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Chapter 317 [The Fish That Escaped the Net]

Chapter 311 [The Fish That Escaped the Net]

Chen Yan's expression remained unchanged as he looked at Gu Tongbing and shook his head, saying, "You yourself do things in secret and keep your actions hidden, so you see everyone else as the same way?"

Gu Tongbing smiled slightly: "You can't fool me."

When I looked at the fraternity's files and roster, out of 135 people, only three or five caught my eye at most. Among them, you, the '135th brother,' were the one who aroused my curiosity.

I remember the records in the files and registers that you and my older brother met in the Badlands Forest, and you even tamed the 'White Beast' that was quite famous in the Badlands and Snow Cliff Pass area.

You are skilled in shapeshifting and also have considerable talent in talismanic arts. The dossier only states that you are a low-level rogue cultivator who encountered my elder brother Gu Jinjia while hunting outside Snow Cliff Pass. You went through some things together, and after being valued by my elder brother, you were recruited into the Brotherhood.

But... how could a lowly rogue cultivator possibly possess the ability to hunt down so many ferocious beastmen outside Snow Cliff Pass?

Chen Yan remained silent, but Gu Tongbing continued slowly, "My older brother is a rough guy. He's shrewd when it comes to big things, but he often overlooks details when it comes to small things."

But I'm different.

I am one of the true founders behind the Brotherhood. Although I later looked down on the Brotherhood as a loose organization, my elder brother would still ask me to study the information about the organization. When I saw your name and information, I became curious and secretly sent someone to investigate.

I can tell you definitively that my men spent three months traversing the entire Snow Cliff Pass, including the sixteen cities in the Western Jiang region closest to Snow Cliff Pass, and inquired about the gathering places of independent cultivators in these sixteen cities.

I found out more than thirty names named Wang Chuyi, but after carefully checking each name, none of them were you!

At this point, Gu Tongbing chuckled softly, “Wang Chuyi, you said you were a rogue cultivator… You suddenly appeared at Xueya Pass, but apart from Xueya Pass, none of the sixteen cities in the Western Frontier can find any trace of you.”

Nobody knows you, nobody knows you, you belong to no sect, you've lived here, moved around here, or met anyone here—nothing can be traced!
Wang Chuyi, did you just fall from the sky out of thin air?

Chen Yan remained unfazed.

Gu Tongbing stared at Chen Yan and said, "What, you don't want to refute me? I've already figured it out, the name Wang Chuyi is fake. Your identity is definitely fake too, am I right?"

Chen Yan then raised his head and looked at Gu Tongbing with a smile.

"...What are you laughing at?" Gu Tongbing frowned.

Chen Yan sighed: "Whether my identity is real or fake, whether my name is real or fake... do I have to tell you? If you ask me questions, do I have to answer them?"
Young Master Gu, don't forget, you are now my prisoner!
"If you displease me, I'll just chop you up and leave your corpse here to feed the bears. No one in this world will know you died by my hand."

Gu Tongbing's eyes twitched.

Chen Yan softened his tone and said slowly, "Young Master Gu, I'm not killing you only because I have some kinship with your elder brother, but don't think I really wouldn't dare to kill you."

I don't want to know anything about you, your organizations, conspiracies, secrets—I don't want to get involved in any of it.

Similarly, you'd better not pry into my private affairs.

I don't want to kill you, but if I'm forced into a corner...

People, occasionally, do things they don't want to do.

Hearing this, especially the last sentence which carried a hint of threat, Gu Tongbing's expression relaxed. Looking at Chen Yan, he smiled and said, "Alright, since you mind, I won't pry into your secret. But Wang Chuyi, remember this: in this entire realm, I'm probably the only one who values ​​your talent the most!"

Chen Yan curled his lip: "Give me a break! Don't you even look at your own situation? You've become my prisoner."

The two stopped there.

The bear den reeked, but Chen Yan and Gu Tongbing didn't care. They ate and drank, and after filling their stomachs, Chen Yan stood guard at the entrance of the den, looking out.

About an hour later, the sounds of fighting could still be heard occasionally from outside, some near and some far. And occasionally, people searching for the enemy would pass by.

