Chapter 933: Chapter 932 A Critical Moment_1
The atmosphere in the hall was so oppressive that it was suffocating.
Ouyang Jing thought about a lot in an instant.
In the past few months, the maid Shijian had been closely following Qu Wuyan, yet Zheng Xiqi claimed that Shijian had left months ago. Zheng Xiqi couldn’t possibly tell such a despicable lie.
So, could Qu Wuyan know the art of disguise?
"Bring her and the maid here."
Ouyang Jing waved his hand; he wouldn’t trust anyone until the results came out.
Not long after, Qu Wuyan, dressed in a pink gown, came to the hall. Today, she wore her hair in a falling horse-tail style, and her normally makeup-free face was lightly brushed with rouge, making her already stunning looks even more enchanting.
Both Ouyang Jing and Zheng Xiqi were somewhat transfixed.
"Housekeeper Qu, where is your maid?"
Zheng Xiqi was the first to snap back to reality, a trace of sharpness flickered in his eyes.
"Pretending to be ignorant, Zheng, for harming Shijian like this, I will never forgive you!"
Qu Wuyan slapped her hand down, and the two experts escorting Shijian spat blood and were sent flying, while Shijian herself was captured by a force and gently caught by Qu Wuyan: "You’ve suffered."
Seeing the usually indifferent Qu Wuyan showing a rare smile, as if determined, as if liberated, Shijian trembled violently and cried out: "It’s the servant who is useless!"
From start to finish, Ouyang Jing and Zheng Xiqi watched this scene coldly, not intervening. But a bone-chilling murderous aura was slowly pervading the surroundings.
"Qu Wuyan, won’t you explain?"
Ouyang Jing’s voice rang out.
Because at that moment, another Shijian was brought in, and her disguised face was torn off by Zheng Xiqi.
Qu Wuyan remained calm and composed, "Valley Leader, this is nothing but a deflection tactic by Zheng Xiqi. He kidnapped my other maid Huamei and disguised her as Shijian."
Zheng Xiqi laughed loudly: "I knew you would quibble." He clapped his hands, and another person was pushed in, making Qu Wuyan’s pupils constrict.
It was none other than Xiaoyu from the kitchen.
"You had her use the secret passage to bring meals to that Yang kid every day, thinking it would go unnoticed? If you don’t want to get caught, don’t do it in the first place!"
With a ripping sound,
Xiaoyu’s mask was torn off, revealing a face several times lovelier. Ouyang Jing recognized her, another of Qu Wuyan’s maids, Rong Shu.
"I don’t know what you’re talking about, and even if it’s true, what does it prove?"
Qu Wuyan was still indifferent.
"You really won’t cry until you see the coffin."
Zheng Xiqi pulled out a scroll from his sleeve and spread it open. The person in the drawing bore a 90% resemblance to Yang Feng. He sneered, "I had people investigate; this person is your younger brother, unfortunately killed twenty years ago. I have reason to believe you bear residual feelings."
"That’s why you found an excuse not to let that kid be harvested by the women in the valley. Worried about suspicions, you tortured him daily but ordered your maid to sneak in meals mixed with healing elixirs at night. Oh, housekeeper, your efforts are truly painstaking!"
As he spoke, Zheng Xiqi used a powerful mental technique on Xiaoyu (Rong Shu), and sure enough, the earlier events were confirmed with each question and answer.
Ouyang Jing’s murderous intent was nearly impossible to contain.
"Would you like me to press your maid right in front of the Valley Leader and make her speak on how she contacted the three major sects and betrayed Joyful Valley?"
Zheng Xiqi said triumphantly.
Qu Wuyan let out a long sigh, desolate and lonely. Then, with a gaze sharp as a sword, she unexpectedly struck a blow towards Ouyang Jing, who was not far away, revealing her Void Origin Realm cultivation without a doubt.
But at that moment,
something even more unexpected happened.
