In a quiet forest, within a dilapidated wooden house.
Chen Shanhe sat on a dusty bench, gazing outside the door, and slowly said, "Father, younger brother, come in."
Two figures slowly walked in.
Chen Shanshui looked at Chen Shanhe, anxiously asking, "Brother, did you… take the compass?"
Before Chen Shanshui could finish speaking, Chen Guojun beside him shook his head, signaling him to stop.
Seeing this, Chen Shanshui could only fall silent.
Chen Guojun then looked at Chen Shanhe, and after a moment of silence, slowly inquired, "He'er, did you take the compass?"
Chen Shanhe nodded, took out the compass from his pocket, and placed it on the table beside him. "That's right, I did take the compass."
Upon seeing this, Chen Guojun's face was filled with bitterness and disappointment. "Why did you betray the Chen family?"
Hearing this, Chen Shanhe became agitated and roared, "I have never betrayed the Chen family. It was Chen Shanshui who could have killed Yu Daohen back then, but he didn't!"
Chen Guojun had also heard Chen Shanshui's account of the situation at the time.
Chen Shanshui, standing beside them, retorted indignantly, "If Yu Daohen hadn't come to our rescue, do you know that Father and I would have already perished at the hands of the people from the Godly Cult?"
Chen Shanhe let out a cold snort and accused, "If it weren't for your terrible idea, how would our Chen family have suffered this calamity?"
Chen Shanshui looked helpless and explained, "Brother, I took the compass for the sake of the Chen family."
"For the Chen family?"
Chen Shanhe scoffed disdainfully, "Is it for the Chen family, or for your position as family head?"
"Enough!"
Chen Guojun suddenly roared.
Both Chen Shanshui and Chen Shanhe immediately fell silent.
Chen Guojun looked at Chen Shanhe, his eyes full of disappointment. "Hand over the compass and come back to the Chen family with me."
Chen Shanhe snorted coldly, picked up the compass from the table, and sneered, "Father, if I go back with you now, will I still have a chance to live?"
Chen Guojun fell silent. He knew the price of cooperating with the Godly Cult.
Let alone the Chen family, even the three major sects could not protect him.
Seeing that neither of them spoke, Chen Shanhe continued, "Father, I have already discussed with the Godly Cult. As long as I hand over the compass, and once the entrance to hell is opened and the three major sects are destroyed, our Chen family will naturally become the leader of the new martial world."
"Foolish!"
Chen Guojun cursed angrily, "Are you trying to drag the entire Chen family into the abyss?"
Chen Shanhe clenched the compass in his hand, his eyes turning cold. "Father, if we don't do this, when will the Chen family ever be able to join the ranks of the three major sects?"
Seeing that he was determined to side with the Godly Cult, Chen Guojun stopped wasting words and said, "Give me the compass!"
Chen Shanhe snorted contemptuously, "Father, do you still have the strength to fight me now?"
He could feel that his father was severely weakened and had no room to fight back.
As for Chen Shanshui, he scoffed… a martial artist on the Heavenly Ranking was nothing to fear.
Chen Guojun also knew that he was severely weakened and was no match for him. He tried his best to persuade him, "He'er, the people from the Godly Cult are a bunch of lunatics. What good outcome can you expect from cooperating with lunatics?"
Cooperation between people requires mutual benefit, but the Godly Cult's goal is the destruction of the human world.
How could they genuinely cooperate?
"Enough!"
Chen Shanhe roared angrily and said coldly, "There is no turning back once the arrow is shot. If you want to leave, I have no objections, but if you try to take back the compass, don't blame me for turning against my own kin!"
"Turning against kin?"
Chen Guojun could not believe that his son would say such a thing. "Do you truly intend to kill me and your younger brother?"
Chen Shanhe snorted coldly, already driven to madness. "You forced me to do this!"
Whoosh—
Just then, a figure rushed in rapidly. In the blink of an eye, he was in front of Chen Shanhe and swung the sword in his hand.
"It's you!"
Chen Shanhe's expression changed drastically. Just as he was about to counterattack, Yu Daohen shouted, "Old man, what are you waiting for!?"
Chen Guojun no longer hesitated and raised his hand to condense his power.
Chen Shanhe's raised hand froze in mid-air. Yu Daohen, with quick hands, struck with his sword.
*Slash—*
Chen Shanhe's arm, holding the compass, was instantly severed, and blood splattered everywhere.
Without a word, Yu Daohen sheathed his sword and intended to deliver a fatal blow.
"Break!"
Chen Shanhe roared, quickly retreating backward, dodging the fatal strike.
Yu Daohen looked at the compass in the severed arm and breathed a sigh of relief.
Chen Shanhe, who had retreated, knelt on one knee, covering his wound with one hand, and looked at Chen Guojun with a grim expression. "You actually planted a body-controlling蛊 (gu) in me."
Chen Guojun remained silent.
"I gave you a chance!"
Yu Daohen said nothing more, stomped on the ground, and once again swung his Blood Tear Sword.
"Wait a moment!"
As soon as Chen Guojun spoke, a蛊 (gu) worm shot out.
Yu Daohen reacted swiftly, stopped his forward charge, turned, and chopped down the incoming蛊 (gu) worm.
Chen Shanhe seized the opportunity, turned, and broke through the window to escape.
"Damn it!"
Seeing Chen Shanhe escape, Yu Daohen cursed and turned to look at Chen Guojun, his face grim. "Old man, what do you mean?"
Chen Guojun's face was unsightly, and his tone lacked confidence. "Since the compass has been recovered, why must we be so ruthless?"
Upon hearing this, Yu Daohen chuckled, his voice sharp. "Old man, he was cooperating with the Godly Cult. Everyone has the right to punish him."
Chen Guojun remained silent. He knew he was in the wrong.
He understood the consequences of cooperating with the Godly Cult.
Yu Daohen looked at the compass in his severed arm, bent down to pick it up, and breathed a sigh of relief.
In fact, he had been outside for some time. Seeing that negotiations had failed, he decided to launch a surprise attack.
Although the surprise attack was successful, it was largely due to Chen Guojun's involvement.
Yu Daohen put the compass back into his pocket and walked in front of Chen Guojun and his son, his voice stern. "You should be glad the compass was not taken."
Chen Guojun clenched his fist, his voice trembling. "Lord Yu, please leave!"
Seeing his father's anger, Chen Shanhe had nothing more to say and could only nod in acknowledgment.
Yu Daohen nodded politely.
This Chen Shanshui was a smart person.
Although his strength was not great, he understood that knowing when to quit was wisdom. He knew who he could offend and who he should befriend. He was clear about this.
Such a person was like a lone wolf. When you were strong, he would crawl at your feet.
When he was injured and down on his luck, he would surely add insult to injury.
However, he would choose a time when he had a hundred percent certainty.
With his own strength, he didn't need to worry about such things.
If he dared to come, he would always be able to slaughter him!
As for Chen Guojun, he scoffed. Although Li Tiandao did not kill him this time, he was already at the end of his rope.
To put it bluntly, he was a dying man. This old bone would not last much longer, so there was no need to worry.
This was also one of the reasons he saved him.