Malevolent Energy on a Snowy Night

Here are today's two updates, posted at once. I know you don't like waiting, so I've released this chapter all at once. The next update will be tomorrow at noon.

Li Yang took a deep breath, mentally rehearsing what he wanted to say to his future father-in-law as he walked towards him.

"Ring ring..." Suddenly, the phone in Jiang Xue's house rang. Jiang Xue's father immediately put down his chess piece and turned back into the house. Li Yang was taken aback and had to stop, turning to walk into Jiang Xue's house.

"Hello, dear, what's wrong?" Jiang Xue's father's hearty voice echoed through the living room. Li Yang was only about three meters away from him. The door wasn't closed, but he had to wait for Jiang Xue's father to finish his call before entering. After all, making a good impression on his future father-in-law was very important.

"Wuwuwu..." A sobbing sound came from the phone.

Li Yang couldn't help but curiously circulate his internal energy. The phone was very close, and he could clearly hear the voice.

"What's wrong? Don't cry, what is it!" Jiang Xue's father suddenly roared. Hearing his wife's crying, he felt a sense of dread.

"Xue'er is dead, she committed suicide out of guilt. The hospital said she committed suicide out of guilt!"

Boom!

Li Yang suddenly felt a roar in his ears and a dizziness in his head. The world seemed to tilt.

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!" Li Yang muttered unconsciously, then it turned into a low growl: "Impossible!"

Li Yang's body exploded forward, rushing towards the car.

The voice that made his heart tremble seemed to echo in Li Yang's ears.

"Brother Yi, I'll wait for you!"

That was the last sentence from last night, and the last sentence of every day for the past year.

How could Xue, who was laughing happily on the phone yesterday, be dead? How could it be possible?

"The hospital, the hospital!" Li Yang was completely beside himself, with only one thought in his mind: get to the hospital.

Accelerate...

Accelerate... accelerate...

Li Yang kept accelerating, pushing the car's speed higher and higher, instantly reaching 160 kilometers per hour. The car roared down the street like a gust of wind.

Wind rushed!

Heart panicked!

The sirens of traffic police cars also wailed, but Li Yang's speed was simply too fast!

Accelerate! Accelerate! Accelerate!

Li Yang only knew he had to get to the hospital. He didn't believe it, absolutely didn't believe that Jiang Xue, who was fine yesterday, would die. It was absolutely impossible!

Jiang Xue's home wasn't far from the hospital. Normally, Jiang Xue even walked to work. By all rights, Li Yang should have arrived very quickly at his current speed, but Li Yang felt his speed was too slow, and time was too long, so he accelerated frantically, constantly accelerating!

Arrived!

"Roar!" Li Yang slammed on the brakes. Without even waiting for the car to stop, he immediately pushed open the door and leaped out.

Li Yang's entire body circulated internal energy crazily, his speed reaching its limit. Like a wisp of smoke, he shot into the hospital lobby.

"Tell me, where is Jiang Xue?" Li Yang grabbed a nurse, roaring.

The nurse in white was stunned, looking at the person before her in terror.

Was this still a person? His eyes were bloodshot, filled with madness and a desire for blood. His face was contorted by extreme frenzy, like a demon, his capillaries bulging, and the capillaries on his forehead even burst with blood.

"Tell me, where is Jiang Xue?" Li Yang's voice became even deeper, even more terrifying!

"She, she... committed suicide out of guilt and was sent to the police station." The nurse in white finally came to her senses and stammered out the words quickly.

The police station!

The police station!

Li Yang's mind hadn't even caught up yet, but his body had already frantically rushed towards the car!

It was entirely subconscious. In his daze, Li Yang's body entered the car.

"Get out of the car, police!" The traffic police had finally caught up.

"Roar!"

Li Yang's car crashed into the police car with a roar, still accelerating towards the police station.

"Stop!" The police car's sirens wailed again...

Deep within Li Yang's mind.

"Alas, why is young Li Yang so impatient? It's just the physical body dying. What's there to worry about? As long as the soul is immortal, what's the concern? At most, you'll enter the ghost realm. With this overlord's help, hmph, I'll let you ascend, and then you can go to the ghost realm to find your Jiang Xue, won't that do? Moreover, you're in the human realm now, and your Jiang Xue will grow old and die. But people in the ghost realm are immortal. Won't you be able to be together forever then?"

