Chapter 281 Despicable and Shameless Niu Lanshan
Chapter 281 Despicable and Shameless Niu Lanshan
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Unfortunately, at this time Yu Qingtan's soul was as strong as that of a Nascent Soul Late Stage cultivator, so the soul attack launched by the Fourth Stage nascent Heavenly Stepping Green Ox seemed like a small pebble thrown into a vast lake.
Even calling on System Space "Dad" for help was out of the question.
"Who are you? Where are my other senior sisters?"
Apart from Wen Jin, Yu Qingtan did not see Gao Yue, Ni Shuyu, Shui Qingrou, and Xiang Yiyi.
"Who I am is not important, but Fairy Qingtan truly is a person of deep affection and righteousness. Your strength also astounds me."
Upon seeing that the Heavenly Stepping Green Ox's whinny had no effect on Yu Qingtan, Elder Niu Lanshan's pupils contracted, and he felt rather helpless.
He assumed that Wendao Sect had given her some powerful protector against soul attacks.
Yu Qingtan also had that miraculous escape technique; knowing his stealth attack had failed, he realized it would be very difficult to kill her under normal circumstances. Hence, he did not make another move.
However, she still had hostages in her hand. These young people, always with so many attachments, even with unfathomable skills, were still at his mercy.
"Where are my senior sisters?" Yu Qingtan asked again coldly.
"Fairy Qingtan is really impatient, isn't she? How about this: if you cut off one of your arms, I will return this gentle and quiet junior sister to you. How's that?" Elder Niu Lanshan, while stroking his beloved ox's head, proposed with a smile.
"You—"
"What, you're unwilling? Are you going to watch as this gentle and lovely junior sister's head gets crushed under the hooves of my ox?"
Yu Qingtan fell silent for a moment and then slowly lifted her head, a flash of determination in her eyes. "I accept your terms."
Elder Niu Lanshan's eyes flashed with surprise. He did not expect Yu Qingtan to make a decision so easily. However, he quickly regained his composure and nodded with a smile.
"Very well, Fairy Qingtan truly is a good junior sister. Now, please begin."
Yu Qingtan did not say anything more. She took a deep breath and formed a Water Blade in front of her, then fiercely chopped down her own left arm at the shoulder.
Instantly, blood splattered everywhere. Her left arm was cut off cleanly at the shoulder, but even this amount of pain was not enough to make her frown, thanks to the Withered Wood Spring Technique, which rapidly healed the wound on her severed limb.
Seeing this, Elder Niu Lanshan nodded in satisfaction. "Good, you can take your junior sister away now."
Yu Qingtan did not immediately move. She stared at Elder Niu Lanshan with vigilance, fearing he might have some trick up his sleeve. However, Elder Niu Lanshan made no further moves and merely smiled at her.
Using the Object Controlling Technique, Yu Qingtan brought Wen Jin to her side and into the safety of System Space.
Elder Niu Lanshan waved his hand, and the unconscious Gao Yue and Ni Shuyu appeared on the ground.
"Fairy Qingtan, I've heard that these two senior sisters of yours are a pair of lilies. How beautiful! You wouldn't want to see such beautiful lilies wither, would you?"
His words made Yu Qingtan feel like smashing his face into a pulp with a punch.
"What do you want?"
Yu Qingtan's voice grew even colder.
"Let's do this: if you destroy your Dantian, I will let them go."
"Don't push me too far—"
Yu Qingtan gritted her teeth.
"Tsk tsk, such beautiful lilies... Do you really want to be so heartless? I've heard that Fairy Qingtan practices dual cultivation of Law and Body, so the Dantian is not that important to you, right?"
"I'll do it!"
Yu Qingtan said, filled with decisiveness and pain. She closed her eyes, a Water Blade formed once more, and she plunged it into her abdomen's Dantian, causing irreversible damage.
"Good, good!"
Elder Niu Lanshan watched her, a strange glint in his eyes, and with a wave of his hand, Gao Yue and Ni Shuyu were thrown towards Yu Qingtan.
Using her right arm, Yu Qingtan caught them and brought them into System Space through her Divine Sense.
