Vast clouds gathered above, forming an enormous visage. In comparison, Lin Tang was as minuscule as an ant.
However, cautious as Lin Tang was, he never shied away from a confrontation. Even facing the extrely powerful Mystique Goddess, he stood tall and stared her down without a trace of fear. His fighting spirit soared, his gaze as sharp as a torch. Surging True Qi took the form of a dragon, roaring as it hovered above his head.
The two faced off. After a few seconds, the Mystique Goddess looked slightly startled. "To think a Golden Core Stage cultivator this young still exists in this era."
Perhaps it was a sense of kinship with a fellow practitioner, for her anger gradually subsided. Her grand voice echoed, "Junior, I will give you one chance. Submit to , and I shall forgive all your previous transgressions!"
Submit? Bow down? Those words aren't in my vocabulary!
He scoffed, "It's absurd that your Yaochi Heavenly Palace claims to be the embodint of justice and the origin of civilization. How shaless! I, Long Tianji, have never offended you, so on what grounds did you capture ? You want to use as your vessel and seize my body! How does that make you any different from a demon?"
The Mystique Goddess fell silent.
Shao Siming, having put her clothes back on, rose to her feet and retorted, "You nearly killed the mont we t, and just now you did sothing to worse than any beast would, yet you claim you haven't offended us? You're the most shaless one here! Besides, our Yaochi Heavenly Palace could have sealed its gates and ignored worldly affairs entirely. We had no need to concern ourselves with the conflicts of the mortal realm! It was only out of Her Majesty's kindness and compassion for all living things that she sought to save the world from the Underworld's impending invasion. That is the only reason she would even consider your filthy body! As a mber of the human race, isn't it your duty to offer up your body for the greater good?"
"Saving the world… what a noble and high-sounding cause. If you're so righteous, why don't you contribute your own body?"
"If my body were suitable, I would do so willingly! Unlike soone as selfish as you!"
"How shaless, being so generous with another's life!"
"You…"
"Enough!" the Mystique Goddess spoke again. "Long Tianji, in light of the difficulty of your cultivation, I can make you a promise. I will only borrow your body temporarily and will not erase your consciousness. Afterward, I am willing to perform an empowernt ritual to help you break through to the Nascent Soul realm. I will even bestow upon you nurous Cultivation Techniques. This will be the greatest opportunity of your life!"
"Your Majesty!" Shao Siming nearly collapsed. She had just been violated and despised Lin Tang to the bone. She desperately hoped the Mystique Goddess would help her get revenge and completely annihilate this bastard. But Her Majesty… why was she offering him such incredible benefits instead?
To preserve his consciousness and perform an empowernt ritual for him later… Doing so would consu Her Majesty's own origin energy, severely harming her and greatly extending the length of her slumber. There was even a chance she might never awaken again. Why take such a great risk?
Shao Siming had expected Lin Tang to be ecstatic and imdiately kowtow in gratitude. Instead, he was utterly disdainful.
"Pah! I don't trust you for a second. But even if you were telling the truth, what makes you think I'd covet a paltry True Qi empowernt from you? As for your Cultivation Techniques, they're probably garbage. If they were any good, you wouldn't have failed to beco an immortal yourself…"
"Long! Tian! Ji! How dare you say such blasphemous things?!" Shao Siming was practically insane with rage.
"Hopelessly obstinate!" The Mystique Goddess was now thoroughly enraged.
As she unleashed her power, the sky turned pitch black. Heavy clouds descended like an avalanche, threatening to crush Lin Tang into a pulp.
"Haha, so it was just a bluff. No wonder you were trying to trick !" After a mont of careful observation, Lin Tang was delighted, not alard. He neither fled nor resisted, but actively t the assault head-on. He soared into the sky and delivered a powerful punch!
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Following the earth-shattering roar, it was as if the icy surface of a lake several kiloters wide had shattered entirely. It was like waking from a nightmare as the dreamscape itself was obliterated. The thick, black clouds vanished into thin air.
