249: Chapter 249 Using one tiger to devour another

The voice carried a hint of playfulness and mockery, clearly reaching Li Muchen's ears.

Li Muchen snapped his eyes open and found himself in a dim cave. The walls were embedded with several pieces of glowing Ore, barely illuminating the surroundings.

Not far in front of him, Li Yunyi was leaning lazily against a rock covered in animal skins. He was fiddling with a water-blue top-grade origin fruit, a repulsive smile hanging on his face.

Li Muchen's expression instantly darkened.

Out of the wolf's den and into the tiger's lair.

He never expected the teleportation Jade Slip would send him right in front of the person he least wanted to see.

Li Muchen turned around, intending to walk toward the cave entrance.

However, several of Li Yunyi's followers slowly spread out, blocking the entrance completely.

“Li! Yun! Yi!”

Li Yunyi stood up and slowly walked over to Li Muchen, speaking softly:

“What? You won't even call me elder brother anymore?”

His voice was very soft, yet it carried a condescending pressure.

He deliberately waved the water-blue origin fruit in his hand, the radiance of its Dao charm reflecting off Li Muchen's face.

Li Muchen's chest heaved violently as he stared intently at the origin fruit within arm's reach. Thinking of the crimson origin fruit he had failed to obtain, a surge of frustration rose in his heart.

But he quickly calmed down, and a scheme rapidly formed in his mind.

Then, he forced a stiff smile onto his face:

“Clan Brother Yunyi.”

“Hmm?”

Li Yunyi showed a look of surprise and suspicion upon hearing this.

When had Li Muchen become so obedient? They were rivals who had been fighting openly and secretly for years; why was he being so submissive?

However, he didn't care in the slightest.

Li Muchen's sudden appearance here meant he had certainly used a life-saving teleportation Jade Slip. Combined with the fact that his nine followers were missing and his poor complexion, he must have suffered a setback while fighting for an origin fruit.

“Clan Brother Muchen, why do you look so terrible? Could it be that you were beaten up while trying to snatch an origin fruit?”

Li Yunyi asked deliberately and slowly:

“Sigh—unlike me, my luck is just too good. A top-grade origin fruit was born right before my eyes when they appeared. Now I just need to wait for the Secret Realm exit to open again.”

Li Muchen's eyelids twitched as he suppressed the urge to snatch that origin fruit and smash it into Li Yunyi's face.

Taking a deep breath, the stiff smile on his face actually became a bit more natural, carrying a sense of helplessness.

“Clan Brother Yunyi has a Wisdom Eye indeed. This younger brother... did indeed suffer a major setback.”

He paused, showing a perfectly timed lingering fear:

“I didn't get the origin fruit, and I almost lost my life there.”

“Oh?”

Li Yunyi raised an eyebrow; he was actually a bit curious now.

Killing Family members was strictly forbidden within the Secret Realm, and any violation would result in severe punishment afterward.

“Which Family's disciple is so bold? To dare to use lethal force in the Secret Realm?”

Li Muchen immediately shook his head:

“It's a native from the Lower Realm. His methods are bizarre; he's not just some Family disciple's follower. He has a top-grade origin fruit in his hand, which he snatched from me.”

“A Lower Realm Cultivator?”

The playfulness on Li Yunyi's face vanished completely.

A native from the Lower Realm could force Li Muchen to use a life-saving Jade Slip?

This was simply inconceivable!

“You're not trying to trick me, are you?”

He narrowed his eyes, his face full of suspicion.

Li Muchen sneered inwardly but quickly explained:

“How would I dare to trick you, Clan Brother? That Lower Realm native is truly bizarre! Not only does he possess a nearly immortal Evil Technique, but he also said he's going to seize all the top-grade origin fruits, including the one in your hand!”

Li Yunyi rubbed the origin fruit in his hand, his eyes flashing with sharp light.

An immortal Evil Technique?

If it was truly as Li Muchen said, this Lower Realm Cultivator really did have some tricks up his sleeve.

However, if he wanted to snatch the one in his hand...

That was a pipe dream!

None of his nine followers were missing; they had the strength to compete against any team.

Li Muchen sensed that Li Yunyi had no intention of competing for it yet, so he continued:

“Clan Brother, now that my nine followers are gone, I have no strength left to fight for top-grade origin fruits. However... I am willing to help you seize other origin fruits.”

“The Coming-of-Age Ceremony is approaching. If you can seize a few more top-grade origin fruits, your rank will surely rise further. Even Li Xinghe from the Main Lineage only refined five top-grade origin fruits...”

Hearing these words, Li Yunyi's eyes flickered with uncertainty.

Li Muchen's words had indeed stirred his greed.

That Prodigy from the Main Lineage, Li Xinghe, had built his Foundation on five top-grade origin fruits, which allowed him to stand head and shoulders above the rest of the Family.

If he, Li Yunyi, could also refine a few more, he might just become the next Li Xinghe.

But he didn't fully trust Li Muchen; this clan brother of his was no simple character.

“Help me?”

Li Yunyi scoffed:

“In your current state as a lone man? With what will you help me? Or are you trying to use my strength to settle your personal grudge?”

Li Muchen seemed to have expected him to say this, and he deliberately showed an expression of resentment and bitterness:

“Clan Brother Yunyi, at this point, I won't hide it from you. I'm powerless to compete on my own now, but I know that person's location and methods. I only ask that after you seize that origin fruit, you don't forget your younger brother...”

Li Yunyi stared at him for a long while before finally sighing.

“In that case, I will not forget you.”

Li Muchen sneered coldly in his heart.

He had deliberately withheld the information that anyone touched by Su Mo would be controlled.

Once they fought to a stalemate, he might even be able to obtain two top-grade origin fruits at once when they weren't paying attention.

“Thank you, Clan Brother!”

“There's no time to lose, let's set off immediately!”

...Still in that same area, Su Mo sat quietly on a green stone, the Dao charm light pillar of the crimson origin fruit soaring into the sky.

The only difference was that there were no longer eighteen True Immortal Rank Incarnations, but thirty-six.

After Li Muchen left, two more teams had arrived one after another, wanting to snatch the crimson origin fruit in his hand.

But all of them had been controlled and converted into Incarnations.

Unfortunately, those two Second Generation Immortals had both fled the moment they saw things going south.

“Sigh—waiting for the rabbit to hit the tree is too inefficient...”

Su Mo wasn't planning on waiting slowly anymore.

He slowly stood up, preparing to actively seek out those holding top-grade origin fruits.

Suddenly, Su Mo narrowed his eyes and looked into the distance.

He saw a towering water-blue light pillar rapidly moving toward his location.

“Oh? Another top-grade origin fruit delivered to my door!”

He raised an eyebrow and sat back down.

The thirty-six Incarnations silently dispersed and vanished into the surroundings, their auras completely concealed.

Only Su Mo remained, still sitting leisurely on the green stone, holding that conspicuous crimson origin fruit in his palm.

Within a few breaths, that water-blue light pillar had already closed in.