Chapter 424: Chapter 416 Valley of Wronged Spirits_1

“Where does she know that the Green Demon Bee, after several rounds of breeding by the Green Demon and Qin Niu, is already against the heavens. It was originally used to deal with Immortal Masters.”

“And she’s just a strong fighter in the Innate Realm, it would be a wonder if she wasn’t killed instantly in front of the Green Demon Bee.”

“You won disgracefully,” she said through gritted teeth, “because I didn’t expect you to launch a sneak attack with that strange bee.”

However, her face was a bit feverish, luckily she was wearing a fox-face mask.

But one could still see the redness of her ears.

This was also her last bit of stubbornness.

“To think you’re still a close attendant to a Gang Leader, where battling the enemy involves life and death in a moment’s thought. Who would be so foolish as to discuss rules and martial morality with you?”

Qin Niu sneered at her remarks.

“Hmph, a sneak attack is disgraceful nonetheless.”

She huffed, but didn’t continue to dwell on this topic.

“As a noble of the Black Tiger Gang and an Insect Master, Master Qin watches the Black Tiger Gang struggle desperately against the enemy but is unwilling to rush to the front. Aren’t you afraid of becoming the laughingstock of the world?”

“I truly wonder how you’ve managed to grow up. Will the laughter of others make you lose a single hair? Does a real strong person care about the gaze and opinions of others? I suggest you fall in love at least once, and make your way through society, otherwise, your thoughts are as naive as those of a two or three-year-old child,” Qin Niu was not insulting her, but merely stating the facts.

“Follow me!”

Having said that, he leapt down from the tree and, taking Green Ox, ran towards the front left.

“Wrong, you’re going in the wrong direction. That way is where the two armies are clashing.”

Ye Ji mounted her horse and called out repeatedly from behind.

“It’s not wrong, this is the direction. Keep up.”

After Qin Niu spoke, he ignored her and continued racing forward.

His speed reached its peak under the full use of the Misty Rain Elusive Step.

Faster even than the white horse she rode.

Ye Ji followed behind, not believing his nonsense at all.

The direction where the two armies were fighting was clearly to the right front, yet Qin Niu was running towards the left front, obviously intentionally avoiding the frontline.

More than half an hour later, Qin Niu stopped in front of a mountain valley.

The valley was extremely narrow and stretched deep into the mountains.

The Black Tiger Gang’s terrains were characterized by mountains on one side, and flat land on the other.

Grey miasma could be seen rising from afar, shrouding the entire valley.

At this moment, numerous insects were descending into the valley from the sky.

More insects were continuously flying out from the depths of the valley. They were identical to the ones descending, but upon flying out, their bodies appeared significantly darker in color.

Qin Niu stood outside the valley, watching the large number of insects in the sky fall into the valley, his eyebrows deeply furrowed.

It was only at this moment that Ye Ji understood that Qin Niu had been observing for so long to determine the location where the insect swarm was falling.

She had mistaken Qin Niu for a deserter, but now she realized her misjudgment and felt quite embarrassed.

“This place is so secluded, what exactly does the Nine Insect Gang want by letting the insect swarm enter this valley?”

Qin Niu seemed to be talking to himself, but also seemed to be asking Ye Ji who had caught up.

“This valley is known as the Valley of Wronged Spirits, a notorious place of misfortune. Local villagers dare not enter. Anyone who enters the valley rarely comes out alive. Although locals say that vengeful spirits and fierce ghosts in the valley eat people, the real cause of death for those who enter are the terrifying poisonous miasmas inside.”

Ye Ji appeared to be very familiar with the situation of this valley, which surprised Qin Niu.

“You seem quite familiar with the terrain here!”

Qin Niu could naturally see that the valley was shrouded in poisonous miasma.

“As attendants to the Gang Leader, aside from the necessary training, familiarizing ourselves with the terrain of various locations of the Black Tiger Gang is also compulsory. Because we might encounter danger anywhere while protecting the Gang Leader, we must know the terrain well in order to ensure a quick evacuation. Especially with dangerous and treacherous places, it is crucial to remember them well,”

Perhaps feeling a bit guilty, she explained in great detail.

Qin Niu nodded, “Miss Ye Ji, have you ever entered this valley?”

