Chapter 48 048 This child is capable of murder...
Shen Zhiwei was speechless and choked with emotion. Did she have to kill someone to steal the pearl and forcibly change its owner? And there was a child present.
Although Shen Zhiwei was not usually particular about such things, she was still a little embarrassed in front of the children.
Moreover, doing so might provoke other cultivators on site, causing infighting among the trapped cultivators, which is not a good strategy.
She proceeded step by step, creating momentum and coercing him in various ways. It's not that she didn't anticipate Jiang Bin's madness.
However, Shen Xiaochun's presence at the scene was indeed unexpected by Shen Zhiwei, something she had not anticipated.
With her daughter present, Shen Zhiwei naturally felt somewhat constrained and couldn't help but want to complain about which genius came up with the idea of letting a junior cultivator from Tianyuan Mansion come to the second level of heaven to gain experience.
The answer to this question was quickly found.
Rong Ying was completely bewildered and confessed to herself, "If it weren't for my arrangements, how could Tang'er have come to this lower realm?"
Shen Zhiwei couldn't help but sigh, "As expected of you, but now is not the time to dwell on these things."
Just as she was about to offer further advice, a gasp rippled through the crowd. Rong Ying's face contorted slightly in shock, piquing Shen Zhiwei's curiosity.
Shen Zhiwei also unconsciously turned her head to look.
The demonic beasts outside the formation parted like a tide, as if welcoming some ferocious creature, creating a path.
A figure as large as a small mountain slowly approached; it was none other than the Black-scaled Beast.
This ferocious beast has quite a record in the four realms. The only reason is that it has only devoured two half-immortal cultivators, making it a top-tier beast.
With such a fearsome reputation, it wouldn't be surprising if someone were scared to death, not to mention the cultivators trapped on the spot were like frightened birds.
Jiang Bin hovered in mid-air, looking at the panicked crowd inside the formation, especially Rong Ying's expression of shock and anger, and laughed even more heartily: "Fairy Rong, your Heavenly Grade Formation Bead is indeed extraordinary, but what a pity! It can't stop these guests I invited for you!"
Jiang Bin, whose mind was already twisted, was now greatly satisfied with his perverse desires. The roses on the parasol looked even more vibrant amidst the stench of blood: "Didn't you want to investigate me? Didn't you want to convict me? Today I'll let you taste what it's like to be torn apart by demonic beasts!"
His voice carried a chilling coldness, which spread in all directions along with the roar of the demonic beast, making everyone in the formation feel a chill in their hearts.
However, the disciples of the Liuli Pavilion still harbored illusions about their Pavilion Master.
Although Shen Zhiwei made it clear that everyone was a sacrifice, these disciples of the Liuli Pavilion still harbored a sliver of hope.
The disciples knelt down one after another, pleading, "We are all loyal to the Pavilion Master and are willing to serve him."
Shen Zhiwei said that Jiang Bin had been scheming, but none of the disciples of Liuli Pavilion present listened to her.
These disciples, having just encountered this incident, were still relatively naive and believed that Jiang Bin's sudden madness was caused by being forced into a corner.
If Shen Zhiwei hadn't already reached the level of a half-immortal, they probably would have wanted to kill her to please the Pavilion Master.
But the next moment, these random passersby were immediately proven wrong.
Jiang Bin stopped pretending: "It doesn't matter if it's others, but the loss of a young lady from the Rong family, and so many minor cultivators from Tianyuan Mansion, and the offense against the Rong family's sword immortal and the Xie family's sect leader, means that Liuli Pavilion will have to compensate a few disciples. That's what makes the story, isn't it?"
The disciples of the Glazed Pavilion were heartbroken, their faces pale and filled with wailing. Although the lives of the disciples of the second level were as worthless as grass, and everyone was used to turning a blind eye to the dying and bullying others, it was still quite saddening when it came to their own death.
Ignoring his lackeys, Jiang Bin casually turned his gaze to Shen Zhiwei: "Is Sect Leader Shen satisfied?"
Shen Zhiwei's back wound started to sting, but she didn't seem to care much.
