Rebirth of the Supreme Immortal Emperor
Chapter 273 - 273 271 Do Not Go Out When It's Dark!

273: Chapter 271 Do Not Go Out When It’s Dark!

[First Update] 273: Chapter 271 Do Not Go Out When It’s Dark!

[First Update] The warm springs do not freeze; poison grass thrives without frost.

Clouds of miasma with the breath of pythons; like sword and crocodile scales.

Bai Juyi used four straightforward lines to vividly depict the harsh environment of the Lingnan Region.

Even the native residents of Lingnan have an ancestral teaching: Do not venture out after dark!

The area is already full of poisonous mists and miasmic gases, with visibility so low that it rivals the smog of the Imperial City.

Moreover, with many high mountains and dense thickets that tower over a person’s height, who knows how many venomous snakes and ferocious beasts are hiding within.

Going out during the day is already fraught with immense danger.

If it’s night, that would be no different from actively seeking death.

At this moment, it was dusk, and the local natives had already tightly shut their doors.

Yet in this hellish place, there was a tall and slender silhouette, slowly making its way deeper inside.

The owner of the silhouette was none other than Li Chen!

The red glow of the setting sun cast Li Chen’s shadow long, very long.

Another half hour of walking later, night had completely fallen, and Li Chen had arrived at the mouth of the valley.

There stood a stele about half a person’s height, with four bold characters etched upon it: National Guardian Beast.

In the lower-right corner of the stele was a line of regular script, somewhat blurred by weathering, looking like a date or some sort of record.

Li Chen was not here for archaeology, naturally, he couldn’t be bothered with these.

What caught his attention were the trampled traces on the vegetation at the valley’s entrance.

While the footprints above had been cleaned up, the impressions were still there.

Moreover, these two sets of impressions were not left at the same time.

The first set of impressions was left about two days earlier, by a sizable group of three to fifty people.

The second set of impressions had just been made, about half an hour ago, by an estimated nine people.

This meant that before him, two groups of people had already entered the valley, one after the other.

Li Chen stood at the mouth of the valley, peering inside.

Apart from Sunx Baiyang of Medicine King Valley, who else had entered the valley?

“To hell with it, whoever dares to block my way, I’ll just exterminate!”

Just as Li Chen was about to enter the valley, a knife-like mountain wind blew past.

The thorny undergrowth swayed in the wind, and the thick body of a python could be seen, half-hidden.

With a bright red tongue flickering, the python lunged at Li Chen with the force of uprooting trees and overturning mountains.

“Hmph, a mere beast daring to act wild in front of me?”

Li Chen snorted disdainfully, shaping his fingers into a blade, and slashed towards the python.

“Crack!”

The python’s triangular head was split open by the sharp edge, a bloody mess.

Suddenly, the python looked ferociously, its long body rearing upright, and from afar, it seemed like a devil from hell.

Li Chen tapped the ground with his toes and flew up, striking out a palm towards the elevated snake head.

“Boom!”

The enormous snake head burst open in the air like a ripe watermelon being smashed, scattering blood and flesh in a horrific display.

The python, deprived of its head, did not die immediately but coiled, making a final struggle in its death throes.

After decisively slaying the python with a display of strength, Li Chen’s gaze shot out like lightning, staring straight into the forest not far away.

There lies an ancient thousand-year-old tree, its branches and leaves so lush that they blur the sky and block out the sun.

However, he only glanced for a moment before turning to walk deeper toward the mouth of the valley.

Behind the ancient tree, there are three figures.

If Japanese warriors were here, seeing that there were three of them would surely evoke an incredulous gasp.

All three are renowned Martial Arts Grandmasters from Japan.

The first Grandmaster is known as the Jingshang Butcher, Jingshang Jiushan—a man of extreme cruelty and bloodthirstiness by nature.

In his twenty years of martial practice, not a thousand have perished under his blade, then at least eight hundred.

