CHAPTER 861: CHAPTER 860 [LI SAN’S UNYIELDING DESIRE FOR REVENGE]

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Earth is the inheritance from the grand era of ancient cultivation, although for some unknown reason, it has evolved into its present form. Still, some powerful martial arts divine skills have been left behind, and there remain three ancient martial arts worlds on Earth. Martial artists from these ancient martial worlds seldom come out, as only these places still have thin spiritual energy, allowing them to cultivate. In the Mortal World, they can only be like ordinary people and wait for birth, aging, illness, and death. In the entire Martial Arts World, Earth is akin to a sealed well, and there is not a single martial artist who doesn’t yearn to reorganize the ancient transmission array and enter the Martial Arts Great World, explore it, seek more opportunities and cultivation methods to break through and break the stagnation!

Currently, there are only three ancient martial worlds left on Earth. Two of these ancient martial worlds are in China, which is why China’s ancient civilization is the most ancient, older than any other country. As for the other ancient martial world, it is located above the vast ocean, named "Penglai Ancient Martial World," known to the Chinese people as "Penglai Fairy Island," a place filled with endless legends and mysterious, fantasy colors.

Xu Zigang’s concern is quite reasonable, even though there are very few martial artists in the Mortal World, it’s still not their time to claim dominance. Among peers, there are many martial artists with cultivation realms comparable to each other. Furthermore, the ancient martial world is leftover from the grand era of ancient cultivation, passed down from generation to generation. Those old fellows that have lived for hundreds or even close to a thousand years may exist, although they are on the verge of sitting in meditation and cannot move freely. With these people existing, Xu Zigang and the menacing old ghost cannot act recklessly.

In this world, where there is black there is white, where there are good people there are bad ones. Where there are defenders, there are destroyers. Xu Zigang and the menacing old ghost’s actions disregard the beings on the entire Earth, not only ignoring the life and death of ordinary people but also harming other martial artists. Once they start absorbing the spiritual energy from Earth’s main dragon vein, it will inevitably lead to the decline of all living beings on Earth, and soon all life forms will perish. At that time, Earth will become a dead planet, benefiting only them. Their cultivation realm and combat power may increase, but it will bring catastrophe to the entire earth. At that moment, defenders will definitely emerge to exterminate them, and it might attract the old fellows hidden away in the ancient martial world, who’ve been in retreat for a long time and are at the brink of sitting in meditation. If that happens, it will be troublesome, and even if they can fight, it’s not worthwhile to risk it against martial artists on the verge of sitting in meditation.

"To kill a few old fellows from China is a piece of cake; after stabilizing the main dragon vein, we still need to be careful. Firstly, to avoid some people benefiting without effort, and secondly, to fend off the pretentious defenders. Success must not slip through our fingers!" Xu Zigang thought for a moment and said.

"You can rest assured about this matter. I knew about the treasure used to stabilize the main dragon vein before, it’s incredibly powerful. Once the dragon vein stays in one place, it can stabilize it. When we go underground to quickly absorb enough spiritual energy to cultivate, it won’t be easily found out. Even if discovered, with our cultivation, as long as the few old fellows from the ancient martial world don’t come out, we can kill everyone else!" The menacing old ghost said viciously.

"That’s good!" Xu Zigang nodded and said.

Ye Tianchen returned to the Thirteen Heavenly Kings training base covered in blood. Upon his return, he discovered that Li San had already come back, apparently found by Wuxue and several others.

When Wuxue and the others saw their master Ye Tianchen had returned, they hurriedly ran over. Seeing Ye Tianchen covered in blood, they were all shocked, not knowing what had happened. In less than half a day, where did Ye Tianchen go? How did he get so severely injured?

"Master, are you alright?" Wuxue quickly asked.

"I’m fine. Let’s go into the training ground and talk further." Ye Tianchen said, supporting himself.

Inside the building’s training ground, Ye Tianchen sat cross-legged and began to circulate martial arts true power to heal. Wuxue, Bao Tianglong, Hu Long, Lin Duan, Wang Jie, Zhang Tian, Zhang Di, including Li San, all stood quietly on the side. Wuxue and the seven others had just become martial artists and were only at the introductory stage of cultivation, unable to offer any help, so they could only watch.

"Brother, why, why did it become like this?" Li San couldn’t help but ask.

"Why? You have the nerve to ask why? Isn’t it because of you? You disobeyed orders and went after Double Saber King Yang Gui. All our brothers were worried about your safety and deployed people everywhere to find you. I’m sure it’s because of you that Master suffered such severe injuries." Hu Long couldn’t help but yell at Li San.

"If anything happens to Master, I’ll be the first to kill you!" Wang Jie said fiercely, staring at Li San.

