Chapter 1150: Get Out of My Way

“Excuse me?” Jinpeng Moyun said.

“Did you not hear me? I said, get out of my way. Me and my companions here just want to get out of this place, and you lot are in the way!”

Ye Qing said indifferently, “This is my request.”

“Is that... it?” Jinpeng Moyun and the old woman looked like they couldn’t believe their ears.

“What, is there a problem?”

Ye Qing raised his eyebrows. “You’re not about to tell me that my request is unreasonable, are you?”

He wasn’t afraid of Jinpeng Moyun. He wasn’t afraid of the old woman either. However, Devi Ruyi was a different story. He would rather not clash directly against her.

There was a saying that went something like this, “Beat the snake to death, or it will cause endless calamity.” He wasn’t confident that he could beat all the “snakes” to death, so he would rather let them go while there was still room for negotiation and compromise.

Besides, Myriad Buddha Plains was not a good place for fighting or killing. Any commotion they caused could draw unwanted attention, and every minute they lingered was a minute danger could creep up to them.

Therefore, his request was wholly sincere. The sooner they got out of this place, the better.

“You—!”

Jinpeng Moyun felt humiliated. If Ye Qing had asked for wealth, martial arts, secret manuals or other valuables, he could have accepted it. If Ye Qing had gone overboard and made a request that was utterly ludicrous, he would think it was normal either. However, Ye Qing desired nothing. The way he told them to “get out of the way”, you would think that he was shooing away a bunch of flies. It was clear that he did not think much of them at all.

That was why he felt deeply humiliated.

It wasn’t just him. The old woman was feeling unusually displeased as well. Surprisingly, the most respected person in the group, Devi Ruyi, was the one person who did not look perturbed in the slightest.

They just can’t help themselves, can they?

Ye Qing saw through Jinpeng Moyun’s thoughts instantly and could not help but feel disdainful about it. Devi Ruyi remained an enigma he couldn’t see through though.

“Huh? Why is the sky darkening?”

It was at this moment Yi Pin let out an exclamation of surprise, and everyone looked up subconsciously. As the old Taoist said, the sky was darkening at a visible rate.

It was because a shadow was covering the sky. Yes, a shadow, not a cloud.

At first glance, the shadow looked like a humongous black dog. It was running through the sky and devouring all the light, leaving only darkness behind.

“It’s... It’s the Youluo! The Youluo!”

𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚

“The Youluo is descending... the Youluo is descending...”

“The Youluo is devouring the light... the world will soon plummet into eternal darkness...”

The golden warriors were suddenly screaming and wailing like babies. Despair was rapidly spreading throughout the crowd.

Old Man of Snowy Mountain was also wearing a stern expression. “That’s the Light Devourer, young master. We need to leave this place as soon as possible.”

“‘When the Light Devourer appears, heaven and earth fall into darkness.’ This is going to be bad. Let’s go!” Yi Pin turned tail and fled without hesitation.

“The Light Devourer...”

Ye Qing was aware of the name. An Ancient-class Stranger, the Light Devourer was a creature that automatically consumed all light within its vicinity. Everything within a radius of hundreds of kilometers would turn into a lightless land even if it was midday. That was how the saying, “When the Light Devourer appears, heaven and earth fall into darkness,” came to be.

Although the Light Devourer was an Ancient-class Stranger, it was actually pretty harmless. Besides devouring all light within its range, it would not attack any human or living creature of its own accord. It did not possess any corruptive influence either.

Generally speaking, Light Devourer’s range was a couple hundred kilometers. The darkness it brought wasn’t permanent either. It took between ten days to five months for the land to return to normal.

Generally speaking, Light Devourer wasn’t a threat. This was doubly true for a warrior since the naked eye wasn’t their only way to observe their surroundings. A warrior’s spirit allowed them to navigate the darkness like daytime.

Of course, as with most things in life, Light Devourer wasn’t a threat unless you made it a threat, at which point it would become one of the deadliest Strangers known to humanity.

Once upon a time, a Sage thought that the Light Devourer was harmless and tried to attack it. As a result, he was devoured in a single gulp. The area where the battle took place also plunged into eternal darkness, never to see light again.

Experiments were good, but stupid experiments were just that: stupid.

Long story short, don’t provoke the Light Devourer, and everything will be fine.

That should have been the case, but this was different. They were in the Myriad Buddha Plains right now.

What was the first and biggest taboo of the six taboos of Myriad Buddha Plains?

Darkness. Always stay out of the darkness.

Myriad Buddha Plains was a completely different place in the dark. Few people had ever made it out alive. Naturally, Yi Pin and Old Man of Snowy Mountain were quite nervous.

“Silence! We need to get out of here, now!”

Judging from Jinpeng Moyun’s pale complexion, he was clearly aware of the taboo as well. He roared at his panicking men before urging the Golden-winged Aquila to fly into the sky.

Seeing this, an idea occurred to Ye Qing. He immediately appeared next to Yi Pin and grabbed his shoulder tightly.

“What are you doing?” Yi Pin asked urgently. “The darkness will descend any second now!”

“Running will never be faster than flying,” Ye Qing replied with an enigmatic smile. “So, we’re going to fly.”

“What? I thought you can’t fly in the Myriad Buddha Plains?”

Before Yi Pin could finish, Ye Qing jumped into the air with him in tow. The next moment, they landed on top of the Golden-winged Aquila. Old Man of Snowy Mountain was right behind them.

“What are you doing?!”

Jinpeng Moyun and the old woman noticed them as a matter of course. Two powerful energies immediately locked onto them.

“You don’t mind hitching a ride with you, right?” Ye Qing grinned at them.

Jinpeng Moyun said coldly, “And what if I do mind?”

“You do?” Ye Qing exclaimed as if he was surprised.

Just when Jinpeng Moyun thought that he would back down, the young man let out a chuckle and said, “If you really do mind, then no one is leaving this place.”

Terrible killing intent immediately erupted out of Jinpeng Moyun and the old woman. They glared at him as they asked, “Are you threatening us?”

“Yeah. Whatcha gonna do about it?” Ye Qing replied as if he couldn’t feel their killing intent at all. “It’s not like you or the granny can beat me, can you?”

Jinpeng Moyun and the old woman were beyond furious. They unleashed their energies, and the monks and the golden warriors turned deathly pale.

Ye Qing was completely unaffected though. Not only that, he fished out a jar of wine from his sleeve and began drinking in their face.

Jinpeng Moyun and the old woman’s glare grew even more heated, but neither of them attacked Ye Qing.

It might look like Ye Qing’s guard was lowered right now, but it was the opposite. From their perspective, Ye Qing felt as vast and thick as the earth itself. His energies existed in perfect harmony, and there wasn’t a speck of weakness to be found anywhere. Forget defeating him, they couldn’t even find an angle to attack.

Even if they could defeat Ye Qing, they still wouldn’t dare to attack him. It was because they were on top of the Golden-winged Aquila right now. It would be an absolute disaster if they couldn’t leave because their mount was injured.

Their only chance was to suppress Ye Qing in an instant, but could they do it?

Obviously not.

That was why neither of them acted yet.

It was a bit too late to back down though. Or rather, it would be far too humiliating to back down after showing off their killing intent and energies.

For a time, neither Jinpeng Moyun nor the old woman could decide whether to commit to the assault and put the entire group at risk of death, or withdraw their energies and suffer the deepest humiliation!