I, the Invincible Genius, Only Want to Live a Low-Key Life - Chapter 13

Ye Qingxuan’s decision was unanimously approved by everyone.

Given the current situation, even if they were told to split up and seek opportunities, no one was willing to go.

If they ran into the black-robed men, their lives would be forfeit-what use would opportunities be then?

After the group finished resting, they continued onward in grand formation.

At the same time, they left behind the Divine Sky Sword Sect’s unique secret signals to summon more people to join them.

The black-robed men continued their frenzied slaughter within the Nine Nether Secret Realm.

However, as time passed, they too began to suffer losses.

These fellows were indeed powerful, but their numbers were ultimately too few.

It must be known that all the forces of Li Province, plus the Rogue Cultivators, numbered in the tens of thousands who entered the Nine Nether Secret Realm.

The black-robed men numbered only about a thousand. If they wanted to kill more, they had to split up.

At first, they achieved good results, as everyone had yet to unite. But once people realized the danger, they began to gather together, making it much harder to kill them.

Of course, the black-robed men had countermeasures: they increased the size of their teams.

As their numbers grew, any battle that broke out would inevitably be extremely brutal.

But none of this concerned Lin Feng.

He was focused solely on searching for traces of the Bianhua Flower.

If he encountered members of other factions, he would avoid them; if he ran into black-robed men, he would show no mercy.

Along the way, the number of black-robed men who had died at his hands had already reached double digits.

Lin Feng pressed on for another two days and arrived at a cliffside waterfall.

Standing atop the waterfall, he looked down.

The drop was dozens of meters high.

Below was a massive deep pool.

At the edge of the pool, there were two groups of people.

One side was the familiar black-robed men; the other, upon closer inspection, Lin Feng noticed the character “Medicine” on their clothing-they were people from Divine Medicine Valley.

Divine Medicine Valley was the most unique force in Li Province.

Their strength was considerable, second only to the four top sects, making them one of the major powers, yet they never took sides.

Whether it was the Infinite Demon Sect, Seven Kill Sect, Divine Sky Sword Sect, or Qingyun Sect, all maintained good relations with Divine Medicine Valley.

After all, everyone gets injured at some point, and Divine Medicine Valley was the most professional in this regard.

However, when seeking medicine, Divine Medicine Valley would decide whether to help based on the seeker’s talent and background-in other words, they treated it as an investment.

Su Mubai had once sought medicine from Divine Medicine Valley, but unfortunately, his injuries were too severe, his foundation completely ruined. Even if healed, his future achievements would be limited, and medicines that could restore one’s foundation were extremely rare and precious. Thus, Divine Medicine Valley ultimately did not intervene.

They left him with one sentence: if you wish to seek medicine, you must come in the name of the Divine Sky Sword Sect.

Although Su Mubai was injured while carrying out sect duties, the core leadership of Divine Sky Sword Sect had to consider the interests of the entire sect and would not pay too great a price for a genius whose foundation had been destroyed.

Perhaps for this reason, coupled with Luo Yuntian later becoming the sect master of Divine Sky Sword Sect, Su Mubai was allowed to retain his position as one of the Divine Sky Seven Swords and Peak Master of Lone Remnant Peak.

Otherwise, the Haoran Sword and Lone Remnant Peak would have long since changed hands.

Denied medicine, Su Mubai had no choice. He understood the cruelty of this world and did not resent the sect. He began searching alone for spiritual herbs that could heal his foundation, which led to his chance encounter with Lin Feng, who was still an infant at the time.

Aside from the black-robed men and Divine Medicine Valley,

something in the middle of the deep pool completely captured Lin Feng’s attention.

It was a giant python beast!

Its massive head was raised high, five or six meters above the water’s surface. Its eyes emitted a chilling light that made one’s whole body shiver, and this was only a small part of its body-the rest was hidden beneath the water.

Lin Feng made an estimate.

This python was at least thirty meters long.

