Chapter 615: I promised someone

By this point, the three Saints sent by Dan Valley and Huangjin City have been annihilated, plus Elder Wu of Yunfu in Nan Yin Zhou; today, at this moment, the four Saints have fallen!

The holy light faded, and everything returned to zero.

Everyone's hearts remained unsettled for a long time.

For the Profound Emperor and Profound Venerable who came to hunt down Ye Qingran, the shock in their hearts was indescribable.

Ling Xueyao and Nangong Han felt their hearts sink to the bottom of the valley.

This was an outcome they never anticipated.

The four Saints were unable to slay Ye Qingran, so...

"Ye Qingran, what do you intend to do?"

Sensing Ye Qingran's gaze, Ling Xueyao's heart and liver trembled.

She didn't want to die!

"What do you say?" Ye Qingran replied with a half-smile.

"Ye Qingran, I warn you—if you dare do anything to me, Dan Valley and Huangjin City will never let you off!" Ling Xueyao snarled while backing away.

"Is that so? Just you two?"

Ye Qingran curled the corner of her lip in utter disdain.

Ling Xueyao had no reply, and nobody doubted Ye Qingran's words in the slightest.

Since she possessed the power to slay Saints, she naturally had no fear of Dan Valley and Huangjin City; moreover, she herself was a Pill Emperor and a Beast Taming Grandmaster—either identity alone would be enough to shock the world!

"Ye Qingran, if you think that's all the strength Huangjin City and Dan Valley have, you're gravely mistaken!" Nangong Han shouted in a low voice.

"And then?"

Nangong Han was clearly trying to intimidate her, but to her, the mere Huangjin City and Dan Valley were nothing.

"And then? If you dare harm us in the slightest, you'll never know peace for the rest of your life!"

"I'm actually looking forward to it!" Ye Qingran nodded.

"Looking forward?"

Just as Nangong Han stared in disbelief, Ling Xueyao was sucked over by Ye Qingran.

"Ah! Ye Qingran, you deserve to die! Let me go quickly!"

Ling Xueyao was fixed in place, unable to move.

"Don't worry, I won't kill you." Ling Xueyao has always taken pride in Dan Valley, constantly showing off her status as its cherished jewel—so I'll let her live, so she can watch Dan Valley change hands with her own eyes!

But before that, she'll first collect some interest.

"Ling Xueyao, you wanted to kill me, didn't you? Then I'll cripple your cultivation and ruin your appearance!"

The smile on Ye Qingran's face faded bit by bit, her expression turning cold and stern.

Because her hands were stained with too much blood in her previous life, she wants to keep them as clean as possible in this life—especially after having a child, this desire grows stronger.

But there are always people who won't give her a chance to be good, and others who think she's easy to bully.

Ling Xueyao is a typical example.

From the very start, when she applied for the Special Grade Instructor position at the Academy, she has repeatedly targeted her.

Especially today, Ling Xueyao not only wants to kill her, but also wants to kill her child.

Her child is her reverse scale—anyone who touches it must die!

"You dare!"

Nangong Han shouted angrily.

But Ye Qingran had already struck.

Her dantian shattered, her appearance ruined—all in an instant.

One second she was proud as a peacock, Ling Xueyao; the next, she became a cripple unable to cultivate, with an ugly appearance.

A world of difference!

"Congratulations, you won't be able to cultivate again in this lifetime!"

"I doubt the Valley Master of Dan Valley, with so many descendants, would dote on a waste like you."

"Oh, and if you want to restore your looks, you'd need to find someone whose medical skill is a hundred times better than mine—but you'll never find such a person."

Killing the person to destroy the heart!

Not only Ling Xueyao herself, but anyone who hears this feels a chill down their spine.

Too ruthless!

Ye Qingran's voice echoed in Ling Xueyao's ears, like a demonic sound.

She was on the verge of collapse.

The intense pain from her body and face made her, while already tormented mentally, also unable to breathe from the physical agony.

"Ye…"

She could hardly speak.

"Ye Qingran!!!" Nangong Han clenched his fists, his whole body engulfed in raging flames.

