Chu Tian, I Hate You

"Madam, this servant knows her crime, this servant knows her crime..." Star Slave scrambled to her feet and kowtowed furiously in apology.

Slap!

Just then, Chu Tian raised his hand and viciously slapped Liu Yun across her twisted little face, sending her flying over a hundred meters away and smashing a three-meter-tall boulder to pieces.

At that moment, even the air seemed to stop flowing. Everyone was horrified.

The sect members hiding among the clouds gaped, their pupils shrinking violently. They wished they could turn around and leave at once.

This was not a scene they were qualified to witness.

One was the Little Holy Son; the other was the future young madam of the Chu Family, an Innate Dao Body whose future achievements would be limitless.

What they had witnessed today would become damaging dirt on them once Chu Tian and Liu Yun stood at the pinnacle of the sect, or even the continent.

Would they not be silenced forever?

Moreover, the Little Holy Son had always treated Liu Yun exceptionally well. Though not quite obeying her every word, he had still indulged her in every possible way. Why had he suddenly slapped Liu Yun over a maidservant?

If this spread, how would Liu Yun ever face anyone again?

The black box containing the Sacred Vein Flower Fruit flew from her hand. Chu Tian raised a hand to catch it, then helped Star Slave up and placed it in her palm.

"Star Slave, remember this: you belong to this young master. From now on, aside from this young master, the master, and the madam, no one is qualified to make you kneel, much less strike you."

Only after giving the calm instruction did Chu Tian turn to Liu Yun. A flash of ruthless, icy coldness completely at odds with his childish appearance flickered through his eyes.

The sect members in the clouds could not help rubbing their eyes. For some reason, they felt as though the Little Holy Son had become a completely different person.

Cold, heartless, domineering, ruthless, dignified—he made people afraid to meet his gaze.

Had such an aura appeared on a supreme expert tempered through countless trials and battles, or on the Vice Sect Master, they would not have found it strange.

But the Little Holy Son was only eight years old this year.

"Chu Tian, you bastard! You actually hit me for the sake of this lowly bitch! Don't come looking for me again. I never want to speak to you again!" Liu Yun crawled out of the ruins, half her face swollen and blood streaming down it. Her eyes held venomous resentment utterly mismatched with her age.

As an Innate Dao Body, although she was inferior to Chu Tian, the gap was not too great. Naturally, that slap would not kill her.

Yet she still seemed not to realize the severity of the situation.

"You should count yourself fortunate that you are still of some use to me. I used only one percent of my strength. Otherwise, your head would already have exploded."

Chu Tian walked over, his expression calm. "Tell me, who told you that the Sacred Vein Flower Fruit in the Divine Medicine Garden had ripened, that it could help Ye Fan clear his meridians, and made you come to me for it?"

The Sacred Vein Flower Fruit was a supreme Divine Medicine of the sect. Once its fruit ripened, it became one of the sect's highest secrets, known only to a select few.

In his memories, even the original owner of this body had never been informed.

For a little girl like Liu Yun to know about it was truly strange.

Chu Tian had a keen nose for trouble and always felt there was something more behind this.

A flicker of panic crossed Liu Yun's eyes. She immediately lowered her head, not daring to meet Chu Tian's gaze, and hurriedly said, "I learned of it myself. I only wanted to repay Ye Fan for saving my life.

"As my fiancé, not only do you refuse to repay him with me, you even suspect and slander me.

"Chu Tian, I hate you!" Liu Yun shouted.

With that, Liu Yun turned and tried to leave quickly.

But in the next instant, a shadow enveloped Liu Yun. Chu Tian had blocked her path, looking down at her from less than a fist's distance away. His cold, domineering eyes seemed ready to swallow her whole.

Liu Yun's petite body trembled violently. It was as though she had fallen into an icy abyss, and every trace of color drained from her face.

"Tell me. Who was it?"

His voice exploded beside Liu Yun's ear like thunder.

Boom!

