"..." At the man's question, all three fell silent, unsure whether they should answer.
Ye Chennan knew perfectly well that only he and his two disciples knew about this. Once word got out, Chen Mu would not even need to think to know he had leaked it.
If Chen Mu came knocking afterward, he would undoubtedly die.
"Didn't you hear me asking you a question?!"
His words carried a growing impatience.
After a loud crash, Ye Chennan's pupils trembled. To his horror, a fissure over ten meters deep and a hundred meters long had been cleaved into the ground beside him.
Had that struck him, how could his flesh and blood have withstood it? He would have been torn apart instantly!
"I believe you must have misheard, Great Emperor. We never said anything like... urgh?!"
Before Ye Chennan could finish, an invisible force clamped tightly around his neck, lifting him helplessly into the air.
His two disciples looked up at the sight, powerless to help.
They could clearly see the marks sinking deep into Ye Chennan's neck.
His face reddened and his neck bulged as the suffocating pressure grew.
"I really dislike being lied to."
"Yes! I said it! Someone really does have a treasure map of the Dragon Origin Secret Realm! I know which way they went!" To stay alive, Ye Chennan had no other choice.
Hearing this, the man smiled faintly and released Ye Chennan, letting him fall from the air.
"Hah! Hah..." Ye Chennan clutched his chest and gulped down air.
Having experienced the brink of death twice in succession, his face was filled with despair.
Had he known this would happen, he would have been better off never coming.
He had thought the matter was over and he could leave the Dragon Origin Secret Realm.
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