When Ning Yuexi suddenly saw Long Tianji, she found herself unexpectedly delighted. This left her utterly bewildered. If he never ca back, I should have been happier. Why would I…
"Huh? Why is Shen Youling with him? And standing so close!" Ning Yuexi was startled again, a sense of discomfort washing over her. Am I jealous? Impossible! Wait… Long Tianji has always refused to show his true face. Could he be Lin Tang? No, that's not right. Lin Tang and he appeared in the concert hall at the sa ti. Besides, he has that irremovable circlet on his head. Lin Tang doesn't have one. Ning Yuexi still couldn't believe that Long Tianji was Lin Tang. Or rather, she was unwilling to.
Urgently prompted by Ni Xiuyun, Ning Yuexi stopped her wild speculations. Her master's command was not to be defied, so she had no choice but to speak up. "Long Tianji, perhaps you should…"
"You people are too damn noisy!" Lin Tang snapped impatiently. A boundless wave of True Qi erupted from him, sending Lin Xincheng and the others flying back, vomiting blood. Though Ning Yuexi didn't vomit blood, she was sent tumbling through the air before crashing awkwardly to the ground.
"Long Tianji, you dare to injure even ? I am Ning Yuexi's teacher! This is outrageous!" Ni Xiuyun was fuming.
"How dare you!"
"Stop!"
Shi Xiangnan and Lin Xincheng were equally furious, but they could only watch helplessly as Lin Tang's hand shot out and brutally crushed the last Underworld denizen's throat.
"Ghh... GAHH…" The Underworld denizen's legs kicked wildly, his eyes bulging severely from their sockets. He didn't die imdiately. He was filled with resentnt and venomous hatred, eagerly awaiting his Ghost King, truly hoping his liege would do as promised: wash the mortal realm in blood and avenge him!
An idea sparked in Lin Tang's mind, and he decisively activated the Soul Searching Technique.
WHISH!
As the man's soul was torn to shreds, Lin Tang "saw" vast swaths of his mories.
It turned out their Underworld was the size of a mid-sized city with a population of several hundred thousand. The most nurous inhabitants were the surviving descendants of ancient demons. Although their ancestors were demons, their bloodline had thinned over countless generations. Now, barely anyone in the entire Underworld possessed the special constitution required for cultivation. They possessed Cultivation Techniques but were completely unable to use them. Instead, they were forced to rely on a few Magic Artifacts left behind by their ancestors, such as the spatial teleportation flags they carried. This was why they wanted to capture Shen Youling or Ning Yuexi.
Over twenty years ago, Xi nghan had also been targeted by the denizens of the Underworld and had subsequently vanished without a trace.
The Soul Searching Technique could only access random fragnts of mory; it couldn't absorb them all.
Seeing the man finally expire, Lin Tang tossed the body aside like a piece of trash. He then looked around and announced, "Now, it's your turn."
"What?"
"You're going to kill us, too?"
"You're completely insane!" Lin Xincheng and the others were horrified.
Ning Yuexi panicked and scrambled to her feet. "Long Tianji, for my sake, please spare my teacher and the others."
"Your sake?" Lin Tang laughed. This venomous woman who tried to poison … what gives her the right to ask for favors?
"Ning Yuexi, do you really have the nerve?" he said. "Last ti, you swore you'd grant my every request, and only then did I spare your senior martial brother and his n. But you went back on your word."
"I…"
"And now? They curse repeatedly while bowing and scraping before a few Underworld freaks, even willing to serve up ten thousand children as food. Are you really going to side with scum like them? You disappoint , Ning Yuexi," Lin Tang finished with a sneer.
His words made Ning Yuexi want to crawl into a hole and die from sha.
"What a load of horseshit!" Shi Xiangnan roared. "We did it for the greater good! To stop the Underworld from declaring war on the mortal realm! We were in the right!"
WHOOSH!
His forehead was pierced straight through. He died on the spot.
"AAAAHH! I don't want to die! I don't want to die! Yuexi, save ! Save !" Splattered with a spray of red and white, Ni Xiuyun completely broke down and began to scream hysterically.
Just as Lin Tang was about to kill her, he vanished, reappearing in front of the retreating Xiao Xuanye. "Xiao Zhanchong, where do you think you're going?"
Xiao Xuanye forced a smile. "A misunderstanding! This is all a misunderstanding!"
"Misunderstanding my ass!" Lin Tang wasted no more words, his hand darting toward Xiao Xuanye's chest.
Terrified, Xiao Xuanye used the last of his energy to retreat at high speed, but he couldn't escape Lin Tang's reach.
"NO!"
"Heavenly King, please show rcy!" Shen Youling cried out urgently. He was her adoptive father, after all; she couldn't just stand by and say nothing.
DING!
Sparks flew. The skin on Xiao Xuanye's chest took on a tallic sheen, tough enough to stop a bullet, yet a gash still appeared. It revealed a rapidly beating heart wrapped in dense circuitry. What truly attracted Lin Tang, however, was the Xirang. The substance was spread across the walls of his chest cavity like thermal paste, emitting the enticing aroma of Spiritual Energy.
"Cooperate, give that stuff, and for Shen Youling's sake, I'll let you keep your pathetic life," Lin Tang said coldly.
"…"
Xiao Xuanye opened his mouth, then dejectedly bowed his head.
Guo Jufeng and the others didn't dare to breathe, watching helplessly as Lin Tang reached into the wound and began scraping out the Xirang bit by bit. Without the Xirang supporting him, Xiao Xuanye's aura instantly withered. He was now completely powerless.
