39: The best way is to leave it to me.

Chen De finally arrived at the Silverscale Rhinoceros King's territory, past the demon beasts in Vortex Forest West.

During this process, Chen De's steps seemed light, but only Chen De knew how heavy each step he took truly was!

Silverscale Rhinoceros King!

For everyone's sake, I will not let you off!

Chen De stood looking south.

His eyes revealed passion and determination!

Chen De was a kind person; even with how the Silverscale Rhinoceros King treated him, Chen De would never indiscriminately kill the innocent or create wanton slaughter!

One can die with dignity, but never live shamelessly!

However, the trick Chen De used wouldn't last long; the Silverscale Rhinoceros King would soon return.

Time was short, Chen De had to act quickly!

Even so, Chen De would not do anything immoral during this process.

Even now, Chen De could confidently thump his chest and vow that since his debut, he had not killed a single innocent life.

Of course, accidental killings didn't count!

Seeing these Mystic Rhinoceros Clan demon beasts, each one fat and robust, Chen De was instantly filled with rage.

It was truly 'wine and meat rot in rich men's houses'; look at the state of the demon beasts in other parts of the Vortex Forest.

Especially the demon beasts in his western territory, they were all emaciated.

Because Chen De hadn't been in the west for long, the condition of the western demon beasts naturally had nothing to do with him.

However, Chen De was unable to change this situation during his time there, and whenever he thought of it, he couldn't help but blame himself and shed tears.

But no matter what happened, one always had to look forward.

True morality never clung to the past.

Amidst his sorrow, Chen De heard a burst of playful noise.

Following the sound, Chen De saw a group of Little Xuan Rhinos playing happily there.

Upon seeing this, a rare gentle expression appeared on Chen De's face, and he shook his head kindly.

It seemed the Silver Scale Rhino King was quite protective of these Little Xuan Rhinos.

Such things had happened in the Vortex Forest, yet they could still play happily.

It seemed this Silver Scale Rhino King was also a good clan leader within his own clan.

Chen De had no interest in these Little Xuan Rhinos; he still had things to do, so he briefly paused before quickly departing.

After Chen De left.

At the spot where Chen De had been, only a pile of minced meat remained.

...

The Silverscale Rhinoceros King's cave mansion was easy to find; in the Vortex Forest, he simply had no need to keep his cave mansion hidden.

Normal ordinary demon beasts, even when resting, always had to be on guard against enemy sneak attacks.

Therefore, they often set up their resting places in relatively secluded spots.

But the Silver Scale Rhino King, as the king of the entire Vortex Forest, obviously had no such need.

Approaching it, there were still two Mystic Rhinoceros Clan guards standing guard at the entrance.

For Chen De, they were just two Demon Qi Realm demon beasts; Chen De dealt with them without making a sound.

Chen De left their bodies standing, maintaining their original guarding postures.

And Chen De swaggered inside.

As soon as he entered, Chen De's eyes turned red.

This was due to the anger caused by what he saw.

He saw a Mystic Rhinoceros beast, which looked more advanced than the other Mystic Rhinoceros beasts—let's call it the Mystic Rhinoceros Commander—directing the ordinary Mystic Rhinoceros beasts to pile things inside.

He heard it loudly command, "Quick, quick, quick! Hand over all the spirit medicine you've collected during this period and what you've accumulated before!

If we delay the Great King's matters, we'll all be in deep trouble!

Also, it's already this late, why are there still Mystic Rhinos who haven't handed it over?

Didn't the order go out a long time ago?

Go and hurry them up again; now is when the Great King needs our efforts!"

"Finally—"

"Long live Silverscale Rhinoceros King!"

The Mystic Rhinoceros Commander roared, his face red and neck thick.

All the Mystic Rhinoceros beasts followed suit, shouting together.

The Mystic Rhinoceros Commander looked utterly devoted, as if he was truly thinking of the Silverscale Rhinoceros King and the Mystic Rhinoceros Clan.

As soon as his voice fell, a Mystic Rhinoceros immediately walked out to execute the order, to round up those Mystic Rhinoceros beasts who hadn't yet handed over their spirit medicine.

As soon as he reached the entrance, Chen De dispatched him.

Actually, without the Mystic Rhinoceros Commander saying anything, Chen De knew what they were piling up just by looking.

After all, he had dealt with spirit medicine for so long.

Spirit medicine, it was all spirit medicine!

Countless low-grade spirit medicine, quite a lot of mid-grade spirit medicine, and even a few superior spirit medicine.

He didn't know what the Silverscale Rhinoceros King suddenly wanted all this spirit medicine for.

Healing?

Chen De felt it wasn't likely.

Because if it was just for healing, he wouldn't need so much spirit medicine at all.

And to have the entire clan contribute resources and effort, wasn't the Silver Scale Rhino King's own stash enough?

