Chapter 201 Dream of a Past Life (7)
Chapter 201 Dream of a Past Life (7)
Knowing that he couldn't fool Kong Chi by pretending to be stupid, Zi Xu had no choice but to say, "Young Master, we weren't on guard against you. It's just that we've been orphans since we were young, so we're always a little wary of everyone."
"Wu You and I are willing to serve you, young master, we only ask that you spare our lives."
Zixu knew that some wealthy families would train assassins, and he didn't want to become one, but the most important thing right now was to survive.
As long as you are alive, there is hope!
Kong Chi laughed heartily, "I have plenty of people to serve me, but I'm lacking two right-hand men. I wonder if you and your brother would be willing to become my right-hand men?"
Zixu hurriedly replied, "Of course we're willing! We'll do whatever you say, Young Master!"
Upon hearing Zixu's reply, Kong Chi laughed even more heartily. He turned to the steward and said, "Look, they agreed. This is the first time anyone has agreed."
Zixu realized something was wrong, "Wh-what do you mean?"
Kong Chi couldn't stop laughing. He waved his hand, signaling the manager to explain to him.
The steward said with pity, "The young master said that no one can be trusted except himself."
"Both of you have good spiritual roots and aptitudes. It is your good fortune to be chosen by the young master to refine pills."
Zixu: "..."
Do you want this good fortune?
Zixu suppressed his fear and pleaded, "Young Master, my brother's talent is not as good as mine, please spare him."
"As long as you let him go, I will cooperate with the young master and will absolutely not resist."
“You two brothers really have a deep bond,” Kong Chi clapped his hands. “But no, your talent is so good it’s almost enviable.”
"If they are refined into pills together, wouldn't the effects be several times stronger?"
Kong Chi's greedy gaze swept over Zixu and Wuyou, "But before I start refining the pills, I need to do something else."
"Go, use all the torture instruments here. The deeper the resentment, the better the pills will be. I can't wait to take the pills you've made."
Kong Chi waved his hand, "Go ahead, use them all."
He was going to prepare spiritual plants for alchemy, and after consuming the pills, he would be able to advance several realms.
Kong Chi left with a beaming smile, while Zi Xu, looking utterly hopeless, could only endure the torture instruments along with Wu You.
They thought they would perish here, but one night, an unknown power suddenly erupted from Wu You's body, and the two of them went black in front of them. The next second, they appeared outside Tianyuan City.
Although they didn't know what was going on, the two brothers were only focused on escaping and had no time to think about anything else.
However, both of them were too badly injured and collapsed on the roadside after only a short distance.
……
"That's so tragic," Yun Zhao said with pity. "That Chi Zhen is a scoundrel, more cruel than us demons... cough cough, more cruel than the demon race!"
Zixu gave a bitter smile. "Indeed, some people can be even more wicked than demons."
"By the way, I still don't know the name of my benefactor."
"My name is Yun Zhao, and the woman outside is my younger sister, Xue Huairui."
Yun Zhao thought for a moment and asked, "Boy, do you want revenge?"
"revenge?"
Zixu was stunned for a moment, then revealed a dejected expression. "My benefactor is joking. The Kong family is powerful, while Wuyou and I are just two small ants. How could we dare to go head-to-head with the local tyrant of Tianyuan City?"
“You have me,” Yun Zhao laughed. “How about we make a deal? I’ll help you get revenge, and you’ll work for me.”
"work to earn a living?"
“Yes,” Yun Zhao nodded, “I want to build a force, but it’s just me and Arui, and I really don’t have the ability to do so.”
"I see you two have exceptional potential, why don't you come and join me?"
After getting to know them over the past few days, Yun Zhao has developed some dissatisfaction with the cultivators in the cultivation world, especially those from the four major powers.
They kill any demons they see, regardless of whether they are good or bad. They claim to be a righteous army, yet they don't even spare women and children.
Yun Zhao sent back some demons to the Demon Realm who told her that many of their people had been killed by cultivators, leaving no trace of their remains. The cultivators took the remains back and pulverized them.
Yun Zhao did not object to them killing those evil demons, but he disagreed with their indiscriminate killing of innocent people.
It would be too difficult for her and Xue Huairui to search for so many clansmen. It would be better to establish a force and have more people search so that they could find everyone sooner and return to the Demon Realm.
Of course, Yun Zhao also had a selfish thought: humans have always considered themselves superior and looked down on demons and monsters. If he knew that the forces established by the demons were lurking among them and were even more powerful than them...
When that day actually comes, Yun Zhao doesn't even dare to imagine how difficult it will be for her to suppress the urge to smile!
Okay, actually it's very difficult to suppress now.
Zixu remained silent for a long time, as if he had made up his mind. He said, "Benefactor, I promise you, as long as you can help us avenge our family, my brother and I will swear to serve you to the death!"
Yun Zhao waved his hand, "No need, no need, um... I'll just work for you for ten thousand years if I have to."
Zixu: "..."
Will they even live to see that day?
With the deal finalized, Yun Zhao asked about another matter, "By the way, I'm really curious about what your spiritual roots and grades are."
Zixu hesitated and said, "I have both fire and wood spiritual roots, so my grade should be higher than the earth grade. Wuyou has a metal spiritual root, but he should have another spiritual root, which should also be higher than the top grade."
Yun Zhao stroked his chin and called out towards the door, "Arui, I want a spirit-testing ball."
Xue Huairui appeared at the door. "Sister, wait for me for a quarter of an hour."
After saying that, she disappeared, and returned in less than fifteen minutes.
Holding a spirit-testing ball in his hand, Zixu looked at it and saw that it was much larger than the one Kong Chi had used to test their spiritual roots before.
"Come on, put your hand up here and let's test it."
Zixu didn't need to be wary of Yun Zhao at all; with her strength, killing them would be as easy as crushing an ant.
Besides, if you wanted to kill them, there was no need to save them, let alone use rare spiritual plants to make porridge to heal their wounds.
Zixu misunderstood. Actually, it was a nourishing porridge that Xue Huairui had made for Yun Zhao, and she just casually served him a bowl.
After the retest, Zixu was found to have dual fire and wood spiritual roots at the Heavenly Rank. Wuyou woke up right after the test was completed.
In unfamiliar surroundings, Wu You was very wary. After Zi Xu explained things to him, he said he could just follow his brother.
After testing his spiritual root, which was found to be of the Earth rank, Yun Zhao became very interested in his other spiritual root.
Spatial spiritual root.
The most commonly used spatial artifacts in the human, demon, and monster realms are storage bags, which can be forged by weapon refiners.
Cultivators with spatial spiritual roots have other uses.
For example, forming a space.
According to ancient records, there were three cultivators in human history who possessed spatial spiritual roots. After their cultivation reached a certain level, they were able to cultivate their own unique space.
They have absolute control over space; in other words, they are the "way of heaven" in that space.
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