C30 artefact trace

This group of people were Gou Di's group. Originally, Gou Di's group had been looking for Zhuge Yun in a swamp area. However, they had always been looking in the wrong direction, to the point where they hadn't been able to find him. This group of people had already planned to give up on searching, but under the suppression of Gou Di and Qiao Fang, even if the others did not want to search, they had no other choice. Today, just as Gou Di and the rest were planning to search in a different direction, they met Zhuge Yun and Li Ming who were about to leave the swamp.

"What is it? Do you know this person? " Li Ming ignored Gou Di who was speaking and instead asked Zhuge Yun who was beside him. Only now did Li Ming realize that Zhuge Yun's expression was extremely cold and fierce, as if he wanted to kill the group of people before him.

"Senior, these few cultivators before me are the ones who killed my father. I hope senior will honor your promise and help me kill this group of people to avenge my father." Zhuge Yun looked at Gou Di's group and said with overflowing killing intent.

"Don't worry, I, Li Li, am a man of my word. When I say that I will help you take revenge, I will definitely help you take revenge." Li Ming said.

Then, Li Ming turned to Gou Di and the others and said, "Your words, I want to return them back to you right now. If there's a path to heaven, you will not take it.

"Haha, little brat, aren't you afraid that the wind will blow out of your mouth? We have two Foundation Cultivator here, plus we're a few Qi Cultivating Stage cultivators. "He really doesn't know what it means." Hearing Li Ming's words, one of the Qi Disciple Level 12 cultivators laughed loudly.

"What is it? Do you two think so too? " Li Ming did not bother with the person who spoke, and instead spoke to Gou Di and Qiao Fang, the leaders of the group.

"That's right, I don't believe that you can kill us all. We have two Foundation Cultivator s here, and one of them is a mid stage Foundation Establishment cultivator. Even if you are a late stage Foundation Establishment cultivator, we can still protect ourselves." Qiao Fang said to Li Ming. In fact, when Qiao Fang saw Li Ming and Li Ming, she was also mumbling to herself in her heart, because Zhuge Yun and Li Ming were currently too calm. His calmness was terrifying! However, due to his confidence in the strength of his group, Qiao Fang didn't think much of it, even if he suspected them from the bottom of his heart!

Although Gou Di did not say anything, he still thought the same. After all, Li Ming was still young, and according to Gou Di, even if he started training inside his mother's womb, he would at most be at the late stage of Foundation Establishment.

"Hur hur, all of you sure are confident!" Li Ming was completely speechless with this group of people, he didn't know why everyone was so confident in themselves. Jian Zhi was one, Zhang Qi was one, and now another group had arrived.

"Alright, cut the crap. Zhuge Yun, quickly hand the thing over, if not, we will make sure you live a life worse than death. We are filled with men and women here. Think carefully about the consequences if you were to fall into our hands. After considering it carefully, then decide whether or not to give the item to me. " At this time, Gou Di said to Zhuge Yun who was beside Li Ming.

"Which one of them is the leader that killed your father? I'll leave him for you to kill." When Li Ming heard Gou Di's words, he also felt that it was strange. What was it that made Gou Di and the others willing to take such a huge risk to come to this marshland to chase after and kill Zhuge Yun? However, Li Ming didn't inquire. After all, if Zhuge Yun wanted to tell him, even if he didn't ask, Zhuge Yun would tell him anyway. Besides, it was not the time to ask about it.

"The one who spoke was the leader who killed my daughter's father." After hearing what Gou Di said, Zhuge Yun felt a burst of fear. After all, she did not tell Li Ming about anything else that Gou Di and the rest were worried about. But, hearing that Li Ming did not ask him, Zhuge Yun heaved a sigh of relief and said to Li Ming.

"Is that him? "No problem, I will cripple his cultivation and let you handle him." Li Ming looked at Gou Di and said casually. Although Li Ming's words were relaxed, the killing intent inside was extremely obvious.

When Gou Di heard that Li Ming wanted to cripple his cultivation, he felt a strange sense of fear, but Gou Di did not think that Li Ming had the ability to cripple his cultivation. Thus, he loudly said to Li Ming: "Kid, do you know that sometimes, trouble comes from the mouth."

"Is that so? Then, just watch and see! " Following the end of his speech, Li Ming lifted his hand and sent a few monoyang finger s towards Gou Di and the others. Instantly, other than Gou Di, everyone else was lying on the ground, even Foundation Cultivator Qiao was no exception. Immediately after, Li Ming arrived in front of Gou Di before he could even react, activated spiritual art of Darknorth and pressed it onto Gou Di's dantian.

