Chapter 300: Chapter 262: Ye Muni’s Information

"This..." A look of profound shock filled Ye Muni’s eyes. His face was a mask of disbelief.

Once he accepted the reality of the situation, his heart filled with nothing but despair.

’The heavens want me dead!’

Su Ze had really hit the jackpot. He’d killed two birds with one stone: he had not only dealt with the God of Flame Evolution, thus nullifying Ye Muni’s trump card, but had also fed the Big-Mouth Flower. Now he could open the cultivation room’s door without a password.

After swallowing the God of Flame Evolution, the Big-Mouth Flower let out a contented snore, its mouth gaping wide. Between its two rows of sharp teeth, a path leading to some unknown destination was faintly visible.

Su Ze didn’t rush into the cultivation room. He walked over, kicked the jade stone from Ye Muni’s hand, and simultaneously slipped the Storage Ring off his finger to prevent him from pulling out any more trump cards.

The shadow of a god of evolution had once been visible inside the jade stone. But after the God of Flame Evolution was swallowed by the Big-Mouth Flower, the inside of the jade became blank, turning crystal clear.

The Mother Tree’s voice echoed in Su Ze’s mind. "Take that jade stone. It’s an excellent material for containing divine will. It will be useful later."

Su Ze silently walked over and stored the jade in his own storage item. Only then did he turn to Ye Muni and ask: 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶

"Did Zhao Yuanyi contact you before he died?"

"What’s the point in asking that now? He’s dead, and I’m about to join him." Ye Muni’s expression was self-deprecating. ’To think I’d end up dying at the hands of someone in the Butterfly Stage.’

"What do you mean ’no point’? You know the King of Mu killed him, don’t you?"

Ye Muni nodded. Mr. Wang hadn’t just called Su Ze; he’d called him too. Besides, he had also learned some information from Feng Boyi.

"Then you should also know that the King of Mu and I are bound to be enemies. If you give me more information, when I kill the King of Mu in the future, you can consider it revenge for Zhao Yuanyi," Su Ze said.

"Haha." Ye Muni suddenly laughed. "But if the King of Mu kills you, wouldn’t that be revenge for me? Why should I help you?"

’He’s got a point there...’ Su Ze was momentarily at a loss for words.

However, Ye Muni eventually sighed and began to speak slowly. "Mr. Zhao learned all about the Bloodline Crystals from Feng Boyi. He sensed something was off and told me he was going to follow the trail starting with his son’s body."

"How was Zhao Lingxiao’s body handled at the time?" Su Ze asked for more details.

This was about whether he could find the remaining Bloodline Crystals and complete his Divine Grace of Evolution skill, so naturally, he was particularly concerned.

Ye Muni said, "The warden of Pan Shi Prison told Mr. Zhao that they had cremated his son’s body immediately to cover up the evidence of the crime. Afterward, they just gave Mr. Zhao a box of ashes."

"But Mr. Zhao later learned from the warden’s confidant that his son’s body likely wasn’t cremated. The warden had supposedly hidden it somewhere, intending to use it as leverage against him in the future."

"However, less than a month after you escaped Mu Country, that warden of Pan Shi Prison died suddenly from a violent illness, and the trail went cold."

If Su Ze remembered correctly, the Pan Shi Prison warden had been a Butterfly Stage expert. ’How could someone like that suddenly fall ill and die? Even a blind man could see something was fishy about that.’

It wasn’t hard to guess that for some reason, the warden had provoked the King of Mu’s killing intent. This was most likely related to Zhao Lingxiao’s body as well.

The King of Mu killed for one of two reasons. The first was to silence someone; perhaps the warden knew a secret he shouldn’t have. The second was because the warden’s actions were obstructing the King’s plans—to put it bluntly, he got in the way.

"So what happened after that? If Zhao Yuanyi’s lead ended there, how did he end up provoking the King of Mu and getting killed?" Su Ze asked.

"Even though the trail went cold, all the strange circumstances pointed to the King of Mu. So, Mr. Zhao began investigating the King directly, starting with his childhood and unraveling the details thread by thread..."

"Wait," Su Ze interrupted. "Knowing his personality, he shouldn’t have dared to investigate the King of Mu. Did he really value his son, Zhao Lingxiao, that much? Enough to oppose the King of Mu for him?"

Ye Muni was silent for a few seconds before saying, "Qu Jianbai was also pulling the strings. If not for Qu Jianbai’s support, he wouldn’t have had the guts to investigate the King of Mu."

"And when things went south, Qu Jianbai didn’t dare to make a peep?" Su Ze scoffed. "So, did Zhao Yuanyi uncover any of the King of Mu’s secrets?"

Ye Muni shook his head. "I don’t know, he didn’t tell me. But since the King of Mu killed him, it means he really did find something."

Su Ze nodded slightly and brought the conversation back to the matter at hand. "Anything else to add? If not, I’ll send you on your way to keep Zhao Yuanyi company."

Ye Muni didn’t speak.

Su Ze didn’t hold back.

SWISH!

The Crystal Sword flashed, slicing Ye Muni in two.

Su Ze bent down to loot the bodies. He sensed that the old geezer, Amida, was still faintly breathing. He was tempted to just twist his head off but restrained himself.

’The head of a living psychic-type Overlord... seems pretty rare, and very useful...’ With a few stomps, Su Ze shattered all of Amida’s limbs and broke his spine.

With the powerful life force of a Saint-rank Overlord, even injuries like these weren’t fatal.

Su Ze then took the Storage Ring from Amida, tossed him into a storage item, and called Mr. Ya over, preparing to enter the cultivation room inside the Big-Mouth Flower’s mouth.

Mr. Ya had already drawn near when Su Ze erupted with power to take on two opponents at once. He had watched the entire battle, and his jaw was still hanging open.

He used to brag to everyone that even though he was only in the Butterfly Stage, not even a Saint-rank Overlord could touch him.

But now, Su Ze, also at the Butterfly Stage, had killed two Saint-rank Overlords at once!

This dealt a heavy blow to Mr. Ya’s pride. It was a harsh reminder that there’s always someone better. His own meager abilities were nothing worth mentioning in the face of Su Ze’s accomplishments.

Mr. Ya swallowed hard and pointed to the blood-soaked ground. "Boss, what should we do with Ye Muni’s body?"

Su Ze picked up Ye Muni’s corpse. "Let’s toss it in the cultivation room for now. We can hide it there."

It was best if word of him killing Amida and Ye Muni didn’t get out. Otherwise, it could very well trigger a large-scale conflict between Luofan and Dongli, shattering the peace that had been maintained for so long with great difficulty.

Mr. Ya looked at the Big-Mouth Flower’s gaping maw and hesitated. "Boss, are we really just going to crawl in there?"

It felt like they were serving themselves up on a platter.

"It’s fine." Su Ze was actually a bit nervous himself, but the Mother Tree had told him the Big-Mouth Flower wouldn’t attack anyone while it was asleep.

He walked over and pried open the Big-Mouth Flower’s thick, purple lips. Instead of the foul stench of an animal’s mouth, a fresh, botanical fragrance wafted out.

Deep within the Big-Mouth Flower’s mouth, amidst the bottomless darkness, a faint light flickered.

"Follow the light." Su Ze led the way, ducking into the Big-Mouth Flower’s mouth.