Chapter 4652
“Didn’t you say you’d leave me a whole body? Why are you begging now?”
Kai stared at Qian Yue and asked coldly.
“Mr. Chen, I was just talking nonsense back then! Please don’t take it seriously!” Qian Yue stammered, panic evident in his voice. “Forgive me this time—for the sake of us both being human cultivators!”
Internally, Qian Yue cursed his own misjudgment. He had never imagined Kai would be this powerful or that events would spiral out of control so drastically.
“Qian Yue, I gave you a chance and a choice, but you chose poorly. Not all mistakes in life can be undone,” Kai said, his voice steady and unyielding.
“If you hadn’t betrayed me and sided with the Qiu Mansion, your future would have been limitless. I would’ve even given you a great opportunity.
What a pity… what a waste.”
Kai shook his head, disappointment etched across his face.
“Mr. Chen, I was wrong! Spare me! Please—”
Before Qian Yue could finish his plea, Kai’s palm struck his head with deadly precision. In an instant, Qian Yue’s skull burst apart, his lifeless body crumpling to the ground.
Qiu Tu and Master Luan, witnessing the gruesome scene, trembled in terror.
With Qian Yue dead, they knew it was only a matter of time before they faced the same fate.
Master Luan, in particular, felt a surge of despair. He had no personal grudge against Kai—he had only attacked him to aid the Qiu family. Now gravely injured, he could do nothing but await his end.
As Kai’s gaze turned toward him, Master Luan quickly fell to his knees and kowtowed desperately.
“Fellow Daoist, we have no personal enmity! I only acted under Qiu Tu’s orders!” he pleaded. “If you’re willing to spare my life, I’ll give you all the treasures I possess!”
“I know you’re highly skilled with formations. I have four formation jade slips here, all retrieved from ancient ruins.”
“Since I lack expertise in formations, I haven’t been able to comprehend them. I’m willing to give them all to you!”
Master Luan, trembling in fear, pulled out a storage bag to save his life.
The bag contained some cultivation resources, but its most valuable items were the four formation jade slips, discovered in ancient, abandoned ruins years ago.
Formation masters were exceedingly rare in the heavenly world. Even if others acquired these jade slips, they were practically useless—few could decipher or utilize them. Although Master Luan was skilled in formations, the intricate records on these jade slips eluded his understanding. For years, he had carried them, hoping one day to unravel their secrets.
But now, with his life hanging by a thread, there was no point in keeping them.
Desperation forced Master Luan to offer all the treasures he possessed, hoping it would be enough to satisfy Kai. He gambled that Kai, a master of formations himself, would take interest in the ancient jade slips.
At this moment, resistance was no longer an option for Master Luan—not because he lacked courage, but because he understood the truth: they were like ants before an elephant.
And how could ants challenge an elephant?
Master Luan had accepted this reality the moment Kai emerged from the Heaven-Swallowing Gourd. Yet, despite knowing this, he had clung to the hope that the combined efforts of several opponents might overpower Kai.
The outcome, however, was a crushing defeat.
“I’ve heard these formation jade slips contain records of ancient formations, but my knowledge is too shallow to decipher them. You, Daoist friend, will undoubtedly succeed where I have failed. With these jade slips, your formation skills will surely reach new heights.”
Master Luan handed over the storage bag with both hands, his demeanor now entirely deferential—an absolute contrast to his earlier confidence.
While Kai wasn’t particularly interested in the general resources within the bag, the mention of ancient formation jade slips piqued his curiosity. Without hesitation, he reached out to take it.