C15 To Cultivate This Skill!!(1)

Bang!

Nearby, Qin Hu and Ye Mohei clashed palms, each stumbling backward from the force.

"Damn, Ye Mohei is tougher than I thought. I need to get over there and lend a hand." Qin Hu was about to make his move against Lin Xiuxiu when he was interrupted.

"Hold on."

Hsu Feng interjected, "Commander Qin, take your men and assist Butler Qin Hu. I'll handle things here."

"You?"

Qin Hu's eyebrows lifted. "Fine, Second Prince. Just finish them off. With your early Foundation Stage skills, it should be no trouble for you. Lin Xiuxiu is merely a minor player at the Qi Training First Layer, and from what I understand, Lin Xiao is only at the Qi Training Third Layer."

Are their skills really that low?

Hsu Feng couldn't suppress a laugh.

He then directed Lin Xiao and Lin Xiuxiu up the mountain to a desolate area not too far away.

"Why have you brought us here?" Lin Xiuxiu inquired.

"To save you, of course."

Hsu Feng offered a smile, softening his demeanor. "I have no standing in the royal family, even less than my younger sister. You saw it yourself—members of the Qin family, mere subjects, didn't even bow to me. They clearly have no respect for me."

"I don't respect you either..." Lin Xiuxiu scowled. Hsu Feng seemed to lack everything, and he wasn't nearly as compelling as Lin Xiao. Lin Xiao might hit her, but Hsu Feng would just kneel and sign on command.

If it were Lin Xiao, he probably would've torn up the annulment papers by now.

"You!"

Hsu Feng was taken aback by Lin Xiuxiu's blunt honesty, yet he maintained a calm smile. "Lin Xiuxiu, I'm aware that you're the Sect Master's daughter, a fact unknown to the royal family, my father included. Otherwise, he wouldn't have dismissed me. Your mother and mine arranged our betrothal, once as close as sisters. Sadly, my mother has since passed away, and your mother has remarried into the sect.

"Sometimes, I truly can't fathom it—why does your mother get to sit on a pedestal while my mother was discarded and played by the emperor, dying alone and full of sorrow?"

Lin Xiuxiu, if you wish to live through today, you must lend me the strength of your sect to support my ascension to the throne. Otherwise, don't resent me for being ruthless.

"And you!"

Hsu Feng glared at Lin Xiao with icy contempt. "You dared to kick me and pelt me with rocks. Your fate is sealed; you're a dead man!"

"Brother Xiao." Lin Xiuxiu was well aware that Lin Xiao had advanced to the Foundation Stage. With only Hsu Feng present, it wasn't a given that Lin Xiao was at a disadvantage.

Lin Xiao gave a slight nod, signaling his understanding.

"What a sycophant, expecting your own mistress to call you 'brother'? She's my betrothed! She should only be calling me 'brother'!" Hsu Feng's complexion darkened with fury.

"Tell me, if you were to become emperor, would you still dress in these plain clothes?" Lin Xiao inquired.

"Haha, of course not! Adorned in the imperial python robe, I will be the sole emperor of the Grigonn Empire! Those who follow me will thrive, and those who defy me will perish!" Hsu Feng's laughter boomed. "Just moments ago, I was vowing not to spare you in the future, but it seems there's no need to wait."

Bang!

In an instant, Lin Xiao made his move, obliterating Hsu Feng's dantian with a single palm strike.

"I've been... crippled?" Hsu Feng's eyes bulged in disbelief. "What... what level of cultivation are you?"

Lin Xiuxiu's face registered shock. She had only speculated that Lin Xiao might hold his own against Hsu Feng for a while, never imagining it would be so simple to cripple him.

"What does my cultivation level matter? You may be more powerful, but you're also more vile. I won't allow anyone to outdo me in wickedness!"

With those words, Lin Xiao hoisted Hsu Feng up and dragged him to the cliff's edge.

"Spare me, I beg you. I'm already crippled; I don't want to die!" Hsu Feng pleaded, his manly stature reduced to tears in the face of death.

