Translator: Cinder Translations
Su Huayue's expression was filled with panic as she attempted to retreat and escape the alchemy room, but a sharp blade hovered threateningly at her brow, preventing her from making any move.
"I'm worried that you might be spreading information about Qi Xiong's whereabouts, causing unnecessary trouble," Su Huayue said.
"Where has Qi Xiong been taken?" he inquired.
"I don't know," she replied. "I'm just following orders, claiming I would teach him a new thod, and asked him to co to the alchemy room early. He was taken away by an elder from the family who is at the Foundation Establishnt stage."
"Why did you co alone to kill ?" Song Wen asked.
"Your cultivation level only appears to be at the seventh layer of Qi Refining," she said. "I thought I could easily deal with you on my own, so I didn't inform anyone else."
Su Huayue's face turned pale; she truly hadn't expected that the usually docile Yuan Cheng was actually a Foundation Establishnt cultivator, hiding his true strength far too well.
"Please don't kill ! I can swear an oath, promising not to reveal a word about your infiltration in the Su family," she pleaded.
"No need for that. Dead people can keep secrets better," he replied coldly.
With a light shake of the cold moon blade, a dazzling beam of light surged forth, instantly piercing through Su Huayue's brow.
In a mont, she lost her breath and collapsed to the ground.
Song Wen flashed over to her side and began to search her soul.
After a brief mont, the soul search concluded.
Song Wen discovered that, just as Su Huayue had said, she didn't know much. He couldn't extract any additional information.
He devoured her soul and blood, turning Su Huayue's corpse into ashes, which he then tossed into the deep pit beneath the furnace.
After completing all this, Song Wen opened the stone door of the alchemy room and casually walked out.
He could no longer stay in this alchemy room, nor could he remain in the Su family.
Su Huayue's death would soon be discovered, and since it happened in a heavily guarded place, it would certainly trigger a strict investigation by the Su family.
Song Wen strolled out of the alchemy room, where people were coming and going in the great hall, yet not a single person paid him any attention.
As he made his way to the foot of the mountain and approached the mountain gate, he noticed
a group escorting Su Shan toward the small town of the Su family.
He couldn't help but feel puzzled; just two days ago when he ca down the mountain, he had greeted Su Shan, who was on guard at the mountain gate.
How could it be that just two days later, Su Shan had beco a prisoner?
Song Wen glanced back toward the middle of Qingping Mountain but saw nothing out of the ordinary, indicating that Su Huayue's death had not yet been discovered.
Stepping forward, Song Wen quickly approached the escorting group.
He cupped his fists and said to the leader, "May I ask, what cri has Su Shan committed? Where is he being taken?"
The leader, a middle-aged male cultivator at the late stage of Qi Refining, glanced at the alchemist robes on Song Wen and replied sowhat impatiently.
"He practiced evil techniques to refine corpses, turning his own wife, his unborn child, and thirty helpless neighbors into walking corpses."
"Su Shan's cris are heinous, devoid of humanity! He's being taken to the entrance of the small town for public beheading, to uphold the family's rules!"
Upon hearing this, Song Wen couldn't help but glance at Su Shan, who was being escorted.
So ruthless and cruel!
Indeed, he was a promising candidate for practicing demonic arts.
Song Wen had to admit that he had previously underestimated Su Shan.
He had never expected that the seemingly affable Su Shan would resort to such actions against
his own wife and child.
However, his thods were lacking! He had just begun practicing demonic techniques and had already been discovered, about to be executed for all to see.
With a flip of his hand, two jade vials appeared in Song Wen's grasp, containing ten gathering Qi pills.
He discreetly placed the two vials into the hands of the leading man and lowered his voice to speak.
"I have so connections with Su Shan. Could you allow to see him off for the last ti?"
The leader's spiritual sense swept over the jade vials in his hand, and he put them away in his storage bag, a smile appearing on his face.
"Considering my ties to Su Shan, I'll allow you both to speak privately. It would be quite pitiful if no one sent him off for his final journey."
The leader gestured to several escorting personnel behind him, and they spread out, giving
Song Wen and Su Shan space to talk.
Su Shan had been bound with chains, unable to use spiritual energy, making escape
impossible.
His face was ashen, and his gaze was vacant. The imminent execution and the coming death
plunged his heart into deep fear.
Seeing Song Wen approach, a flicker of emotion crossed Su Shan's eyes.
"Yuan Cheng, I never expected to see you again before my death."
"Alas!" Song Wen let out a deep sigh.
"Su Shan, what were you thinking? How did you fall into the path of practicing demonic
arts?"
A bitter smile appeared on Su Shan's ashen face.
"I had poor talent, and my mother was just a mortal. Neither of us received any attention from
the family. After my mother gave birth to , she fell ill and was unable to work, leaving us to struggle with hunger."
"When I was five, my mother fell into deep despair, and I had to beg for food from neighbors, suffering humiliation and disdain."
"But I believed that through hard work, I could overco my inherent disadvantages. Ever since I turned ten and could start cultivating, I have trained day and night, but the result after years of effort was only reaching the fifth layer of Qi Refining."
"Only then did I co to realize the harsh reality: with such poor talent and no resources for cultivation, how could I possibly achieve powerful cultivation?"
"I was unwilling to live such a diocre life, so I turned to the path of practicing demonic
arts. Last ti you ntioned the mysteries of demonic arts in my ho, it completely solidified my resolve."
Su Shan seed to be recounting his final monts, revealing all the secrets buried deep in
his heart.
"Then why did you kill your wife and child?" Song Wen asked.
Su Shan suddenly beca agitated and shouted loudly.
"I didn't kill them! I did not kill them! No matter how mad I beco, I could never harm my
own wife and children!"
"They suddenly disappeared, and I searched everywhere but could not find them."
"I reported it to the family, but they didn't believe . They found the walking corpses of our
neighbors in my yard and assud I had turned my wife and child into walking corpses, but I
really didn't!"
When it ca to his wife and child, Su Shan was filled with deep concern.
"Then why did you refine your neighbors, who are just mortals, into walking corpses?" Song
Wen pressed.
A deep-seated hatred erged on Su Shan's darkened face.
"I've suffered bullying from them since I was little. My mother passed away in her twenties,
and they were involved in that."
"It was precisely because my mother was a concubine of the family that Su Anqing never cared
for us, leading us to live in a poverty that was even worse than ordinary clansn. Anyone could co and bully us, a widow and her orphan."
"My mother was beautiful and endured much harassnt from rough n. There were even instances where soone barged into our ho at night and assaulted her."
"I only hate my own weakness, unable to take revenge on all my enemies, unable to slay that
beast Su Anqing and comfort my mother's spirit in the afterlife."
As he said those last two sentences, Su Shan almost growled through gritted teeth.
His voice was loud enough to attract the attention of several escorting personnel.
The leader hurried over, pushing Song Wen aside, and slapped Su Shan across the face.
Su Shan imdiately fell to the ground, spitting out blood along with a few teeth.
The leader yanked Su Shan up from the ground, glaring fiercely.
"If you want to die, don't drag us down with you."
Openly speaking against the family is a grave cri, practically asking for death; they didn't
want to get involved in such matters.
TL: Honestly, I am confused as to why MC led Su Shan down this path? Does he have a purpose
in mind or was it just a side quest?
(End of the Chapter)
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