The same old recipe, the same familiar flavor

Chu Luo finished speaking.

No one noticed the exceedingly faint red light that had flashed across the palm Chu Luo had just slapped against Ye Qingxue's face, silent and unseen...

Then, under everyone's gaze.

He calmly took out a bottle of pills.

These were the Saint Longevity Pills his master had asked Great Emperor Yaoming to refine for him.

The moment he pulled out the stopper, a formidable restriction sealed the mouth of the bottle.

Chu Luo lowered his head and saw that the bottle was packed with round, thumb-sized Saint Longevity Pills.

There had to be at least several dozen in there...

An unusual fluctuation emanated from them.

"Gasp... so many Saint Longevity Pills!"

Chu Luo exclaimed in surprise.

In front of countless onlookers, he tipped one out.

The next moment, the powerful restriction and the fluctuations emanating from the saint-grade pill instantly snapped everyone present out of their daze!

They all turned toward Chu Luo and exclaimed in shock:

"Wh-who exactly is this kid? He's got some nerve, daring to hit Fairy Ye..."

"Ruthless and vicious, crushing a flower without mercy-and with a sneak attack, too... tsk, tsk, tsk..."

"What movement technique did this kid just use? How could he be so terrifyingly fast..."

"Gasp... everyone, look! That kid... he's holding a saint-grade pill!"

"Good heavens... this kid dared to hit someone from the Ye Lineage, then casually pulled out a saint-grade pill. Who on earth is he?"

"..."

Hearing the chatter around him, Chu Luo flashed everyone a grin.

"That's right, a saint-grade pill!"

"Want to come steal it?"

Chu Luo's words left everyone collectively speechless, rolling their eyes.

Although some of those present had already shown greed in their eyes.

Reason told them otherwise.

This youth who walked alongside Spirit Diviner and slapped Ye Qingxue was certainly no ordinary fellow...

He must have a powerful background...

Besides, this was the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion's territory...

Chu Luo smiled and tossed the saint-grade pill into his mouth.

The next instant, Chu Luo's pupils contracted sharply!

The twelve hundred years of lifespan he had lost from using three Forbidden Secret Arts in succession were fully restored in an instant!

Chu Luo was stunned!

With these Saint Longevity Pills, even before he exchanged for the Longevity Body.

He could finally unleash his ultimate moves without restraint!

Sure enough, anything made by a Great Emperor was guaranteed to be top quality!

Chu Luo carefully put the pills away.

Meanwhile, Ye Qingxue, whom he had sent flying with a slap, shakily rose from the ground.

Everyone present turned toward the sound, their mouths twitching wildly as they sucked in cold breaths...

This kid really was ruthless!

Didn't he know how to cherish a delicate flower?

Half of Ye Qingxue's once-exquisite face was now swollen.

A palm print stood out starkly upon it.

It burned with fierce, searing pain...

Moreover, Ye Qingxue's front teeth were gone, and her mouth was full of blood...

Everyone present found the sight rather comical. They wanted to laugh, but held it in...

"You... you..."

"Ah..."

"I'll kill you..."

Ye Qingxue glared at Chu Luo with venomous resentment, her words whistling through the gaps in her teeth!

She shrieked in fury!

"Heh..."

Noticing Ye Qingxue's venomous gaze, Chu Luo's lips curved slightly upward.

Just as Chu Luo was about to raise his hand and form a seal to activate the Forbidden Secret Art he had secretly planted inside Ye Qingxue.

Buzz...

"Xue'er, don't move!"

An icy, furious voice brimming with murderous intent.

Thundered in everyone's ears.

Even Chu Luo felt a sharp sting in his eardrums.

The next moment, a spatial rift opened above Ye Qingxue's head.

Then a woman in a white dress, sporting a pair of enormous snowy peaks, descended from the rift.

Even Chu Luo couldn't help stealing a couple more glances at those towering, snow-white mountains.

They're huge...

Those two things alone could probably swing me to death...

As for the martial artists around him, lecherous looks had already spread across their faces...

