Chapter 472: Chapter 472: I’m Too Kind
"Who the hell do you think you are? Where did you get the nerve to say something like that? What gives you the right to a life-and-death struggle with me?!"
Ye Tianling stomped viciously on Yao Qiye’s face. The bones in his face were crushed bit by bit.
Blood gushed from his mouth; several of his teeth had been shattered by Ye Tianling’s heavy stomp.
"AHHH—"
He roared ferociously and struggled with all his might, but he was completely powerless to resist.
As if she hadn’t seen a thing, Yao Nine Beauties lay quietly on the ground, her pupils dilated and devoid of any Spiritual Luster.
"You bunch of clowns. Did I, Ye Tianling, dig up your ancestors’ graves? Or did I perform Harmonization Dao with your grandmother? I’ve never even met you before, yet you target me? Is it just because I’m a Human Race Cultivator? Just because I come from a Small World?"
Ye Tianling sneered, but his voice was like a thunderclap that echoed deep in their very souls.
"Forget it. I can’t be bothered with this pointless talk. Might makes right. You trampled on others like this in the past, and now I’m trampling on you! Of course, maybe one day, someone will trample on me in the same way. But I will not let that day come!
"The strong are revered, and the path of the strong is the only right path!"
Ye Tianling had intended to berate them further, but after a moment’s thought, he lost all interest.
The low status of the Human Race was a deeply ingrained notion. It was all too common for Human Race Cultivators to be used as Tripod Cauldrons or refined into Human Pills.
This wasn’t something that could be changed just by teaching a lesson to the likes of Yao Qiye, Yao Nine Beauties, or Xi Junchang.
Ye Tianling scoffed, then, without a shred of compunction, proceeded to utterly humiliate Yao Qiye in front of everyone.
Afterward, ignoring the strange looks from the crowd, Ye Tianling subjected Bai Changyi to the same face-stomping torture. Only then did he transform into Flowing Light and disappear from the area.
"Damn it!"
Bai Changyi stood up, his expression terrifyingly grim.
This time, he had done nothing, yet he was caught in the crossfire. To suffer the humiliation of a ’hot spring face wash’ on top of it all... for him, this was an unbearable blow.
But, after spitting out those two cold words, he said no more.
Face?
Dignity?
At this point, he could cast them all aside.
’Soul Master, Soul Ancestor, Saint Master, you must save your disciple! Once I get out, I will surely remember this humiliation, rise against the heavens, and wash away this monstrous shame with blood!’
Bai Changyi cried out again and again in his heart.
A good while later, his heart suddenly stirred. He had a vague feeling that the sealing aura of the Hell Demon Gate had weakened.
It was as if his calls had been answered.
...
"A few rounds of cultivation whenever there’s nothing else to do... truly relaxing and satisfying."
Savoring the memory of the Harmonization Dao, Ye Tianling found himself unable to resist and dragged Mu Yuxi out again.
"Don’t you want to cultivate? Come on, cooperate a little."
Ye Tianling said with a smirk.
Mu Yuxi glanced at their surroundings within the Hell Demon Gate. "The Demon Gate is about to open," she said. "There are bound to be Ancestor Dao Strong People guarding the outside. Some of them come from powerful backgrounds. With your methods, you’ve definitely made mortal enemies! You still want to cultivate at a time like this?"
Ye Tianling said, "Are you worried about me?"
Mu Yuxi sneered, "I’m telling you so you can despair sooner!"
"You don’t mean that. Come on, you’d better resist a little. I’ve grown to like it when people resist. The more miserably you scream, the happier I’ll be."
"You’re the real Demon!"
"That’s right. I possess a Nine-Orifice Exquisite Demon Heart. I am a true Demon. Didn’t you know?"
"You—"
"What ’you’? From now on, I’ll allow you to be my Demon Consort. Come, my dear consort, heheh."
"You—"
...
The battle of cultivation began once more.
This time, Mu Yuxi completely surrendered.
It was as if she had accepted her fate. Or perhaps, it was because she had come to more clearly understand that Ye Tianling possessed a peerless Demon Heart. He was a true Inheritor of the Heavenly God Demon Blood, and because of this, the rejection she felt in her heart had actually disappeared.
Or perhaps, Ye Tianling was simply too powerful. She could no longer resist him, had no way to resist him—this was true physically, as well as mentally and on the level of her Soul.
In short...
After another session of Harmonization Dao, Ye Tianling’s Realm advanced from the Early Stage of Sword Void Four Transformations Realm to the Sword Void Four Transformation Middle Stage Realm, and he had even consolidated it to a degree.
The benefit of Harmonization Dao was attuning to the Celestial Dao.
The key was that during this process, Ye Tianling didn’t forget to activate the Chaos Destiny Scripture. Through Meditation, he allowed himself to enter a state of complete Celestial Harmony Dao.
This was how he reaped such immense benefits.
Unlike Ye Tianling, Mu Yuxi actually suffered a slight loss this time, but her Realm at the Middle Stage of Sword Void Five Transformations became even more consolidated.
「After the Harmonization Dao, another day and night passed.」
Mu Yuxi’s gaze was both complex and cold. "Are you going to keep us captive, to use as tools for your bullying and revenge?"
Ye Tianling said, "We’ll see. For now, I can’t kill them completely. They have some kind of Ancestor Dao restriction on them that will rebound if I push it to its limit. But soon, I’ll be able to solve that problem.
"When the time comes, I’ll either be refining them into Puppets or offering them as a Blood Sacrifice to my Demon Heart Sword Body."
Mu Yuxi said, "Then you’d better be quick. After the Demon Gate opens, I’m afraid you won’t have the chance. By the way, since you seized the Hell Red Lotus Fire, those people will be even less likely to let you go."
Ye Tianling smiled. "My Demon Consort, no need to worry. I’ll kill as many as they send."
Mu Yuxi huffed softly and said no more.
"How about... I let you go?"
Ye Tianling seemed to be lost in thought as he glanced at Mu Yuxi.
At the same time, he discovered a flaw in himself—once he became intimate with a woman, feelings would inevitably develop.
This must be what they mean by "familiarity breeds fondness."
This wasn’t right. But to strike a killing blow now, given his temperament, he found he couldn’t bring himself to do it.
’Sigh... I’m just too kind.’
Ye Tianling couldn’t help but lament.
But Mu Yuxi laughed, a deeply sarcastic laugh. "That’s the funniest joke I’ve heard in my entire life. A peerless Demon, claiming he’s too kind."
Ye Tianling’s lips twitched. "You don’t understand."
Mu Yuxi sneered contemptuously, "Can’t bear to do it now? Now that you’ve had a taste of the benefits, you can’t bear to kill me? Is that why you’re so conflicted?"
Ye Tianling nodded, not denying it. "You saw right through me, no need to say it out loud, right? Gotta let me save some face, haha."
Mu Yuxi snorted coldly. Her feelings were complicated, but this time, she said nothing at all.
