Vol. 1 - Ch. 81 - Such A Profitable Task, Why Not?

Servant… Mother? Song Yan couldn’t understand what Yue Qingyou was saying and just thought she was mocking her. How could a servant dare to call themselves their master’s mother…

“Then you should pay the price for the decision you made tonight. I’ll make sure you understand the consequence of disturbing the Demon Lord and his lady, the consequence of ruining my mood.” Yue Qingyou’s face turned icy, and her dark, deep eyes changed to a mesmerizing emerald green.

Song Yan was overwhelmed with terror and decisively escaped without hesitation. But how could she possibly flee from Yue Qingyou?

Song Yan fled in terror while glancing over her shoulder. But when she turned back, Yue Qingyou was already in front of her, having approached her silently!

“Looks like I should start with disabling your legs.”

“W-wait…!”

“Contort.”

As soon as Song Yan heard Yue Qingyou speak, her face turned pale, and she began begging for mercy.

But as Yue Qingyou’s words fell, her legs twisted and snapped uncontrollably! The cracking of her bones echoed loudly.

“Aaaaahhhh!!” The terror in her heart, combined with the excruciating pain, made Song Yan’s eyes brim with tears as she let out an agonizing scream.

“You’re too noisy. Silence!” Yue Qingyou said indifferently, her face full of disdain.

Song Yan’s mouth shut involuntarily. No matter how hard she tried, she couldn’t open it. She could only let out muffled whimpers, her face full of pleading. 

She didn’t understand what kind of person she had provoked. Who was this woman, and where did she come from? With her peak Divine Being cultivation and the fall of the Almighty Combat Hall, there should be no one left in the Southern Province who could challenge her.

Tonight’s plan should have been foolproof. But why had things turned out like this?

Yue Qingyou’s emerald gaze fixed on Song Yan, who suddenly felt a hazy daze. The next second, every inch of her skin, from her hands to her scalp, began peeling away under an invisible force. After the skin came the flesh, then the bones, with her entire body being stripped layer by layer!

The intense agony made her wish for death, and her whole body quivered uncontrollably. Oddly, her mind remained painfully clear, able to sense every bit of skin as it was stripped away from her flesh!

“Mm… mm!” Song Yan couldn’t stop convulsing, her eyes hollow.

Just as she was on the brink of collapse, feeling like she should already be dead, she found herself whole, save for her broken limbs. Everything that had happened felt like a horrible nightmare. But the sense of watching herself be peeled layer by layer with no escape was burned into her memory! It felt terrifyingly real. She knew she hadn’t imagined it!

What’s going on...? Song Yan, drenched in cold sweat, looked at Yue Qingyou in confusion.

Yue Qingyou smiled lightly. “Do you feel it? Your body will be peeled away layer by layer in a mental illusion, but the pain will be no different from the real experience.

“But don’t worry. Your body won’t suffer any actual harm. And this process will keep repeating until I decide to end it.”

Song Yan’s pupils shrank instantly, and her face twisted in fear as she desperately begged for mercy, even if it meant death! She couldn’t endure this agony anymore! With her body unharmed, she would keep reliving the unbearable feeling of peeled alive!

Yue Qingyou ignored her pleas, only watching her with a cold smile.

Soon, the next round of peeling and flaying began. In the eyes of others, Song Yan appeared with only her broken limbs, no injuries visible on her body. Yet her face was full of agony, and tears streamed down as she convulsed in the air, as if she’d gone mad.

At this moment, she was experiencing a torture that most people would only experience once. But she couldn’t die from blood loss or pain as others would. She would experience every excruciating moment from beginning to end, only to start the process again…

Meng Niu and his two companions stood by in shock, trembling as they watched Song Yan’s silent, convulsing agony. This woman was even more terrifying than their master! When their master took lives, the deaths were quick, and the pain only lasted a moment. But this woman…

“Why are you still standing there? Bring her to the Jiang residence with me.

“While you’re at it, tell me everything that happened when the Demon Lord and his lady entered the city,” Yue Qingyou, frowning, commanded the three of them.

Although these three monsters had some ancient bloodlines in them, they were far too weak, weak to the point of being almost ridiculous. She didn’t know why the Demon Lord kept them around… It was only because the little princess seemed fond of them, and with the Demon Lord’s order, that she reluctantly tolerated them.

“Y-yes…!” Meng Niu and the other two quickly carried the still-twitching Song Yan and followed closely behind Yue Qingyou.

The three of them recounted everything that had happened since Ning Yechen and Luo Ruying entered the city with Qi Yuan. They mentioned how Jiang Li from the Jiang family had provoked Ning Yechen and spoken disrespectfully to Luo Ruying.

Yue Qingyou’s face grew colder with each detail. Hmph… Jiang family… To dare speak rudely to the Demon Lord and his lady, fine…!

…

Meanwhile, at the Jiang residence, hundreds of cultivators and guards were gathering. The guards were clad in armor with weapons at the ready, assembled into formations. These people were the strongest fighters the Jiang family had cultivated and recruited over the years! Today, it was finally time to use them!

Although Jiang Zhen felt assured since the Sacred Lotus Sect’s leader and two holy envoys were taking action personally, he wouldn’t miss witnessing the destruction of the Qi family with his own eyes!

So Jiang Zhen and Jiang Ming decided to summon everyone in the family and storm the Qi residence alongside the Sacred Lotus Sect! They would leave no survivors!

“Everyone! Thank you for coming here at our request. I am truly grateful! Tonight, after eliminating the Qi family, I promise the Jiang family will not let any of you leave unrewarded!

“I have only one request. The Qi family must disappear from the world tonight!” 

Jiang Zhen addressed the gathered crowd in the courtyard and cupped his hands in gratitude.

The crowd, their spirits high, raised their weapons and shouted, “Family Head Jiang, rest assured! Tonight, the Qi family will vanish from this world!”

“Yes, the Jiang family has treated us well over the years. It’s time to repay you.”

“We’re all just waiting for your command to storm the Qi family!”

The crowd was enthusiastic and unworried. They had heard that the Sacred Lotus Sect had already taken action for the Jiang family, so they just had to follow along for the ride. After the matter was done, they might even earn the Jiang family’s gratitude and receive generous rewards.

Such a profitable task, why not?

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