196: The deal with Li Wudi, the secret of the Burial Ground!

Invincible Li walked out angrily.

Hearing that Li Jiaorou had been captured, he could no longer sit still. Li Jiaorou was extremely important, as she was involved in a major plan he had for the future.

If Li Jiaorou were taken away now, that plan of his would be ruined.

Chu Changge looked at Invincible Li, sneering, and said, "Invincible Li, so you were hiding in the Burial Ground of Corpses. This Divine Son really had to search for you!"

Invincible Li said, "Stop with the nonsense. Release Jiaorou, and you can still leave a path of survival for your Chu Family. If you don't know what's good for you, I will definitely use all my strength to destroy the Chu Family in the future!"

"Destroy the Chu Family?" Chu Changge looked as if he had heard the funniest joke, regarding Invincible Li as if he were a clown.

He put away his smile and then said lightly, "Invincible Li, that person is indeed in the hands of This Divine Son. If you want her back, then commit suicide. Once you are dead, I will let her go!"

Invincible Li's face darkened as he said, "Chu Changge, if you don't want to release her, just say so. There's no need to propose such difficult conditions!"

Chu Changge said, "Difficult? Don't you have a Life-Saving Treasure? When This Divine Son killed you outside previously, your Life-Saving Treasure saved your life!"

After speaking, Chu Changge displayed the scene of him killing Invincible Li back then.

In the scene, after Invincible Li was struck down by a single sword from Chu Changge, countless Runes appeared on his body, and immediately afterward, he vanished.

Seeing this scene, the surrounding crowd's eyes were filled with greed.

They looked toward Invincible Li, their gazes burning brightly.

A Life-Saving Treasure—this was an incredibly Heaven-Defying item.

Possessing this treasure was equivalent to having an extra life.

It was truly a waste for this young man to possess a Life-Saving Treasure.

Invincible Li had not expected Chu Changge to pull such a move.

He exposed the fact that he possessed a Life-Saving Treasure, making everyone focus on him and shifting all the previous attention onto himself. This Chu Changge was truly shameless!

Chu Changge saw that the plan had taken effect, and most of the people who were originally staring at him had now turned to focus on Invincible Li.

This made him feel entirely comfortable.

Immediately afterward, he put away the projection and turned to leave.

Just then, Invincible Li shouted, "Wait! If you are unwilling to release Li Jiaorou, then could you at least give me a drop of her essence blood?"

What Invincible Li truly cared about was not Li Jiaorou herself.

His plan did not actually require Li Jiaorou.

What he truly needed was Li Jiaorou's blood.

He was an Old Monster who had lived for countless years, so how could he possibly be moved by a little girl?

Chu Changge turned his head and glanced at Invincible Li, pondering how to deal with the situation that followed.

Just then, a Heavens Mandate Choice Panel appeared.

[Ding! Detecting Host's current experience, triggering Heavens Mandate Choice!]

[Option One: Agree to Invincible Li's request to hand over a drop of Li Jiaorou's essence blood, rewarding one level increase in cultivation Realm!]

[Option Two: Refuse Invincible Li, rewarding one level increase in cultivation Realm!]

[Please choose...]

This sudden appearance of the Panel slightly shocked Chu Changge.

The Heavens Mandate Choice Panel has been appearing quite frequently lately.

It seems these Protagonists of Destiny are about to enter the Handover Period!

Chu Changge sighed internally.

He looked at the two reward options on the Panel.

Since the rewards were identical, the danger level required his own judgment.

After only a brief thought, Chu Changge made his decision.

He wanted to see what tricks this Invincible Li was trying to pull.

He then took out the ten thousand souls banner and displayed Li Jiaorou, who was inside, on one of its surfaces.

Li Jiaorou, trapped inside the ten thousand souls banner, sensed that something was wrong and perceived her surroundings.

Soon, she detected Invincible Li's Qi nearby.

She quickly shouted, "Brother Wudi, hurry and leave! This person is strange!"

However, no matter how hard she shouted, the sounds only echoed within the ten thousand souls banner and could not pass outside.

"Princess Li, stop wasting your energy. Your voice won't get out!"

"Your Brother Wudi isn't here to save you right now; he just wants me to extract the essence blood from your body!"

Chu Changge's voice entered Li Jiaorou's mind.

Li Jiaorou was stunned.

At that moment, Invincible Li's voice from outside also penetrated the ten thousand souls banner.

"Chu Changge, hurry up and take her essence blood. I'll give you an opportunity: trade her essence blood for a secret of the Burial Ground of Corpses. How about that?"

Chu Changge nodded and said, "Alright! This Divine Son is quite interested to see what tricks you intend to play!"

As his voice fell, Chu Changge saw that Li Jiaorou was unresponsive, so he personally took action. In front of Invincible Li, he cut open Li Jiaorou's brow and extracted a drop of essence blood from within.

Before handing it to Invincible Li, he secretly concealed a faint, imperceptible trace of Chaos Origin Qi within the essence blood.

With this drop of essence blood, as long as Invincible Li used it in the future, Chu Changge would be able to know his whereabouts.

After completing all his preparations, Chu Changge gave the essence blood to Invincible Li.

Invincible Li did not trust Chu Changge. After receiving the essence blood, he carefully inspected it and quickly discovered a problem.

"Heh heh! Divine Son Chu, you are not being honest! This shows a great lack of sincerity!"

Invincible Li found a trace of Sun God Physique Origin Qi within Li Jiaorou's essence blood, and he said coldly.

Chu Changge deliberately feigned a look of surprise.

"I didn't expect you to discover even this minor trick," Chu Changge said with slight disappointment.

Of course, he had deliberately allowed Invincible Li to discover it.

His true method was the Chaos Origin hidden in the dark. The moment Invincible Li came into contact with this drop of Li Jiaorou's essence blood, the Chaos Origin had already entered Invincible Li's body.

He and Invincible Li were already on bad terms, so Invincible Li naturally wouldn't trust anything he gave him.

Therefore, this public exposure of his trick was merely part of his plan.

Invincible Li crushed the essence blood in his hand, then continued, "Hurry up! My patience is running thin, Divine Son Chu, you better be honest!"

Chu Changge nodded, and once again squeezed a drop of essence blood from Li Jiaorou's body.

He did not tamper with this drop of essence blood.

He tossed it directly to Invincible Li.

Invincible Li inspected it for a long time, hoping to find a problem and then use it to attack Chu Changge.

If he exposed Chu Changge's dishonesty in front of the many 'dead people,' then no 'dead people' would trade with him again.

However, after checking for a long time without finding any issues, he could only reluctantly put the essence blood away.

He glanced around and said lightly, "Let's go. Come with me, and I will tell you the secret of the Burial Ground of Corpses!"

Chu Changge nodded, then ignored the pale Li Jiaorou, who had two drops of essence blood extracted, put away the ten thousand souls banner, and followed Invincible Li away.

Behind him, Bai Xuan and Yun Miaomiao followed together!