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Begging for mercy (three chapters, eight thousand words)

Carrying the half-dead Li Ying into the mine, Lu Chen felt something inexplicable spreading within his body, but it was suppressed by the combined power of his Sun and Moon, without even needing to utilize the immunity to all poisons of his Primordial Body.

He frowned.

Looking around, he saw a man with a face full of madness and a hint of fear, holding a sword in his hand, and a child in front of him, whose limbs were flailing about.

It was Yang Ce.

Upon seeing Li Ying in Lu Chen's hand, Yang Ce's face was filled with disbelief, and his pupils suddenly contracted.

"Impossible—this is impossible!" He exclaimed in shock.

Li Ying, who had reached the peak of the Yuan Qi Realm, was actually defeated?

This person could not possibly be the same person who fought him to a standstill back then!

"Who are you? Who exactly are you? Why are you opposing me?!"

Yang Ce roared, holding a sword to the neck of the child he had grabbed, his face contorted with madness.

"Hehe!" Lu Chen chuckled lightly, slowly walking forward. "You've already forgotten how quickly I kicked you?"

Upon hearing that familiar "hehe" sound, Yang Ce immediately recalled the fear Lu Chen had instilled in him, and a smile involuntarily spread across his face.

A look of fear and apprehension appeared on his face.

"It's you? Impossible! Don't come any closer!"

His long sword was pressed tightly against the child's neck. Even though Lu Chen was confident he could kill Yang Ce in an instant, he was afraid the child's throat would be slit, so he stopped.

Most importantly, there are more than just a few people in this mine.

There is another person who has never appeared, and has been hiding all along.

The strange thing inside his body must have been that person's doing.

"Don't make a mistake!" At this moment, Li Ying, who had been in a semi-comatose state, slowly opened his eyes, his whole body convulsing from the intense pain.

"Don't make a mistake? Heh, what do you mean by making a mistake? Would killing you be making a mistake?"

Lu Chen sneered.

"I'm just a dog, but even when you beat a dog, you have to consider its owner—cough cough—" Li Ying's voice was extremely weak. "I'm the Empress Dowager's person. You think you can escape after you kill me?"

"What's that any of your business? That's my problem!" Lu Chen laughed. "You might as well just say you're scared, you're afraid of dying!"

Li Ying paused for a moment, then said, "That's right, I'm scared. I beg you, young hero, to spare my life. I promise I will never leave the palace again, nor will I speak a bad word about you. No one will hunt you down!"

Lu Chen shook his head.

"I still prefer your imposing and domineering presence at the Shahu County Square!"

Li Ying's face turned pale.

Lu Chen looked at Yang Ce: "Let him go, and I might consider not killing you!"

"Bullshit!" Yang Ce didn't believe Lu Chen's words at all.

He didn't believe that someone as the heir of a noble marquis would be willing to exchange the life of a country bumpkin.

If it were him, he wouldn't do that!

"My father is a Martial Saint. If you dare to kill me, he will search high and low, and never let you go!" Yang Ce sneered, taking out the Bone-Illuminating Mirror from his robes.

"This is the Bone-Revealing Mirror. I have captured your aura and know your true appearance. No matter where you go, you cannot escape. This mirror can know your location!"

Yang Ce saw Lu Chen's expression change slightly and immediately revealed a smug smile.

"Let me go now, and I can forgive your past transgressions. I might even let you into the Marquis's mansion. How about following me? My father is the Marquis of Zhenbei, and a Martial Saint. My family has countless resources. As long as you follow me, you can use all of my family's cultivation resources! You can quickly become a Martial Saint, second only to the emperor!"

Yang Ce became more and more excited as he spoke.

Lu Chen was speechless.

"Are you out of your mind? You think you can fool me with a broken mirror? You're even crazy enough to want me to be with you? You have no shame!"

He found it somewhat difficult to understand Yang Ce's thought process.

Li Ying spoke up at this moment, her voice hoarse and weak: "This mirror is real, Yang Ce—cough cough—show it to him!"

He didn't want to die either; if given the chance, he would rather live.

Lu Chen frowned.

Yang Ce laughed heartily and showed the mirror to Lu Chen: "Don't even think about destroying this mirror. This is just the secondary mirror. There's also the primary mirror, which is in my elder brother's hands. I've already recorded your aura, and my elder brother already knows your face. I advise you not to act rashly, or you will face the wrath of the Marquis's mansion!"

Lu Chen's face was clearly visible in the mirror.

Lu Chen glanced at himself, then touched his chin: "I didn't expect I'd be so handsome!"

