Refining the Mountains and Rivers

Zhou Lei and Rice Paper stiffened.

Relatively speaking, these two might be smart, but one was too square and upright and the other was too unfamiliar with the ways of the martial world. As a result, their response was slower.

But when they looked at the silent Qin Yu, how could they not understand what was happening right now?

Qin Yu gave them a choice. Kill Soul Hook together, and the four survivors would all be on the same ship as him.

Anyone that dared to betray him would welcome the crazy and unresting revenge of the Sly Fate Clan.

Bang -

With the sound of roaring thunder, Zhou Lei's eyes turned purple. Lightning shot out, crashing into Soul Hook and scorching him.

Soul Hook fell to the ground. He didn't even have the energy to scream this time. He could only stare at Qin Yu with eyes full of hatred.

Soul Hook certainly knew that the reason he ended up in his current situation was all because of Qin Yu. And more importantly, there was no chance he could survive anymore, so there was no need for him to conceal his true emotions.

Rice Paper was a woman, but when women were ruthless, that was when they were truly frightening.

Without hesitation, she tore off Soul Hook's head. It rolled on the floor before being picked up by her.

"Everyone, we all understand the Sly Fate Clan's abilities the best. Since we have all killed Soul Hook together, unless we don't want to be hunted down, cooperate with me to seal his soul and bind his life, so that the truth of his death is forever buried here!"

No one opposed this proposition. When Qin Yu saw the four cultivators that had banded together, he smiled.

Killing was indeed the most effective way to solve his problem. The advantage was that it would be finished once and for all, but whether there was any aftermath would depend on the skills and luck of the people who did it.

Soul Hook was naturally not easy to kill. But the more difficult he was to kill, the more reliable the alliance forward afterwards would be.

To Qin Yu, this was the best result!

Sealing his soul and binding his life was hard, and hiding the truth from the Saints' senses was even more difficult. With Soul Hook's status in the Sly Fate Clan, his death would inevitably motivate the investigation of a Half-Saint.

But luckily, the ones doing this were the cultivators of four Half-Saints. Moreover, Rice Paper had a pack of scrap paper with her.

She didn't explain anything, but one could see traces of ink and brush words when they were spliced together. Each stroke, every brush, every turn, released an incomparably powerful and terrifying aura.

The only bad thing was that the characters on the paper were too ugly. Although they were only incomplete strokes, one could still make them out.

Infusing such a powerful aura into casually written characters was naturally the work of someone who had reached the Great Dao, a supreme Saint.

The legendary Half-Saint Folded Kite, who was rumored to love reading and was good at all the arts, actually had such ugly penmanship!

Rumors really couldn't be trusted!

Rice Paper swept over everyone, her complexion ugly. She clenched her teeth and said, "I warn you, you had better keep all you've seen in your belly. If my teacher learns about this, silencing you all by murder will be the lightest punishment!"

Ah…

Half-Saint Folded Kite's writing was like a ghost painting on charms. If this story got out, it would spread at a shocking rate. Thinking about it, they also occasionally heard that Half-Saint Folded Kite was not some broadminded or merciful person.

Of course, it was fine if women were small-minded at times…men were the same…

But when that woman was a Half-Saint, that was different…there really was a chance that people would die!

Cough cough…forget it, they would absolutely forget. Just like killing Soul Hook, they would pretend as if nothing ever happened.

After covering Soul Hook's body with the scrap paper, Rice Paper bit her finger and then looked at the people around her. "Stop feigning ignorance. It's impossible for me to do this alone!"

Ruan Jing forced a smile. He was the second person to bite his finger and draw blood.

Soaring Finger flicker his finger and a blood sword flew out.

Zhou Lei coughed a few times. He looked at Qin Yu, and then glanced at him a few more times.

Qin Yu said, "Don't look at me. I won't be giving you any blood."

To speak so bluntly and still have others endure it and not become angry, that was also a skill.

The four cultivators bled together and dyed the paper red. Like glue, it caused the paper to stick tightly onto Soul Hook's corpse.

"Burn!"

Rice Paper shouted out loud and then the scraps of blood-covered paper ignited, soon burning away Soul Hook's corpse.

The head was dealt with by Soaring Sky. He lifted a hand and punched himself in the chest, spitting out the blood that had congealed there.

The moment the blood left his body, it was shaken into a blood fog by a powerful sword intent…this was because there was a transparent sword phantom contained inside the blood.

This was his natal sword!

The complexions of Rice Paper, Ruan Jing, and Zhou Lei changed. They thought that Soaring Sky was indeed a one in 10,000 year genius of the Transcendent Sword Sect. At such an age, he had managed to cultivate his natal sword. They all sighed inwardly.

The Transcendent Sword Sect's natal sword couldn't be compared with the natal swords of random and assorted sword sects.

With this natal sword, even if a Saint locked down the surroundings with their perception, they still wouldn't be able to detect anything off.

