Chapter 450: Chapter 448: Youluo: How Dare You Treat My Lord Husband Like This... That’s Like a Turtle Eating Green Beans—Courting Death!

And now, the medicine garden no longer exists, so there is no medicinal fragrance wafting out.

What are these people guarding?

Lu Ye furrowed his brows in thought.

Judging by the strength of these guards, the force that controls this area shouldn’t be very strong, probably just at the level of an Innate Clan.

A bit stronger, and it would be a Grandmaster Level force?

After pondering for a moment, Lu Ye walked toward the guarded area.

After all, this area wasn’t large and there was no place to hide, so they couldn’t escape the guards’ notice.

Moreover, given the current situation above, Lu Ye guessed that there were definitely people exploring underneath the crack.

Sure enough, before Lu Ye could get close, he was blocked by the guards dispersed around.

"Stop, it’s not convenient to pass through here at the moment. I ask you to take another path."

Beside him, Youluo made a slight motion with her eyes, as if to say, "These people only have this level of strength, why bother with them?"

Not allowed in? Then let fists do the talking.

With a small hand gesture, he signaled Youluo to be patient, then asked, "Fellow Daoist, what are you doing here?"

"Don’t ask what you shouldn’t, meddling in others’ affairs isn’t a good thing," the guard said impatiently.

Hearing such words, Youluo immediately put on a stern face.

Really, a turtle eating a green bean, courting death?!

Lu Ye patted her again, indicating no need to rush, when suddenly...

From the crack in the distant mountain range, there came a disturbance.

A vague cry of agony echoed out, growing closer and closer.

Moments later, from the crack surged out over a dozen figures, each of them crawling with numerous worms.

Some of the worms even burrowed into their bodies through their mouths or noses.

"Run! There’s no treasure down there, only worms!"

"Ah... they’re eating me, it hurts so much!!"

The people emerging from the crack screamed in terror, as if they had seen a scene from hell down below.

The horrible commotion here caused the guarding guards to tremble and immediately send out messages.

In less than the time it takes to drink half a cup of tea, another group rushed over from outside the mountain range, urgently asking, "What’s going on?!"

The leader, a man appearing under thirty, was at the Innate Second Layer, just one step from advancing to the Innate Third Layer Realm.

Upon seeing the over a dozen people sent down to investigate, some had already vanished.

The remaining people were all in pain, some even tearing their skin apart without stopping...

Witnessing such a horrific scene, the man’s face changed drastically.

"What’s going on?!"

"There seems to be no treasure below, only a vast number of worms," Lu Ye said from the side.

It was then the urgently arrived man noticed the two people standing not far away, one unfamiliar, the other wearing a black robe concealing their figure.

"Who are you?" the man asked in puzzlement.

"Just passersby, here to eliminate these worms as well," Lu Ye said calmly.

"Young Master, there’s no treasure below, only worms... several brothers already unaware, died down there, ah! It hurts!" Nearby, a Postnatal Realm Ninth Layer man suffering from the worms inside him spoke, his tone filled with pain.

"What, it’s all worms?!" The man’s pupils shrank slightly, then he remembered what Lu Ye said about coming to kill these worms and immediately cupped his fists toward Lu Ye.

"I am Zhang Chong, may I know the names of you two Fellow Daoists?"

"Lu Fan, and she is Lu You," Lu Ye replied indifferently, temporarily giving Youluo a name.

Hearing Lu Ye’s words, Youluo glanced at her master husband, saying nothing, obeying his arrangements.

Lu You... sounds quite nice.

"So you are Fellow Daoist Lu," Zhang Chong cupped his fists again and said, "You just said you came to clear out the worms beneath this mountain range crack?"

"That’s right. If these worms grow and leave this place, they would be a disaster anywhere," Lu Ye nodded.

Zhang Chong was shocked; his family resided in a nearby city.

If that’s really the case, then the first to bear the brunt...

Would most likely be Fushan City!

"Fellow Daoist, are you confident? The ancestor of my clan is at the Grandmaster Realm. If the worms truly pose such a great threat, should I invite my ancestor to assist you?" Zhang Chong hurriedly suggested.

Grandmaster Realm...

Hearing this, a trace of reminiscence appeared in Lu Ye’s eyes.

Unknowingly, from becoming a Grandmaster two and a half years ago to now...

Only Lu Ye himself knew how much hardship and sweat he had gone through.

"No need, thank you for your offer. We can handle this," Lu Ye smiled slightly and nodded at Zhang Chong.

Then, he led Youluo toward the crack in the mountain range.

At this moment, no one stopped the two of them from proceeding.

Watching these two sudden arrivals disappear into the crack, Zhang Chong thought for a moment, then hurriedly led his people back to the clan to inform his father of the situation.

...

Lu Ye led Youluo down the crack quickly and approached the front of the previous cave.

At this moment, a faint bloody smell still lingered in the passage.

The previous passage, starting at the central area, had traces of Devouring Elemental Insects.

But now, Lu Ye simply stood at the front of the passage, having not yet entered, and had already seen some dust-like substances near the entrance.

If someone were to step inside unprepared...

It was clear that the first-time-arriving Youluo had not noticed these anomalies, instinctively wanting to walk inside after descending.

"Wait... Didn’t you notice?" Lu Ye spoke from behind her.

"What?" Youluo looked again at the passage ahead and the somewhat dim surroundings.

"Were you taught by Jiang Qingge to be this careless?" Lu Ye walked over and knocked her on the head.

Youluo became even more bewildered.

Shaking his head, Lu Ye extended his hand, and silently... a terrifying blast of Grandmaster’s Source Qi surged forth.

It roared toward the ground of the near passage!

Squealing!!

In an instant, a myriad of unsettling, tooth-grinding noises came from the mouths of those dust-like "dead things," making one’s scalp crawl!

Youluo’s slightly shadowy eyes contracted instantly, finally understanding what the master husband was muttering about...

These seemingly ordinary dust particles... were camouflages!

Immediately, Youluo waved her hand, and violent Source Qi spewed from her grasp, obliterating the disguised Devouring Elemental Insects in the passage one wave after another.