True Martial World - Chapter 363: Trap

Ten years ago, the Shentu family clan had fought the Shepherd Boy. Shentu Nantian still clearly remembered that the green-clad youth in front of him had killed several of his clansmen. There was an irreconcilable feud between them!

"You really have guts. Even though you know that there was a trap, you still dared to come alone. Today, you are going to die!"

Shentu Nantian’s nerves tightened. He was unable to muster up any courage against the Shepherd Boy, who was a very powerful member of the Desolate race, even though he had the Heaven Earth Empyreal Array, Elder Su and Elder Mo. He even had a hidden last resort as his trump card.

The Shepherd Boy had left an enormous psychological scar on him in the battle ten years ago.

The Shepherd Boy glanced at Shentu Nantian. It seemed like two bolts of lightning from his black eyes had pierced through the air. The bolts brought with them an unmatchable aura that penetrated straight to the heart!

At that moment, Shentu Nantian's face paled. He felt that the Shepherd Boy's eyes had seen through him. That glare was sufficient enough to harm him!

Shentu Nantian retreated a few steps in the air. At that moment, Elder Su had stood in front of Shentu Nantian with a bronze mirror.

As a result, the pressure on Shentu Nantian decreased.

"Young Master Nantian, he is just an empty show of strength. The current him is different from the one ten years ago!" Elder Su looked at the Shepherd Boy with a sneer.

...

At that moment in the Chu royal residence, many people rushed out of their residences knowing that an expert of the Desolate race had arrived. They looked up into the sky awaiting the battle.

They were both excited and nervous.

"That is the Shepherd Boy?"

It was the first time the people from the Chu royal residence had seen the Shepherd Boy.

The warring parties were both existences that they found difficult to raise their heads up to. This battle was definitely going to be earth-shattering. To them, this was a rare experience.

"Let us keep a distance away. If we get hit by any stray attacks from the battle, our bodies will definitely turn to dust..."

The people from the Chu royal residence knew their own strengths. Even King Chu was taken a distance 5 kilometers away from the Shepherd Boy and company by the convoy of his guards.

With the vision of warriors, they could still clearly see the details of the battle in the night sky, even from a distance of 5 kilometers.

At that moment, in the center of the Heaven Earth Empyreal Array, where the royal residence's chamber was, Yi Yun lifted his head. He looked up at the sky with the chamber's arrays blocking him.

At that moment, someone's perception swept across him. Even though he was surrounded by arrays, the arrays were unable to prevent this person’s perception.

He knew that someone from the Desolate race had come!

Jiang Xiaorou had after all sent an expert from the Desolate race to make a move.

He had never expected that he would be backed into a corner when the Desolate race attacked by setting off a beast horde that could wipe out the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom.

However, it later turned out that the Shentu family clan, which was like a savior, had sentenced him to death, resulting in him on relying on the Desolate race to save him.

Such shocking situation reversals were extremely ironic.

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"Shepherd Boy, since you are here today, stay behind! For the battle ten years ago, you borrowed a Primitive Sacred Desolate Beast, the Divine Lion from the Nether World Desolate God. It was indeed powerful, but that Divine Lion was seriously injured by our Ancestor. It's not bad that it still lives to this day, but without the Divine Lion, you are only left with an old Long Gui. You are like a tiger without claws, so what is there to fear?"

"He won't have the Long Gui!" At that moment, Shentu Nantian interjected, "I purposely set a period of ten days, so that he has to hurry here from the Divine Wilderness. That old Long Gui may be strong, but it’s speed is extremely slow. How can a typical teleportation array send it through due to its size? Hence… that old Long Gui did not come at all!"

Shentu Nantian sneered. To rush from the Divine Wilderness to King Chu's city in ten days was quite a feat, considering that there was a time lag between the Shepherd Boy receiving the news and setting off.

"That's right, he doesn't even have the Long Gui True Spirit." As Elder Su spoke, a phantom image appeared behind him. It was a thousand-hand Buddha and in front of the Buddha, there was a bronze lamp that burned slowly.

This was Elder Su's Aspect Totem!

"A thousand-hand Buddha as an Aspect Totem?"

This was the first time the people from Tai Ah Divine Kingdom had seen such an Aspect Totem. The Aspect Totem was hundreds of feet tall. When it was conjured, it pierced the sky, and was as if a Buddha the size of a mountain was standing behind Elder Su.

This scene was extremely shocking.

Before this, the Aspect Totems they saw were much smaller, even for Sages.

And at that moment, colorful Aspect Totems lit up like torches from all corners of the Chu royal residence.

Elders from the Shentu family clan and their guests all flew up into the night sky.

All of them were famous figures. Typically, they would seldom team up to fight against someone due to their extraordinary status.

However, today, ten Shentu family clan Elders, together with Elder Su and Elder Mo, a total of 12 peerless figures, surrounded the Shepherd Boy from all corners.

Against the Shepherd Boy, they had to go all out and use whatever means possible.

If they could kill the Shepherd Boy, it would be a great achievement. The Shentu family clan would definitely reward them with invaluable items.

The Shepherd Boy was encircled by them, and beneath his feet was the Heaven Earth Empyreal Array that the Shentu family clan had carefully prepared!

"Shepherd Boy, your Desolate race is essentially no different from beastmasters. Without the prehistoric sacred beasts under your command, I don't believe you can escape!" Elder Mo, who was dressed in black, pointed his golden sword at the Shepherd Boy.

The Shepherd Boy glanced at Elder Mo and said calmly, "Your Aspect Totem has not even managed to enter your body… Your cultivation level is just so-so." The Shepherd Boy's voice was calm as his green clothes fluttered.

"The nerve!" After being looked down upon by the Shepherd Boy, Elder Mo's eyes flashed coldness, "Ten years ago, you were hit by our Ancestor's Death Heavenly Revolution. Even now, you are still injured, yet you dare to speak so recklessly. I wonder who gave you that confidence!"

The battle ten years ago had the Shepherd Boy use the Divine Lion against the Shentu Patriarch.

As a beastmaster, the Divine Lion he borrowed from the Nether World Desolate God was the Shepherd Boy's greatest strength. However, that Divine Lion had been seriously injured by the Shentu Patriarch.

At the same time, the Shepherd Boy had been hit by the Shentu Patriarch's Death Heavenly Revolution!

The Shentu Patriarch's strength could only be described as unfathomable! However, he had suffered injuries from that battle and has been in reclusive healing ever since.

Elder Mo was sure that the Shepherd Boy was more injured than the Shentu Patriarch was ten years ago. That was the reason why he had retreated, as for that Death Heavenly Revolution, it was impossible to dissipate it once it was struck one's body.

Now, the Shentu Patriarch's strength had not even recovered 60% of his strength, so how much could the Shepherd Boy recover?

The Shepherd Boy remained silent and did not acknowledge Elder Mo.

Suddenly, he turned around a tiny bit and looked somewhere into thin air. With the bamboo flute in his hand, the Shepherd Boy lightly waved his sleeves, "Come on out! I know you are hiding in the shadows."

The thin air remained still as no one responded.

The Shepherd Boy raised the bamboo flute to his chest silently before saying in a deep voice, "Do you want me to invite you out?"

At that moment, a shrill laugh came out from the thin air. It made the scalps of the surrounding people tingle.

"I was just accompanying the Shentu family clan with their foray into the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom and I had no intentions on doing anything. However, with you coming in person, how could I miss it?"

The hoarse voice made people shudder. The people from the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom were so alarmed that they did not speak a single word. The 12 legendary figures from before, especially Elder Su and Elder Mo, were extraordinarily strong. Even Shentu Nantian treated them with absolute respect.

However, now, there was actually a person hiding in the shadows? And it seemed that this person was the strongest amongst all of them!

True Martial World - Chapter 362: Lotus blooming with each Step

"Get in there!"

Two guards brought Yi Yun to a chamber in the Chu royal residence and pushed him into it, they then locked Yi Yun's limbs with chains.