What did it mean for such a huge python to inhabit the deep pool?

It meant there must be treasure in the pool.

The only question was whether it was the Bianhua Flower.

Faced with the giant python, neither faction chose to leave.
The men in black robes naturally wanted to hunt the exotic beast, to obtain its Inner Core and whatever it was guarding.

The confidence of Divine Medicine Valley, on the other hand, came from their longstanding way of doing things.

No matter which faction the black-robed men belonged to, they must have benefited from Divine Medicine Valley to some extent.

Throughout Li Province, only those from Divine Medicine Valley had the lowest mortality rate when traveling outside.

Including the four top-tier powers, no one was willing to offend Divine Medicine Valley.

After all, who knew when they might need their help?

“Hiss hiss hiss…”

The giant python kept issuing warning sounds.

“Go!” The leading black-robed man gave a low shout.

Nine figures instantly charged forward.

At this moment, the giant python also sensed danger. It opened its mouth and spat out a breath of cold air.

The chill rapidly spread, forming countless ice crystals in the air. As soon as the black-robed men came into contact with the cold, their bodies became sluggish.

The giant python let out a roar, its body leaping out of the water, revealing its massive body of thirty to forty meters. With a sweep of its tail, it lashed toward the black-robed men.

Their movements hampered by the cold, the black-robed men were no longer as agile as before. Most barely managed to dodge the python’s attack, but two were struck by its tail.

“Bang! Bang!”

The two black-robed men who failed to dodge were sent flying by the python’s tail, crashing into the edge of the pool and smashing two large pits into the ground.

The tremendous force instantly shattered and displaced their internal organs, blood gushing from their mouths as they lost all combat ability.

Such a terrifying blow.

“Save them!”

Zhuge Qingyun, the young valley master of Divine Medicine Valley, immediately gave the order.

They did not care whether the injured were righteous or evil, good or bad; as long as there was value in saving them, they would act.

The black-robed men were powerful, slaughtering wantonly in the Nine Nether Secret Realm and striking fear into countless factions-clearly, they were worth saving.

The members of Divine Medicine Valley quickly rushed to the two black-robed men in the pits and began treatment.

The leader of the black-robed men was enraged.

In just one exchange, he had lost two fighters. How could this go on?

“Wretched beast! Courting death!”

“Form the array! End this quickly!”

The remaining six black-robed men, upon hearing this, no longer approached the python. Instead, they withdrew from the range of the cold air and moved to the edge of the deep pool. The seven of them took up positions, surrounding the python in the center. Each placed their right hand to their mouth, bit it open, and used their bleeding fingers to draw in the air.

One after another, blood-red characters for “kill” appeared in the air.

When all seven “kill” characters were formed, a red barrier trapped the giant python.

Perhaps sensing the impending danger, the python became frenzied within the barrier, repeatedly crashing into the red shield.

“Bang! Bang! Bang…”

A series of collisions rang out.

The barrier did not break, but it was already shaking and seemed unlikely to last much longer.

After all, the python’s strength was no joke-its tail had just rendered two black-robed men powerless.

The black-robed leader maintained the formation with one hand while preparing to deliver a fatal blow to the python.

Seeing that the barrier was about to be broken by the python, the other black-robed men no longer held back. They each bit their tongues and spat a mouthful of vital blood onto the “kill” characters.

The barrier, which had been dim and on the verge of shattering, instantly stabilized again.

“Hiss hiss hiss…”

The giant python kept roaring.

Cold air continuously spewed from its mouth, the temperature in the air dropping rapidly. Soon, even the barrier was frozen solid.

“Bang!”

With a loud crash,

the frozen barrier shattered under the python’s impact.

Yet at that moment, a flash of red light streaked by.

Accompanied by a miserable scream from the python.

When the smoke cleared,

the python’s corpse floated on the water, a large bloody hole in its head, blood continuously flowing out and dyeing the pool red, while the black-robed men were all left listless and drained.