Slap!
"Do the Chu family have spiritual stones? Are you going to talk or not?"
Slap!
"Will you talk? Are you going to speak up?!"
Slap!
In the woods, the sound of slapping echoed continuously.
Chu Yi truly hadn't expected the Ninth Elder to be so stubborn!
After a dozen slaps, swelling his face, the old man still wouldn't talk!
"Huh? What?"
The Ninth Elder was so dazed by the slapping that he kept repeating the same phrase.
Slap!
Chu Yi backhanded another slap and bellowed, "Stop playing dumb with me! Tell me, does the Chu family have spiritual stones or not?!"
"Huh?"
The Ninth Elder, nearly toothless and mouth full of blood, was on the verge of crying from injustice:"At least tell me what a spiritual stone is!!"
"Huh?" Chu Yi's raised hand stiffened, his face thoughtful, then apologetically said, "Oh, sorry, I forgot."
Ninth Elder: You f***ing…!!
Chu Yi pulled out the Soul Calming Pearl he had scavenged from Guo Yuanming.
Then, he slapped the Ninth Elder across the face with his other hand!
Slap!
"Speak! Does the Chu family have this or not?"
The Ninth Elder spat out his last tooth, glanced at the Soul Calming Pearl, and wailed tearfully, "Isn't this a Refining Stone? The Chu family has a bunch of them! If you had shown me this earlier, wouldn't I have told you? Why did you have to slap me so many times?!"
Slap!
Chu Yi slapped him again, saying indifferently, "No worries, I just felt like slapping you."
Then, under the Ninth Elder's despairing gaze, he toyed with the Soul Calming Pearl, deep in thought.
Refining Stone?
These spiritual stones, depleted of spiritual energy, are now used by martial families for crafting?
Isn't this a sheer waste?
The Chu family still has a bunch?
Chu Yi declared righteously, "Stop the waste! It starts with me!"
To prevent the Chu family from squandering spiritual stones, he had no choice but to reluctantly take on the burden of safeguarding them for the Chu family!
The Ninth Elder couldn't fathom what he was up to, pleading miserably, "I've told you everything, can you let me go now?"
Meanwhile, Mu Lengyu, bound to a tree by blood-red chains, had already reached the depths of despair. Her once delicate cheeks were sunken, almost revealing bone, her vital essence nearly drained by Fan Qingling, a fate worse than death.
Mu Lengyu now only wished for Chu Yi to end her suffering quickly, without any hope that he would spare her.
"Spare you?"
Chu Yi raised an eyebrow, glancing at the Ninth Elder, then turned to look at the ashen-faced Mu Lengyu.
Suddenly, he frowned and looked towards Fan Qingling not far away, discontentedly saying, "Why did you drain her of all her vital essence?"
Fan Qingling was taken aback, "What's wrong?"
Chu Yi waved his hand, "Hurry up and give it back to her!"
"Huh? Why?"
Fan Qingling was confused. Why would he want that?
Could it be that Little Yi intended to let her go?
Impossible! That was absolutely not possible!
Fan Qingling instantly dismissed the thought; she knew Chu Yi too well.
So, what was he up to?
Return the vital essence to Mu Lengyu? Restore her looks and figure? and then…
"No! How could you do this!" Fan Qingling's eyes widened in anxious protest.
How could he do such a thing right in front of her?
"What did I do?"
Chu Yi looked puzzled, urging, "Hurry up! Give it back, be obedient!"
Fan Qingling bit her lip, the picture of utter grievance.
Despite a thousand objections in her heart, she complied.
The next moment, Mu Lengyu's pale complexion gradually regained its rosiness, and her hollow cheeks plumped up, restoring her former beauty.
Chu Yi nodded in satisfaction, "Not bad, this looks much more appetizing!"
Fan Qingling: "??!!!"
Appetizing? What's appetizing?!
It couldn't really be what she was thinking, could it?!
Mu Lengyu was also stunned for a moment. What did he mean?
Was Chu Yi craving her body?
Instantly, a glimmer of hope sparked in Mu Lengyu's eyes, "Chu Yi! As long as you spare my life, I'll serve you! You can do whatever you want with me!"
"Huh?"
Chu Yi looked confused, then realizing what was happening, he turned to look at the aggrieved Fan Qingling and suddenly felt numb.
Damn outrageous! How could their thoughts be dirtier than mine?
At that moment, the Ninth Elder gritted his teeth and said, "I can do that too!"
Thump!
Chu Yi kicked him, his eyelid twitching, "You can do your damn what?!"
The Ninth Elder was in agony, thinking why could she offer that, and he couldn't?!
Was this discrimination against men? Against the elderly?!
"Damn it, there's not a single normal person here… except for me."
Chu Yi was utterly speechless, then pulled out a large, grey-furred mouse about fifteen centimeters long from his bosom.
The Ninth Elder was shocked, his face paling, "A spirit beast?!"
The light of hope in Mu Lengyu's eyes instantly dissipated, replaced by sheer terror.
In that moment, they finally understood what Chu Yi meant by "appetizing."
"Big Grey Mouse, listen carefully," Chu Yi instructed earnestly, "These two have a bit higher cultivation, not easy to digest, so you need to chew slowly, got it? And start from the feet, that way they'll still be fresh by the end, understand?"
Big Grey Mouse nodded frantically, its gaze towards Mu Lengyu and the other filled with greed and desire.
Oh, Mousey me, I'm in for another feast today!
"You devil! You're a devil!"
Mu Lengyu's fear twisted her features, unable to imagine that Chu Yi's method of killing her could be so cruel!
Far more brutal than the most terrifying torture in the world!
"What's it to me? I'm not the one killing you!" Chu Yi was indifferent, tossing Big Grey Mouse at Mu Lengyu's feet, "Go on!"
"Ah! Don't come near me!" Mu Lengyu screamed in terror, desperately trying to break free, but immobilized by the blood-red chains.
The Ninth Elder closed his eyes, biting off his own tongue, intending to commit suicide by biting his tongue!
Chu Yi sighed, "What era is it, and people still think biting their tongue can kill them? Aren't you just tormenting yourself? Tough guy!"
The Ninth Elder's eyes shot open, his mouth gaping to say something, but all that came out was a mouthful of blood and half a tongue.
Fan Qingling could no longer bear to watch, her face deathly pale.
Although Chu Yi hadn't done the filthy thing she had imagined, which was a relief to her, the bloody and brutal scene before her still made her feel nauseous.
This was far more cruel than her method of draining vital essence!
"If you can't stand to watch, then don't. Come with me back to my hometown." Chu Yi transformed into a streak of azure light and shot into the sky.
Fan Qingling paused for a moment, then followed.
As for Mu Lengyu and the other, already crippled in their cultivation, they stood no chance against the Foundation Establishment sixth layer Big Grey Mouse.
They could only watch helplessly as their bodies were slowly chewed and swallowed bit by bit by Big Grey Mouse.
For a time, in the desolate woods, the continuous screams of utter misery echoed…
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