Yi Yun fell down to the ice-cold ground and laid down on his back. Every breath coming from him released cold vapor, causing the water in the air to condense.

The chamber's doors and windows were all made of a special metal, engraved with arrays in them. Even if a Human Lord were to be locked in here, he would not have the ability to break out.

Furthermore, there were Chu royal residence guards patrolling outside the door. And further away, there were the legendary figures of the Shentu family clan. Attempting to escape only amounted to wishful thinking.

Though, regardless of this, he had still survived. However… he was only able to live for the time being. The reason was that of Shentu Nantian's obsession with Jiang Xiaorou's blood.

If Shentu Nantian did not hate the Desolate race to such an extreme or wished for a chance to capture Jiang Xiaorou, Yi Yun would have already lost his value, leaving him as a corpse.

Yi Yun found this hard to accept. He did not want his survival to be established on so many what-ifs.

Today had been the closest he had ever come to dying. It was also the moment when he nearly lost the most important person in his life.

In comparison, Lian Chengyu's plots against him in the Cloud Wilderness as well as being hunted by the Golden Crow species in the Fallen Star Gate were much smaller in magnitude.

Death…Yi Yun did not know what it was like. Under the ground, it was cold and dark, with a sense of endless loneliness. Bodies rot there, eventually turning into nothingness…

Yi Yun was a modern person in his previous life. He was not like the warriors of this world. He would not easily risk his own life for a particular matter.

Yi Yun cherished his life. As long as his bottom line was not crossed, Yi Yun will try his very best to live on.

If he could live through this disaster… Then, he never ever wanted his life to be in the hands of someone else, never ever should someone else decide his life.

He would not allow anyone to do so, no matter who it was!

Yi Yun's body remained motionless. In this chamber, in a completely silent environment, he interfaced his spiritual energy with the Purple Crystal. By using the Purple Crystal's powers, he started to slowly refine the frost toxins in his body.

Even in the midst of despair, he was not willing to give up hope. He wanted to give it his all to gain even a slightly better chance of survival.

He knew that he was temporarily safe.

Shentu Nantian was using him to lure out the upper echelons of the Desolate race. As such, they could not maim him too badly. At least he would not be made into a complete cripple, such as the breaking of all of his limbs.

If that happened, when the upper echelons of the Desolate race came, they would realize that Yi Yun was in such a pathetic state and give up on him when they probed him with their perception. This was because saving Yi Yun in such a state would be meaningless. It would only add to Yi Yun's suffering.

This was probably why Shentu Nantian used a Seven Noxious Divine Yin Pill to waste away all of Yi Yun's cultivation. By doing so, and by controlling the proliferation of news, then on the surface, it would look like Yi Yun was void of all energy and extremely weak. Like that, the upper echelons of the Desolate race would not know that they were saving a cripple.

This was also Shentu Nantian's plan.

Obviously, Yi Yun would not succumb to his machinations.

There was no concept of time in the chamber due to the lack of light. So as time passed, Yi Yun remained sprawling on the ground, without moving even his fingers. However, in Yi Yun's body, the Purple Crystal had formed a tiny whirlpool. This whirlpool imperceptibly absorbed all of the frost toxins in Yi Yun's body.

Inside the Purple Crystal, the originally small, blue, ice crystal gradually grew bigger.

Although its quality was inferior to the Pure Yang spirit, this incident had accidentally left behind a frost Yin elemental seed within the Purple Crystal…

One day, two days, three days…

Yi Yun looked up towards the sky with his eyes open. He did not move and on the surface, it looked as if he was dead.

However, Yi Yun's injuries were slowly healing. His strength was also quickly recovering.

In his dantian, the Radiant Sun Qi had restarted flowing vigorously, but… Yi Yun used the Purple Crystal to seal the pure Yang energy.

As long as the Purple Crystal absorbed and sealed the energy within itself, then not even Sages could detect it.

At the same time, Yi Yun released the frost energy inside the Purple Crystal throughout his entire body. Because of this, from the surface it still looked as if Yi Yun was poisoned by the frost toxins, and as if his cultivation was nearly wasted away.

There was no night and day in the chamber. The guards of the Chu royal residence would bring a pill and force feed it to Yi Yun every morning. This pill was a life-prolonging pill used to prevent Yi Yun from dying.

The deadline was a few days away. They had to ensure that Yi Yun looked fine, regardless of anything, or they would not be able to lure in the Desolate race.

"Keke! So pitiful. It has been seven days, yet this Yi Yun has not even moved his eyes. If not for his heart still beating, I would have thought he was already dead."

A guard said with a gloating tone.

As a Chu royal residence guard, their status was not low. However, when compared to an elite like Yi Yun they were almost worthless.

It was inevitable that they felt some hatred and jealousy in their hearts. When they saw Yi Yun in such a misfortune, they got the same feeling as commoners who saw a high ranked official fall.

"Nothing is more lamentable than a dead heart. With your cultivation crippled, you would end up the same when your heart is dismembered a few days later." Another guard said as he fed the pill to Yi Yun.

"Haha! If I were him, I would probably commit suicide now!"

"Commit suicide? Stop dreaming. Young Master Nantian would not let him die. Poisoned by the frost toxin, he does not even have the ability to terminate his own meridians. His limbs are also locked down, so he can only give up hope on committing suicide. With a life-prolonging pill being given to him every day, it is impossible for him to die even if he wishes to. Hai! This world is unpredictable. Who would have guessed that he, who was like the sun in the middle of the day a few days ago, would become a pathetic death row criminal? He has fallen from a heavenly palace and into hell!"

A guard shook his head as he spoke. He knew that the Shentu family clan had invited two enigmatic elders. Both of them had set up a powerful large array to lay down the bait.

In a few days, high-ranking Desolate race members might come to break through this virtually unbreakable large array to save a complete cripple.

Just thinking of this made the two guards feel like there was something fun to look forward to.

They really wanted to know what kind of facial expressions the upper echelons of the Desolate race would have when they saved Yi Yun, only to find out that he was now a cripple.

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The ninth day.

Shentu Nantian looked at the sky. The Sun was about to set and tomorrow was the last day. If the upper echelons of the Desolate race did not come, then Yi Yun would be put to death.

"Young Master Nantian, I am afraid that the Desolate race will not come. Setting up this Heaven Earth Empyreal Array was not cheap…"

Beside Shentu Nantian was an elder in white robes. His eyebrows were very long and hung down like two white snakes.

The Heaven Earth Empyreal Array needed the blood essence of primordial strains in order to draw the array lines. 108 refined desolate bones were also needed to be used as the array flags.

Creating this set of array flags was costly. Furthermore, this kind of array flags could not be permanently used. A portion of their lifespans would be consumed with every use.

Shentu Nantian then said, "Elder Su, Elder Mo, I wish that you do not take this lightly. That witch girl is of a very special status amongst the Desolate race. Her wishes would be valued greatly by the Desolate race. The Heaven Earth Empyreal Array may be expensive, but if we can capture a few high ranking Desolate race members, as well as stop this beast horde, then we can even take this opportunity to capture that witch girl. If we do, then this amount of investment can essentially be ignored."

The two elders did not reply. They went back to their own positions to meditate and rest. They were recuperating to ensure that they would be in tip-top condition.

However, to the two elders, this obvious trap would likely not give any returns. No high-ranking Desolate race member would want to come seeking death.

The moon was high up in the sky as a night wind blew through the Chu Prefecture City.

On a mountain in the city outskirts, a lone, silver wolf howled while facing the silver like full moon.

The lone wolf howled.

Beside the silver wolf was a youth holding a bamboo flute that was not more than a foot long. He stood there in solitude.

His eyes like deep, dark, black gemstones. It reflected lights that were brighter than the stars. Behind the youth was a vast galaxy. The silver light was like a waterfall falling from the sky. The scene was reminiscent to that of a dream.

The green-clothed youth looked into the distance towards the Chu Prefecture City. The night wind blew up his green hair band as it fluttered in the wind.

