Nine Yang Sword Saint
chapter-146

Chapter 146: Extremely Despicable, Using Wisdom to Defraud Wu Xingwen!

Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales

Wu Xingwen fell silent.

“Say it!” Mu Lianyi screamed.

“I did everything for you!” Wu Xingwen yelled out.

“Rumble…” The surface of the ground suddenly trembled. A powerful force surged from the bottom of the abyss.

“For me?” Mu Lianyi sneered and said, “Wu Xingwen. Do you think I am some three-year-old child?”

“I am going to take this Fire Immunity Chilling Pearl and exchange for my freedom.” Wu Xingwen let out a miserable smile and said, “I have said that once I have some accomplishments, I will come back and marry you as an illustrious individual. I have done it, by leading a thousand-men cavalry three days ago, wielding an artifact sword, wearing golden armor, and appearing in front of you. It is incomparably awe-inspiring and dazzling, but do you know the cost of it? I obtained all those by being a gigolo, by being a human pet for that frivolous and malicious widow from the Northwest Qin Clan. She recommended me to become a sword slave for the Qin Clan’s Young Lord; it was her who recommended me to become the Vice Commander of the Blazing Fire Cavalry. I used such despicable methods to exchange for my current status and glory.”

As soon as he finished explaining, Wu Xingwen’s sword dropped on the ground. It felt as though he was in despair and had lost sight of himself while his tears were overflowing.

“How did this happen? How did this happen?” Mu Lianyi shivered.

“Hehe… I didn’t want it to be like this either. I woke up one day and noticed that I was laying down beside that widow. They had given me an enormous amount of drugs, and she threatened that if I didn’t comply with her, she would kill my parents and send someone to rape you.” Wu Xingwen trembled as he spoke, “What do you want me to do? What can I do? I complied with her, and she gave me everything. But, I have been thinking of all ways to escape from her, and now I finally have the chance. The number one prodigy of the Evil Dao, Temple of Blood’s princess, Dugu Fengwu, had announced to the world that she required the Fire Immunity Chilling Pearl. She was willing to give everything in exchange for the pearl, that included the Evil Dao’s most evil and sacred, Evil Soul Art!”

After hearing this, Yang Dingtian’s heart shook for an instant, but his face remained emotionless.

What did Dugu Fengwu want the Fire Chilling Pearl for? Did she also want to go to the Fire Cloud Devil Cave to forge her soul sword?

While considering her age, it was just about time for her to forge her soul sword, as one had to take a few years to excavate enough blood black gold personally.

Wu Xingwen continued, “The Evil Soul Art is something that all the prestigious factions would be terror-stricken at upon hearing it. It is also very desirable to certain people at the same time. One of them is my master, the Qin Clan’s Young Lord. It just happened that he happened to find out that you have the Fire Immunity Chilling Pearl. Originally, the Qin Clan’s Young Lord was going to send someone to kill you and steal the Fire Immunity Chilling Pearl, but how could I bear to let him hurt you. Hence, I obtained a military order from him and asked him to let me handle the mission of obtaining the Fire Immunity Chilling Pearl. If I can get it and offer it to him, he would bestow me with freedom and no longer let that widow dominate me. I will then be able to marry you. But, if I cannot obtain the Fire Immunity Chilling Pearl, then… then I will be submitted to dismemberment.”

Upon hearing the word ‘dismemberment,’ Mu Lianyi’s delicate body shivered.

“Then why didn’t you tell me clearly? You knew that I would give anything to you. Why did you have to resort to such methods just to obtain the Fire Immunity Chilling Pearl?” Mu Lianyi responded. This time, she couldn’t help but speak in a gentle voice.

Wu Xingwen then revealed a miserable smile and said, “If you are a man, would you be willing to be a good-for-nothing and ask for a treasure from the woman you love? I want to maintain my glorious and dazzling image in front of you. I would rather die than to show you my ugly and desperate side.”

“Fool, you are really a fool…” Mu Lianyi spoke with a sobbing voice, “I love you as a person, not your status or your glory. I just want to live a peaceful and happy life. I love freedom, and I dislike glory. You should have asked me directly. I will immediately hand you the Fire Immunity Chilling Pearl without any further question.”

Wu Xingwen shook his head and spoke in a mournful voice, “It’s too late, too late. I have already shown you my utterly ugly side. Everything is too late for me. There is no hope left for me.”

As he finished his words, Wu Xingwen picked up the sharp sword and suddenly drew it across his neck.

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“Noo…” Mu Lianyi cried out and immediately threw herself towards Wu Xingwen and snatched the sharp blade from his neck. She didn’t even mind that the blade had sliced a wound on her hand.

“Mu Lianyu, don’t go over!” Yang Dingtian interrupted with a shout.

“I don’t need your concern. Get lost!” Mu Lianyi turned around and yelled at Yang Dingtian.

