Chapter 249: The Death of Wei Yutian

Wei Yutian's expression was listless; the Filthy Blood Divine Art, in its later stages, could bring the dead back to life and regrow flesh and bone, making one nearly immortal. It was just that his Filthy Blood Divine Art had only been practiced to the Second Layer, and his power was essentially exhausted; otherwise, in his prime, not to mention anything else, if he were willing to expend the energy, this severed arm could have been restored to its original state within a few breaths.

However, the activation of the Filthy Blood Divine Art consumes one's own Essence Blood, so a very important aspect of practicing the Filthy Blood Divine Art is blood refinement!

The method of blood refinement relies on devouring the blood of a virgin's deflowering; the devouring of human blood is merely a temporary nourishment, and only by devouring the blood of a virgin's deflowering is it true practice, which can fundamentally improve the quality of one's own blood.

Although the wound on Wei Yutian's right arm had healed, the newly grown right arm was like the tender arm of a fetus; compared to his burly torso, it truly looked like a sprout, and the color of Wei Yutian's face had faded to the point where even the last trace of blood had vanished, looking just like a dead corpse.

Shen Yanliu sneered, "What? You only grew this little sprout? If you have no power left, stop making a fool of yourself here!"

Shen Yanliu lunged forward with long strides, attacking once more. Wei Yutian tapped his toes on the ground, wanting to retreat again, but he was already at the end of his rope and could not match Shen Yanliu's speed.

Shen Yanliu swung his iron claws repeatedly, actually severing all three of Wei Yutian's remaining limbs. The last sprout that had grown was also crushed by Shen Yanliu's claw, and the shattered blood filaments, under the agitation of Shen Yanliu's True Qi, instantly turned into powder and drifted away with the night wind...

Shen Yanliu used his iron claws to grab Wei Yutian's hair, hoisting up the body of the armless and legless Wei Yutian; on Wei Yutian's human-stick-like corpse, blood filaments fluttered in disarray.

But those blood filaments seemed to know the danger of the True Qi surging around Shen Yanliu, and not a single blood filament wound itself around Shen Yanliu's body...

Shen Yanliu carried Wei Yutian and walked to the pavilion beside the Rockery; he placed Wei Yutian's mangled body on the Stone Table inside the pavilion.

Shen Yanliu looked at Wei Yutian's ashen face and his body with its messy, mangled blood filaments, suddenly sighed, and said, "Yutian, you and I have a decent personal friendship. You haven't given me few benefits either. But our positions are different; this is something that cannot be helped. I don't want to torture you either. If you want a quick end, just speak. Who are the people in the Filthy Blood Sect's Xiangu Branch? Who is the Branch Master?"

Wei Yutian sneered and asked instead, "I am a bit curious, how was I exposed?"

Wei Yutian had considered his secrecy to be quite good; this Back Courtyard was filled with mechanisms and traps, and besides his three maidservants, everyone else was forbidden from entering. He had taken such strict precautions that he truly could not figure out how he had been exposed.

Shen Yanliu looked at Wei Yutian; he also knew that Wei Yutian was left with only a mangled body, and threats were almost useless against him.

"You have a maidservant named Suti; behind your back, she took a lover. It is the Escort Duan Rong from the Yuanshun Escort Agency. It was he who brought Suti to the Ya Men to report you."

Upon hearing this, Wei Yutian's expression turned cold. He quickly recalled every little detail of Suti's daily life. He was a member of the Filthy Blood Sect; whenever he went on a mission, it would take a few days at the shortest, or a month at the longest.

Could it be that during the days he was not at the residence, Suti had hooked up with someone else?

As the saying goes, suspicion creates ghosts. At this moment, the more Wei Yutian thought about it, the more it seemed to be the case.

Wei Yutian's eyes suddenly flickered, and he asked, "Is Duan Rong that Escort who was cursing me as a 'son of a turtle' at the door of the side chamber just now?"

Shen Yanliu said, "Exactly."

Shen Yanliu had been drawn over by Duan Rong's shouting and cursing, leading to the interception and killing of Wei Yutian.

Several thoughts suddenly tumbled through Wei Yutian's mind.

That guy seemed to be very concerned about Xiao Yu; just as I was about to violate Xiao Yu, he suddenly made a move, luring me out of the Secret Chamber and into an encounter with Shen Yanliu.