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The green-clothed youth took a step on the flowing wind and started levitating…

"Huh!?"

Elder Su and Elder Mo, who were meditating, suddenly opened their eyes. They had simultaneously felt a strong presence approaching.

And it was not the Yuan Qi energy of humans, but the surging Power of Desolates!

Power of Desolates… Desolate race!?

They really came!?

The eyes of the two elders flashed. They leaped up into the sky and flew with a golden beam trailing their feet. One of them held a golden sword while the other held a bronze mirror. They were like two gods of war flying in the air.

It was unexpected that with the two of them there, and with the Heaven Earth Empyreal Array, that a Desolate race member was actually willing to come to his death!

To come alone was a military taboo. Besides, they were fresh and fit, with a trap set up. This member of the Desolate race was absolutely crazy!

At that moment, Shentu Nantian also flew out from a palace. He was extremely excited that a member of the Desolate race would actually come.

With this, his plan had a meaning to it.

If the Desolate race did not bother with Yi Yun, then even if Yi Yun's heart was dismembered in a day's time, it would just be the execution of a cripple. It would be no different from stepping on an ant.

However, now, even if he could not capture Jiang Xiaorou, he would still gain a lot just from capturing a high-ranking Desolate race member!

"I wonder what the lineup is. I hope that I will not be disappointed." Shentu Nantian thought. He was estimating that the Desolate race would send at least seven or eight experts, to help each other out to reduce the risk.

However, when he saw the person who had come, Shentu Nantian was stunned.

A green-clothed youth was slowly walking on thin air.

His movements were calm and elegant. With every step he took, there would be starlight condensing together before it bloomed like a green lotus.

Sliding over water, lotus blooming with each step!

His steps seemed very slow, but every step he took seemed to contract the distance under his feet. A few seconds ago, he was along the horizons, but now, he was already right above the Chu royal residence's thanks to his calm steps.

"Shepherd Boy!"

Shentu Nantian's eyes flashed coldly!

True Martial World - Chapter 361: Seven Noxious Divine Yin Pill

When Shentu Nantian said this, the surrounding people were alarmed. They did not know what he would do to Yi Yun. However, there was no doubt that it would be extremely terrifying.

People looked at the pill in Shentu Nantian's hand, the icy air around it made people shudder with fear!

Shentu Nantian then said to Yi Yun, "To me, you are like an ant. You are not worthy of mention. Your thoughts of killing me are as funny as a mortal beggar telling a human Sage that he will replace him. Besides, you will die in ten days. I will especially prepare a trap for the members of the Desolate race that will come to save you, preventing them from saving you."

"However… even so, I will not give you any chance of revenge. The pill in my hand is called the Seven Noxious Divine Yin Pill!”

As Shentu Nantian spoke, he forced open Yi Yun's mouth. His face was still covered with a smile, but the smile was one of ferocity and cruelness.

"The Seven Noxious Divine Yin Pill is an extremely expensive pill. You should find it worth your while eating it as a dead person."

"In ten days time, the frost toxins will invade your organs. You seem to be cultivating pure Yang laws? Haha, from today onwards and in ten days time, your pure Yang cultivation will completely waste away. Even a God cannot save you! At that moment, taking ten thousand steps back, even if you are actually saved by the Desolate race, you will still become a cripple. There is only endless despair waiting for you."

When Shentu Nantian finished speaking, the faces of the people around him turned ugly. Shentu Nantian had a reached a point that was so vicious that it was difficult to imagine anything worse. Wasting away a warrior's cultivation level was worse than just killing him.

After being accustomed to the strength and status that martial arts brought to them, many warriors would rather die than have their cultivation levels waste away.

Furthermore, Shentu Nantian was using Yi Yun to lure his sister back, even after feeding him a poison pill, yet the Desolate race would be trying to save a cripple. His methods were so vicious that it made one's hair stand on end!

Yi Yun's mouth was filled with blood. As he looked at Shentu Nantian, he revealed a bitter smile. He had never hated a person so much in his entire life. In contrast, Lian Chengyu, who had made several attempts on Yi Yun’s life back then, was actually much better than Shentu Nantian!

"It seems like you really hate me? That look in your eyes, Keke! However, what can you do? If you did not have any use, I would have killed you by now… Of course, killing you cannot compare to the way I am handling you in terms of making you suffer."

Shentu Nantian laughed sinisterly. With a flick of his finger, the Seven Noxious Divine Yin Pill was shot straight into Yi Yun's mouth.

"Phew", the pill was sent all the way into Yi Yun's stomach.

In the first few seconds, Yi Yun did not feel a thing. However, what followed was that he suddenly felt his body freeze. This pill carried a terrifying frost Qi. After it rushed into his stomach, it rushed straight towards his dantian.

He felt extremely cold.

That terrifying frost Qi rose up from his dantian, and the pure Yang Yuan Qi he originally cultivated, was quickly eroded by it.

Cold, too cold!

Yi Yun's face turned pale as his body shivered. Surges of frost Qi emanated out from his acupuncture points and pores. The water vapor in the surrounding air condensed, eventually forming ice crystals. A layer of ice froze over Yi Yun's eyebrows and hair.

He tumbled to the ground as he felt like his blood had frozen over and stopped flowing.

"Yi Yun!"

Seeing Yi Yun in such a state, Chu Xiaoran and those who had good relations with Yi Yun felt their hearts ache. Shentu Nantian was inhuman, he was ruthless and unscrupulous, prone to mood swings and had high ambitions!

And Yi Yun would probably end up dying in his hands.

Disasters could not be predicted, who would have thought that the originally high-spirited and promising Yi Yun would become like this in just a matter of days!?

And Yi Yun's cultivation level was quickly being wasted away. Would the Tai Ah Divine Emperor still bother to save him?

Everyone had a value attached to them.

If it was Cang Yan, Grandmaster Yuehua, or the Tai Ah Divine City's City Lord, they might be sentimental and take into account the merits which Yi Yun had accomplished. Even though Yi Yun's cultivation level was now crippled, they would still try their best to protect Yi Yun.

However, the Tai Ah Divine Emperor did not know Yi Yun at all. He had only heard of him, but with the country's interest in front of him, how could he go against Shentu Nantian for the sake of a hopeless person, who now had his cultivation level crippled?

Now, the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom was counting on the Shentu family clan!

Without any surprises, the Tai Ah Divine Emperor would most likely take it lying down, as if this had never happened…

Just thinking about it made Chu Xiaoran feel a pang of sadness.

At that moment, Shentu Nantian spoke to an elder behind him, "Formulate the edict and inform the world that the beast horde is attacking. Tell the Tai Ah commoners that the legend in their heart, the Tai Ah Divine City, has been lost. Danger will befall even the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom's lands!"

Shentu Nantian knew that the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom had kept the beast horde a complete secret. However, now there was no need to keep it a secret anymore!

People could guess what Shentu Nantian's intentions were. He wanted to throw the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom into a panic. As such, the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom's royal household would have to rely on them even more.

And they would also successfully win the hearts of the people. Their status would rapidly advance in the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom and then, they could justify their action of using the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom as the battlefield for chasing after Jiang Xiaorou.

"This person is vicious and scheming. There is no way to prevent Yi Yun from dying under his hands…" A Tai Ah Divine City proud son of heaven lamented.

A person like Shentu Nantian was a natural-born leader. His viciousness, determination and unscrupulous methods terrified others. No one would dare disobey the commands of such a person.

As such, Shentu Nantian, who did not belong to the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom, had now secured his place in the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom, becoming the person in control of the entire Tai Ah Divine Kingdom.

At that moment, Shentu Nantian carried on, "Arrange for Elder Su and Elder Mo to set up a Heaven Earth Empyreal Array. Place Yi Yun in the middle of the array and wait for the Desolate race to bite at the bait. No matter who comes, kill them all!"

"Elder Su… Elder Mo…"

A few elders looked at each other and felt alarmed, "To invite them to do so… to use Yi Yun as bait… Important people from the Desolate race might not come knowing that there is a trap. If we were to disturb the two of them and make them come over for nothing, that would not be good, right…?"