But as time went on, the activity gradually decreased, and for half an hour no one had been able to search the vicinity anymore.

Chen Yan felt a little relieved, and Gu Tongbing also said, "This kind of ambush operation won't last too long. When making the plan, a latest withdrawal time will be set. If the battle goes on for too long, it might attract unrelated people, which could lead to unforeseen circumstances. I think we can leave in a little while."

Chen Yan nodded, climbed back, looked at the mother bear huddled in the corner of the cave, hesitated for a moment, and then moved a little closer.

The mother bear reacted immediately, baring her teeth at Chen Yan, but desperately trying to shrink back.

Chen Yan saw two bear cubs hiding behind the mother bear. Their fur was also brownish-black, and their small heads looked rather cute—most mammal cubs are adorable.

Chen Yan thought for a moment, then casually released a burst of energy that suppressed the mother bear. He slowly said, "I injured you before because it happened suddenly and I had no choice. I will heal you now."

After saying that, he handed over a White Bone Pill.

The mother bear stared wide-eyed at Chen Yan's hand as he handed her the pill, looking on in bewilderment.

After thinking for a moment, Chen Yan decided to use force. He grabbed the bear and stuffed the pill into its mouth.

As the mother bear struggled, Chen Yan held her down firmly. Then, Chen Yan quickly moved to straighten the bones that he had broken before the bear was shot, and he also straightened the misaligned parts.

The mother bear howled in pain, but she couldn't break free. Her howls gradually took on a pleading tone.

After quickly tending to the mother bear's broken bones and injuries, Chen Yan stepped back again.

The mother bear was terrified and let out a low whimper. Before she could whimper a few times, Chen Yan threw her a piece of jerky from the hunt. The mother bear was taken aback. After hesitating for a moment, she held the jerky in her hands, looked up at Chen Yan with pleading eyes, and seemed to be hesitating whether to take a bite.

Chen Yan ignored it and turned around to crawl back to Gu Tongbing's side.

The mother bear waited for a while, and seeing that Chen Yan didn't make any new moves, she finally seemed relieved and started gnawing on the jerky.

The amount of game meat that Chen Yan threw over was nearly twenty pounds.

The mother bear nibbled for a while, then ate half of it, but left the rest on the ground behind her. Two bear cubs, each about a meter tall and resembling plush toys, immediately put their heads close to the ground and began to nibble on it.

Chen Yan found it cute and, on a whim, remembered the supplies in his storage jade pendant, including several jars of honey. He took out a jar, crawled over, and poured it on the ground.

This is a favorite food of bears!
As the sweet aroma of honey wafted out, even the whimpering mother bear suddenly stopped howling. She just stared down at the lump of orange-yellow honey on the ground, tentatively reached out, grabbed some, dipped it in, and then brought it to her mouth to lick it.

With one lick, its eyes lit up, and then it reached out with both paws to grab and lick, turning the food over and over. It even pushed away the little bear that tried to get closer twice.

The two bear cubs stared longingly, seemingly very hungry. They tried to move forward several times but were pushed away, and then they couldn't help but howl.

Chen Yan watched from the side, then took out another jar of honey and poured it in, which immediately attracted the two little bears to climb over and get close to Chen Yan.

This time, when the cub approached Chen Yan, the mother bear suddenly looked up and instinctively let out a low, wary growl. But after only one growl, she looked at Chen Yan and then stopped growling, lowering her head to continue licking the honey.

The two bear cubs came up to Chen Yan, grabbed the honey on the ground, licked their paws, and made humming noises as they ate.

Chen Yan found it interesting, while Gu Tongbing, standing to the side, stared at Chen Yan with considerable interest.

Suddenly, Chen Yan's expression changed, his ears twitched slightly, and he got up from where he was and quickly moved to the cave entrance.

He lay prone at the cave entrance, peering out through a patch of rotten leaves and branches. Outside the cave, a fierce wind swept in from afar! The wind seemed to be mixed with several streaks of black smoke, and as it rushed towards him, a golden light shot out from the side, seemingly to block it.

