Chapter 15. The objective remains clear and unchanged: kill Lei...
Old Lei Long savored the lingering sweetness of the candy on his lips and couldn't help but smack his lips.
"I've been sleeping underground for so many years, and I've never imagined that human cuisine has become so delicious."
"When I first went to bed, the most decent food I had was roasted birdseed over fruitwood, which was all stale and had no flavor."
Old Lei Long muttered for a long time but didn't hear a response from the other side. He rolled his eyes around and was speechless.
"...You brat, at least listen to a few words."
Chang Yubai: "Ah, me?"
Old Thunder Dragon: "Do you think there's a third person here?"
Chang Yubai: "Forget about it, you're not getting any."
Old Thunder Dragon: "..."
Although it was trying to persuade Chang Yu to give it some candy, it shouldn't have skipped so much dialogue in one go!
Old Thunder Dragon angrily exhaled two more breaths of foul air.
Chang Yubai remained in the same spot, lost in thought, occasionally standing up to touch the wall, touching this and that, seemingly without any particular purpose.
Chang Yubai had a sudden inspiration: "Why don't we start digging?"
Old Lei Long chuckled, "What are you up to now, kid?"
"Let's make this clear first, no taking out the trash." Old Lei Long still vividly remembered the scene that resembled a garbage dump.
Chang Yubai: "I didn't bring any trash, and it actually worked."
What is its purpose? To force the opponent to negotiate?
Old Lei Long was almost laughing out loud.
Chang Yubai: "If it doesn't conduct electricity, the power of the divine lightning is reduced by half, and it won't cause any damage. Your trial at the bottom of the valley is meaningless."
Chang Yubai: "You'll still get impatient then."
Old Thunder Dragon stopped laughing.
This kid really came prepared.
How can you be so sure I won't just run you over?
Because the pets that follow the protagonist are not that ferocious.
Chang Yubai nodded.
"Because you are a good dragon."
"..." Old Leilong didn't want to speak.
It wanted to crack open the boy's head to see what he was thinking and why he was hiding it from the dragon.
Chang Yubai ignored it again, turned around and pulled out a shovel, and started smashing it against the earthen wall next to him.
Old Lei Long immediately sensed something was wrong: "You wouldn't be thinking of..."
It deliberately left a space for Chang Yubai to take the lead.
Chang Yubai: "Escape from Leizhen Valley."
Old Thunder Dragon: ? ? ?
How do we escape? With your shovel?
"My plan is to bypass the trial gate, then cross the eel swamp from here, pass a spirit vein mine to replenish my strength, and then continue east..."
"Where did you get the layout map of Thunder Valley?" No, that's not the point. "You just dug it with the shovel in your hand?"
Old Thunder Dragon was dumbfounded.
Chang Yubai twirled the shovel: "Although cultivators don't need this, it's really useful."
He used to escape his master's cave with this shovel: "It was forged in the Forge, and it's of very high quality. It can move on its own when infused with spiritual energy, freeing up my hands."
After saying that, he demonstrated digging a tunnel with a shovel using only his bare hands.
Old Lei Long: "..." No wonder he could dig open the earthen wall with a single shovel.
The question is, who would use their precious mineral deposits to make farm tools?
Old Lei Long's vision went black. He didn't want to say anything more, and simply pretended that he hadn't seen what had just happened, and that his relationship with Chang Yubai was still that of a pure trial participant and examiner.
"Such a meticulously planned escape route, could it be that you didn't enter Thunder Valley voluntarily?"
Chang Yubai: "Mm."
Chang Yubai: "I want to go home."
To get home, he had to cross the tightly packed Leizhen Valley, which consisted of ten major cities. Li Tiansheng had stabbed him thousands of miles away with a single sword strike, making it difficult for him to walk back on his own two legs.
But he still wanted to go home, back to the courtyard where he and his master used to live... Maybe there wasn't a courtyard there yet, but there would be in the future. The courtyard wouldn't be too big or too small, with brick and earthen houses built in all four directions. In the center of the courtyard, an old locust tree and a Chinese toon tree would grow. Every year when the Chinese toon sprouted, even the sturdiest window eaves couldn't stop the fragrance from wafting into the house. At night, a figure would quietly climb to the top of the tree, one hand around the trunk, the other holding a soft branch, opening its mouth wide, and swallowing a Chinese toon sprout in one gulp.
The next day, Venerable Qingyun would see his disciple sleeping soundly on the tree branch. He would sigh and shake his head, then personally lift the person down and wash away the remaining juice from the corner of the disciple's mouth with clean water.
The cold water was so strong that it woke the sleeping disciple.
Venerable Qingyun would criticize him for being greedy, but at dinner time in the mortal world, he would serve him a bowl of stir-fried toon sprouts, saying that being greedy was not good for cultivation, while muttering to himself that he was still a child at heart.
However, the disciple opposite him was so engrossed in his meal that he didn't want to hear anything about cultivation that he failed to catch his master's whispered words.
Chang Yubai stopped moving.
He was homesick.
Old Lei Long had just heard his speech about his dedication to home and knew that the young man's home was far away in Zhongzhou. Although he didn't know how the young man had traveled thousands of miles to leave the region or why he suddenly wanted to go back, the word "home" always easily resonated with him.
"Sigh, time to go home," Old Lei Long sighed.
How it longed to leave this abyss-like valley!
It also wanted to know whether some of the dark clouds above Leizhen Valley had dispersed or new ones had appeared.
"You were forced into this by Lian Fengye, weren't you?"
Chang Yubai nodded: "More or less."
"Hmph, I knew that bastard wouldn't do anything right."
"I asked for it myself."
Old Lei Long swallowed back the words he wanted to say.
"This is the only condition I can think of for peace talks."
