Chapter 1: The Land of Murder (Part 2)

  The reason for choosing the Great General is that the general himself has a heavy killing aura, and his murderous intent is overwhelming. Ordinary evil spirits do not dare to approach him. The soldiers he brings with him are all strictly selected young boys who have undergone special training to enhance their yang energy, which can suppress any possible evil spirits here.

  Originally, this was a desolate place with no human habitation for tens of miles. The general had no excuse for not relocating the people, but how could he do nothing and leave, yet claim that everything was done?

  "But how can we explain it to His Majesty?" The attendant was somewhat worried.

  "You can say that in front of the Emperor!" The general didn't care at all: "Just go back and report truthfully, don't worry about it, the head is also a familiar person to the Emperor!"

  "The emperor, the emperor's... acquaintance!" The attendant spat out his tongue and didn't dare say anything else. The emperor's acquaintance, even if it was a first-class official of the current dynasty, who would dare use this introduction? In other words, whoever dares to use this title must be an extraordinary person, and the title used by their companion just now was indeed inappropriate.

  "Aren't you surprised that after I met that person, I hurried back and didn't even do my errands?" The general seemed a bit too talkative now, and also appeared to be very excited.

  "Please speak clearly!" This time, the attendant did not dare to interrupt and listened carefully.

  "Because that person is here!" The general said, leaving everyone bewildered. The two attendants exchanged a glance, could it be that the matter of His Majesty would be settled just because that person was here?

  "Don't you understand?" Just by looking at the two of them, it was clear that they didn't comprehend. The heads of the two attendants shook left and right in response to the general's question, indeed not understanding.

  "It's all because of that person." The general let out a long sigh and gazed up at the sky for a while: "Because he is here!"

  "As long as he is willing, even the heavenly realm of Qinglin can become a hellish place. If he is happy, even the most ominous places can become a paradise. The general seemed to remember something and smiled mysteriously: 'As long as he is here, that's enough.'"

  "How can we tell if he's happy or not?" The two attendants were surprised by the general's words, but they couldn't help feeling a little curious about this mysterious head in his mouth.

  "This is his home!" The general's one sentence dispelled all doubts. Nobody likes their home to be a place of evil, it seems that person must be happy to turn this into a paradise.

  No matter how the general thought about going back to hand over, but the person in his mouth - Qin Yifan, now has no mind to maintain that tea shed. Old friends can meet in such a situation, and it's really not an ordinary coincidence.

  He felt a sense of nostalgia, Qin Yifan sat on a mountain not far from the tea shed, silently looking into the distance. Originally his own old friend was now also an official general of extreme quality, it seemed that they were all living well.

  He said it was a place of evil omen, could it be related to what I saw that day?

  It was a gloomy night, the sky was overcast with dark clouds and thunderstorms. The entire sky seemed to be filled with countless lightning flashes, strangely, despite the changes in the sky, there was not a single sign of rain. Such strangeness naturally caught Qin Yifan's attention.

  If it weren't for Qin Yifan's extraordinary eyesight, he would never have discovered that amidst the lightning, hundreds of feet above the ground, someone was standing in mid-air. The figure was very conspicuous against the backdrop of lightning, but the distance was too great to make out any facial features. However, one thing was certain: there was nothing under the person's feet, yet they were standing in the void as if on solid ground.

  How could one person possibly reach such a level? Walking in mid-air? If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Qin Yifan wouldn't have dared to believe that there was still someone like this in the world. Although with Qin Yifan's skills and experience from fighting through mountains of corpses and seas of blood, in the military, he didn't dare say that no one could defeat him, but if he had to admit a second place, no one would dare fight for that first place. However, after witnessing the person in mid-air with such extraordinary abilities, Qin Yifan could only gaze at the figure suspended in mid-air and sigh in admiration.

  The lightning that filled the sky seemed to be the enemy of that person, striking his body without distinction. The person in the air, using some unknown martial arts, was not afraid at all, letting the lightning strike his body, but his figure remained as still as Mount Tai.

  Qin Yifan could only look up at the person in the air who was fighting against the lightning, his heart filled with an indescribable excitement. He had always thought that his abilities had reached their limit, and the long-standing bottleneck that had made it difficult for him to make any progress had caused Qin Yifan's stagnant thoughts to surge again. It turned out that a person could reach such heights and fight against the heavens like this.

  Standing tall and proud, he was like a legendary celestial being, suddenly appearing right in front of him. Although he didn't know why he was attacked by lightning, Qin Yifan could be certain that this was absolutely not a realm he could currently reach.

  The clouds in the sky grew thicker and more numerous, and the lightning that struck the man grew stronger. From a distance, it seemed as if the solidified electric light had no effect on him at all. Qin Yifan couldn't believe his eyes; back in the military, he had once seen a bolt of lightning turn several people into charred corpses, but here, it seemed to have no effect whatsoever.

  What kind of power is this? The power to directly confront the heavens, compared to which one's own accomplishments are nothing to be proud of. Even if there were no enemies within the army, in front of this person, it would be estimated that they would be no different from an ant that could be crushed with a single pinch. Only when faced with truly powerful and earth-shaking power does one realize how weak and pitiful they really are.

  How can one reach such a state? Qin Yifan's eyes suddenly unfolded a new world that he had never dared to imagine before, and his previous depression was swept away. Because of the grievances he suffered in the army, he could no longer affect his mood, and with excitement, he opened his mouth and let out a long whistle towards the sky.

  Even in the midst of thunder and lightning, Qin Yifan's voice seemed to still be able to traverse space, and apparently, it had entered the ears of that person in the sky. Qin Yifan could clearly see that the person seemed to have glanced in this direction, but he didn't know what expression was on his face.

  However, what happened next shocked Qin Yifan even more. The thunder and lightning in the sky seemed to converge into one, a huge light pillar of tens of meters in diameter, striking straight down at that person.

  "A deafening boom, a heaven-shaking huge sound, yet it was the person in mid-air who raised his hand to welcome the heavens and charged towards that beam of light. In an instant, like lightning striking flint, on the ground below that person, a red glow suddenly appeared, shooting straight up into the sky. The person dodged too late and was enveloped by the red glow."

  Suddenly, before Qin Yifan's eyes, a scene that had never been seen before unfolded. The entire sky was dyed red by the crimson light emanating from underground, and even the massive light pillar was no exception, its blood-like color spreading in all directions as it exploded with the white light pillar.