A Demon's Path Volume 1 Chapter 32

"Senior Sister, I knew Qian Hai would drug you. I didn't stop him because I wanted to teach you a lesson. I hope you'll remember that Senior Brother is the only man who genuinely treats you well," Ling Xiao coldly explained.

Cheng Yu gritted her teeth and said with much difficulty, "I, got, it. Hurry up!"

Just as Ling Xiao was prepared to detoxify Cheng Yu, a peculiar voice rang out from the entrance to the alley. "So the brat is hiding out here and having a clandestine love affair! Heheh!"

Ling Xiao turned around and saw two disciples from the Sunken Wind Valley.

"Scram! Perhaps, you guys will still have a chance to leave in one piece." Ling Xiao's voice wasn't loud but his tone left no room for discussion. It was a stone cold order.

When the two disciples of the Sunken Wind Valley heard this, anger got the better of them. The younger one screamed out like a wronged baby, "You damned brat! You're only a red ranked Chain Soul Master, the lowest rank of us all! Yet you dare to speak to us in such a manner? Big Brother Xiao Wu, there's no one around. Let's kill this brat! And after him, the girl… Heheh!"

Cheng Yu now looked like a ripened peach with her reddened face. The disciple of the Sunken Wind Valley who just spoke drooled as he lewdly stared at her.

A murderous look appeared in Xiao Wu's eyes. "Humph! Even if he didn't offend us, Big Brother Wu Tan wants him dead. He must die at all costs. Let's go!"

They seemed to lift off from the ground at almost the same time as they charged toward Ling Xiao. They weren't wielding weapons, just waving their fists as they ran toward him. From their point of view, beating Ling Xiao to death was an easy task.

Ling Xiao closed his eyes before abruptly opening them a moment later. Two scarlet wisps of light flashed in them after which the duo released a blood-curdling screech in unison. Wisps of blood seeped out from the corners of their eyes!

A red ranked spiritual attack shouldn't be that effective against two yellow ranked Chain Soul Masters. So, these two didn't guard against Ling Xiao's attack. How could they know Ling Xiao would start with a spiritual attack, one that could hurt them no less?! They never expected that a spiritual attack backed by Ling Xiao's perverse mental strength was enough to injure them when he was only a red ranked cultivator. If they were disciples from Heavenly River City or the Principal Intelligence Hall who majored in cultivating their mental strength, it would've definitely been impossible for Ling Xiao's spiritual attack to succeed.

However, it just so happened to be that the disciples of the Sunken Wind Valley cultivated the Strength Soul. They were a complete mess when it came to their mental strength. As a result, Ling Xiao managed to injure them to the point where blood seeped out from the corners of their eyes after just a single attack.

But this wasn't enough. Ling Xiao's attack was enough to make them stop for a moment and during that window, he rushed up to them as fast as he could and slashed out at their eyes with a dagger.

Ling Xiao wanted to blind both of them in one move!

They were yellow ranked Chain Soul Masters, after all. Even if Ling Xiao was quick, he couldn't best them. Both of them were quick to react. One of them immediately covered his eyes whilst the other grabbed toward the dagger in Ling Xiao's hands.

Shhhrkkk! Ling Xiao's dagger tore through the first person's palm and the other guy called Xiao Wu grabbed onto Ling Xiao's dagger. Xiao Wu firmly believed that a lousy dagger couldn't hurt his hand. Didn't he have the body of a yellow ranked Strength Soul cultivator, after all?

But his companion's blood-curdling screech made Xiao Wu lose all confidence. The wound his companion sustained from Ling Xiao's dagger rapidly started to rot, spreading to his arm in the blink of an eye.

"The dagger is poisoned!" Xiao Wu shrieked and quickly released his grip. But it was already too late. When Xiao Wu finally reacted, his arm had completely rotted away.

"Aaahhhhhh!" Xiao Wu quickly used his strength to shatter his arm, sacrificing it to save his life. His comrade couldn't break his arm off in time, so the poison attacked his heart. He quickly headed to the point of no return. His face was black, his eyeballs protruding out of them. The way he died was terrifying.

"Someone's coming!" Ling Xiao sensed that a Chain Soul Master was fast approaching and instantly turned tail and ran, failing to kill Xiao Wu. He hurriedly carried Cheng Yu in his arms and fled from the alley.

Someone rushed into the small alley just in time to see the fleeting silhouettes of Ling Xiao and Cheng Yu. A sliver of shock flashed across their eyes.

At this time, Xiao Wu hysterically screamed out, "That brat from the Northern Jade Sect is plotting against us. I need to tell the Valley Master and have him exterminate the Northern Jade-"

Xiao Wu could no longer make a peep. He stared at the person who'd stabbed his throat with a bamboo stick, his eyes pried open with shock. He really never expected his opponent to have such shocking strength.

This person is so familiar. Where have I seen them before? This was the last thought in Xiao Wu's mind before he lost the last hint of consciousness.