Shijian actually struck Qu Wuyan’s back with the palm of her hand. Completely unguarded, with all her power focused on the sneak attack on Ouyang Jing, Qu Wuyan immediately spewed a mouthful of blood and flesh as she tumbled to Ouyang Jing’s feet.
Zheng Xiqi drawled: "I’m sorry, but your maid has long been won over by me."
"Shijian, you won’t die a good death!"
Huamei pointed at Shijian, fury in her eyes, while Rong Shu seemed on the verge of collapse, her lips bitten to blood.
"Filthy woman, the Valley Leader has always treated you generously, even refraining from forcing you to share a bed, preserving your virginity, and this is how you repay me?"
At this moment, Ouyang Jing’s face was contorted with bulging veins, looking no better than a vicious beast, his eyes as if wanting to devour someone, sliding from Qu Wuyan’s face down to her feet.
He first sealed Qu Wuyan’s acupoints, then fiercely stepped on her face with his foot, sneering, "I was wrong, a wretch like you only deserves to be toyed with! Zheng Xiqi, call in all the pig slaves from the valley. After I’ve absorbed enough of this woman’s energy, let the pig slaves have a taste too!"
Ouyang Jing had planned to wait until Joyful Zen reached its highest realm before dual cultivating with Qu Wuyan for the best effect.
But now he didn’t want to wait. Not killing this woman would not satiate the hatred in his heart. He would use her energy to heal his injuries and then capture all the female disciples of the three major sects at once, to have his way with them. Ha ha ha!
Hearing that Ouyang Jing planned to let the pig slaves defile the housekeeper, Huamei and Rong Shu trembled, their faces deathly pale.
Pig slaves, considered the lowliest people in Joyful Valley, often were those who had offended Ouyang Jing or committed transgressions, disfigured by him and then corralled into pig pens to live with pigs year-round, disfigured beyond recognition, their stench detectable from a hundred meters away, sickening to all who saw them.
And it didn’t end there, something even more brutal happened.
In Zheng Xiqi’s laughter, a bloodstained Yang Feng was dragged in, Rong Shu covered her mouth, her flower-like face pale with horror. From the moment her scheme was exposed, she had been worried about Yang Feng’s safety, and sure enough, Yang Feng, who had been sent out of the valley, was brought back.
"Valley Master, Qu Wuyan treats this kid like a younger brother, and now is the most important moment of her life, how could she not have her younger brother as a spectator?"
Zheng Xiqi’s words made Ouyang Jing laugh excitedly, Rong Shu and another woman cursed him for being worse than a beast, and were immediately slapped aside by Zheng Xiqi, swelling their cheeks.
"This is..."
Yang Feng offered a bitter smile.
He was, after all, a clever man. From being inexplicably taken out of the valley and then hijacked back, upon seeing the scene before him, he had already formed some guesses in his heart.
From the kitchen to the prison cell, how could there conveniently be a passage that was just so happened to be discovered by Xiaoyu? Qu Wuyan as the chief steward, constantly worried about him, could a mere look really cause such hatred?
It wasn’t that Yang Feng didn’t know; it was that he didn’t want to delve deeper. In those moments of despair, that was his motivation to live!
He was afraid, those smiling faces were just helpless perfunctory acts. Those tender nights were just a forced play.
His sincere love, had it truly moved Xiaoyu?
After Zheng Xiqi went to call the pig slave, Ouyang Jing grabbed at Qu Wuyan’s chest, a violent lust twinkling in his eyes.
Bang!
A figure flew backward, spitting a mist of blood, with a chest penetrated by the palm strike, Ouyang Jing fell to the ground, his shock extreme, trembling, "No, it’s impossible, I’ve sealed your powers, how could you..."
Qu Wuyan slowly stood up and said coldly, "Shijian is utterly loyal to me, how could she betray me? I deliberately took her palm strike, otherwise how could you let down your guard? Your sealing technique is useless on me."
