Chapter 344: It Was All Just My Duty

"Lord Shen, many thanks for your help, Lord Shen. This young woman is endlessly grateful and is willing to work like a beast of burden to follow by your side!"

"There is no need to work like a beast of burden; there is a favor I need you to do!"

Casting his gaze toward Su Ningxue at his side, Shen Yu remembered Wu Su had just said that she had left a strand of Mental Power on Su Ningxue earlier.

With Wu Su dead, Su Ningxue's Spiritual Sea seemed to have opened up, allowing Shen Yu's Mental Power to probe inside smoothly.

If his guess was correct, Wu Su's contingency plan should be right here.

"It really is here!" Inside Su Ningxue's Spiritual Sea, Shen Yu successfully found Wu Su's residual Mental Power and managed to trap it.

"There is a strand of Wu Su's Mental Power left in your mind; she could replace you at any moment using this power. Hold on, I am going to remove this Mental Power."

"Don't worry, Lord, I can endure it!"

After Su Ningxue's words fell, Shen Yu acted immediately, his Mental Power surging in like a mountain-toppling sea, directly grinding Wu Su's last remaining trace of Mental Power into dregs, leaving nothing behind.

Su Ningxue only felt as if her brain had been struck by a heavy hammer; it took a long while for her to recover, after which she gasped for air in large gulps.

"Let's see how you survive this time!" After everything was settled, Shen Yu gave a light hum, then whispered, "System, Sign-in!"

"Sign-in failed!"

"Failed again!" His brows furrowed slightly; at this moment, he was truly a bit bewildered, having no idea where he had failed.

Clearly, the opponent's Mental Power had been wiped out by him completely; could it be that there were still remnants? Splitting one's spirit into so many parts, aren't you afraid of developing a split personality!

Moreover, the Mental Power in Su Ningxue's mind just now was only a tiny wisp of a remnant soul, which was easily destroyed by him.

Wu Su herself had said her origin was nearly exhausted; how much more trouble could she possibly stir up?

Could it be that he had guessed wrong, and Wu Su's contingency was not with Su Ningxue? But on the entire Wuqiu Mountain, only Su Ningxue was Wu Su's direct disciple; if it wasn't on her, where else could it be?

No, that's not right, I might have thought of the wrong place!

Seeming to have thought of something, Shen Yu then suddenly looked at the somewhat restless Su Ningxue beside him, his gaze so sharp it seemed capable of piercing right through a person.

Feeling uncomfortable under Shen Yu's gaze, Su Ningxue appeared somewhat flustered and looked at Shen Yu with slight trepidation.

"If Lord Shen does not wish for this young woman to follow, then this young woman cannot force it. I do not wish to stay on this Wuqiu Mountain any longer either; let's just treat these past years as a dream!"

"This young woman will never forget Lord Shen's great kindness. If there are any commands, I will give my all. If there is a chance to repay the Lord's kindness, even if it costs my life, I will do my utmost to repay it!"

Saying this, Su Ningxue kowtowed heavily to Shen Yu several times, then prepared to turn and leave.

However, before she could even walk away, Shen Yu had already blocked her path.

"Lord Shen, what is this..."

"Leaving? Wu Su, where do you think you are going?"

"Wu Su?" With a look of total bewilderment on her face, Su Ningxue looked at Shen Yu in confusion. "Lord Shen, I am Su Ningxue. My master—no, hasn't Wu Su already been killed by you?"

"Su Ningxue! What Su Ningxue? Where in this world is there any Su Ningxue? If I'm not mistaken, you have been Wu Su from beginning to end!"

"Back then, I imagine this is how you deceived Mu Zishan, right? You put on quite a convincing act!"

Shen Yu had vaguely heard people mention before that before Mu Zishan suppressed the Forbidden Land, he had killed a batch of people; those people must have been the old monsters who awakened after the Spiritual Qi Surge.

