Chapter 50: Mutual Harm

"This old man is really something else!"

Hidden in the shadows, Shen Yu watched what was before him, and even he couldn't help but feel a bit of admiration. Someone like Zhong Ye was a truly ruthless person; ruthless to others, and even more ruthless to himself!

To be able to watch his own son get killed while remaining indifferent, and to act out a charade for so many years, is truly not something an ordinary person could achieve.

Such a person has pushed ruthlessness to the extreme; in their hearts, there is only profit and loss, no family or friends!

"Zhong Xiong, we were master and apprentice after all; as your master, I can grant you a decent end!"

At this moment, Zhong Ye, standing on the high platform, looked down at his opponent. His eyes erupted with light, piercing into the person's mental defenses like sharp Sword Qi.

Severely wounded and with his momentum completely suppressed, it was inevitable that Zhong Xiong would be defeated and killed in this situation. Yet he was unwilling to accept it, and even less willing to sit and wait for death!

Gripping the sharp sword he had pulled from his own body, Zhong Xiong tried his best to keep his spine straight. In front of this so-called master, he did not want to lose his spirit, nor did he want to be looked down upon!

"You think I'll just surrender? Master, let this disciple see just how strong you really are after hiding for so many years!"

"Why must you do this? It's just a futile struggle!"

Facing Zhong Xiong at this moment, Zhong Ye only smiled lightly, his indifferent expression suggesting he didn't take him seriously at all.

This look of contempt made Zhong Xiong's anger burn even hotter. From the moment he was adopted, he had wanted to prove himself before this master of his.

Yet after all these years, all he had received was constant disdain, and the fleeting contempt in Zhong Ye's eyes right now was something Zhong Xiong could not bear.

Since you look down on me, then I will let you see my methods. Even if I die, I will make you pay a price.

"Ugh..." Just as Zhong Xiong prepared to lunge, he suddenly felt his whole body go limp, his cultivation power as difficult to mobilize as if stuck in a quagmire.

He stumbled, nearly falling to the ground; even so, his entire frame swayed before he could barely steady himself.

"Why is it like this?" Seeming to understand something all at once, Zhong Xiong raised his head abruptly. "You had already tampered with me?"

"That's right. From the moment you appeared before me, I had already begun making preparations!"

"You may look formidable now, but in front of me, no matter how powerful you are, you are nothing but meat on the chopping block!"

"Good disciple, isn't it better to just accept your fate? Do you know how long I have waited for this day?!"

"So that's how it is, so that's how it is!" No wonder Zhong Ye had always looked down on him; it was because he had no power to resist in front of him at all, that was why he looked down on him!

"I should have guessed. Master, you have plotted for so long, how could you possibly let me have even the slightest chance to resist?"

"Indeed, I have plotted for so long and sacrificed so much, how could there be any oversights? Zhong Xiong, you think yourself clever, but you are still too naive!"

Stepping forward, Zhong Ye pulled out a sword and nailed Zhong Xiong directly to the high platform. Fresh blood spilled continuously along his wound, and the light upon the high platform grew even brighter.

"Can the love-hate drama between you two wait a moment!"

At this time, Shen Yu, who had been hiding in the dark, suddenly appeared. If things continued like this, the so-called inheritance of Feiming Mountain would begin.

Therefore, it was necessary to interrupt them at the most critical moment. You want the inheritance? I just won't let you have your way; tell me, aren't you angry?

Having killed so many people, the bones were piled layer upon layer; furthermore, among these bones were a large number of infants who had been buried here before they had even seen the prosperity of life.

Neither of these two successive Sect Leaders of Feiming Mountain are good things; do such people deserve to rule over a region?

"Who are you?"

The moment he saw Shen Yu, Zhong Ye began to guard himself, even feeling a faint sense of dread in his heart; he was shocked to find he couldn't see through this young man at all.

And most crucially, he hadn't detected anyone hiding nearby just a moment ago, yet the other party had appeared regardless. If nothing else, this concealment ability alone was enough to make him wary.

Afterward, a stunningly beautiful young girl appeared beside Shen Yu. Likewise, he couldn't see through this young girl either.

What is going on today? There aren't many people in the entire Jianghu he can't see through, yet two appeared at once today!

"Zhong Ye, the former Sect Leader of Feiming Mountain, right? Let's get acquainted, my name is Shen Yu!"

"Shen Yu? Never heard of him!"

"Shen Yu!" At this moment, Zhong Xiong, who was nailed to the ground, also raised his head with difficulty, looking over in surprise.

"This is the youngest Transcendence Realm expert in the current Jianghu, known as the number one person of the younger generation!"

"The number one person of the younger generation? The younger generation?" Carefully sizing up Shen Yu, the more he looked, the more wary Zhong Ye became.

Although the other party looked plain and unremarkable, the feeling he gave off was as unfathomable as an abyss.

You call this a young person? Has the Jianghu become this crazy now?

Not to mention this Shen Yu, even the young girl beside him was completely unreadable, but the faint sense of dread and danger emanating from her could not be wrong.

For someone to make him feel danger, just how strong must they be!

"This... uh..." Zhong Ye cupped his hands toward Shen Yu, wanting to speak, but didn't know how to address him. What should he call him? Should he really call such a young child 'Senior'?

"Don't waste your breath, Master. You probably don't know the temper of this Lord Shen. He is the most intolerant of evil; no one who commits evil has ever survived in his hands!"

"Since he has discovered us here and seen the bones laid out here, we are dead for sure!"

"Hahaha, Master, oh Master, you plotted everything, but in the end, isn't it all going to fall short of success!"

"Shut up!" With a cold snort, Zhong Ye's expression inevitably turned ugly. "Lord Shen? Someone from the imperial court?"

"Lord Shen, is there some misunderstanding between us?"

"No misunderstanding. I have seen it all, seen it completely with my own eyes!"

Surrounding them with Gu Yutong, Shen Yu observed the inheritance here with interest. Its power was indeed vast and terrifying; it was fortunate he had come early.

"At the very beginning, your Feiming Mountain Elder Liu Yizhong sent people to kill a Prefect, and then I tracked them all the way to your Feiming Mountain, and saw all of this before me!"

"It is truly unimaginable that the famous Feiming Mountain in the Jianghu would actually hide such a place!"

"And even more unexpected, two successive Feiming Mountain Sect Leaders—no, I should say perhaps even more Feiming Mountain Sect Leaders—have all committed such heinous acts. How many innocent people must have been harmed by these piles of bones!"

"And you, you deserve to be called a righteous sect?"

"Liu Yizhong, that idiot who couldn't accomplish anything but could ruin everything!" Zhong Ye cursed inwardly; it was a good thing Liu Yizhong was dead, otherwise, he would have killed him again.

"Lord Shen, do it, hurry up and do it!" Zhong Xiong, nailed to the ground, was laughing quite happily at this moment.

"If you don't act now, the power of the inheritance here will be obtained by them. Once they gain that power, the consequences will be unthinkable, and the slaughter caused will be even greater!"

"Rebellious disciple, shut up!"

"Well, I think what he says makes a lot of sense. Zhong Ye, have you decided how you want to die?"