Chapter 44: Ye Lei Begs For Mercy, Do You Want It? Chu Kuangren’s Reputation Soars Once More
Chu Kuangren watched the sky release its red rain and let out a peal of light laughter. “So it’s true that whenever a Supreme One falls, an anomaly will appear in the physical realm.”
According to an ancient legend, when the last Emperor Realm cultivator had fallen, the Giant Daoist Bell rang and thunderstorms fell across the entire physical realm for three days.
In comparison, perhaps the red drizzle did not seem that impressive after all.
The drizzle did not last long before sunlight once again pierced through the dark clouds.
Chu Kuangren laid among the debris as the sun bathed him in its warm golden light. The crowd, still intimidated by his domineering aura, did not dare approach him.
They were confused.
How was Chu Kuangren capable of killing Honorable Swordsman White Cloud?
Why did his cultivation base now seem so weak?
Further, was Yuan Ling’s Treasury really in his possession?
So many questions, yet so little answers. Until these mysteries were solved, no one dared provoke him even if Chu Kuangren were to collapse now.
“Lan Yu, look around and see if any of their kind managed to survive. Show no mercy and kill them all! I won’t have to bother with this biting me in the back next time.”
Chu Kuangren instructed calmly.
“Yes, Master,” Lan Yu nodded her head.
It was not long before she found two members.
“Please don’t kill me. I’m begging you!” Ye Lei kneeled and begged incessantly for his life. Having been buried under a pile of debris, he was covered in bloodstains and dust as his hair messily covered his shoulders.
The usual glory of being the almost-genius of the Ye Family was long gone.
“Brother Chu, please spare my life. If you let me go, I’ll do whatever you ask of me, even if it means becoming your slave,” Ye Lei said.
“Are you Li Xingchen’s friend?”
Chu Kuangren recalled that he had met Ye Lei once during the party Li Xingchen organized.
Ye Lei’s eyes glimmered with hope and nodded hastily. “That’s right, I’m a very dear friend to Li Xingchen. Out of my friends.h.i.+p with him, I beg you to spare my life. I promise to repay your kindness in the future.”
Chu Kuangren shook his head and said, “I find it funny that you’re still willing to repay my kindness after I’ve murdered your entire family.”
“In a moment of greed, they’ve unfortunately chosen to wrong you. I do not find their death unjustified,” Ye Lei attempted to flatter Chu Kuangren.
In reality, hatred had filled Ye Lei’s heart to the brim and he had already pictured countless ways of how Chu Kuangren would die. If it were not for him clinging to his dear life, he would not have resorted to put on an innocent act and undermine his own parents.
As long as he lived, revenge was still a possibility!
“Not bad, you’re such a sweet talker.”
Chu Kuangren laughed and immediately gripped tightly onto his hilt as he slashed Ye Lei. The precise sword qi instantly dislocated his brain.
Even until death, Ye Lei would never find out why had all his trickery and false humilities failed to save his own life.
Indeed, Chu Kuangren was not even sure whether Ye Lei was behaving genuinely. However, he was not willing to take any chance if it meant Ye Lei could one day create trouble for him, even if Ye Lei was no threat to him.
“Alright, let’s collect some loot.”
Chu Kuangren said.
He had already used the Primordial Purple Haze in this battle, a unique possession that could allow him to ascend into sagehood. Even if Chu Kuangren had no intention of becoming a sage, it was still an invaluable item.
Alas, it was now gone.
It would be a waste if he did not at least attempt to retrieve some loot from the city hall.
However, this battle was fierce. Most of the cultivators’ corpses did not even manage to survive the impact. All that was left were some Yin and Yang rings.
Some of them were even damaged and could not be used.
Fortunately, a simple search around had yielded Chu Kuangren a decent amount of items.
After all, a city hall that was once resided by a Supreme Honorable could not be all bad.
Once he finished, Chu Kuangren then made a move to leave.