“I’ve never been in, but I know that there is a terrible poisonous miasma inside the valley, and any human or livestock that enters is sure to die.”

After she finished speaking, she paused, then added, “Do you know why it’s called the Valley of Wronged Spirits?”

“Because anyone who goes in is bound to die. Some uninformed villagers ventured into the valley and ended up dying there. With so many deaths, that’s why it’s called the Valley of Wronged Spirits, right?”

Qin Niu thought this question was too simple.

The spirits of those who perished in the valley continued to accumulate, naturally transforming it into the so-called Valley of Wronged Spirits.

“The Valley of Wronged Spirits wasn’t originally called this. It is rumored that during the founding war, the Hundred-Tempering Immortal Sect killed many southern Gu Masters. It was in this valley that the fierce battle took place, and in the end, more than seven hundred southern Gu Masters all died in what is now the Valley of Wronged Spirits. When those Gu Masters found they could not win, they begged the Immortal Masters of the Hundred-Tempering Immortal Sect for mercy, hoping to be spared.

Unfortunately, the Immortal Masters of the Hundred-Tempering Immortal Sect were unmoved. Regardless of men, women, children, or the elderly, all were killed in the valley.”

Filled with immeasurable resentment before their deaths, the Gu Masters used all their knowledge to turn the valley into a land rampant with poisonous miasma.

It is said that over ten Immortal Masters were poisoned and killed on the spot in the valley.

Moreover, the poisonous miasma in the valley has a feature: the more people who die in it, and the stronger the cultivation of the deceased, the more potent the poisonous miasma becomes.

After so many years, no one knows how terrifying the poisonous miasma in the valley has become.

Nor does anyone dare to take half a step across the boundary.

“But I don’t know what the Nine Insect Gang is doing by bringing so many insects into the valley?”

Ye Ji explained the history of the Valley of Wronged Spirits all in one breath.

Qin Niu really didn’t know that a valley could have so many stories.

The Gu Masters were slaughtered by the Hundred-Tempering Immortal Sect, which many people knew about.

But he hadn’t expected that the valley in front of him was the very place where the Immortal Sect executed the Gu Masters.

According to Ye Ji, the more people who died in the Valley of Wronged Spirits, the more powerful the poisonous miasma in the valley would become.

Could this poisonous miasma actually evolve on its own?

Qin Niu’s Black Spider Gu fed exclusively on the world’s poisons and miasmas; this was an opportunity.

“Go!”

Qin Niu didn’t dare to enter the valley himself but released the Black Spider Gu to let it rush into the valley and devour the poisonous miasma.

As soon as the Black Spider Gu entered the valley, it immediately communicated excitedly with Qin Niu via psychic bond.

“Master, this place contains the essence of my origin. If I absorb more, I will definitely grow stronger, perhaps even advance directly.”

“Don’t hold back, absorb to your heart’s content,” Qin Niu said.

By now, Qin Niu was almost certain that the legends about the Valley of Wronged Spirits were true.

The Black Spider Gu was half-insect, half-Gu.

If it said that the valley contained its origin essence, this indicated that a large number of Gu Masters indeed perished here.

Qin Niu decided to capture a few insects that flew into the valley to study further.

“Green Demon Bee, go, fetch me a couple of insects.”

Qin Niu sent out the Green Demon Bee to catch several insects that had flown out of the valley, as well as a few that were flying into it.

These insects looked similar to the coleopterous hide beetles.

However, after undergoing mutations and evolution, they were quite different from the original hide beetles.

Their size was large, as big as the common housefly.

The most dangerous thing about hide beetles is that they can cause dermatitis.

If someone swatted one dead on their face, it wouldn’t take long before the face felt like it was on fire: blistering, swelling up, and becoming sore and ulcerated over a large area.

These mutated hide beetles were bound to be even more formidable.

Their toxicity would be even more domineering.

Qin Niu compared the hide beetles that went into the valley with those that flew out of it.

“These hide beetles have absorbed the poisonous miasma of the valley, making their toxicity even more virulent. That must be the purpose of the Nine Insect Gang’s Gu Masters in letting them enter the valley.”

After researching, he came to a conclusion.