Stellar Transformation-Chapter 523: Episode 15 - 32 Threat

Qin Yu, upon hearing Huang Jing’s probing question, jolted awake.

"Pursuing Jiang Li? Miss Huang Jing, why would you say that—are there many people pursuing Jiang Li?" Qin Yu immediately inquired in response.

"Oh?" Huang Jing looked at Qin Yu with suspicion.

Qin Yu, meanwhile, was secretly relieved, realizing that had he not come to his senses, he might have inadvertently revealed everything.

"Miss Huang Jing, what are you thinking?" Qin Yu said with a faint smile. In just a short moment, he had regained complete composure.

Huang Jing glanced at Qin Yu a few times before finally saying, "Of course, there are many people pursuing Miss Jiang Li; this involves a great secret. I think I shall not tell you for now."

"A great secret? What kind of secret is so mysterious?" Qin Yu laughed.

However, Huang Jing shook her head without revealing anything. In fact, this secret wasn’t all that significant, as almost all the upper echelons in the Divine World were aware of it, which was why so many Heavenly Gods were after Jiang Li. But Huang Jing simply didn’t want to disclose this secret to Qin Yu!

"Actually, Miss Jiang Li is quite pitiable," Huang Jing sighed.

A tremor ran through Qin Yu’s heart. What’s wrong with Li’er? Why is she pitiable? But on the surface, Qin Yu had to feign curiosity: "Pitiable? How is she pitiable?"

Huang Jing sighed and shook her head, "Jiang Li is from the Northern Pole Jiang Family and holds a high status. By all rights, she should be able to live a life free of worries, as forced marriages are rare these days, and people in the Divine World seldom become madly infatuated with someone. But ever since that earth-shattering battle, Miss Jiang Li’s situation has become rather precarious."

"There are many chasing her, and among them, many hold very high status. Many people pursuing her... does that speak of her charm? If only that were true. Sadly, among this large group of suitors, there are few who actually fancy Miss Jiang Li herself," Huang Jing sighed.

Being pursued by a group of people who do not like oneself.

Indeed, that is truly tragic.

Qin Yu felt a surge of anger welling up inside him, yet he struggled to maintain calm on the surface, "Miss Huang Jing, if those people do not like Jiang Li, why do they pursue her?"

"It’s nothing but a chance to become the Divine King! Hmph, each of those people wants to become the new Divine King. Poor Miss Jiang Li, marrying any one of them would be... Thankfully, there’s Senior Lan to help Miss Jiang Li, otherwise, she would have been forced into marriage long ago," Huang Jing sighed.

Qin Yu’s heart skipped a beat.

To become someone’s wife? Those four words tightened Qin Yu’s heart. Even though he knew it hadn’t happened, just the thought made him feel anxious.

Qin Yu didn’t know what he would do if Li’er truly became someone else’s wife.

"Uncle Lan, Li’er..."

Qin Yu clenched his teeth tightly, his resolve at this moment seemingly carved into his soul, "Li’er, hold on for a little longer. Once I am strong enough, I will definitely step into Snow City openly and aboveboard."

At this moment, Qin Yu knew he needed to endure hardships and dedicate himself to cultivation.

Only once he had achieved something notable could he reveal his brilliance.

"Miss Huang Jing, I am deeply grateful for what you told me today," Qin Yu bowed again to express his thanks, to which Huang Jing immediately smirked, "It’s nothing. When you reach Xuanjin Mountain one day, you will come to know about these matters anyway."

Huang Jing then turned her gaze to the nine-headed Black Dragon ’Tan Jiu’ in the distance.

"This Tan Jiu said he has matters to discuss with you, you can talk to him now," Huang Jing said with a smile, simultaneously retracting the Space Domain around them.

...

Fiery red hair stood erect like numerous steel pins under the pair of crimson brows, framing a pair of brooding and fierce eyes.

The lean young-looking nine-headed Black Dragon ’Tan Jiu’ stood with a cold expression on an empty ground, winds from the canyon howling and weaving through the area, yet it did not affect Tan Jiu in the slightest.

"I hope this Qin Yu does not drive me into a corner where we both end up destroyed!" Tan Jiu harbored an irritant concern in his mind.

The identity of Qin Yu!

In Tan Jiu’s eyes, Qin Yu possessed an Upper Grade Heavenly Divine Artifact and knew the remarkable Divine Skill ’Near and Far,’ plus Qin Yu mentioned he had a master. Today, he, Tan Jiu, attempted to kill Qin Yu, only to be thwarted at the last moment by Huang Jing.

However, Tan Jiu was also concerned—what if Qin Yu reported this matter to that mysterious master behind him and incited him to seek revenge?

The desire to kill Qin Yu must have been evident during the ’Universe Destruction Array’; Qin Yu definitely felt it.

Tan Jiu believed that Qin Yu would surely seek retaliation.

If the other party plans to strike back, then he must eradicate him before it starts!

To kill Qin Yu?

Tan Jiu’s mind was filled with the image of Huang Jing effortlessly breaking his strongest attack array, and he abandoned this method. With Huang Jing around, he simply couldn’t kill Qin Yu.

