630: Chen De Slays the Three Corpses (Part 5)

In the original positions of the two Small Worlds, an axe and a hammer each floated in the air.

They were the spiritual treasures of Fen Lie and Can Xu—the Heaven Burning Axe and the Void Kun Hammer.

Then, right in front of Chen De and Li Xi, Xie Feng put them away.

He smiled at the two of them. "As the Alliance Leader of the Ten Sects Alliance, it should be quite reasonable for me to collect the relics left behind after members die unexpectedly, right?"

"Reasonable, perfectly reasonable!"

Before Xie Feng could even finish speaking, Chen De answered impatiently, as if he were the one receiving those two spiritual treasures.

This was the magnanimity of a 'Holy Mother,' something far beyond the understanding of ordinary people.

Upon seeing this, Li Xi said nothing, merely casting another glance at Chen De.

"Haha, please rest assured, both of you. As the Alliance Leader, I will not embezzle the property of our members."

Xie Feng promised them, "I will certainly handle these items in the most appropriate manner."

Chen De smiled and said, "Alliance Leader, since you are the one handling it, I am naturally at ease."

"If you ask me, the best way to handle them is for you to keep these things yourself."

"How could I? How could I?" Xie Feng waved his hand modestly.

"I, Xie Feng, could never do such a thing!"

As the dignified Alliance Leader of the Ten Sects Alliance, he naturally exuded an aura of righteous indignation.

However, Jian Fan seemed particularly tactful today; this had never been noticed before.

The more he spoke like this, the more Xie Feng felt that something was not quite right.

Not just Xie Feng, Li Xi also felt a bit of the same sensation.

However, they both considered that he might have become this way after Slaying Three Corpses.

This process indeed exerts a certain influence on the original body's psyche.

Before Xie Feng, there were two living examples: Xu You and Hall Master of Luohong Hall.

One shouldn't think that such influence only occurs when there's a problem with the slaying; it happens even when it's successful.

In truth, everyone who slays, regardless of success, will experience some degree of issues.

For instance, Xie Feng himself encountered some problems after he finished slaying.

It's just that if the problem falls within a small range, it's called a success; if it's in a larger range, it's considered problematic.

The most serious case is when the slain corpse works against the original body.

Right now, Li Xi might well be on the boundary between success and having a problem.

But even if their temperament changed drastically, as long as they could maintain their sanity, it was within Xie Feng's range of tolerance.

Crack, crack, crack... Just then!

Activity finally appeared at the last portal.

Around the portal, the space seemed to be frozen solid, and then it gradually became covered in cracks.

Inside was Ci Bing of the Heavenly Ice Pavilion, one of only two female sect masters among the Ten Sect Masters.

Chen De and Li Xi looked toward Xie Feng; he knew the situation inside.

By judging his reaction, they could tell whether Ci Bing had succeeded or failed.

Xie Feng, however, looked at the portal with a normal expression, making no extra movements and not even gripping his chanyu sword.

With this attitude, it was highly probable that Ci Bing inside had successfully broken through.

In the next moment, an ice-blue spear suddenly thrust out from the portal.

Clearly, this spear was Ci Bing's lifebound spiritual treasure—the heavenly ice spear!

As another Immortal-grade peak-quality Innate Spiritual Treasure, it possessed incredibly powerful might.

The sword qi used for the seal was instantly blasted into dissipation.

The cold air it carried seemed capable of directly freezing this entire starry sky.

If that happened, countless stars would be extinguished, and countless life forms and the planets they relied on for survival would be frozen in this moment forever.

This starry sky would henceforth become a piece of art in the universe.

But in front of Xie Feng, how could such a thing be allowed to happen?

With a casual wave of his hand, countless strands of sword qi crisscrossed out, instantly sealing off this grand hall.

The cold air could not spread out and was subsequently blocked within the hall by the sword qi.

In an instant, the temperature inside the hall dropped significantly.

But those present were all Quasi-Saint level figures; this bit of temperature change could be said to be completely unfelt.

"Congratulations, Pavilion Master Ci, for successfully slaying one corpse; from now on, you are a Quasi-Saint level figure."

The cold air near the portal was at its heaviest, even reaching the point of blurring one's figure.

Even when using divine sense to probe, there was a feeling of being solidified; the deeper one went, the harder it was to probe inward.

The cold air gradually dissipated, revealing a stunningly beautiful woman holding an ice-blue spear and wearing armor.

After the woman emerged from the portal, she walked step by step toward the three of them.

Behind her, the Small World she had just used for secluded cultivation was revealed.

Inside was a world of ice and snow, with cold air billowing out from the portal.

Then, this Small World also began to crack, eventually shattering like glass into pieces of ultra-fine dust.

As the woman walked toward the trio, the armor on her body gradually disappeared.

With ice-blue hair reaching her shoulders and holding her spear, she stood before Chen De and the others.

"Alliance Leader Xie, Hall Master Jian, and Hall Master Li, thank you three for waiting."

Upon emerging, Ci Bing greeted the three of them.

As for the two missing people, she had naturally noticed.

Aside from her, there were only three people in the hall, and not a single portal remained.

Under such circumstances, what happened to those two fellows went without saying.

She had never liked those two anyway, so their deaths now were naturally quite good.

It was just that Ci Bing had some thoughts regarding their two Immortal-grade peak-quality Innate Spiritual Treasures.

Just as Xie Feng had thought, she also considered using three spiritual treasures of the Ten Sects to Slay Three Corpses, which might satisfy the condition of having the same origin.

Not just Ci Bing, perhaps Li Xi had also thought of this.

As for Chen De, he had thought of it, but he didn't value it as much as the other three.

"Congratulations, congratulations, Pavilion Master Ci."

After Xie Feng and Ci Bing finished speaking, Chen De was the first to offer his congratulations.

"Congratulations to you too, Hall Master Jian. Didn't you also succeed in your breakthrough?" Ci Bing replied with a smile.

"Congratulations, Pavilion Master Ci."

At this time, Li Xi naturally offered his congratulations as well.

"Not at all, it was just good luck."

Ci Bing's treatment of Li Xi was different from how she treated Xie Feng and Chen De.

After all, it was Li Xi who had betrayed their trust back then. When she lacked the power, she didn't pursue it, but now that she had the power, this debt would have to be settled slowly.

As for Jian Fan, although the two of them had nearly come to blows before, she held no grudge.

Li Xi naturally knew he had provoked a great enemy for himself back then. Now that the other party was a 'lone commander' while he still had a bunch of people under him, he was truly at a disadvantage.

However, if he were to choose again, his decision back then still wouldn't change.

If anyone was to blame, it was these two fellows for being stupid!

Given Ci Bing's lack of concealment, Xie Feng naturally sensed the subtle atmosphere here.

But these things weren't important, and he had no interest in interfering.