Shattering the Golden Core to Bear a Child

At dawn the next day.

There was movement from the room next door. The Bureau Chief had drunk with two beauties until late into the night and had been dead drunk, completely unaware of the fighting in Lin Heng's room.

"Immortal, my apologies. I slept far too deeply last night. Did anything happen?"

Then he suddenly spotted Jiang Caiyan, tied hand and foot to the bed.

He was instantly startled!

Good heavens, the Immortal really had some wild tastes!

A bondage game?

Judging by this, it seemed they had not finished playing yet!

Lin Heng kept his eyes shut, still absorbing spiritual energy in an orderly manner. Only after a long while did he say, "The matter has been resolved. The villain has already been driven away by me."

"Ah?"

"I mean exactly what I said. Although I did not capture her, she was severely injured and will not appear in Golden Horse City for some time."

"You may rest assured for now. Since the Green Pavilion Sect has accepted the task issued by the Dynasty, we certainly will not leave things half-finished. Someone will be keeping watch in the days ahead."

The Bureau Chief suddenly understood. "Immortal, are you saying we no longer need to lie in wait here during this period?"

"Correct."

"Good, good, good." The Bureau Chief repeatedly praised him. At last, he could live peacefully for a while. These past days, dealing with murder cases popping up here and there had kept him run ragged.

"I shall not disturb the Immortal's elegant enjoyment."

The Bureau Chief withdrew, leaving only Lin Heng and Jiang Caiyan in the Private Room.

Jiang Caiyan sat up and stared at Lin Heng, who was cultivating peacefully before her, a faint frown on her brow.

What kind of cultivation technique is he using? How can he absorb spiritual energy so quickly...

And why has he absorbed so much spiritual energy without showing any sign of breaking through?

She could not understand it.

Throughout the night, she had kept her attention on Lin Heng. Not only was his cultivation method strange, even his thoughts were utterly bizarre.

At the normal cultivation speed of a cultivator, absorbing that much spiritual energy should have long ago taken someone from Qi Refining Second Layer to Qi Refining Third Layer.

Yet this fellow showed not the slightest aura of imminent breakthrough.

She did not know that Lin Heng was opening his Spirit Wheels, enduring immense pain and pressure. The third Spirit Wheel was many times harder to open than the first two.

At this rate, it would likely take him quite some time to break through to the Foundation Establishment Realm.

Time slowly passed.

Nearly all the spiritual energy in the entire Private Room, and even the third floor of the Flower Pavilion, was sucked completely dry.

With a muffled boom, after a full three days.

The third Spirit Wheel finally opened wide!

Lin Heng restrained his aura, his cultivation having reached Qi Refining Third Layer.

At that moment, the sect identity token on his body suddenly flashed with green light, followed by Yun Yao's urgent cry for help.

"Quick, come help me in South City! The people from the City Lord's Mansion..."

The voice came in broken fragments, delivering only a few scattered words.

Lin Heng stood up and glanced at Jiang Caiyan, who was still struggling nonstop.

"Wait obediently for me to return. Do not try any little tricks."

Perhaps restrained by the Beast Seal, Jiang Caiyan indeed stopped struggling. Yet once Lin Heng left, the restraints imposed by his command immediately vanished.

Given the chance, she certainly would not sit still and wait for death.

"Bastard! This grudge is set in stone! I, Jiang Caiyan, will never let you off! I will make you taste the Blood Moon Cult's most brutal punishments!!"

Elsewhere.

Golden Horse City, South City.

Several groups had surrounded an inn inside and out. The streets along the way were also sealed off, preventing any passerby from getting close.

Quite a few ordinary people gathered at the outermost edge of South Street.

"Why has the City Lord's Mansion made such a huge show of force? Could they be capturing the true culprit behind the crimes at the Flower Pavilion?"

Someone asked in confusion.