"There’s only one way left now!" Tan Jiu thought to himself.

"Tan Jiu, weren’t you and Qin Yu supposed to have a talk?" Suddenly, a crisp voice sounded beside him. Tan Jiu was slightly taken aback and looked to the side. Huang Jing, who was far away just a moment ago, had now approached him.

Tan Jiu bowed slightly, "Miss Huang Jing, the matter I need to discuss with him is brief; please wait a moment."

With that, Tan Jiu’s entire form turned into an afterimage, and in a brief moment, he reached Qin Yu’s side.

...

"Tan Jiu, what do you want to say?" Qin Yu asked with a light smile, looking at the Nine-headed Black Dragon Tan Jiu.

Qin Yu was quite curious about this Tan Jiu, a nine-headed black dragon that, when transformed into human form, appeared as young as a teenager.

Ripples spread out around Nine-headed Black Dragon ’Tan Jiu’, covering the surrounding hundred meters area. Space Domain! Qin Yu didn’t retreat because he trusted that Tan Jiu, having tasted his "Instantaneous Movement" ability, would not do anything foolish.

"Qin Yu, I simply want to apologize to you." Tan Jiu said with a bow and a smile.

"Apologize?"

Qin Yu looked at Tan Jiu with confusion. Could it be that there was something wrong with Tan Jiu’s brain, was he apologizing for trying to kill him just now? Could such a matter be resolved with an apology?

"My three subordinates, you killed Xiong Hei and critically injured the other two, and you also destroyed a Low Grade Heavenly Divine Weapon. As the leader of Black Dragon Pond, I had no choice but to confront you. If I let you go, how could I command respect?"

Tan Jiu lifted his red eyebrows as he continued, "By having the power to kill you but not doing it, everyone would lose respect for me. Later, when I used the ’Universe Destruction Array’ to attack you and it was broken by Miss Huang Jing, the nearly one million Divine Beings of my Black Dragon Pond would understand that it was not that I didn’t wish to avenge my subordinates, but that I lacked the power. This isn’t my fault."

Tan Jiu looked at Qin Yu, "Qin Yu, I’m sure you understand the meaning of my words."

Qin Yu sneered inwardly: isn’t it just a way for you, Tan Jiu, to make me think you had no real intention of killing me, Qin Yu, and that it was against your will? The intention to kill was never in your heart, was it?

"Tan Jiu, I can understand your predicament, being a leader and having to act in such a manner is not unreasonable," Qin Yu said with much apparent ’empathy’.

"Being understood by you like this, Qin Yu, lightens my heart a lot," Tan Jiu chuckled, but deep down he remained suspicious, not believing Qin Yu would let him off so easily.

Qin Yu continued, "Tan Jiu, if there’s nothing else, then I shall take my leave."

"Qin Yu, I can’t keep things to myself. I just found out you possess the Divine Skill ’Near and Far’, and couldn’t keep my mouth shut in the moment, so I told one of my confidants," Tan Jiu quickly added, "I am really sorry about that, but you can rest assured, Qin Yu, my confidant is much tighter-lipped than I am; as long as I’m around, he wouldn’t let this information spread."

"Of course, I trust Brother Tan Jiu," Qin Yu said with a light smile.

Yet deep down, Qin Yu was cursing: "Hmph, isn’t this Tan Jiu threatening me that if I kill him, his confidant would spread the news about my ’Near and Far’ Divine Skill?"

Tan Jiu remarked to Qin Yu with a sigh, "Qin Yu, your ’Near and Far’ Divine Skill is really extraordinary. If all the Heavenly Gods in the Divine World knew about it, who knows how many ambitious Heavenly Gods would risk their lives to target you. There are indeed a lot of risk-taking Heavenly Gods in the Divine World."

Qin Yu felt even more annoyed.

The implication of Tan Jiu’s words was clear: if he died, the leak of the Near and Far information would attract numerous ambitious Heavenly Gods from the Divine World to come after him.

"Taking risks is one thing, but since it’s a risk, one must be prepared to face death. Killing me won’t be so easy," Qin Yu said lightly, smiling.

"Indeed, that’s what I think too," Tan Jiu nodded and echoed.

Suddenly—

"Ha, Black Dragon, I heard that your Black Dragon Palace has been burned down!" A boastful roar sounded, echoing like thunderous Heavenly Thunder, as a strong man with bulging muscles and taller than even Xiong Hei descended from the sky above the canyon.

"Big Brother, it’s not just one Black Dragon Palace, the other three have been burned down as well," another similarly muscular man descended from the sky above the canyon.

"I heard it was a Heavenly God skilled in formations who did it. Heh heh, I really want to meet them," another brawny man followed, flying down as well.

These three muscle-bound men, each larger and ten times more domineering in presence than Xiong Hei, looked almost identical in appearance.

"Such a domineering presence!" Qin Yu immediately turned his attention to these three men, "These three brawny men are probably three Middle Level Heavenly Gods!"

There was a peculiar feature about these three men: they all had purple pupils.

Seeing these three men approach, the Nine-headed Black Dragon ’Tan Jiu’ frowned and his body split into three clones, each of the ’Black Dragons’ wielding a long staff.

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