Mu Zishan had gone to suppress the Forbidden Land only after killing them all; it made no sense that a mere Wu Su could have escaped Mu Zishan's pursuit.

From this, it is evident that Wu Su must have had a life-saving secret technique; could it be that Wu Su, like him, possessed a secret method similar to an External Incarnation?

Su Ningxue, Wu Su—this entanglement between master and disciple might just be a show put on for him to see!

"Look at you, just a moment ago you wanted to stay by my side and work like a beast of burden; I suppose you were waiting for an opportunity to kill me?"

"Lord Shen, I did not; I never had any intention of killing you."

Seeing Shen Yu's look of certainty, Su Ningxue was truly panicked and hurriedly explained, "Lord Shen, am I not preparing to leave now? If I wanted to kill you, shouldn't I be trying every possible way to stay by your side? How could I possibly be leaving?"

"Indeed, that is because you felt I was suspicious of you, so you wanted to flee quickly. You were terrified that if you showed your true colors, your life would be forfeit!"

"Lord Shen, I don't know what you are talking about, I really am not!"

"Whether you are or not is unimportant!" In Shen Yu's hand appeared a Painting Scroll—it was the Mountain and River Map that had easily strangled Wu Su earlier.

And at this moment, Shen Yu's face was filled with murderous intent; it seemed he had made up his mind to kill.

"I suspect you; that is your crime. When dealing with you old monsters, it is better to kill by mistake than to let one go!"

"Lord Shen, I have always heard that you are upright and never kill the innocent indiscriminately. Could it be that now you, too, will disregard right and wrong and kill at will? Where is your sense of justice? Where is your chivalry?"

"Justice also depends on the timing; I am not pedantic and know how to be flexible!" Walking forward slowly, the killing intent on Shen Yu grew stronger, forcing Su Ningxue to retreat step by step in despair.

"If an old monster like you stays alive, it could lead to the innocent deaths of millions of commoners. Killing one person to save millions—of course I will do it! Tell me, if it were you, what would you do?"

"Su Ningxue, if I have killed the wrong person, I will apologize to you. Be on your way!"

Just as Shen Yu's words fell, before he could even move, Su Ningxue's figure had already vanished from where she stood.

Shen Yu gave a chuckle, the Mountain and River Map fully unfurled, instantly enveloping Su Ningxue, who was in the midst of fleeing.

No matter how much Su Ningxue struggled inside, she could not escape this painting of a thousand mountains and ten thousand rivers. Around her, there was only beautiful landscape, endless and boundless.

At this moment, the fleeing Su Ningxue, no matter how foolish, realized she had been trapped, and that her desperate flight just now had all been in vain.

"Why stop running? Run!" Just then, Shen Yu's figure appeared before Su Ningxue, looking at her expressionlessly.

"Look, I only tested you slightly, and you've already revealed your flaws!"

"You call that a test? That was a death sentence!" Glaring at Shen Yu with hatred, Su Ningxue was filled with confusion: "I clearly hid it so well, I almost deceived even myself; how exactly did you discover it?"

"It was only suspicion. I could feel that you weren't dead, but I had clearly crushed you into powder; by all accounts, not even dregs should have been left. You shouldn't have been alive, yet you were."

"So I made a bold guess: could Su Ningxue also be Wu Su? Then I thought I would test it, and didn't this test bring it out!"

"You were actually able to sense my Life and Death?"

A look of resentment appeared on her face; she never imagined that Shen Yu could actually sense her Life and Death, that he could know whether she was truly dead or not—this was fatal!

No matter how one disguised oneself, it would be seen through by him!

"I know how terrifying you people are; I was afraid you would pull off a desperate counterattack, so I left a contingency early on. I didn't expect to fall for it in the end."

"I am not reconciled! Why is it that no matter how hard we work, no matter what we sacrifice, we cannot compare to you people who are so favored? I am not reconciled!"

"There are plenty of people who aren't reconciled. Everyone who died by my hand wasn't reconciled either—who the hell do you think you are!"