"Why did you let him go?"
Su Yunying looked at Shen Zhao with confusion and bewilderment, seeing Lin Feng leave.
Shen Zhao smiled slightly. "It's too easy to just kill him like that. I don't want him to die so easily."
Su Yunying's expression softened upon hearing this. "Boss Shen, it seems like you really dislike this guy?"
"A man who looks like a human but acts like a dog. It's hard not to dislike him."
"Pfft—"
Su Yunying burst out laughing, returning to her demure, maidenly appearance.
"Shen Zhao, where have you been for the past two months? We were really worried about you."
"It's a long story. What about you? Why aren't you at the Yun Clan Estate?"
"Something happened at the Yun Clan Estate. When we went there, we couldn't find a single person."
"Hmm? Is that so?"
"Yeah, it felt like everyone in the Yun Clan Estate disappeared overnight. They didn't even take anything from the treasure vault.
Later, we heard that the Four Extremities Mountain Secret Realm had opened, so we came here to see if we could meet up with you, Shen Zhao."
Shen Zhao fell into deep thought, trying to find clues about the Yun Clan Estate from his memories of the previous nine lives.
However, no matter how hard he tried, he still couldn't remember what exactly had happened to the Yun Clan Estate at this point in time.
"It's settled then. This is good. From now on, the Yun Clan Estate will also be your home."
"Huh?"
Su Yunying was a little puzzled.
Shen Zhao smiled. "Don't you want to be an empress? Without your own power, how can you become an empress?"
Su Yunying stuck out her tongue. "Actually, I don't want to be an empress for the sake of power."
"When that day comes, you won't have a choice." Shen Zhao said, "Little girl, you must remember what the empress's duty is.
When you reach that day, the heavy responsibility on your shoulders will no longer be your own, but all the living beings under your rule. Their lives and deaths are in your hands.
Every step you take will affect their survival. You must be well prepared."
Hearing Shen Zhao's earnest words, a trace of confusion and doubt flashed in Su Yunying's eyes.
After a long while, she cautiously tugged at Shen Zhao's sleeve: "Shen-laoda, how about we forget it? I don't want to be that what-you-call-it empress anymore. I think it suits me better to be a little girl who just eats and waits to die."
"Forget it? How can that be? I've invested so much in you, I don't want it to go down the drain. Let's go see what the inheritance here is."
With that, Shen Zhao went to the giant statue and began to examine it closely.
"See anything?"
"Hmm."
"What?"
"The statue's appearance is a bit ugly; it doesn't fit my aesthetic."
"..."
Su Yunying rolled her eyes and then began to wander around the statue.
Suddenly, she exclaimed, "Shen Zhao, come and see! There's a really strange chair here."
With that, Su Yunying was about to sit down.
"Don't touch it!"
Shen Zhao's eyes were quick, and he pulled Su Yunying back into his arms.
Caught off guard, Su Yunying's face pressed tightly against Shen Zhao's chest.
Listening to the lively heartbeat, a blush immediately bloomed on Su Yunying's cheeks.
"Alright, stop fooling around."
Just as Su Yunying was lost in this "haven of tenderness," Shen Zhao pulled himself together and went to the chair to examine it.
The chair's four legs were tightly secured by four iron chains. Above the chains were four arms, each hand gripping an iron chain, as if locking up a terrifying monster.
In an instant, Shen Zhao understood: "It's a good thing you didn't sit on it; otherwise, you'd be in trouble."
"What do you mean?"
"This chair seals the remnant soul of an ancient figure, and it is definitely a product of a mother in a state of quantum superposition between life and death. Once someone sits on it, their body will be taken over."
"Body snatching? How terrifying."
Su Yunying covered her mouth and exclaimed in surprise.
Shen Zhao thought for a moment, then looked at the unconscious Yuwen Wuji, whose limbs had been severed, and immediately had an idea.
He leaned over and whispered a few words in Su Yunying's ear. Then, Su Yunying decisively took out Lone Goose (Spear).
The next moment, Shen Zhao directly threw Yuwen Wuji onto a chair.
Instantly, the originally still statue began to shake violently, and the chains vibrated with a "buzzing" sound.
"Where am I? I... ah..."
A jet-black gas suddenly emanated from the statue's forehead, transforming into a ghostly face in the air that quickly vanished into Yuwen Wuji's mind.
"No, I... save me..."
Yuwen Wuji struggled desperately, but because his limbs were cut off, he could only helplessly cry out to Shen Zhao and Su Yunying for help.
Gradually, his eyes turned blood red, and his hair was stained with blood, making him look as terrifying as a ghost.
After about the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, the four iron chains shattered simultaneously.
Yuwen Wuji's voice changed at this moment: "Hehehe, hahahaha, two ten thousand years, I finally..."
But before he could finish, Su Yunying directly pierced his heart with her spear.
"You... you... dare..."
"So much nonsense. I'm very sorry to tell you that you are the boss with the lowest sense of existence in history!"
"I damn..."
Shen Zhao immediately followed up with another slash.
Poor thing, this unknown great god who had just possessed a body for a few seconds. Before he could even finish a sentence after being reborn, he completely ended his meaningless and utterly fruitless life.
As the possessor died, Yuwen Wuji's body immediately vaporized, leaving behind a black jade token.
Shen Zhao gave Su Yunying a look, then stepped forward and grasped the jade token.
In the next moment, the contents of the jade token surged into his mind like a tide.
"Evil Emperor's Martial Canon."
"Jail Dragon Three Techniques."
"Mourning God Technique."
"Myriad Ghosts' Lament."
