That guy doesn't seem surprised by anything.
Just like now, even the trump card that Shen Laoda didn't know, the power that made Yuchi Feihong despair and surrender at a single glance, still couldn't stir up a single emotion in that guy's eyes, as if he had known all his cards from the very beginning!
But she was very curious. Ziyue had said that the blood corpse inside the shell surpassed the pinnacle of all living beings. Even the invincible emperor of the Great Jin would have to temporarily retreat. How would Chen Qing deal with it?
"Run"
Murong Yunji looked up at Chen Qing and uttered that word with difficulty.
"Stop talking." Chen Qing shook his head helplessly and used his magic to freeze her shattered lower body, temporarily stopping the bleeding.
"Do you think you can escape?" Baiyu looked at Chen Qing with amusement.
"What's there that she can't escape?" Chen Qing looked at her amusedly. "This woman just didn't react for a moment. If you had used the Divine Wind Spell to escape from the moment you opened the shell, how would you have caught up with her?"
Baiyu: "."
"Is Lord Chen joking?" Baiyu sneered, "At this distance, against such a top-tier martial artist, do you really think you can escape using the Divine Wind Spell?"
"Able"
Baiyu: "."
Chen Qing smiled, "Of course it can. The essence blood in the Blood Jade Shell Mother is extremely powerful and can indeed temporarily push one's limits. But that blood and energy isn't his own, especially in General Yuchi's case. He was nourished by the blood in the clam, which temporarily boosted his functions, but his body can't be boosted in a short time. General Yuchi Feihong probably has a physique that's one in a thousand years. You've encountered him and can accept such powerful blood and energy in such a short time, but his body can't be nurtured to this level in just two years."
As Chen Qing spoke, he pointed to Yuchi Feihong's arm.
Baiyu looked up and his face immediately darkened. Just now, Yuchi Feihong's punch was incredibly powerful, directly shattering Murong Yunji's Azure Heaven. However, her entire arm had turned red, and upon closer inspection, one could see that it was cracked like a spider web, indicating that her arm was on the verge of collapse.
Clearly, Yuchi Feihong's physical body was not yet capable of withstanding such force.
Just as Chen Qing said, if Murong Yunji had run away immediately, Yuchi Feihong would not have been able to catch up at all. Running requires using all his strength, and to surpass Divine Wind's speed, he would have to use his strength beyond the limit. If he was not careful, his entire body would collapse instantly!
"How about we use those two?" Chen Qing pointed to the two huge seashells behind Baiyu.
"Those two have been nurtured long enough, haven't they? They should last longer than Yuchi Feihong, right?" Chen Qing said with a smile, "But I guess Her Highness is reluctant to part with them, after all, if there's one less, there's no way to raise the Dragon Blood Corpse!"
Baiyu's eyes were icy cold, but her heart was also chilled.
How does this guy know everything?
Logically, one's secrets should have been permanently sealed away with the destruction of one's country. Hundreds of thousands of years have passed; surely there are no historical records left of a small, weak island nation from that time?
How did he still know?
Who exactly are you?
"That's not important," Chen Qing shook his head. "What's important is, Your Highness, what do you plan to do now? Are you going to gamble everything you have, or try a smarter approach?"
Baiyu stared intently at Chen Qing, and after a long while, exhaled. "How exactly is he clever?"
"I can help Your Highness escape this space. Before the teleportation between the Four Dragon Palace disappears, you have one last chance to go to the Four Dragon Palace and try your luck!"
Baiyu remained silent for a few moments, then asked, "What do you want?"
"That's right. This is what negotiation should look like." Chen Qing immediately smiled.
"Stop talking nonsense!"
"Alright," Chen Qing said with a smile, looking at the seashell that had just held Yuchi Feihong inside. "I want Yuchi Feihong and the Blood Jade Shell Mother that raised him. You'd better get the worm out of Yuchi's brain!"
"How is that possible?" Baiyu sneered, "What use would it be if the Ancient Insect entered the body and was removed?"
"Of course it's useful." Chen Qing sneered, "Top-tier familiars wouldn't directly alter their body structure with insects; they would retain certain instincts of the host to achieve the most stable evolution."
"You give me the feeling that you've been studying us for many years!" Baiyu said coldly.
"Not at all, not at all." Chen Qing immediately waved his hand. After all, the Ancient Insect only took a week from filing the case to its complete formation; how could it be considered many years?
