by <unknown>
The real killing mechanism he arranged was in the Endless Forest!
Killing Ye Yuan inside the Endless Forest, even if the high sect came, they would also have nothing to say.
Even if Huyan Yong, Feng Ruoqing, and co suspected him, what proof would they have?
Su Yubai took out a pill from the medicine bottle and passed it to Liu Ruoshui.
Liu Ruoshui received the medicinal pill, and her face changed color multiple times.
Although she already affirmed that this medicinal pill was definitely fake in her heart, when it really came down to consuming it, hesitation was still unavoidable.
"Swallow the medicinal pill and start circulating all of your essence energy to resist the erosion of the medicinal effect!" Su Yubai transmitted his voice.
Liu Ruoshui shot a glance at Su Yubai, closed her eyes, and swallowed the pill.
The medicinal pill melted right after entering the mouth. Liu Ruoshui did not dare to delay. She immediately circulated all of her essence energy to resist the medicinal effects.
But Liu Ruoshui mournfully discovered that she totally could not find where the medicinal effect went to.
Her essence energy was circulating, yet she could not find any trace of the medicinal effects.
Liu Ruoshui could not be blamed for this either. If she had consumed Soul Nourishing Pills before, she would not be at such a complete loss.
But sadly, those sort of medicinal pills like the Soul Nourishing Pill was extremely precious. She had not consumed it before.
After a few breaths, Liu Ruoshui suddenly felt her divine soul shudder.
Liu Ruoshui silently cussed, but it was already too late now. Her consciousness became increasingly fuzzy . . .
Everyone was paying close attention to Liu Ruoshui's change. Su Yubai saw that Liu Ruoshui's pupils gradually dilated, and her eyes became more and more vacant. A premonition suddenly surged in his heart.
"No way? It seems like it really took effect!"
"There's actually such a miraculous medicinal pill. Simply incredible! Too terrifying!"
"Why do I feel that Ye Yuan is omnipotent right now? Even Dean Hu had not heard of this Truth Pill before. Where did he get the pill formula from?"
"Who knows. Just look at each one of the things he did. Which of them conformed to common sense?"
Liu Ruoshui's transformation caused a commotion. Clearly, everyone saw that something was amiss.
Many people recalled Ye Yuan's words of ridicule about which concubine's room Su Yubai slept in. Back then, they only treated it as a joke. But now, they could not help having goosebumps all over.
Everyone had their secrets and things which they did not want others to know deep down in their heart. But with this Truth Pill, wouldn't these secrets casually spill out?
If one consumed the Truth pill, was it not like being stripped naked and then thrown out onto the streets?
Nobody wanted to experience this sort of feeling!
"Looks like the Truth pill already took effect, Elder Su. Begin questioning then," Hu Changsheng said lightly.
Although his tone was calm, the shock that Hu Changsheng felt was not the least bit inferior to the rest.
Su Yubai had not asked yet, but Hu Changsheng basically already confirmed that this Truth Pill really worked!
There was actually such a miraculous medicinal pill in the world!
And this medicinal pill was only a low-grade Tier 2 medicinal pill!
The expressions on Su Yubai's face was very interesting. There was shock, disbelief, and unwillingness.
At this moment, Su Yubai's thought of eradicating Ye Yuan was unprecedentedly firm!
Ye Yuan's threat in Su Yubai's heart had already greatly surpassed Ye Hang's!
If Ye Yuan were given another few years, no, even just a year's time, the Su Family would be ushering in an unprecedented danger!
He must not walk out alive from the Endless Forest!
Chapter 117. How Will I Know If You Don't Talk? |
Liu Ruoshui's two eyes were vacant and lackluster, akin to a walking corpse.
Su Yubai took a deep breath and probed her further. "Let me ask you, Liu Ruoshui. Ye Yuan said that you incited Lin Tiancheng to set up his maidservant, Lu-er. Was there such a thing?"
Hearing Su Yubai questioned her, Liu Ruoshui seemed to have some reaction. It was just that the reaction was somewhat sluggish.
Liu Ruoshui only replied woodenly after some time, "Yes."
Su Yubai's face darkened slightly and continued questioning, "Why did you want to deal with Ye Yuan's maidservant?"