Li San was stunned for a moment and felt deeply guilty. He already knew how much suffering and effort the brothers of the Thirteen Heavenly Kings endured in seeking him out, and more than ten of them had tragically died, all because of him. Now, with Brother Ye Tianchen returning covered in blood, it might be related to his own affair, how could Li San not feel sad and ashamed?

An hour later, Ye Tianchen slowly opened his eyes. A tinge of crimson had returned to his pale face, seemingly indicating no major danger. During the battle with Hu Changhe, Qin Mingshan, and Yang Gui, Ye Tianchen had not suffered serious injuries. However, utilizing the "Holy Heaven Prison" to try to shock and kill the three in one move consumed too much Martial Arts True Power and focused his Divine Thought for too long.

"Master, are you all right?" Wuxue quickly stepped forward to ask.

"I’m fine, just a minor injury." Ye Tianchen said.

"Brother, I’m sorry, I..." Li San walked up to Ye Tianchen but couldn’t find the words to speak.

Ye Tianchen glanced at Li San. To be honest, he respected Brother Li San very much. When teaching Wuxue and others the cultivation method, he treated every member of the Thirteen Heavenly Kings as brothers. Later on, when passing on the cultivation methods, Ye Tianchen didn’t concern himself with the formalities of mentor-disciple relationships. It was Wuxue and the others who insisted on a formal apprenticeship because, in their view, respecting the teacher was a must. Ye Tianchen originally didn’t want this; they were all brothers. Since there was a more profound Cultivation Skill, naturally, it should be comprehended and cultivated together. Eventually, unable to win against Wuxue and the others, he accepted it. Whether as brothers or in a mentor-disciple relationship, it didn’t affect the bond between them.

"Brother Li San, I saw the Double Saber King Yang Gui." Ye Tianchen said to Li San.

"Where is he?" Li San frowned and asked with a gaze full of killing intent.

Ye Tianchen could understand Li San’s feelings. A murderer pursued for over ten years, and Li San lived solely for the purpose of revenge. After ten long years, the Double Saber King Yang Gui reappeared. Li San had searched for him painstakingly, waiting for ten years, how could he let go of such a golden opportunity? Even if it cost him his life, he wanted to perish together with Yang Gui.

"Brother Li San, I know your pain and your hatred. You wish you could immediately chop off Yang Gui’s head, even if it means perishing together. But... as you are now, you are absolutely not his match. If you really confront him, the one to die will definitely be you, and the one to survive will definitely be him." Ye Tianchen looked seriously at Li San and said.

"Even if I die, I want to bring him down." Li San trembled all over and shouted angrily.

"The key is that if you die, you won’t bring him down. He will continue to live." Ye Tianchen said calmly.

Li San was stunned. He knew Ye Tianchen wouldn’t lie to him. Since Ye Tianchen said so, it’s very apparent that now the battle power of the Double Saber King Yang Gui is not at the same level as before. Back then, he, Li San, was slightly inferior to Yang Gui in battle power; now he’s probably even further behind. Although he wanted revenge, it was just too difficult. Even wishing to perish together with Yang Gui was almost impossible. What should he do? He could not exact revenge, and avenging the murder always sustained him. Now, even that belief was collapsing. Li San stood dazedly on the spot...

Ye Tianchen sighed, looked at everyone present and said: "Before I came back, I went to Nine Dragon Mountain, Hu Changhe, Qin Mingshan, and Yang Gui were all there. They were plotting something. I wanted to trap them and slay them, and fought a battle with them. Their battle powers were extremely strong. Hu Changhe and Qin Mingshan’s cultivation realm is in Mid Martial Venerate, Yang Gui’s in Early-stage Martial Venerate, and each of them has their own skilled Martial Arts Divine Skill. Although they fled in the end, I almost lost my life. So what I want to tell you is, you have just become Martial Artists, the distance to the Martial Venerate Stage is too great. Leave the task of destroying Hu Changhe, Qin Mingshan, and Yang Gui to me. You should stay here to comprehend and cultivate. When the time comes, I’ll take you to the Ancient Martial World, hoping you can make some breakthroughs with the Spiritual Energy there!"

The fierce battle with Hu Changhe, Qin Mingshan, and Yang Gui made Ye Tianchen realize that he couldn’t allow the other members of the Thirteen Heavenly Kings to intervene. There was no chance of winning; only he himself could resolve this matter. He must not let Hu Changhe’s conspiracy succeed. What Ye Tianchen didn’t know was that Xu Zigang had already returned to China, and the nefarious ghost cooperating with him was unbelievably strong, placing him in grave danger!

"Master, please accept me as your disciple. I want to cultivate, I want to become a Martial Artist, I want to become strong, I want revenge!" Li San suddenly knelt before Ye Tianchen and sincerely said.