At that moment, a middle-aged cultivator could no longer withhold his temptation. He halted Chu Kuangren and asked, “Honorable Swordsman White Cloud said that the Yuan Ling treasures are with you. Is that true?”
Chu Kuangren replied, “Yes, do you want them?”
The middle-aged cultivator was immediately stunned by his reply.
Of course, he did!
In fact, he was completely obsessed about it.
Yet, the picture of Chu Kuangren brutally murdering Honorable Swordsman White Cloud was still lingering in the minds of all that were present. They did not dare take another step forward.
Chu Kuangren took a sweeping glance across the crowd and said, “The treasure is with me. If you want it, you’re free to come take it. However, I don’t need to remind you of Honorable Swordsman White Cloud’s fate when he tried to do so.”
“You only managed to kill him because you artificially enhanced your strength. I don’t believe you’ll be able to pull it off another time,” one of the cultivators said.
They found out.
At that time, Chu Kuangren’s domineering aura had long been gone.
“You’re right, I used the Primordial Purple Haze!”
Chu Kuangren confessed.
Everyone was surprised by his answer.
“The Primordial Purple Haze, it would’ve been the foundation of becoming a sage!”
“You used a Primordial Purple Haze to enhance your cultivation base and killed Honorable Swordsman White Cloud. Such a waste to an invaluable treasure!”
“b.a.s.t.a.r.d! If that thing was in my possession, I could easily become a sage within a hundred years! Why didn’t you just give it to me?!”
They were devastated by how Chu Kuangren had consumed that precious resource.
Some sighed, the others lamented. Some even stared at Chu Kuangren with a deep-rooted hatred.
For most people, the Primordial Purple Haze was a legendary resource.
However, the crowd’s reactions were exactly what Chu Kuangren wanted.
Many warriors, powerful cultivators, and even Honorables knew clearly that Yuan Ling’s treasures were capable of ascending one to sagehood and had set their sights onto it.
Now that it was revealed the Yuan Ling’s treasures were in Chu Kuangren’s possession, revealing that the Primordial Purple Haze had been consumed would not invite further trouble. In fact, now that everyone knew the Yuan Ling treasures could no longer help with ascendency, powerful cultivators would no longer take interest in the treasures anymore and leave Chu Kuangren alone.
The remaining cultivators who were still keen on the treasure would most probably not provoke Chu Kuangren as well due to his a.s.sociation with the Black Heaven Sect.
Chu Kuangren could not help but admire his own intelligence.
Even in the worst-case scenario, if a powerful cultivator was to come after his treasure, he still had the backing of Seventh Forefather.
The Seventh Forefather was a Supreme Honorable at his peak!
“Who would have thought that Honorable Swordsman White Cloud would be blinded by a junior cultivator’s possession and ended up getting killed himself?”
“Being an Honorable one of his generation, it’s surreal where his fate had taken him.”
Li Ye looked at the fallen city hall and lamented.
“The whole world is run by greed. Such is the law. Even n.o.ble sages could not be spared by this instinct,” Chu Kuangren said.
Chu Kuangren did not see the Honorable Swordsman as an entirely evil person. As the saying goes, ‘The cost of avarice is death.’ Such is the common observation in humanity.
It was unfortunate that they had chosen to mess with the wrong person.
There was then no more room for discussion.
It did not matter if he was an Honorable One or a sage, the penalty for such a crime was death.
“‘The whole world is run by greed… Haha, Brother Chu, you are indeed thoughtful and articulate!” Li Ye complimented Chu Kuangren. Even Li Ye was now keen to make acquaintance with Chu Kuangren, what more for Li Xingchen.
“Just thinking out loud.”
Chu Kuangren laughed and proceeded to make his departure.
This time, no one had stopped him.
As they watched Chu Kuangren walk into the distance, the crowd felt as if they were watching the rise of a young Emperor!
“After this battle, Chu Kuangren’s name will shock the entire kingdom!” A cultivator lamented.
The death of a Supreme Honorable was impossible to be kept as a secret.
Naturally, the person responsible for that death would be known to everyone.