"What about Yiyi and Qing Rou?"
Yu Qingtan's beautiful face was slightly twisted.
With another wave of his hand, the unconscious Xiang Yiyi and Shui Qingrou appeared on the ground.
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"Alright, Fairy Qingtan, there's no need to keep up the act. I suspect this is just an avatar of yours.
It seems impossible to compel you to take your own life. So, if you hand over the Bai Chen Order and sign this Heavenly Soul Pact, you can take away your two fellow disciples?"
Elder Niu Lanshan revealed a smug smile as he spoke.
"The Bai Chen Order, I see now, you're from the Hundred Beasts Sect?"
Yu Qingtan had a sudden realization.
"Look, you responded subconsciously without denying the matter of the avatar or the existence of the Bai Chen Order. It seems I've guessed correctly; this is an avatar, and the person I'm looking for is indeed you!"
Yu Qingtan's heart skipped a beat; truly, a Nascent Soul true master was cunning and shrewd.
Back in the Myriad Beasts Secret Realm, both she and Zhu Yan from the Hundred Beasts Sect of the Southern Region had obtained a Bai Chen Order from Demon Venerable Bai Chen, which would allow them to enter the Myriad Beasts Secret Realm again during the Nascent Soul Stage to take part in the sect's true inheritance trial.
No one knew about this except herself, Zhu Yan, and Demon Venerable Bai Chen. Now that this person had mentioned the Bai Chen Order, her thoughts immediately went to Zhu Yan, and the words that blurted out had exposed much.
"Heh, I might as well tell you that I am indeed an elder of the Hundred Beasts Sect, Elder Niu Lanshan.
You don't cultivate the Object Controlling Technique anyway, so why not hand over the Bai Chen Order and gain the friendship of our Hundred Beasts Sect in return? Wouldn't that be pleasant?"
Yu Qingtan remained silent.
Elder Niu Lanshan snapped his fingers.
Xiang Yiyi and Shui Qingrou slowly woke up.
"Qingtan~"
Seeing Yu Qingtan with a severed arm and a bloody hole in her dantian, Xiang Yiyi screamed with all her might.
She wanted to rush to Yu Qingtan, but unfortunately, her body was still restrained by Elder Niu Lanshan.
"Qingtan, don't worry about us, avenge us in the future!" Shui Qingrou said resolutely, shouting out loud.
"Tsk tsk, such a touching scene of sisterhood among disciples. Fairy Qingtan, please make your decision quickly!"
Elder Niu Lanshan continued to stroke the ox head, speaking slowly.
"Show me the Heavenly Soul Pact!"
The voice of Yu Qingtan was cold as millennia-old ice.
The Heavenly Soul Pact, bound to one's soul, was much more restrictive and binding than a Heavenly Oath.
While there were some ways to circumvent a Heavenly Oath, there was no way to evade a Heavenly Soul Pact, at least not in the Outer Realm.
Elder Niu Lanshan did not take offense and tossed a contract made of Demon Beast Parchment to Yu Qingtan.
The terms of the contract were simple.
"Yu Qingtan must not divulge any information about the Myriad Beasts Secret Realm or the Bai Chen Order;
Yu Qingtan must never again enter the Myriad Beasts Secret Realm;
Yu Qingtan must not become an enemy to the Myriad Beasts Sect in any form."
"Fairy Qingtan, better to have one more friend than one more enemy, right?"
"Qingtan, don't submit to them for our sake. We embarked on the path of cultivation prepared for the possibility of falling."
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Shui Qingrou shouted.
"Qingtan, please don't hurt yourself for my sake anymore; if you do, I will be unable to rest in peace."
Xiang Yiyi said, her face covered with tears, raising her voice.
"I'll hand it over, I'll sign. Yiyi, Qingrou, it's okay, it's just some external objects!"
Yu Qingtan left her Soul Marking Seal on the Heavenly Soul Pact and then took out the Bai Chen Order.
"Elder Niu Lanshan, you're right, this thing isn't of much use to me. It's better to use it to make a friend."
Having said that, she tossed the two items toward Elder Niu Lanshan.