Chapter 848: Extraordinary Items from Each of the Five Phases

Chapter 848: Extraordinary Items from Each of the Five Phases

“Keke... so what if you’re strong? You’re still dancing in my palm!”

Chen Cang coughed a couple more times before glancing in the direction of the Marsh of Eternal Rain. Although his current location was five or so kilometers away from the marshland, he could still feel the anger and clashes emanating from within the Anomaly. A cruel smile spread across his pale face.

If there was one flaw with his backup plan, it was that the Lord of Eternal Rain probably wouldn’t be able to kill Ye Qing. Although the Lord of Eternal Rain was powerful—in fact, one might say that it was on par with a Sage—it had two massive and irreparable flaws. One, it had no intelligence. Two, it could not leave the Marsh of Eternal Rain. If Ye Qing managed to escape the Anomaly, then the Lord of Eternal Rain would stop chasing no matter how furious it was.

There was no chance in hell Ye Qing would ever be able to defeat the Lord of Eternal Rain. But escape? That was a different story. At most, the Lord of Eternal Rain would give Ye Qing a bruise or two. In the end, the young man was almost certainly going to make an escape.

In fact, the backup plan was not meant to kill Ye Qing. It was insurance in case he failed to kill Ye Qing, and his nemesis was healthy enough to come after him. He was going to delay Ye Qing with the Lord of Eternal Rain while he made his escape.

Sure, he did not need to run since he possessed a second life thanks to the Pregnant Soul Reincarnation Art, but its sequelae were so severe that he would rather not activate it if at all possible.

Unfortunately, the best laid plans of mice and men often went awry. Ye Qing was even stronger than he expected, and his nemesis managed to kill him before he could even begin to run. His backup plan still worked, but it came at a terrible cost to himself with no actual gain.

That was fine though. After all, his trump card had always been Xiang Weilong and the Dragonmount Duke.

“Don’t worry, Ye Qing. The show has just begun.”

Chen Cang let out a cold chuckle and finally left the cemetery.

......

Bang!

A man fell from the sky and hit the ground like a meteor, kicking up a ton of dust and smoke.

“Cough! Cough! Cough...”

A few breaths and a series of violent coughs later, the man finally crawled out of the deep pit he created. His face was swollen, and he looked dirty and disheveled.

“Phew... I finally got out of that hellhole. It wasn’t easy!” The man let out a long sigh after wiping away the blood on his lips.

He was, of course, ye Qing.

Why did he fall from the sky? Because the Lord of Eternal Rain had punched him in the back.

“Chen Cang?” Feng Qingyou prodded, “Can you give me the details?”

“Sure. it’s like this...”

Ye Qing proceeded to recount in detail the conflict between Chen Cang and him, as well as the swordsman’s conspiracy and calculations.

“What a shrewd, formidable man,” Feng Qingyou complimented Chen Cang when he was done speaking. “If you were anyone else, his vengeance would have been complete. Unfortunately for him, he targeted the wrong foe.”

In fact, Chen Cang’s plan was flawless. The only problem was that the subject of his ire, Ye Qing, possessed unparalleled fortune. He could topple any man, but not even he could overturn fate.

“He’s definitely a character,” Ye Qing sighed. Chen Cang might be his enemy, but that was no reason to downplay his excellence.

Then, he launched into an angry tirade, “That piece of fuck! He’s already dead, and he still managed to dump a massive bomb into my lap!”

The mere thought of the Dragonmount Duke made Ye Qing feel like grabbing his head and groan.

“The Dragonmount Duke is definitely a problem.” Feng Qingyou nodded in agreement. “He is a heartless, ruthless man who does not take to slights kindly, much less the murder of his only son. Worse, his forces are numerous and everywhere. If he manages to find us, then it will be a pain to try and shake him off.”

“Luckily for us, the Dragonmount Duke is also incredibly prideful. Barring exceptional circumstances, he would not come after us in person, so in the short term, we should be fine so long as we act with caution.”

“While we still have time, I want you to collect a couple items for me, Joyless. They will help recover my injuries and, with luck, even improve my cultivation further. So long as I am recovered, we should have a fighting chance even if the Dragonmount Duke comes after us himself.”

“What do you need?” Ye Qing asked immediately. It wasn’t because he wanted her to recover as soon as possible so that he wouldn’t be helpless against the Dragonmount Duke. He would do anything to heal Feng Qingyou even if that wasn’t the case.

“The items I need aren’t particularly valuable, but they are very rare.”

Feng Qingyou began, “I need a Finger Ring Metal, Lightning Struck Wood, Endlessly Durable Water, Thousand Frost Fire, and Dustless Earth.”

“I know what a Finger Ring Metal and Lightning Struck Wood is, but what is an Endlessly Durable Water, Thousand Frost Fire, and Dustless Earth?” Ye Qing asked with a frown.

The large majority of metals in the world were tough and solid. However, a Finger Ring Metal was a unique metal that was as soft and flexible as silk, so much so that one could weave it into rings around one’s finger. Hence the name. It was also unnaturally durable and very resistant to slash damage.

As for Lightning Struck Wood, it was exactly what it sounded like. It was a piece of wood that was struck by lightning, but did not combust into flames from the reaction.

As Feng Qingyou said, neither items were particularly valuable, but they were incredibly rare. It was because neither a metal that was soft as silk nor a piece of wood that was struck by lightning was something a person might need barring extremely niche situations.

As for the Endlessly Durable Water, Thousand Frost Fire, and Dustless Earth, he knew absolutely nothing about them.