The Secret of Gourd Mountain

Lao Ye had thought this strike would sever Lin Shen's arm, but the blade struck his arm as if hitting incredibly tough steel wire rope. Not only did it fail to cut through, but it also sent a sharp pain through his wrist from the impact.

Just as Lao Ye felt something was wrong and wanted to pull back, a dark red shadow tore through the sleeve on Lin Shen's arm and coiled around Lao Ye's arm like a snake.

With that previous strike, Lao Ye had hit the Dead Powder wrapped around Lin Shen's arm. Lin Shen had known all along that his finger wouldn't be faster than Lao Ye.

Lao Ye reacted extremely quickly. The moment the Dead Powder coiled around his hand, his other hand shot out like lightning, grabbing the head of the Dead Powder to pull it off.

Unfortunately, he underestimated the Dead Powder. The instant he grabbed its head, the tail of the Dead Powder whipped out like a scorpion's tail, instantly piercing his palm and coiling around it at the same time, instantly binding both of his arms completely.

"What the hell is this thing!" Lao Ye's expression changed slightly. In this situation, he suddenly erupted, attacking Lin Shen without regard for the Dead Powder wrapped around his hands. Using one leg as a pivot, his other leg kicked towards Lin Shen's head like a phantom.

As long as he kicked Lin Shen to death and got the key to this strange pet, he could immediately reverse the situation.

Lin Shen had anticipated this move. He had already started retreating before Lao Ye even kicked, almost simultaneously having the Superspeed Gunslinger fire.

By the time Lao Ye kicked, Lin Shen's speed had already surpassed the speed of a bullet. He narrowly retreated and dodged the kick, the wind from the kick scattering his hair.

The Superspeed Gunslinger's bullet also hit Lao Ye. Although the Superspeed Gunslinger's hardness was a bit lacking, it was still Alloy Grade. The bullet struck Lao Ye's strange scaled carapace, only producing a few sparks before the bullet head was deflected.

Both Lao Ye and Lin Shen were startled. Lao Ye was surprised that Lin Shen could still use that kind of speed. He had originally thought that Lin Shen wouldn't have many such life-saving methods and that being able to use it twice was already incredible. He hadn't expected that Lin Shen seemed to be able to use it continuously.

Lin Shen was surprised that not only was Lao Ye fast, but the hardness of his Alloy Carapace was also so high. The Superspeed Gunslinger's bullets had almost no effect on him.

Lao Ye exerted force and chased after Lin Shen, wanting to kick again, but before he could lift his leg, the Dead Powder had already coiled around it.

Lao Ye tried to lift his other leg, but it was only halfway up when it was also entangled by the Dead Powder. Instantly, his entire body fell backward stiffly like a mummy.

At the same time Lao Ye fell, there was another gunshot. Lao Ye, who had just fallen to the ground, saw Lin Shen's finger point at a spot slightly below his throat.

A hint of joy flashed in Lao Ye's eyes. Even if Lin Shen had life-saving methods, how much force could he have? It was impossible for him to break through his Alloy Carapace.

But Lin Shen actively approaching him like this gave him a chance to kill Lin Shen directly.

Indeed, just as Lao Ye expected, Lin Shen's finger pointing at him couldn't cause any damage to his metal carapace. He only felt a vibration, like being poked by a wooden stick.

Lao Ye wanted to open his mouth to use his trump card, but suddenly felt that his mouth couldn't move.

In fact, not just his mouth, but his entire body couldn't move.

Lao Ye's eyes widened in horror as he looked at Lin Shen. He finally understood the real reason why the Superspeed Gunslinger had been subdued by Lin Shen's finger before.

He had originally thought that the Superspeed Gunslinger couldn't move because it had been hit in a vital spot, but now it seemed that wasn't the case.

"Pry open his mouth," Lin Shen ordered the Dead Powder.

