Chapter 1398: First Turn of the Nine-Turn Golden Body!

Qin Tian frowned, suddenly feeling that something was off.

He spun around abruptly and noticed that the clothes the man wore looked familiar!

Recalling the scene of the killing just now, that person... seemed to be Qin Yu?

"Brother Qin Tian, you... you killed the wrong person! It's... it's Xiao Yu!"

Qin Pei and Qin Zheng were a beat slower than Qin Tian, but they saw more clearly.

Qin Tian's sword strike just now had been infused with all his strength, incredibly fast, giving "Ye Yuan" no chance to catch his breath.

At such speed, even he himself hadn't seen what the other party looked like.

But before Qin Pei and the others could shout, Qin Yu was already dead!

The trembling voices of Qin Pei and the others jolted Qin Tian awake.

"Impossible! How could it be Xiao Yu! How could it be Xiao Yu! Uncle Yuanlong clearly planted the Mother-Child Heartlink Gu on Ye Yuan, why... why did Xiao Yu come?"

Everything had been arranged flawlessly, but why was it Qin Yu who came to die?

Qin Tian racked his brains but couldn't figure it out.

Even now, he was unwilling to admit the fact that he had killed the wrong person.

But in his heart, he knew—he really had killed the wrong person!

Qin Pei and Qin Zheng exchanged glances, both looking utterly bewildered.

They too had no idea why such a blunder had occurred!

Unlike Qin Shao, Qin Yu was also a direct descendant of the Qin family, closely related to Qin Tian by blood.

Moreover, Qin Yu usually had a good relationship with him, calling him "Brother Qin Tian" both in public and private, completely unlike Qin Shao's aloofness.

Now, he had killed his own younger brother with his own hands!

This outcome was absolutely unacceptable to Qin Tian!

"Brother Qin Tian, could it be that Ye Yuan detected Uncle Yuanlong's Mother-Child Heartlink Gu and deliberately transferred it to Xiao Yu?" Qin Pei suddenly said.

Clearly, this was the most likely scenario.

"Impossible! Uncle Yuanlong's skill in the Gu Dao is superb. When he planted the Gu, even Teacher Lei Ming didn't notice. How could Ye Yuan have known? Besides, even if he did know, how could he transfer Uncle's Mother-Child Heartlink Gu to Xiao Yu?" Qin Tian said angrily.

It was precisely because he had great confidence in Qin Yuanlong's Gu techniques that Qin Tian had been so assured in delivering the killing blow.

Moreover, when Qin Yuanlong planted the Gu, even Lei Ming, a master at the Guixu realm, hadn't detected it. How could Ye Yuan, a rookie at the Dongxuan realm, possibly notice?

"Boom!"

In his fury, Qin Tian struck out with a palm, clearing a patch of ground in the dense forest!

Though he was unwilling to believe it, he knew this was the most likely scenario.

But how Ye Yuan had managed to do it left him utterly baffled.

"Damn it! Damn it! Damn it! Ye Yuan, I will tear you into a thousand pieces!"

At this moment, Qin Tian shed his usual aloofness and became violently irritable.

He couldn't accept that a rookie at the Dongxuan realm had toyed with him!

It had happened in the Hall of Fame, and now it was happening again!

The suffocating feeling pressed against his chest, nearly driving him to explode.

He could kill Ye Yuan with a wave of his hand, yet the carefully laid trap had turned into him killing his own brother.

This outcome nearly drove him mad.

Qin Pei and Qin Zheng stood by in silence, not daring to say a word.

They knew Qin Tian was on the verge of exploding, and they had no desire to provoke him.

After who knows how long, Qin Tian finally calmed down.

But Qin Pei and Qin Zheng felt that Qin Tian seemed even colder than before.

"Bury Xiao Yu. I'll contact Uncle Yuanlong and tell him the assassination failed. Let's do the mission first. I don't believe that bastard can stay hidden forever!" Qin Tian's tone was icy, devoid of any emotion.

In some corner of the secret realm, Qin Yuanlong shuddered, a look of horror in his eyes.

Just now, he had received a message from Qin Tian.

The assassination had failed!

Ye Yuan had seen through his Mother-Child Heartlink Gu and transferred it to Qin Yu!

This... how was this possible?

"Yuanlong, what's wrong?" Lei Ming's voice rang out at an inopportune moment, interrupting Qin Yuanlong's shock.

"N... nothing!" Qin Yuanlong's expression was somewhat unnatural.

Their entry into the secret realm also involved tasks of gathering spirit herbs. These places were very dangerous, and ordinary disciples couldn't come here.

But along the way, Lei Ming had been sticking to him like a burr, giving him no chance to slip away.

Earlier, Qin Yuanlong had secretly mocked Lei Ming, thinking that he had already planted the Mother-Child Heartlink Gu without the other knowing.

But now, all that mockery had turned into shock.

Ye Yuan wasn't dead; his nephew Qin Yu was dead!

"Since it's nothing, that area ahead has abundant spiritual energy; there might be spirit herbs there. Let's go," Lei Ming said.

"Mm, let's go." Qin Yuanlong pretended to be nonchalant and followed Lei Ming.

But in his mind, he was already racking his brains for a way to leave.

...

Days passed one by one, and in various parts of the secret realm, battles between disciples from different cities unfolded.

Meanwhile, Ye Yuan was hiding in a secluded cave, refining the First-Turn Profound Gold Pill.

The First-Turn Profound Gold Pill was the body-tempering formula that Wuchen had given Ye Yuan.

With his current strength, first-grade divine pills were generally no challenge for him.

He had spent half a year thoroughly studying the array of the First-Turn Profound Gold Pill and finally succeeded in refining it a few days ago.

Inside the dark cave, golden light radiated in all directions, illuminating the entire cave like daylight!

After another month of refinement, Ye Yuan's first turn of the Nine-Turn Golden Body was finally complete!

At this moment, Ye Yuan's entire body seemed to be coated in gold, his skin a golden hue, looking very peculiar.

After who knows how long, the light faded, and Ye Yuan's skin returned to normal.

But his physical body was now brimming with power.

Ye Yuan had a feeling that with just the Coiling Dragon Heaven-Shattering Palm, he could now have a fierce battle with Qin Shao.

"Pity, my physical body hasn't broken through to the second turn yet; otherwise, my atavistic dragon soul should have awakened for the second time, right?" Ye Yuan thought with some regret.

Ye Yuan's atavistic dragon soul had awakened early the first time, but the second awakening was slow to come.

However, after arriving in the Tongtian Realm, Ye Yuan also realized that even the Dragon God's Voice, one of the supreme dragon clan martial arts, was no longer among the top techniques here.

This move could no longer be as invincible as it was in the Xianlin World.

At least the Star Severing he had now comprehended was far superior to the Dragon God's Voice.

Still, the Dragon God's Voice was ultimately a very formidable martial art.

Moreover, once he achieved the second awakening, he could directly comprehend the law force to the second-layer limit, helping him fight above his level with ease.

"It's about time. Time to go collect the debts!" Ye Yuan slowly rose and walked toward the cave entrance.