"No, I won't tell this foolish boy Li Yang for now. This foolish boy's temperament seems to be changing, and there's a trend of breaking through in the <Star Realm Three Stages>. Once he fully breaks through, I'll tell him about the existence of the ghost realm, and then this overlord will make him cultivate desperately. This kid will definitely cultivate with all his might, haha, won't it be easier for this overlord to return to the Demon Realm?"

Accelerate, accelerate again!

Li Yang was accelerating madly!

His only thought was—to see Jiang Xue!

"We're here!" Li Yang slammed on the brakes and rushed out of the car.

Dozens of police officers were present in the police station courtyard, armed and ready. Inside the inner courtyard, a woman in her forties was wailing and causing a scene.

"Let me in, let me see my daughter, let me in!"

The woman cried weakly, but she couldn't get in. The police wouldn't let her.

"My daughter is dead, and you won't even let her mother see her one last time. How can you not let me in!" The woman collapsed on the ground, powerless.

Li Yang looked at the dozens of armed police in front of him and suddenly shouted, "Get lost!" But the armed police immediately aimed their guns at Li Yang.

Li Yang's eyes narrowed slightly. He sensed something unusual. He didn't make a move. While his attack power was strong, his defense wasn't yet at a level where he could withstand bullets. This wasn't the time to be reckless. The calmness honed from his special forces training returned.

"You little punk, you think you can just speed like this because you're driving a Mercedes?" A traffic police officer finally caught up from behind.

Li Yang said coldly, "Go call your chief and tell him someone from Group 9 wants to see him!"

"I don't care if you're from Group 9 or Group 10, I'm from Traffic Police Group 8! Come with me to make a statement first..." the traffic officer mumbled. Suddenly, one of the armed police officers pushed the traffic officer aside.

The traffic officer turned around, about to curse, but upon seeing who pushed him, his face broke into a smile. "Oh, it's Captain Wang. Leave this to me."

Captain Wang was the captain of the armed police detachment. He had received a call from the police chief, knowing the situation was serious. There was no time to spare, so he immediately rushed over with dozens of armed police. As the head of the armed police detachment, he was aware of Security Bureau Group 9, as they sometimes needed his cooperation in handling matters.

"This is my identification!" Li Yang, suppressing the anxiety in his heart, presented his ID.

Captain Wang's expression changed instantly, and he said with a smile, "Oh, you're from the military. Come, let's talk inside!"

Li Yang said calmly, "Take me to see the nurse who was brought in by the hospital."

Captain Wang looked a bit troubled. "This, this isn't easy to arrange!"

"I can't either, Captain Wang?" Li Yang asked calmly. Although his military rank wasn't as high as Captain Wang's, people from the Security Bureau inherently possessed special privileges that ordinary military officers couldn't compare to.

Thinking of the other party's identity, Captain Wang relaxed and immediately said, "Alright, there's no problem with that. I'll take you!"

The woman who had collapsed on the ground suddenly regained her strength. She grabbed Captain Wang and Li Yang, crying, "Let me see my daughter, I beg you, let me see her."

Li Yang recognized the woman as Jiang Xue's mother. However, Li Yang had only met Jiang Xue's mother once before, and she probably didn't remember him.

"Take this woman to the detention room!" Captain Wang ordered.

Li Yang suppressed the anger and grief in his heart. His priority now was to see Jiang Xue.

Li Yang, led by Captain Wang, walked down a corridor in the back courtyard.

"The girl's body is in there. You go in and take a look. I won't go in! Sigh, poor girl." Captain Wang sighed, standing outside the door.

Li Yang stood outside the door, his right hand trembling slightly as he opened the iron door, then walked in.

In the center of the room lay a frail body, covered with a white cloth.

Li Yang trembled, taking step by step, his soul lost, towards that familiar figure that haunted his dreams.

The first time Li Yang saved Jiang Xue from a robbery.

"Thank you!" the girl said gratefully, looking at Li Yang.

Li Yang recalled the first time he saw the delicate girl, and a faint smile appeared at the corner of his lips. He unconsciously moved closer, closer to the figure beneath the white cloth.