Elder Su and Elder Mo were guests of the Shentu family clan. They were extremely famous in the western regions. They were existences that were treated as distinguished guests no matter which ancient family clan they went to.

They owed the Shentu family clan relational favors, resulting in them being of service to the Shentu family clan for 300 years, and they only had to do a total of three things.

For example, by inviting Elder Su and Elder Mo to set up the Heaven Earth Empyreal Array, that would be considered as them having done one thing for the Shentu family clan, even if an inferior Desolate race member came.

However, if no one from the Desolate race came, then it would not be considered as one of those things, but it would be a waste of their relational favors.

That was why a few of the elders felt that it was raising a big rumpus. Yi Yun was just a human, who was very weak. Was there really a need to do so?

Shentu Nantian said, "I feel that this little bastard is extremely important to that Jiang girl, and that girl has a very special status amongst the Desolate race. When I release this piece of news, it is very likely that a high-ranking member if the Desolate race will come!"

"The Desolate race has crossed over the Divine Wilderness with a huge scheme. To conjure up such a beast horde is not for the simple task of finding a girl. The Shepherd Boy might not even know of the Jiang girl's existence!"

"Hence… even if they were to find the Jiang girl, they might not leave immediately. If we can kill some of the upper echelons of the Desolate race, then we can track down the girl by following the clues left behind and capture her!"

"Not only is she extremely important in status, but her blood is also extremely pure. It is invaluable. If we can capture her, not only will it be a great fortuitous opportunity for me, it will also be a golden opportunity for the Shentu family clan. For this, it is a must for us to use Elder Su and Elder Mo!"

"This… Alright, we will follow the young master's instructions." The elders retreated and began arranging all the logistics.

Shentu Nantian glanced at Yi Yun and said coldly, "Take him away and lock him up!"

At that moment, Yi Yun's body was covered in ice. White strands started to appear amongst his originally black hair.

This was one of the effects of the Seven Noxious Divine Yin Pill.

This pill, as mentioned by Shentu Nantian, was priceless!

Yi Yun did not know how the Seven Noxious Divine Yin Pill was refined. He guessed that the ingredients were at least from top-grade primordial strains. There might even be several primordial herbs mixed within it.

One had to know that in such a family clan, even primordial true spirits existed. As for a pill, it was not surprising for it to have a portion of a primordial true spirit's blood mixed in it.

Under normal circumstances, if a Seven Noxious Divine Yin Pill was swallowed, with his cultivation level, all of Yi Yun’s meridians and his dantian would be frozen as Shentu Nantian said. Later on, the pure Yang Qi that he cultivated would be slowly eroded by the frosted ice.

At that moment, his meridians would become damaged and his dantian would disappear. With frost toxins in his entire body, his cultivation level would waste away into nothing, and he would become a complete cripple!

This was what Shentu Nantian wanted to see. Although he looked down on Yi Yun, he made it a habit to rid himself of weeds by killing them at their roots. He did not want to see anyone, who had even the tiniest possibility of threatening him, exist in this world.

When Yi Yun was enduring the horrifying icy frost Qi, no one knew that the Purple Crystal Origins in his heart was quietly palpitating. Again and again, the Purple Crystal Origins pulsated with every heartbeat. The frost energy in his body was being subtly absorbed by the Purple Crystal.

If Yi Yun's body was to become a piece of ice, then the Purple Crystal was like a seed of fire in the middle of the ice, giving him a flicker of warmth and light.

With the Purple Crystal's energy flowing through his frozen meridians, Yi Yun felt that they were gradually showing signs of recovery.

And after the Seven Noxious Divine Yin Pill's frost energy was absorbed by the Purple Crystal, it was slowly compressed into a lump within the Purple Crystal.

It was a lump of blue ice crystals. It began to condense within the Purple Crystal, slowly becoming larger in size. Not far away from it was the pure Yang spirit.

A lump of frost blue energy and a lump of golden energy were just a distance away from each other in the purple crystal. Although the energies were the complete opposite in nature, they remained distinct from one another and nothing happened.

The Purple Crystal… was still here…

Yi Yun clutched his chest. In his greatest moment of despair, the Purple Crystal had not abandoned him. It gave Yi Yun his last hope.

Indeed, no matter what happened, the Purple Crystal remained in his body, becoming something that Yi Yun could rely on for eternity.

True Martial World - Chapter 360: Vicious

"Chi! Chi! Chi!"

Above the Chu royal residence, a space-time black hole appeared out of nowhere. It swallowed Jiang Xiaorou, leaving behind black Spatial Dimension law beams that slowly disappeared in the sky...

Uncle Zhou's body had been completely pierced through by sabers and swords. He looked at the space-time portal as it was slowly disappearing, the smile on his face had already gone stiff.

He had done it. Although he did not manage to kill Shentu Nantian, he did manage to send away the Successor. He died without any regrets.

"Old bastard! You interfered with my grand plans!"

Shentu Nantian was clutching his own neck as his eyes turned scarlet, like those of a wild beast!

Under his tremendous rage, Shentu Nantian's body flashed and then appeared before Uncle Zhou's body. He then smashed down onto Uncle Zhou's forehead with a palm.

"Ka-cha!"

People heard the crisp sound of cervical bones cracking. Shentu Nantian had pressed Uncle Zhou's neck all the way into Uncle Zhou's own chest.

His neck was completely broken, even his skull had been completely cracked open. It was a terrible sight!

Shentu Nantian's hair was disheveled, his body was covered with of blood, and his hands were stained with brain fluid. Currently, he looked like a bloodthirsty demon!

People held their breaths, they were reduced to complete silence!

After Shentu Nantian completely revealed his foul ways, he was a completely different person!

The way he dealt with Uncle Zhou could be said to be extremely brutal!

Even King Chu was shaking and felt distraught. The person who had sneaked up on Shentu Nantian and disrupted his great plans, causing them to fail, was his most trusted steward.

"King Chu!"

Shentu Nantian stared at King Chu with his blood red eyes!

King Chu held his breath as beads of sweat began to emerge on his forehead.

"This small King has made a great mistake by not investigating his subordinates." King Chu had experienced all sorts of situations before, but in front of Shentu Nantian, he was unable to keep any standing.

This was the absolute pressure brought on by strength. No matter what one’s status was, it was completely meaningless in front of strength.

"Please calm down Young Master Nantian, my grandfather was blinded by schemers. Today, everything should be blamed onto that ungrateful rascal, Yi Yun. If not for him, with Young Master Nantian's superior divine strength, how could you be sneaked upon by that old thing? Yi Yun, he..."

Yang Dingkun realized that Shentu Nantian was about to cause trouble for his grandfather, so he quickly said this in an attempt to redirect the spearhead at Yi Yun.

"Shut up!"

Shentu Nantian roared. A sharp sound wave, containing Yuan Qi, formed into a sword and hurled towards Yang Dingkun.

"Peng!"

Yang Dingkun's body shook as his eardrums began to bleed from the tremors.

With a tremble, Yang Dingkun half-kneeled on the ground.

He looked at Shentu Nantian with inexplicable horror. He did not dare to speak another word. A few moments ago, he almost thought he was going to die.

"Do I need you to teach me what to do?"

Shentu Nantian's voice was gloomy. Everyone understand that his rage had reached an extreme with Jiang Xiaorou’s escape. At that moment, whoever interacted with him were bound to not end up well.

It would be no surprise for him to suddenly start killing people to vent his anger!

And if he really wanted to do so, Yi Yun… would by no doubt be the first to suffer his wrath!

Step by step, Shentu Nantian walked towards Yi Yun. Blood was dripping from his fingers and onto the granite pavement.

This strong oppressive pressure made people hold their breaths.

"Yi Yun..."

Chu Xiaoran and company, who had good relations with Yi Yun, had their hearts in their mouth.

The odds were stacked against Yi Yun!

