Chapter 356: Take Them Down and Treat Them Well

"Step aside, I'll only say this once!"

Suspended in mid-air, the two stood facing each other, though Lin Musheng appeared relatively more relaxed, while Qing Yan opposite him seemed extremely cautious.

Who was stronger and who was weaker was already clear at a glance.

If it weren't for the concern that others might be lurking nearby, Lin Musheng would have long since taken down the one inside and the Qing Yan before him; believe it or not, none of you would be able to escape.

"Lin Musheng, you should be clear that I am not the only one here in this Da'an City. If we both suffer, no one will get anything in the end!"

"True, but what other choice is there?" Looking toward Shen Yu, who was still in the Brothel, the greed in Lin Musheng's eyes became increasingly difficult to suppress.

After seeing Shen Yu, his bloodthirsty instinct could no longer be restrained; to him, this aura was like a clear spring to someone dying of thirst in the desert for many days.

That difficult-to-suppress desire was enough to destroy anyone who dared to stand in his way. Anyone who dared to block him was an enemy, and must be crushed!

"Qing Yan, he alone is more important than everyone in this entire city. You know in your heart why we came to this godforsaken place; wasn't it for someone just like this?"

"How about you let me have the one in front of us, and I let you have that one, how about that?"

"Pah!" Blocking Lin Musheng's path without the slightest courtesy, Qing Yan's gaze was icy, her red robes accentuating her delicate, flower-like appearance.

It was just that, right now, Qing Yan was like a rose with thorns, the kind that looked like she was not to be trifled with.

"Lin Musheng, why isn't it that you let me have this one and you take that one? If you know what's good for you, get lost; otherwise, you can try..."

"Try it then. In this Great Contention Era, how can one succeed without contending? Since you won't give him up, I'll come and take him myself. I want both of you!"

"What a big mouth!" Suddenly, a voice drifted over, and immediately after, a middle-aged woman carrying an infant was seen walking slowly from the distance.

"Do you know that you have disturbed my child's rest!"

Looking up at the two people in a standoff, the middle-aged woman first patted the infant in her arms with affection, her gaze full of tenderness.

But when she raised her head to look at the two, the cold light in her eyes seemed capable of freezing a person solid.

"Ye Juan?"

Upon seeing the newcomer, the two who had been in a standoff were both on guard; this newly appeared person was not to be trifled with.

When they killed, it was at most for fun, and then they just killed. But this one was different; she liked to raise them from a young age, cultivate feelings, and then kill them.

If their aptitude was good, she would keep raising them; if their aptitude was poor, she would swallow them up in big gulps.

Once those she had raised grew up, she would devour these people who viewed her as a mother, one by one.

If they were lunatics, the one before them was a genuine psychopath. This was no longer a question of whether she looked like a good person; this was not something a normal person could do.

It is said that back in the day, Ye Juan had six sons and six daughters, and could be said to have a house full of children and grandchildren, living in harmony.

But in order to take that step and join the ranks of the old monsters, she personally devoured all her own children, turning everything they were into her own, only then successfully breaking through.

Severing feelings and heart, abandoning kin and love, she was a truly cold-blooded animal. It was no wonder she had become so abnormal now; there was a root cause for it.

"Ye Juan, could it be that you also want to get involved?"

"Who doesn't want the Heavenly Pride of this era? Why did we come to Da'an City if not for that sliver of opportunity?"

"Even if the opportunity we wait for is illusory, we still came. Not to mention that this opportunity is right here in front of us, of course I must contend for it."

Lowering her head, she kissed the infant again; at this moment, the infant no longer made any sound, neither crying nor fussing, as if it had fallen asleep.

But if one looked closely, one would discover that the flesh and blood on the infant's body had almost been hollowed out.

Casually tossing the infant in her arms to the side as if throwing away trash, the kindness and affection from just a moment ago had vanished completely.

Raising her head, what appeared on Ye Juan's face was arrogance and disdain for the two people before her.

"Lin Musheng, Qing Yan, I am different from you. I am old and frail and urgently need to replenish myself. Why don't you two little ones leave him to me? There will surely be rewards later!"

"Ye Juan, we were here first!"

"And so what? Are you sure you really want to contend with me? I have already given you a chance, haven't I?"

Looking up at these two ungrateful things before her, cold light flickered on Ye Juan's face. Was it because she hadn't wielded a blade in a long time that people were getting the wrong idea? Everyone dared to put on airs in front of her.

Of the two people before her, one liked to reenact the same old business every day; whether it was people who chose to help her or those who didn't, they would all be killed by her.

She even called it by the high-sounding name that those who didn't help her were hard-hearted and deserved to die.

As for those who helped her, it was even more miserable; she would secretly plant a Seed in them, claiming it was to help them transcend. But this Seed would pollute their minds and make them manic.

Slowly, these people planted with the Seed would kill anyone they saw, especially their blood relatives, which would make them fly into a rage that was impossible to control.

In the end, these people would either explode and die from being unable to bear the growing Seed, or commit suicide because they couldn't accept that their relatives had died by their own hands; in any case, none of them had a good end.

This was Qing Yan, a beauty who could be called a scorpion. Those who didn't help her died alone, while those who helped her usually died as a whole family. To put it more bluntly, this woman was no good person; getting involved with her was an easy way to lose one's family.

The other, Lin Musheng, was a notorious playboy, the kind who would eat people without spitting out the bones. He liked to hunt for beauty everywhere, acting lovey-dovey with people, doing everything possible to make them fall in love with him.

Once they truly gave their hearts, he would go and harvest their burning, sincere hearts filled with love; that was truly taking their hearts.

This guy often had on his lips that only a heart so full of love was filled with power and possessed infinite possibilities.

In Ye Juan's eyes, these two were more scummy than the other, but although everyone despised each other—you look down on me, I despise you—

Everyone actually knew that there were no good people among them; it was merely a matter of who was more rotten.

They were nothing like her. Although she was also evil, she personally raised infants to adulthood. If they grew up and repaid her, that was as it should be; that was called repaying kindness.

Therefore, in essence, everyone was different. She was teaching people to know gratitude and learn to repay kindness, while they were purely scum.

The three stood in a standoff, none willing to give way, and an invisible clash of force fields had already quietly unfolded.

Lin Musheng and Qing Yan exchanged a glance and attacked Ye Juan simultaneously, seemingly wanting to take down this strongest person first.

But Ye Juan opposite them chose to target Qing Yan alone, completely abandoning her defense against Lin Musheng.

And just at this moment, Lin Musheng, who had intended to attack Ye Juan, suddenly turned his fist and launched a sneak attack on Qing Yan directly from behind.

An extraordinarily terrifying tremor followed, the aftermath of which swept in all directions, almost leveling the surroundings. In an instant, dust and smoke rose, as if half of Da'an City were shaking.

"You actually launched a sneak attack, you have no martial virtue!" Under the blow, Qing Yan was already severely injured. She knew there was no trust to speak of between them, but it shouldn't go as far as stabbing each other in the back like this.

Besides, she was clearly the weakest, so why did they have to deal with her first? Even if one were picking persimmons, one shouldn't always pick the soft ones.

If he knew what Qing Yan was thinking, Lin Musheng would definitely spit in her face. That was nonsense; this was her territory, who knew if she had some hidden trump card here.

So, of course, it was to eliminate her, the biggest threat, first; after that, the two of them could slowly contend. With one competitor and the biggest threat gone, why wouldn't he be happy to do it?