Chapter 501: Rematch with Ren Pingchuan

Translator: Tim Editor: GlobeGlotter

“Since you’re here already, come in,” Ren Pingchuan’s voice was as old and slow as before.

Ye Mo tightly gripped his flying sword and carefully scanned Ren Pingchuan with his spirit sense. If he felt anything amiss, he would immediately leave. He couldn’t put himself within Ren Pingchuan’s attack range. Moreover, Ye Mo had the feeling that Ren Pingchuan could detect his spirit sense. This old man was terrifying.

Soon, however, he relaxed. No wonder Ren Pingchuan hadn’t fled; his legs were blown off, and the area where they were supposed to be was covered by cloth.

Ye Mo felt relieved. No matter how strong Ren Pingchuan was, he couldn’t do much without his legs, so Ye Mo walked in slowly.

“Your spiritual energy is very strange. I feel that even though you haven’t entered, your spiritual energy can sense my actions and see everything about me. Tell me, how do you do that?” Ren Pingchuan sat on a stone chair. He didn’t appear younger for reaching great heaven; instead, he seemed older. His tone was bland, and he didn’t seem angry that Ye Mo had blown off his legs.

Ye Mo sneered, “I have such great enmity with your sect, why should I tell you? Are you dreaming, or are you an idiot?”

A sliver of anger flickered across Ren Pingchuan’s face, but he quickly calmed down. He then said plainly, “You’re cultivating something amazing. I’ve never seen an ancient martial artist able to fly on a sword. You’re the first and only one I know who can.”

“That doesn’t concern you,” Ye Mo replied bluntly. His spirit sense remained on high alert. This old man wasn’t as calm and easygoing as he appeared.

“You can sense I’m injured and that my legs are broken?” Ren Pingchuan frowned. If Ye Mo knew his legs were broken, things wouldn’t be easy.

Ye Mo said plainly, “Since I came inside, I’m of course not afraid of you. Regardless of whether your legs are broken, there is just as great an enmity between us. Stop wasting time, and tell me what you want to tell me.”

Ren Pingchuan remained calm. “Young man, you’re called Ye Mo, right? Do you believe that if that bomb had exploded three seconds later, I wouldn’t have been injured? I had just reached great heaven and didn’t even have time to recover my chi when that bomb exploded. You can call yourself lucky this time, but you won’t always be so fortunate.”

Ye Mo sneered, “It’s my business if my luck lasts or not. I was just passing by here, so if there’s nothing else, I’ll be going.”

Of course, Ye Mo didn’t want to leave just like that. Ren Pingchuan’s legs were broken, and he seemed injured. This was the best opportunity to kill him. Ye Mo really wanted to kill Ren Pingchuan immediately. He was at the great heaven stage, yes, but his legs were broken. He couldn’t pose much of a threat to Ye Mo. Not to mention, Ye Mo had also grown stronger, so he was much more confident this time.

“Do you think I can’t kill you with my legs broken?” Ren Pingchuan asked slowly.

Before Ye Mo could reply, he continued calmly, “Leave behind your heritage, and I promise I won’t touch you. I will even give you great wealth. However, if you refuse, then see for yourself if this broken-legged great heaven master can kill you or not.”

Ren Pingchuan continued, “You might be able to escape, but afterward, I will go to Flowing Snake and begin a massacre. I don’t mind turning all of your friends and family into feed for the Water Wolves.”

Ye Mo already wanted Ren Pingchuan dead, but now, he wanted it even more.

Ye Mo took two steps back and locked onto Ren Pingchuan with his spirit sense. He knew he couldn’t sneak attack him and could only engage him head-on. But suddenly, he noticed that behind Ren Pingchuan was a metal lid covering a well to the underground river and the strange fish.

Ye Mo felt disgusted. “So those strange fish are kept by you?”

Ren Pingchuan laughed, “Strange fish? After you find out how useful they are, you won’t call them mere strange fish anymore. If you agree to my demand, I’m willing to take you in as my disciple, and I promise you will be able to reach great heaven within one year. But my guess was right; your spiritual energy can indeed see what’s behind me.”

Ren Pingchuan’s eyes gleamed with excitement at the thought of obtaining that magical cultivation method.

Ye Mo remained silent, his eyes fixed on Ren Pingchuan. He knew Ren Pingchuan still had more to say.

“‘Body Devouring Water Wolves’—they aren’t fish. Their blood contains the essence chi of flesh. A cultivator who drinks their blood can use their inner qi more efficiently and grow stronger faster. There are no side effects,” Ren Pingchuan informed.

Ye Mo almost vomited. Even if he had to remain at the chi gathering stage 1 forever, he would never drink the blood of those disgusting animals.

“Keeping hundreds of thousands of these Water Wolves, no wonder you were able to reach great heaven,” Ye Mo jeered.

As if not noticing Ye Mo’s derision, Ren Pingchuan continued, “Do you think just any Water Wolf’s blood is useful? It has to come from an adult Water Wolf. To qualify, it needs to grow four legs and four claws. You must’ve encountered them yesterday, right?”

Ye Mo was furious. This old man knew about it, so that explosion must have been related to him. Thinking this, Ye Mo sneered, “So that explosion a few days ago was your doing? You also knew about that ancient tomb?”

“Ancient tomb?” Ren Pingchuan shook his head. “I don’t know about any ancient tomb, but the underground river Water Wolves are all kept by my sect. I caused the explosion, because no one can reveal the secret of the Water Wolves. Even if it meant losing many, I needed to kill anyone who knew about them at all costs.”

Ye Mo suddenly realized that if they could be used so casually to grow stronger, then wouldn’t things be too easy? With that many Water Wolves, each sect member could eat one or two a day.

As if knowing what Ye Mo was thinking, Ren Pingchuan said, “Do you think you can just let them kill each other and they’ll automatically grow four legs? I can only say you’re naive if you think like that. Although killing each other can make them grow their two front legs quickly, they could never grow their two rear legs that way. They need to eat living people to grow properly.”

“So you dumped the remaining Gourd Cave sect members into the water to feed those monsters?” Ye Mo asked instinctively.

Ren Pingchuan confirmed without hesitation, “That’s right. You blew apart the whole Gourd Cave, and without living humans, they would starve to death, so I could only feed my sect members to them. This was their contribution to their sect.”

Ye Mo exhaled slowly and sneered, “You old piece of sh*t, you’re really shameless. Eat my sword!”

Then, Ye Mo swung at Ren Pingchuan with immense killing intent. This time, Ye Mo only used 80% of his chi to mislead Ren Pingchuan into thinking he was using his full power.

Rumble—Ren Pingchuan punched out, and Ye Mo felt his sword chi shatter as he was smashed back by Ren Pingchuan’s chi.

This time, however, Ye Mo did it on purpose. He flew out of the cave using that force, since it wasn’t advantageous to fight Ren Pingchuan in a confined space, especially considering Ren Pingchuan’s broken legs.

When Ye Mo landed, he felt that Ren Pingchuan’s chi was much stronger than it was a few days ago, but it lacked quantity. Ren Pingchuan was heavily injured indeed. Ye Mo was shocked. This old man was this heavily injured and still so strong. If he were fully recovered, Ye Mo would have nowhere to run.

Was a true great heaven master really that terrifying?