They could only stare on helplessly. As for jokes, such as standing up for Yi Yun to plead for him, that would be useless. It would only result in them accompanying Yi Yun to the grave.

"You sure have guts!" A cold gaze flashed in Shentu Nantian's eyes.

"Boom!"

Yuan Qi exploded around Yi Yun, causing debris to crumble. Yi Yun felt his body tremble as he rolled out. His injuries had become worse!

Shentu Nantian walked before Yi Yun and grabbed his neck.

Yi Yun's body was covered with blood. His vision was blurry and he found it hard to breathe.

At that moment, he could feel that if Shentu Nantian were to even just slightly use some of his strength, he could immediately break his neck and throat. His entire head would be ripped off!

Death seemed to be looming near. His feeling of powerlessness reached an extreme as his life was now in the hands of someone else!

"It's because of you! Originally, I would have gained a furnace filled with divine blood elixirs. My cultivation level would have increased by leaps and bounds! However… you allowed the Desolate race spy a chance to sneak up on me, causing the little witch girl to escape! You did well! Not even killing you ten thousand times will be enough to appease the hatred in my heart!"

Shentu Nantian pushed all the blame onto Yi Yun.

Jiang Xiaorou's identity was special. To Shentu Nantian, obtaining Jiang Xiaorou would be the greatest fortuitous opportunity, but now, this opportunity had escaped right in front of his eyes. So how could Shentu Nantian not feel hatred!?

Yi Yun laughed bitterly. At this stage, whatever he said would be meaningless.

The only thing to blame was that he was too weak. If not, he would not need to swallow this insult or this humiliation silently while begging Shentu Nantian to let Jiang Xiaorou off and not refine his sister into elixirs.

Pleading did not work, and he had been beaten up. Later Jiang Xiaorou was rescued by someone else, resulting in him becoming the scapegoat and punching bag. He was facing an outcome of death.

Having one's life in the hands of someone else, with no room for resistance, this was the sorrowful truth of the weak.

Shentu Nantian looked at Yi Yun, murderous intent rising in his eyes. However, his hands still did not press down on Yi Yun's neck.

He was silent as several thoughts flashed past his mind.

Killing Yi Yun would not be enough to appease his hatred. This feeling was like being bitten by an ant. Even if he crushed the ant to death, he would still have been bitten, so how could trampling this ant to death relieve his hatred?

This was an irredeemable scene. Shentu Nantian had not been able to capture Jiang Xiaorou and had thus been unable to deal a blow to the Desolate race.

The Desolate race would not feel anything for a dead human. Only Jiang Xiaorou would feel hatred, and it might even end up causing her to attain greatness.

However, what if he made good use of Yi Yun?

Shentu Nantian remembered that Jiang Xiaorou had agreed to give her life to him in order to prevent Yi Yun from being harmed. noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

Jiang Xiaorou definitely cared a great deal about Yi Yun's safety.

When he thought of this, Shentu Nantian stood up and let Yi Yun go.

He said to an elder behind him, "Take this little bastard away. Announce to the masses that he will be given capital punishment for treachery, death by dismembering the heart!"

Dismembering the heart!?

A few elders jumped with fright as they heard the name of the death sentence.

Dismembering the heart was the most brutal capital punishment of the Shentu family clan. It was only used on warriors, as mortals could not handle such torture.

In a period of 36 days, a red-hot blade would be slashed onto the criminal 36,000 times, 1000 slashes a day!

After each day's slashing, a heart dismembering worm's egg would be placed in the wounds. The eggs would then slowly hatch and eat the flesh and blood. The teeth of the heart dismembering worm larvae were toxic. Once this toxin entered the body, together with the feeling of one’s flesh and blood being eaten, it would indescribable.

Finally, when the 36,000 slashes were completed, the heart dismembering worms would follow the blood vessels and meridians all the way to the heart. There, tens of thousands of worms would bite at the heart, eventually leading to one’s death.

In this capital punishment, the heart dismembering worms caused the most pain. Typical Yuan Foundation realm warriors could not withstand this capital punishment and would die after just a few days of torture. Even when the Shentu family clan carried out the capital punishment, they still had to provide pills to extend the life of the criminal.

"Young Master, are you going to lure the Desolate race into saving him?"

A few elders immediately guessed Shentu Nantian's intentions.

"That is correct. Killing this kid would be no different from squeezing an ant to death. It is meaningless to me, neither can it remedy anything. However, if I were to spread the news that the kid would be executed by dismembering the heart, then that little witch girl would quickly learn of it. In the Chu Prefecture City, there are probably still other Desolate race spies! The news will quickly spread to her ears."

"That little witch girl will not sit idly by. At that moment, we will have an opportunity!"

When the few elders heard this, they slightly sighed. An elder said, "Does this Yi Yun have such great a value? When the Desolate race receives the news, they will definitely know that we have laid a trap. If they know that there is a trap, they will likely not be so dumb as to fall for it. Besides, Yi Yun is a human, so what happens if the Desolate race does not come to save him?"

Yi Yun was only close to Jiang Xiaorou and had no relations with the Desolate race. Why would the upper echelons of the Desolate race care about Yi Yun's life? How could they send and risk an expert’s life to save a human, especially when they knew that there was a trap?

"We will know by trying. There will not be any loss for us. If no one cares about his life, then we will just let him die from a dismembered heart!"

Shentu Nantian said this lightly, determining Yi Yun's fate.

And none of the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom warriors standing beside Yi Yun could prevent this.

Just thinking about it made them depressed. This was their country and Yi Yun was their country's genius. A few simple words from Shentu Nantian had been enough to sentenced Yi Yun to death! And now, they could only watch on helplessly!

"We must immediately report this matter to His Majesty, the Divine Emperor!"

Chu Xiaoran made up her mind. Although the Divine Emperor might not save Yi Yun, as the master of the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom, he definitely had some weight in his words...

At that moment, Shentu Nantian suddenly thought of something. He then walked towards Yi Yun and pinched Yi Yun's jaw.

With a flip of his hand, an icy-blue pill appeared in his palm.

This pill was like a ball of ice. After it appeared, it exuded an alarming frost Qi. The surrounding water vapor quickly condensed, forming ice as a result of the frost Qi.

A single pill was able to exude such a tremendously dangerous aura.

Shentu Nantian looked condescendingly at Yi Yun with a tinge of mockery, "I really do not like the way you look at me... On the surface, you seem to fear me, but in your heart, you deeply hate me. You truly wish to kill me to release your anger, right!?"

"Are you thinking that if you survive this calamity, you will cultivate with all your might and, in the future, seek revenge against me? Hahaha!"

Shentu Nantian read Yi Yun's mind, and his eyes flashed contempt.

"How can I let you wish to kill me all day and night while you are being imprisoned? You are like an ant, and thus do not deserve such thoughts. If you could that, that will be a desecration of my status!"

"Let me cut off your hopes and give you despair as if you are a member of the walking dead."

True Martial World - Chapter 359: Serene Smile

Yi Yun looked on helplessly as Shentu Nantian's hand went to grab her. Shentu Nantian's motion was not fast, but he did not need to be that fast to destroy a mortal's mind.

No——!

Yi Yun shouted in his heart. He buried his hands deep in the rubble as his eyes nearly bled, but he was still completely powerless to prevent this scene!

At that moment, Yi Yun's body was in complete pain. His energy was still being locked by Shentu Nantian so he could not use his Yuan Qi. Even if he could use it, against Shentu Nantian, Yi Yun's strength was negligible. He had no doubt that if he were to challenge Shentu Nantian's authority again, not only would he not be able to save Jiang Xiaorou, he would also end up dying together with her!

At that moment, Yi Yun deeply felt how minute his existence was!

Because of his minuteness, he could be kneaded by others in any way.

Because of his minuteness, he could not protect the people he wanted to protect.

Strength! He needed strength! He needed time to grow, but… now, it was too late!

Time seemed to freeze as Shentu Nantian's hand came pressing onto Jiang Xiaorou's head without any resistance. It was as if this strike was shattering Yi Yun's own heart!