"Since that's the case, you should also know that the Ancient Insect and Yuchi have become highly Fusion. Once we withdraw, Yuchi might very well become an idiot."
"Then there's no need for Your Highness to worry."
"It's not worth it for me."
"Oh?" Chen Qing smiled. "Does Your Highness think there's still room for negotiation?"
"Naturally," Baiyu said coldly, "If I disregard the cost, you will surely die!"
"Tsk," Chen Qing narrowed his eyes, seemingly considering it seriously, "Then Your Highness, tell me, what else do you want?"
"I want half of all the jade around here!"
"Oh," Chen Qing nodded, "It seems Your Highness does know about this so-called Baiyu."
"Shut up!!" Baiyu shouted suddenly, interrupting Chen Qing.
"Heh," Chen Qing chuckled, "I can't guarantee half of it. How about this, when the great formation breaks, you can take as much as you can, how about that?"
"So you really do know," Baiyu gritted his teeth, "You even know this hidden ability of the Blood Jade Shell Mother, what else don't you know?"
Chen Qing did not reply, but activated the spell in his hand, and a contract was formed in mid-air.
The surrounding vacuum was engulfed by surging water, and Baiyu was about to be swallowed by the sea again. She could only grit her teeth, bite her finger until it bled, and imprint the magical contract Chen Qing had forged on her finger!
"Thank you, Lord Chen!"
Thousands of miles away, after the contract was signed, the two cautiously kept their distance. Neither of them wanted to encounter the other again at this moment. After completely getting away from Baiyu, Yuchi Feihong, whose eyes were no longer bloodshot, knelt down in the water and performed a grand salute!
"General, there's no need for this." Chen Qing sighed, "That was the agreement we made back then. I was just fortunate enough to fulfill that agreement."
"It was only a verbal agreement at the time," Yuchi Feihong continued, bowing deeply. " Lord Chen has truly done it; to me, it is a life-saving grace. If you do not find it offensive, Feihong will certainly serve you to the death!"
Held in Chen Qing's arms, Murong, with only half her body remaining, was shivering and her face was turning blue. She looked at the two of them with a strange expression. When did these two make this agreement?
Chen Qing looked at Yuchi with a sigh.
When he met Yuchi Feihong in Liuzhou, after hearing the other's description of the terrifying power he had encountered, he knew that it was Baiyu who had planted the worm in Yuchi's brain!
Baiyu went to great lengths, even demonstrating the power of the Blood Jade Shell Mother, just to impress Yuchi Feihong and make him take effect. Chen Qing understood that Yuchi Feihong possessed a rare, Steel Bone Physique, making him the most suitable for nourishment with Fritillaria blood.
Chen Qing had this idea at that time. The arrival of the Ancient Insect meant that the Dragon Palace was about to open. Besides the massive stockpile of Baiyu and the Daoist inheritance, the most effective way to enhance combat power in the Dragon Palace was the Dragon Transformation Technique.
As for the Dragon Transformation Technique, even with the best dragon species and the best Dragon Transformation materials, the success rate will not exceed fifty percent.
The players who participated in the Dragon Transformation initially treated it like opening a blind box; those who succeeded were overjoyed, while those who failed collectively cursed Chen Qing's family.
But in this gambler's game, there is a bug-like existence: the Blood Jade Shell Mother!
" Chen Qing, what are you doing?" Murong was horrified when she saw Chen Qing pulling her into the giant seashell.
"If you don't go in now, you're truly doomed. This isn't Liuzhou, and you're not part of the Divine Path Style school. If you die here, I can't possibly drag your soul to the Underworld of Liuzhou!"
"I... I don't want to become a monster!" Murong said through gritted teeth.
"A monster?" Chen Qing chuckled. "Do you know what this Blood Jade Shell Mother is? Do you know the origin of that Baiyu? If this were exposed, martial artists all over the world would fight tooth and nail for it, and you're still unwilling?"
"What is it?" Murong felt a little guilty after Chen Qing's tone.
This time, even Yuchi Feihong was curious. Although he roughly knew the abilities of the Blood Jade Shell Mother, he knew nothing about Baiyu's past, and to be honest, he was quite curious.
"Well, where should I begin?"
Chen Qing thought for a moment and said, "Let's start with her title. Do you know what 'Baiyu' means?"