As it turned out, most of it was an illusion. Once seen through, there was nothing to fear, for its power was limited. But for one who couldn't see through it, they would only sink deeper, becoming utterly lost.
"You re paper tiger, go to hell!"
A dragon of energy soared as fists flew. The Mystique Goddess's resentful visage faded, bit by bit, until it vanished completely.
There was nothing she could do. Her true body was far, far too distant and out of reach. If Lin Tang had entered the Yaochi Heavenly Palace, he would have had absolutely no chance of escaping her grasp.
Lin Tang returned to the ground and looked at the utterly dumbfounded Shao Siming with a smile that didn't reach his eyes. "My captive, do you have anything else to say?"
Shao Siming was speechless. She never would have imagined that Long Tianji could escape with his life from Her Majesty's hands. How is he so strong?!
Seeing Lin Tang pull out the Demon Binding Rope to restrain her again, her face went ashen, and she closed her eyes in defeat.
"Not good!" Lin Tang's expression suddenly changed. He snatched up Shao Siming and shot into the sky once more, hurling the Demon Binding Rope in the opposite direction like a hot potato.
The next mont, the Demon Binding Rope had actually detonated!
This was no illusion; it was a real explosion. A massive mushroom cloud surged a thousand ters into the sky before rapidly expanding in all directions. The entire mountain peak trembled. A maelstrom of light and fire intertwined, devouring everything in its path and turning it all to ash.
Lin Tang was struck hard in the back, and a mouthful of blood sprayed onto Shao Siming's face. He was flung several thousand ters before plumting back to the earth.
Looking back, a massive, bowl-shaped crater several hundred ters wide and dozens of ters deep had appeared. The scorched earth smoldered, emitting thick smoke.
"To just throw away such a high-level, precious Magic Artifact… What a waste of a heavenly treasure!" Lin Tang remarked with so regret. He then turned to mock the trembling Shao Siming, whose heart had turned to ice. "Aren't you your mistress's most loyal dog? She didn't give a damn about your life. If I hadn't taken you with , you'd have been blown to dust just now."
"I…" Shao Siming opened her mouth, but she didn't know what to say, her expression a mask of confusion.
Lin Tang cast the Spring Breeze and Rain technique on himself several tis to stabilize his injuries. Then, his Divine Sense swept casually across the area. "Eh? There's still sothing left!"
He excitedly returned to the large crater and, in one corner, dug out a filant as thin as a human hair. To the naked eye, it would have been completely overlooked. Under the perception of his Divine Sense, however, it was perfectly clear. This filant was a remnant from the destroyed Demon Binding Rope.
Lin Tang identified it carefully and exclaid with joy, "It's a wisp of Xuanhuang Qi! Hahaha, I've struck it rich! I've really struck it rich this ti!"
In his opinion, Xuanhuang Qi was incredibly durable and lethally sharp. Forging it into a binding rope was a complete waste. The material of his current flying sword was rather ordinary—a re stopgap. Now, if he could just integrate this Xuanhuang Qi into it, the blade would be reborn. Its power would increase more than tenfold!
"I could even transform Sword Qi into threads and kill without a trace!" Lin Tang grew more excited. He reached out to grab the wisp of Xuanhuang Qi.
TSS!
His hand was instantly severed.
"Ugh—"
Previously, the Xuanhuang Qi had been hidden within the core of the Demon Binding Rope, encased in other materials. So, not only could you hold it, but you could even be tied up with it without issue. Now that it was fully exposed, its raw sharpness was terrifying.
This only made Lin Tang even more delighted. He reattached his hand, then enveloped the wisp of Xuanhuang Qi in his formless True Qi, creating an "outer coat." Only then did he carefully place it into his Storage Ring.
By now, Shao Siming had also regained her composure. "What do you plan to do with ?" she asked coldly.
Lin Tang thought for a mont. "Considering we shared a fleeting tryst, I won't kill you. You…"
"Then I'm leaving." The re ntion of their "fleeting tryst" made Shao Siming feel sick. Her face fell as she turned to walk away.
