I Just Wanted To Live but I Somehow Became Better Than the Protagonist

Two Worlds

Ye Yong observed coldly throughout, while Ye Qingwu and the others remained unfazed. Looking at the three lying in pools of blood, Jia Bi forced himself to breathe steadily and laughed loudly towards the sky: “Refreshing!”

Killing one’s own kind in such a manner was both suffocating and painful.

The other three survivors, gazing at their fallen companions, had red eyes. They wouldn’t blame Jia Bi, for he had done his best; all their resentment and unwillingness were directed towards Ye Yong and those three demon women.

In truth, if the opponents were worthy of respect but had to be killed, Ye Yong would certainly allow them to die with dignity. However, these were all treacherous invaders; not allowing Jia Bi to torture them enough before killing them was already a sign of Ye Yong’s mercy.

“Thank you, Young Master Ye Wu, for granting this opportunity. I had a pretty good relationship with the Fourth Elder’s son; he was a good kid. I’m sure he would be comforted in the afterlife.”

“As long as you can take revenge, that’s good.” Ye Yong patted his shoulder, “But you were too clean and quick; they didn’t even feel any pain.”

“Isn’t that to avoid dirtying the eyes of Young Master Ye Wu and the three heroines? Later, when we bring them back to the sect, we will definitely whip their corpses a thousand times and hang them on the wall to dry for ninety-one days!”

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“Alright, it’s your grudge anyway.”

“Please wait a moment; the bounty will be delivered soon.” Jia Bi stepped back a bit, sitting cross-legged on the ground, turning his back to Ye Yong and the others, pretending to converse with someone through a communication stone, while in reality, his teeth were clenched, and his hands trembled.

He had killed brothers who had endured hardships together, who had come from the Xuan De Realm to this Kunlun Realm, struggling to rise from the bottom. Little did he expect that they would not die honorably on the battlefield of territorial expansion, but instead at his hands.

Jia Bi felt a faint stir of inner demons.

“Hey, hey, why do they call you Ye Wu? It sounds so much like a lady’s name!” Song Song, acting quite familiar, pulled Ye Yong into the isolation array, asking questions left and right: “Who are those people? They must be a group, right? How did you make them kill each other? And they listened so well? They actually did it.”

“You’re asking so many questions at once; which one should I answer first?” Ye Yong replied kindly to the soft-voiced, well-endowed wood spirit. After all, she was much simpler than the irritable bird, easier to deceive… no, I mean easier to get along with.

“Hmph…” The irritable bird, Keke, seemed unable to tolerate the foolish wood spirit chatting happily with a human, turning her head away but still pricking up her ears to listen to Ye Yong’s explanation.

“I can understand not wanting others to know your true identity, just like how the lady outside makes us call her Miss Wu, but you call yourself Ye Wu… Ah! I get it!” Song Song exclaimed, her eyes lighting up: “You must like the lady!”

Graceful as Ye Qingwu was, she couldn’t help but roll her eyes at this remark, giving Song Song a light smack on the head: “Ye and Ye sound the same; it’s likely he accidentally revealed his surname while talking to someone, and had no choice but to use a homophone. What nonsense are you spouting?”

“Wise as always, senior.” Ye Yong felt a bit awkward; mentioning the surname Ye made him think of Ye Qingwu. He had only intended to use a similar name just once, assuming the person involved wouldn’t know, but it turned out to be such a coincidence.

“But it’s too similar, isn’t it? The surname is one thing, but why is the name exactly Wu, and not something else? Why not Ye Chang or Ye Duan?” Song Song continued to grumble.

“Who are they?” Ye Qingwu, not wanting to continue this topic, took the initiative to ask.

At this moment, Ye Yong produced a stone fragment in his hand. Ye Qingwu quietly awaited an explanation, while Song Song’s attention was suddenly diverted, wanting to reach over to examine it, but Ye Yong dodged: “Be careful, don’t expose it in front of those people.”

“Why?” Song Song asked, puzzled.

“This is the key to opening the passage between the two worlds.”

“Which two worlds?”

The wood spirit’s mind worked slowly, and while she was still processing this, Ye Qingwu had already realized something: “So they are people from another world?”