Afterward, she gently stroked Wu Xingwen’s dashing face and said, “Xingwen, nothing is too late for us. I don’t care about your past. I will give you the Fire Immunity Chilling Pearl, and you can offer it to that dogshit Qin Clan Young Lord, then ask him to give back your freedom. We will then go to an uninhabited place to live the rest of our lives in bliss.”

As Mu Lianyi spoke, she pushed the Fire Immunity Chilling Pearl into Wu Xingwen’s hand.

“Yang Dingtian, I’m sorry. I have changed my mind. I will hand this Fire Immunity Chilling Pearl to the man that I have been waiting for five years,” Mu Lianyi turned around and said to Yang Dingtian.

Yang Dingtian let out a sigh. His eyes were looking towards the sky while he let out a bitter smile.

Wu Xingwen received the Fire Immunity Chilling Pearl while looking at Mu Lianyi with a complicated expression, before looking at the Fire Immunity Chilling Pearl again. He shook his head and said, “Lianyi, it is all too late, too late!”

As he spoke, he slowly took the sword from Mu Lianyi’s hand.

Mu Lianyi cried and said, “It’s not too late. It’s not too late. As long as we are mutually in love, nothing is too late.”

“No, it is too late.” Wu Xingwen said slowly, “You have already seen my hideous side, so everything is too late.”

Wu Xingwen suddenly placed the sharp sword on Mu Lianyi’s neck.

Mu Lianyi was utterly shocked. She didn’t even know what had happened and was lost for words for a moment.

Wu Xingwen sneered and said, “You have seen my true hideous face. Hence, everything is too late. You have to die now.”

Subsequently, Wu Xingwen continued saying, “Most of the things that I said earlier was true, but there was a portion that was false. I was a human pet for that Northwest Qin Clan’s widow, but I wasn’t forced, as I did it willingly. In fact, I even begged for it. I served her like a dog and got her favor. I was able to achieve this meteoric rise because I was favored by her and obtained the position that I have today. Furthermore, I wanted this Fire Immunity Chilling Pearl for myself and not for the Qin Clan’s Young Lord. Because I want to use the Fire Immunity Chilling Pearl to exchange the Evil Soul Art with Dugu Fengwu.”

For an instant, Mu Lianyi felt as though she was struck by a thunderbolt and lost all her senses.

“There is something else, I knew about it in advance that Tuoba Ye forced your marriage, but I didn’t stop it because I wanted to get the Fire Immunity Chilling Pearl through his hands. Of course, I had another plan. That was to appear as a savior when Tuoba Ye forced all of you into desperation and let you utterly fall in love with me.” Wu Xingwen then said, “I didn’t expect for Yan Nantian to interrupt and foil my plan. He had taken away half of the limelight that I should have received for being the great savior.”

Mu Lianyi felt as though her life slowly returned, but her entire face had lost all vigor. She looked at Wu Xingwen and spoke softly, “Then, why didn’t you just ask for the Fire Immunity Chilling Pearl from me?”

“I didn’t think you will give it to me.” Wu Xingwen said, “In fact, I tried hinting you, but you pretended that you didn’t hear it.”

Mu Lianyi shook her head and said, “I don’t even know when did you hint me. But as long as you said you want the Fire Immunity Chilling Pearl, I would have given it to you.”

At this moment, Wu Xingwen was startled. He sighed and said, “After staying in the dark for such a long time, I have already assumed that everyone was similarly sinister. I judged people based on my own emotions and assumed that you would never hand over such a treasure to anyone. Thus, I stalked you in the dark and waited for you to come and take the Fire Immunity Chilling Pearl; I will then snatch it away with my mask on. It was originally flawless, but when I heard Yang Dingtian’s name, I was shocked for a moment and forgot to conceal my voice and revealed a flaw. I am here for two objectives. The first is to obtain the Fire Immunity Chilling Pearl. The second is to look for Yang DIngtian and kill him. Who would have expected that I could kill two birds with one stone? Hence, when you screamed out Yang Dingtian’s name, how could I not be excited and forget about everything?”

Yang Dingtian couldn’t help but say, “I didn’t expect myself to be of such importance.”

Wu Xingwen said, “You have utterly crippled Qin Shaobai. Right now, the Northwest Qin Clan has put you on a wanted list. Whoever that was able to bring your head back to the Qin Clan Head could become a son-in-law for the Qin Clan and marry the Qin Clan Head’s fourth daughter. How could I not be mad for that?”

Mu Lianyi let out a desolated smile and said, “You are going crazy just because you can marry Northwest Qin Clan’s Fourth Young Lady?”

“Of course.” Wu Xingwen said, “In terms of looks, she isn’t inferior to you. In terms of status, she might just be a daughter of a concubine, but her status is still hundreds and thousands fold nobler than you. Any man in the world would know which to choose. Of course, with regards to you, it will always be a throb in my head, a memory that I will never be able to wipe off. But everything is too late now. I have already taken off my pretense and revealed my hideous face.”

Mu Lianyi instantly laughed with despair and said, “Yes, it is too late. Your hideousness has shown how foolish I am. Then, what are you going to do?”