Jiang Xiaorou closed her eyes. She had calmly accepted this approaching fate of hers. At the last moment, she was praying for Yi Yun to be fine. That, after her death, Shentu Nantian would not harm Yi Yun.

And at the moment Jiang Xiaorou had resigned herself to fate, something strange happened. Murderous intent covered everything!

"Huh!?"

Shentu Nantian suddenly turned around and slammed his palm to the back, "Who!?"

"Pa!"

A loud explosion, which sounded like glass breaking, boomed out. Shentu Nantian's body trembled as he retreated. Before him, there now was a thin grey figure attacking him!

In his hand was a short, black, curved saber that was slashing straight at Shentu Nantian's neck!

"Uncle Zhou, you..."

When he saw who it was that attacked, King Chu was dumbfounded. His guard and steward actually attacked Shentu Nantian!?

Uncle Zhou had previously saved King Chu's life in a mystic realm!

Compounded with Uncle Zhou's power and steady personality, King Chu had always trusted him greatly.

In name, Uncle Zhou was King Chu's personal guard and steward, but he was in fact a very good friend of his. Usually, they would address each other as brothers.

King Chu never expected that Uncle Zhou would suddenly launch a surprise attack at Shentu Nantian at this critical moment! noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

"Courting death!"

Shentu Nantian loudly shouted as a sword appeared in his hand from out of nowhere. His sword blocked off Uncle Zhou's curved saber. He knew that if he could drag it out a few more seconds, then the Shentu family clan's experts would be able to rush here and kill this person!

"So, the person of the Desolate race that I felt was you!" Shentu Nantian grinned as he revealed Uncle Zhou's identity.

Uncle Zhou was the Desolate race spy!

Jiang Xiaorou's strength was too weak, so even though her bloodline was pure, it was in fact impossible for Shentu Nantian to detect her presence.

What he felt had to be a strong member of the Desolate race.

And this Desolate race was extremely good at hiding. Even with a Desolate Mirror Stone, there had been no way of finding him.

Instead, Jiang Xiaorou, who was a commoner, could neither hide the signature of her bloodline nor could she hide from the Desolate Mirror Stone.

"Clang!"

The sword and saber clashed as Shentu Nantian started laughing maniacally, "Another high-ranked Desolate race, great! Today I will have a great harvest. Stay behind and enter the furnace..."

As Shentu Nantian said this, his voice froze.

He looked incredulously at his neck and saw that a gruesome gash had appeared out of nowhere. It extended from his carotid artery, all the way down to his collar bone.

"Puah!"

The carotid artery had been slashed open, causing blood to spray out!

A dizzy feeling flooded Shentu Nantian senses as he froze. He had clearly blocked the spy's saber, so how did he get so seriously injured?

An invisible saber blade had injured him with a slash!

When he thought of the moment when he turned around, there had been the clear sound of breaking glass. Only then did Shentu Nantian realize what had happened.

Spatial Dimension Blade!

Spatial Dimension laws!?

A Desolate race had actually managed to cultivate in the Spatial Dimension laws and used an invisible Spatial Dimension Blade to injure him!

The mysterious and esoteric Spatial Dimension laws were of a realm that made people envious. Its was extremely powerful and the way it attacked was extremely elusive. Many wanted to cultivate in it, but no one had ever managed to even step through that door.

"Shentu Nantian, today I'll die with you!"

Uncle Zhou hated Shentu Nantian to an extreme, as if they had a great feud in between them. The curved saber in his hand quickly rotated as he slashed towards Shentu Nantian's heart!

If the Spatial Dimension Blade pierces through the heart, it could kill Shentu Nantian!

At that moment, Shentu Nantian's artery was spewing out blood and almost half his neck had been cut open. Any normal warrior would have long since died. Even if it was Shentu Nantian, his battle prowess had now been greatly reduced. He could not withstand that strange attack which contained the Spatial Dimension laws!

In a split second, Shentu Nantian's chest suddenly flashed with a divine flow as a protective charm flew out on its own towards Uncle Zhou's blade.

"Clang!"

The blade beam was shattered while the protective charm revealed a crack. However, it was still able to completely protect Shentu Nantian.

Shentu Nantian's eyes turned cold, "You want to kill me? You are too naive, you do not have anymore time."

Just after Shentu Nantian said this, seven Yuan Qi beams shot up from the surroundings and into the sky.

"Who dares to assassinate our family's young master!?"

"Prepare your life!"

The seven elders came from all directions. They were all legendary figures of the Shentu family clan and each had unfathomable strength!

They were responsible for the protection of Shentu Nantian during this trip!

The seven people's speed was as fast as lightning as they approached Uncle Zhou.

Feeling the Yuan Qi intensity coming from these people, and seeing the thick, shimmering protective shield now around Shentu Nantian, Uncle Zhou's eyes glimmered with resentment and unwillingness!

He was unable to kill Shentu Nantian!

"The Heavens has eyes, you shall pay with your blood!"

Uncle Zhou gritted his teeth as he retreated a step back to stand beside Jiang Xiaorou. He then grabbed Jiang Xiaorou's shoulder!

Seeing this scene, Shentu Nantian's heart tightened. He knew that the Desolate race was escaping!

"Seal all routes of retreat. Do not let this old thing escape with the little witch girl!"

Shentu Nantian snapped with a fierce voice as he clutched his bleeding neck.

The seven legendary figures had already begun to set up an array while they were rushing over. They locked down all routes of retreat, preventing Uncle Zhou from escaping!

However at that moment, Uncle Zhou's expression showed an unswerving determination. He suddenly punched himself in the chest.

"Puah!"

Uncle Zhou forced out a mouthful of blood, and this blood sprayed onto Jiang Xiaorou's clothes.

Silver blood that reflected the setting Sun's glow and seemed to be, in itself, a flowing treasure. It looked even more glaring than red blood.

Jiang Xiaorou was completely stunned. She was unable to react to this sudden turn of events.

At that moment, Uncle Zhou touched Jiang Xiaorou's head with one hand and showed a kind smile.

Under the sunset's glow, his wrinkle-filled face and smile seemed to freeze into eternity.

"Successor, this old servant will now be sending you home..."

The words said by Uncle Zhou's old voice resounded in Jiang Xiaorou's ear. These words seemed to become forever imprinted in her mind.

Following that, Jiang Xiaorou suddenly felt the blood on her chest, from Uncle Zhou, turn warm, as if the blood was burning.

The silver blood was like a river of fire, causing her to feel pain on the chest.

At that moment, she felt inexplicable pain upon seeing old Uncle Zhou. This pain came out of nowhere, making it hard for her to even breathe.

A beautiful rainbow light enveloped Jiang Xiaorou.

"Space teleportation! That old beast knows Spatial Dimension laws. He has burned his blood essence and initiated a space teleportation to send the little witch girl away!"

Shentu Nantian finally realized what Uncle Zhou was doing. He was angrily alarmed. Jiang Xiaorou was not to be let go!

Shentu Nantian conjured up a large golden hand to grab at Jiang Xiaorou!

"Little witch girl, you are staying behind!"

"Boom!"

A loud explosion sounded as the large hand grabbed onto the light formed from the laws that surrounded Jiang Xiaorou. The light shield trembled, causing ripples to form in the spatial dimensions.

Shentu Nantian's palm felt pain from the tremors, but Jiang Xiaorou, who was within the light shield was still safe and sound.

The Space Dimension laws had been activated. Although they could still see Jiang Xiaorou, at that moment she was already in a completely different space-time dimension.

"It is too late!" Shentu Nantian said as his heart burned with anxiety. "We cannot let the array succeed. Kill that old beast and interrupt the array. Tear open the space dimension tunnel and drag the little witch girl out!"

Shentu Nantian yelled as if he was crazy.

The legendary figures from the Shentu family clan attacked from all corners. There were 4 swords, 2 sabers and 1 spear. They all stabbed at Uncle Zhou at the same time.

