The Tragic Villain

"No rush."

Li Zhōujūn smiled as he looked at the anxious Yīn Zhìháng, then sized him up. "Tsk tsk, your meridians are all shattered. The person who did this to you was quite ruthless."

Upon hearing Li Zhōujūn's words, Yīn Zhìháng's eyes immediately turned red. He said with great grievance, "Yè Tiānmíng was initially just the son of a butcher. I never expected my sister to fall for him. My Yīn family is a prominent cultivation family in North Yong City, to say the least. How could I let my sister lower herself to a butcher's son?

So I went to warn Yè Tiānmíng to stay away from my sister. After all, there were many disciples from other influential families who liked my sister. If Yè Tiānmíng wanted to pursue her, those disciples naturally wouldn't let him off the hook. But he didn't appreciate my good intentions and cursed me for looking down on people.

How could I stand for that? I beat him up then and there. Who would have thought he would later rise to power and annihilate my Yīn family!

He even lied to my sister, saying I colluded with a cult and coveted the family head position. The cult was after my family's treasures, which is why the Yīn family perished. The family head position was always going to be passed down to me anyway, so what was there for me to covet?!"

"This is a tragic villain," Li Zhōujūn murmured inwardly as he looked at Yīn Zhìháng's tear-filled eyes. This kid's had it rough.

"This pill is called the Meridian Reforming Pill. It can help you regenerate your meridians," Li Zhōujūn said, producing a pill and handing it to Yīn Zhìháng.

"Thank you, Senior, for the bestowed pill!"

Yīn Zhìháng raised both hands and piously accepted the pill from Li Zhōujūn.

At the same time, Li Zhōujūn pointed a finger at Yīn Zhìháng's forehead, imprinting a cultivation technique called the Sunflower True Scripture into his mind.

This technique was something Li Zhōujūn had stumbled upon in the Dao Tian Sect's scripture repository when he couldn't cultivate. It was an extremely powerful cultivation method, similar to the Sunflower Manual from his past life, requiring self-castration to cultivate.

"To practice this technique, one must first castrate themselves. As the saying goes, 'When an old man loses his horse, who knows if it's a blessing or a curse?' Young man, I'm curious to see how far you'll go in the future," Li Zhōujūn chuckled.

Yīn Zhìháng currently visualized the technique in his mind and felt it was an extremely powerful one, tailor-made for him.

As for the issue of his 'root,' Yīn Zhìháng no longer cared. As long as he could get revenge, what was this sacrifice?

"Thank you, Senior!"

Yīn Zhìháng immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed heavily to Li Zhōujūn.

Li Zhōujūn smiled slightly and didn't stop him.

[Ding: Congratulations to the host for completing the mission and providing assistance to the fate-defier!]

[Ding: The System has issued a reward: 'Nascent Soul Perfection cultivation!']

"Nascent Soul Perfection cultivation, not bad," Li Zhōujūn thought as he looked at the system's reward.

Nascent Soul Perfection placed one at the level of an ancestor in Qingzhou, more than enough to establish their own sect.

Even within the Dao Tian Sect, it was equivalent to an Elder.

[Ding: The System continues to issue a mission. The host is to help Yīn Zhìháng get revenge! The host will receive 'True Immortal Special Effects!']

"Uh, the System's gone too far. This is asking me to directly confront the protagonist?" Li Zhōujūn's face fell when he saw the mission.

He didn't want to face the Son of Destiny head-on.

After all, these Sons of Destiny were like cockroaches, resilient and annoying.

They could fall off a cliff and find an opportunity; they could be chased by beautiful women and end up taking them into their harem.

Even death wasn't necessarily the end, as they could find ways to grow stronger and return even if their bodies were reduced to ashes.

[Ding: Host, don't be a coward! The System's '50/50' ability can even go fifty-fifty with the Heavenly Dao! Also, these True Immortal Special Effects are rare and invaluable, allowing the host to show off effortlessly!]

"You just want me to show off all the time..."

Li Zhōujūn's mouth twitched.

Having such a system made him feel both love and hate. After all, he was a refined and amiable person; what was the point of him constantly showing off everywhere?

"I've suddenly changed my mind. I'll prepare to help you get revenge," Li Zhōujūn said with a smile as he looked at the kneeling Yīn Zhìháng.

Yīn Zhìháng's expression lit up. "Thank you, Senior!"

He bowed to Li Zhōujūn again.

Suddenly, Yīn Zhìháng felt something was amiss. He was just a tiny ant; why would a powerful expert be willing to help him get revenge for no reason?

Just because he found him pleasing to the eye?

That reason was too far-fetched.

Did this Senior have some ulterior motive?

But he was penniless; what could this Senior want from him?

Could it be... this Senior had a penchant for young men, and he just happened to be...?

Thinking of this, Yīn Zhìháng felt a chill run down his spine and instinctively clenched his backside.

He looked at Li Zhōujūn again, and the refined young man with a smile as warm as spring seemed to have a thousand-foot wolf shadow behind him, grinning sinisterly at him.

But then he thought of his impending revenge.

Yīn Zhìháng gritted his teeth. For revenge, what was this small hardship?

"Senior, if you want to do anything to me, then do it. I won't resist." Yīn Zhìháng lay down on the ground, adopting a posture of letting himself be slaughtered.

Li Zhōujūn: "???"

"What are you thinking? I'm not the kind of person you think I am! Get up!"

Li Zhōujūn suddenly realized that this kid thought he was helping him because he was interested in him.

This made Li Zhōujūn laugh with anger.

"Huh?"

Seeing that he had misunderstood, Yīn Zhìháng awkwardly stood up from the ground, rubbed his nose, and said unnaturally, "But I really don't understand, Senior, what else about me is worth your attention?"

Li Zhōujūn was speechless. "I'm helping you because it suits my mood. If you truly wish to repay me, then cultivate diligently and work for me in the future."

"I understand, Senior!"

Yīn Zhìháng said solemnly.

He had heard before that great cultivators wandered the mortal world, helping those in need when they saw injustice, all for the sake of their own Great Dao.

He hadn't expected to encounter such a great cultivator wandering the mortal world today.

"Tell me about the specific situation with Yè Tiānmíng," Li Zhōujūn asked at this moment.

"Okay." Yīn Zhìháng began to speak slowly. "Yè Tiānmíng was originally a mortal. For some reason, he suddenly gained Qi Refining cultivation.

But my sister had already been taken in by Elder Zhao Hui of the Kaishan Sect and was cultivating there with boundless prospects. Naturally, our Yīn family couldn't allow Yè Tiānmíng to be with my sister. So, my father invited Yè Tiānmíng to the Yīn family, intending to give him some cultivation resources and make him stay away from my sister.

Unexpectedly, Yè Tiānmíng was unmoved by either kindness or force. He insisted that he would only marry my sister. My father was furious and intended to kill Yè Tiānmíng directly. Who knew that Yè Tiānmíng would actually erupt with Foundation Establishment Perfection cultivation and slaughter our Yīn family? My father, who was the head of the Yīn family, had only just broken through to the Foundation Establishment Realm. How could he possibly be his opponent?

Just like that, my Yīn family was wiped out. He deliberately left me alive to suffer.

Furthermore, he spread rumors that I had invited a wolf into the house, causing the Yīn family's destruction.

It wasn't until recently that I learned he had joined the Kaishan Sect, backed by a Golden Core expert, and was now with my sister. My heart turned to ash, and that's when I wanted to jump off the cliff and commit suicide..."