Chapter 550 - 273: Qianhua’s Puppy (8k)
The moonlight spilled onto the expensive floor, creating mottled shadows.
The incense lamp hadn’t been damaged; the entire room was still filled with a faint, tantalizing musk fragrance.
Venerable Qianhua stood quietly amidst the pile of shattered curtains. The cold wind of the deep night slipped through the cracks in the broken windows, and she shivered involuntarily.
But as a Venerable of the Void Realm, she shouldn’t feel cold from an ordinary night breeze.
She looked at the enigmatic boy, knowing she was trembling with the fate she was about to face.
Her throat began to move uncontrollably, the two words seemed right at the tip of her tongue.
Don’t say it! Can’t say it!
She fiercely extended her jade-like hand, gripping her own throat tightly, forcibly swallowing back those two words.
"Put down your hand." You Su continued to command.
Wangshu had already rushed over to cut the ropes tightly binding him, and the weakened You Su sat on the ground, resting in his senior sister’s soft embrace.
Venerable Qianhua’s previously noble and cold demeanor had vanished, replaced by extreme conflict. She looked fearfully at her gradually loosening hands, yet the two words slipped out:
"Mas...ter..."
You Su nodded with satisfaction, "Very good, you call me Master, so what should I call you?"
"Of course you should call me Venerable Qianhua..."
"A Venerable tainted by malevolence?" You Su smiled mischievously. "The higher you stand, the harder you fall. You’re well aware of the people of the Five Continents’ attitude toward malevolent influence, they can’t tolerate a trace of it..."
"I was forced! I never intended to worship an Evil God; you compelled me!"
"How can you still deceive yourself?"
You Su shook his head, laughing bitterly, "From the moment you left the Thousand-Faced Spot, you were already entangled with malevolent forces. You claimed it was for control, but in truth, you saw its potential benefits. You’re not as noble as you think, it’s just that the temptations you’ve faced weren’t great enough. If there were a greater temptation, you would still reach out to malevolent forces. Because... that’s who you are."
These words left Venerable Qianhua speechless; she should have killed this dangerous malevolent influence herself back then, but her inner desires made her keep it.
It changes endlessly, giving her boundless inspiration to create even more exquisite clothes...
"I’m a Venerable of the Void Realm, one of the most noble and powerful people on this continent. Even if I truly concealed a minor evil, who could discover it? Who could control me? Facing this minor evil, would I succumb?"
You Su smiled, exposing Venerable Qianhua’s lie, "Isn’t that exactly what you thought? Your arrogance and your pettiness destined you to end up like this."
"You think I can be so easily convinced by you?"
Venerable Qianhua sneered; her firm will was not something ordinary cultivators could possess.
"You refuse the wine of favor, so drink the wine of consequence. Bend your arrogant knees."
The tone of this phrase was so gentle, yet Venerable Qianhua felt it was so irresistible.
I can’t bend... I can’t bend!
"I don’t believe in you at all! Just because you fed me a sip of evil spirit’s blood, how could I be tainted! So I can’t be your follower! You’re bluffing!"
Venerable Qianhua wouldn’t so easily resign to her fate; she still maintained calm reasoning.
For humans to become a follower of an Evil Spirit level influence, there are two paths.
The first is the active worship of malevolence, forming a deeper, more intimate relationship, and having the chance to receive power as a spiritual follower; the second is passive taint by malevolent influence, the simplest way being blood or flesh consumption, but such followers only become sustenance, sacrificial meat followers.
The higher the cultivation of the cultivator, the less effective simple pollution can be. That’s why Venerable Qianhua didn’t believe that just drinking a sip of the Spirit Platform Upper Realm boy’s blood could make her his follower.
What she didn’t know was that the boy before her wasn’t an ordinary Evil Spirit level influence, but the source of all malevolent influence—the True Lord.
As for this sip of heart’s blood, it was the highest level of ’pollutant’ You Su could offer, beside Primordial Qi.
You Su smiled, shaking his head: "Whether you believe in me is unimportant, you can’t escape. When you caught my senior sister and me, didn’t you think the same?"
His words sounded so certain, making Venerable Qianhua’s heart tremble. Gritting her teeth, she asked,:
"Who... exactly are you?!"
"I am You Su, your master."
You Su’s expression was playful, "Your intelligence network is vast, right? Have you heard the Exorcism Bureau has a new Night Divine Son?"
Venerable Qianhua’s expression was surprised; she certainly knew this explosive news but couldn’t ascertain who this Night Divine Son was.
"Are you suggesting that you are this Night Divine Son?"
"To simultaneously offend the Exorcism Bureau’s Divine Maiden and Divine Son, do you think you still have a chance to survive? I’ve had countless opportunities to summon the Celestial Technique Venerable, but I haven’t. Compared to your hypocrisy, I am truly benevolent. I hope you accept the punishment you deserve with a grateful heart."
Of course, You Su was bluffing; without the Spirit Pearl, he couldn’t directly contact the omnipotent Chief Elder.
"Would the Celestial Technique Venerable really kill me for you? Are you out of your mind? Do you know who I am?"
"Does being of the Void Realm mean anything?" You Su feigned ignorance asked, smiling gently, "I heard a rumor that the esteemed Su Yin Venerable of the Nanyang Continent died at the Zhongyuan Continent, right? The death of a great figure of the Void Realm is no trivial matter, and it’s said that Henggao Divine Mountain paid a great price to secretly quell the storm... Although the news is tightly sealed, you must have heard something, right?"