The weapon's cold beams flashed, but Uncle Zhou did not even take a glance. He did not even conjure up his Power of Desolates to protect his body.

He bit the tip of his tongue and spat out another mouthful of blood essence to inject into the array!

"Puah Puah Puah!"

Seven sharp weapons pierced through Uncle Zhou's body at the same time!

Fresh silver blood splattered. Uncle Zhou's slightly stooped body suddenly quivered. His organs had all been ruptured and his mouth was filled with blood. It flowed down like mercury.

His hands were slightly trembling as he pressed onto the spatial light shield around Jiang Xiaorou. With the last ounce of his strength, he drew an engraving with his blood.

He watched Jiang Xiaorou in this fashion, as if he had all sorts of things he wanted to say to her but couldn't.

Jiang Xiaorou held her breath. She had always lived a bland life, never experiencing such a scenario.

She did not even know who this elder, who died for her, was. Neither did she know what their relation was. She had lost a portion of her childhood memories. She desperately tried to recall, but could not remember a thing...

She wanted to touch the elder's face through the light shield, but she could not touch it...

"Boom!"

A battle axe cleaved down on the elder's head.

The elder's head jerked as his head was split open. Blood spouted out from his forehead.

With his incredible will, he managed to ignite all the engravings at the last moment of his life. The light beams became thicker, like a burning flame.

In this light, Jiang Xiaorou saw the elder's final expression. It was that of a serene smile...

As space distorted, Jiang Xiaorou was aware of what was about to happen. She would soon be teleported away.

"Yun’er! Yun’er!"

Ignoring the grief of the dead elder, what Jiang Xiaorou was the most concerned about now was Yi Yun!

The elder, having sacrificed his life to send her away, was already the limit. As for Yi Yun, what would happen to Yi Yun?

Would Shentu Nantian, in his anger, spare Yi Yun's life?

"Yun’er!"

Jiang Xiaorou cried out loudly. However, her voice was completely isolated by the light shield.

She felt space distort, causing her to nearly faint! At that split moment, she tunneled through endless space-time!

True Martial World - Chapter 358: At the end of the Road

"Earth Fire alchemy lab? That will probably do..." Shentu Nantian said treating the matter lightly.

Shentu Nantian's statement had decided the matter.

What else could King Chu do? With the entire Tai Ah Divine Kingdom teetering on the brink of destruction, how could he possibly disobey Young Master Nantian's orders?

"Uncle Zhou, arrange the Herbal Royal Lab for Young Master Nantian." As King Chu spoke, he glanced at Yi Yun. He had been noting Yi Yun's reaction the entire time. He too felt some sympathy for this young man.

"Yes, your Highness."

Uncle Zhou was the elder in gray that had been following King Chu all this time. He was King Chu’s personal guard as well as the steward of the Chu royal residence.

"Uncle Zhou, let me and Dingkun arrange it." Yang Yuefeng said. He was eager to do the job and seize this opportunity to please Shentu Nantian. An opportunity like this was very rare.

"Young Master Ding, Young Master Feng..." Uncle Zhou hesitated for a bit but did not stop them. He just quietly stood by King Chu’s side.

Yang Dingkun and Yang Yuefeng looked at Yi Yun with mocking glances and solicitously said to Shentu Nantian, "Young Master Nantian, shall we do it now? If you need any materials, we will prepare them for you immediately."

Yang Dingkun patted his chest as a guarantee.

Shentu Nantian said with a smile, "There is no need. I am afraid that you do not have the things I need."

"Yes, yes, yes. The things Young Master Nantian need must be priceless treasures that we cannot prepare. Sorry for the joke displayed before you." Although he had been despised, he still flattered Young Master Nantian cheerfully.

At that moment, Shentu Nantian turned towards Jiang Xiaorou.

As for Yi Yun, he was standing in front of Jiang Xiaorou with his right fist clenched and his left hand was on his right hand's interspatial ring.

At that moment, Yi Yun was like a sparrow protecting its young against a foul hawk in front of him.

"Your name is Yi Yun right? I can feel that you are very promising. To have such accomplishments while being born in such a small country. Breaking through to the Yuan Foundation realm at such a young age and having such a solid foundation is extremely difficult."

"Cherish your future and do not do anything stupid. I have repeatedly stressed that humans and desolate beasts are bitter enemies! Do you not see how this beast horde was stirred up? The Desolate race are willing to kill trillions of civilians without even blinking, just to accomplish their goals!"

"The sister you have behind you has a special bloodline. I definitely cannot let her live. For once she is found by the Desolate race, there will definitely be a scourge."

As Shentu Nantian spoke, he walked towards Yi Yun and Jiang Xiaorou.

However, Yi Yun gritted his teeth as he remained standing in front of Jiang Xiaorou.

Shentu Nantian frowned. He stared into Yi Yun's eyes for a few seconds, Yi Yun did not relent and stared back.

Shentu Nantian's expression sank as his patience was limited.

"I am saying this for the last time. I am giving you the time it takes to take 3 breaths to get out of my way."

Yi Yun took a deep breath. He felt as if his heart was bleeding, but he still endured it, "Young Master Nantian, I beg of you, let my sister go. You can put restrictions on her, but..."

"Oh!?" Shentu Nantian's face turned cold as his aura exploded. Originally, Shentu Nantian gave people the feeling of a gently breeze. His usual temperament was like that of a elegant breeze, giving people a comfortable feeling.

However, now, he was like an evil demon. It was like a ferocious beast had awoken within Shentu Nantian's body!

Suddenly, Shentu Nantian became extremely scary.

"Scram!"

Shentu Nantian waved his hand, making Yi Yun feel a terrifying force surge towards him from all sides. The blood within his body seemed to freeze at that moment. His meridians, his key points and his energy had been completely locked.

This energy was too terrifying as Yi Yun was powerless to resist it. His entire body was sent flying by the energy, heavily slamming into the Chu royal residence's wall!

"Boom!"

With a loud bang, the one foot-thick wall collapsed. Stones fell as Yi Yun was buried in rubble, his body now completely covered in stone and dust!

At that moment, Yi Yun felt as if all of his organs had been misplaced. He felt something in his throat as he spat out a mouthful of blood.

Yi Yun!

This sudden scene stunned everyone.

Under Shentu Nantian's sudden attack, the powerful Yi Yun was like a helpless baby.

Chu Xiaoran and company felt their hearts clench as they were worried about Yi Yun. A wise man does not fight when the odds are stacked against him. They were afraid that Yi Yun would be rash and do something stupid.

However, there were also people like Yang Dingkun, Yang Yuefeng and company who were now smiling. This was great, it really felt great!

Shentu Nantian's voice said coldly, "I gave you face, but you did not want it. Who do you think you are? I appreciate you and can speak to you pleasantly, but if I hate you, you can be squashed by me like an ant!"

"I have taught you the ways of being human countless times, telling you to keep away from the Desolate race, but you! You repeatedly go against me. Do you really think that I would tolerate you time and again?"

At that moment, Shentu Nantian revealed a natural regal air to him and was extremely scary!

He was like a King who held the rights to life. One moment, he was pleasant, in the next moment, he was killing people out of anger. His moods made it hard for people to grasp it.

"I warn you for the last time, draw a line with the Desolate race. If you do so, then you will be one of us Humans. If you do not, I will kill you with my own hands!"

Shentu Nantian's final words were filled with murderous intent.

"Yun’er..."

Jiang Xiaorou ran in front of the rubble and helped Yi Yun up. At that moment, Yi Yun's mouth was full of blood. The blood had mixed with the dust, turning its color into a reddish-black.

Seeing Yi Yun in such a state, Jiang Xiaorou's heart broke. She bit her lips. In this situation, she was helpless.

She looked at Shentu Nantian and sobbed, "Do not fight anymore… I will follow you."

"Haha!" Hearing Jiang Xiaorou's words, Shentu Nantian laughed heartily, "Such a sickening sibling relationship. For a human and one of the Desolate race to have such feelings for each other, that they can give up their lives to protect the other is laughable to an extreme!"