The tail of the Dead Powder violently pierced into Lao Ye's mouth, directly shattering his teeth, then propped his mouth open and coiled out a slender, thin piece resembling a willow leaf from inside.

The thin piece was transparent like a green ghost, clearly made of Crystal Gene material, and its thickness was even thinner than a razor blade.

Lin Shen took the green leaf blade and reached out to point at Lao Ye again.

With several teeth broken and his mouth full of blood, Lao Ye immediately regained the ability to speak: "Fifth Brother... no... Little Fifth Master... I shouldn't have underestimated you... shouldn't have underestimated you, this Lin Family member..."

"Lao Ye, what has my Lin Family done to wrong you?" Lin Shen asked coldly.

"Nothing, the Lin Family has done nothing to wrong me," Lao Ye said with a bitter smile.

"Since the Lin Family has done nothing to wrong you, and you're already this old, what use is getting the things inside Gourd Mountain? How many more years can you live?" Lin Shen wanted to extract some information about Gourd Mountain from Lao Ye. Lao Ye was fighting so desperately, he must know something.

"It's precisely because I don't have many years left to live that I must enter Gourd Mountain. Only by entering Gourd Mountain can I continue to live. I haven't lived enough, I don't want to die yet," Lao Ye said.

"What do you mean?" Lin Shen's eyes narrowed slightly. The information revealed in Lao Ye's words surprised him.

"Fifth Brother, I can tell you everything I know, I only ask that you spare my life," Lao Ye pleaded.

"Speak," Lin Shen looked at Lao Ye expressionlessly.

"I also happened to overhear Third Master and Fourth Master's conversation and learned some secrets about Gourd Mountain. At that time, Third Master and Fourth Master were talking about Second Master, saying that a long time ago, Second Master went out for a very long time and was very excited when he returned, telling them that there was something good in Gourd Mountain that could make people live forever. When they were strong enough, he would take his brothers and eldest sister to Gourd Mountain, and the siblings would live forever and stay young together..." Lao Ye recalled.

"Do you really believe there's something in this world that can make people live forever?" Lin Shen frowned.

"Second Master wouldn't lie. If Second Master said it exists, then it definitely exists," Lao Ye's eyes were filled with desire.

"Just for that one sentence, you're willing to do anything to enter Gourd Mountain?" Lin Shen asked thoughtfully.

"The older a person gets, the more they fear death. I truly just don't want to die. From now on, I will wholeheartedly assist you and dare not have any other thoughts," Lao Ye said.

"You don't have a future," Lin Shen said indifferently.

Lao Ye's face instantly changed drastically upon hearing this. He struggled and shouted, "Little Fifth Master... you are a Lin Family member... you can't go back on your word..."

Before he could finish speaking, Dead Powder's tail suddenly stabbed towards his forehead, directly piercing his head.

Killed in one blow, Lao Ye's eyes were wide open to a degree unimaginable for a living person, dying with his eyes wide open.

Lao Ye had never expected that Lin Shen, who usually joked around and spent his days eating, drinking, and having fun, would be so ruthless; nor did he expect a Lin Family member to go back on their word.

"I didn't promise not to kill you, and even if I did, I wouldn't let you live. Your threat to me is too great. If it weren't for the element of surprise, I wouldn't have been confident in defeating you at all. Giving you a chance would be sending myself to death, and I don't want to die either." Lin Shen bent down to search Lao Ye's body, taking out everything on him.

He felt extremely disgusted, but at this moment, staying alive was more important than anything.

After a while, Lin Shen had taken out everything from Lao Ye's body.

An Alloy Grade short blade, a Crystal Gene Green Leaf Blade, two Alloy Grade Pet Capsules, and three capsule keys.

Two of the keys were clearly a set with the two Pet Capsules, while the other key was surprisingly Crystal Gene Level, as clear and transparent as yellow crystal, and the key handle was even heart-shaped.

"Strange, why is there only a key and no capsule?" Lin Shen was puzzled and examined Lao Ye's body again.