Chapter 607 - 607 127 Cannibal_2
607: Chapter 127 Cannibal_2 607: Chapter 127 Cannibal_2 “Yes, we have indeed eaten quite a few people.”
The shopkeeper chuckled lightly, his voice laced with irony: “In fourteen years, having cultivated to the Cave Heaven Realm, we have consumed a total of three hundred and seventy-seven people.
However, all these people deserved to die.
If they had not committed the sins of greed, anger, and lust, they would have left this place alive, without losing a single hair.”
Such scenes have happened all too often downstairs over the years.
In the worldly society, it’s normal for ruffians to fight upon meeting each other.
Greed for wealth, lust for beauty, rage, and resentment born from dissatisfaction.
Most of the time, they only do one thing.
When the dust settles, they come forward to deal with the corpses.
No matter how fierce the life-and-death struggles in the outside world, they are actually unrelated to them…
If Xuanyi had not intervened, then once the fight downstairs was over, the couple would appear, each choosing their food, chewing slowly, and using it as nourishment for their cultivation.
“Ever since the Demon Cave was destroyed, Qu Li hasn’t had a single good night’s sleep.”
Qu Li said faintly: “To be honest, less than a month after you left, I began to consume human flesh.
Unexpectedly, not long after eating human flesh, the leg that had been cut off started to heal…
I’ve heard that some Buddhist cultivators, in order to cultivate ‘Divine Steps’, would even break their own leg bones.
Once their Divine Skills reach Great Success, their leg bones heal.
Isn’t that ironic?
It seems there isn’t much difference between the Buddhist Divine Skills and the Ghost Cultivator’s Cultivation Techniques?”
“At first, I was worried, worried that you would return halfway and see me degenerating, and you would become angry and furious.”
“I kept telling myself to restrain myself at all costs.”
“But…it’s really too difficult.”
Qu Li lowered his head, looking at his bloated belly, muttering to himself: “Your Honor, you’ve never eaten human flesh; you surely can’t understand this taste.
I’ve suffered too much in this life.
I don’t want to suffer anymore.
I just want to live a good life…
But this world doesn’t allow people to choose.”
“Either eat others or be eaten.”
“Your Honor ah…”
“If you were us, what would you choose?”
These words plunged Xie Xuanyi into contemplation.
But as his voice fell.
Qu Li disappeared in an instant, his massive body bursting forth with astonishing speed, crossing over a dozen yards in a flash, arriving behind Xie Xuanyi.
Boom!
The fist burst with the sound of thunder!
Xie Xuanyi slightly shifted his stance, sidestepping, allowing the enormous fist to whiff past his shoulder, the roaring gale wreaking havoc as it went, shattering Zhou Lu’s boudoir; the dressing table, wooden table, and rouge all pulverized by the force of the punch.
He was still immersed in thought.
All these actions were just a result of the inertia from sensing the Sword Lake.
Xie Xuanyi did not speak, simply looking down at the woman sprawled on the ground, observing her reaction.
“Do it!”
Qu Li roared, having witnessed the scene more than a decade ago where the young Sword Immortal alone, with a single sword, slew all the Yin Mountain Ghost Cultivators of the South Border, certainly not someone who was soft-hearted.
Coming to visit today, having revealed the couple’s secret of consuming human flesh.
If they do not strike first.
Then neither of them would survive the day.
“…”
Zhou Lu bit her lip, hesitating for a moment, but in a flash, she made a decision.
A cold light flashed in Zhou Lu’s eyes as she resolutely extended her hands, clutching Xie Xuanyi’s legs firmly.
Primordial Energy began to surge over her body, with a tinge of purple-black appearing in her brow.
“As expected, perfectly reasonable.”
Seeing this scene, Xie Xuanyi sighed softly.
He did not struggle.
A wisp of purple-black smoke emerged from the woman’s brow, forming a small banner.
Having reached the Cave Heaven Realm, she had cultivated the soul banner technique.
Hum hum hum!
The void trembled, a chilly and ghostly wind blew past Xie Xuanyi’s ears, as if trying to hook out his Divine Soul and pull it into the soul banner!
But…
The next moment, a resplendent and intense sound of a grand bell abruptly erupted!
“Dang!”
Dazzling golden light burst forth from above Xie Xuanyi’s head.
The entirely golden Martial Arts Divine Embryo released itself, its clothes billowing, exuding an overwhelming aura.
Xie Xuanyi reached out his hand, grabbing Zhou Lu’s “soul banner” at her brow.