Yang Ce was stunned for a moment, and then felt the sword in his hand being knocked away by a huge force.

Lu Chen moved with lightning speed, appearing beside Yang Ce in an instant, knocking him away with a palm strike, and then catching the child.

When the child saw that he was saved, he started to sob softly, as if he dared not cry out loud.

Lu Chen had a headache, so instead of comforting him, he simply pressed gently on his neck, causing him to faint.

At this moment, he suddenly felt that strange thing reappear in his body, flowing along his meridians to his dantian, trying to do something, but it was completely wiped out by the surging yin and yang power.

"Is this some kind of poison or something?"

Lu Chen looked around discreetly, but found nothing.

But he was certain that there was another person, or a group of people, here.

"Trying to reap the benefits without lifting a finger? Let's see how tough your methods are. If you're just relying on this, humph!"

He snorted coldly in his heart, ignoring Yang Ce who was coughing up blood and cowering in the corner, too afraid to move, and looked at Li Ying.

"You said this is a bone-revealing mirror, what is this thing? A magical artifact?"

Li Ying's face turned even paler. Hearing Lu Chen's words, she was stunned for a moment: "What is a magic weapon? This is a spiritual artifact, crafted by Marquis Yang Xuan of Zhenbei."

A magical artifact?

"What was that sword that suddenly appeared in your hand earlier? Was it your ring?"

Li Ying looked surprised and coughed.

Why does this person seem to lack any basic martial arts knowledge?

To be able to cultivate to the perfection of the Yuanqi Realm, one must obviously have a family tradition or a long-standing lineage, and certainly be familiar with spiritual artifacts. Why do you need to ask me about such things?

"That's also a magical artifact. It has a five-foot square space inside that can be used to store items."

Lu Chen was overjoyed.

Isn't this a storage ring?

It will be much easier to raid houses from now on!

"Can everyone use this thing?" he asked again.

Under control, Li Ying had no choice but to answer, "Yes, it can be used as long as you activate your primordial energy."

Lu Chen smiled.

Not bad!

Where were those children hidden?

Li Ying shook the only part of his body that he could move.

"What child? I don't know either, this is Yang Ce's plan!"

"Looks like you're useless now!" Lu Chen threw Li Ying to the ground.

Li Ying grunted, understanding what Lu Chen meant.

The interrogation scene, which had just been harmonious, immediately turned murderous.

Fear filled Li Ying's face as she frantically begged for mercy, "Don't kill me! I'm already in this state, I'm no threat to you! Please let me go! I have no grudge against you, I only acted because of Yang Ce! This has nothing to do with me!"

"No enmity? You killed Huo Zheng, how can you say there's no enmity? You kidnapped so many children just to refine them into elixirs for your old hag Empress Dowager? You beasts, you've killed so many people, and now you're scared to death?"

"I didn't refine the elixir!" Li Ying screamed. "Just because of Huo Zheng, they want to kill me?"

"Just because of Huo Zheng? Isn't that enough?" Lu Chen's anger surged.

Li Ying screamed, "You can't kill me! I'm the Empress Dowager's woman! If you kill me, the Empress Dowager will definitely send people to kill you, your family, and your sect—everyone will die!"

Lu Chen stopped talking and picked up Yang Ce's longsword, which he had knocked away from the ground.

"don't want!"

Li Ying screamed hoarsely, filled with utter despair.

A flash of sword light, and a head that looked like a blood gourd rolled over.

[Under the host's influence, Baxia's fate has changed.]

[Life Points +12450, Total 53991]

[Luck value +67, total 755]

Yang Ce trembled and turned pale when he saw this.

His teeth chattered uncontrollably, making a constant rattling sound.

"What are you doing? Don't come any closer!"

He frantically thrashed his legs on the ground, backing away.

Lu Chen approached step by step, but suddenly staggered almost imperceptibly, and a trace of blood spilled from the corner of his mouth.

Yang Ce was taken aback.

What's going on?

Is he injured?

Tang Hao, who had been hiding in the shadows and had not uttered a sound, smiled slightly.

finally----

I've finally gotten poisoned!

He released the poison three times in a row, almost thinking that the medicine had failed, until the last bit of the [Spirit Sealing Powder] was used, and the boy finally couldn't take it anymore.

"Haha, indeed, fortune favors the bold, that's absolutely true!"

He was hiding under the Xuan Yin Concealment Cloak passed down in the Tang family. As long as he didn't do anything reckless or act rashly, even a Martial Saint would have difficulty finding him without seeing his hiding place firsthand.

He didn't rush out; he decided to wait a little longer.