"Brother Yi, it's you. Today at the hospital, there was a little girl who came for a check-up, and she was so cute. She cried and cried even when getting a shot..." The past laughter still echoed in his ears.

Li Yang seemed to hear Jiang Xue's clear and pleasant laughter, and his smile widened. He continued to move forward, step by step.

"I believe our feelings are like those in Liang Zhu, where even life and death cannot separate us!"

Boom!

All the beautiful memories collapsed in an instant!

The phrase "even life and death cannot separate us" became like a curse, shattering Li Yang's heart that was immersed in the past...

Li Yang slowly knelt down and slowly lifted the white cloth.

It was a familiar face. Jiang Xue looked as if she were asleep, still so beautiful, so captivating, making one want to protect her.

"Brother Yi, I'll wait for you!" The last sentence of every phone call, and also Jiang Xue's steadfast heart. She was waiting, day after day, she had been waiting...

But...

Li Yang stared blankly, tears streaming down his face. His right hand trembled as he reached out, slowly caressing Jiang Xue's face, but Li Yang felt only coldness.

At this moment, the two were separated by life and death.

A low voice sounded...

"Xue, I'm here, I finally made it, but you... but why did you wait until today? I... I've come to marry you today!"

Li Yang's heart felt like it was being slowly devoured...

Li Yang still looked at Jiang Xue affectionately, "Xue, look, I've already bought the ring!" Li Yang immediately fumbled in his pocket, taking out the box and carefully presenting the ring, but Li Yang's hands were trembling.

"Xue, is this ring beautiful? I bought it specially for you. I know you like butterflies, and this butterfly-shaped diamond ring cost over six million. Do you like it? If you don't, I can buy a more expensive one, a better one, ten million? Fifty million? Whatever you want, I'll buy it, really, I have money, I can buy..." Li Yang seemed very nervous, talking incessantly, trying to place the ring on Jiang Xue's hand.

Suddenly, a cry of pain echoed from outside the house.

Li Yang instantly fell silent. He stopped speaking, not saying another word, just gazing intently at Jiang Xue, at her brows, at her lips...

Gradually, a sob arose in the room, "Xue, I, I didn't even get a chance to tell you... my real name..."

Every day was filled with anticipation, every day with longing, but until her death, Jiang Xue never received Li Yang's proposal. When Li Yang finally came to propose, Jiang Xue had just departed.

Every day, Li Yang and Jiang Xue spoke on the phone, but they hadn't even seen each other again.

What tormented Li Yang the most with regret was that he hadn't even told Jiang Xue his real name!

"Ahhhhhh!" A grief-stricken roar erupted from the depths of Li Yang's heart. Was it pain? Guilt? Anger? Helplessness? Regret?

Suddenly, a torrent of spiritual energy from heaven and earth began to pour into Li Yang's body, like water rushing down from a high dam, directly merging with the true energy within him. Li Yang's state of mind remained immersed in pain and regret. To love someone, only to not know their name even after they died! Not even getting a chance to see them one last time!

The agonizing pain felt like worms devouring his soul.

The powerful spiritual energy continuously surged in, but no matter how much energy there was, it couldn't alleviate a single bit of the regret in Li Yang's heart. Strands of malevolent energy began to coil around his heart...

"Hmm, Li Yang, that foolish boy, is not bad. He's finally reached the Regret Realm. His cultivation speed will be much faster now. Seeing him in so much pain, even this Overlord feels a bit soft-hearted, wanting to tell him that his wife isn't truly dead, just gone to the Demon Realm. For cultivators, as long as their souls aren't scattered, it's not considered death! Endure, endure, endure. I'll tell him when this boy reaches the Melancholy Realm, otherwise, who knows when he'll break through the third level of his mental state? This Li Xunhuan is also strange; he entered the Dao through emotion, why did he choose a path of sorrow? Could it be that Li Xunhuan also experienced such pain?"

"But the situation looks very good now. Li Yang, that foolish boy, is filled with malevolent energy. He won't be able to stay in that damned Security Bureau anymore. Hmph, I've been unhappy with the constraints of the Security Bureau for a long time, and this foolish boy still insists on staying. Hmph, now that malevolent energy is born, he won't be able to stay even if he wanted to. From now on, he can only cultivate my demonic path! Great Venerable Chi You, use your immense divine power to lead this lost child into the demonic path!"

