Chapter 0161

Chapter 161: Xuan Shu Yu: Three Sentences Made Zhou Tong Slap Me Eighteen Times

Zhou Tong froze for a long ten seconds. When he came back to himself, his stomach flipped. It had been a while since anything made him feel this sick. With one sentence, this woman managed to disgust him twice. [That takes talent.]

Seeing his face darken, Xuan Shu Yu mistook it for fear and lifted her chin higher as she said: “Cat got your tongue? Afraid now?”

Zhou Tong raised a hand and asked with a mild smile: “Know what this is?”

She sniffed and said: “Just a dirty paw. Why show it off?”

He nodded and said: “Right. It’s about to get even dirtier, because it’s going to land on your face.”

Lightning-fast, his palm crossed the space and hit home. Caught off guard, half the bones in her face shattered. She flew like a torn sack struck by a hammer.

“Ah!” She fell and writhed like a worm, shrieking with poison in her voice. To her credit, a fake Holy Body still healed fast. In moments the broken bones already showed signs of knitting.

Zhou Tong was satisfied. Only then did she have value for torment.

After he found his true self, his mindset changed. Before, he held himself apart and didn’t bother with ants; he only wanted distance. Now he had changed his mind. The first priority was to make himself feel good. Old grudges and past hate would not be wiped clean. The people who wronged him would pay double.

He realized he had been wrong before. He once thought that to become an emperor he must cut off the past and feel no joy or anger, no fear or hate. Now he saw it was nonsense. [Is it a sin to feel greed, anger, and confusion? Is it wrong to be unable to let go?] [Take greed as the boat, anger as the oar, and confusion as the rolling waves. Only then can you cross the vast sea of suffering and reach the far shore of freedom.]

Killing Xuan Shu Yu now would be as easy as crushing an ant. He would not do it. Letting trash die too fast was a gift. Only a dull knife cutting flesh really hurt. He wanted to watch them struggle to live and fail to die.

“You beast, how dare you hit me? Do you know what the consequences will be?” she tried to snarl.

He appeared in front of her midword. She gasped: “How… how can he be that fast?” At last she sensed something was wrong. She had one foot in the Sky-Slashing Realm and stood far above peers, yet the pressure from him felt like a mountain. She could not breathe.

He said softly: “I really want to know what the consequences are.”

His foot slammed into her chest. With a bang, every rib there burst. She couldn’t even scream as she shot up about eight meters, then fell. Before she could hit the ground, he caught her in the air, slapped her eighteen times, and followed with one hundred and twenty punches, grinding every bone in her body to powder.

With a dull thud she finally hit the ground. Her eyes were empty. Her purple dress was wet. She had lost control of her bladder.

Zhou Tong wrinkled his nose and said: “Disgusting.” He pressed his boot on her face and ground it hard. Her piercing screams split the sky.

He leaned close and said: “So where are these consequences? I’ve beaten you this much. Why haven’t I paid for it yet? Maybe I haven’t done enough.”

She rasped: “I’ll tear you apart and never let your soul rest!”

He sighed and said: “Looks like it really isn’t enough. Then…”

He smiled cruelly. The Joyous Union Lock shot into the distance and dragged a mountain over. Its shadow fell and covered Xuan Shu Yu completely.

He asked lightly: “Is this enough?”

She finally showed real fear: “N-no…”

“Not enough? Greedy thing,” he said.

The mountain crashed down with a roar and crushed Xuan Shu Yu into paste.

“Satisfying,” he thought, then his lips curled with mockery as he said: “Golden Cicada Shedding Shell Talisman. I knew that old geezer would leave you a life-saving trick. Too bad for you it’s me you met.”

A streak of solid sword qi flashed out and pinned a whole, unharmed Xuan Shu Yu to a tree.

“You… you can’t kill me,” she quavered. “If you do, my grandfather—”

Zhou Tong’s face showed boredom. He tapped a finger to her brow. A Mind Shock shot through. It was the most painful punishment in the world. After a round of screams, some clarity finally came into her eyes.

She begged: “Please stop torturing me. I can help you chase the First Senior Sister, ah—”

That line was so disgusting that he struck her soul again. She howled.

She tried again: “Zhou Tong! Young Master Zhou! I’ll be your maid, ah—”

Goosebumps rose on his arms. Even worse. He hit her hard once more.

She broke down: “Master, I’m your obedient dog. I really know I was wrong!”

She couldn’t understand when Zhou Tong had become this violent, like a demon. But the strange part was, after the torture, her hate for him faded a lot, and a strange new feeling rose in her heart.

He smiled at last and said: “That’s better. Speak. Why did you come to me?”

Though he already knew, he played dumb. Her eyes flickered and she did not dare tell the truth. She said: “The junior brothers and sisters in the sect miss you very much. They sent me to ask you to come back and visit…”

[What a ridiculous reason,] he thought, but he did have reasons to go. The earth veins under the Jade Purity Sect had to be taken. The junior brothers and sisters who liked him had to be brought away. As for the rest, they needed heavier punishment.

He said simply: “Fine. I should go back and take a look.”

He moved fast. After reporting to his master and senior sister, he prepared to set out. Watching his back, poison flickered in Xuan Shu Yu’s eyes as she thought: [Vile beast, once we reach the Jade Purity Sect, I’ll make you pay ten times over.]

…

Primal Heaven Earth Mountain, Jade Purity Sect.

A disciple rushed in and said: “Sect Master, great news. Xuan Shu Yu really brought Zhou Tong back!”

Wu Zhan’s face bloomed with joy as he shouted: “Heaven truly helps me! Hear my order: activate the Sect Guarding Grand Array!”

He added in a cold voice: “When that traitor arrives, not a fly goes in and not a mosquito goes out. I’ll see him trapped with no wings to fly.”

Immortal Maiden White Crane and the disciples not infected by baleful qi looked dim and sad. Their hearts were still with Zhou Tong.

But far away, Zhou Tong had already scanned everything with his spirit sense. These old fools had forgotten that he himself had helped rebuild the Sect Guarding Grand Array. If they kept it dormant, it would be harder to handle. Once they activated it, with his current spirit sense he could do whatever he wanted. He had thought seizing the earth veins might be tricky. After this move from them, it would be a gift.

[Zhou Tong just loved these fools.]