Chapter 429: I Must Make Good Use of This Blade

"Miss Gu, will you do it, or shall I?"

Having reached this point, Shen Yu really did not want to waste any more breath on such scum; the nonsense just now was only out of consideration for Gu Yutong.

"Lord Shen, please trouble yourself to do it. After all, he is my master; I ask that you give him a quick end!"

"Gu Yutong, you ungrateful wretch, I raised you for over a dozen years, at the very least!"

When Shen Yu's cold gaze turned toward him, Zhu Wuyue admitted he was truly panicked; that feeling of extreme, invisible suppression made him feel a suffocation he had never known before.

He had never thought that one day he would be so close to death; it was merely a single wrong move in the game, and he had completely failed to anticipate that a master like Shen Yu would come to disrupt his plans, yet in the end, he had lost everything!

Zhu Wuyue was unwilling to accept this, and even more, he feared the arrival of death.

But facing Shen Yu, whose intent to kill had already arisen, he could think of no way out. Even his own pride-and-joy acting skills had been exposed; what else could he do?

As things stood, there was only one move left to use!

"Lord Shen, Lord Shen, give me a chance!" Struggling to crawl up and kneel before Shen Yu, Zhu Wuyue moved his body forward with great effort.

"I can be your beast of burden, I can be your slave and servant; as long as I can live, I will do anything!"

"I only ask that Lord Shen spare me this once. Lord Shen, you can use any means to control me; I will never resist!"

"Zhu Wuyue, you are, at the very least, a master of your own standing; can you not leave yourself some dignity at the end?"

Someone like Lan Zhe, though despicable in character and vicious in his methods, at least still cared about his face.

Even at the very last step, he did not beg for mercy with such complete shamelessness, but instead tried his best to seek a way out for his son and his family.

Even in death, Lan Zhe at least preserved a shred of dignity.

Look at Zhu Wuyue again; both are villains, yet people are not the same.

Such a person has no bottom line, and has even lost the most basic sense of shame; to be honest, Shen Yu felt it was beneath him to kill him—killing him would simply dirty his own hands.

"Lord Shen, I beg you, spare my dog's life, I beg you!"

"Sorry, I cannot!" With a kick that showed his disdain, the disgust on Shen Yu's face could not have been more obvious.

"Zhu Wuyue, a person must always be responsible for their own actions. You have committed so many evils; you should have expected a day like this would come!"

"Shen Yu, do you really intend to kill me? What 'many evils'? That is simply a joke! There are countless people in this world who stop at nothing. I only did it to live better; what is wrong with that!"

Upon knowing that he had no hope of survival, Zhu Wuyue completely let go of all restraint. Things had reached this point; what else did he have to fear?

"People like me are everywhere in the Jianghu. Those who kill and set fires wear golden belts, while those who build bridges and pave roads have no corpses to bury—this is the Jianghu!"

"If you are unwilling to do these things, naturally others will do them. If others succeed, they will trample you underfoot. I am a lone wanderer in the Jianghu; if I am not ruthless, how can I survive!"

"Open your eyes and look at this Jianghu; who doesn't have hands stained with blood, who hasn't committed countless evils? Shen Yu, yourself included!"

Lifting his head to look coldly at Shen Yu, Zhu Wuyue roared loudly, "You, Shen Yu, are nothing but a hypocrite who bullies the weak and fears the strong! Do you dare say that to this day you have never killed anyone, never done evil?"

"Just because I killed a few people and did a few small things, you want to kill me. There are so many people doing evil whom you don't kill; why must you make things difficult for me!"

"Are you finished? If you're finished, then be on your way!" As the words fell, Shen Yu struck out with a palm.

This strike was executed with effortless ease; although it appeared plain and unremarkable, not even stirring a ripple, it penetrated directly into Zhu Wuyue's body, destroying his last remaining spark of life from within.

Glancing at Zhu Wuyue with disdain, Shen Yu said indifferently, "Although my hands are also stained with blood, I can tell you responsibly that my hands have never been stained with the blood of the innocent!"

"System, check in!"

"Check-in successful, obtained Mountain and River Map!"

"Mountain and River Map!" Following a flash of hazy light, an extra scroll appeared in Shen Yu's hand—a painting depicting a magnificent landscape of ten thousand miles of rivers and mountains.

Mountain and River Map: ten thousand miles of mountains and rivers, all enter my map. By condensing the power of ten thousand miles of mountains and rivers, it can be used to attack, defend, and trap people.

A simple scroll, yet it carried ten thousand miles of mountains and rivers; its weight was unimaginable. Even if used simply to smash someone, it could unleash unimaginable power.

It could even shroud an area of ten thousand miles, merging with the heaven and earth, formless and intangible, invisible to the naked eye.

And once one stepped into the range covered by the Mountain and River Map, unless their power exceeded the combined strength of those ten thousand miles of mountains and rivers, once inside the map, there was no hope of escape, and one's life and death were no longer in one's own control.

Moreover, the most critical point was that this map could be continuously nourished by the Life Force of All Living Beings, through which the Mountain and River Map could continuously evolve.

The ten thousand miles of mountains and rivers within could expand to one hundred thousand, or even a million miles; by then, the power contained within would surely be beyond imagination.

"Good stuff, truly good stuff!"

Caressing the Painting Scroll in his hand, it looked like a very thin scroll, but if unfolded, it could cover ten thousand miles, and its power was enough to make even him wary.

If someone were to hold the Mountain and River Map and lure him into it, given his current strength, it would be impossible to get out. Not to mention its power after evolving; that would be incomparable.

"Life Force of All Living Beings!" With a faint smile, Shen Yu thought of a good place: the Imperial Court's main hall, the place for discussing state affairs.

The matters discussed here, even a small affair, were enough to affect the national economy and the people's livelihood, impacting hundreds of millions of citizens. This was where the luck of the Dasheng Dynasty gathered, the place where the hearts of the world's hundreds of millions of people resided.

If one were to ask where the Life Force of All Living Beings was most abundant, it had to be here!

He would just hang this map in the main hall later, and then wait for the harvest.

And just as Shen Yu was feeling smug about obtaining the Mountain and River Map, hundreds of thousands of miles away, inside a dark room, a figure stood quietly, as if completely merged with the darkness, making it impossible for anyone to see their face.

"Master, urgent news has arrived!"

Suddenly, the door to the room was opened, and a figure flashed into the room, kneeling respectfully on one knee.

"Speak!"

"Yes, Master. Lan Zhe is dead, most of the Lan Family elders have been killed, and at this moment, the position of Family Head of the Lan Family is being held by Lan Zhe's son, Lan Hanxu!"

"Oh? Lan Zhe is dead! He finally died!" With a faint smile, the dark shadow looked up toward the window, his gaze seemingly piercing through the window toward the distance.

"Mu Qingshan of the Red Blood Sect is dead, Mu Xue of the Wind Flower Snow Rain is also dead, and now even Lan Zhe has been killed. They are all dead. Good, very good. This Shen Yu is truly a fine blade!"

"Pass the word down: proceed according to plan! Since this blade is so sharp, how can I not make good use of it!"

"Understood, Master! There is one more thing!"

"The heritage of the Lan Family was obtained by Gu Yutong. Gu Yutong was taken away by her master, Zhu Wuyue, and then Shen Yu followed them. The specific situation is currently unknown!"

"Gu Yutong? Gu Yutong of South Willow North Gu; that master of hers is no pushover. It is a pity, though—the Lan Family's thousand-year scheme has ended up as nothing more than a bamboo basket trying to draw water!"

With a faint smile, the dark shadow waved his hand and said, "Understood, the plan remains unchanged!"

"Yes!"

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