As Lin Tang was about to kill Lin Xincheng and Ni Xiuyun next, Ning Yuexi tearfully cried out, "Fine! I promise! I'll give you what you want! Are you satisfied now?!"
It felt so unfair! A single word from Shen Youling was enough for you to spare Xiao Xuanye's life. But ? I have to hand over the Demon Technique. Who's the woman who actually perford Dual Cultivation with you?!
"You're the one who said it. If you go back on your word again, there won't be a next ti." Only then did Lin Tang stay his hand.
He then collected all the flags left behind by the Underworld denizens. Without another word, he grabbed both Shen Youling and Ning Yuexi and shot into the sky.
Once he was gone, Guo Jufeng finally breathed a sigh of relief and called Yan Qinghe to report.
"He killed all of them? An Underworld army might descend upon the mortal realm within three days? That Long Tianji, why does he have to cause so much trouble!" Yan Qinghe was left speechless.
It was highly likely the Underworld Envoy had been bluffing, but what if he wasn't? What a headache.
"Director Guo, what should we do with the bodies of these Underworld freaks?"
"Collect them all. Send them to the lab, along with Old Xiao."
"Yes, sir!"
Just as his subordinates were about to move the bodies, one of the corpses, which should have been cold and stiff, suddenly shot its eyes open and stood up. At the sa ti, the incredibly valuable Death Replacent Talisman he carried shattered.
He was their highest-ranking leader. Upon resurrecting, he charged straight for the strange cave, roaring, "Just you wait! If I do not avenge this, I am not worthy of being called a man!" His hatred for Long Tianji, and indeed for the entire mortal realm, was so vast that all the waters of the four seas could not wash it away.
"Oh no! Stop him!"
But they were a step too late. He successfully burst into the strange cave and reached its deepest part. Although Lin Tang had taken all the flags, he had another thod to activate the teleportation.
WHOOSH!
His figure gradually faded, disappearing without a trace.
"Wait! This teleportation channel is wrong… it's been tampered with! AAGGGHH! STOP!" The leader, who should have been returning to the Underworld, was instead torn into countless pieces during the transmission.
Guo Jufeng and his n, however, had no idea. They assud he had successfully returned to the Underworld, which ant the probability of an Underworld army invading the mortal realm had just grown even larger.
"We're dood… we're dood…"
"Long Tianji must take full responsibility for this!"
「High in the azure sky」
"Don't you think we look like a pair of lovebirds?" Lin Tang asked with a smile.
Shen Youling gazed down at the earth below, filled with a novel sense of wonder. The thrill was completely unlike flying in an airplane or a glider. Soaring through the open sky… it was absolutely exhilarating!
Hearing his words, she didn't respond. She knew he wasn't talking to her.
"Hmph!" Ning Yuexi, who was also enjoying the thrill of flight, rolled her eyes. "Since when does a pair of lovebirds fly as a trio?"
"You've never seen one, so how would you know?"
"I can't be bothered to argue with you!"
"Hey, what's with the attitude? Believe it or not, I'll drop you."
"Go on, drop ! If you're a man, you'll… AHHH!" Ning Yuexi scread as she suddenly went into a headfirst dive, plumting toward the ground.
The sight gave Shen Youling a terrible fright. Fortunately, when Ning Yuexi was just ten ters from the ground, Lin Tang swooped down and caught her.
Ning Yuexi burst into tears, completely losing her composure. "You bastard! All you ever do is bully ! If I had known this would happen, I would rather have been hunted down and killed than have gone through with Dual Cultivation with you!"
"What? Dual Cultivation?!" Shen Youling was stunned. Besides Lin Tang, Long Tianji needs Dual Cultivation too?
After they arrived in Jiangbei and landed, Lin Tang gave a final reminder. "Ning Yuexi, rember your promise. The next ti we et, I expect to see the Cultivation Technique I asked for." He then turned to leave.
"Wait! Let see that ring on your head!" Ning Yuexi grabbed him and tried to pull it off herself, but it wouldn't budge.
"What are you doing?"
"Nothing. You can go now."
"Weirdo." Of course, Lin Tang knew exactly why she had done that. He chuckled to himself and walked away.
Shen Youling watched his retreating figure, lost in thought.
"What is it?" Ning Yuexi asked with a frown.
"Uh…" Shen Youling had wanted to bring up the subject of Dual Cultivation, but on second thought, she just shook her head. "It's nothing."
Ning Yuexi gave her a long, deep look before saying suddenly, "You already have a husband. It's best you keep your distance from other n. You need to be mindful of appearances." With that, she also left.
"Huh? No, you've misunderstood… Hey!" Shen Youling took a few steps to follow but couldn't keep up. She had no choice but to give up and head ho alone.
Just as she arrived at her front door, Lin Tang—having already removed the circlet from his head and changed his clothes—showed up.
"Honey, I heard you were kidnapped! Which great hero was it that rescued you?"
BANG!
The door flew open from the inside, and Dong Mingfeng and Shen Xin rushed out together. They were overjoyed to see Shen Youling unhard, but their faces imdiately turned to cold glares when they saw Lin Tang. "Lin Tang, you have the nerve to ask that? You have the gall to even show your face here? What kind of husband are you?"
"A divorce! You must get a divorce!" Dong Mingfeng shrieked. "Lin Tang, your savings, this house—all of it must go to my daughter! For a useless piece of trash like you, leaving with nothing is only right and proper! Now get out!"
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