Chapter 543: Reverse Strategy 02

This body is actually a proper young master.

He lost his mother in childhood, and due to a deadly poison blocking his meridians, he cannot cultivate internal spiritual arts; clearly a legitimate young master, yet his life is worse than that of a servant born to a concubine, Chen Ning.

Only because that concubine is the white moonlight in the heart of the Chen Clan chief; he married Chenshu's mother merely because she is a spiritual arts genius of the past century and a five-star demon‑catcher, able to bring glory to the family gate.

He used every means to seize and take by force, finally giving birth to Chenshu; his mother then died for unknown reasons.

The Chen Clan chief originally had high hopes for this son who carried her blood, but who would have thought he would be a waste unable to cultivate spiritual arts.

Jin Chen's identity in this world is that of a sleeping Yao King; he has slept in Yaogong for hundreds of years without emerging, yet the Slay Demon Sect and various clans discovered Yaogong's traces, taking advantage of his slumber to seal him with a treasure in the Demon‑catching Clan's Chen Clan Back Mountain; the Slay Demon Sect wants to kill him to take his inner elixir, and also wants to storm Yaogong to seize its treasures.

But ultimately fearing his terrifying cultivation, they therefore wanted to use human blood as a guide and living souls as a formation to suppress him.

Once this method spread, everyone thought of Chenshu, who possessed a full bloodline and vast spiritual power in his sea of consciousness, yet had not a shred of cultivation.

Thus Chenshu was offered as a sacrifice to the Yao King; upon being seized by the awakened Yao King, he was drained of all the innate spiritual power stored in his sea of consciousness, and unexpectedly his meridians were cleared, then after being dumped in the Graveyard Hill he fell into demonic cultivation.

But after the Yao King Jin Chen escaped and returned to Yaogong, he summoned tens of thousands of demonkind to blood‑wash the Slay Demon Sect.

Chenshu then directed all his hatred toward the Chen Clan.

For a time, with the Yao King ahead and demonic cultivators behind, the so‑called orthodox sects all felt endangered.

The protagonist, Yue Zongyang, as the young master of the Slay Demon Sect, after his father was brutally killed, naturally took the sect leader's position, summoned the righteous demon‑catching sects of the world to attack Yaogong, openly catching demons to avenge, secretly seizing wealth and stealing.

After a period of fighting.

Yao King Jin Chen sacrificed himself to protect the safety of the myriad demons.

Chen Ning also at that time 'unexpectedly' received an inheritance, killed his half‑brother Chenshu who was seeking revenge, and formed a Dao Lu with the heroic sect leader Yue Zongyang, enviable to all.

Chenshu, after receiving the plot, lay silent on the bed for a few seconds.

Afterward he merely treated his external wounds slightly, not to the point of being unable to walk.

As for the blocked meridians' spiritual internal arts, with divine power at his side, it's fine to leave them untreated for now.

According to the plot timeline, these injuries are because the original self wanted to resist the so‑called father, not wanting to end up as a human sacrifice in a formation.

Beaten into this state by his father.

Of course, there's no shortage of that half‑brother, Chen Ning's provocation.

Chenshu searched the room; there wasn't even a decent stool, let alone a bronze mirror.

He then waved his hand, condensing divine power into a mirror to examine his appearance.

The White Marsh in the space silently broke into a sweat.

After all these years, the master still cares about his face.

The youth is pitifully thin, with faint dark circles under his eyes; were it not for the dignified, refined bearing that appeared after his soul merged, he would truly be no different from a beggar.

His features are still fairly handsome; only his clear, limpid starry eyes manage to weaken the sense of dilapidation a bit.

Chenshu nodded in satisfaction and dispelled the illusory mirror.

What comes next is to first beat up the Chen Clan members, then pretend to lose and be imprisoned in Jin Chen's Back Mountain.

【Master, Chen Yu is coming over furious.】 White Marsh reminded.

Chen Yu, Chen Ning's full‑brother born of the same mother, is arrogant and overbearing, his temperament completely opposite to Chen Ning's calm and composed nature.

His greatest pleasure is bullying the original self.

Good, I just hope he doesn't come.

Chenshu leisurely leaned against the edge of the bed, the only place in the room where he could sit.

"Chenshu! Get out here!"

Before seeing him, his voice full of violence came from outside the room, followed immediately by rapid, hurried footsteps.

Squeak—

The rotten wooden door was pushed open, a whip lashed hard onto the already scarred wooden planks, leaving deep grooves.

Chenshu first glanced at the planks, thinking mutedly, "No wonder this door is so broken; it must be the 'battle record' this person has left over the years."

Only then did he look toward the furious Chen Yu.

He is slightly older than the original self, but raised in luxury, with a fair face and red lips, merely his eyebrows slightly raised, giving a slightly harsh impression.

"Second brother, what are you doing? Be careful not to harm your health."

Chenshu's tone was calm, yet he showed no trace of fear.

Seeing him like this made Chen Yu angry; he tightly gripped his spiritual whip, asking, "Why won't you go to the back mountain to suppress the seal?"

"Suppressing the seal, second brother says it lightly—what's the difference from outright killing me?"

Chenshu smoothed his torn cuff leisurely, lowering his gaze to his frail wrist.

"That's still better than you mooching off the Chen Clan! You waste, being able to do such a great deed is your fortune!"

"Whether I go or not, why are you so angry?"

Chenshu's eyes held a hint of probing, completely unlike his former timid demeanor, making Chen Yu's heart tremble, then followed by overwhelming shame and indignation.

He actually got scared by that waste!

"Waste, you dare to talk back!"

Chen Yu fiercely swung his whip, the sound of tearing air; the whip that should have left a mark on his shoulder was easily seized by Chenshu.

Before he could even be surprised, he exerted force with his arm and Chen Yu suddenly realized he could not pull it back.

He widened his eyes, unable to believe that this waste actually had the ability to strike back.

"Idiot! Let go!"

Hearing the shouting, Chenshu's eyebrows twitched slightly; he exerted force with his wrist and rose to his feet.

He only felt a strange power transmitted through the whip to his palm, shaking Chen Yu into a anguished cry; he instinctively loosened his gaze, looking at his mysteriously aching, numb palm.

There was nothing.

But now the whip is in Chenshu's hands.

The two servants realized something was wrong, rushed forward, and tried to seize Chenshu.

The long whip swung, agile and sharp, like a bloodthirsty snake, it coiled around the necks of the rushing servants, and with a hard pull they were flung away like torn rags, leaving deep blood marks on their necks.

After only a few exchanges, the two servants, who still had some skill, collapsed unable to rise; blood slowly seeped from the wounds on their necks, their vital points on the face were also injured, their eyes widened, and they lost their breath.

Originally just a fancy weapon Chenyu used to whip and lash out, it has now truly become a killing tool.

Chenyu had never seen such a scene before.

His legs went weak from fear, his gaze trembling as he looked at Chenshu standing amid the two corpses, not a hair out of place.

"You... you actually killed the people Father sent to protect me!"

He had intended to shout and curse as usual.

But seeing Chenshu's demeanor at this moment, he dared not speak, fearing that this good-for-nothing might fly into a rage and kill him too.

The long whip was retracted; Chenshu's ears twitched, hearing a sound not far away.

He suddenly gave a soft laugh and walked slowly toward Chenyu.

"What are you doing!"

Chenyu appeared fierce outwardly but timid inside, his fists clenched tightly.

"Second Brother's whip, I'm returning it to you."

Chenshu smiled harmlessly, giving no hint of the fact that he had just killed two people without blinking an eye.