Chapter 41: Shi Xueyan

Chen Yuan wasn’t certain if the future Chu Hongshang would become the Chi Lian Demon Lord again.

However, her start this time was much better than in the original plot.

With the Inner Landscape Divine Art, she could develop her Physical Body’s potential, making any subsequent Cultivation of any Cultivation Technique twice as effective.

After teaching Chu Hongshang how to face Shi Xueyan, Chen Yuan left directly.

However, Chen Yuan didn’t go far; he found another inn to stay at within the Beihai Market.

This inn was right in the center of the Beihai Market, allowing him to monitor Chu Hongshang’s movements at all times. He only planned to leave once he was sure she had been taken away by Shi Xueyan.

Avenging Chu Hongshang and helping her enter the Wanmo Sect was an experiment for Chen Yuan.

Helping or befriending these future powerhouses and big shots before they rose to prominence.

Once they rose in the future, wouldn’t he be able to walk unhindered in the Jianghu?

In the original plot, Chu Hongshang only deferred to the Martial Forest Alliance Leader, Chen Jiutian, and didn’t even care for the Wanmo Sect Master.

Now that he had helped her avenge her Family’s extermination, how could she not remember this kindness in the future?

Of course, this was assuming they would still grow and rise as they did in the original plot.

However, Chen Yuan wouldn’t help or befriend just anyone.

Some future big shots might be strong, but their character was lacking.

If Chen Yuan helped them now, they might just stab him in the back when a conflict of interest arose in the future.

Although Chu Hongshang was a mass murderer and acted ruthlessly in the original plot, she clearly distinguished between gratitude and grudges.

If someone insulted her, she could kill their entire Family for it.

But similarly, if someone in Gushan City had spoken up for the Chu Family in the past, she would reward them handsomely later, giving away Cultivation Techniques and Medicinal Pills as if they cost nothing.

If she was like that to someone who just spoke up for the Chu Family, how much more would she value a great kindness like Chen Yuan’s, who had avenged her?

On this side, following Chen Yuan’s instructions, Chu Hongshang displayed the heads of the Zhu Family on the streets of Beihai Market and publicly offered sacrifices to her Family, causing another massive stir in the market.

Everyone in Beihai Market knew about the Chu Family’s situation. When Chu Hongshang later posted a mission at the Wantong Inn seeking someone to avenge her Family’s extermination, the Martial Artists in the market felt the little girl was somewhat pitiable.

Of course, pity was one thing, but as low-level Jianghu People, no one dared to uphold justice and take on the mission.

Who would have thought that some outsider fool would actually dare to take the mission? For the past two days, everyone had been discussing exactly how Chen Yuan, who took the mission, would die.

As it turned out, in just a few days, the heads of the Zhu Family were displayed in Beihai Market.

During the two days Chen Yuan confronted the Zhu Family, the people in Gushan City didn’t dare to go out.

But with the destruction of the Zhu Family, many people came down from the mountain, and the news spread. Only then did everyone learn the details of that battle.

Ruthless, exceptionally ruthless!

This was everyone’s evaluation of the Zhu Family’s extermination.

Chen Yuan didn’t just kill the people of the Zhu Family; he killed their courage.

Alone, he had terrified the Zhu Family, causing their already unstable Retainers to flee and reducing the Family to its original state.

Furthermore, anyone who wasn’t blind could see that Zhu Chengze and Zhu Chengan had killed each other in the end.

God knows what kind of rhetoric or methods Chen Yuan used to make the Zhu brothers kill each other. The thought of it sent shivers down people’s spines.

However, the Zhu Family’s reputation in Beihai Market had always been poor, so Chen Yuan’s ruthless methods actually felt quite satisfying to many.

Some Jianghu People who held grudges against the Zhu Family even publicly spat on the heads of Zhu Chaofeng and the others.

Two days later, a fleet returned from overseas, and a woman wearing a white dress with a red mark on her forehead stepped off the ship.

The woman was beautiful and cold, with a mature temperament. She looked to be in her thirties, but there was a sense of world-weariness in her eyes, suggesting she was likely older.

At that moment, a Jianghu man on the shore looked lecherously at the woman, a wretched smile appearing on his lips as he imagined eighteen different ways to toy with her.

Just then, the woman glanced over sharply, her expression instantly darkening.

She reached out a hand, and in an instant, a majestic suction force erupted.

The Jianghu man let out a miserable wail as his body cracked inch by inch. His blood was forcibly sucked out, forming a massive sphere of blood in mid-air!

A moment later, the blood sphere shattered, drenching the ground in blood, while the Jianghu man had turned into a withered corpse.

The surrounding Jianghu People quickly lowered their heads, their bodies trembling uncontrollably.

Those who kill at the slightest disagreement are of the Demonic Path.

But someone like this, who kills without saying a single word, would be considered a lunatic even among those of the Demonic Path!

Chen Yuan, staying on the top floor of the inn, could also see the seaside.

Although he couldn’t see the woman’s face clearly, seeing her move made Chen Yuan certain that the newcomer was the Wanmo Sect’s ‘Blood Hand Fairy’, Shi Xueyan.

In her youth, Shi Xueyan was a Disciple of a small demonic Sect, but she fell in love with the successor of a righteous Sect. She even went as far as betraying her Sect to join the Righteous Path for him.

However, after betraying the Demonic Path, she was ostracized by the righteous Sect, and the man she loved even planned to marry a daughter from a prestigious Family of equal status. This caused Shi Xueyan to completely break down.

