Chapter 578: What Can I Do (23)

Thump, thump, thump!

Chixiao's heart was beating forcefully in the right hand stained with fresh blood, leaving Ren Yidao feeling somewhat moved for a moment.

"So, your heart isn't black after all."

Pfft.

Everything happened too fast; the fresh blood only reacted at this moment, gushing and spraying from the wound.

"Cough! Cough, cough!"

Only at this moment did Chixiao finally regain her senses under the excruciating pain, blood surging up her throat.

Her mind was in complete chaos; she couldn't even figure out what had just happened, and she didn't know why her consciousness seemed to have been controlled by someone else.

It was always a method she used to deal with others, but she never expected that today it would be her turn.

Although her brain was in a mess, Chixiao's instincts told her that if things continued like this, she would undoubtedly die!

She could not just sit and wait for death!

Chixiao was, after all, a great cultivator who had practiced for hundreds of years; even with her heart removed from her body, she did not die on the spot.

After reaching Spirit Transformation, the soul becomes stronger, so even if the physical body is destroyed, it does not matter; she still had means to struggle.

As long as she killed this guy, she still had a hope of surviving.

"Puff!!!"

Chixiao did not forcibly resist Ren Yidao's terrifying strength, but instead spat a blood arrow at his face, then, taking advantage of the moment Ren Yidao tilted his head to dodge, she slid out of Ren Yidao's embrace as if her bones were soft and boneless.

Whoosh.

The moment she escaped, Chixiao's figure retreated violently, covering the large hole in her chest, and she used her magical energy to forcibly stop the bleeding.

This was treating the symptoms but not the root cause; if she could not solve the problem quickly, this physical body would still die, and she would only be able to choose to possess another.

Damn it!

She stared at Ren Yidao with resentment, a crazy murderous intent showing in her beautiful eyes.

This guy's previous performance was all an act!!!

Those shy expressions, those green reactions, were all fake!

"You! You dare to lie to me!!?"

Chixiao roared in anger; as she spoke, the sprayed blood fell onto her body, making the gauze dress on her even more crimson.

If you walk by the river often, how can you not get your shoes wet?

She, Chixiao, had lied to men her whole life; she never expected to be lied to by someone else today!?

"Who lied to you? Me?"

Ren Yidao turned his head to look, then pointed at himself with his finger.

"Are you trying to say me?"

He spread his hands innocently and smiled happily: "Don't be silly, I didn't lie to you. Didn't I say so from the very beginning?"

"I told you to give your 'Heart' to me! Where did I lie to you? Aren't you bullying an honest person?"

Huhu is always fair to young and old, and honest in conduct.

I haven't said a single word to lie to you!

I said I wanted your heart, so I want your heart.

Huhu, I keep my word~

"Ahhhhh!!!" Chixiao finally understood the little trick in the other party's words; not only did she not feel better, but she became even more furious.

To actually be tricked by such a small trick!

"You dare to play with me!?"

"This sister, don't be so angry; it makes it seem like you've suffered some great grievance. Aren't you also often playing with others like this?" Ren Yidao shook his head as he looked at Chixiao's flustered appearance, and half a skull appeared in his palm, from which a weak remnant soul drifted out.

That was the soul of a green youth; even though he had no consciousness at this moment, one could still see the innocence on his face.

"Compared to the little joke I played on you, your past conduct is much crueler."

"Seduced an ignorant youth, and after eating him dry and wiping clean, threw him into the desert outside to wait for death, letting wild beasts gnaw him clean—that really is heartless."

"A day as husband and wife brings a hundred days of grace; you were dew-drop lovers for so many days, you could have at least left him a whole corpse."

The moment Chixiao saw the youth's soul, she understood and knew why this guy had come knocking.

"Just for him?"

"Just for him." Ren Yidao nodded and said softly: "When I found him, he had already been dead for six days, with only half a skull left."

"I looked at the only remaining memories in his Divine Soul, discovered you, and so I brought him to find you."

"Heh! You want to seek justice for him? What a joke!"

Chixiao sneered and couldn't help but mock: "You really are a man of justice! Hehehehahaha! Which Divine Land idiot are you!? You actually want to come to the Western Desert to be a saint?"

"A saint? No, no, no, no, I am not a saint, never have been." Ren Yidao also laughed, weighed the heart in his hand, and said with a smile: "I am just a heartless hunter of hearts; being a saint is something for the bald ones to do."

Little sister, want to have a heart-to-heart?

I don't need you to pay anything, I won't cheat you of money, and I won't cheat you of your body.

Huhu only wants your heart.

"Hahahaha! You idiot! By doing this kind of hero-playing, are you trying to make an enemy of the entire Western Desert?" Chixiao laughed out of extreme anger, glaring at this idiot whose depth she couldn't fathom: "You killed me, don't you know what will happen? Aren't you afraid that Spirit Mountain will find you by doing this?"

"These things, who in the entire Western Desert isn't doing them? Who would care about such a small matter!!?"

This was the point that made Chixiao the most furious.

What's wrong with me?

Isn't it just eating a few men!!?

Is it worth making such a big fuss over me?

There are plenty of people who kill like it's nothing, and quite a few who use the souls of mortals to refine bone monk towers, so why don't you go find those people?

Why do you insist on targeting a weak girl like me!?

"He cares."

Ren Yidao shook his head, put away the soul in his palm, and then looked with calm eyes at the vengeful spirits entwined around Chijuan, pointing at them with his finger and counting them one by one: "He cares, he cares, he also cares..."

"Enough!!!"

Chijuan was furious, knowing that it was impossible to explain things to this guy, and in the time it took for the two to talk, she had already managed to adjust her breath and secretly mobilized the temple's formation.

Hum.

