Chapter Forty-Four: Chen Kong's Departure

  Ding Kong stared at Chen Kong with fear, and as Chen Kong approached step by step, the intangible pressure grew stronger, making Ding Kong feel suffocated.

  Chen Kong will deal with him? Ding Kung didn't know, and because he didn't know, it made him even more fearful.

  Three steps away, Chen Kong was still three steps away from Ding Kui. Chen Kong's speed slowed down even more, his left foot lifted up, but it kept shaking and hesitating, not falling down for a long time.

  "No... don't... I said!" Ding Kong let out a mournful cry, clearly his endurance had reached its limit, he was on the verge of collapse. After shouting this sentence, Ding Kong's body went limp and he fell to the ground.

  Chen Kong smiled and said: "Why didn't you say it earlier? Why did you have to be so stubborn before you were willing to talk?"

  Ding Kongsu's face was gloomy, and he took a few deep breaths before saying, "I don't know much either. I just hope that after I've said this, you can give me a quick death!"

  Chen Kong and Ling Luo Yu exchanged a glance, nodding in unison.

  "Firstly, how did you come to possess the Five Thunder Seal? Secondly, what is it that your leader is hiding from me by occupying this second floor?" Chen Kong asked.

  Ding Kong thought for a moment, then slowly said: "This Five Thunder Seal is what our great leader gave me to use as a protective measure. As for why he wants to occupy the transmission array on this second floor, I really don't know!"

  Chen Kong furrowed his brow and said sternly, "Impossible! This Wu Lei symbol is extremely rare even for your great leader, how could he have given it to you?"

  Ding Kong sighed and said, "Second Master, whether you believe it or not, I'm just telling the truth. This thing was indeed given to me by him. If you don't believe me, there's nothing I can do!"

  "Brother Chen, let me ask instead!" Ling Luoyu stepped forward and gently pulled on Chen Kong.

  "Ding brother, you've been guarding this place for many years now! Have there been any unusual occurrences with the transmission array over these years?" Ling Luoyu's eyes stared intently at Ding Kung, his eyes emitting an eerie glow, as if they could see through people's hearts.

  Ding Kong was taken aback for a moment, then immediately said: "I, Ding, have been occupying this place for more than eight years. At first, everything was normal, but in the past few years, there hasn't been a month when someone didn't come and go with the Great Leader's token!"

  "Some people come and go from here, where do they go? Are they going to the mundane world?" Chen Kong was slightly stunned, and shouted: "Do you know if everyone who goes out comes back in, whether they bring other things when they come and go!"

  Ding Kongsu smiled wryly and said, "How can I possibly tell? It's just that every time someone comes in or out of here, they're all strangers, rarely the same face! And you know, people like you who cultivate, most have storage devices, whether or not you've brought something with you, how could I possibly tell?"

  "Is he doing something illicit between the secular and spiritual worlds? Doesn't he know the consequences of doing so?" Chen Kong muttered to himself, deep in thought.

  Turning his head to glance at Ding Kong's numb expression, Chen Kong coldly said: "It seems that you can only know this much, so I won't delay your journey!"

  Chen's palm lightly and gently slapped Ding Kung's crown, and Ding Kung fell down with a thud, without making the slightest sound.

  Ling Luo looked at the Ding Kongs on the ground, sighed softly and said: "Ding Kong's death is indeed quick and painless, but Brother Chen, don't you think it's a bit too hasty? Maybe we can still learn more from his mouth!"

  Chen Kong glanced at Ding Kongs corpse on the ground, then looked at Ling Luofei and said: "I already know what I should know, at least I can roughly guess what happened! With Ding Kongs identity and status, it's not bad that he knew!"

  "In that case, let's go first! We've already delayed for so long, we should also head back. Who knows, the brothers at the foot of the mountain might be getting anxious!" Ling Luoye said with a smile.

  "Ling brother, I still have some things to take care of in these two layers, it may take some time. In my opinion, Ling brother might as well go back and gather with Mu Yi, Han Xiao and the others first. If you're willing to wait for me to return before going down to the third layer of Tongxian's tomb together, that would be best. But if you really can't wait, then you all can go down and take a look. According to my estimation, there shouldn't be many strong practitioners left in the third layer. If you're careful, you should be able to make it through." Chen hesitated for half a day before finally speaking up slowly.

  "Brother Chen wants to leave?" Ling Luoyu was startled, and then nodded, saying: "That's right, after all Brother Chen is the master of the second floor, he must clean up this second floor before having time to accompany us down to the third floor!"

  Chen smiled faintly and said: "It's good that Brother Ling can understand, I was afraid you would think that Chen would abandon you all!"

  Ling Luo nodded slightly and said, "I also know that with our strength, if we were to go with Brother Chen, not only would we be unable to help, but we would also definitely hinder Brother Chen's journey. I don't insist on it, I just hope Brother Chen will take care of himself. I also hope Brother Chen knows that there are still many brothers here who care about him."

  "Ling brother, I won't let you wait too long, at most half a month. Half a month later, Chen will definitely be back! Don't you still trust Chen's strength?" Chen Kong looked at Ling Luoyu and nodded firmly.

  The gentle breeze blew by, and Chen Kong's figure had already vanished.

  Although Chen Kong's words were firm, Ling Luoyu had a kind of intuition that he felt Chen Kong was hiding something in his words. But what exactly? Ling Luoyu couldn't think of any leads at all.

  "Chen Kong and us now are obviously not on the same level, since he doesn't want to say it, there must be some bitterness in his heart!" Ling Luo Yu sighed with a bitter smile, took big strides, and headed towards the foot of the mountain.