The Fengshui Metaphysics Shop was in the Northeast of Shenzhen. If we took a taxi from there to the suburbs, we would have to go in the Northeast direction. The route Yan Nantian had chosen wasn't much different from the route I had asked Wang Kun to take me when Xiao Jin transformed. The final destination was in Longmen County, which was on the border between Hui Province and Heyuan. It wasn't far from the place I had chosen last time.
It was evening when we left. After we got off the taxi, I checked the time. It was around 11: 00 PM.
If I'd felt a tinge of uneasiness before, I'd completely calmed down by now.
Yan Nantian, that old bastard, had been thinking about me for a long time. Even if he grew wings, he wouldn't be able to escape today.
After we got off the taxi, Yan Nantian looked around. He randomly picked a hill and took us there.
While we were walking, I used divine sense to talk to Xiao Jin. I told him about the hostile relationship between me and Yan Nantian. I also told him what to do after he transformed and recovered his power.
Xiao Jin's mind was pure. He didn't have any concept of good or evil. Killing people or saving people didn't mean anything to him.
He didn't have any doubts about my arrangements. He nodded and agreed.
After talking to Xiao Jin, Yan Nantian stopped. However, he didn't say anything. He just lowered his head as if he was thinking about something.
After thinking for a while, he raised his head and stared at the full moon and the starry sky for a long time. He then turned his head and looked at me, then at Xiao Jin. He didn't say anything, but his face seemed to be filled with uneasiness.
I was startled. Did Yan Nantian discover something?
Cultivators' spiritual senses were stronger than ordinary people's, and their sixth sense was even stronger. They could predict the future.
Moreover, as their cultivation base deepened, this ability would become stronger.
Moreover, the Corpse Sect was also a branch of Metaphysics. Although they mainly practiced other techniques, they had some knowledge about divination. It was possible that Yan Nantian had predicted something.
However, I lowered my head and checked the time. There were only two minutes left until midnight.
Even if Yan Nantian knew my plan, a mere minute wouldn't be enough for him to reverse the situation, let alone Yan Nantian.
I was no longer worried. I met Yan Nantian's gaze and smiled at him.
At first, Yan Nantian's eyes were filled with doubt. However, when he saw my smile, his pupils shrank. The Sun God's shadow reappeared with the same red light that had appeared when he'd faced the terrifying well ghost. He stared at me vigilantly.
After a few seconds, maybe it was because he saw that I didn't react, he relaxed a little and shouted, "Let's not waste any more time and do it right here!
Quickly order the Corpse Puppet to stop, lie on the ground, and give up resisting! "
I stood still and didn't smile at him. I just looked into his eyes and shook my head. "Big Brother Yan, when we were in the Corpse Sect, you gave me pointers and helped me increase my cultivation. At that time, I truly regarded you as a big brother that I could rely on and trust.
But what about you? Everything was just to make use of me. From the very beginning, you've been scheming against me. Isn't it enough to harm me once? You've painstakingly continued to cause trouble for me. I just want to ask you, have you never had a conscience in your heart? "
Yan Nantian was obviously very anxious. He impatiently scolded me, "Shut up! Do you think it's useful to try to befriend me at this time?
Don't be so long-winded. Hurry up and order your Tai Sui Corpse Puppet to lie on the ground! "
I laughed self-mockingly. Yan Nantian was right. At this time, I should just do what I had to do. There was no need to be long-winded.
I smiled at him again, but my expression slowly turned cold. "You're right. I didn't come here today to befriend you. I came here to kill you … Xiao Jin, attack!"
When I said the last few words, only coldness and sternness remained in my voice.
As I said that, Yan Nantian's expression suddenly changed. The scarlet light on his body suddenly surged. At the same time, Xiao Jin, who had been silently standing next to us, flew up. His clothes were torn apart and flew far away. In an instant, he returned to his original body that was dozens of meters tall. The golden light on his body was extremely dazzling.
At the same time that his body grew bigger, countless strands of hair on his head whistled as they flew towards Yan Nantian.
Yan Nantian wasn't bad. After he realized that something was wrong, he shrouded his body in a scarlet light. He burst forth with a speed that was even faster than when we had met the Jing Ghost during the day. He seemed to have turned into a red bolt of lightning as he shot past me and into the night sky.
This old thing was extremely cautious. Once he realized that something was wrong, he didn't have any thoughts of risking his life. His only thought was to run away.
Although this choice looked like a coward, I had to admit that being cautious was always the best way to save one's life.
