Chapter 25: Just a Little Bit Short

"Cai Zhong, how could it be you?"

It is said that enemies are especially jealous when they meet. Back when Cai Zhong fell into misfortune, the young master had personally ordered the extermination of his entire family. Now that they met again, the young master did not think the other party would harbor any old sentiments.

Struggling to stand up, the young master tried desperately to crawl away, but he did not have a shred of strength left in his entire body, and blood kept flowing uncontrollably from the corners of his mouth. From childhood to adulthood, he had never suffered like this!

It was all Shen Yu's fault; a mere County Magistrate dared to lay a hand on him. When the time came, he would definitely make him pay!

"Young Master, why look at me like that? We are old acquaintances, after all!" Walking forward and looking down at the struggling young master, Cai Zhong gave a cold smile, as if he were looking at a lamb waiting to be slaughtered.

Then, Cai Zhong slowly reached out his hand and grabbed the young master by the neck. In an instant, the young master felt the blood in his body surge, as if it were boiling and flowing rapidly, before quickly draining away.

"How could this be? How is this possible?" The feeling of suffocation from his neck made him panic, but the abnormality in his body terrified him even more. He felt that the power he had worked so hard to obtain during this time was constantly dissipating.

No, it couldn't be called dissipating; it seemed, it seemed his power was flowing into Cai Zhong!

"Good, the Young Master is worthy of being a Young Master, truly ruthless enough. In such a short time, you have already achieved the Postnatal Realm!" Cai Zhong, opposite him, wore an expression of extreme enjoyment, as if he were indescribably comfortable.

"You, you!" Trembling as he looked at Cai Zhong, the young master's eyes widened, his heart in a state of panic. He admitted that at this moment, his heart was in complete disarray; the composure he once possessed was nowhere to be seen.

"Young Master, are you very surprised?" Lightly licking his lips, Cai Zhong looked indescribably eerie at this moment, his eyes filled with a bit of hatred, a bit of pity, and a bit of disdain.

"Don't be surprised, because I intentionally let you find that Blood Killing Technique. Oh, Young Master, Young Master, I worked for you for so long, I know you too well!"

"You are arrogant and self-important, yet you are pampered and spoiled; you cannot endure hardship or suffering. If there were a Cultivation Method that allowed you to gain without effort, you would definitely be unable to resist!"

"Sure enough, you were even more impatient and ruthless than I imagined! So many people, you killed them just like that, without even batting an eye. You even dared to breach the river embankment just to practice your technique better."

"You!" Suddenly thinking of something, the young master shouted loudly, filled with hatred, "Was it you? Was it you?"

"That's right, it was me!" Nodding, Cai Zhong admitted it quite frankly. "I was the one who secretly told the County Magistrate that someone was destroying the river embankment, and I was the one who found a way to tell them your whereabouts and lead them here!"

At this point, Cai Zhong couldn't help but apply some force with his hand. The young master immediately felt the speed of his power loss accelerate, and his heart was in even greater panic.

"Young Master, I did so many things for you; if there was no credit, there was at least hard work, yet you wanted to kill me. Killing me is one thing, but why did you not even spare my family? So I want revenge, I want to make you pay the price!"

"Do you know? This Blood Killing Technique requires killing one's kin and children, and abandoning all emotion and righteousness. Without the master manual, you will only be controlled by the slaughter and eventually lose yourself!"

"You tricked me?"

"So what if I tricked you?" With a sudden slap to the other's face, Cai Zhong still felt it wasn't enough to vent his hatred, and *slap, slap*, he landed two more slaps.

It had been so many years; he had wanted to do this for a long time, and he hadn't expected to finally achieve it now. Comfortable, this was true comfort!

No wonder ordinary people all bitterly pursue powerful strength; only by possessing powerful strength can one do as one pleases!

"Young Master, you have already been infiltrated to the bone by the intent to kill. Even without me, you would have destroyed yourself. Either you go completely mad in the slaughter, or you will be discovered and executed by those martial arts heroes!"

