After putting away Hun Yang's Storage Ring, Hun Changqing turned and walked toward Hun Yu'er. When he had sent Hun Yang flying, Hun Yu'er hadn't followed him; she had stayed behind to recover from her injuries.
Hun Changqing stopped in front of Hun Yu'er and smiled at her.
"Cousin, the villain has been slain. You can rest easy now."
At that moment, Hun Yu'er stared at Hun Changqing's face, stunned. She had never seen anyone so handsome!
For a moment, she couldn't snap out of it, her mind racing with all sorts of thoughts.
He just saved me, and he's so handsome. Though he's a little simple-minded... Maybe I shouldn't take advantage of him after all?
It might be nice to be together. I could teach him a thing or two once we were.
As Hun Yu'er thought on, images not fit for young eyes came to mind, and her face flushed with embarrassment.
Though decisive and ruthless, with blood on her hands, she was still a girl who had never been with a man.
Hun Changqing was somewhat famous in the clan, but not everyone had met him. Most had only heard of him.
Hun Yu'er had clearly never seen Hun Changqing before. She thought he was just some oddball in the Soul Clan who happened to be rather handsome.
Had she met Hun Changqing before, she would have been thinking about how to run and beg for mercy-not these pointless things.
A while later, Hun Yu'er finally came to her senses. Her cheeks red, she spoke shyly to Hun Changqing.
"Th-thank you, cousin, for saving my life when I was in danger. I'm truly grateful. Once we're back in the clan, I'll do everything I can to repay you."
Hun Changqing watched the extremely bashful Hun Yu'er before him with interest, then asked,
"Oh? And how do you intend to repay me?"
Hun Yu'er felt her face grow even hotter at his words.
"I don't have any powerful backing in the clan. Otherwise, I wouldn't have been treated this way. I have nothing to repay you with, except..."
The more Hun Yu'er spoke, the more embarrassed she became. At last, she lowered her head and trailed off. She was only a girl in her teens, after all. Saying such things aloud was far too shameful; she simply couldn't bring herself to finish.
Hun Changqing looked at the way Hun Yu'er was acting. The coldness in his eyes remained as he continued,
"Were you going to say you'd offer yourself to me?"
Hun Yu'er replied with a bashful, coquettish pout.
"Cousin, you're awful."
As she spoke, she even tapped Hun Changqing on the chest with her jade-like hand.
"Since you want to offer yourself to me, there's no need to return to the clan. We can do it right here."
Hun Yu'er was still lost in her beautiful fantasy when she heard Hun Changqing's words. She froze, then pointed at the ground in a daze.
"Huh? H-here?"
The coldness in Hun Changqing's eyes grew deeper as he said,
"That's right. Here. Didn't you want to offer yourself to me? Then I'll take your body and do with it as I please!"
Before Hun Yu'er could react, Hun Changqing struck. His hand curled into a claw and shot straight at her heart, piercing through her chest in an instant.
Hun Yu'er stared blankly at the hand that had pierced her chest, then looked up at Hun Changqing's face. Blood trickled from the corner of her mouth as she asked in a broken voice,
"W-why?"
Hun Changqing only smiled at her and said,
"I don't think I've introduced myself yet. Let me tell you: my name is Hun Changqing."
At his words, Hun Yu'er understood at once, and the confusion in her eyes vanished.
She had never met Hun Changqing, but she'd heard of him: one of the outstanding young members of the clan, ruthless and cold-hearted, never lifting a finger without profit.
She understood in an instant. Hun Changqing had come over from the start to kill them and seize their treasures.
He'd been hiding nearby and had heard her conversation with Hun Yang from the very beginning.
As for him reaching into her chest, that was hardly surprising. There were countless people in the Soul Clan who wanted to reach into someone else's chest.
At first, she had wanted to reach into Hun Changqing's chest too. She had only changed her mind after seeing his face.
Hun Changqing said calmly,
"Since you wanted to offer yourself to me, your body belongs to me. So please, go die."
