It Was You After All

Shentu Nantian had never felt so helpless and powerless. In the past, he had always controlled the fate of others, and he enjoyed the absolute power to decide life and death with a single word.

No matter how much the person he was dealing with pleaded, he could make his own decision.

But now, his fate is in the hands of others. No matter how much he pleads or yields, others can decide his life or death at their own will. This feeling is driving Shentu Nantian to the brink of collapse!

"No... no!"

Shentu Nantian said with difficulty, "I'm proud by nature. Shentu Nantian grew up under the shadow of countless halos. I've never suffered such humiliation before."

But now, he has no choice but to submit. Given his current injuries, swallowing the Seven Fiends Heavenly Yin Pill would inevitably destroy all his cultivation, without a doubt!

Yi Yun remained expressionless, his hand making a grasping motion in the air. With the spiritual power of the Savage Heaven Master, he could control the Seven Fiends Heavenly Yin Pill remotely.

"Stop! Stop it now!"

Granny Thousand Hands was extremely anxious; she couldn't bear to watch her most outstanding grandchild be crippled by Yi Yun.

"This pill will ruin Tian'er's cultivation. If Tian'er is ruined, he will lose his value, and the Shentu Family will not give you any information about the Empress Secret Realm. I would rather die than reveal it! In that case, you will have gained nothing!"

"Granny Thousand Hands said hurriedly."

According to Old Madam Lin's original intention, she would not kill or cripple Shentu Nantian; they still wanted to use Shentu Nantian to exchange for the Seven Fiends Heavenly Yin Pill.

Originally, Shentu Nantian Granny Thousand Hands were confident that Yi Yun would only cause them some physical pain and wouldn't really do anything to them. However, now that they saw more and more of the Medicinal Power flowing into Shentu Nantian's body, Granny Thousand Hands was truly terrified!

Yi Yun controlled the pill, a slight smile playing on his lips. "Don't worry, how could I really cripple him? We're still hoping to exchange the Empress Secret Realm Young Master Nantian!"

Yi Yun spoke, Granny Thousand Hands breathed a slight sigh of relief, thankfully the little beast hadn't lost his mind yet.

But seeing that Yi Yun still wouldn't let go, Granny Thousand Hands angrily said, "Then why don't you stop right now? If this continues, Tian'er's cultivation will really be destroyed! When that happens, he won't be able to reconnect with that little demoness's Fatal Meridian, and the Lin family will hold you accountable! Do you really think that just because you've done something right, they'll let you do whatever you want? That little demoness is the person the Lin family cares about most. If you ruin the Lin family's plans, no one can save you!"

"Hmm, what you said makes sense." Yi Yun said slowly and deliberately. While he was speaking, the Medicinal Power of the Seven Fiends Heavenly Yin Pill was still slowly penetrating Shentu Nantian's body. Shentu Nantian's face turned completely white, and he could no longer say a word. His whole body began to tremble slightly!

A chill emanated from Shentu Nantian, and frost began to form on his eyebrows.

Yi Yun added, "In order to make the Shentu Family believe that Shentu Nantian still has value, I've decided to at most cripple his cultivation a little and leave some hidden injuries in his meridians. That should be enough."

Upon hearing Yi Yun's words, Granny Thousand Hands' heart skipped a beat!

Shentu Nantian felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar. For a peerless genius like Shentu Nantian, having a hidden injury in his meridians when he was young meant that although he would still be considered a genius, he would no longer be considered one of the top geniuses of this era. In that case, his status in the Lineage would also be greatly reduced!

"You little beast, you've gone mad!" Granny Thousand Hands trembled with rage. "Do you think that just because Tian'er has had a portion of his talent destroyed, the Lineage higher-ups will use information about the Empress Secret Realm to exchange him for him?!"

The Shentu Family would highly value a peerless genius who could serve as the direct heir of the Lineage line.

However, if Shentu Nantian's position could be replaced, then his importance to the Shentu Family would be greatly reduced. The Old Ancestor Shentu would not hand over something as important as the Empress Secret Realm just for personal preference.

"Of course I won't go too far. I'll just cause some minor injuries that will affect my talent a little bit. It won't be easy to tell. Besides, you'll help me cover it up, won't you?"

When Yi Yun uttered these words, they sounded like the wicked laughter of a demon to Granny Thousand Hands and Shentu Nantian.

They're going to help Yi Yun cover it up?!

Yi Yun stabbed someone in the back, yet he told the person who was stabbed not to tell anyone. How could he even think of that!

However, the current situation...

They really want to help Yi Yun cover it up!

Because they were also afraid that the Shentu Family would abandon them.

Neither Shentu Nantian nor Granny Thousand Hands wanted to die; they wanted to escape the Lin family. Although they spoke with great bravado, they were actually afraid that the Shen Shentu Family might choose the news of the Empress Secret Realm and disregard their lives.

Under these circumstances, Granny Thousand Hands and Shentu Nantian certainly could not let their Lineage know that they actually had hidden injuries in their bodies.

Moreover, even if we concede that the Seven Fiends Heavenly Yin Pill was not completely swallowed, but only a small portion was consumed, the resulting internal injuries would not be too severe, and they could still expend some effort to completely heal them.

Of course, this will still affect Shentu Nantian's cultivation speed and impact his future achievements.

Thinking of this, Shentu Nantian's heart was bleeding. He had suffered such a great loss at the hands of this kid, and he still had to help him cover it up!

This is truly a case of having to swallow your pride and bear it!

