Chrysanthemum and Ghost Enter the Great Love Valley? Calling Spirit City to Account! Addressing the Entire Continent Through Holographic Projection!

"Not kill us? Don't think we'll tell you anything about Spirit Hall just because you spare us! Absolutely not!"

Yue Guan shouted in his effeminate voice.

Gui Mei's face was grim as death as he stared coldly at Li Chen.

"Don't think so highly of yourselves. Behave and come back to the sect with me."

Holding one man in each hand, Li Chen carried them straight back to the Castle.

Utterly exhausted, Chrysanthemum and Ghost no longer had the strength to truss a chicken. They could only let Li Chen carry them back.

Once inside the Castle,

Li Chen kicked open a room's door and tossed them inside.

Then he shut the door.

In the sealed room, Li Chen smiled at the two men and approached.

"Hey, kid, what exactly are you trying to do?"

Yue Guan shrank back in fear.

For some reason, the pitch-black room frightened him.

If this kid had a taste for that, wouldn't I... I'd be better off dead!

Oh,

Gui Mei's right beside me, too. This, this... makes it even more humiliating.

Yue Guan felt his skin crawl.

Gui Mei planted himself firmly in front of Yue Guan and gritted his teeth. "Kid, kill me or carve me up, whatever you want-come at me! I'll tell you anything you want to know. Let Yue Guan go!"

"Tch."

Li Chen stopped. "I'm not interested in Spirit Hall's intelligence. I might know more than you do."

"I just want to make a deal with you."

"A deal?"

Chrysanthemum and Ghost froze, waiting for him to continue.

As long as he wasn't going to violate their backsides.

"Our sect has a blessed place called the Great Love Valley. Those who enter and truly love each other can receive the God of Love's reward and truly be together."

"What?"

Yue Guan and Gui Mei were astonished. Such a miraculous place actually existed in this world?

They became even more convinced that the Sun Moon Sect came from another continent.

"Kid, why are you telling us this?"

Li Chen chuckled mockingly. "Our sect can send you both inside. From then on, you can start your lives anew and be together for all eternity."

Yue Guan and Gui Mei lowered their heads, their eyes darting evasively.

"Kid, we don't know what you're talking about. We're both men. How could we be together?!"

"Ah, people on our Sun Moon Continent are open-minded. We've seen plenty of things like this. You're really not? Then forget it."

Li Chen made as though to leave.

"Wait!"

Yue Guan gritted his teeth. "Kid, what are your conditions?"

Yue Guan and Gui Mei had been working together for many years. Their rapport was seamless, and they had long since developed feelings of a different kind for each other. That was why they could unleash their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

Now that they had heard of a place like the Great Love Valley, both Yue Guan and Gui Mei were deeply tempted.

"I want you to work for our sect. At the crucial moment, you two must play the villains of Spirit Hall and ignite a war across the entire continent!"

Yue Guan and Gui Mei were shocked.

"What did you say?!"

"You... kid, what exactly is your Sun Moon Sect trying to do?!"

As senior members of Spirit Hall, both men understood what Li Chen meant.

He wanted them to serve as the fuse, using their status as Spirit Hall elders to start a war!

It was easy to imagine:

If the Sun Moon Sect dared ask them to do this, it surely had a scheme in mind and something to gain!

Yue Guan sneered. "Well, well, well. Your Sun Moon Sect must have Soul Tools capable of slaughter on the battlefield, then? You want us to start a war so you can make a fortune from it?"

Gui Mei said, "Or perhaps your Sun Moon Sect wants to go a step further and unify the continent itself!"

Li Chen scoffed:

"You two don't need to know what we're planning. You only need to know that this offers you a hundred benefits and not a single harm."

Li Chen's voice carried a seductive persuasion.

"When Bibi Dong fled just now, she didn't hesitate for even a moment over abandoning you. If you ask me, people ought to be a little selfish and seek something for themselves, shouldn't they?"

"What do you think?"

Yue Guan and Gui Mei fell silent.

In truth, both were already wavering.

They had waited on Bibi Dong hand and foot, even holding off the enemy at the risk of death. What had she given them in return?

Seeing this, Li Chen took out another box.

He opened it to reveal four or five Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones, taken from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's treasury.

One more shone with a yellow glow-the Soul Bone of the hundred-thousand-year soul beast Er Ming!

"If you agree, these Soul Bones are yours. If you're not satisfied, our sect can even send people to help you hunt for more suitable Soul Bones, including Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones."

"We can also teach you the Soul Core method. That's why our sect's Titled Douluos are stronger than you."

"Well?"

Li Chen smiled gently.

Looking at the Soul Bones, Yue Guan and Gui Mei were sorely tempted.

Gui Mei narrowed his eyes, but then asked, "Aren't you afraid we'll agree, then turn around and sell out your Sun Moon Sect once we're outside?"

"Heh, then you're underestimating our Sun Moon Sect far too much. We'll place Miniature Soul Tool Bombs by your hearts and equip you with listening devices. If the signal cuts out, or we detect anything suspicious, the bombs will detonate."

"And then..."

Li Chen made a gesture of an explosion.

Gui Mei's heart stirred. He had died once as a child and been reborn as a living corpse. Even if his heart exploded, he would be fine.

