Ch. 63 - Enter the Dragon Corpse Secret Place
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Lei Meng's eyes widened, his face filled with disbelief.
"You...you want to kill me?! I'm your own brother, Lei Tianbao! You want to kill me for this brat!" Lei Meng roared.
Lei Tianbao raised his hand and ruffled Lei Meng's hair, just like when they were children.
"You chose this path yourself. You can't blame anyone else. I made you kneel to save your life, but you wasted that chance."
Lei Tianbao's fingers gripped Lei Meng's head tightly. A flicker of reluctance could be seen in his eyes.
This was, after all, his brother, his only family in the world. But compared to that, he cherished his own life more.
At this moment, Lei Meng finally felt fear; he was completely engulfed in terror.
"Brother, I was wrong! Forgive me this time! I'll never lay a hand on Ling Qingxue again! I'll leave Linjiang City! I..."
Bang!
Lei Tianbao crushed his head, blood staining his entire body and turning his eyes red.
"It's not that I don't want to spare you, it's that you won't live anyway..."
Having spent decades navigating the treacherous waters of Linjiang City, how could he not understand the intentions of Liu Qingshan and those powerful figures?
They wouldn't allow someone who posed a threat to Ling Qingxue to live.
If he didn't kill Lei Meng, Liu Qingshan would.
And... Liu Qingshan would even kill him!
To survive, he had no choice but to kill Lei Meng, his only brother, with his own hands.
"I've said it before, I'm just your brother, not your father. Your life isn't my responsibility!"
Moments after Lei Meng's death, Liu Qingshan and Lin Zhennan came out.
Their gazes fell upon the blood-soaked Lei Tianbao.
If he hadn't acted just now, both brothers would have died, no doubt about it!
"Lei Tianbao, it hasn't been easy to get to where you are today. You're a smart man; you should know what the right choice is," Liu Qingshan said.
Lei Tianbao turned around, a smile on his face.
"Of course I know, that's why I killed him myself to prevent him from harming Miss Ling again. He wanted to die, so I sent him on his way. It was the last thing I could do for him as his older brother. I have no desire to die myself."
"Go now. This is the last time. Keep your Thunder Mercenary Group in line."
Lei Tianbao bent down and hoisted his brother's corpse onto his shoulder, then walked out of the Green Forest.
Lin Zhennan frowned slightly. "Old Liu, why didn't you eliminate him as well? He is, after all, a Fourth Rank martial artist. If he had attacked Qingxue…"
Liu Qingshan smiled. "He wouldn't. He's not a fool like his brother. To be honest, if Lei Tianbao's martial arts talent were a little better, his achievements wouldn't have been low."
Just his ability to endure would have allowed him to live to become a powerful figure.
It's just that he lacked family background, resources, and talent; otherwise, who would dare to underestimate Lei Tianbao?
Lin Zhennan clicked his tongue twice, his eyes filled with amazement.
"This Linjiang City is truly a place where hidden talents abound. Their scheming is no less impressive than that of the larger cities."
"The difference between a small town and a big city is only in size and overall strength, but the human heart remains the same everywhere. Anyone who can rise above adversity through their own strength is not a fool."
"Let's go see what Qingxue is up to. I'm quite curious," Liu Qingshan chuckled.
The two followed Ling Qingxue again, but after she entered a cave, they could no longer sense her presence.
They exchanged a glance, their eyes filled with shock.
"A secret place! There's actually an unexplored secret place here!" Lin Zhennan exclaimed in surprise.
Her aura vanished instantly, so they couldn't think of anything else but a secret place.
After all, with Ling Qingxue and Wu Liang's current strength, they couldn't traverse space, and the Taotie didn't possess spatial power.
"A Second Rank martial artist venturing into an unknown secret place… She's being too reckless..." Lin Zhennan said with a wry smile.
"Qingxue must be confident. She's not a reckless person."
Lin Zhennan's eyes widened. "I'll believe you if your hand doesn't tremble!"
Liu Qingshan slowly withdrew his hand behind his back, a slightly guilty look on his face.
"I'm getting old, maybe I have Parkinson's. Anyway, just trust Qingxue. She has a clear plan for her future and wouldn’t do anything unprepared."
Lin Zhennan paced back and forth, a worried expression on his face.
"Old Liu, I really suspect that you tricked Ling Qingxue into coming to Linjiang Middle School!"
This wasn't something an eighteen-year-old girl would dare to do.
......
Inside the secret place.
Ling Qingxue and Wu Liang stood on the ground, taking in the entire secret place.
All they could see was endless yellow sand.
The scorching sand formed continuous dunes that stretched to the horizon.
The heat distorted the air. There were no miraculous herbs as expected, only deathly silence and weathered animal bones buried in the yellow sand.
Hot!
Too hot!
This was the first thought of the two upon entering the Dragon Corpse Secret Place.
"Damn it, we were completely wrong. We thought this place would be teeming with miraculous herbs because of the dragon's blood, but there's not a single blade of grass..."
Wu Liang was furious, taking two angry bites of the yellow sand on the ground.
It was so dry, he couldn't even swallow it, and most importantly, it burned his throat. This sand was nearly 100 degrees Celsius; you could fry an egg in it.
Ling Qingxue frowned, equally perplexed.
"This shouldn't be happening. Even if the dragon corpse is a fire-type, its power should gradually dissipate after death. It couldn't possibly affect the entire secret place. At most, it would affect a small area, unless…"
Wu Liang raised his head. "Unless what?"
"Unless this place was originally a desert, and wasn't turned into a desert by the dragon corpse, or there's some kind of fire-type treasure here!"
She looked back at the small oasis behind her, where the entrance to the secret place was.
"There's water here, so there should be magical beasts. Secret places are rarely completely desolate. There are sand worms, desert giant scorpions, and other magical beasts even in the desert."
To be honest, Ling Qingxue was also somewhat uncertain.
This was too desolate. She couldn't sense any life at all, and the possibility of spiritual herbs existing was even lower.
She probably wouldn't be able to break through to the Second Rank mid-stage after exploring this secret place as she had planned.
"Let's go. We should find the dragon bones first. As long as you have the dragon bones, you can improve a lot," Ling Qingxue sighed.
Wu Liang spread his wings and flew into the sky with Ling Qingxue.
This time, he didn't fly too high, merely skimming the ground, wanting to see if there were any other strange things in this secret place.
"Little Xuexue, do you think what we're seeing might be a mirage or something? Maybe, this place is actually full of spiritual herbs, and we just can't see them."
Ling Qingxue smiled helplessly. "Almost impossible. Although my spiritual power isn't strong now, I've activated the Spiritual Master's Heavenly Eye. A mirage in a low-level secret place won't fool me. What we see is exactly what it is."
Wu Liang deflated, all his energy gone.
"Then, what's the point of exploring? We might as well just eat the dragon corpse and go straight to Lingtian Middle School. This godforsaken place doesn't even have a single creature with legs, let alone spiritual herbs..."
Boom!
As he spoke, a long, brown, ribbon-like object shot out from the yellow sand.