Afterward, Shi Xueyan paid some unknown price to rejoin the Demonic Path and even joined the top-tier demonic Sect, the Wanmo Sect.

Over a decade later, after her cultivation reached Major Achievement, her personality became insane and perverse, and she directly slaughtered that righteous Sect.

Because her secret Cultivation Technique kept her appearance youthful and her actions were brutal and ruthless, the Jianghu People nicknamed her the ‘Blood Hand Fairy’.

Of course, in Chen Yuan’s view, this woman was a total love-brained fool.

As Shi Xueyan passed through the center of Beihai Market, she naturally saw Chu Hongshang.

The hatred in Chu Hongshang’s eyes slightly surprised her. How could such a young girl harbor such deep-seated hatred?

Shi Xueyan grabbed a random Jianghu person and asked, “What’s the story with this little girl?”

The Jianghu person didn’t even dare to raise his head, trembling as he recounted the events.

After hearing it, a look of interest appeared in Shi Xueyan’s eyes.

She walked up to Chu Hongshang and asked, “Your enemies are all dead now. Why are you still filled with hatred?”

“I hate myself for lacking the power to personally avenge my Family’s extermination!”

Chu Hongshang raised her head, keeping Chen Yuan’s words in mind, and did her best to display the hatred in her heart before Shi Xueyan.

“There’s still one person from the Zhu Family alive. He’s a Disciple of the Huangji Sect, a top Sect in Yongzhou. I can’t kill him, and no one can help me kill him. I only hate my own incompetence!”

“The Wang Family of Nanshan City, who were supposed to marry you, kicked you out. Do you hate them?”

With reddened eyes, Chu Hongshang nodded resentfully. “I hate them! I wish I could eat their flesh and drink their blood! If I had the power, I would wipe out the Wang Family as well!”

Although the Wang Family’s actions were excessive, Chu Hongshang didn’t actually harbor that much hatred toward them.

Such was the coldness of the world; the Wang Family’s strength was inferior to the Zhu Family’s, so they naturally weren’t willing to offend the Zhu Family for a woman.

The decision the Wang Family made was simply the way of survival for such a small Family.

But since her Benefactor told her to say so, she didn’t ask why and simply did as he said.

Of course, she only thought this way now; in the original plot, the Wang Family met a very miserable end.

Shi Xueyan nodded with satisfaction.

She was a paranoid and insane person whose values were exactly like this—never reasonable, only based on her likes and dislikes.

She was very satisfied with Chu Hongshang’s current values, feeling they were very much in line with her own.

Furthermore, the hatred Chu Hongshang displayed made Shi Xueyan feel she was a promising talent.

In her youth, she had joined the Wanmo Sect with extreme hatred, and it was precisely because of this hatred that she was able to stand out and become the Blood Hand Fairy she was today.

Although in Chen Yuan’s view, this stuff was useless.

Aside from turning oneself into a psychopath, it had almost no beneficial effect on Cultivation.

But Shi Xueyan stubbornly believed that only with extreme hatred could one have the ultimate motivation to Cultivate and push their potential to the limit.

Additionally, with her secret techniques, Shi Xueyan could tell at a glance that Chu Hongshang’s natural talent was excellent.

All these conditions combined were enough for Shi Xueyan to choose to take her away.

“I am Shi Xueyan of the Wanmo Sect. Are you willing to take me as your Master and follow me back to the Wanmo Sect?”

Chu Hongshang raised her head and looked at Shi Xueyan. “Can you help me kill Zhu Chengzhong of the Huangji Sect and wipe out the Wang Family?”

Shi Xueyan chuckled and said disdainfully, “Just a young Disciple of the Huangji Sect. Even if I kill him, those old fogies wouldn’t dare say a word.

As for that Wang Family, they are like pigs and dogs; I could wipe them out with a wave of my hand.”

Changing the subject, Shi Xueyan said, “However, these are your enemies, and I will not avenge you.

Remember them, and remember your hatred for them. With this hatred, you can go further on the path of Cultivation!

When you have achieved success and stood out from the countless Demonic Sons and Daughters of the Wanmo Sect, only then will you be qualified to seek revenge and release the hatred in your heart!”

In the original plot, Shi Xueyan deliberately left the Zhu Family alive to keep that hatred in Chu Hongshang’s heart.

Now that Chen Yuan had destroyed the Zhu Family, he had Chu Hongshang use Zhu Chengzhong and the Wang Family as targets, fabricating a great enmity and giving Shi Xueyan’s twisted logic room to operate.

In this way, the development was not much different from the original plot.

Chu Hongshang decisively knelt and kowtowed three times to Shi Xueyan.

“Disciple pays respects to Master!”

Shi Xueyan nodded with satisfaction and pulled Chu Hongshang along as she left.

Her personality was so paranoid and insane that many within the Wanmo Sect couldn’t stand her, which was why she had never had a Disciple.

She hadn’t expected that a trip to Beihai to clear her head would lead her to such a promising talent.

Chu Hongshang followed behind Shi Xueyan, but she couldn’t help but keep looking back toward the Beihai Market.

Shi Xueyan thought she still couldn’t let go of the hatred in her heart.

In reality, Chu Hongshang was looking for Chen Yuan.

She knew Chen Yuan hadn’t left and had been observing her from the shadows.

Her current strength was weak, and following her Benefactor would only make her a burden who couldn’t help with anything.

But in the future, she would surely stand out in the Wanmo Sect and repay her Benefactor!