"Oh? An ambush—"

Boom!!!

The violent roaring sound drowned out Ren Yidao's surprised voice.

A power like the collapse of Heaven and the sinking of the earth descended upon the great hall, concentrating all its might and carrying furious killing intent as it slammed into his body.

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

Again and again!

Chijuan did not stop easily, but instead continued to vent her killing intent, mobilizing the formation buried beneath the great hall.

She was going to completely blast this guy who wanted to show off and play the hero to death right here!

No!

She would cut off his hands and feet, turn him into a Cauldron to be ruthlessly squeezed dry, let everyone squeeze him a hundred times over, and finally, after he became slag, strip him of his Dharma Power and throw him into the den of the sand bandits; she knew very well how hungry those guys were.

Men?

Hah, would they care about such an insignificant trifle?

Thinking of this, Chijuan stopped the formation; if there was still time, she wanted to leave this guy with one breath left.

"Your malice toward me is a bit too intense." But at this moment, amidst the dust and smoke, a mocking voice rang out: "I feel like there isn't such a deep grudge between us, is there?"

"What!!?"

Chijuan was shocked; she hadn't expected the other party to be able to survive under the Killing formation, and judging by his voice and breath, he hadn't even been seriously injured.

This was a Killing Array meant for the Void Refining Peak!?

If this guy had the strength of Void Refining, why bother dragging things out? Why use such underhanded methods to ambush me?

He could have just come up and killed me directly!

"You don't understand, this is called romantic interest." Seeming to guess her thoughts, the youth chuckled and waved his hand to disperse the dust, revealing himself to her again; not only was he uninjured, but there wasn't even a single wrinkle on his robes.

And beneath his feet, the Array had already cracked and shattered; judging by the marks, it looked like someone had used brute force to stomp it to pieces.

"Isn't it a bit too barbaric to just start fighting the moment you come up? I still prefer to have a legitimate reason." Ren Yidao blinked at the completely stunned Chijuan and smiled: "You wanted to use me as a cultivation vessel, so isn't it reasonable and fair for me to strike at you?"

You say this is despicable entrapment?

No!

This is heroically risking one's own safety, where danger could appear at any moment!

And just as she realized the massive gap in strength between the enemy and herself, Chijuan's reaction was quick, and the action she took made Ren Yidao raise an eyebrow.

Thud!

She knelt directly on the ground and kowtowed heavily toward Ren Yidao.

"I beg the lord to spare this slave! This slave knows she was wrong! I will definitely strive to do good deeds in the future and atone for the Evil on my body."

She chose to beg for mercy.

"As long as the lord spares this slave, this slave is willing to be your slave, to become your most loyal servant!"

She was far too familiar with the matter of defeat.

She was more than familiar with the process of dealing with men.

She was beautiful; Chijuan had known this for many years, and she had relied on this skin to get to where she was today.

No matter what kind of man it was, seeing her body would trigger the beastly nature within their Hearts.

But this time, she was destined to miscalculate.

"No, I don't need your service, nor do I need you to swear an oath."

The body she could offer was something he didn't care for at all.

Hmph.

Ren Yidao listened to the cold snort coming from the shadow behind him and smiled, then calmly rejected Chijuan's plea and chuckled: "I said it before, I only want your Heart, and I have already obtained it."

!!!

Could it be?!

"Then what do you mean!?" Chijuan raised her head in excitement, thinking there was a turning point.

"I truly don't want anything else."

Ren Yidao, amidst Chijuan's joyful gaze, slowly took out that skull, "But they want you dead; a blood debt must be paid in blood, that's fair, right?"

"You are playing with me again!!!"

"Correct, but there is no prize." Ren Yidao blinked at her, then stood still in front of her and smiled: "Alright, is there anything else you want to say at the end?"

"Lord..."

Chijuan looked up at the youth in front of her, and upon realizing that he truly did not intend to let her go, that weak and pitiful expression instantly turned ferocious, and she roared viciously: "No!!! You cannot kill me!"

"I am the Dao companion of Qingzhan Shangren! He is the second disciple of the Buddha's son! He is an Elder of the Lingyu Sect!"

Chijuan had someone behind her; Ren Yidao had guessed as much, because the scale of the formation far exceeded her own strength, so it must have been set up for her by an outsider.

"I am his Cauldron! If you kill me, he will sense it, and he will definitely come to take revenge on you!"

Ren Yidao smiled after hearing this and retorted, "What you say is interesting; if I don't kill you now, wouldn't you still come to take revenge on me in the future?"

"This... no! I, Chi Xiao, will absolutely not cause you any trouble!" Chi Xiao's reaction was quick, but there was still a moment of hesitation.

Ren Yidao caught Chi Xiao's momentary hesitation, shook his head, and laughed, "How humorous!"

This senior sister is truly a master of talking nonsense.

He raised his hand and slowly reached toward the top of Chi Xiao's head, about to finish her off completely.

But just as Ren Yidao was about to act, Chi Xiao, who had been keeping her head lowered, suddenly let out a roar: "... What else could I do!?"

"Hmm?"

Ren Yidao raised an eyebrow; he hadn't expected her to still not have given up, to still be struggling.

"I am a weak woman; besides becoming their plaything, what could I do? Do you think I wanted this!?"

"Besides compromising to survive, what could I do!?"

Chi Xiao roared with a ferocious expression, two lines of clear tears streaming from her eyes as she glared at Ren Yidao: "Now you come here to act like a saint! When they were bullying me back then, where were you? Why didn't you save me!?"

"Speak! What could I do!?"

To Chi Xiao's desperate, soul-piercing interrogation, Ren Yidao pondered for a moment, nodded at her, and spoke slowly amidst her hidden expectant gaze.

He said:

"You could have died."