Chapter 25: Revenge!
“Qi Refinement First Layer? Good, very good, excellent!”
True Person Zidan was overjoyed upon seeing your cultivation. “In merely two days, you could actually draw qi into your body. Truly a genius among ten thousand!”
True Person Zidan seemed hesitant, his gaze drifting toward you from time to time. Finally, he made up his mind and beckoned to you.
“Come, come here, child. Your Master will personally pass down a technique to you!”
You walked toward True Person Zidan without betraying any emotion, but in your heart, you were secretly delighted.
I was just worrying about how to get close. I never imagined you would seek death yourself. Then don’t blame me!
You knew that as a Body Cultivator, once you closed the distance, you were invincible among cultivators of the same rank.
Originally, you hadn’t been confident. Now, you were absolutely certain you could kill True Person Zidan.
You passed by your Senior Brothers and Senior Sisters one by one and arrived before True Person Zidan.
True Person Zidan nodded in satisfaction and extended his right hand toward you, about to act.
Your Golden Core-stage physical body suddenly erupted. You grabbed True Person Zidan’s arm and, with a bang, slammed him heavily to the ground.
Then, with one foot on True Person Zidan’s body and one hand gripping his right arm, you suddenly exerted force and ripped his arm off entirely!
“AH!!!”
A miserable scream rang out. Even with Golden Core cultivation, True Person Zidan could not endure the pain of a severed arm.
“You—who exactly are you?!”
True Person Zidan’s soul cried out in questioning, and his Golden Core cultivation began to erupt.
“Daring to harm me? Today I shall let you witness the might of a Golden Core!”
You said nothing. To avoid the other cultivators of the Azure Cloud Sect discovering you, you gathered all your strength and drove a Heavenly Lightning Fist directly into True Person Zidan’s dantian.
“Crack, crack!”
True Person Zidan’s Mystic-rank middle-grade armor was shattered by your blow! Even the Golden Core pressure he had been about to unleash was suppressed along with it.
Without the armor’s protection, the remaining force of your Heavenly Lightning Fist seeped into True Person Zidan’s dantian and touched the Golden Core within his body.
“No, don’t kill me!”
True Person Zidan, pinned beneath you, felt the abnormality in his dantian and quickly begged for mercy. “Senior, this junior knows his mistake. Spare this junior! This junior is willing to offer up everything he owns, only begging Senior to spare this junior’s life!”
Your only response was the Heavenly Lightning Fist!
This time, without the protection of a magic tool, as you punched again and again, True Person Zidan’s Golden Core was directly shattered by your blows!
His dantian shattered as well, and his entire cultivation instantly turned to nothing!
In just a few breaths, True Person Zidan went from a Golden Core cultivator to a withered old man.
Without cultivation, True Person Zidan’s lifespan had reached its limit. Even if you didn’t kill him, he would eventually die from the exhaustion of his lifespan.
The three people nearby, with only Qi Refinement Third Layer cultivation, watched this scene helplessly.
Looking at the crippled True Person Zidan, you didn’t want to kill him so easily. First, you collected True Person Zidan’s storage bag, then threw him down.
“Ah!”
Seeing True Person Zidan thrown down, the three were terrified and quickly knelt, begging. “Please, Senior, spare our lives!”
You looked at the three before you and did not strike to kill. You knew their experiences were the same as yours, and without the three of them scouting the path for you back then, you didn’t know when you would have escaped the Azure Cloud Sect and gained your current cultivation.
Because of this, you even felt somewhat grateful to the three of them.
You waved your hand, and three daggers appeared before the three. Looking at them, you said, “Pick up the daggers before you. Use whatever method you consider cruelest to properly torment your Master!”
At the same time, you took out a pill and made True Person Zidan swallow it, ensuring he would not die for a short while.
“Begin!”
“How dare you! I am your Master!”
True Person Zidan roared, frightening two of them into not daring to step forward.
Only one was different. She picked up the dagger from the ground, slowly raised her head to look at True Person Zidan lying on the ground, and a fierce look appeared in her eyes.
“You… what are you trying to do? I am your Master!”
True Person Zidan looked at her, a flicker of panic flashing through his eyes.
“What bullshit Master! You slaughtered my entire family and forced me to take my father’s murderer as my Master!”
“Today, heaven has eyes, allowing me, Shangguan Lan, to avenge my father’s death!”
Shangguan Lan could no longer hold back. She rose unsteadily, gripped the dagger with both hands, and suddenly rushed to True Person Zidan, plunging a dagger straight in!
“AH!”
Without cultivation, True Person Zidan was now like an ordinary person, able only to be slaughtered.
Shangguan Lan seemed to have gone mad, stabbing the dagger into True Person Zidan’s body again and again, seemingly deliberately avoiding the heart.
Finally, Shangguan Lan placed the dagger at True Person Zidan’s manhood and cut it off with a heavy stroke!
This time, True Person Zidan could no longer endure it. The immense pain directly caused him to faint.
You witnessed the entire scene without speaking. Listening to True Person Zidan’s screams brought you great pleasure.
The torture continued. While using spiritual power to protect True Person Zidan’s heart and keep him from dying, you studied the magic tools in his storage bag.
In True Person Zidan’s storage bag, you discovered a banner emitting black smoke. After learning about it, you realized it was actually the legendary Soul-Refining Banner!
The Soul-Refining Banner—the more souls refined within it, the stronger its power. The one in your hands now actually contained hundreds of thousands of souls!
Moreover, you sensed that most of the souls inside were ordinary mortals without any cultivation!
It was clear just how many innocent mortals True Person Zidan had slaughtered back then!
You considered yourself no good person in the cultivation world, but you would never strike at innocent mortals. This had touched your bottom line as a human being!
You directly refined it and became the master of this soul banner, then immediately released all those mortal souls, helping them find salvation.
“This junior, Shangguan Lan, wishes to take Senior as her Master. I beg Senior to grant this!”
After tormenting True Person Zidan beyond recognition, Shangguan Lan, covered in blood, knelt on the ground and bowed to you.
This girl is decisive in nature, ruthless in her actions, and she once helped me.
You thought this in your heart, then finally spoke. “Why do you wish to take me as your Master?”
“This junior’s parents are both dead. I have no home to return to. Without a Master to rely on, with this junior’s cultivation in the Azure Cloud Sect, I fear I won’t live past an hour!” Shangguan Lan said respectfully.
“You’re honest at least. Get up first.”
You waved your hand, clearing the blood from Shangguan Lan’s body, revealing her original appearance.
Not bad, she’s quite good-looking. Plenty of assets too. Having her around will be easy on the eyes.
You thought this in your heart.
You knew clearly that with her looks, if no one protected her, her fate in the Azure Cloud Sect would be miserable!
“Thank you, Master!”