Chapter 75

A demonic illusory figure appeared and slashed down at her with an axe.

Killing intent filled the entire hall.

Although Zhao Shirou was at the Seventh stage of the Nascent Soul realm, she was still struck by Yang Chen’s attack, coughing up blood as she was sent flying.

“You … how is this possible?” Zhao Shirou couldn’t believe it.

She was two entire realms higher than Yang Chen, yet couldn’t withstand even one of his attacks, immediately suffering severe injuries!

This bastard was shockingly powerful!

“Consort Zhao, you attacked me first! Don’t blame me for injuring you!”

Yang Chen smirked as he slowly approached Zhao Shirou.

“Yang Chen, you … you despicable scoundrel! I … I really regret listening to you!” Zhao Shirou cursed angrily.

Yang Chen remained unruffled, his face still wearing a gentle smile.

“Consort Zhao, you’re mistaken! If not for me, you would have been absorbed by your master! Not only would your body have been defiled by that lecherous old man, but your life would also be forfeit! You should be thanking me instead!”

“Hmph!” Zhao Shirou snorted coldly.

“Your Xuantian Sect prides itself as an upright orthodox sect, yet its Holy Son resorts to such vile and underhanded methods! Utterly shameless!”

“Heh heh!” Yang Chen laughed.

“Consort Zhao, do you not fear I’ll kill you for insulting me like this?”

Zhao Shirou paused, but still said coldly: “If you want to kill me, then do it. No more idle talk!”

“Consort Zhao looks enchantingly beautiful, but I didn’t expect your character to be so unyielding! I quite admire such spirit!”

Yang Chen looked towards the hall entrance.

The earlier Nascent Soul battle had knocked out the mere Foundation Establishment cultivator Li Hao.

“Consort Zhao, what if I killed Li Hao, this genius ninth prince, to eliminate a future threat?”

“You … bastard!” Panic filled Zhao Shirou’s eyes.

Li Hao was the one she had raised like her own son all these years.

He was currently the person she cared about most.

Earlier, she had risked coming here to find Li Hao.

Sensing her expression, Yang Chen immediately smiled: “Heh heh, it seems Consort Zhao cares deeply for Li Hao! So Consort Zhao doesn’t want me to kill him either!”

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“You, bastard!”

Zhao Shirou was instantly stunned.

Her phoenix-like eyes widened. She never expected Yang Chen to be so despicable as to threaten her with Hao’er!

“You, you have achieved all your goals, what else do you want?” Zhao Shirou said coldly.

“What do I want?” Yang Chen’s gaze swept over Zhao Shirou’s exquisite and graceful figure.

Wearing a phoenix robe, even with blood at the corners of her mouth, she exuded an elegant and noble aura. Her beautiful eyes were filled with coldness, but the charming look in the corners of her eyes could not be suppressed. Her waist was slender, unable to be grasped in one hand.

Below her neck, her agitated state caused her chest to heave laboriously.

Half-lying on the ground, revealing her round and slender jade legs.

This woman, she was truly beautiful. Filled with the charm of a beautiful lady. Most importantly, she was the mother of the protagonist.

The protagonist was extremely protective towards her.

Hahaha.

She couldn’t be killed. She would be kept and used. After all, during this period, he had been planning to eliminate Li Tengshen, who was a half-step Soul Transformation cultivator. He had not yet harvested the 20,000 points from Hao’er.

“Yang Chen, watch your eyes!” Noticing Yang Chen’s gaze, Zhao Shirou shouted coldly and hurriedly pulled at her clothes, turning sideways.

But this action gave Yang Chen a visual effect of beautiful curves from different angles.

Yang Chen immediately said with relish: “The gracious Lady Zhao is so enchantingly beautiful, I can’t help but let my eyes wander! Actually, I’m also very interested in the gracious Lady Zhao! Why don’t you become my Dao companion?”

“You, you’re delusional!” Zhao Shirou gritted her silvery teeth, with a determined look on her face.

She had cultivated for hundreds of years. Step by step, from an ordinary person to the late stage Nascent Soul realm. She also had a sense of pride in her heart. Even if it meant death, she would not compromise. Especially with this bastard in front of her. He had just schemed against her and taken advantage of her.

“Is that so?” Yang Chen smiled.

“Does the gracious Lady Zhao want me to kill Hao’er?”

As he spoke, Yang Chen waved his hand, and a true qi handprint directly grabbed Hao’er. If he exerted force, Hao’er would be crushed to pieces.

“You, let Hao’er go!” Zhao Shirou immediately panicked and hurriedly got up.

She wanted to intervene and stop Yang Chen.

But … the strike from Yang Chen earlier had already severely injured her.

Forcibly circulating her true qi now caused fresh blood to spill from the corners of her mouth. Her aura was extremely weak.

“Yang Chen, how could you be so despicable?” Zhao Shirou’s voice was tinged with sobs.

She was about to break down. This bastard, he looked so harmless. But his way of doing things was so insidious. It was one thing to poison her master with his schemes. Now, he was even threatening to force her to become his Dao companion by holding Hao’er’s life hostage!

It was truly hateful!

Hearing the sobbing tone in Zhao Shirou’s voice, Yang Chen knew his threat had gone far enough.

So he softened his tone.

After all, a carrot had to be offered after the stick.

Only then would she truly submit.

“Gracious Lady Zhao, actually, the main reason I want you to become my Dao companion is to help you resolve the Profound Yin Qi in your body!”

“The Profound Yin Qi in my body?” Zhao Shirou looked stunned.

“Correct!” Yang Chen nodded and said seriously: “Gracious Lady Zhao has cultivated the Triple Yin Convergence Technique for hundreds of years, and all the accumulated Profound Yin Qi is stored in the three major apertures of your body! The Profound Yin Qi allowed you to progress rapidly in your cultivation, reaching the Late-stage Nascent Soul realm in just a few hundred years! But the harm is also great! Hasn’t the gracious Lady Zhao often felt extremely cold in her body, especially on full moon nights, when your entire body feels as if it has been frozen stiff?”

Hearing Yang Chen’s words, Zhao Shirou was taken aback.

This bastard really knew everything, didn’t he?

It was true that she often felt extremely cold in her body.

On full moon nights, the symptoms would be severely exacerbated, and sometimes she would even pass out from the cold.