"Yu Yuanzhen, you old thief! Let me go!"
Tang San was restrained by Yu Yuanzhen's sudden force, his entire person unable to move. Anger and unwillingness intertwined in his eyes.
"Tang San, calm down!" Yu Yuanzhen's voice was low and powerful. "I know you are very angry right now, but you cannot act so impulsively. The matter of Dai Mubai and Ruyan, I will give you an explanation, but you cannot kill them here."
Tang San panted heavily, his two eyes bloodshot. He tried hard to calm the anger in his heart, but his voice was still trembling. "An explanation? What explanation? They betrayed me, deceived me!"
Yu Yuanzhen sighed, his expression complicated as he looked at the Dai Mubai and Yu Ruyan on the ground. "Hurry up and get dressed! What do you look like!?"
Yu Ruyan sobbed and shed tears while tidying her disheveled clothes, her eyes full of guilt and fear, yet at the same time, she secretly observed Tang San's reaction with her peripheral vision. Dai Mubai's face was pale. Tang San's attack just now had directly nailed several of his vital points.
Because the attack had come when he was at his peak, about to come out, he had had no time to react at all. His entire person was now listless. He looked at his brother. This life, he was probably going to have a problem.
"Tang San, don't worry. I will severely punish the two of them. Dai Mubai, as a Star Luo prince, I will hand him over to the Star Luo Empire to be dealt with. As for Ruyan..." Yu Yuanzhen paused here.
"Ruyan, she is, after all, a person of my Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect. I cannot directly kill her. But I will cripple her martial soul, so that she can never cultivate again. At the same time, I will expel her from the sect as a punishment." In Yu Yuanzhen's view, this was considered giving Tang San an explanation.
Yu Ruyan's old father was of the same generation as him. After all, he was still considered a direct descendant. For her to directly lose her life because of this matter, in his view, was too much. They, who were born in Heaven Dou, had long been accustomed to this kind of extravagant and debauched life. In private, the Heaven Dou nobility was much more chaotic than this. There were even people who believed, "Those who gave birth to me, I cannot. Those whom I gave birth to, I cannot. All others are permissible."
Hearing this, Tang San's heart was immediately even more annoyed. "You're saying you want to just let it go like this?! Let these two people live? What kind of joke is this!"
Yu Yuanzhen frowned. "Tang San! It's just a woman. You haven't even settled on an engagement. Just take it... just take it as buying a lesson. What's more, if you really like her, you should understand that a melon picked before it's ripe is not sweet."
"Ruyan's heart is clearly no longer with you. As for Dai Mubai, his identity is special. To pull one hair is to move the whole body. Dealing with him must be done with caution. For me to do this is already to maintain your dignity and interests to the greatest extent."
"Hehe," Tang San looked at Yu Ruyan's sad appearance and only felt that he was like a clown. He closed his eyes, his gaze sharp as he looked at Yu Ruyan. "You speak! What kind of person are you? All your love for me, was it all just an act?"
Hearing this, Yu Ruyan's figure trembled slightly. Tears flowed even more fiercely, but she did not raise her head to look at Tang San, just sobbed in a low voice.
"Tang San, I'm sorry... it's true that you gave me warmth when I was at my most difficult. But that was your own volition. Our... our relationship was built on a lie from the very beginning."
"I admit, I used you, because I wanted to get out of the predicament at that time, wanted to find a support. But I also paid a price. I lost my true heart, lost myself, and sank deeper and deeper into this false relationship."
"We are both people of the three upper sects. We should understand that feelings are the most humble of things. We should pursue what we truly want."
Speaking to the end, Yu Ruyan's voice had even become a little hoarse. "In the end!" Her eyes were full of grief. "Isn't it because you're no good in that aspect! Do you want me to be unhappy forever? This is all your fault! It was you who personally pushed me away! It's all your fault!"
Yu Yuanzhen looked at Tang San with a strange expression. He's already no good at this age?
Tang San's brain went "buzz." He only felt that everything was unreal. The Yu Ruyan who had been so gentle and lovable in the past, what was she saying now?