Confiscating spirit medicine from one's own clan was a very taxing and costly act for demon beasts.

Moreover, these were cultivation resources; to put it deeply, even the development of the entire clan would be affected.

Logically speaking, unless absolutely necessary, the Silverscale Rhinoceros King shouldn't do this.

But Chen De was too lazy to think about it; since Chen De saw it, it proved that it was destined for Chen De.

Otherwise, why didn't he gather it earlier or later, but only when Chen De arrived?

Furthermore, these were ill-gotten gains collected by the Silverscale Rhinoceros King, or even the Mystic Rhinoceros Clan.

Who knew how much demon fat and demon paste these guys had extorted to gather these spirit medicines, and how many acts of murder for profit and harm to heaven and reason they had committed?

It would have been fine if these resources hadn't been discovered by Chen De, but now that they had been, he absolutely couldn't stand by and do nothing.

To condone evil was to implicitly approve of evil, and to collude with evil.

This was something Chen De would never tolerate!

These resources should be used for righteous purposes and handled by appropriate people.

For example, entrusting them to a moral person like Chen De would be the most appropriate method.

Watching the spirit medicines being squandered by them, Chen De could no longer hold back.

His anger flared, and he struck decisively.

In such a confined space, Chen De's cultivation realm far surpassed theirs.

Coupled with Chen De occupying the exit from the start, they had nowhere to escape.

Facing Chen De's attack, those Mystic Rhinoceros beasts naturally could not evade it no matter what.

Before Chen De, eliminating these Mystic Rhinoceros beasts was merely a one-sided slaughter.

Soon, only one Mystic Rhinoceros beast in the cave mansion remained alive.

This was, of course, not because Chen De couldn't kill it, but because he deliberately spared its life to ask what had happened.

The one left was the previously passionate Mystic Rhinoceros Commander.

In Chen De's opinion, the higher the rank of the Mystic Rhinoceros beast, the more it would surely know.

Moreover, the Silverscale Rhinoceros King had entrusted such an important task as collecting resources to him.

It showed that the Silverscale Rhinoceros King trusted him quite a lot, so he must know a considerable amount.

When Chen De first interrogated him, he still maintained a loyal demeanor, preferring death over surrender.

As soon as Chen De prepared to act, he immediately wilted.

He only said that Chen De had to first promise to let him go after he finished speaking, and then he would talk.

Originally, Chen De had seen his previous passionate demeanor and thought he had more backbone.

Chen De immediately gave him his assurance, promising to let him go after he finished speaking, and used his own morality as a guarantee.

Incidentally, Chen De also stated that he was a man of his word and had never broken a promise.

Seeing Chen De's serious expression, as if morality was truly important to him, the Mystic Rhinoceros Commander finally felt relieved and honestly confessed the issues.

And so, Chen De didn't even have to physically act; he immediately spilled everything, including things Chen De hadn't even asked about.

His speed and fluency of speech left Chen De in awe.

After speaking, he only begged Chen De to spare his life, even offering to act as an inside informant for Chen De to deal with the Silverscale Rhinoceros King together.

He just needed to pretend to have been severely wounded while resisting an external enemy, but fortunately not killed.

Chen De hadn't expected that such a trusted subordinate of the Silverscale Rhinoceros King, after just a token resistance at first, would immediately sell him out and even offer to help Chen De deal with him.

Unfortunately, what Chen De hated most in this life were such traitors.

So, the moment he finished answering the questions, Chen De immediately sent him to the afterlife.

As for the previous promise not to kill him, Chen De stated that it did not count as breaking a promise.

After all, in Chen De's previous life, a sage once said: "A forced oath, the gods do not hear."

This was a promise made under duress and threat in an emergency, which Heaven would not acknowledge.

Since it was an unacknowledged promise, there was naturally no question of whether it was broken or not.

Therefore, all in all, Chen De did not betray his promise, because he had made no promise, so how could he betray it?

Now, Chen De had done the same thing as a sage, so didn't that mean...

He, Chen De!

Was already a sage!

But even sages needed to eat, so Chen De then looked at the spirit medicine.

Chen De had already learned from the Mystic Rhinoceros Commander that all this spirit medicine was to be handed over as the price to save the Silverscale Rhinoceros King's life.

This infuriated Chen De; his eyes fixed on the pile of spirit medicine, unwavering, as he thought.

The Silverscale Rhinoceros King, for his own selfish reasons, did not hesitate to harm the interests of all the demon beasts in the Vortex Forest.

Could he not see how miserable the demon beasts in the Vortex Forest were now?

Especially those demon beasts in Vortex Forest West!

This kind of behavior was simply a traitor to the forest!

Looking at it this way, Chen De taking these spirit medicines later was indeed a righteous act, an act of justice.

Without further ado, Chen De immediately acted, collecting all the spirit medicine before him.

He wouldn't leave a single hair for the Silver Scale Rhino King!