"Oh, right. Gui Mei, an exploding heart wouldn't kill you, would it? So we'll put a more powerful one in you and make sure you die without an intact corpse."

Gui Mei sucked in a breath of cold air.

It seemed Li Chen's earlier words had not been nonsense.

The Sun Moon Sect knew them so thoroughly that it even knew what had happened during Gui Mei's childhood!

This made Gui Mei and Yue Guan believe in the Great Love Valley even more.

Gui Mei lowered his head and looked at Yue Guan. "Old Chrysanthemum, why don't we agree?"

Gui Mei's voice was low.

The situation was now laid bare. If they refused, the Sun Moon Sect would kill them immediately.

If they agreed, not only would they obtain Soul Bones and the Soul Core cultivation method, but he and Yue Guan might truly become lovers and enjoy the happiness of nesting together and flying side by side.

"Hmph! Do you take us for fools?!"

Yue Guan gritted his teeth. "If Old Ghost and I really become spies for your Sun Moon Sect, can we possibly meet a good end?!"

"Don't think you can fool us, kid. Since ancient times, spies have always met violent deaths!

"What's more, if we ignite a war across the continent, even if your Sun Moon Sect wins in the end, will you tolerate two stains like us?"

"Once the rabbit is dead, the hunting dog goes into the pot. Old Ghost and I won't escape death either!"

Yue Guan's words jolted Gui Mei awake.

That was right.

If they agreed, they would become the Sun Moon Sect's blade in the shadows.

Once the Sun Moon Sect truly unified the continent, it could never permit dark stains like them to exist.

As long as he and Old Chrysanthemum lived, they could expose the Sun Moon Sect's darkness. The sect would never let them live.

At that thought, a chill spread through Gui Mei's heart. They would die either way.

"Heh."

Li Chen did not deny it.

"Yue Guan, you're absolutely right. Even if our Sun Moon Sect unifies the continent, we won't spare you."

"But... would you rather die a miserable death right now, or enjoy a few glorious years first? Think it over carefully."

"Besides, you and Old Ghost can finally bring your love to fruition, and even leave behind a child. I can promise you that I'll personally raise your child and give him a new life."

Yue Guan and Gui Mei were moved by his words, yet still hesitated.

Yue Guan said bitterly, "So we don't actually have a choice, do we? We'll die either way. Is there any point in Old Ghost and me going to that Great Love Valley?

"A brief happiness would only make us fear death even more. What's the point?!"

Li Chen smiled:

"There is a point. Happiness isn't measured by how long it lasts. Even a day, a minute, or a second has meaning."

Yue Guan and Gui Mei fell silent.

Li Chen waited several minutes. When neither man responded, he rose to leave.

Just then,

"Wait!"

Yue Guan suddenly raised his head. "I agree. Old Ghost and I agree!"

Li Chen seemed unsurprised. "Good. Recover your soul power here first. You'll still need surgery afterward to implant the bombs. Here's to a pleasant partnership."

Li Chen shut the door. Light briefly fell across Yue Guan and Gui Mei, but once he left, the two men were plunged back into darkness.

"Old Chrysanthemum, this..." Gui Mei's feelings were complicated.

"Old Ghost, the kid was right about one thing. We should live for ourselves just once. We no longer owe Bibi Dong or Spirit Hall anything."

Yue Guan spoke with a forlorn sense of loss.

Outside the room,

Kong Deming and the others were waiting for him.

"How did it go? Did those two agree?"

Li Chen smiled. "It's settled."

Ji Juechen and Jing Hongchen looked rather grim.

"Bibi Dong has disappeared. I checked the Satellite images. She actually doubled back and slipped into Heaven Dou City, then vanished into the crowds. Should we ask Xue Ye to seal off Heaven Dou City?"

Li Chen shook his head. "Forget it. She'll return to Spirit Hall. With injuries that severe, she'll certainly die unless she returns there to recover."

"Tomorrow, we'll go to Spirit Hall to find her. This time, Spirit Hall must give us an explanation."

Kong Deming and the others widened their eyes.

"We're going to Spirit Hall too?!"

Li Chen's gaze was firm. "Yes. Our Sun Moon Sect claims to have a Peerless Douluo. Now that someone has come to our doorstep to provoke us, Qian Daoliu will look down on us if we don't settle the score."

"But fighting Qian Daoliu... that's..."

Kong Deming gave a rueful chuckle.

He was confident he could hold his own, but winning-especially in the Angel Sacred Hall, where Qian Daoliu could call upon divine power-was something he could not be sure of.

"It's fine. We don't need to fight Qian Daoliu. I have a way."

Li Chen grinned.

"I'll have the Satellite project an image and address all of Spirit City. That old fellow Qian Daoliu was an executioner in his youth, but now he's terrified of dying. If he dies, Qian Renxue will have no one to protect her."

Li Chen sneered.

Had anyone in this era, even Qian Daoliu, ever seen something as worldly and sophisticated as a Holographic Projection?

Calling it a divine miracle would hardly be an exaggeration.

When the time came,

Besides intimidating Qian Daoliu, Li Chen also intended to show them the world of soul tool technology.

He would thoroughly shake the people of Spirit City with their yearning for a better life and undermine Spirit Hall's rule!