For Sword Cultivators, the Lifebound Flying Sword is as crucial as life itself, and for Yin Mountain Ghost Cultivators, this “soul banner” is their lifeline…
Holding the “soul banner,” Xie Xuanyi did not exert force but merely pinched it slightly, and Zhou Lu lost all her energy, her bones felt as if they had been crushed, and she heavily fell to the ground.
“Wife!”
With the situation turning dire, Qu Li hurriedly threw another punch.
This time, Xie Xuanyi did not dodge; his punch was even faster.
“Bang!”
With one punch from the Martial Arts Divine Embryo, Qu Li’s entire arm was shattered, blood mist filled the space of the mansion.
“Ah…”
Qu Li’s face turned pale with agony, yet before his wails could spread far, they were cut off.
Xie Xuanyi’s hand pressed down lightly.
Without even using Tao Rules.
Merely the strength of the Martial Arts Divine Embryo forced Qu Li back onto his knees, pain sweeping over him.
Qu Li wanted to scream, but an invisible force sealed his Heart Lake, blocking his throat.
He sweat profusely from his forehead, fear once again filling his eyes.
He looked at the young man in black standing before him.
Fourteen years.
Fourteen years have passed…
Not until today did he understand the powerlessness of those Ghost Cultivators from the Demon Cave faced with this fellow back then.
After all the day and night cultivation, I can’t even withstand a single move?
“To devour is to devour.”
“No matter how much you say, it’s meaningless.”
Xie Xuanyi said softly, “If I weren’t your match today, then…
I’d be devoured too, right?”
“…”
Qu Li couldn’t bring himself to speak; not a single sound could squeeze through his throat.
“Benefactor, benefactor, spare us…”
On the other side, Zhou Lu cried bitterly again, trying to crawl towards Xie Xuanyi.
Xie Xuanyi silently released the oppressive aura of the Martial Arts Divine Embryo.
The entire second floor was heavily suppressed.
The woman was crushed to the ground, utterly unable to move even a finger.
“I’ll send you on your way.”
Xie Xuanyi no longer spoke, simply making a gesture of grasping at nothing.
A wisp of Sword Qi gathered in the second floor.
The Golden Robe Divine Embryo grasped this non-existent sword, reversed the hilt, aimed at Qu Li, and slowly thrust it downwards.
“No, no!”
Zhou Lu’s voice was filled with pleading.
The sound of her shrieking was drowned out by the roaring of the Sword Qi.
As the sword fell, countless snow-white Sword Qi surged like a blizzard, filling the entire field of view.
“Uh…”
Qu Li raised his head, his expression somewhat vacant.
His throat trembled.
Unfortunately, at this moment, he could not utter a sound.
He still had unfinished words…
For fourteen years, he hadn’t slept well, not just because he had consumed human flesh.
He had previously said.
He was afraid Xie Xuanyi would return to the inn.
He was afraid Xie Xuanyi would be disappointed in him.
All these…
Were merely excuses.
He could deceive others, but not himself, the only thing he was afraid of from the beginning to the end was…
“death” itself.
He feared death.
He feared falling back into the state where he was bred like livestock, becoming feed, mere flesh.
So, after an internal struggle, he chose to secretly consume that human flesh, and began to cultivate with the Yin Mountain Technique…
He knew that although this act had the risk of being investigated and brought to account, what if he ate enough human flesh, and reached a high enough level of cultivation?
The reason Qu Li couldn’t sleep well all these years was simple.
He didn’t know if consuming so many people and reaching this step in cultivation was enough to save his own life?
What if the young Sword Immortal who destroyed the Demon Cave that day came back to see him again, what should he do?
Now, he knew the answer.
His heart was full of regret.
If only he knew…
he should have eaten more people back then.
If he had eaten more.
Now, would he be able to survive?
…
…
The Sword Qi penetrated Qu Li’s chest, body, and the floor connecting to the hall on the first floor.
This sword contained the Rule of Destruction.
The moment he was struck by the Sword Qi, Qu Li’s breath ceased.
“Ssslah.”
Xie Xuanyi pulled the sword out.
The Golden Robe Divine Embryo slightly rotated his wrist, transforming the Sword Qi gathered as a sword of nothingness into a crimson Sword Blossom.
The next moment.
Xie Xuanyi slightly furrowed his brow.
The woman who was suppressed to the ground by the Martial Arts Divine Embryo shuddered, the sorrow in her eyes gradually snuffed out, turning into despair, into rage, into ferocity.
Boom!
Zhou Lu, who witnessed her husband dying and dissolving before her eyes, did not hesitate for a moment to detonate all her Primordial Energy.
The entire second floor was instantly engulfed in a sea of Primordial Energy flames.