His face instantly turned ashen. He looked at Yu Ruyan in disbelief, as if he had been fiercely smashed in the chest by a heavy punch, the pain making him almost unable to breathe. Then, a boundless anger suddenly rose.
"What did you say?!" Tang San's voice was low. He stared fixedly at Yu Ruyan, a killing intent filling the air.
Yu Ruyan was frightened by Tang San's gaze and trembled, but she soon straightened her back again, as if defending herself. "Am I not right? You have never satisfied me, making me suffer greatly in this relationship. I just want to find my own happiness. What's wrong with that?!"
After speaking, as if she had used up all her strength, she slumped to the ground, her face full of despair and fatigue.
"I am with you. It doesn't mean I have to give you my body and soul. Don't be self-moved, don't break your own defense! Besides, haven't you also been thinking about that Xiao Wu who has never looked at you straight on? What right do you have to talk about me!"
Tang San's body trembled with anger. He gritted his teeth tightly. Yu Ruyan's words were like a sharp knife, accurately stabbing into the softest place in his heart that he was most unwilling to touch.
"Shut up!" Tang San roared, his voice containing an uncontrollable anger and pain. "You are not worthy of mentioning Xiao Wu! You and she cannot be compared at all!"
Yu Ruyan's words were undoubtedly rubbing salt in his wound. Xiao Wu, in his heart, was so pure and innocent, a sharp contrast to Yu Ruyan's betrayal. Tang San's heart at this moment was as if being torn apart in pain.
It was only because this Yu Ruyan had a face and figure that were ninety percent similar to the Xiao Wu in his memory!
Just now outside the window, he had personally seen the scene of Yu Ruyan and Dai Mubai fornicating. The lewd posture and sounds had made him burn with anger. He only felt that in the Divine Realm before his rebirth in this life, because he had been lost, the unwilling-to-be-lonely Xiao Wu was fornicating with Dai Mubai!!
Originally, he had accepted her only because Yu Ruyan and Xiao Wu looked alike. Now, the boomerang had come back!
"Yu Yuanzhen, I demand that you reconsider your decision. I cannot accept such an explanation. Dai Mubai and Yu Ruyan, they must pay a heavier price for their actions—death!"
Yu Yuanzhen pondered. As the Sect Master of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect, he had to consider more, including the face of the sect, the relationship with the Star Luo Empire, and how to handle this scandal to minimize the impact on the sect.
"Tang San, I understand your feelings, but you cannot be blinded by anger. The matter of Dai Mubai and Ruyan, I will handle it according to the rules of the sect and guarantee you a just result. But you cannot demand that I kill them directly. This is not in line with the laws of the sect and will also bring unnecessary trouble to the sect."
Tang San sneered, the anger in his heart even more blazing. "Alright, I will wait for your punishment result!" He gave a deep look at the two on the ground, turned around, and left.
The continuous collapse of his emotions had made his heart filled with evil thoughts and a bloodthirsty impulse. His martial soul was again reminding him that he needed to devour.
"To use a living person as a sacrifice... I haven't tried it again for a long time. I'll start with you two! This world, sure enough, does not have a pure land of its own. To become stronger is the truth. The difficulty of obtaining the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud is too great."
"I can only go to the Slaughter City in advance. Just right. Soul power and soul skills are sealed. All must die! Become the nourishment for my Blue Silver Grass!"
He did not choose to stay and argue with them. In his heart, he had already sentenced Dai Mubai and Yu Ruyan to death. Before Yu Yuanzhen's punishment was handed down, these two would be dead!
Tang San coldly glanced at the trembling maidservant outside the door. This one with a broken family, he roughly pulled the maidservant to one side. "Speak! Who did Yu Ruyan give her first time to?!"
Only now did he react. A woman with chastity, how could she have degenerated to this point so quickly? This fellow, before she was with him, probably had many things going on.
"Miss... Miss, she has many boyfriends. Young Master Tang, but only for you, did she specially go to have her membrane repaired. She has you in her heart..."