"Hoo! Power, it really is a good thing. It's a pity that all your hard work for so long has all gone to me!" Taking a deep breath and feeling that he could no longer absorb any more, Cai Zhong finally withdrew his hand with satisfaction.

The other party had worked hard for many days, but in the end, it benefited him. The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind; he wanted to be that oriole, the oriole that could always eat its fill!

"Rest assured, I won't kill you now, I just don't know if he will let you off!" Looking outside, Shen Yu had already finished off all the young master's Huwe and was coming over, murderous and holding his sword.

"Young Master, until we meet again!" As he spoke, Cai Zhong's figure had already vanished from the spot, leaving only the young master staring blankly. All his hard work for many days had actually been for someone else's benefit. Cai Zhong, you just wait for me.

"Magistrate Shen!" Upon seeing Shen Yu walking over slowly, the young master immediately shouted loudly, "My father is the Prefect of Changling Jun, my uncle is the Marquis of Changying. Help me, and I guarantee you will have a smooth career in the future!"

"So what if he is the Prefect of Changling Jun? So what if he is the Marquis of Changying? I don't care who your father is! You killed so many people, you should have known there would be a day to pay the price!"

At this moment, Shen Yu was truly angry. The other party had killed so many people and not only showed no repentance, but was instead shouting about who his father was. This was just being spoiled; he was likely beyond saving!

For such a person, the best method was to send him to repent to those he had killed, so he could never do evil again!

Slowly raising the sword in his hand, Shen Yu had no reservations because of the other party's status. Before coming, he had told himself that no matter who the other party was, they would absolutely not escape death. Never mind that he was the son of a Prefect; even if he were the son of a Governor or a Great General, he would kill him all the same!

"You dare? My father is the Prefect of Changling Jun, my uncle is the Marquis of Changying, you dare to kill me?"

"The Prefect of Changling Jun?" Zhou Yuan, who was following behind Shen Yu, had his expression change abruptly upon hearing this title, and he immediately shouted, "My Lord, think twice, my... it's over! This is truly over!"

"My Lord!" Rushing over and looking at the young master who had already lost his breath, Zhou Yuan said with some worry, "My Lord, the Prefect of Changling Jun only has this one son, and it is said he has deep backing; he will definitely take revenge! My Lord, you..."

"So what? If I don't kill him, I won't feel satisfied!" Wiping the blood off his sword, Shen Yu said indifferently, "At worst, I'll stop being this official. I don't believe it; what can he possibly do to me!"

"Damn it, forget it, what is there to be afraid of! If I don't kill him, I won't feel satisfied either!" After a deep sigh, Zhou Yuan also followed up and gave him two hard kicks, only then feeling much more comfortable inside.

"My Lord, this subordinate is willing to stand with you!"

"System, check in!"

"Check-in successful, obtained Twenty Years of Internal Energy!"

"Twenty years of internal energy? This is no spoiled brat; this is clearly an experience baby!" As a full twenty years of internal energy surged into his body, a monstrous wave immediately rolled within Shen Yu.

The river formed by the rolling True Qi expanded rapidly, flowing endlessly like a great river. Soon, this True Qi, which was wandering through all the meridians of his body, gathered in his dantian, constantly compressing and converging. At this moment, Shen Yu felt as if he had gained an extra layer of different insight.

A powerful aura swirled around him, as if he had merged with the nature of heaven and earth. Unfortunately, the power that had been constantly emerging and merging into his body stopped abruptly at this point, and Shen Yu had no choice but to open his eyes.

"Postnatal Realm perfection, half-step Innate!" Feeling the powerful aura radiating from his entire body, that feeling of rapidly becoming stronger was truly somewhat intoxicating.

The only regret was that he had just fallen a little bit short and failed to use this twenty years of cultivation to break through that barrier in one go. Otherwise, if he could truly achieve the Innate Realm, it would be a completely different world!

What a pity, it was just that little bit short!