Chapter 180: Chapter 39: Playing with Objects
Zhang Xuan frowned, “A plaything?”
“Exactly! I was just a ordinary girl, and at the age of 8, while out shopping with my mother, I caught the eye of Ling Buyang who wanted to buy me for 500 Origin Currency!”
“My mother swore she would never allow it, only to be beaten to death by his subordinates. Not just that, to sever any ties I might cling to, they asked about my family’s residence and slaughtered every one of us!”
“From then on, I knew I had to obey him to survive, so I became very obedient, following every rule he set.”
“At the age of fourteen, as I grew into my looks and stood out among the other girls, Ling Buyang called me into his room. I thought I was to become his woman, but instead, he tied me up and used candles, whips, and various other means to probe and degrade me, never consummating the marriage.”
“Afterward, it continued; every visit was such a humiliation. From the initial grief and anger, I gradually grew accustomed. It was then I realized I was nothing but a trivial plaything in his eyes!”
“Hence, I worked even harder, diligently practicing cultivation, and helped him find more girls to satiate his desires. Finally, last year, I got what I wished for and he brought me home as a concubine. I could never have dreamed that I still wouldn’t receive any respect, just various perverse treatments…”
“Go on, kill me…”
Yu Qingyu sneered, “Anyway, being with anyone it’s the same, continuing to live holds no meaning!”
To Zhang Xuan’s surprise, this woman had been captured by Ling Buyang. He sighed, then with a flick of his finger, a power seeped into her mind, revealing all her memories before him.
Having done this, he gently waved his hand, and immediately, the woman’s eyes bulged, blood trickled from her mouth, and her body collapsed onto the floor.
Brought in by Ling Buyang, forced into prostitution, her plight was tragic, but it did not justify her descent into aiding tyranny and exploiting others.
With a grab, Origin Notes from the woman’s pocket appeared in his palm, not too many, just over a million.
After circling the room, he found four Destiny Plates and threw them into the Suspended Realm.
These Destiny Plates, already used, together did not reach Ten Thousand Paths of Yuan Power, which was insignificant to him now, of little use.
Still, having some was better than none.
With that done, Zhang Xuan then turned to the freshly extracted memories, his face turning grim after a moment.
This Unnecessary Hall truly deserved death!
Not only did it gather good-looking girls for Ling Buyang’s pleasure, but it also ruthlessly hunted cultivators, treating human lives as nothing. Setting aside other aspects, thousands had died at the hands of the Unnecessary Hall over the years!
It managed to evade pursuit due to clever concealment, and with Ling Buyang as the Hall Master, nobody dared to investigate.
“Ordinary fragments of the heavens, not practiced long before reaching their limits, unable to progress further. To become stronger, one must spread the teachings, the wider it is spread, the more practitioners, the broader the expansion of the fragments of the heavens, allowing oneself to break through into higher realms…”
Through these memories, he also understood the reasons behind establishing these merchant operations by the Fate Masters.
A company with just one or two people needs no competition, faces no dangers, but earns less as well!”
To earn more, continuous expansion and the absorption of more people to follow your commands and ideologies are necessary, slowly growing stronger over time.
So is the nature of fragments of the heavens.
Naturally, this was all the information on fragments of the heavens. Most of what Yu Qingyu did was to aid tyranny and perpetrate evils.
Stepping out of the room, he suddenly saw a group of followers who had gathered there at some point.
“Lian Huo, what happened? We just heard Lady Yu yelling…”
The guard who had escorted Zhang Xuan inside looked over in confusion. Before this feeling could settle, he saw the scene inside the room, his expression changed, “Something’s wrong, Lady Yu is dead! He did it, it’s an enemy attack, enemy attack…”
With a rustle!
Following the shout, the surrounding crowd surged forward, and dozens of Mo Dao danced, long sabers fell, sealing the space around like a giant net.
Zhang Xuan stepped forward.
In Yu Qingyu’s memory, this group and Lian Huo had done countless wrongs; thus, there was absolutely no need to keep them.
With a rustle!
The brilliant glint of the saber hadn’t reached Zhang Xuan when it was blocked by powerful soul energy. His palm rolled, and the Xuanlong Palm, carrying zhenqi, materialized into dragons, tearing apart the crowd.
Within just over ten breaths, the floor was littered with bodies, the so-called Power of Destiny, the so-called Mo Dao, counted for nothing in face of absolute power.
After searching everyone thoroughly, acquiring a few hundred thousand more Origin Notes, Zhang Xuan then walked towards a room not far away and gently pushed the door open.
Inside the room, a dozen young girls were chained by their ankles, squatting in corners. Seeing someone enter, they all looked terrified.
These people were Yu Qingyu in their youth, and her present was the one who had captured them.
The dragon-slaying youth had become the dragon.
Pathetic yet tragic.
“Who, who are you?”
A girl shrank back, taking a step back, “Men aren’t allowed here, once Lady Yu finds out, you will definitely be killed… please leave quickly!”
“Yes, hurry and leave, the last time someone came, he was killed right away…”
Another girl said.