With a whoosh, the black mist was struck by the golden light, trembled a few times in mid-air, and then fell straight down into the forest!
After the black mist transformed into a human form, it struggled to its feet and then ran quickly toward this place!

The golden light landed, revealing a flying sword that slashed repeatedly at the running person. The person on the ground was holding an unknown weapon, which looked like a stick. He tried to block it a few times, but in the end, the stick was cut in half by the sword!

The man was struck as if by a heavy blow, his body suddenly lunged forward, and after landing on the ground, he spat out a mouthful of blood!
From the woods, a figure dressed in a dark black robe floated over, and with a flick of his wrist, the flying sword flew back into his hand. It was the guy wearing the bronze mask.

The man in the bronze mask slowly approached the injured man, glanced down at him, and sneered, "As expected, there were some who escaped the net."

The man on the ground, dressed in a blue robe, struggled to raise his head. His hair was disheveled and his face was covered in blood. He said fiercely, "Who are you people? Aren't you afraid of the Li family's revenge?!"

"Since you dared to kill members of the Li family, of course you're not afraid of retaliation. That's a stupid statement!"

After saying that, the masked man raised his sword and brought it down, piercing the man's body with a single strike.

The man died instantly. Finally, the man in the bronze mask took out a small bell and shook it gently. Immediately, a melodious bell sound rang out, which seemed to carry some kind of magic and drifted far away from the forest.

A moment later, two people came running out of the forest, bowed respectfully to the man in the bronze mask, and addressed him as "Lord".

"Take this escaped body back, clean it up properly, and make it look neat," the bronze-masked man said coldly. "If there are any more mistakes, none of you will live!"

The two men, trembling with fear, carried away the corpse from the ground.

The bronze-masked man did not leave immediately, but landed on the ground and strolled casually into the forest. As if by coincidence, he walked towards the bear den!

The man seemed to be strolling around casually, but he kept getting closer and closer, and he was now only a few dozen steps away from the entrance of the bear den.

Suddenly, he leaped up and floated lightly onto a large tree, where he sat cross-legged on the trunk.

Seeing that he was right there, he sat down cross-legged to meditate!

Soon, two flying swords slowly emerged from behind him and hovered quietly above his head!

Chen Yan, hiding inside the bear den, was also getting a headache watching this – of all things, this guy was meditating and practicing martial arts here?!
This person sat in meditation for about half an hour before finally emerging from his meditative state. He then took out a porcelain bottle, poured out some pills, and swallowed one.

Soon, a cloud of white mist rose from the top of his head, seemingly digesting the power of the elixir with his magical energy.

Another ten minutes or so passed before the man in the bronze mask seemed to finally let out a long sigh of relief.

He leaped lightly down from the tree trunk, took two steps forward, and put his hands behind his back.

The bronze-masked man seemed to sway his body and stretch before letting out a long sigh.

"You've got good patience, managing to hide. Hmph, aren't you coming out now!"

Upon hearing this, Chen Yan's expression changed instantly, and his heart pounded like a drum!
Then the bronze-masked man said coldly, "I was already injured before, and my combat strength was less than 60%. However, you only dared to hide inside and watch me meditate to recover my energy, and you also watched me take pills to suppress my injuries."

This was a missed opportunity!
Now that my fighting strength has recovered by another 20%, you have even less of a chance.

Chen Yan raised an eyebrow, took a deep breath, and was about to get up when a hand reached out from behind and gently pressed on his shoulder.

Chen Yan turned around and saw Gu Tongbing lying behind him, shaking his head at him. Gu Tongbing then grabbed one of Chen Yan's hands and scribbled on his palm. Chen Yan carefully deciphered the words and immediately recognized that Gu Tongbing had written a sentence:
"not us."

Chen Yan's eyes flickered, and he looked outside again...

The man in the bronze mask stood there and sneered, "Still not giving up? Still won't come out?"

He raised his right hand, and a flying sword that was floating behind him suddenly slashed down at high speed, heading straight for a spot!
With a loud boom, right behind the bear cave on the left, a large tree, struck by the flying sword, was instantly cleaved in two!