“Exactly.” Ye Yong nodded. The reason he shared this was to express his trust in Ye Qingwu. After all, trust is mutual; revealing such unknown secrets would make Ye Qingwu think that since he shared this with her, she would surely help him, thus earning his recognition.

Ye Yong remembered a psychological theory that stated that sharing a common secret between a man and a woman would bring them closer together. Ye Qingwu was the female lead, and a significant ally; if Ye Yong said he didn’t want to rely on her, that would be a lie. Especially with Peng Zhang targeting him in the future, having Ye Qingwu’s help would allow him to avoid some dangers, and the use of reversal points would also decrease accordingly. All in all, it was as if Ye Qingwu was giving him reversal points.

Moreover, as Keke had mentioned earlier, Ye Yong had destroyed the Black Water Secret Realm and had put Ye Qingwu in a position to confront the Demon Sect and get injured. Yet, Ye Qingwu bore no grudges, stepping in to help whenever she saw someone threatening him, rather than waiting for Ye Yong to fall into crisis before coming to his rescue. No matter what, Ye Yong had to reciprocate in some way.

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“According to the records left behind, a thousand years ago, a top human sect accidentally opened a world passage while exploring a secret realm, and on the other side of the passage was a place called the Xuan De Realm, which had already entered the end of the Dharma era.

The sect sent representatives to negotiate with the other side, hoping to exchange useful items. The initial negotiations went relatively smoothly, but on the day of the transaction, the Xuan De Realm suddenly launched an attack, intending to invade the Kunlun Realm in full force. Just like the Void Battlefield, I believe Senior Ye should be familiar with the Void Battlefield, right?”

“Of course, rather than a battlefield, it would be more accurate to call it an invaded world.”

In the Central Continent, there are several teleportation arrays connecting to the Void Battlefield, which can be seen as an unfortunate world linked to multiple lower realms at the same time.

Within the same world, various forces have already formed, mutually restraining each other, and resource acquisition is relatively balanced. However, discovering a new world is different; it would be a frenzied harvest.

No one would complain about having too many resources, so this unfortunate world became a bridge of intersection, fought over as a resource battleground by other connected lower realms. Some lower realms even sought to shift their plundering wars to other lower realms through the Void Battlefield.

Fortunately, the Kunlun Realm, where Ye Yong resides, possesses high combat power and has numerous strongholds among the several Void Battlefields, always taking the initiative to invade others. Aside from the great battle a hundred thousand years ago, it has never been invaded.

It was previously mentioned that beneath the Immortal Realm, there are countless lower realms. Some lower realms are almost indistinguishable, while others are completely different, with a myriad of strange species inhabiting them.

The Xuan De Realm is somewhat similar to the Kunlun Realm, primarily inhabited by humans. However, after entering the end of the Dharma era, spiritual energy has become scarce, and spiritual plants are increasingly rare. For the Xuan De Realm to revitalize, it must launch an attack. As for why they don’t trade with the Kunlun Realm?

Firstly, they lack the capital to negotiate terms with the Kunlun Realm. In the end of the Dharma era, the only things they can offer are cultivation techniques and knowledge of the Six Arts. But having their knowledge learned by people from another world is inherently unsafe. The Xuan De Realm has nothing to lose, so they are naturally fearless and took the initiative to attack, yearning for abundant spiritual energy.

The sect that opened the passage initially thought that the Xuan De Realm in the end of the Dharma era would be easy to control, able to absorb their various cultivation knowledge to enrich their own techniques and Six Arts capabilities. Therefore, they did not inform outsiders about the passage. Little did they know that the Xuan De Realm actually had powerful beings at the Great Ascension stage, who did not adhere to martial ethics and launched surprise attacks, which was quite reckless. Fortunately, this sect had a deep foundation and managed to close the passage before the Xuan De Realm’s army arrived, setting up heavy seals, with the stone fragment being the key to unlocking the seals.

Even so, there were still some fish that slipped through the net, successfully infiltrating the Kunlun Realm as spies to gather intelligence and reopen the passage, living on this continent.

After hearing Ye Yong’s description, not only Ye Qingwu and Keke, but even Song Song fell into deep thought.