Lin Xiuxiu watched with scorn. Hsu Feng was truly despicable, epitomizing the bully who preys on the weak.

"Die?"

Lin Xiao gazed into the abyss of the cliff and sighed deeply. "Death might not be certain, and who's to say it isn't just another form of existence?"

"You're spouting madness. Death is the end of everything. But I have a secret! Lin Xiao, if you release me, I'll share it with you. It will ensure your future success. I possess a cultivation method that can awaken the spiritual root and transform one's constitution. This ancient technique, a legacy of the Almighty Senior Xuanyuan from a hundred thousand years ago, was fortuitously discovered by me. It's the key to my future reign as emperor, and I'm willing to give it all to you."

For years, I've been unable to uncover Senior Xuanyuan's heart technique. Without it, and without the lineage, I can't practice this cultivation method. Rest assured, I'll help you search for it. Now that I'm crippled, the method is useless to me. You must trust me—please, don't kill me.

If you can't trust me, I'm begging you, at least take Lin Xiuxiu. I don't want her anymore. She's just a woman, and I'll give her to you."

Lin Xiao shook his head and remarked, "Being crippled doesn't mean you can't cultivate. Sometimes, it's an opportunity to grow stronger. And sometimes, death can offer you a whole new experience, perhaps even something miraculous.

Look at this cliff—how deep and mysterious it is. Trust me, once you descend, you're bound to find fortune."

He chuckled as he spoke, though his laughter carried a tinge of sorrow.

In his past life, Ye Chen had left him crippled and ultimately took his life. That led to his current existence, with the system and a string of bizarre encounters.

"You're laughing at this? Release me!" Hsu Feng fought fiercely.

"My dear boy, why won't you believe me? I'm telling you, I'm a sage, not a flunky. I don't lie," Lin Xiao said, no longer hesitating, and tossed Hsu Feng off the cliff.

"Lin Xiao! I'll haunt you forever! Ahhhhhhh!"

As Hsu Feng plummeted, Lin Xiuxiu's face turned ashen. "This is bad, Brother Xiao. My mother and Hsu Feng's mother are close. We could have just broken off the engagement. Crippling him was already too far, but killing him? I don't know how I'll explain this to my mother."

"Didn't I say? Falling won't kill you," Lin Xiao replied nonchalantly, knowing Lin Xiuxiu was naive and gullible.

"Brother Xiao, please don't deceive me. I'm not foolish. That cliff is so deep..."

Lin Xiuxiu hesitated, but the menacing look in Lin Xiao's eyes silenced her instantly.

If you're going to kill, make sure you leave no survivors!

Lin Xiao, having been given a second chance at life, wasn't about to give his enemies any quarter.

"Ding! Congratulations, host, for earning 600 merit points!"

"?"

Lin Xiao paused, puzzled. Had he inadvertently done a good deed again?

Indeed, Hsu Feng was even more despicable than him. Killing Hsu Feng was akin to meting out heavenly justice. If a man like that were to become emperor, the innocent citizens of the Grigonn Empire would be the ones to suffer.

"System, handing out so many points at once? It looks like I've saved an entire empire's populace..."

Lin Xiao found this to be an affront to his reputation as a villain.

But since the system had awarded the points, he would take them.

Deep beneath the abyss...

Hsu Feng was dumbfounded.

Gazing upon the resplendent golden cave, he couldn't help but swear in awe!

Inscribed on either side of the cave were two lines:

"Xuanyuan Hates the Heavens."

"Those destined must endure the agony of a broken body to inherit my legacy..."

...

600 merit points.

Lin Xiao wasted no time, using three hundred points to acquire pills for the nonsuch water, wood, and earth spiritual roots.

"I've hit the jackpot. With the nonsuch fire spiritual root, I now possess four nonsuch spiritual roots. The only one that's low grade is the gold spiritual root."

He then spent ninety merit points to upgrade the low-grade gold spiritual root to nonsuch quality. After that, he still had two hundred and ten merit points remaining.

"Let's go for the Green Hill Seven Swords! It's said to be a formidable cultivation method that no one can master. If I manage to learn it, my self-defense capabilities will surely soar."