“Lady Yu is already dead!”
Seeing their condition yet remaining kind-hearted, Zhang Xuan’s heart sighed.
Perhaps Yu Qingyu was like this once, but with the passage of time, that kindness turned into evil, becoming a means to bully others, to ease her own pain.
“Dead?”
“She was so powerful, how could she die?”
“Did you kill her?”
All the girls looked over, full of confusion.
“I did!”
Zhang Xuan flicked his fingers, and over ten streaks of sword qi flew toward the ankles of the crowd, severing their chains with a series of crisp metallic clangs.
“From today, you are free. Hurry home!”
Zhang Xuan waved his hand.
Glancing at him cautiously, the girls slowly walked out. Only when they saw that the outside guards and gang members were all dead did they realize it was true. Each of them began to cry, their eyes reddening.
After being captured, they had thought they would never escape in this lifetime, but then this man had suddenly appeared and rescued them…
“Go!”
Knowing this was their best chance to escape, the people didn’t dare to linger and hurriedly rushed toward the exit, disappearing in the blink of an eye.
Zhang Xuan knew they had reclaimed their own lives, so without further ado, he walked into another room and pushed the door to enter.
This room stored the medicinal herbs, artifacts, and some cultivation technique manuals that Unnecessary Hall had collected over the years, which he found useful.
With a thought, he stored all the items into the Suspended Realm.
I’ll check them in detail when I get back!
After doing all this, he then lightly jumped, landed on the rooftop, and moments later, disappeared without a trace.
Shortly after he had left, a group of cultivators in black quietly arrived at the street where Unnecessary Hall was located.
“Why is there no one guarding?”
The leader of the men in black looked towards the entrance and frowned, full of confusion.
This was too careless!
However, this made their task easier as they could achieve the maximum effect with the minimal cost.
They were people from Yunshan Hall, following orders from Hall Master Feng Zhaoting, to cause trouble for Unnecessary Hall.
The leader in black motioned with his hand, and his followers, closely behind him, rushed into the courtyard. Moments later, they discovered bodies everywhere, their eyes narrowing in shock.
Although Unnecessary Hall was not one of the four major halls of Han Yuan City, its strength was not to be underestimated. Now that they were all annihilated without a single survivor, seeing it with their own eyes felt unbelievable.
“What happened here?”
“Are they all dead?”
“Could it be… the Hall Master sent someone else over here? Otherwise, how could this be so absolute…”
After checking everything, all the men in black talked among themselves.
Since the Hall Master was contesting for the position of Vice Hall Master, they had long wanted to eliminate Unnecessary Hall, but had never dared to make a move. They had never dreamed that it would be destroyed so thoroughly…
“These people were all killed with one move; the person who did it must have a cultivation realm not lower than the Divine Soul Realm!”
The leader in black, his face stern, said, “Let’s go, hurry back and report…”
Knowing there was no point in staying any longer, the leader in black instructed, leading his men away.
…
Zhang Xuan did not return to his residence but instead went back to Heaven Mandate Hall.
With Lady Yu’s memory, knowing a great deal about Ling Buyang, even if he were to meet acquaintances, he would not be afraid, especially since he had just killed Feng Yizhou. If he did not act now, he would certainly be exposed.
Disguised once more as Ling Buyang, he had just entered the main hall when Xie Feng, the servant who had received him before, hurried up to him, his face showing relief.
“Elder Ling, it’s great that you are here… The Hall Master just instructed me to find you…”
“The Hall Master is looking for me?” Zhang Xuan was startled.
“Yes!” Xie Feng nodded.
Nonchalantly, Zhang Xuan took out an Origin Note and handed it over, “Do you know what the matter is about?”
“Thank you, Elder Ling!”
Putting the Origin Note in his pocket, Xie Feng looked over with a grave expression, “Elder Feng Zhaoting just came by, I’m not quite sure what the matter is…”
“Feng Zhaoting?”
Zhang Xuan suddenly understood.
This guy moves fast!
He had publicly killed Feng Yizhou, and although many people had seen it, it would still take at least half a day to fully spread. Not to mention others, this Xie Feng probably didn’t know yet.
And now, this person had run here to find the Hall Master, who in turn wanted to see him, obviously because of this incident.
“I understand… Lead the way ahead!”
Zhang Xuan gestured with his hand.
“Yes!”
Xie Feng nodded and then added cautiously, “This is the first time I’ve seen the Hall Master in such a hurry to find someone. He has already dispatched five teams. Could it be… has it already been decided who will be the Vice Hall Master?”
“That’s not it…”
Zhang Xuan shook his head, smiling, “It’s probably related to me killing Feng Yizhou.”
“You killed Feng… Feng Yizhou? The brother of Elder Feng? The boss of Fuyuan Trading Company?”
Xie Feng stood rooted to the spot, full of disbelief.
(I will update again over the weekend. The day after tomorrow, I, as the writer, am invited by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism to promote online literature in Italy, the United Kingdom, and France. If there are friends in these countries, let’s enjoy the Mid-Autumn Festival together!)