When Jiang Bin asked this question, Shen Zhiwei pondered for a moment and then looked like she was thinking seriously: "Although there was a Black Scaled Beast, it was probably not this creature that killed the Yao Guang Sect Master. I wonder what methods Pavilion Master Jiang used?"
Her question was quite logical. If it were a Blackscale Beast, it could kill the Yao Guang Sect Master, but it couldn't remain silent.
This fight is bound to be noisy and will inevitably attract the attention of the Yao Guang Sect disciples.
Shen Zhiwei had briefly asked Mei Wei about it, but Mei Wei hadn't actually heard anything.
Shen Zhiwei, with her strong thirst for knowledge, asked directly any questions that arose in her mind: "Why did it all happen so quietly? It seems that the Yaoguang Sect Master has disintegrated."
Jiang Bin's expression changed, looking quite unpleasant, clearly indicating he was not very satisfied.
Shen Zhiwei's intense thirst for knowledge was not what he wanted to see. Just like that day when Shen Zhiwei was calm in front of Lin Xue'an, and then Lin Xue'an inexplicably disappeared.
Jiang Bin wished he could tear apart Shen Zhiwei's nonchalant calm and make her cry bitterly.
He gave a cold laugh, his expression slightly chilling and quite frightening.
Unable to get the result he wanted, Jiang Bin simply remained silent.
Regardless of the pleas and curses of those around him, Jiang Bin's expression remained as still as a dry well, utterly unmoved. He cared nothing for them now; these people before him were lifeless objects in his eyes.
Helpless, Shen Zhiwei turned to Rong Ying and said, "Fairy Rong, you should quickly activate the array beads to defend yourself."
Unexpectedly, Rong Ying's mental fortitude was truly lacking; even now, she remains motionless, as if she were in a trance.
Although Shen Zhiwei knew that Rong Ying was easily defeated, she never expected that Rong Ying would be so useless.
Among the crowd, Rong Tang's face was as white as paper. Not only Rong Ying, but almost all the minor cultivators present were in the same state, and Xie Jue was no better off.
No matter how precocious a child is, they still have too little experience. Moreover, every young cultivator in Tianyuan Mansion is exceptionally talented and well protected by their families.
Although they usually have some experience, they wouldn't need to arrange such a grand display. What appears before them is a ninth-grade demonic beast capable of devouring even a half-immortal cultivator.
This isn't how you teach someone to endure hardship.
Shen Zhiwei glanced at the pile of little radishes, then at Rong Ying, and also noticed something amiss.
Rong Ying's expression was exactly the same as her daughter Rong Tang's.
Rong Ying was once a junior cultivator in Tianyuan Prefecture. She was quite young during the Demon Extermination War, and the Rong family protected her very well, so her hands remained clean and unstained by any blood.
Rong Ying had absolutely no practical experience.
The scene before them was far too intense.
In other matters, Rongying might be much more mature than her daughter, but in actual combat, there is basically no difference.
This fairy is incredibly innocent.
Shen Zhiwei wasn't one to complain about her environment; she was secretly thinking about how to stir up some trouble to unleash people's potential.
Just then, the black-scaled beast began to move.
With a resounding thud, the Black-Scaled Beast crashed into the array, producing a piercing crack. A fissure spread from the center to the edges, and the Heavenly Grade Array Pearl's light dimmed considerably, teetering on the verge of collapse. The demonic beasts outside the array seemed to sense its impending collapse, suddenly letting out excited howls, rising and falling in waves, a chilling spectacle!
Rong Ying suddenly looked at Shen Zhiwei.
She recalled the day Young Master Mu had his blood tested, when she inadvertently glimpsed several gruesome scars on Shen Zhiwei's snow-white nape.
That year, Xie Chengbi returned from the lower realm and had his arm bitten off.
The healer had said that Xie Chengbi had been seriously injured because he had encountered this strange and ferocious black-scaled beast.
The scars on Shen Zhiwei's back clearly indicate that she suffered the same injury as Xie Chengbi.