However, it was a pity that under the absolute difference in power, being cautious was useless.
Moreover, Xiao Jin and I had been unprepared. Hence, Yan Nantian was destined to suffer a tragedy today.
Xiao Jin's thick hair was extremely fast. Moreover, as he flung his hair, it also grew crazily. Even though Yan Nantian was as fast as lightning, he couldn't escape the fate of being tied up by Xiao Jin.
In just a blink of an eye, Yan Nantian, who used to be high up in the sky, was tied up like a rice dumpling by Xiao Jin.
At this moment, his eyes didn't have the teasing look anymore. Instead, they were filled with endless fear and confusion. He tried his best to turn his head to look at Xiao Jin's real body. He mumbled, "It's impossible. How could it be … It's impossible …"
When he finally got a hold of himself, the confusion in his eyes was gone. His eyes were filled with respect and flattery. He kept begging me, which was completely different from his previous image. I couldn't help but recall the first time I had met him in the Corpse Sect.
At that time, he had used up all of his Yang God power, so he was very respectful to me, a junior in the Acupuncture Realm. He even treated me as his peer. Unfortunately, when his Yang God power recovered, he quickly changed his attitude.
I didn't bother with him anymore. I just calmly told Xiao Jin, "Kill him."
Xiao Jin was as loyal as a robot. Without any hesitation, he threw Yan Nantian's Yang God shadow into his big mouth. He didn't even chew before swallowing it.
I was slightly stunned. However, I thought that the Yang God body might help Xiao Jin recover his power, so I didn't mind. I gently exhaled and turned to look at Chen Yangting, who was standing to the side in a daze.
When he saw me turn to look at him, Chen Yangting suddenly came to his senses. His face was filled with fear. He lowered his head and bowed to me. He stammered, "Brother Zhou … Brother Zhou, your corpse … corpse puppet is really strong."
This fellow was quite intelligent. In his panic, he tried to curry favor with me to lessen the conflict between us.
I didn't say anything and just smiled at him.
Soon, Chen Yangting stopped talking and lowered his head to look at the ground. His face was deathly still.
Just when I thought that he had accepted his fate, he suddenly raised his head. After taking a few steps forward, he knelt on the ground and said loudly to me, "Brother Zhou, I know that there is a deep grudge between us. There is no point in discussing who is right or wrong. As long as Brother Zhou doesn't kill me, I, Chen Yangting, am willing to become your slave. I will serve you from now on. If Brother Zhou doesn't feel at ease, I won't have any complaints, no matter if you make a Dao Heart oath or use any other methods to control me."
His actions were far beyond my expectations. No wonder Yan Nantian took a liking to him and accepted him as his disciple. The two of them were equally shameless.
I looked at him with interest and asked, "Chen Daozhang, you are the direct disciple of Celestial Master Zhang of Mount Longhu, a late stage Glorious Memory Grand Cultivator, and a hall master of the Celestial Master Mansion. Are you really willing to become a slave?"
Chen Yangting didn't hesitate at all. He immediately nodded and emphasized, "If Master is worried, you can use any method."
This fellow was really shameless.
With the grudge between us, if I wanted to live in this situation, this was probably the only path I could choose.
It wasn't hard to make a choice, but it was hard to be so decisive and without any hesitation.
To tell the truth, I couldn't help but be tempted.
Even though we were both in the Glorious Memory Realm, Chen Yangting was different from Xie Chenghua and the rest. Chen Yangting's strength was exceptional, even stronger than mine. His future development was limitless, and he even had hopes of breaking through to the Celestial Master realm. Taking him as a slave could greatly increase my strength.
From another perspective, the grudge between Chen Yangting and me was that he had failed to kill me multiple times, and that he had heavily injured Tong Tong, causing him to still be unconscious.
But thinking about it carefully, he hadn't done anything to me, and Tong Tong's current condition was rather stable. I didn't have a knot in my heart that I had to kill him.
This was a huge temptation, and I couldn't even think of rejecting it.
Unfortunately, what I shouldn't have done was that Chen Yangting tried to ally with me to deal with Yan Nantian in the cave.
The proud expression on his face at that time left a deep impression on me.
He was deeply proud of his status as a disciple of Mount Longhu. Even if Yan Nantian, a Celestial Master in the Yang Spirit realm, accepted him as a disciple, he still wouldn't be willing to be my slave.
If I kept him, he would be a disaster sooner or later.