Among the crowd, a young man dressed as a Shop Assistant had a strip of white cloth tied around his chest. He clapped his hands, signaling everyone to look over. "Those soldiers have surrounded our inn. They even arrested the shopkeeper. What sort of nonsense is this?"

"An inn... You are a Shop Assistant from the Affection Crossing Inn? What did Shopkeeper Li do?"

"Yes." The Shop Assistant nodded, then said, "The leader said we were harboring a murderer... They are trying to capture a woman!"

"A woman!?"

"Could it be that heroic woman who slapped Sun You to death in West City a few days ago?"

"That must be it. To Golden Horse City, she eliminated a scourge for the people, but he was the City Lord's Mansion's lord's only son. She has truly stirred up trouble!"

Everyone chimed in, and before long, they had roughly pieced together what had happened.

At this moment, Yun Yao had already repelled five waves of attacks inside the inn. Her body swayed as if about to collapse, barely able to hold on alone.

Black Robe stood not far from her and let out a cold laugh.

"I must admit, you disciples of the Green Pavilion Sect are formidable. Female cultivators as resolute as you are even rarer to find. You have been afflicted by Scented Muscle-Relaxing Powder and still endured for so long. I admire you."

Scented Muscle-Relaxing Powder, as its name implied, was a poison that caused those who consumed it to lose the ability to move.

It was colorless and odorless, dissolved easily in water, and was impossible for ordinary people to detect.

"You actually dared to scheme against me!"

With a frosty expression, Yun Yao planted her sword into the table, only then barely managing to remain standing.

"You were simply too arrogant. Killing the City Lord's Mansion's young master comes with a price. If I had not been entrusted to capture you alive, do you think you could have held on until now?"

"Do not expect your other two companions to come save you. They will not reach you in time."

"..."

In the end, under the effects of the muscle-relaxing powder, Yun Yao crumpled to the ground after resisting only two more waves of attacks.

They had poisoned her wine, yet she had not noticed anything at all.

Such a hidden scheme was difficult to defend against even if she had been wary. She truly had not expected the City Lord's Mansion to collude with people from an evil sect and come for her so quickly.

After an unknown amount of time, Yun Yao woke to darkness all around her.

Mmph!

Her mouth was gagged, and even her hands were bound behind her back.

The muscle-relaxing powder in her body had already been dispelled by them, but a trace of Otherworldly Flame inexplicably rose within her. The sensation filled her with unease.

Thud!

Thud!

The doors were slowly pushed open, and light streamed in from all directions, allowing her to see her surroundings clearly.

She had been imprisoned in a dungeon.

Damn it!

She cursed under her breath.

Tap, tap, tap!

Rustling footsteps approached. Looking closely, she saw Black Robe and a somewhat gaunt Middle-aged Man slowly walking toward her.

Sun Yinan glared viciously at Yun Yao and said, "So it was you, you venomous woman, who tortured my son to death. Now you have fallen into my hands, haven't you?"

Black Robe glanced at him, his voice hoarse. "I have brought you the person. How do you intend to deal with her? If you let her leave alive, no one will be able to protect you."

The implication was clear: if she had to be killed, then kill her. Do not give her an opportunity.

"How should I deal with her...?" Sun Yinan carefully looked Yun Yao up and down. Originally, he had intended to capture her alive and slice her into a thousand pieces, but now a new idea had come to him.

"I have changed my mind. I have lived half my life without ever tasting what a Golden Core Cultivator is like."

"Since she killed my son, then she can bear me a child as atonement."

!!

Yun Yao's eyes widened, and her aura suddenly surged, as though she wished to rush forward and kill the old bastard before her.

"Use her as a tool for bearing children... Starting a new alt would not be bad either. Perhaps you may even gain a descendant with cultivation aptitude."

Black Robe said thoughtfully.

At those words, much of the hatred on Sun Yinan's face faded, replaced by excitement.

If his descendant possessed cultivation aptitude, would not his Sun Family also become a cultivation family?