NOVPUB"Uncle Fu, there’s no need for coded language between dignified people; after all, I can’t escape now," Cai Yue said calmly.
"Did you betray the Cai Family?"
"What if I did? What if I didn’t?" Uncle Fu asked indifferently.
"I just want to know before I die, so I don’t end up a confused ghost," Cai Yue said.
"It was I who leaked the news. I secretly allied with several other families to destroy the Cai Family.
In truth, they only wanted to take over the West Jin Mansion. We each got what we needed," Uncle Fu replied.
"Why? My father and the Cai Family were not unkind to you," Cai Yue asked incredulously.
"You watched me grow up since I was a child."
"Rather than saying the Cai Family was kind to me, it would be more accurate to say I was kind to the Cai Family."
Uncle Fu said calmly, "Before your father became the Family Head, I had followed him.
I ran errands for him everywhere and helped him without a word of complaint.
Alas, I have reached the peak of the Esteem Vein for quite some time; I am not one of those Talented Disciples.
The plain old me has always been unable to break through this realm, and now I don’t have much life left.
I don’t want to die. Your father got his hands on the Breakthrough Pill, yet he would rather hide it than assist me to break through to the Emperor Pulse and extend my life.
If we are talking about betrayal, it was your Cai Family who betrayed me first."
"I don’t know what my father was thinking, but someone like you truly deserves to die," Cai Yue said dispassionately.
"It’s a pity, not knowing whether I deserve to die or not, but you will surely die before me.
And once I have the Breakthrough Pill and break through to the Emperor Pulse Realm, I can go wherever I want in this vast world," Uncle Fu said with a sinister laugh.
"And you?" Cai Yue turned to look at the other guards.
"Miss, we didn’t know," the guards shook their heads frantically.
"Miss, you don’t need to be afraid, they will accompany you in death after you’re gone, so at least you won’t be alone on the road," Uncle Fu’s aura at the pinnacle of the Esteem Vein Realm surged around him.
His hands formed into claws, and pale white Spiritual Energy gathered at his fingertips as he reached out to grab Cai Yue.
Just then, a beastly roar sounded from the side, and the massive body of the Dark Heaven Tiger pounced forward.
Feeling the rich beastial might emanating from the Dark Heaven Tiger, Uncle Fu’s expression changed slightly, and he cursed "Beast" with a loud shout.
Immediately, he quickly moved aside.
Although Xu Zimei had not trained the Dark Heaven Tiger to be a war pet, and it was merely a mount.
Under his nurturing, the Dark Heaven Tiger had grown into a Monster Beast of the Emperor Pulse Realm.
Now its combat prowess was undeniably strong.
"You’re trying to mess up my plans," Uncle Fu said, looking at Xu Zimei inside the sedan.
"I originally didn’t want to kill you, but you’re asking for it."
"What’s all the fuss about? Can’t a person sleep in peace?" Xu Zimei opened the sedan curtain and said displeasedly.
Uncle Fu looked malevolently at Xu Zimei, and suddenly, he produced a pill in his hand.
A pure black pill.
"Mad Demon Pill," Cai Yue cried out in surprise from the side.
"You forced this on me," Uncle Fu swallowed the pill in one gulp and laughed loudly.
Immediately after, his facial features began to contort, and the skin on the surface of his body started to turn black.
With it, his aura was also rapidly growing in strength.
"He has taken the Mad Demon Pill," Cai Yue said, somewhat anxiously.
"This Pill can temporarily elevate his realm to the Emperor Pulse Realm, making him impervious to pain and extremely formidable."
"The Emperor Pulse Realm is nothing significant," Xu Zimei said, waving his hand dismissively.
At that moment, the Dark Heaven Tiger pounced, its massive body transforming into a streak of black light, and its jaws wide open.
On the other side, Uncle Fu also roared furiously, his body engulfed in dark mist, clashing fiercely in battle with the Dark Heaven Tiger.
As everyone knows, humans are no match for Monster Beasts of the same realm unless you consider those exceptional Talented Disciples.
But after Uncle Fu had taken the Mad Demon Pill, becoming immune to pain, this indeed was a highly abnormal ability.
Watching the two fight back and forth, Uncle Fu grew anxious inside; after all, the Pill’s effectiveness was time-limited, and once it wore off, the side effects would temporarily strip him of his cultivation.
Uncle Fu’s expression turned grim, and in the instant, his claws lunged at the Dark Heaven Tiger, he suddenly switched directions, aiming at Cai Yue who was to the side.
Cai Yue’s face changed instantly, as the ferocious palms loomed over her, even though the thought to escape flickered through her mind.
But it felt as though her legs were filled with lead, utterly unable to move.
Just as the claws were about to grasp Cai Yue’s neck, a "clang" was heard; a Curved Blade intercepted them.
"It’s you again," Uncle Fu exclaimed as he looked at Xu Zimei, roaring, "I am unwilling to accept this; I had already succeeded."
Then, the Dark Heaven Tiger pounced from behind, pinning him to the ground, its jaws aiming straight for his head.
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The crowd closed their eyes, not daring to witness the bloody scene.
Cai Yue shook her head and sighed, after all, the other party had watched her grow up and was like half a relative to her.
"Here, take this," she said, turning around and handing Xu Zimei a black box.
"The Breakthrough Pill I promised you."
"You should keep it for yourself," Xu Zimei shook his head slightly, climbed into the sedan and said, "Hurry along, and call me when we reach the border of the Nine States Domain."
After the Dark Heaven Tiger finished feasting on the corpse to its satisfaction, it trailed behind the caravan.
Xu Zimei wasn’t in a hurry to recall it, allowing it to stay outside for a while longer as it wasn’t an issue to have a little fun.
The gray morning sky, which had been drizzled by a fine rain, was slowly clearing up.
The plants along the mountain range still had droplets of water clinging to them, sparkling and translucent.
The caravan steadily progressed, crossing the Wandering Dragon Mountain Range would take a long time, so they would kill any Monster Beasts they encountered along the way and store them.
Xu Zimei either slept or, more accurately, cultivated in the sedan all along the journey.
The human body has over three hundred and sixty acupoints, each capable of condensing several Power Vortices.
According to the Heaven-Shaking Skill, the human body is full of Creation’s mysteries.
In principle, it’s possible to condense an infinite number of Power Vortices.
As long as you have enough time, energy, and resources, there is no end to the power.
The weak can move mountains and overturn seas, and the strong can split heavens and divide the earth.
Of course, condensing Power Vortices becomes increasingly difficult at the later stages.
Xu Zimei first focused on gathering the strengths around his body, sensing and experiencing the force contained in every part of his body, in each muscle.
This perception of strength is a lengthy process; you must understand the usage of strength to a microscopic level.
It can be spread across the sky like countless stars or focused into one point, with the power to destroy anything in its path.
One must fully comprehend all the strengths of the body and attempt to manipulate them as naturally as possible.
This is the entry level to the Heaven-Shaking Skill; it’s not necessarily difficult, but it does consume a lot of time, and there is no room for carelessness.
Thus, the carriage traveled slowly through the mountain range.
