and decisively this time without wasting the slightest bit of time. He had also gained some useful information, along with an increase in cultivation.

Qin Yang died content.

[The host has died. Cause and effect have been reset!]

[The host may choose one of the Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, Cultivation Methods, or cultivation obtained in the previous life to inherit.]

[Inheritable Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures: Earth Spirit Pearl; Cultivation Methods: none; cultivation: Qi Refining Realm Fourth Layer.]

[Please choose what to inherit!]

"Since when did I have the Earth Spirit Pearl?"

Qin Yang was overjoyed.

He had never expected that after risking his life to obtain the Earth Spirit Pearl in his previous life, he would now be able to choose to inherit it.

This was wonderful.

But after thinking it over, Qin Yang still chose to inherit the cultivation.

"If I inherit the Earth Spirit Pearl and carry it on me, it'll be too dangerous. Who knows whether that Old Devil might notice it? If he does, he'll surely torture me endlessly and interrogate me about where the Earth Spirit Pearl came from."

"The risk is too great."

"Inherit the cultivation!"

Qin Yang made his choice decisively. Only inheriting cultivation was the safest option and would not be so easily detected.

Hum!

The next moment, a power far denser than in his previous lives poured into Qin Yang's body like energy being infused into his crown. It surged through his flesh and skin, opened up his meridians, and soon unlocked his dantian.

He directly possessed the cultivation of the Qi Refining Realm Fourth Layer.

The sensation was far more powerful than before. Every movement came effortlessly, as if he possessed an inexhaustible supply of strength!

Furthermore, Qin Yang deliberately concealed himself, doing his utmost to restrain his cultivation aura inward. He did not let anyone else detect the slightest abnormality.

"Now that I have the cultivation of the Qi Refining Realm Fourth Layer, obtaining the Earth Spirit Pearl near Xiabai Town should be much easier!"

He calculated inwardly.

Just then, that familiar voice sounded once more.

The instant he saw Bai Feng, a flash of inspiration passed through Qin Yang's mind, and a sliver of killing intent flickered in his eyes.

Now that he had the cultivation of the Qi Refining Realm Fourth Layer, perhaps he could try something different from his previous lives—kill Bai Feng!

"You crippled my hands and feet before, and I let it go. This time, it's my turn to deal with you."

Qin Yang thought this inwardly before walking straight into the Pill Refining Room.

Sure enough, with his aura restrained, Xuan Chengzi before him did not notice that Qin Yang possessed the cultivation of the Qi Refining Realm Fourth Layer. Everything proceeded according to Qin Yang's arrangements.

He was forced to swallow the Qi Condensing Pill, Soul Locking Pill, and Water Spirit Pill.

Then came the stage where he would leave to gather medicinal herbs with Bai Feng.

Qin Yang rubbed his fists, eager to give it a try.

"Senior Brother Bai, do you want to escape this place?"

Bai Feng was about to speak, but Qin Yang took the initiative instead, forcing the words at Bai Feng's lips back down.

Wait, wasn't that what I was supposed to say?

Could Qin Yang be a worm in my stomach?!

Bai Feng grumbled inwardly before replying, "Of—of course. Junior brother, what do you suggest?"

"It's simple. I'll send you on your way."

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Before Bai Feng could react, a fist-sized stone smashed directly into his head, instantly splitting it open and sending blood everywhere.

Moreover, after Qin Yang's cultivation had risen, the strength throughout his body had become astonishing. It had reached at least a thousand jin!

Under this blow, no matter how hard Bai Feng's skull was, it still split open.

"Qin Yang, how dare you attack me?!"

Bai Feng was enraged, but as soon as he finished speaking, Qin Yang closed in. His sandbag-sized fists came crashing down like a rainstorm, quickly leaving Bai Feng seeing stars and robbing him of the power to resist.

Just as Qin Yang had expected, after breaking through to the Qi Refining Realm Fourth Layer, he could indeed kill Bai Feng.

Furthermore, during the exchange just now, he had tested Bai Feng's true cultivation. It was only the Qi Refining Realm Third Layer!

"You—you're not right."

"How could you possess such powerful cultivation?!"

Bai Feng's face had long since been battered into a bloody mess. His words whistled through broken teeth, and blood gurgled from his mouth as he voiced his unwillingness.

His heart was shaken to the extreme.

Qin Yang had clearly been captured as a Medicinal Seed. Bai Feng had personally confirmed at the time that he possessed not the slightest trace of cultivation and was nothing more than an ordinary mortal.

Who could have expected him to suddenly launch an attack!

Qin Yang could not be bothered to explain. "Whatever you have to say, go ask King Yama. Remember this lesson in your next life."

The moment his voice fell, he twisted Bai Feng's neck.

With a crisp crack, Bai Feng's breath stopped completely, and he died with his eyes wide open.

Qin Yang let out a sigh of relief. After resting briefly, he began searching the corpse.

As it turned out, Bai Feng really did have something on him!

Hidden in the pocket at Bai Feng's chest was a formation.

After studying it, Qin Yang discovered that it was precisely the Poison Cleansing Spirit Array. It clearly and meticulously recorded how to arrange it and how to activate it.

"So it's this array. What a pity that it's of no use to me. To neutralize the poison from the Soul Locking Pill, another person has to willingly endure the poison. How could anyone be foolish enough to do that?"

Qin Yang shook his head and tossed it away without hesitation.

Yet besides this array, Bai Feng actually had another unexpected surprise on him!