"Ouyang Jing, my brother died because of you. All these years, I’ve thought of nothing but revenge, and now your time has come."
With her life’s power channeled into her palm, Qu Wuyan struck forward forcefully, and the void itself seemed to collapse with it.
Despite Ouyang Jing’s profound skills, he was severely wounded and had been struck by Qu Wuyan, his strength reduced to a mere fraction; within a dozen moves, Qu Wuyan’s blade aura had decapitated him, dying with his eyes wide open.
"Chief Steward."
The three women of Shijian rushed forward, supporting Qu Wuyan, who was spitting blood and whose breath had grown even weaker. Especially Shijian, with tears streaming down her face, her pain was palpable.
Although it was a strategy, to achieve the effect, her palm strike was genuinely forceful. She wept, "If anything happens to the Chief Steward, Shijian can only atone with death."
Qu Wuyan waved her hand, "I’m fine, take Yang Feng with you, let’s leave together."
"Where do you think you’re going?"
In the midst of self-satisfied laughter, Zheng Xiqi returned, no, he had never left.
"Zheng, you’re just a mere peak Earth Immortal, do you dare block the Chief Steward’s path, do you not want to live?"
Over the days, Shijian thought she knew him inside out and couldn’t help but let out a cold snort.
Boom!
A powerful force, sudden and unstoppable, filled the entire hall a hundred feet wide, the air heavy as lead, ten times over. The three women of Shijian felt a pressure on their chest, thankfully, Qu Wuyan’s timely protection saved them, otherwise just that momentum would have been enough to crush them.
The three women stared at Zheng Xiqi in shock.
"You’ve actually become a Void Origin Realm Martial Emperor?"
Qu Wuyan’s face was as solemn as still water.
She was wounded, her powers inevitably reduced, and she had only recently ascended to the Void Origin Realm, dealing with Zheng Xiqi was going to be difficult.
Zheng Xiqi’s eyes gleamed teasingly, that look as if he were staring at a toy that was about to be his, he laughed, "Deputy Valley Master, Qu Wuyan has committed a crime by rising against her superior and killing the Valley Master, I trust you to administer justice!"
"I don’t need your reminder."
Another figure with even stronger energy stepped into the hall, an elegantly graceful handsome middle-aged man, but the wicked expression on his face was enough to send chills down a woman’s spine.
The Deputy Valley Master of Joyful Valley, also one of the three Void Origin Realm Martial Emperors apart from Ouyang Jing and Qu Wuyan, ’Unhappy Without Joy’ Chu Siming.
Qu Wuyan’s face suddenly looked terrible.
Chu Siming’s martial skills were on par with hers; with Zheng Xiqi added to the mix, and having to protect the three women and Yang Feng, she could hardly think of any way to escape.
The three women drew even closer, even sensing the Chief Steward’s trembling body, despair rising in their hearts, but they had no regrets, it was but a death either way.
Under the onslaught of three forces, Yang Feng on the ground ironically became the greatest victim, continuously coughing up blood.
Qu Wuyan raised her hand to suspend him mid-air, but at that moment, a sword light cut through the force, the attacker was Chu Siming, his sword light like a rainbow, pressing Qu Wuyan so she couldn’t spare her hands.
Meanwhile, Zheng Xiqi made his move, aiming a surging palm force at Yang Feng, deliberately laughing loudly, "This insignificant one, let’s send you off first."
"No!"
Rong Shu shouted, seeing Yang Feng burst with blood, her heart pained as if recalling his words, tears rolling down her cheeks.
"Xiaoyu, I don’t know when I will die, I don’t want to leave with regrets, keeping the truth that I like you a secret."
"Xiaoyu, if only we weren’t captured, how wonderful it would be. I could take you to see the great landscapes, visit various scenic spots, and meet my friends."
His words still echoing, yet now tinged with tears of blood.
Qu Wuyan bit her teeth desperately, but at such a critical moment, she couldn’t spare her hands.