"Do you think that you would have the chips to negotiate with me if you were to leave with me? Your life was originally in my hands! However, I did not want to kill your so-called brother today. I only wanted to teach him a lesson and let him remember what race he is. I wanted to let him know that he cannot forget who he is!"

As Shentu Nantian spoke, his hand grabbed towards Jiang Xiaorou, "If you want to blame anyone, blame your own destiny!"

Shentu Nantian's hands were injected with a trace of Yuan Qi as he pressed towards Jiang Xiaorou's head. He wanted to strike Jiang Xiaorou's mind. Once that happened, Jiang Xiaorou would lose her sanity, but her body would remain alive. Using a living body when refining elixirs gave the best results.

True Martial World - Chapter 357: Dark Red

Yi Yun noticed that the look Shentu Nantian gave Jiang Xiaorou, contained a trace of greed in it!

The feeling was similar to that of a venomous snake looking at a palatable prey.

Yi Yun tightly held onto Jiang Xiaorou's hand. His palms were sweating as he was extremely nervous. An extremely sense of foreboding started to rise in his heart.

Yi Yun really had no idea of what to do if Shentu Nantian wanted to do anything to Jiang Xiaorou.

Yi Yun was always calm, but now, his mind was completely blank.

"What… has happened?"

At that moment, two elders walked into the crowd.

The person leading the way was dressed in a four-clawed, golden dragon robe. His hair was white and his eyes sparkled. He was King Chu!

Beside King Chu was an elder, dressed in gray clothes. This elder was also present when Yi Yun previously met Shentu Nantian in the main Hall. He rarely spoke and seemed to be a personal guard of King Chu. noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

"Your Highness, there is a problem with the identity of Yi Yun's elder sister."

A Chu royal residence guard quickly explained the situation to King Chu with a Yuan Qi voice transmission.

King Chu was, for a short while, stunned as he too never expected for this to happen.

"Young Master Nantian, what is this girl?"

Now, Jiang Xiaorou's identity was uncertain. The only person who knew was Shentu Nantian himself.

"She is a member of the Desolate race." Shentu Nantian determined Jiang Xiaorou's identity with a simple line without offering any further explanation.

Yi Yun's heart sank. Desolate race!

Even though her blood was red, she was still of the Desolate race?

Previously, Shentu Nantian said that if Jiang Xiaorou was of the Desolate race and had been accidentally adopted, having no idea about the Shepherd Boy's invasion, then he would not pursue her. However, clearly… the matter was no longer that simple!

"Young Master Nantian, may I know what you want to do with my sister? She may be of the Desolate race, but she is just a Desolate race commoner." Yi Yun suppressed his emotions while asking Shentu Nantian in a respectful tone, hoping that he would let Jiang Xiaorou off.

"Desolate race commoner?" Shentu Nantian glanced at Yi Yun and chuckled, "How do you know if she is a commoner? She is not a commoner, and her identity is very special!"

"I will take your sister away. Although I could fabricate a lie and leave you with beautiful fantasies, I will not do that. I want you to know that the Human race and the Desolate race are bitter enemies, there will never be a peaceful coexistence."

"To us, the Desolate race are just desolate beasts that can speak. Originally, if this girl was a Desolate race commoner without anything special, it would be no problem for you keeping her as a pet or as a sex slave. I would have allowed that, but she is not. There is a great history contained within her background, and once she is sent back to the Desolate race, it will bring an endless amount of calamities onto humans. It might even be far more serious than the beast horde set off by the Shepherd Boy!"

When Shentu Nantian said this, everyone became stunned. Was it possible for this girl to cause something far more serious than the beast horde set off by the Shepherd Boy?

"Therefore… I must kill her. As for her blood, I will use it to refine elixirs! The truth is cruel, but since you asked, I told you the truth."

After Shentu Nantian said this, he wiped off his smile. His voice was ice-cold and full of murderous intent.

Jiang Xiaorou, who was behind Yi Yun, felt as if she had been struck by lightning!

Refine! Elixirs!

She would be refined into an elixir?

Yi Yun's blood was surging as his eyes turned bloodshot.

Shentu Nantian actually wanted to use Jiang Xiaorou for refining elixirs?

At that moment, Yi Yun felt as if his soul left his body. He stood before Shentu Nantian, as if he had been completely isolated from the surrounding world. All he could see was Shentu Nantian.

What do I do? What am I supposed to do!?

Thousands of ideas flashed past Yi Yun's mind, but none of them could resolve the current situation!

At that moment, Shentu Nantian turned towards King Chu, "King Chu, you are just in time. Does your residence have an alchemy lab? Please lend me the best one you have."

"Al… Alchemy lab?" King Chu gave him a bitter smile as he glanced at Yi Yun with the corner of his eyes.

At the moment, King Chu was having a huge dilemma. How did the matter develop to this point?

Although he did not care for Yi Yun, there were several people in the upper echelons of the Divine Kingdom who found Yi Yun very promising. They were hoping that Yi Yun would be able to change the fate of the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom.

However, if he were to help Shentu Nantian now, and refine Yi Yun's sister, then Yi Yun might go into a rage and do something silly. Then, all the troubles stirred up would most likely be blamed on him.

King Chu found it difficult to give him an immediate answer.

"Grandpa, since Young Master Nantian wants an alchemy lab, let us just give him one. Do we not have a Herbal Royal Lab in our residence? That is an alchemy lab with Earth Fire. In the entire Tai Ah Divine Kingdom, only the imperial city's Dragon Elixir Lab can compete with our Herbal Royal Lab."

Yang Dingkun, who stood beside King Chu, said in a gloating fashion. His heart was so happy that it felt like it was blooming with flowers. The Herbal Royal Lab's grade had been exaggerated by him as he was afraid that Shentu Nantian might not like it.

If it was Yi Yun's sister, refining her in the Chu royal residence's Herbal Royal Lab would be extremely interesting.

When he thought of this, Yang Dingkun looked at Yi Yun. He saw Yi Yun touching his interspatial ring with one hand. Green veins were protruding on his forehead, clearly he was extremely angry.

Seeing the action of Yi Yun touching the interspatial ring, Yang Dingkun became overjoyed.

Great! This is too great! If Yi Yun got agitated to make a move, then it would be a joyous occasion. Then he could even kill by proxy, by letting Shentu Nantian destroy Yi Yun.

In Shentu Nantian's eyes, how great of a figure could someone like Yi Yun be?

With this thought in mind, Yang Dingkun sent Yi Yun a sarcastic Yuan Qi transmission, "Yi Yun, Keke, your expression sure looks fearsome, but what can you do? Now, you can only watch on helplessly as your sister is being refined into elixirs. Young Master Nantian previously said that the stronger the Desolate race, the more power the blood contains. The elixir that is refined would then also be higher in grade. Your sister must have a pretty good bloodline for her to gain the favor of Young Master Nantian. If only I could get a few of those elixirs."

Yang Dingkun said it all in a an eccentric manner as Yi Yun's gaze turned muddy. He had now given Yang Dingkun the death penalty in his heart.

Actually, up till now, Yi Yun had never really killed a person.

For example, although Lian Chengyu's death was caused by Yi Yun, he had only been maimed by Yi Yun. Lian Chengyu only died due to his own despair and serious injuries.

However at that moment, Yi Yun really wanted to kill Yang Dingkun!

Yang Dingkun's heart sank upon seeing Yi Yun's cold eyes. He inexplicably felt his back go cold.

Yi Yun did not lose his reason due to his rage and did not blindly attack. This made Yang Dingkun unhappy, but Yi Yun's murderous gaze made him feel fear.

"What is there to be afraid of!?" Yang Dingkun said to himself. He had decided to arrange the alchemy lab, and by sucking up to Shentu Nantian, allowing Shentu Nantian to feel happy.

When that happened, he would end up with a meteoric rise.

So what about Yi Yun, so what if he was great? He may be special in the Tai Ah Divine City, but compared to Young Master Nantian, he was nothing but a fart!