Puff -

With a dull sound, the transparent sword shadow submerged into Soul Hook's head. Then, blue smoke gushed out from his orifices.

This was a sign of his soul being completely ruined, erased from this world without a single trace left behind. It was a much safer method than sealing his soul.

Even if the Sly Fate Clan had the ability to summon remnant souls and extract information from the fragments, the soul was destroyed now so they were doomed to accomplish nothing.

Hu -

Hu -

Soaring Sky sat down, gasping for breath. His face was pale and completely drained of blood. He was weakened to begin with, and then he was beaten severely by Yun Shi and wounded again. After forcibly using his natal sword at such a time, he was thoroughly spent.

Zhou Lei took something out. "This is a treasure that my Thunder Dominion uses to recover from wounds. Brother Soaring might find it useful."

Soaring Sky glanced at him before receiving the medicine and swallowing it.

This simple action left Zhou Lei stunned for a moment before he smiled.

Ruan Jing whispered, "He's not even afraid that there might be poison. Sword cultivators are mostly brainless!"

Zhou Lei sneered, "The black-hearted scholars of Guiding Chapter Academy call themselves gentlemen, but they have the thoughts of villains. It is simply laughable!"

Rice Paper straightened herself and said, "Remember my warning and don't say anything you shouldn't."

Looking at Soaring Sky who had a much better complexion now, she reached out a hand and said, "Give me one too."

Zhou Lei's face stiffened. "I think your injuries aren't that serious…in truth these things are very precious and I don't have that many left…"

Rice Paper was expressionless. "You think that my wounds aren't serious, but the truth is that I am barely hanging on through stubborn effort. If you want to judge by looks, I can immediately appear weak to you."

This was a bit harsh.

He had made up his mind to become a black-hearted and thick-skinned person, so that he would survive even longer in the future.

But he clearly wasn't able to achieve this goal anytime soon. Zhou Lei bitterly smiled and eventually gave Rice Paper one of the medicines.

Then he glared at Ruan Jing, "You can forget about it. I only had three of these. One will stay with me for emergency purposes!"

Ruan Jing took out a jade gourd from his chest and opened it, taking a drink. "My Guiding Chapter Academy is wealthy and has no shortage of life-saving things. You can keep that treasure for yourself."

When he spoke he paused and glanced at Zhou Lei, "Do you understand the truth of not revealing your wealth? If you want to learn how to become a proper person, you still have a long road ahead of you."

After surviving a life and death experience together, and then killing someone together, the four cultivators had become much closer. Of course, even though there were genuine changes in mood here, there was no shortage of deliberate acting between them.

After all, from now on they all had a common secret. They could just about be considered a close-knit group.

Qin Yu watched all of this in the corner of his eyes, with no intention of interfering. Whether these people decided to get closer in the future or ignore each other, it had nothing to do with him as long as they could keep their secrets.

Ruan Jing looked at Rice Paper, then at Zhou Lei. He felt that their exchange was a little uncaring of Qin Yu's feelings.

But after being unable to find a suitable opening topic for a while, he eventually just said, "Brother Qin, there is one thing I need to remind you of. After exiting the Endless Sea, it is best if you immediately leave without stopping. Then, before you are strong enough, you shouldn't move by yourself."

Qin Yu furrowed his eyebrows. "What do you mean?"

Ruan Jing's eyebrows jumped up. He thought, could Qin Yu not know what he had done? He was just looking for something to say while taking Qin Yu's feelings into consideration.

But since Qin Yu expressed that he didn't understand, in this situation where he didn't want to stir up trouble, he would certainly reply.

And it wasn't just a mere reply, but also a comprehensive answer in a kind and amiable manner.

"Haha, Brother Qin is a noble character so you have probably forgotten many things. You might not remember, but before entering the realm within a realm, when you sparred with Soaring Sky, you used the power of space. Tsk tsk, although I saw it with my own eyes, every time I think back about it I must sigh in acclaim. With Brother Qin's cultivation, you have already mastered the Space Laws. Your future potential is infinite and you will eventually join the path of Saints!"

This was the importance of having a clever tongue. The life and death battle of before had secretly changed into a so-called spar.

But this wasn't important.

Qin Yu suddenly discovered that there was a high probability something was wrong in his cognition of things. For instance…the Space Laws!

It seemed they were far from ordinary.

Qin Yu took a deep breath, suppressing the restlessness in his heart. He asked, "Ruan Jing, can you explain this situation a bit more clearly?"

There it is! He's pretending again!

Just what was going on? Was he using this to make me praise him in a different way? Childish, it is too childish!

Ruan Jing began to feel some disdain in his heart. He originally thought Qin Yu was an extremely fierce person who was unfathomably deep, so how did he become like this?

Tsk tsk, was it because the pressure was gone, and now that he had the upper hand he revealed his true nature…? Sigh, just thinking about it was sad. To think that a dignified person like him, Ruan Jing, would lose at the hands of such a person. He truly wanted to cry without tears.