These two had lived and died together in the first heaven, but no one knows what they went through—
A surge of jealousy welled up in Rong Ying's heart.
But that's not the point, and now is not the time to be jealous.
The key point is that cultivators who encounter this strange beast are basically doomed. How many cultivators in this realm can reach the Immortal Realm?
Even if some manage to escape, they are said to be marked with a blood-feeding mark and become the mark of the Black-scaled Beast.
That beast is fierce and greedy, relentless in its pursuit of prey, and is said to track its prey for years before finally succeeding in its hunt.
Therefore, after Xie Chengbi recovered from his injuries that year, he was instructed never to go to the mortal realm again.
Therefore, over the years, Xie Chengbi has always been moving around in the Yuan Yuan Heaven, and rarely even ventures into the third Heaven.
Rong Ying had already forgotten about this matter, but now it suddenly came to mind, and she felt as if she couldn't breathe.
She suddenly had a thought: perhaps this black-scaled beast was summoned by Shen Zhiwei.
The idea was absurd at first, since Jiang Bin had already admitted that it was his conspiracy.
But rather than taking a gamble, Rong Ying subconsciously sought other reasons.
She wondered what Shen Zhiwei was pretending for. The old wound on her back was burning like fire, and the closer the Black Scaled Beast got, the more painful it became. But Shen Zhiwei was putting on an act as if nothing was wrong. Wasn't that utterly ridiculous?
If she weren't feeling guilty, why would the Shen family be pretending?!
Furthermore, this isn't the first time Jiang Bin has created a beast tide in the second layer of heaven. Why didn't the Blackscale Beast appear before, but it did this time?
After a few thoughts, Rong Ying suddenly became certain of her decision.
Shen Zhiwei deliberately concealed the fact that this beast came because of her!
But what about herself? What should she do? What could she possibly do?
Could it be that they killed Shen Zhiwei?
The moment that thought crossed Rong Ying's mind, she shuddered.
She was a little scared.
Although she had been exposed to such things, she had never had blood on her hands in her life, so she might not be able to kill someone immediately.
Moreover, this seems, seems quite despicable.
She disliked the Shen family very much, but murder—
Strangely enough, she quickly found a reason as well: for Tang'er!
She was willing to risk getting her hands stained with blood for Tang'er's safety, wasn't she?
That's what makes a mother great.
Rong Ying bit her lower lip hard.
She remembered what Rong Yuejun had taught her: in this life, all other constraints and rules are meaningless. In crucial moments, the most important thing is to save your own life.
The most important thing is to survive!
Rong Ying burst into tears.
The most important thing for her was that she and her daughter, Tang'er, had to survive.
Thump! It was the second heavy impact from the Blackscale Beast.
A second crack appeared in the array, this time a winding horizontal line, a surprising and striking sight.
Shen Zhiwei leaned closer and said fiercely to Rong Ying, "Fairy Rong, you'd better wake up."
To outsiders, Rong Ying still appeared completely dazed.
Rong Ying felt a murderous intent. Looking at Shen Zhiwei's face, she thought, "This Sect Leader Shen is truly a stunning beauty."
She tried desperately to recall that Xie Chengbi had slept with this woman and even fathered a daughter with her. Thinking about these things fueled her anger.
However, in a flash, another thought surfaced in her mind: if she killed Shen Zhiwei, would the Black Scale Beast really leave?
Actually, she wasn't sure.
It doesn't seem so?
Shen Zhiwei was also wary of her. In terms of cunning, ruthlessness, and the ability to kill, ten Rong Yings combined couldn't match a single finger of hers.
If one truly intends to kill to seize the pearl and force it to reclaim its owner, one must occupy the moral high ground. For example, one could have Rong Ying act shamelessly first, letting others know that she was forced to resist, thus preventing the cultivators within the formation from indiscriminately killing each other in a fit of rage.
However, with Xiao Chan here, her mother must have many concerns.
So Shen Zhiwei's eyes filled with tears as she said earnestly, "Fairy Rong, think of your daughter. Whatever you do, she's watching you!"
Is this child capable of murder?
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