"Don't say anymore! Get lost!" The maidservant quickly ran away.
Tang San roared in anger, his two eyes crimson, panting like an ox. No wonder. He now suspected that Ma Hongjun had had who knows how many affairs with Yu Ruyan. The height of the hat he was wearing could already break through the atmosphere of the Douluo Star!
A crazy plan quietly took shape in his heart.
In the end, there was simply nothing here that he needed for his improvement. On the contrary, because there were too many people and eyes, the devouring ability of his martial soul could not be normally displayed. To stay here was only because of Yu Ruyan. And now, the only reason to stay was also gone.
His gaze was icy. "Tonight is your death date!"
Yu Yuanzhen looked at the departing Tang San and was silent for a long time. He frowned, and with one slap, he hit Yu Ruyan's face, scolding, "Ruyan, you are muddle-headed! What is Tang San's status? Isn't he stronger than this Dai Mubai? Didn't I ask you to properly control Tang San back then? How can you not control yourself?!"
"Your means are so powerful. Hurry up and think if you can get Tang San back!"
The weak-breathed Dai Mubai: ... He rolled his eyes and fainted.
Yu Ruyan coughed out a mouthful of blood, a sneer in her heart. Control? I want the Clear Sky Sect, Star Luo, and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect to all be shamed! No wonder he said to spare her life, for a delay. It turned out he was thinking of having her go and get Tang San back.
Yu Yuanzhen sighed with frustration. "First, transmit the news of your and Tang San's separation to the sect. Just say that Dai Mubai wanted to forcibly possess you and was discovered by Tang San. Tang San felt you were dirty and thus didn't want you. This way, the impact will be smaller."
Dai Mubai was taken away to receive treatment. And Yu Yuanzhen was earnestly persuading Yu Ruyan to go and admit her mistake, to use her means to get Tang San back.
"You just made a mistake that every woman makes. Just looking at the way you were handling him when you were plotting, this fellow is very likely to believe you."
The maidservant outside suddenly rushed in. "Sect Master, it's not good! I don't know why, but it's being spread outside that Dai Mubai is Miss Ruyan's true love, her first love."
"Tang San was later, because he had rescued Miss Ruyan from the hands of Ji Boda, that she had him be with her to repay his kindness with her body. Tang San is the third party."
Yu Yuanzhen's eyes widened. "Where did this rumor come from?"
"I don't know. Suddenly, it seems the entire sect is spreading it. I just heard someone talking about it in a low voice. As a result, when I asked, this news has been secretly spreading in the sect for a long time. The notice you just issued directly caused this news to start spreading rapidly on the surface!"
"And it's getting more and more intense. Now there are even rumors saying that Star Luo wants to shame the Clear Sky Sect, and that our Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect wants to take this opportunity to kill a Star Luo prince! There are even more other versions!"
Yu Yuanzhen was greatly shocked. He abruptly stood up, his gaze like a torch, an ominous premonition welling up in his heart. These rumors were undoubtedly a heavy blow to the reputation of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect, and even more so, pushed the relationship between the sect and the Star Luo Empire to the brink.
More importantly, Tang San and the Clear Sky Sect! He hadn't even thought about how to make amends, and then this happened?
"Investigate! Investigate for me to the end who is spreading these rumors!" Yu Yuanzhen was furious. He knew very well the difficulty of controlling rumors. Once they started, they were like a wildfire, difficult to extinguish.
Yu Ruyan sat on the ground, a sneer on the corner of her mouth. She was secretly pleased in her heart. All of this was meticulously planned by her. She not only wanted Tang San to be in pain, but also wanted the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect, the Clear Sky Sect, and the Star Luo Empire to lose all face because of her.
At the same time, to completely shatter the state of mind of this fellow, Tang San. Having lost such a good seedling, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect would surely suffer a major blow from the other two families.
As an illegitimate daughter, her mother had died, and her so-called father had come. Only after seeing her beauty did he bring her back. She would never forget that disgusting gaze. This was her counter-attack against this wretched family!
"Heh, a group of idiots."