"Because . . . I nearly killed him and was scared that he would take revenge in the future. Hence . . . I used every means possible to deal with him. Lin Tiancheng's strength was hailed as the greatest among the Earth rank students. He originally already harbored hatred for Ye Yuan in his heart. I incited him to lay hands on Ye Yuan's maidservant. Ye Yuan will definitely find Lin Tiancheng. At that time, I can borrow Lin Tiancheng's hands to deal with Ye Yuan," Liu Ruoshui confessed everything like beans pouring out of a bamboo tube.
Su Yubai's face became increasingly unsightly. Even though he already guessed that the result would be like this, Liu Ruoshui saying it personally still made him feel stifled.
He could not have imagined that there was actually such a miraculous medicinal pill in this world that could make people confess what was hidden deep within their hearts.
If their Su Family could take control of this type of medicinal pill, their power would rise tremendously!
The moment Liu Ruoshui admitted it, all the students started muttering to each other in low voices.
"It's really her! This woman is really malicious! To actually lay hands on a little girl who was a stranger!"
"She looks so pretty. But she's actually a femme fatale!"
"Such a venomous woman should be killed directly!"
"I heard that Ye Yuan's maidservant passed the entry test, and already officially became the academy's disciple. This woman was actually so merciless towards fellow disciples. Truly wicked!"
The students were stirred up for a moment and felt abhorred by Liu Ruoshui's actions.
Even if Ye Yuan and Liu Ruoshui had conflicts, Lu-er was innocent!
A young lady was now on the verge of death after being harmed by Liu Ruoshui. She really suffered an undeserved calamity!
At this point, Hu Changsheng said, "Alright, the truth is already out. Go and call Ye Yuan back."
Not long after, Ye Yuan was then called back. When he saw Su Yubai's expression, he already knew what the outcome was.
"I wonder what was extracted just now, Elder Su? Did the Truth Pill have an effect?" Although he already knew the result, Ye Yuan still did not wish to give up the opportunity to make things difficult for Su Yubai.
"Humph! Don't you already know? Why are you still asking?" Su Yubai said grumpily.
He did not believe that Ye Yuan could not tell.
"Ah? What do I know? You have to say. If you don't talk, how will I know?" Ye Yuan said innocently.
"You!" Su Yubai was enraged by Ye Yuan once again.
"What about me? Just what did Liu Ruoshui say? Talk!"
Su Yubai stared at Ye Yuan, and wished he could slap him to death with one palm!
Ye Yuan clearly knew the result, yet he wanted him to say it out. Wasn't this asking him to slap himself?
Su Yubai did not care about Liu Ruoshui's life or death. But he minded his own face and prestige very much.
The Disciplinary Hall placed the highest emphasis on prestige. If he, the first elder, had his face swept clean by Ye Yuan, how would he punish students in the future?
Su Yubai was currently regretting finding trouble. If he knew earlier, he would just directly cripple Liu Ruoshui and be done with it. What was the point of triggering all these?
Right now, he felt that he was simply moving closer to let Ye Yuan hit his face. And this slap from Ye Yuan was pretty damn loud!
"Liu Ruoshui, she said . . . she said . . ." Su Yubai repeated 'she said' multiple times but did not continue.
"Aiya. My Elder Su, you will be the death of me! Just what did she say?"
Ye Yuan gave an extremely anxious look, rousing a wave of sniggering from everyone.
To dare make Elder Su lose face like that, Ye Yuan was truly unique in the Dan Wu Academy.
Su Yubai had always been notorious for being cold-blooded and merciless. He had very high prestige in the Dan Wu Academy. Regardless of who landed in his hands, the outcome would never be good. Hence, he had the nickname of 'Yama King Su' in the academy.
Of course, nobody dared to say this nickname to his face.
But now, Ye Yuan actually swept Yama King Su's face away. This made many people feel extremely satisfied!
It's truly evil will be rewarded with evil!
"Alright, Ye Yuan. Liu Ruoshui already admitted to framing you and your maidservant. Elder Su, carry out according to the academy's rules then." Deputy Dean Zhang Songtao who had been silent all this while could not bear to watch on anymore. So he could only stand up to smooth things out.