No matter how scheming she was, she was ultimately only an eight- or nine-year-old girl. Her willpower was far weaker than an adult's.

In an instant, Liu Yun shuddered all over. Her mind went blank, and she blurted out instinctively, "Ju'er told me."

The moment the words left her mouth, Liu Yun immediately realized what she had said. Her entire body stiffened as she explained, "No, it wasn't..."

But Chu Tian had already sunk into thought, ignoring her feeble excuses.

"Ju'er?"

Chu Tian murmured, and information about Ju'er automatically surfaced in his memories.

On Liu Yun's second birthday, the Liu Family had thrown a grand birthday banquet for her, inviting sect powerhouses and great clans.

This Ju'er was a maidservant specially trained by the Ye Family, equivalent to a death warrior like Star Slave, who had been trained by the Chu Family. She had been given to Liu Yun as a birthday gift.

Of course, Ju'er had been specifically trained to be presented as a gift, so her talent was naturally nowhere near Star Slave's.

And this Ye Family was another Founding Family of the Sacred Heaven Sect. Together with the Chu Family Progenitors, they had established the Sacred Heaven Sect.

The current Sacred Heaven Sect Master, Ye Xiong, was the Ye Family Patriarch. He was also a renowned Emperor Venerable-level powerhouse of the Hengtian Continent, honored as the Heavenly Xiong Emperor. He and Chu Tian's father, Ye Tianwang—the current Vice Sect Master, the Heavenly King Emperor—had been sworn brothers who grew up together. The outside world called them the Sacred Heaven Twin Heroes.

The Sacred Heaven Sect had two Emperor Venerables in one generation, their might shaking the Hengtian Continent.

It was also through the two men's combined efforts that the Sacred Heaven Sect had been pushed to the summit of the Hengtian Continent, ranked first among its top sects and intimidating all worlds.

Ye Fan, the Son of Destiny, was born into this Ye Family. Yet he was a famously worthless cripple within the family, born with severed meridians. The clan did not value him, and everyone looked down on him.

Ye Fan was even a Direct Descendant of the Ye Family and had to call the Sacred Heaven Sect Master his eldest uncle.

Then there was the original plot, where the Chu Family's reputation was ruined and they became despised by everyone. Liu Yun, the Innate Dao Body and cherished pearl of the Liu Family, the future mistress of the Chu Family, had mysteriously fallen into the water and happened to be saved by that Ye Family cripple.

It had laid the groundwork for the series of events that followed.

But were all of these truly coincidences?

"Interesting. Truly interesting."

A depth utterly mismatched with his appearance filled Chu Tian's eyes. After murmuring to himself, he looked down at Liu Yun and said coldly, "For the sake of this so-called repayment, you coerced your fiancé, the Holy Son, into stealing a supreme Divine Medicine Fruit of the sect. That is a grave crime enough to wipe out an entire clan.

"Ye Fan relied on a debt of gratitude for saving someone's life to threaten the fiancée of the sect's Holy Son into helping him steal a Divine Medicine Fruit. That is an even more heinous crime, enough for him to be sliced into a thousand pieces.

"A lowly woman like you is unworthy of becoming the future mistress of my Chu Family, much less my fiancée.

"Liu Yun, this young master gives you two choices.

"First, this young master kills you personally, then exterminates your entire Liu Family.

"Second, your Liu Family personally captures Ye Fan, tears out his tendons and flays his skin, then hangs him from the summit of the Sect Main Peak as a warning. This young master may then consider granting leniency."

When his words fell, Chu Tian turned and led Star Slave down the mountain. His icy voice echoed across the mountaintop. "Star Slave, the supreme Divine Medicine Sacred Vein Flower is a top secret of the sect, yet news of it has somehow leaked. Immediately take the Law Enforcement Team and capture that lowly maid Ju'er. Interrogate her harshly and see whether there is some other hidden truth behind this."

"Yes, Little Master."

Star Slave and Chu Tian quickly disappeared from the mountain peak.