Li Yang's face was devoid of any expression, any emotion.

"Hmph, to comprehend the Regret Realm at this moment, his Internal Energy has broken through again, reaching the third level of the Six Extremes Pure Yang Art." Li Yang felt no joy, only a deep-seated malevolent energy within his bones.

Li Yang had changed!

Li Yang opened the sealed iron door.

"Captain Wang, how did this girl die?" Li Yang's voice was as calm as if he were discussing something completely unrelated to him.

Fortunately, the soundproofing in the room was excellent, so Captain Wang didn't hear Li Yang's low whimpers.

"Alas, this girl was pitiful. Her death is likely related to the heir of the Shenglin Group, Lin Tianyu. That hospital is a subsidiary of the Shenglin Group in the country. After Lin Tianyu inspected it for half a day, this girl died. The hospital director also hinted that it was related to this Young Master Lin," Captain Wang sighed.

Li Yang frowned, "But there's no evidence!"

Captain Wang replied, "How could there be evidence? The forensic examination confirmed that the girl did indeed commit suicide and there were no signs of assault. So, even if her parents wanted to sue, they couldn't. However, this matter cannot be made public, even without evidence unfavorable to Young Master Lin."

Li Yang remained silent.

"Lin Tianyu! The hospital director!" A killing intent arose in Li Yang's heart.

In the hospital director's office.

Director Fang Shimin sat there, still cursing inwardly, "That stubborn little nurse, I just asked her to accompany Young Master Lin. It was her fortune that Young Master Lin fancied her. When she refused, she said she was going to change clothes, who would have thought she'd take pills and commit suicide! How unlucky, truly unlucky. Those two bodyguards of Young Master Lin watching outside the door were also idiots; they didn't even notice the little nurse committing suicide."

Suddenly, Fang Shimin saw a pair of eyes, deep eyes, and an inexplicable power emanated from them. Fang Shimin gradually felt a sense of drowsiness and slowly closed his eyes.

Li Yang looked at Fang Shimin, who was now hypnotized, and sneered. With his mental cultivation, an ordinary person couldn't resist his hypnosis.

"Tell me completely, how did the nurse Jiang Xue die?" Li Yang's question had a strange tone. Fang Shimin slowly opened his vacant eyes.

"...She took pills and committed suicide while changing clothes. In the end, she made Young Master Lin scold me. How unlucky." Fang Shimin explained the entire sequence of events.

A flicker of flame began to appear in Li Yang's eyes, and he clenched his teeth tightly, "Die, die, die, you all deserve to die! You made Xue accompany that Lin Tianyu, forcing Xue to commit suicide, I want all of you to—die!" Li Yang's hand shot out like lightning, his movement imperceptible to others, his right hand landing on Fang Shimin's head.

Internal Energy surged like a torrent into Fang Shimin's head. Instantly, Fang Shimin's body trembled, blood flowed from his seven orifices, and he died on the spot.

"Xue, I won't let anyone who hurt you go. Anyone at all!" A trace of red light flashed in Li Yang's eyes.

In a small hotel room.

Li Yang sat quietly on the bed, glanced at the clock, and immediately took out his phone. The photo of Jiang Xue on the screen made Li Yang's hand tremble slightly, but his face remained expressionless.

"A'shuo, it's your big brother Li Yang. Have the Hong Bang's organizations in Shanghai investigate everything about Lin Tianyu for me. Don't ask why." Li Yang hung up the phone and slowly caressed the thirty Flying Daggers lying on the bed beside him.

"Lin Tianyu, you must die!" Li Yang's voice seemed to be squeezed through his teeth, and the icy cold glint in his eyes was chilling.

But Li Yang himself didn't notice how the malevolent energy in his heart had spread further, how the red glow in his eyes had intensified, and how his killing intent had grown stronger.

ps: In the next chapter, "Nighttime Killing Intent." Jiang Xue and Li Yang, I can only guarantee their lifelong companionship until the end of time! The process might be a bit bumpy, but perhaps love that has gone through hardships is even more precious... Li Yang's eventual departure from the Security Bureau is an unchangeable outcome. Only then will his future be more limitless, everything is unknown, and the future requires Li Yang's diligent effort...

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