He also takes pleasure in annihilating entire families, hence his notoriety as a butcher.

The second Grandmaster is Mu Yehong, a direct descendant of the Muye Ninja Family, skilled in Wood Element Ninjutsu, and known as a Super Ninja.

The third Grandmaster is Dechuan Changkong, the princely heir from the Kyushu Dechuan Daimyo Mansion, versed in Southeast Asia Muay Thai, Huaxia Ancient Martial Arts, Japan’s Ninja Technique, Sword Dao, among others.

He is another rising star of the Dechuan Family following Dechuan Shanhe.

Dechuan Shanhe was the Japanese commander who launched the Lingnan campaign during World War II.

Upon learning of a thousand-year-old divine medicine in the Divine Dragon Pond, he led an elite task force to snatch it.

The elite task force, composed of veterans, was utterly decimated.

Even he himself met his end there, leaving nothing but bones.

At that time, the National Government Army keenly seized the opportunity to launch a massive counteroffensive against the Japanese Army, clinching the victory by annihilating more than thirty thousand Japanese and puppet troops, an event in history known as the Lingnan Great Victory.

For Huaxia it was the Lingnan Great Victory, but for Japan, it was the sorrow of Lingnan.

Especially for the Dechuan Family, the pain was as if skin had been flayed, filled with both loathing for that beast and coveting the thousand-year-old divine medicine inside.

Not long ago, Dechuan Changkong connected with Ximen Yuu, the young master of the Ximen family.

They planned to snatch the thousand-year-old divine medicine at this opportunity and incidentally avenge his grandfather’s shame.

The two sides agreed that after slaying the Divine Dragon, the thousand-year-old divine medicine would belong to Dechuan Changkong.

And in turn, Dechuan Changkong would assist the Ximen family in annihilating the Mei Family, unifying the Southern Lingnan Region.

But they never anticipated that upon their arrival, they would encounter two groups of people entering the deep valley one after the other.

The first group was from the Heavenly Master Sect and Medicine King Valley.

This news had been expected.

Moreover, he and the people from the Ximen family had even devised a strategy, planning to encircle and annihilate them with inside and outside coordination.

The second group was a young lad who could kill a python with a single slap of his hand.

Being a descendent of the Muye Ninja Family, Mu Yehong was always cautious and meticulous in everything he did.

Upon seeing that the situation did not match the intelligence he had received, he immediately became alert.

“Mr.

Dechuan, there has been a change.

The Huaxia people are inherently devious; should we cancel our plan?”

Jingshang Butcher, who didn’t take it seriously, took over the conversation, “Mr.

Muye, what is there to fear from just a mere lad?

Youngsters like him, I can cleave two with a single stroke of my blade!”

Though Dechuan Changkong also had an ominous premonition, he couldn’t resist the temptation of the thousand-year-old divine medicine.

If they were to retreat now, the people from the Ximen family would definitely not be able to withstand the concerted force of the Heavenly Master Sect and Medicine King Valley.

By that time, others might seize the thousand-year-old divine medicine first.

After weighing the pros and cons, Dechuan Changkong decided to take the risk.

“Mr.

Jingshang, Mr.

Muye, though the martial arts of this young lad are astonishing, he is still just a minor.

At most, he is at the Half-step Transformation Realm, which is nothing to worry about.”

“Besides, it’s only him alone.

If we catch up now and take him by surprise, we can eliminate him undetected.

Then, we can proceed with the original plan—annihilate the people from the Heavenly Master Sect and Medicine King Valley together with the Ximen family, slay Jiao Long, and snatch the thousand-year-old divine medicine.”

Although Mu Yehong still felt uneasy, Dechuan Changkong and Jingshang Butcher had already made their stance clear, so it was difficult for him to object.

Besides, deep down he didn’t believe that a Huaxia youth could stir up any real trouble.

“Alright, as per Mr.

Dechuan’s words.

I’ll lead the charge and behead that young lad!”

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