Vicious and Ruthless

Vicious and Ruthless

Mu Zhengfeng, that fellow, had finally dragged the Mu Household into this.

He had mentioned the Mu Household in front of Hu Donghan and Hu Meier. If the two of them did not send people to eliminate the future trouble, then there really would be ghosts!

"The Mu Household? So you are from the same lineage?" Hu Meier gave a soft laugh, committing this lineage to memory.

Uproot the grass and eradicate the roots—Hu Donghan had taught her all this. Back then, because they had failed to uproot the grass and eradicate the roots, Hu Meier and Hu Donghan had suffered who knew how many losses. Even now, those childhood experiences remained etched in their hearts. Since they now knew that Mu Zhengfeng had backing behind him, they naturally had to wipe it out.

"Senior Sister... the cause of this matter was entirely due to Mu Zhengfeng and me. It has nothing whatsoever to do with the Mu Household. Please spare the Mu Household..." Though Mu Ming wanted to leave the lineage, the great prerequisite was that his family had to leave the Mu Household with him. For now, he was still a member of the Mu Household, and most of those close to him lived there. If the Mu Household were truly purged by the Yin Soul Sect, then his family would surely die because of it as well.

Hu Meier merely laughed softly and said coldly, "Do you have any place to speak here? Kill him!"

The moment her words fell, the surrounding Golden Core Realm cultivators immediately attacked. Mu Ming had only managed to release his spirit artifact before five or six spirit artifacts struck him. He was beaten to death without even leaving behind a final word.

Mu Zhengfeng watched helplessly as his last life-saving straw died before his eyes. Flesh and blood splattered across his face, and he seemed to have completely lost his soul as he muttered, "No... I don't want to die! I don't want to die!"

"Hm? This fellow seems to have been scared stupid?" Hu Meier curiously glanced over Mu Zhengfeng and asked with a faint smile.

Hu Donghan narrowed his eyes. "No! He has not been scared stupid. He is only pretending to be stupid."

To determine whether someone had truly become a fool, one only needed to observe their divine soul. When someone became stupid, it meant there was a problem with their divine soul. The True Exposition of the Ghost Path in Hu Donghan's possession contained research on divine souls that surpassed even the Yin Soul Sect's by an unknown margin! Take, for example, the Soul-Seeking Technique used by Niu Jinzhong.

For the Yin Soul Sect, the Soul-Seeking Technique might have been an advanced spell that was difficult to master. Yet among the miscellaneous arts in the True Exposition of the Ghost Path, it was merely a low-level spell that could be used once by consuming a Soul Body from the Soul List—moreover, the Soul Body required to perform the Soul-Seeking Technique from the True Exposition of the Ghost Path did not need to be particularly good. Any Soul Body capable of withstanding the Soul List's power would suffice.

Of course, according to the True Exposition of the Ghost Path, there were restrictions on using the Soul-Seeking Technique. Each use consumed a portion of the Soul List's soul power. When its soul power weakened, its control over the Soul Bodies on the Soul List also weakened to a certain extent. Generally speaking, however, the soul power consumed by the Soul-Seeking Technique would recover in around three days. Therefore, so long as it was not used more than once every three days, there would be no problem.

Looking at Mu Zhengfeng's current state, Hu Donghan could tell with a single glance that there was nothing abnormal about the fellow's soul at all. He was plainly pretending to be stupid!

"Pretending to be stupid?" Hu Meier put on gloves, then grabbed Mu Zhengfeng's ear with one hand. With a slight tug, she tore it clean off, tossed it aside, and said, "No matter. Even if he is pretending, I will make him truly stupid soon enough!"

Hu Meier's brutality was absolutely not something one could see from her appearance. A woman who, at the age of nine, had used a fishing net to trap a bandit leader before slicing him into pieces with a small knife, was being quite gentle by merely tearing off someone's ear.

"Don't touch him yet. Wait until we bring him to my room. I have some questions to ask him." Hu Donghan still had some doubts he did not understand—

Back then, the conflict between him and Mu Zhengfeng had ultimately been nothing more than a clash of youthful tempers. Although Hu Donghan had humiliated Mu Zhengfeng badly, he still found it hard to believe that Mu Zhengfeng would specifically seek someone out to kill him merely because he had lost face once or twice. Unless Mu Zhengfeng's mind was truly twisted beyond all measure.

There might have been someone behind Mu Zhengfeng, directing him.

"Alright!" Hu Meier smiled faintly, then reached out and stroked Hu Donghan's head. "Come to think of it, Little Hanhan and I haven't seen each other for nearly four months! Big Sister missed you!"

Hu Donghan rolled his eyes and slapped Hu Meier's hand away. "Girl, don't touch me with the hand you just used to tear off someone's ear. Disgusting!"

Hu Meier also wanted to speak with Hu Donghan as soon as possible. She casually ordered the execution of the three Enforcement Hall disciples who had taken sides, then ordered the other four who had stood by with folded arms to be taken back to the Enforcement Hall for detention. Only then did the two drag the feigned idiot Mu Zhengfeng back to the courtyard where Hu Donghan lived.

Because of the earlier matter at the Outer Affairs Hall, all Overlapping Peaks outer disciples who had time had gone to watch the excitement and died at the Outer Affairs Hall. The rest were in secluded cultivation, so when an unexpected visitor appeared in Hu Donghan's room, no one knew.

After casually shutting the door, Hu Meier swept her gaze over the shabby room and smiled. "I knew that outer disciples' lodgings in the sect were simple. But I truly did not expect the place you lived in to be this ruined. It is not even as good as the woodshed at our Hu Manor... Little Brother, why don't you move to the Enforcement Hall and live with me? Master truly dotes on me and treats me very well. If I beg Master a few times, his old self will surely agree to let you stay there..."

"Impossible." Hu Donghan snorted. He flew forward with a kick, knocking Mu Zhengfeng unconscious before saying, "Girl, I know exactly what you are thinking! I said that one day, I would personally defeat you and let you taste how formidable I am! You are only a child bride—what are you acting so proud for in front of me?"

"Oh my! Little Brother is being naughty again! Do you want Big Sister to properly discipline you again?" Hu Meier gave a charming laugh. Her scallion-white finger made a light flicking gesture through the air, and Hu Donghan's face immediately turned much paler.

When they had wandered about in childhood, although Hu Donghan had been young, he possessed twenty years of experience from his previous life. He often spoke like a seasoned elder and gave Hu Meier advice. When Hu Meier was still little, she naturally obeyed Hu Donghan's every word. But as she grew older, she developed more and more ideas of her own and no longer paid heed to what Hu Donghan said.

After they had been adopted by their foster father and foster mother, Hu Donghan and Hu Meier once got into an argument. Hu Donghan again brought up the matter of her being his child bride, saying things like, "You are my family's child bride. When I grow up, I'll definitely strip you naked and show you what I can do."

Hu Meier had wandered with Hu Donghan for several years and had matured early. The first time Hu Donghan said such things to her, she was so ashamed and furious that she immediately stripped Hu Donghan naked first, then flicked his little brother with her finger a hundred times...