"Leave? In your dreams!" Lin Tang laughed in exasperation, grabbing her arm. "From now on, you're my bed-warming maid. You won't take a single step away from until you've ward my bed a few thousand tis!"
"Ahhh, you beast, let go—"
SLAP!
Lin Tang slapped her hard on the buttocks.
"Animal!"
SLAP! SLAP!
"Scoundrel!"
SLAP! SLAP! SLAP!
"...Stop hitting ! It's swollen! I give up, alright?!"
In the end, inspired by the circlet on his own head, Lin Tang specially designed and forged a "lock" for Shao Siming. When this lock, shaped like a collar, was fastened around her neck and tightened, she lost all of her strength, becoming even more frail than Shen Youling. Lin Tang then used his True Qi to strike her acupoints, temporarily blinding her.
Reverting to his original appearance, he took her to find Zhu Yingning. "Find a place to lock this girl up. Give her so food, just make sure she doesn't starve."
"Who is she?" Zhu Yingning frowned deeply. This damn dog. He's brought back another beautiful girl, again and again and again. Why is he so lecherous?
"Mind your own business!" Lin Tang smacked her on the buttocks, not too hard and not too soft.
Zhu Yingning was furious but dared not object, so she could only comply. After she had locked up Shao Siming, her eyes darted about slyly. She snuck to the secret chamber and, seeing it was unlocked, boldly barged in.
"Master, have you heard? Long Tianji was captured by so mysterious person! The entire Heavenly chanism Martial Alliance has been arrested and thrown in jail. Tsk, tsk, how tragic!"
"Oh? All of them in jail?" Lin Tang smiled. Yan Qinghe… you really know how to kick a man when he's down. "What does Long Tianji's capture have to do with ?"
"I an, you'd better keep a low profile. Don't follow in that old fellow's footsteps."
"Old fellow? Heh heh, is he that old?"
"Of course he is! He's ancient, but he's still picking out concubines and whatnot. Utterly shaless… uh, what's with that look? Why do I feel like you're about to eat ?"
Zhu Yingning was bewildered, completely clueless as to which of her words had been wrong.
CLANG!
The door was locked. It was imdiately followed by the sound of tearing fabric.
"I see your skin is itching for a lesson. You must want to help you with another Yijing Cleansing. Well then, I'll be happy to oblige you! Hmph, hmph, hmph!"
"Ahhh, help !"
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While Lin Tang was tornting Zhu Yingning and simultaneously refining the Xuanhuang Qi into his flying sword, Gan Nianyun, the daughter of the super-tycoon Gan Leixin, had arrived in Jiangbei. After getting an earful from Gan Leixin and Qiu Yuxian, her mood had only worsened.
Filled with simring rage, she strode into the residential complex where Lin Tang lived.
He can actually stand living in such a dirty, ssy, slly place? Gan Nianyun's expression cracked. Pinching her nose, she arrived at Lin Tang's door.
KNOCK! KNOCK! KNOCK!
She pounded on the door, only realizing after she was done that it was probably filthy. She hastily pulled out a tissue and scrubbed her hands vigorously.
Just then, the door opened.
Shen Youling, who had just co ho from work, was taken aback to see a beautiful, richly dressed girl radiating an air of wealth standing on her doorstep. "May I ask who you're looking for?"
When Gan Nianyun looked up and saw her, she froze.
This is Lin Tianyang's current wife? He's fallen so low, so how did he marry her? And… why is she even prettier than ?!
In that mont, Gan Nianyun was consud by jealousy. She had the urge to claw Shen Youling's face to shreds. Her eyes darted around, and then she barged inside, roughly shoving Shen Youling aside.
"You must be the maid for my fiancé, Lin Tian... I an, Lin Tang's house, right?" she said with deliberate arrogance. "Hmm, the place is passably tidy. I suppose I won't fire you."
"You… what did you say? Your fiancé? Is Lin Tang?!" Shen Youling was stunned.
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