Boundless pain and hatred consumed Shen Tu Nantian. He knew that the Seven Fiends Heavenly Yin Pills he had just swallowed had already caused irreversible damage to his dantian!

At this moment, Yi Yun suddenly let go, and the Seven Fiends Heavenly Yin Pill lost the power of spiritual energy. Shentu Nantian felt a lightness in his mouth, and he immediately rolled over and spat out the pill.

"Vomit!"

Shentu Nantian clutched his neck, lay on the ground, and dry heaved, trying to expel the Medicinal Power that had entered his body.

However, once the Seven Fiends Heavenly Yin Pill entered his body, the chilling energy had already penetrated deep into Shentu Nantian's meridians and dantian, so how could he possibly expel it?

Shentu Nantian gagged for a long time but couldn't vomit anything. He lay on the ground like a dead dog.

"You..." Shentu Nantian suddenly looked up at Yi Yun, his eyes filled with boundless resentment!

He had never hated anyone so much!

Even the hatred I felt for the Shepherd Boy was less than one percent of the hatred I felt for this boy before me!

The thought of the Shepherd Boy suddenly made Shentu Nantian's heart skip a beat!

Um?

A few months ago, Shentu Nantian set a trap to deal with Shepherd Boy, but Mu Shepherd Boy killed Myriad Ghosts Emperor instead. This caused some people in the Shentu Family who opposed Shentu Nantian jump out and condemn him, putting Shentu Nantian under tremendous pressure. In the end, it was the Old Ancestor Shentu who stepped in to suppress the matter.

Shentu Nantian, of course, hated the Shepherd Boy to the core!

And all of this was caused by a young boy. His repeated protection of the little demon girl from the Desolate Clan distracted Shentu Nantian, giving the Desolate Clan spies the opportunity to launch a sneak attack. Otherwise, Shentu Nantian would not have needed to set a trap to deal with the Shepherd Boy.

Now, Shentu Nantian recalled how he had dealt with the boy...

First, they locked him in the dungeon, set a ten-day deadline, and spread the word that after ten days, they would subject him to the extreme torture of Lingchi Devouring Heart, in order to lure the Shepherd Boy to come and rescue him!

In the dungeon, the boy was chained up and forcibly fed a Seven Fiends Heavenly Yin Pill. Shentu Nantian wanted to use this to cripple the boy's cultivation and prevent him from being rescued and becoming a menace.

The Seven Fiends Heavenly Yin Pill can achieve this perfectly without the Shepherd Boy noticing, making it the best choice.

Thinking back on all of this, how similar it is to his own current situation!

They are... exactly the same!!

The astonishing coincidence of history repeating itself on me... could it be...?

Shentu Nantian suddenly looked into Yi Yun's eyes, his eyes bloodshot and filled with murderous intent.

The eyes before me slowly overlapped with the hate-filled eyes of the boy from a few months ago...

They were both fifteen years old, and... this boy even recognized the Seven Fiends Heavenly Yin Pill. Yes, with such a humble background, how could he possibly recognize the Seven Fiends Heavenly Yin Pill, and even be able to distinguish it so confidently from the Ice Soul Cold Silkworm Pill?

Just because... he ate it!!

He had memorized all the hatred from back then, and now, under his careful planning, he was perfectly realizing it step by step!

What I did to this boy back then, he's doing it all again!!

"It's you, you little beast! Aaaaaah!" Shentu Nantian roared like a madman, lunging at Yi Yun without any sense of reason!

However, what greeted him was a punch from Yi Yun that came straight at him.

"Boom!"

Yi Yun punched Shentu Nantian in the face, leaving his face bruised and blood streaming from his nose.

Shentu Nantian fell to the ground again, lying on his back with a miserable laugh.

"It's you, you little beast! It's you! If I had known, I would have strangled you to death back then! No! If I had known this would happen, I wouldn't have needed you to lure the Shepherd Boy out; I would have Lingchi Devouring Heart on the spot! I won't let you die; I will heal you, over and over again, for ten thousand years, so that you can neither live nor die!! Ahhh, I hate it! I hate it so much!!"

Shentu Nantian seemed to have gone mad. He gripped the ground with both hands, his knuckles turning white and his fingertips grinding together.

"Puff!"

Without warning, Shentu Nantian spat out a mouthful of blood, his body trembling violently, as if he were going mad!

He was already severely injured in several places, and on top of that, Yi Yun forcibly fed him a small portion of the Seven Fiends Heavenly Yin Pill. Now, the cold energy entered his body, and he was so angry that it attacked his heart, causing him to vomit blood.

I was so angry I almost vomited blood!

When ordinary people encounter something that infuriates them, they may die of anger.

Martial artists are unlikely to die from anger, but they can develop inner demons from anger, and a single thought can become an obsession that affects their cultivation!

Now, Yi Yun has become Shentu Nantian's inner demon. As long as Yi Yun lives, this very feeling will keep Shentu Nantian from ever getting over it for the rest of his life!

"Yi Yun, I, Shentu Nantian, swear that I will make you wish you were dead for the rest of your life!"

Yi Yun looked at Shentu Nantian. Shentu Nantian finally recognized his identity. He wasn't surprised, but he didn't care either, because the hatred that Yun Yantian's identity had attracted far exceeded that of Yi Yun's identity.

In this way, it wouldn't matter if Shentu Nantian recognized him.

Yi Yun placed one hand on his chin and slowly lifted the mask...

...(To be continued~^~)