When Li Ming's hand was at his own Dantian, he discovered that her true energy had uncontrollably rushed towards Li Ming's hand. In that moment, Gou Di realised that all the true energy s had disappeared.

After absorbing Gou Di's true energy, Li Ming activated the monoyang finger and smashed it into Gou Di's Acupoint, then he came to Zhuge Yun's side and said: "He has already been crippled by me, now, you can kill him without spending any effort at all, go!"

"Thank you, senior." With that said, Zhuge Yun took out his sword and slowly walked towards Gou Di.

Gou Di felt that his true energy had mysteriously disappeared, and was extremely fearful in his heart. He wanted to speak, but no sound could come out. Now, he saw Zhuge Yun holding onto the sword, wanting to walk over slowly, but his heart was filled with fear. He wanted to open his mouth and beg for forgiveness, but he could only make a wuwu sound.

Zhuge Yun arrived in front of Gou Di, looked at Gou Di, and said with murderous intent: "Gou Di, Deacon Gou, when you killed my father, did you ever think that you would have such an outcome? Did you ever think that one day you would fall into my hands?"

At this time, Gou Di really wanted to beg for forgiveness, but his Acupoint was sealed by Li Ming. Gou Di could only let out another "wuwu" sound.

"What is it? Aren't you going to talk? Since that's the case, I'll make it so that you'll never be able to speak! " Zhuge Yun did not know that Li Ming had sealed his dumbstruck acupoint, and only thought that Gou Di had nothing to say. After that, the sword in his hand chopped towards Gou Di's neck.

Gou Di watched as Zhuge Yun's sharp sword slashed towards him, his heart was filled with fear, in that moment, Gou Di felt a wave of pain, and lost consciousness.

"Father, did you see that? Your daughter will kill the person who killed you, and your daughter will take revenge for you. " Zhuge Yun threw the sword in his hand onto the ground, then knelt down and cried.

Li Ming looked at the crying Zhuge Yun, and did not do anything. After all, occasionally venting was extremely necessary.

After a while, Zhuge Yun stopped crying and came in front of Li Ming, and said: "Senior, I apologize for ridiculing you."

"Human nature. Even though cultivators like us stress the importance of severing the seven emotions and six desires, who could truly sever them? Cultivators care a lot about longevity, but without emotions, even if you can live forever, you are still just a lonely person in the end! "

"Thank you for your guidance, senior."

"Alright, let's go now!" With that said, Li Ming led the way and walked out of the swamp.

"Yes, Senior." Zhuge Yun replied before following Li Ming outside.

Just as Li Ming and Zhuge Yun were about to leave the marshland, Zhuge Yun stopped in his tracks and asked Li Ming who was beside him: "Senior, don't you want to know what Gou Di and the rest are thinking about?"

"I really want to know, but the transaction between us is just you bringing me to obtain the Scarlet Fruit. I will help you take revenge, the rest are not within our transaction range, thus, as for what Gou Di and the rest want to obtain, I do not need to know. Furthermore, no matter how much I want to know, I wouldn't kill someone who was my partner just now. "

"Then, why didn't you ask me?"

"There's no need for that. If you want to tell me, you will naturally tell me. If you don't want to tell me, even if I ask you, the answer I get might not be the answer I want." Although he had Soul Search in hand, Li Ming would not use it on an innocent person.

Hearing Li Ming's words, Zhuge Yun became quiet for a moment, then took out a small square shaped object wrapped in a silk scarf from his clothes, and said to Li Ming: "Senior, this is what Gou Di and his people want, for this, my family, my mother, my father is dead, and it is also because of this Gou Di that he would do everything he can to find me, and therefore willingly run to this poisonous swamp." After he finished speaking, Zhuge Yun's emotions gradually became agitated.

Looking at the agitated Zhuge Yun, Li Ming said in a gentle voice, "The dead have passed away, you don't have to be so sad. I believe the spirit of your loved ones in heaven would not be willing to see you like this."

"Sorry, senior." At this time, Zhuge Yun's emotions had also gradually calmed down.

"What is this?" Looking at the small square in Zhuge Yun's hand that had calmed down and was wrapped with a silk handkerchief, Li Ming asked suspiciously.

Seeing Li Ming's doubt, Zhuge Yun said slowly: "Senior, you might not know, but this is a cultivator's treasure map fragment."