You must know, in this process, if he had been even slightly careless, or if Shen Yanliu had arrived a step late, I could have killed him.

Wei Yutian was clearly unaware that Duan Rong had only started cursing to lure him out after scanning Shen Yanliu under his Divine Sense Envelopment; in Wei Yutian's view, Duan Rong was taking risks to save Xiao Yu.

But, how did he know that it was I who had abducted Xiao Yu?

Wait, the only person who knew that I had abducted Xiao Yu was Luan Jingfu.

This...

Good!

Wei Yutian's mood instantly turned utterly desolate.

His best friend had actually plotted to kill him!

Otherwise, how could it be such a coincidence that the one reporting him happened to be an Escort from the Yuanshun Escort Agency? And it was on the very night he abducted Xiao Yu.

There is only one explanation: he was acting under Luan Jingfu's instructions!

Luan Jingfu had his trusted Escort subordinate approach and seduce Suti, and after Suti fell, he used Xiao Yu's beauty to lure me into the trap.

What a chain of schemes, step by step!

No wonder he repeatedly persuaded me to go and abduct Xiao Yu!?

Thinking about it now, it was truly a trap at every turn!

The more Wei Yutian thought, the colder his heart became, and he said, "I don't know who the Branch Master of the Filthy Blood Sect's Xiangu Branch is. But I was in contact with Luan Jingfu through a single line."

Wei Yutian was already a core member of the Filthy Blood Sect's Xiangu Branch, and he and Luan Jingfu could be called the right-hand men of Ruan Fengshan.

He naturally knew that the Branch Master of the Xiangu Branch was Ruan Fengshan, but Ruan Fengshan had never treated him poorly; why should he give such important information for nothing to Shen Yanliu, who was torturing him to death?

As for Luan Jingfu, he only hated that he could not slaughter him with his own hands!

"Luan Jingfu?" Shen Yanliu's heart stirred upon hearing this.

He had not expected it to be this person.

One Wei Yutian, one Luan Jingfu—these Filthy Blood Sect members had actually hidden so deeply in Xiangu County.

Wait, if Luan Jingfu was a Filthy Blood Sect member, then was the Branch Master of the Xiangu Branch Ruan Fengshan?

This thought, as soon as it flashed through, was dismissed by Shen Yanliu.

Luan Jingfu and Wei Yutian were both powerhouses of the True Qi Realm and were not yet the Branch Master of the Xiangu Branch; how could Ruan Fengshan, a Martial Artist of the Inner Breath Realm, hold the position of Branch Master?

Jiuzhou values martial arts, and these desperate scoundrels of the Filthy Blood Sect even more so, having the belief that the strong are respected deeply ingrained in their bones; how could Ruan Fengshan, a mere Inner Breath Realm powerhouse, suppress the True Qi Realm Luan Jingfu and Wei Yutian?

Since Wei Yutian was in contact with Luan Jingfu through a single line, it was clear that Luan Jingfu's rank within the Xiangu Branch was higher than Wei Yutian's; as for who the Branch Master was, as long as he could capture Luan Jingfu, he would definitely be able to force it out of him!

Shen Yanliu glanced at Wei Yutian, clearly feeling that this lump of rotting meat was of no further use, and his large hand pressed down on the top of Wei Yutian's head.

A miserable smile appeared on Wei Yutian's face; he knew his life had reached its final moment.

At this moment, what he hated most was not that Luan Jingfu had plotted to betray him; what he hated most at this moment was that, at that final moment, he hadn't fucked Xiao Yu first...

As he thought this, Shen Yanliu's iron hand grabbed, and his skull instantly burst, brains splattering everywhere.

Because of the frequent activation of the Filthy Blood Divine Art, all the blood in his body had been almost entirely sucked dry by the blood filaments within him, but the brains inside his skull remained intact.

At this moment, being grabbed and burst by Shen Yanliu, the brains splattered, smearing a patch of pulp onto Shen Yanliu's official robe, just like spilled porridge.

Shen Yanliu looked down at his soiled official robe with some annoyance; he had been careless for a moment and forgotten that the brains hadn't been sucked dry. With his official robe in this state, when he went back, that loose-lipped Ma Chunmin would nag him again.

(End of chapter)