Ling Xueyao is Nangong Han's woman, the Young City Lord's Wife of Huangjin City; Ye Qingran destroying Ling Xueyao is tantamount to destroying him!

"Don't rush—you'll get your turn too!"

Ye Qingran glanced at Nangong Han, gave a faint smile, and Nangong Han startled, instinctively stepping back.

Ye Qingran then turned toward Nan Yan.

Nan Yan was already trembling with fear at this moment.

"Ye, Ye Qingran, you can't kill me!"

"Oh? Give me a reason."

"Because…" Nan Yan suddenly thought of something and shouted, "Because I placed a tongxin gu on Lu Yunfeng; if you kill me, he will surely die!"

"What?"

Qin Feixue's expression changed sharply, and she stared at Nan Yan in disbelief—he actually placed a gu on Lu Yunfeng!

"Nan Yan, you're courting death!"

Nan Yan no longer cared about anything else. She was immensely grateful that she had taken advantage of Lu Yunfeng's unpreparedness to place the tongxin gu on him; otherwise her life would not have been spared.

"Lu Yunfeng is what to me? Whether he lives or dies, what does it have to do with me?" Ye Qingran said dismissively.

Qin Feixue looked at her in surprise, her eyes flickering.

Nan Yan's complexion changed, a wave of panic rose in her heart, but she quickly calmed herself.

"Ye Qingran, I know you said that on purpose!" Nan Yan squinted, very confident.

"Is that so?" Ye Qingran raised an eyebrow, "Seems you don't shed a tear even when you see a coffin!"

As she spoke, she was about to act; Nan Yan, seeing this, was truly terrified, her legs went weak, she knelt on the ground and hurriedly kowtowed, "Ye Qingran, don't kill me, I beg you, don't kill me!"

"I'm just stretching my wrist a bit; what are you afraid of?"

Nan Yan only then realized she had been tricked, her heart filled with hatred. Yet at this moment she could only endure, waiting for the day to wipe away today's humiliation.

"Since you enjoy placing gu on others, I'll give you a taste of being gu'd by someone else."

Ye Qingran didn't carry any gu insects with her. First, she disliked gu insects; second, this thing wasn't hard to make. She casually grabbed a spider and fashioned it into a gu on the spot.

Seeing the thumb‑sized spider, Nan Yan's legs went weak.

A gu insect that large, if it entered her body, she would endure inhuman torment day and night!

"No, Ye Qingran, please let me go this time. I previously failed to recognize the great… I offended you, so I beg you, great…"

No matter how Nan Yan pleaded, the spider was still implanted by Ye Qingran into Nan Yan's body; with a single thought, Ye Qingran could turn Nan Yan into a puppet, manipulating her at will.

A wave of excruciating pain surged; Nan Yan writhed on the ground, convulsing all over, in utter disarray—no longer the refined composure she once had.

"Alright, you may leave now."

Ye Qingran waved her hand.

Qin Feixue and the others furrowed their brows, looking at Ye Qingran with some disbelief.

She had no objection to the punishments of Nan Yan and Ling Xueyao, but Nangong Han seemed to have received no corresponding punishment.

Nangong Han also looked at Ye Qingran skeptically, unable to believe she had let him off so easily.

"Still not leaving? Do you intend to stay here like them?"

Nangong Han finally came to his senses, and hurried away with Ling Xueyao and Nan Yan from this place of trouble.

"Instructor Ye, how could you just let them go?"

Hong Wu was very dissatisfied.

Qin Feixue and the others echoed in agreement.

"Do you think I didn't punish Nangong Han?"

"Instructor Ye, Nangong Han should die!"

Duan Yu clenched his teeth, his expression icy.

"Do you think I'm such a generous person?"

The few of them wore puzzled expressions,

"What does this mean?"

"Rest assured, Nangong Han is far worse off than Ling Xueyao and Nan Yan," Ye Qingran said with a mysterious smile.

Although they didn't know what Ye Qingran had actually done to Nangong Han, this sentence made them feel at ease.

However, Hong Wu still didn't understand, "Instructor Ye, why not simply kill Nangong Han?"

"Because I promised someone."