The Chen family's lord chuckled lightly and generously admitted, "That's right, my Chen family does possess the cultivation method for the Eye of Death. However, the price of knowing it is death. Do you truly wish to hear it?"
Yu Daohen sneered, mocking, "Do you think you have the strength to kill me?"
Chen Guojun stopped and turned to face Yu Daohen.
Their eyes met, and the atmosphere immediately became tense.
Chen Guojun's lips curved into a sneer, "Never mind if I have the ability or not, just tell me if you dare."
Yu Daohen's hand moved towards the Kanglong mace at his waist, his eyes narrowing. "Old man, you're trying to provoke me with your words."
To be honest, he was confident he could handle a heavily injured Black List expert and a slightly injured Heaven List expert.
Seeing that the two were about to fight, Chen Shanshui, who was standing nearby, smiled and changed the subject. "Master Yu, the secret chamber ahead is where the compass is kept. Let's hurry."
At Chen Shanshui's words, both sides took a step back, tacitly choosing silence.
Truth be told, neither of them wanted to fall out at this moment, especially Chen Guojun.
He didn't believe he could defeat this young man in his current injured state.
Seeing that both had fallen silent, Chen Shanshui eagerly led the way.
He was desperate to get rid of the esteemed Master Yu as soon as possible.
Otherwise, if a fight were to break out, the Chen family would truly be relegated to the ranks of second-rate forces.
Upon reaching the entrance of the secret chamber, Chen Shanshui didn't rush to open the door. Instead, he bit his finger and waved his hand.
Two drops of blood landed on the center of the door. Moments later, the entire secret chamber began to shake violently.
Yu Daohen looked at the corners of the room, where countless蛊 (gu) worms rapidly crawled into the grooves.
Boom—
The secret chamber door opened on its own. Inside, a centipede over three meters long was coiled on the wall.
In front of the centipede, a box was placed on a stone pillar.
Chen Shanshui turned to Yu Daohen and said, "Master Yu, please wait here. Besides this centipede, the secret chamber is filled with countless man-eating蛊 (gu) worms. Strangers who enter will be immediately annihilated."
Yu Daohen nodded, but to be safe, he looked at Chen Guojun beside him and said with a smile, "Old Master Chen, this junior is timid. Would you mind accompanying me?"
How could Chen Guojun not understand Yu Daohen's intentions? He snorted disdainfully, "I'm not so shameless as to kill you now."
Yu Daohen grinned mockingly, "Is that so? Why is Old Master Chen so understanding?"
"Kid, your mouth is as foul as ever."
Chen Guojun's lips twitched, wishing he could kill the young man right then and there.
Yu Daohen shrugged, with a look that invited trouble. "It can't be helped. I'm good at everything except this one flaw, and after all these years, no one has managed to kill me, so I might as well not change."
"Hmph."
Chen Guojun snorted and ignored Yu Daohen.
When it came to verbal sparring, this kid was truly invincible.
Just then, Chen Shanshui also emerged with a wooden box and said, "Master Yu, the compass is in this wooden box."
Chen Guojun, standing beside them, said impatiently, "Hurry up and open it, let him see it, and then let him get lost."
"Old man, do you think I enjoy staying at the Chen family?"
Yu Daohen retorted unhappily.
Seeing that the atmosphere was about to become tense again, Chen Shanshui quickly opened the wooden box.
Yu Daohen looked at the compass in the wooden box, and his expression changed drastically.
Seeing Yu Daohen's expression, the Chen Guojun father and son immediately looked down.
Inside the wooden box, there was no compass. Instead, there was a blood-red spider, motionless, clearly dead.
"It's empty!"
"How can it be empty?"
Chen Shanshui looked utterly bewildered. "This is impossible. I personally placed the compass inside. How could it be gone?"
"Could it have been stolen by people from the Divine Religion?"
As soon as he spoke, Chen Shanshui shook his head again. "That's impossible. The two elders didn't detect anyone from the Divine Religion approaching."
Yu Daohen's face instantly darkened. He glared at Chen Guojun and his son, roaring, "If the compass was taken by the Divine Religion, I will slaughter your Chen family!"
Chen Guojun didn't get angry. Instead, he looked at the blood-red spider corpse inside with a grim expression and slowly said, "Ah Shui, look at the spider's corpse."
Chen Shanshui carefully examined the spider's corpse in the wooden box and immediately noticed something was wrong. "This spider died of natural causes!"
Chen Guojun's brows furrowed, and he nodded. "Precisely."
Chen Shanshui was stunned. "Could it be that my elder brother stole the compass?"
Chen Guojun slowly said, "Only the three of us, father and sons, know the location of the compass and can control this spider."
Chen Guojun's meaning was clear.
Upon hearing this, Yu Daohen cursed, "This traitor, he actually did something like this."
Chen Shanshui looked at Chen Guojun and asked, "Father, does elder brother have a tracking蛊 (gu) worm on him?"
Chen Guojun nodded and took out a glass bottle from his pocket. "Yes."
Yu Daohen looked at Chen Shanshui and said unhappily, "Do you have a way to track Chen Shanhe?"
Chen Shanshui nodded and explained, "Every disciple of our Chen family has a蛊 (gu) worm inside them for easy tracking."
Chen Guojun handed over the glass bottle and said, "You go track Chen Shanhe first, we'll follow."
Yu Daohen took the glass bottle and ran out without a word, leaving behind a parting shot.
"If you fail to retrieve the compass, your Chen family will have to face the wrath of the entire martial world."
Chen Shanshui looked at Chen Guojun beside him and anxiously asked, "Father, what should we do now?"
Chen Guojun shook his head, his face filled with bitterness and anger. "What can we do? If we truly fail to retrieve the compass, we'll have to prepare to be enemies with the entire martial world."
Chen Shanshui clenched his fists. He never imagined his elder brother would do something like this.
Running outside, Yu Daohen opened the glass bottle, and a white butterfly flew out.
The butterfly seemed to have a spirit, flying rapidly in one direction.
Seeing this, Yu Daohen followed, muttering curses, "Damn it, this accursed thing, I shouldn't have spared him!"
He should have gone all out and killed this guy earlier!
Damn it!
The butterfly was not slow. Yu Daohen ran all the way towards the village.
Upon arriving at the village, Yu Daohen looked up at the butterfly flying overhead.
The butterfly seemed to sense something and suddenly stopped in mid-air, motionless.
"Damn it, what kind of trash is this? It has to fail me at this moment."
Yu Daohen cursed, wanting to smash the thing with his Kanglong mace, but then decided against it.
After about five minutes, the butterfly moved again and flew forward.
Seeing this, Yu Daohen followed again, but its flight speed had slowed considerably, more than half the speed it was before.