…

Cheng Yu tightly embraced Ling Xiao. The heat coursing through her body blurred her consciousness. In this moment, she only felt that she really did like the body she was hugging very much. As long as she tightly clung on to it, her own body wouldn't be in such unbearable pain.

Cheng Yu's consciousness only completely returned to her when a chill ran from the top of her head to the tips of her toes.

Ling Xiao stood in front of her with an expressionless face. When she thought of the disgraceful state she was in just now, Cheng Yu couldn't help but feel somewhat of a hatred rising up within her. "You bastard!"

"I'm a bastard? If I didn't help you dispel the drug, you'd already be lying naked somewhere and letting that Young Master Qian play with you!" Ling Xiao coldly retorted.

Cheng Yu couldn't say anything. She had no way of retaliating because she knew Ling Xiao spoke the truth.

Since she couldn't vent her anger on Ling Xiao, Cheng Yu's emotions were redirected to another person. "Qian Hai! Where is he? I want to pay him back in full!"

"Sure!" A scheming smile hung on Ling Xiao's lips. "I reckon he's being pleasured right now!"

The two of them returned to the teahouse. Currently, many people were crowding around the outside, trying their best to catch a glimpse. They were pointing at something, laughing and chattering. Ling Xiao and Cheng Yu couldn't quite make out what the fuss was all about.

Just as Cheng Yu was feeling astounded, the painful shrieks of a horse paired with Qian Hai's hysterical howl rang out from within the teahouse.

"What's going on?" Cheng Yu couldn't stop herself from blurting out.

A vulgar looking man standing to the side enthusiastically answered her question. "Huh? You don't know? I don't know what's gotten into that man, but a very beautiful young master actually pounced on a female horse! Tsk, tsk, it really is a pity if you missed such a marvelous scene!"

Cheng Yu looked at Ling Xiao with a strange expression on her face. She had a very complicated look in her eyes. It didn't look like gratitude nor did it look like anger.

Ling Xiao had his standard Ling Xiao-style smile plastered on his face. "It's got nothing to do with me. Who knew there was a female horse in the garden around the back of the teahouse?"

"Get lost, get lost!" Qian Hai was completely disheveled as he rushed out of the teahouse with reddened eyes. Everyone was pointing at him, laughing and gossiping. There were even some people singing folk songs from their hometown. "My dear horseman, you are so mighty and majestic…"

"Aaahhhhhh!" Qian Hai ran through the crowd, bumping into people as he went along. He forced his way through like a maniac, oblivious to Ling Xiao and Cheng Yu who were standing to the side and watching the commotion.

"Do you still want to get back at him?" Ling Xiao asked in a very gossipy manner.

Cheng Yu felt that she couldn't expel a sense of resentment building up in her, but she didn't know how to get rid of it. She could only hatefully spit it out.

At this moment, Li Yuanhuan rushed over drenched in sweat from head to toe. "Junior Sister… Huh? Junior Brother Ling, how come you're here too?"

Ling Xiao chuckled and said, "It's purely by chance. It's time we returned or we'll worry Master."

The three of them walked in the direction of the hotel when Ling Xiao suddenly asked, "Senior Brother, where did you go just now?"

Li Yuanhuan felt disheartened. "I couldn't do anything about it. A group of people dragged me away and said I did this and that. They were ordinary folks so I couldn't raise my hand against them. In the end, I just followed them for a round trip. They only released me when a woman said she mistook me for someone else."

Ling Xiao laughed and didn't say anything else. Since Cheng Yu was fuming with rage, the three of them made their way back to the Joker Hotel in silence.

"What happened?" Cheng Qiantai angrily looked at the three of them. "How did Respectable Nephew Qian end up like that?"

Cheng Yu pursed her lips tightly and hatefully said, "He brought it upon himself!"

Cheng Qiantai bluntly slapped Cheng Yu across the face, a crisp sound ringing in the air.

Li Yuanhuan urgently interjected, "Master, you-"

Cheng Yu cupped her face and slowly turned to face Cheng Qiantai. "Father, is your daughter an eyesore? If that's the case, it's better if you just kill me!"

"Junior Sister, don't-" Li Yuanhuan felt a headache come up as he didn't know how to advise Master before, a sense of helplessness overtaking him now as he didn't know how to advise his Junior Sister either.

Ling Xiao suddenly spoke up, "Master, Qian Hai wanted to harm Junior Sister with an aphrodisiac, but he drank it himself instead."

Ling Xiao's words were simple and direct. Cheng Qiantai only needed to hear it once to understand. Another matter was made clear at the same time. Ling Xiao was the meritorious person who made it so that Qian Hai was the way he was.

Cheng Qiantai sighed. "You guys really stirred trouble. The Everlasting Pool Sect is our only ally, but now…"

No one knew what Ling Xiao was thinking about as a strange glint shone in his eyes. "Master, relax. Entering the top 10 in the newcomer's tournament won't be a problem with me here!"

Ling Xiao was suddenly exuding a strong sense of self-confidence. Even Cheng Qiantai, Li Yuanhuan, and Cheng Yu found it difficult to understand. Where did he get this sense of confidence from?

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