"Treasure Map? Since it is a cultivator's treasure map, why not use a jade cylinder to record it and use a blueprint to record it? "

"I don't know about that. I once asked my father that question, and he said he didn't know either. However, this treasure map fragment was extremely sturdy. My father once wanted to split it into two, but even when he used his full strength, he did not leave a mark on this map fragment. "

"It's so sturdy, could it be that this piece of map has been refined by someone?" Li Ming was very surprised, a piece of map could actually be used by a middle stage Foundation Establishment cultivator at full power without leaving any mark, which meant that this map must have been refined by someone before.

"I think so too!"

"Then what does this fragment map contain? And how did you get it? "

"This fragment has traces of two ancient divine artifacts. It's just those two divine artifacts. There's no trace of this fragment on it. It's just a fragment. As for how I acquired it, I'll have to start with my family. My family was originally not a local family, but moved here from the central region. It is said that my bloodline is a branch of a high level clan in the Central Region. At that time, when my branch family master obtained this map fragment, when he knew that there were two archaic artefact written on it, he knew that it was not something we could have. However, my clan master did not want to hand it over to us, so he decided to bring the core members of our branch to find an opportunity to escape from the Central Region. "

"At that time, the Patriarch did not expect that the core members of the branch family that he thought were spies arranged by the main branch. Under the actions of this spy, the Patriarch's plan was discovered by the people from the main branch. But the Patriarch doesn't know any of this. On the day that the Patriarch took action, under the lead of the Patriarch, a group of cultivators surrounded the Patriarch and the others, requesting him to hand over the map pieces. However, the Patriarch knew that even if he handed over the map pieces, he would not get any good results.

"Because the difference in strength is too great, after fighting for a short while, the Patriarch and the rest fell into a disadvantage. At this time, the Patriarch knew that he no longer had the chance, but the Patriarch wasn't willing to watch his bloodline get annihilated. Thus, the Patriarch sent out the three youths from the core members. When the people of the main branch saw that the three youths had escaped from their encirclement, they dispatched a large number of men to chase them down. However, they did not know that all of this was planned by the Patriarch. " Saying this, Zhuge Yun revealed a face of ridicule, as if he was looking down on the main branch of the Zhuge family.

Following that, Zhuge Yun continued to speak: "After the main vein was sent out, the encirclement became weaker. At this time, the patriarch and several other elders worked together to open up the encirclement around the main vein, and sent the other youth out. Meanwhile, in order to escape successfully, the Patriarch and the others self-destructed, stopping the cultivators of the main bloodline from escaping. This young man did not fail to live up to the hopes of the ancestor and the others. He successfully escaped here and even established the Zhuge family here. "

"For a fragment of the map, it's not like it's a complete blueprint. Is it worth it?" At this time, Li Ming heard what Zhuge Yun had to say and said. Although Li Ming was shocked when he heard from Zhuge Yun that there were two archaic artefact written on it, if it was just a piece of map, then Li Ming didn't think that it was that important. At the very least, sacrificing his entire clan wasn't worth it!

"I don't know either. It's said that at that time, the Patriarch seemed to have had a way to find the other fragmented map, but at that time, he didn't tell the youth that successfully escaped. And this young man is my ancestor, the founder of the Zhuge family in the Kingdom of Li Huo. "

"The ancestor who escaped to the Lihuo Kingdom hasn't given up on searching for the other blueprints, but he hasn't been able to find any. However, the ancestor's talent was extreme, in just five hundred years, he was able to train from a Foundation Cultivator to a Heavenly Tribulation Ranker. Three thousand years ago, my ancestor finally decided not to continue searching for the map fragment. He decided to head to the central region to seek revenge for the main branch. Furthermore, ever since the ancestor disappeared, no talented descendents of my clan had ever appeared again. Slowly, they began to decline. "

At that time, my father and I were not in the clan, so we escaped. Just as my father and I were about to leave, we met the Great Clan Elder who escaped from the clan, but at that time the Great Clan Elder was extremely heavy, and after he gave this piece of paper to my father, he passed away. Father then brought me here.

"I thought that we could live a good life here, but I didn't expect that Gou Di would know of this news. He took advantage of my father's injuries in the swamp to surround and kill my father, and my father escaped while Gou Di was protecting me. I successfully escaped, but because I was too anxious at the time, my father merely passed this fragmented map to me. And during this year, I hid and hid from Gou Di everywhere in the cities surrounding Sui City, all the way until I met you, Senior. " After saying all that, Zhuge Yun seemed to heave a sigh of relief.