Wu Xingwen said, “Since I have already ripped off my pretense, then I will be shameless to the end. I am going to kill Yang Dingtian and claim my reward at the Northwest Qin Clan and marry the Qin Clan’s Fourth Young Lady. As for you, I will take you as my concubine, as my mistress, or even a servant. You have a great figure that I have been craving for a long time.”

Mu Lianyi laughed with despair again. “Then, what if I don’t agree?”

Wu Xingwen replied, “I will use your father’s life to threaten you.”

Mu Lianyi laughed as she vomited fresh blood. She looked at Yang Dingtian and said, “Yang Dingtian, Young Lord… How foolish can I be? Why am I so foolish? I must be blind. My eyes must be utterly blind…”

“Young Lord, I will serve you as a slave in my next life and repay your kindness to me. For this life, would you please forgive for my rude behavior earlier,” As she finished her statement, Mu Lianyi suddenly raised her palm to slam on her forehead, and she wanted to kill herself resolutely.

“Bang!”

But, before her palm could hit on her forehead, Wu Xingwen chopped her from behind and knocked Mu Lianyi out before tossing her to the side.

“Now, it is time to settle you.” Wu Xingwen gently swung his sword and spoke to Yang Dingtian, “I am a five-star Great Mystic Martial Master. I am not going to use any mystic skills and just thrust at your head. Do you think I can kill you in three moves?”

Yang Dingtian spread his hands and replied, “Of course you can. I have yet to recover fully, and I don’t even have half my mystic qi. A single move is more than enough for you to kill me.”

Yang Dingtian didn’t speak an ounce of lies. Wu Xingwen was viciously intelligent, and if he really wanted to kill Yang Dingtian, there would be no chance of mistake.

“Then, let’s begin.” Wu Xingwen sneered and said, “I will allow you to make a move first and let you die as a hero.”

Yang Dingtian wielded the sharp sword and said, “There are two scenarios. Would the rewards be better if you bring my head back or if you capture me back alive and offer to the Qin Clan Head?”

“Of course it would be to capture you alive,” Wu Xingwen said.

“Alright then, I surrender,” Yang Dingtian replied and threw his sword on the ground.

Wu Xingwen couldn’t help but got a shock. He then laughed loudly and said, “Everyone praised Yang Dingtian as a great hero, and that he was fearless of death. But it is certainly better to see for oneself than to listen to rumors, uh? Who would have thought Yang Dingtian to be a man who is only interested in saving his own neck?”

“Being alive is definitely better than being dead.” Yang Dingtian laughed and said, “Furthermore, I want to make a deal with you.”

“Haha…” Wu Xingwen laughed loudly again and said, “With the current you? What can you deal with me?”

“If I didn’t guess it wrong, you are going to take this Fire Immunity Chilling Pearl and exchange it for the Evil Soul Art with Dugu Fengwu, right?” Yang Dingtian asked.

“So what if it is?” Wu Xingwen laughed and said, “But just because you know this secret, you will have to die, Yang Dingtian.”

Yang Dingtian smiled and replied, “Are you going to deal with Dugu Fengwu? Do you think it will be successful? There is a 100% chance that once you hand over the Fire Immunity Chilling Pearl, Dugu Fengwu will dismember you into pieces. Back at the Willow Silk Manor, Dugu Fengwu killed hundreds of people in front of my and Dongfang Bingling. At Land of Chaos, simply because her little sister got slightly bullied, she slaughtered the whole town that had thousands of people. Do you think a demon woman like her would deal with you according to the rules?”

Once Yang Dingtian said this, Wu Xingwen’s face changed abruptly.

Yang Dingtian spoke with the finest details. If Qin Huaiyu were the one dealing with Dugu Fengwu, it might be successful, because Qin Huaiyu’s cultivation was around the same level as Dugu Fengwu. But if Wu Xingwen were to deal himself, it would surely be seeking for death.

“So what?” Wu Xingwen suddenly laughed heartily, “You have reminded me that I should simply hand this Fire Immunity Chilling Pearl to Young Lord Qin and you to Qin Clan Head. This way, I will definitely be able to marry the Qin Clan’s Fourth Young Lady. Thank you very much.”

“You are welcome.” Yang Dingtian smiled lightly and said, “But… if you had a choice. Between the Evil Soul Art and becoming the son-in-law of the Qin Clan. Which will you choose?”

Wu Xingwen’s face turned as he smiled and said, “Rubbish. Of course, it is the Evil Soul Art. It is one of the supreme arts of the world, and with it, I will become incomparably strong. What beauty or authority will I not be able to obtain? But didn’t you mention that with my strength, it would be impossible to obtain the Evil Soul Art from Dugu Fengwu?”

“You might not be able to get it by dealing with her.” Yang Dingtian spoke indifferently, “But if you deal with me, you can obtain the Evil Soul Art!”

Once Wu Xingwen heard this, his expression drastically changed.