"Oh, so that's the case. Scared me to death. I thought that the Truth Pill was no good! You should have said that sooner, Elder Su. How will I know if you don't talk?"
Ye Yuan gave an innocent face after getting off cheap, making Su Yubai gnashed his teeth in hatred. Yet, he was unable to do anything to him.
At this time, it seemed like the effects of the Truth Pill wore off. Some light returned to Liu Ruoshui's eyes.
Liu Ruoshui discovered that the atmosphere seemed to be a little off. Suddenly, she recalled the feeling of her divine soul trembling after consuming the medicinal pill and immediately felt that things were bad.
"E-elder Su, I . . . I . . ."
Su Yubai was currently seething with rage with nowhere to explode. The moment Liu Ruoshui spoke, it instantaneously ignited his wrath.
Su Yubai's face darkened, and he said sternly, "Liu Ruoshui! You conspired with Lin Tiancheng to harm fellow disciples, causing them to be severely injured and on the verge of death! In accordance with the rules, I sentence your cultivation to be crippled, and you to be immediately expelled from the academy! Are you going to do it yourself, or am I?"
Liu Ruoshui's face paled considerably when she heard that. She kneeled down right away and hugged Su Yubai's leg, begging, "Mercy, Elder Su! Have mercy! For the sake of Senior Apprentice Brother Su and me . . ."
It was still fine if Liu Ruoshui did not mention Su Yishan. Once she mentioned Su Yishan, Su Yubai became even more incensed. How could he allow her to continue talking? He straightaway kicked her Dantian area, sending her flying out.
"Ah!" Liu Ruoshui gave a miserable cry and flew out.
Su Yubai was a half-step Crystal Formation Realm expert. He kicked out right then in anger. Although he did not use full strength, how could it be something that Liu Ruoshui could withstand?
This kick completely scattered the essence energy which Liu Ruoshui toiled and moiled to cultivate, turning her into a cripple!
"Puu!" Liu Ruoshui sprayed out a mouthful of blood, staining her clothes bright red, making her look utterly miserable.
"Humph! When you plotted against fellow disciples, you should have prepared for today's outcome! Right now, Ye Yuan's maidservant is dying. I only crippled your cultivation and expelled you. It's already considered light. If you continue to not know what's good for and bite randomly, then it wouldn't be as simple as evicting you out!" Su Yubai came in front of Liu Ruoshui and warned while looking down from a height.
Liu Ruoshui felt that her Dantian area was completely empty, and knew that she already became a cripple.
Hearing Su Yubai's threatening words right now as well, she laughed manically. "Hahaha . . . Your Su Family really have no good people! If you have the capability, then kill me, Su Yubai! You don't let me say it, but I insist on it! Su Yishan wanted my body, saying he would shield me. In the end, he can't even beat Ye Yuan! You have power and authority, yet you treated me as a sacrificial piece! Su Yubai, I won't let you off even if I become a ghost! Haha . . ."
Su Yishan also returned right then. When he heard Liu Ruoshui's words, his face turned completely dark . . .
Chapter 118. Su Yubai's Killing Mechanism! |
Liu Ruoshui went 'mad,' and Su Yubai gave out the instruction for her to be forcefully sent out of the academy.
When Liu Ruoshui left the academy, she became a wandering soul; at a loss on where to go.
She was once full of ambition and thought that she could rise above over. She was formerly delicate and charming like a flower, pursued by all.
And now, she, Liu Ruoshui, was just a cripple. A walking corpse. Even passersby could not be bothered to look at her.
A day later, an assassin who was tailing her the entire day stabbed her with a knife at her back, finishing off this formerly alluring young lady.
In reality, many people predicted this ending. It was just that there was nobody concerned with Liu Ruoshui anymore.
Liu Ruoshui's outcome today was reaping the fruits she sowed. Who would sympathize with a black-hearted woman?
After this incident, Ye Yuan then proceeded to read thoroughly the cultivation law jade slip which Feng Ruoqing sent over, and passed her a jade slip he imprinted himself.