As the sword energy swept through the tree, which was large enough for three or four people to encircle, a figure shot out from the tree canopy in a flash!
The man was dressed in grey, with a hood covering his head, obscuring his face. His figure, suspended in mid-air like a large bird, swooped down towards the man in the bronze mask!
In each of the man's hands, he was holding a small, sharp axe!

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The man charged forward with unstoppable momentum, bringing his axes down in a powerful strike, but the bronze-masked man stood still, completely unmoved!
With a whoosh, a golden light emanated from his body. When the double axes struck the golden light, they were deflected, and the man was sent flying along with them!

Chen Yan, who was hiding in the cave, saw it clearly and couldn't help but twitch his eye.

Golden Light Technique!

The magic used by the man in the bronze mask is the Golden Light Technique.

After being thrown back, the man wielding the axe staggered a couple of steps before regaining his balance. But as you could see, the blades of the two axes in his hands already had two chips!

His weapon was damaged in the impact!
However, although his axe was damaged, the bronze-masked man did not seem to be in a good position either. The golden light of his Golden Light Technique was already faintly covered with cracks!

The man with the axe snorted, then suddenly reversed the handles of the two axes, connecting the handles together, and then gently twisted them.

With a snap, the two axes merged into one double-headed axe.

The man bent over, gripped the handle with both hands, and swung the double-headed axe in a circular motion before darting away!

This time, his momentum was even more ferocious, and his figure and posture carried a violent power!

Chen Yan's heart stirred upon seeing this, and he immediately made his judgment!

This person is a cultivator!

Seeing that there were more than ten steps between the two, this person actually took a step and rushed in front of the bronze-masked man, and swept his wheel-like double-headed axe horizontally!

This time, the bronze-masked man dared not remain still. He suddenly clasped his hands together in a sword gesture, and with a flick of his toes, his body slid backward!
At the same time, his two flying swords attacked from both sides!
The clanging sounds were incessant. The two attacked while the masked man retreated rapidly, his two flying swords constantly slashing at the double-headed axe.

In just a few breaths, the flying sword and the double-headed axe clashed more than ten times!
Finally, with a whoosh, the flying sword on the left seemed to let out a mournful cry before its blade suddenly snapped!
The bronze-masked man didn't care at all, he just sneered, and the broken sword blade immediately turned into fragments that shot out and flew towards the axe-wielder!

Although the axe-wielder had shattered a flying sword, he himself was also in bad shape, as one-third of his axe head was cut off!

Seeing the countless shattered sword fragments hurtling towards him, the axe-wielder had no choice but to twist back and swing his axe, deflecting the many broken sword fragments with a clang.

With a few hissing sounds, his gray clothes and hood were still torn by a few pieces of shards!
At this moment, the copper-masked man twisted his body and launched a counterattack. He stretched out his right hand and snatched the remaining flying sword in his hand, pointing the blade forward!
A golden light appeared at the tip of his sword, directly facing the axe-wielder!
Then, that point of golden light suddenly turned into a line!

flutter!!

The axe-wielder only had time to raise his axe to block, but as the golden line flashed, the axe in his hand snapped in half from the handle!
Caught off guard, the golden thread pierced his chest, sending him flying backward. While still in mid-air, a spray of blood spurted from his chest.

Upon landing, his clothes were torn and tattered, and even his hood had fallen off and fallen to the side.

As the hood fell off, revealing the man's head, it was a shiny bald head!

The masked man had caught up, raised his sword, and was about to slash at the man's neck!
Chen Yan, who was inside the cave, saw it clearly and his expression suddenly changed!
Before Gu Tongbing could react and grab Chen Yan, Chen Yan's body had already darted out, breaking through the branches and leaves at the cave entrance, and rushed towards the bronze-masked man!

As he pounced, the other man spread his five fingers wide—thumb, index finger, and middle finger—and repeatedly pointed out finger swords that shot towards the bronze-masked man!
The reason was that the bald man who had fallen to the ground was an old acquaintance of Chen Yan!
That bald older brother in the fraternity who's always been so good to me!

(End of this chapter)