Translator: Silavin
Following the flow of the Spirit Devouring Array, Qin Yichen and the group continued to advance.
Along the way, most of the Evil Spirits they encountered were Level 1 Demonic Beasts, with only one Level 2 Demonic Beast appearing. All were easily dealt with by Qin Yichen.
In his past life, he had explored countless ruins and naturally encountered Evil Spirits, so he was clear about their weaknesses.
In fact, so-called Evil Spirits were just a condensation of Spiritual Energy of the deceased. As long as one shattered the cluster of Spiritual Energy inside the Evil Spirit’s head, they would naturally dissipate.
For those who did not know this, trying to deal with Evil Spirits would be quite troublesome, especially in this Divine Temple where Yuan Energy could not be used. They would probably suffer a lot.
*Bang!* Qin Yichen kicked a Demonic Rat to death, which happened to knock open a stone door.
“Oh, what’s inside?” An exclamation came from one of the Martial Master youths. Looking in the direction he pointed, everyone saw that from his angle, there seemed to be a dim fluorescent light inside the stone door.
“It might be a treasure?”
Everyone’s hearts stirred, and those five’s eyes burned with desire.
However, even though they thought there might be treasures behind the stone door, they did not go in directly. One of the Martial Grandmasters looked at Qin Yichen and scolded, “Kid, go in and see what’s inside, and bring it out for me.”
His words carried a tone that brooked no refusal, as if he was addressing a servant.
Inside the ruin, dangers were everywhere. Where there were treasures, if there were no dangers, that would be strange. By doing this, he was undoubtedly forcing Qin Yichen to scout for them, or rather, to head to his death.
Such a commanding tone made Qin Yichen’s face turn dark. Out of three teams, he chose to team up with this Miss Lu, originally intending to avoid trouble. But now, it seems things were not going as he wished.
A few verbal taunts, as long as they were not too excessive, Qin Yichen could completely laugh them off. After all, from his perspective, he did not care to quibble with these people who viewed themselves highly but were like clowns in his eyes.
However, what they were clearly doing was forcing him onto a path of death, which made him unable to tolerate it any longer.
“Hey, kid, are you deaf? Hurry up and go!”
During his silence, the other Martial Grandmaster also scolded.
This made Miss Lu’s eyebrows furrow behind them, obviously displeased with the actions of these two men.
“Miss Lu, since your people don’t welcome me, I’ll take my leave.” Qin Yichen’s cold gaze swept over the two of them, finally resting on Miss Lu. He cupped his hands and then strode forward.
It was not that he had not been tempted by the treasures of this place, but this Divine Temple Ruin was different from ordinary thousand year old ruins. Even if there were any good things inside, after millions of years, they would have long decayed. They might still retain their form, but once touched, they would definitely crumble to dust.
Why should he take that risk for dust?
“Hey! Did I allow you to leave!?” Seeing that he ignored him, the Martial Grandmaster who just spoke was obviously stunned, then became furious. He took a few quick steps and directly reached for Qin Yichen’s shoulder.
“Stop!” Miss Lu was startled and shouted.
He did not stop because of this. In fact, the other Martial Grandmaster standing beside her even persuaded, “Miss Lu, that brat doesn’t know what’s good for him. Let Brother Zhou teach him a lesson…”
*Bang!…* Before he could finish speaking, he saw that Brother Zhou, who had rushed out, flew back even faster, directly crashing into the stone room.
“If there’s a next time, don’t blame me for being merciless!” Qin Yichen retracted his foot, about to leave.
“Please wait, Sir.” At this moment, to their astonishment, Miss Lu walked towards Qin Yichen, “May this humble one accompany you?”
“Miss Lu!?” The remaining four all revealed looks of disbelief.
“You don’t need to follow me, I can go back by myself.” Miss Lu did not even turn her head. Her indifferent words made their faces change.
They had followed her all the way to the Black Demon Mountain Range, was it not to show off in front of her and win her heart? But now, she was leaving with a guy of unknown origin. Their feelings could be imagined.
Seeing those murderous gazes, Qin Yichen just chuckled, then nodded to Miss Lu.
Others might not understand, but he clearly saw that Miss Lu was hiding her strength. Even if all five of them attacked together, they might not be her match, let alone protect her.
Having such an ally, in the end, if they encountered Luo Qingyu and the others, there would be a layer of protection.
“Brother Peng, what should we do?” After watching Qin Yichen and Miss Lu leave, the three Martial Master youths asked the Martial Grandmaster youth.
“What else can we do?” That Brother Peng snorted coldly, “Go in and see if he’s dead. If not, let’s go find Luo Qingyu or Wang Hailin. We must not let that kid leave this place alive!”
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The two of them travelled together, dealing with Evil Spirits together, which saved Qin Yichen a lot of trouble.
“Following me, aren’t you afraid I might harm you?” After dealing with another Level 2 Evil Spirit, looking at the slightly panting Miss Lu, Qin Yichen said with a hint of teasing in his voice.
Perhaps even she had not noticed how luscious she was. Especially now, after more than a dozen fights, sweat had dampened her clothes, clinging to her delicate body, revealing her alluring figure.
Her high, perky bosom seemed even more upright, and the intoxicating valley in between was faintly visible. As she panted, her milk-white smooth skin was occasionally exposed. If it was not for Qin Yichen’s strong self-control, other men might not be able to restrain themselves.
“If you want to die, you can try.” Miss Lu gave him a coquettish smile, her autumn water-like eyes containing cold, bone-chilling ice.
This also made Qin Yichen realise that her choice to follow him was probably not because she trusted him, but because she wanted to use this opportunity to shake off those five troublesome men.
If she travelled with them, wouldn’t anything she obtained be known by everyone?
[I see. I’m being used as a shield! Seems like this Miss Lu is not as kind and docile as she appeared on the surface. But, come to think of it, we are both using each other.] Qin Yichen also wanted to use her status to intimidate Luo Qingyu and the others, so he was willing to be used as a shield.
“Hehe, just joking.” Qin Yichen laughed dryly and continued on the journey.
Miss Lu saw him constantly stopping and moving. He would always crouch down to place his palm on the ground when he stopped. These actions puzzled her.
She tried to imitate him, but apart from feeling the coldness of the floor, she did not sense anything else.
She wanted to ask several times but did not. Just as she finally decided to ask, Qin Yichen spoke up, “We’ve arrived…”