Feng Ruoqing was initially worried that going to the Scripture Library to select cultivation law would waste a lot of time. Who knew that Ye Yuan would casually throw her a cultivation law?
She used divine sense to sweep over the cultivation law Ye Yuan passed her and was involuntarily astonished.
This cultivation was simply custom-made for Feng Zhirou! What was different was that this cultivation law was an extreme yin cultivation law!
This made Feng Ruoqing sigh in admiration once again at how powerful Ye Yuan's master was.
After settling Feng Zhirou's matter, Ye Yuan directly entered closed-seclusion, and no longer concerned himself with the academy's affairs.
As for the spar with Wu Luochen, both parties agreed to do it after the Endless Trials.
Wu Luochen could tell that although Ye Yuan's strength greatly surpassed those of the same rank, he was ultimately a major realm away from him. It was still somewhat premature to fight now, so he also gave up.
Following Ye Yuan's closed-seclusion, the academy seemed to have returned to its former peace.
Then, the third day after Ye Yuan entered his retreat, another matter caused a huge disturbance in the entire Dan Wu Academy once more!
Following Ye Yuan's action, the rank one on the Martial Roll, Long Tang, challenged the Nine Heavens Road!
The Nine Heavens Road was illustriously notorious. More often than not, several years, even over a decade would pass before anybody dared to challenge it.
But now, there was actually two students challenging the Nine Heavens Road consecutively within three days. This was explosively big news.
Although Long Tang was rank one on the Martial Roll, there were still not many people who thought highly of him challenging the Nine Heavens Road.
The Nine Heavens Road was too hard!
If Long Tang were already confident a long time ago, he would not have waited until today to challenge it.
Hence, the vast majority felt that Long Tang went to challenge the Nine Heavens Road because he was triggered by Ye Yuan.
Without any doubt, all of the experts on the Martial Roll were highly arrogant, let alone the one standing at the top of the Martial Roll, Long Tang.
A formerly unknown student made it past the Nine Heavens Road. As the number one on the Martial Roll, didn't Long Tang get beaten?
One had to know that although rank one on the Martial Roll was termed a genius when compared to Ye Yuan who made it past the Nine Heavens Road, the difference was enormous!
Only by making it through the Nine Heavens Road could he prove that the degree of his talent did not lose out to Ye Yuan!
This
was a colossal gamble! If he lost this bet, then Long Tang would not even be able to keep his life!
Under these circumstances, expectedly, many students felt that Long Tang was too narrow-minded, and this should not be the conduct of a rank one of the Martial Roll.
As a matter of fact, Ye Yuan's talent had already long surpassed Long Tang in many students' heart. He was well-deserving for being number one in the academy!
But Long Tang was unable to accept this reality, so he used his life to wager this name.
Only Zuo Bugui knew about Long Tang's plan. Although he did not really understand it, it was definitely not acting on impulse.
On the contrary, Long Tang was unprecedentedly calm right now! So calm until Zuo Bugui was unable to grasp his depth!
Just several days without seeing him and Long Tang actually underwent such a huge transformation. Could it be that he was really enlightened?
"Are you really going, Old Long?" At the foot of the Nine Heavens Peak, Zuo Bugui and Long Tang stood shoulder to shoulder.
"Naturally," Long Tang replied casually.
"Sigh. I know that I can't sway you so I won't persuade you anymore. I wish you good luck then."
"En. I will succeed."
Long Tang was wholly composed as if he was only explaining a fact.
Zuo Bugui and Long Tang had been rivals for such a long time. He knew that he had never been an arrogant and conceited person. But where did he get his confidence?
Just because Ye Yuan made it through? Long Tang was not so superficial, right?
Long Tang went in front of the stone tablet, swore the Heavenly Dao Oath, and resolutely stepped onto the Nine Heavens Road!
. . . . . .
At the back of the mountain, in the abode of the Disciplinary Hall's First Elder. Su Yubai looked at Su Yishan with a dark face.
"Yishan, you are the future patriarch of the Su Family. How can you not weigh the importance when doing things? You've disappointed me greatly in this matter!" Su Yubai reprimanded him relentlessly.
Su Yishan sweated profusely and bowed as he said, "I was wrong, Second Uncle."