Then, ignoring the venomous look in Hun Yu'er's eyes, he killed her. He went through the entire process, leaving no trace of her behind.
After killing Hun Yu'er, Hun Changqing sat down where he was and began inspecting the Storage Rings of Hun Yang and Hun Yu'er.
Before long, he found the Yin-Sound Fruit and half a Yin-Eroding Grass. The two Storage Rings also held plenty of rare resources, much to Hun Changqing's satisfaction.
"As expected, killing and looting gets you rich, while building bridges and roads leaves you with no bones to bury. Just what these two had on them is half of what I found wandering around here for three days."
Hun Changqing thought with satisfaction. He put everything into his own Storage Ring, then left the place in high spirits.
What he didn't know was that the commotion he'd caused there had drawn two people who weren't particularly friendly toward him.
Not far from the scene, Hun Feng and Hun Yu had just killed several Soul Clan disciples and were checking their spoils when Hun Feng suddenly stood up and looked toward the place where Hun Changqing had fought.
Hun Feng narrowed his eyes. Hun Yu walked up beside him and licked his lips with a wicked smile.
"It looks like something happened over there. Tsk tsk, it seems they've discovered some kind of treasure! What a pity they ran into me. Go over there and make that person present whatever fortuitous encounter they obtained; it's their honor."
Hun Feng glanced at Hun Yu, who was putting on airs, and couldn't be bothered to pay him any mind. He stepped directly onto the void and flew toward the place where the battle had taken place.
Damn it, everyone here is already dead, so who are you putting on airs for? For me to see?
Seeing that Hun Feng ignored him and left straight away, Hun Yu cursed him internally for not giving him any face.
Then, he hurried to catch up with Hun Feng, terrified that if he went too late, all the good things would be taken by Hun Feng.
Hun Feng and Hun Yu arrived one after the other at the location where the battle had just occurred. The scene was an absolute mess, with shattered rocks, broken trees, flying dust, and the marks of destruction left by several types of Dou Qi.
Hun Feng carefully observed the battlefield, sensing the Dou Qi lingering in the arena. Very soon, he found that one of the Dou Qi signatures seemed somewhat familiar, and after a moment of thought, he identified its owner.
It was precisely Hun Changqing, the person he and Hun Yu had been searching for.
Seeing that this place was connected to Hun Changqing, Hun Feng's expression turned ugly, and he investigated the battlefield even more thoroughly.
Before long, he discovered two pools of blood separated by several hundred meters, and a residual aura still clung to the bloodstains.
"Hmm?! Yin-Eroding Fruit? Damn it! We're too late. Hun Changqing! You're truly ruthless, directly beating someone until their body and soul were utterly destroyed!"
Hun Feng never imagined that the Yin-Eroding Fruit would exist here, and furthermore, that it had already been snatched away by Hun Changqing!
Moreover, Hun Changqing had blasted the person fighting him into such smithereens that not even a scrap was left, making it impossible for Hun Feng to search the corpse for any useful information.
The uses for the Yin-Eroding Fruit were not particularly numerous, nor was it exceptionally precious, but it was extremely difficult to find.
The conditions for its birth were far too harsh, yet it was precisely what Hun Feng urgently needed recently. He had also been cultivating the Dou Technique that Hun Yu had displayed earlier-the Ghost Dancing Soul Hand.
This Dou Technique possessed immense might, so Hun Feng was naturally captivated by it as well. However, he remained stuck at the final step, unable to cultivate it successfully simply because he lacked this very Yin-Eroding Fruit.
Because Hun Yu had started cultivating this Dou Technique even earlier than Hun Feng, all the stock within the Soul Clan had already been taken by Hun Yu, leaving the current Hun Feng extremely anxious.
He had already given orders to send people out of the clan to search for it, but there had been no news for a long time. Now, this Yin-Eroding Fruit had actually been discovered within this Secret Realm.
First he felt joy, but upon discovering that this Yin-Eroding Fruit had been taken away by his old acquaintance, Hun Feng's expression sank instantly to the absolute extreme.
(End of chapter)