136: Exchange of intelligence

A Martial Artist's age cannot be determined from their appearance, unless they are nearing the limit of their lifespan;

This is even more true for Martial Artists of Great Qin; all those active on the Outer Heaven Battlefield are still far from their lifespan limits!

Martial Dao has only been revived for three hundred years, so it can be said that Human Race Martial Artists above the Fourth Realm who died of natural causes do not yet exist...

But this powerhouse of the Crystal Fire Clan just felt that Chu Yuan was very young;

One reason was that previous intelligence had not mentioned him at all;

Another reason was the sense of déjà vu brought about by Chu Yuan's words and actions...

Having friction with the Ninth Legion all year round, the Crystal Fire Clan possessed at least some information on all the well-known experts within it;

Fifth Realm Martial Artists are not rare, and Sixth Realm Martial Artists are quite common;

But to be able to suppress a Sixth Realm Martial Artist while at the Fifth Realm life level, and even affect a Seventh Realm Martial Artist...

Such a person had never appeared before; otherwise, they would have been prioritized for attention immediately!

The more he thought about it, the angrier he became. The injuries he sustained this time would require a great price to recover from;

Either he would have to endure it over time, dragging it out for decades or even a century, by which point he could likely clear the foreign Law belonging to Zhang Yue from his body...

"Record: Ninth Legion, Bell Tower Squad Martial Artist;

Youthful appearance, specializes in long-range attacks and spiritual attacks! Life level is around the Fifth Realm, combat power can reach the Sixth Realm!

The intensity of the spiritual attacks mastered is extremely high, capable of affecting the Seventh Realm!

Extremely high threat, should be eliminated as soon as possible!"

He raised his wrist and uploaded the information;

He thought he would have to wait a while for a reply, but to his surprise, a message came back the very next moment.

"Is it him?" The message included a photo, which was indeed Chu Yuan;

"That's correct!"

"Xuan Li, I am entrusting you with a mission: eliminate him."

"...I was ambushed by Zhang Yue of the Ninth Legion and sustained heavy injuries." Xuan Li replied gloomily, then asked: "Did the clan already possess information on him?"

"No, this is intelligence exchanged from the Nightmare Insect Clan;

This person is named Chu Yuan, extremely young. Within one month of Great Qin's so-called Martial Examination, he went from an ordinary person to a Fifth Realm Martial Artist!

The Nightmare Insect Clan once deployed their hidden agents in Great Qin to assassinate him, but they underestimated his strength, leading to the failure of the assassination..."

"So young!?" Xuan Li was shocked. He had thought Chu Yuan was young, but he had not expected him to be this young;

He also had some understanding of Great Qin's Martial Examination and knew that the participants were all eighteen or nineteen-year-old Human Race members.

And... one month?

Xuan Li couldn't help but ask: "Could the intelligence be incorrect?"

"The Nightmare Insect Clan has no reason to pass on false intelligence. Chu Yuan has an ordinary background. It is currently suspected that he obtained the Legacy of some powerhouse or was personally trained by some powerhouse from Great Qin."

"The latter is unlikely."

"Indeed, if Great Qin had such training efficiency, Chu Yuan would not be the only special case."

"He must have obtained some kind of Legacy!" Xuan Li felt some regret. If he had known this information earlier, he wouldn't have wasted his breath on Chu Yuan when he first met him!

"According to the Nightmare Insect Clan's intelligence, the probability of Chu Yuan obtaining a Legacy... is also very low."

"Why is it all intelligence from the Nightmare Insect Clan? Where are our own people?"

"When our hidden agents in Great Qin were investigating Chu Yuan, his information had already been protected;

They didn't obtain any useful information and even lost some valuable personnel..."

Xuan Li was silent. He knew that if Chu Yuan was performing so astonishingly because he had obtained the Legacy of some powerhouse, that was still within an acceptable range;

A Legacy always has its limits. The worst, absolute worst result would be nothing more than Great Qin gaining another Ninth Realm expert!

Although this is also not good news... an extra Ninth Realm expert wouldn't change anything...

But if Chu Yuan achieved such Heaven-Defying feats based on his own talent, then the nature of the situation would be completely different!

No one wants to see him grow up; he would break the balance...

"Since you are unable to take action, return to the clan and tell us everything you know."

"Understood."

...

Chu Yuan naturally did not know that he had been targeted again. He had been arranged by Yuan Yang to take Li Mengru back to Dawn City first;

As for the others, they would naturally continue to carry out their mission.

The shuttle had an autopilot function and did not require any extra control from him, and the rear was relatively safe, so there were no accidents along the way;

After successfully arriving at the barracks, he carried Li Mengru and rushed toward the recuperation center...

...

"Awake?"

"Chu... Yuan." Li Mengru tried to speak, her voice as faint as a mosquito's: "Where... is this?"

Chu Yuan held her hand and channeled some Spiritual Qi into her;

"The barracks recuperation center... don't worry, you will be fine;

We are very lucky; for the past few days, a grand-disciple of Elder Zhang Chen has been here treating the wounded."

Under the nourishment of the Spiritual Qi, Li Mengru's face regained some color. She nodded slightly, and her speech became much more fluent;

"I'm sorry, Chu Yuan... I was too impulsive..."

Although the result now is that we are safe, after Dong Jianyuan ambushed her, how could he not have made a move against Chu Yuan?

It was only because Chu Yuan was powerful... but that could not cover up the mistake she had made.

"I don't blame you. Even without you, Dong Jianyuan would have made a move... He had already defected to the Crystal Fire Clan long ago." Chu Yuan roughly recounted what had happened after Li Mengru fell unconscious;

"But... if it weren't for me, Dong Jianyuan wouldn't have made a move so quickly..."

"He is already dead. Don't think about these things anymore."

Chu Yuan killed him too quickly, not even giving Dong Jianyuan a chance to speak his last words;

This included Shuo Feng, who also didn't have any nonsense to say.

Although he did hear something like 'Mission target, Bell Tower Squad'... or something similar at the time;

But since they were already dead, he couldn't exactly pull them back up to have them explain anything, could he?

If he was targeted, then so be it. Anyway, there was no difference whether he was targeted or not in this godforsaken place...

After staying with Li Mengru for a while longer, Chu Yuan left the ward;

The recuperation center was large and well-equipped. Li Mengru was staying in the highest-level private room, with people to take care of her at all times.

However, there were not many people... In fact, Martial Artists rarely came to such places;

If the injury was minor, there was no need to come; they could just treat external wounds casually, and for internal injuries, they could pop a couple of Medicinal Pills and handle it themselves;

If the injury was serious, they would just die, making it even less necessary to come...

Most doctors at the recuperation center had healing-type Martial Skills, but except during all-out war, they charged for their services.

So this resulted in the situation where there were not many people...

"Chu Yuan?"

"Hmm?" Hearing someone call his name, Chu Yuan turned his head to look;

"Mao Rui? Why are you here?"

"Xiang Ning is injured, I came to check on him..."