Yu Yuanzhen looked at Yu Ruyan's sneer, an indescribable anger and disappointment welling up in his heart.
"Ruyan, do you even know what you are doing?" Yu Yuanzhen roared. He grabbed Yu Ruyan and questioned her in a cold voice, "These rumors, were they spread by you?"
Yu Ruyan was frightened by Yu Yuanzhen's momentum and trembled, but she soon calmed down. "Sect Master, what are you talking about? How could I possibly spread these rumors? I am the victim!"
Yu Yuanzhen looked at her innocent appearance, his heart even more angry.
"Alright, I will believe you for now," Yu Yuanzhen released his hand and said in a cold voice. "But you must remember, no matter what you have done, you are a person of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect. The honor and disgrace of the sect are closely related to you. If, because of your reasons, the sect is damaged, I will absolutely not let you off lightly!"
After speaking, Yu Yuanzhen turned and left, leaving Yu Ruyan alone on the spot, sneering. She knew that her plan was already more than half successful.
A figure walking within the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect, his heart growing colder and colder. His name was Tang San. He was called "Xiao San" by those who knew him. The result was that today, this sect was actually saying he really was "Xiao San"?
To turn right and wrong upside down, to distort the facts, to fabricate rumors—the source of all this, Tang San already had an answer in his heart. He sneered, his steps firm. Every step seemed to be trampling on the hypocrisy and betrayal. In his eyes, besides coldness, there was even more of a determination.
"Yu Ruyan, Dai Mubai, do you really think I will just let this go?" Tang San secretly swore in his heart. His martial soul, the Blue Silver Grass, gently swayed around him, as if also responding to his anger. "I will let you know that the price of betrayal is not something you can bear."
Night fell. The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect was a sheet of tranquility, with only the occasional chirping of insects breaking this peace. Tang San's figure, like a ghost, disappeared from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect, unnoticed by anyone.
In the room, Yu Ruyan was combing her hair in front of a mirror. A smug smile was on her face, as if she were full of confidence in her own plan. However, she did not know that the god of death had already quietly descended.
A rustling sound was heard.
Yu Ruyan turned around in terror, only to see "Tang San" standing behind her, his two eyes like torches, his killing intent surging. She wanted to scream but found that her throat seemed to be choked by an invisible hand, unable to make a single sound.
"You... cough."
This was a clone transformed from a seed left by Tang San's Blue Silver Grass. It was a soul skill that Tang San, after obtaining his Soul Vein and using his outstanding wisdom, had with great difficulty comprehended during this period of time.
He had regarded this means as his trump card and had once endlessly marveled at his own worldly wisdom. This was the reason why his Blue Silver Grass's effects were ever-new. Besides binding, it could later become a Tyrant's Spear. Then now, it could become a clone!
Countless sharp thorns stabbed into Yu Ruyan's body. In the distance, Tang San's eyes showed a demonic and intoxicated color. Yu Ruyan's desperate gaze gradually dimmed, the fire of her life slowly extinguished in pain and fear.
In the past, he had only devoured flesh and blood. This time, not even the bones were left. Tang San's clone slowly dissipated.
"Hmph hmph, heh heh, hahaha, hahaha!"
He covered his eyes and threw his head back and laughed for a long time. His blood-red eyes and the blood color on his body made his entire person look somewhat ferocious and terrifying.
"How wonderful! This human body's qi and blood! This world, sure enough, only I possess a noble and kind soul. Only I am pure and innocent!" he licked the corner of his mouth, looking at the cheering Dark Blue Silver Grass in his hand, the corner of his lips lifting. "Next, Dai Mubai!"
The next morning, Tang San had already disappeared.
And the maidservant, after checking Yu Ruyan's room the next day, her expression darkened. She secretly transmitted a list out. This list was of all the men who had had an affair with Yu Ruyan.
Among them, there were many Heaven Dou nobles, and even imperial relatives. And even more so, there were some in her own sect who had a blood relationship with her.
One move to kill three. Emperor Ruyan was terrifying!