The Evil Emperor's Martial Canon flooded Shen Zhao's mind, a massive pressure nearly suffocating him.
After a long while, having absorbed the jade token's contents, Shen Zhao didn't hesitate, decisively crushing it.
"This kind of insane, evil technique will ultimately harm both oneself and others. The so-called inheritance is nothing more than a trap."
Seeing Shen Zhao's expression, Su Yunying quickly comforted him, "Shen-laoda, are you alright?"
Shen Zhao shook his head, "I almost fell for it. This inheritance is an evil cultivation technique. Its power is only slightly weaker than the Lightning Five-Strike, so it's best not to learn it."
Su Yunying didn't doubt him at all. "Mm, I believe Shen-laoda."
Shen Zhao nodded, "Let's go find Liang Hao and the others to see how things are going."
After the inheritance just now, Shen Zhao finally understood where Lin Feng's cultivation, which was both righteous and evil in his previous life, came from.
However, now that the inheritance was destroyed, Lin Feng could no longer obtain these things.
Shen Zhao wondered how difficult Lin Feng's future days would be without the Evil Emperor's inheritance.
As for himself, he didn't even bother to practice these unorthodox methods. The techniques he had obtained over nine lifetimes, after being improved by himself, had long since developed into his own brand-new set of moves.
On the other side, Liang Hao, fighting one against two, was actually not at a disadvantage at all.
The three of them had the same cultivation level and fought to a standstill. Finally, they all ran out of spiritual energy and separated to confront each other.
"What? Is this all the Clear Sky Sect has? You two weaklings are already done for so quickly?"
Liang Hao seized the opportunity to mock them, not giving Li Changqing and Chen Xuanfeng any face at all.
Li and Chen were also puzzled. Why, even though they were both at the first rank of the Nirvana Realm, couldn't they defeat Liang Hao even when they joined forces?
In truth, this was due to the effects of the Dragon Essence tempering his meridians and qi sea, which allowed him to continuously supply spiritual energy. At the same cultivation level, as long as Liang Hao wasn't instantly killed, the spiritual energy and stamina he consumed would rapidly recover.
"Liang Hao, don't be so smug. After all, you're only one person."
"Tch, the facts prove that I alone can beat you two together. Shouldn't you guys give my strength a thumbs up?"
"Once we recover our strength, it'll be your death day!"
"I'm afraid you won't recover as quickly as I do. This Saint Son is showing mercy and will send you to the Western Paradise now."
With that, Liang Hao activated the Dragon Transformation Technique and directly attacked the two of them.
Neither Chen nor Li had anticipated Liang Hao's recovery to be so astonishing. They hastily circulated their energy to defend, and the two sides quickly entered a new round of combat.
After the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, seeing that neither side could do anything to the other, Li Changqing took the initiative to speak, "Let's not fight anymore, Brother Liang. I've thought it over carefully. If we keep fighting like this, we'll only hurt each other. How about we stop here and each look for our own opportunities?"
But Liang Hao wouldn't let it go, "What, you two weaklings can't handle it anymore? Seeing how difficult it is for you to even get up, this Saint Son seriously doubts if your brains were kicked by a donkey to come and cause trouble for me.
I admire your courage, but that's all it amounts to. If you want to stop, you can. Kneel down and apologize to me, and call me Grandpa a couple of times. Grandpa might consider letting you live."
"You, surnamed Liang, don't be so shameless. Do you really think you have a chance of winning?"
"The facts are right in front of you. You two small fries are just too weak."
"Are you really going to fight to the death?"
"Life and death are nothing to me! If you're not convinced, bring it on!"
Liang Hao attacked again, directly putting Chen and Li in a difficult situation.
The Dragon Essence's restorative effect was truly astonishing; in just a few breaths, Liang Hao's depleted spiritual energy was restored to sixty percent.
Now it was Chen and Li's turn to doubt their lives.
They couldn't understand why, despite both being at the first rank of the Nirvana Realm, Liang Hao seemed to get stronger the longer he fought, while they struggled to keep up with the pace after such an intense battle.
After a barrage of cheap special effects in mid-air, Chen Xuanfeng and Li Changqing knew they were doomed if they continued.
With the understanding that further delay meant certain defeat, the two feinted a move and decisively fled towards the Thunder Extremity Land.
"Trying to escape? Not so easy."
How could Liang Hao be willing to let these two small fries go? He immediately activated the Dragon Transformation Technique, condensing two strands of dragon qi and blasting them towards his opponents.
Chen and Li joined forces to block the attack, and finally, blood trickled from the corners of their mouths.
The moment he landed, Liang Hao went straight into close-quarters combat, unleashing all the fighting techniques he'd seen at the boxing club.
This caught the other two completely off guard.
Because in the cultivation world, battles mainly relied on releasing spiritual energy to attack enemies, and few people practiced low-level close-combat techniques.
Soon, Liang Hao used a shoulder throw, completely ending the fight.
At the same time, Shen Zhao and Su Yunying finally arrived.
"Big Brother, I've finally seen you again. Look, I took on two of them and easily beat up these two trash."
Seeing Shen Zhao, Liang Hao couldn't help but show off his achievements.
Shen Zhao was also speechless. This Liang Hao really couldn't stand a day without seeking attention.
Looking at the two guys on the ground, looking like dead dogs, Shen Zhao just sighed. "They'll be useful if we take them. We should head back."
"Alright!"
Without another word, Liang Hao hoisted Chen Xuanfeng and Li Changqing over his shoulders, one in each hand, and followed closely behind Shen Zhao and Su Yunying.
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