Peace talks? Old Lei Long scoffed: "Dream on! Lian Fengye would negotiate with anyone? Believe me, you'd be skinned alive and cleaned out the moment you stepped outside."
Chang Yubai certainly believed it.
"But I can't beat someone at the Venerable Martial Realm."
Old Lei Long: "I can see that. He clearly has good potential, so how come he's only at the High Martial Realm?"
Chang Yubai immediately looked away guiltily: "That's why I didn't plan to go out."
His plan was to crawl out of Leizhen Valley from underground and then go find Xiaoyun.
Xiaoyun has a sensing talisman, so he can find the place by following the scent.
Based on experience, Lei Huang would give Xiao Yun face and treat her well for a few days, which would be enough time for Xiao Yun to escape.
But Old Lei Long's words shattered his plan: "It's a good thing you came alone, without any ties or relatives left on the ground, otherwise you would have fallen victim to Lian Fengye's poison right now."
Chang Yubai: "!"
Chang Yubai: "How could that be? Wouldn't Lian Fengye at least put on a show first?"
Old Lei Long was startled by his reaction. Seeing such a fierce rebuttal, Old Lei Long realized something was wrong: "You kid, you don't actually... have friends outside, do you?"
"Before Lian Fengye took me to the Thunder Pool to smelt the dung beetle, he clearly treated me kindly for several days!"
"Lian Fengye? That Thunder Pool at the summit, right? You're overthinking it. Opening the Thunder Pool requires a sacrifice. He probably just wanted to keep you in check, that's why he treated you well for a few days, while secretly he's been working hard to open that damn pool. Wait, you went into the Thunder Pool?"
"How could this be..." Chang Yubai no longer cared about Lao Leilong's surprise.
His face grew increasingly pale, but the Black Scale Sword he left for Xiaoyun did not show any signs of danger, indicating that a life-or-death situation had not yet arisen.
Chang Yubai finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Calm down, stay calm, don't get angry or panic..." Chang Yubai quickly regulated his emotions.
Old Lei Long watched as he panicked and then slowly calmed down.
Strangely, in the instant Chang Yubai lost control of his emotions, it sensed a terrifying aura approaching.
The Way of Heaven?
This kid actually attracted the attention of Heaven?
Who exactly is he?
Old Thunder Dragon was both surprised and excited. Could it be that he had finally found the perfect opportunity to break through the soil?
"Ahem!" Old Lei Long quickly cleared his throat, his tone becoming more amiable, "Kid, do you want to deal with Lian Fengye?"
Chang Yubai simply replied with a question mark on his face.
"Me? I'm not looking for death, thank you."
Old Lei Long coughed twice more: "With me... joining forces? I can help you kill Lian Fengye, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity..."
Chang Yubai: "You can talk after you get down from the door."
A dragon face carved on a bronze gate is hardly convincing.
Old Thunder Dragon couldn't hold back any longer: "Didn't you ever think about helping me get down here?!"
It's not actually a face growing on the door; you've fed it candy, you couldn't possibly not know that!
Chang Yubai: "!"
Oh no, this shock seems to be real. The old thunder dragon remained silent, suspecting that this brat had always regarded it as a door sculpture.
But Chang Yubai was shocked for another reason: What! Old Thunder Dragon can come out now!
Thinking about it carefully, the old Thunder Dragon was a pet that Li Tiansheng had won over from his aunt; it wasn't saved by the protagonist breaking the seal.
In other words, this is not a project specifically for Li Tiansheng!
It seems like it really works!
Chang Yubai's eyes lit up.
"good!"
Old Thunder Dragon: "..." You agreed so readily, I haven't even started my tempting tactics yet.
Could you please not skip so many dialogues at once?
Seeing that it didn't move, Chang Yubai spoke up again in a passionate voice: "I want to kill Lian Fengye!"
Old Lei Long stared blankly for a moment, confirming that there was indeed killing intent in Chang Yubai's eyes. He suddenly laughed: "Haha, kid, I didn't expect you to have such a big temper."
What else?
Why leave a Venerable Martial Realm expert here, only to have them suddenly hold a grudge and come after you one day?
Chang Yubai was well aware of the dangers of leaving future troubles.
He's not fighting Lei Huang because he can't beat him right now.
But from the moment he stepped into Thunder Valley, he was already prepared to fight Lian Fengye to the death.
What should I do?
The old thunder dragon didn't answer immediately. It glanced up at the sky, puzzled.
Such a big thing as conspiring to kill a Venerable Martial Realm expert, yet the Heavenly Dao doesn't care. So why did it cast a glance at them just now?
Old Lei Long couldn't understand it.
If you can't figure it out, you'll stop thinking about it.
Old Lei Long offered a suggestion: "I'll open the door for you. Once you're inside, let me out. I'll briefly acknowledge you as my master, and then we'll rush out together and kill Lian Fengye."
"good."
Old Lei Long was in high spirits, and the solemn gate finally made a sound, opening and closing, with the ancient sounds echoing underground.
Lian Fengye, who was still meditating with his eyes closed at the Liaowang Sect, suddenly opened his eyes, his face showing surprise.
He heard a sound coming from underground; the final gate to the valley floor had opened.
Unexpectedly, the young man in white actually has real skills, and he is only one step away from obtaining the Spirit Pearl!
It's only a matter of time before he becomes the number one Martial Realm expert in the Martial Arts World!
"Good! Good!" Lian Fengye laughed loudly, looking up at the sky.
Little did he know that the signals that had always come from underground were not harbingers of celebration, but rather death's preordained talisman.
A note from the author:
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Chang Yubai: skip
Old Thunder Dragon: If the tonic keeps jumping, I'll start talking to it!
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