However, terrifying saintly might spread from the woman, shrouding heaven and earth!

Every martial artist present averted their gaze, cold sweat streaming down their bodies...

"Th-that's the Ye Lineage's Ancient Sage Wangqing, Ye Luoyi!"

"Gasp... so Ancient Sage Wangqing is Ye Qingxue's guardian..."

"If this kid doesn't have a guardian backing him... he's finished today..."

"Hehe... just watch. Now that Ancient Sage Wangqing has appeared, we'll soon find out this kid's identity and background..."

"..."

Just as the martial artists began looking forward to what would happen.

Ye Luoyi had already landed beside Ye Qingxue.

"Auntie!"

Ye Qingxue froze. She hadn't expected her aunt from the lineage to appear at this moment.

Their Ye Lineage had a rule.

Guardians were forbidden from intervening in the trials of lineage disciples unless their lives were in danger...

Ye Luoyi's expression turned frosty, her icy killing intent locking onto Chu Luo!

"What a vicious little bastard!"

Ye Luoyi murmured, pressing her delicate hand against Ye Qingxue's back.

"Auntie?!"

Ye Qingxue was somewhat confused.

"Xue'er, don't move!"

"This little bastard secretly planted an extremely vicious technique inside you just now!"

Ye Luoyi said coldly.

"What?!"

Ye Qingxue's beautiful face drained of color. Then she turned toward Chu Luo, her eyes filled with venomous resentment and murderous intent.

Sensing Ye Luoyi's killing intent, Chu Luo felt no fear at all. Instead, a smile curled across his lips.

That's the flavor!

The same old recipe, the same familiar flavor!

He could almost smell the Apprentice-Protection Points...

But what surprised Chu Luo was.

He hadn't expected that old witch Ye Luoyi to discover his Bloodthirsty Nether Poison despite how well concealed it was...

With a fleeting thought, Chu Luo instantly and secretly detonated the Bloodthirsty Nether Poison he had planted inside Ye Qingxue!

Boom...

Just as Ye Luoyi was about to completely purge that silent, eerie power from Ye Qingxue's body.

The remaining traces of eerie power suddenly erupted!

They transformed into strange markings that merged into Ye Qingxue's sea of qi...

"Ah..."

Ye Qingxue's face instantly went deathly pale, and she let out a bloodcurdling scream.

An agonizing pain surged through her body from the depths of her soul.

Fortunately, in that brief instant, Ye Luoyi had already purged most of the Forbidden Secret Art's eerie power before it erupted.

Otherwise, Ye Qingxue would have died on the spot...

"It's a Forbidden Secret Art!"

"Little bastard, you're from the Forbidden Sect!!"

Ye Luoyi's expression tightened slightly. Sensing the eerie forbidden power erupting inside Ye Qingxue, she abruptly turned toward Chu Luo and spoke with chilling murderous intent.

"What?!"

"This kid is a disciple of the Forbidden Sect?!"

"My heavens, could he be Chu Luo, the Forbidden Sect's direct disciple?!"

"It must be him. Only Chu Luo would have the guts to attack even someone from an ancient lineage!"

"That's right, he must be Chu Luo. I heard he even dared to slaughter the Wang Family's Evil-Suppressing Great Emperor's own grandson..."

"Tsk, tsk, tsk... that battle between Great Emperors not long ago was sparked by this kid alone..."

"..."

The martial artists present stared at Chu Luo as though they were looking at a monster.

Chu Luo shrugged, put on a harmless smile, and said to Ye Luoyi:

"Fairy sister, I don't understand what you're talking about!"

"Don't think you can accuse me of anything you please just because you're an Ancient Sage of the Ye Lineage."

"As a disciple of the Forbidden Sect, I, Chu Luo, am upright and honorable, open and aboveboard. How could I possibly use such sinister, vicious, underhanded tricks?"

"Old woman... pfft, fairy sister, don't slander me!!"

As he spoke, no one noticed.

A blood-red jade token had appeared in Chu Luo's palm, hidden inside his sleeve...

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