Stranger Danger

Chapter 882: Plotting

Ye Qing guessed what Tao Chong was thinking and said smilingly, “So, you learned your lesson and prepared amply this time.”

“That is exactly correct, senior,” Tao Chong replied while wiping the cold sweat pouring down his head. He was really having trouble trying to guess what the young man was thinking.

“Where did you get your Livestock Creation Spell?” Ye Qing asked another question.

“I learned it from another senior.”

Tao Chong explained, “Three years ago, this junior accidentally ran into a great senior. He had recognized me immediately and claimed that he was a former acquaintance of the Tao Clan. He then offered to fulfill exactly one wish of mine.”

“At the time, all I wanted was to take revenge for my family. So, I begged that senior to grant me the power to take revenge against my foes.”

“In response, that senior taught me the Livestock Creation Spell. He told me that great opportunities lie with the spell, but whether it will turn out to be a blessing or a tragedy is up to me. Then, he left.”

“At first, I had no idea that it was the Livestock Creation Spell. It was only after the Six Livestocks Market appeared that I realized what it was.”

“Do you know who that senior is?” Ye Qing asked curiously.

“Unfortunately, no. that senior never told me who he was, nor have I heard of his likeness or deeds in the jianghu,” Tao Chong answered.

Ye Qing did not press him. There were countless extraordinary warriors in the jianghu who enjoyed toying with the masses without ever revealing their true identity, and this could just be one of them. “You’ve entered the Six Livestocks Market before, so you must know what it looks like. Tell me everything you know.”

Out of all the questions he had asked, this was the one he really wanted answered. Unfortunately...

“I have no idea, senior,” Tao Chong replied.

“Excuse me? What did you say?” Ye Qing narrowed his eyes dangerously.

Tao Chong felt a wall of killing intent pressing down on him like an avalanche or a tsunami, unstoppable and suffocating. “It’s not that I don’t want to tell you, senior! I truly do not know! All I remember is entering the Six Livestocks Market and returning to the real world. For whatever reason, I don’t recall what happened inside the market at all!”

“You’re saying you forgot?” Ye Qing lifted an eyebrow.

“That is exactly right, senior. Most of my memories regarding the Six Livestocks Market simply do not exist. It is as if someone or something has wiped it away,” Tao Chong answered.

Ye Qing didn’t know what Tao Chong was thinking, of course. He asked, “Let’s say we’re interested. How are you going to get us into the Six Livestocks Market?”

Tao Chong snapped out of his daydream and answered, “There is only one way to enter the six Livestocks Market, and that is to learn the Livestock Creation Spell. This junior can teach you. All I ask is that you let me live.”

“The Livestock Creation Spell, huh? Well, I expected that.”

Ye Qing looked Tao Chong up and down several times before curling his lips into an ominous smile. “But how can I be sure that you won’t try and harm us when we are learning the spell? Or teach us the wrong details so we would fail or even suffer a deviation?”

“I wouldn’t dare, not even if I have a hundred people’s gall! Surely you can tell that I’m telling the truth, senior?”

Cold sweat broke out of Tao Chong’s forehead. His face was full of fear, and his heart was beating like a racehorse.

He wasn’t pretending. He really was terrified. Originally, he was planning to screw Ye Qing and Feng Qingyou over exactly as he said. After all, the only way to enter the Six Livestocks Market was to learn the Livestock Creation Art, and he was the only one who knew the spell. If the duo were interested, he was going to teach them a modified version of the spell.

The ancients say that one should always plan ahead, or they would find themselves troubled. From the first day he learned the Livestock Creation Spell, he had worried that he would run into this exact scenario one day. That was why he had come up with a modified version of the spell where certain critical parts were altered. Anyone who practiced it would suffer a deviation at best, or perish at worst. He would be able to escape his captors then.

The Livestock Creation Spell was profound, and the parts he chose to modify were all difficult to detect especially for first-timers. He was certain that he wouldn’t be discovered until it was far too late.

He did not anticipate being exposed before he even made a move though. He didn’t know that Ye Qing was just guessing, or if he truly knew what he was plotting either.

One thing for certain, he was panicking right now.

“Tsk tsk... it looks like you really were planning to screw us over this way!”

Ye Qing smirked as his demonic thought perceived the barely contained panic within Tao Chong’s torso. He turned to Feng Qingyou and asked, “Why do they always knock on hell’s door when they were given a highway to heaven, Qingyou?”

“It’s probably because they thought themselves smarter than their betters.” Feng Qingyou replied smilingly.

“Makes sense. Unfortunately for them, they are wrong.”

As he spoke, Ye Qing pinched his finges together and tapped Tao Chong once on the shoulder.