Mortal To Immortal (Book 1)
Ep. 75 - Bad and Cruel

Yao Han had seen something held in Wuneng's left hand. He just silently watched the young man's actions until Wuneng finally disappeared from his sight.

Yao Han then recalled with a unique heirloom shaped small crystal stone named the space stone that Yutian had told him about.

This stone is unique because it can be used to move the user to another place randomly. In a fight, space stones are very useful for escaping when pressed.

The distance of the user's position depends on the quality of the space stone. The lowest quality could at least move the user as far as ten meters, while the higher quality could move up to a distance of several kilometers.

Despite its uniqueness, one of the biggest weaknesses of space stones is that the user cannot determine where he reappears, because of the random movement, the user can appear in a place that endangers lives.

"Since he was from a ten-star great sect and a Ghost Gate disciple, it was clear he had a high quality space stone." Yutian commented.

Yao Han let out a long sigh, it didn't look like he regretted letting Wuneng escape from him. He then removed the golden blue lightning in his left hand and the bluish purple flames on the Gunbai fan, then stored back the heirloom.

"Brother Yao, are you okay? Is anyone hurt?"

Shenghao and Honghao walked over to Yao Han who was speechless. Even though he knew Yao Han didn't seem to be injured, he still asked because there was a possibility in the fight earlier let's Han get an invisible attack.

"Yes, I'm fine and there are no injuries at all." Yao Han smiled faintly.

Honghao glanced in the direction where Wuneng was last, "Brother Yao, why did you let him escape?"

"There is no specific reason. From the start, I had no intention of killing him, but also did not want to let him go so easily. I just lured him out all the ghosts he had before exterminating him. That's all."

"Then why don't you use something similar to the pagoda?"

"I could've used it if Brother Gui hadn't challenged me against him without the heirloom." Yao Han shrugged his shoulders casually.

Shenghao and Honghao compactly scratched their heads in astonishment at Yao Han's thought which was quite unique as well as strange.

"I'm confused by the way you think, Brother Yao. Rather than you wasting your energy fighting the Ghost Gate disciple and letting him escape, you better let us finish him off."

Yao Han's smile thinned slightly. Not because he was offended by Shenghao's subtle innuendo, but rather because of the young man's intention towards Gui Wuneng if not he stopped it earlier.

"Brother Shenghao, if under other circumstances, then I will let you do as you wish to Brother Gui, even I will help you."

Shenghao frowned, "What do you mean, Brother Yao? Wasn't just the right time to prevent the future emergence of a problem ring from one of the black-flow forces?"

"I don't think so, unless you want to make the Green Forest Country a target of the Grey Sky Sect's anger and wreak havoc. I don't care as long as he doesn't die in this country."

Yao Han basically liked peace. But his three teachers once said in different times that to achieve peace, sometimes it takes hard effort even have to go through the war first.

Something that Yao Han was quite difficult to accept, as it did not match what he was taught while still not a cultivator in Flower Hill City.

Peace is not a hard thing to get if everyone feels enough on everything and understands each other.

"Aren't you worried about the Ghost Gate disciple becoming your enemy, Brother Yao?"

Hearing Honghao's question, Yao Han laughed instead.

"How can you be so sure?"

"First, because I am a cultivator without a sect, unless I am part of a white flow sect. Second, regardless of her coming from the black stream, I feel like she's not a bad person."

Both are getting confused. Yao Han's mindset was quite difficult for them to understand.

'Maybe Brother Yao is affected by Senior East Wind's strange teachings...'

"The black flow is not what you say or think, Brother Yao."

Yao Han simply smiled faintly without responding. Shenghao and Honghao simply did not know any of Yao Han's teachers were from the black stream.

Meirong was a little reluctant to admit it, but Yao Han recalled that the beautiful teacher once said Yutian the Poison Gate was one of those black-flow cultivators who was far different from most people think about black flow.

After all, Yao Han did not care about one's background, especially the flow of cultivators, a little similar to Feng Xian. As that first teacher taught him, Yao Han had no intention of looking for trouble with others, unless he was bullied first.

The problem with Wuneng was because Yao Han was just 'playing around'. According to him, just 'killing' the ghost and letting Wuneng go was the right decision.

"We forget the Ghost Gate disciples, there's something we have to take care of."

Shenghao and Honghao followed Yao Han's gaze, which was at the strange man who was still moaning in pain. Yao Han approached her then half-kneeled nearby.

"The punishment you feel is still not worth the crime you have committed. You became a cultivator, but the power you gained was abused."

Yao Han shook his head slowly before raising his right hand containing a considerable amount of Qi, then smashing it into the stomach of the strange man, precisely below the navel.

"Ooh!"

"Brother Yao, what are you doing?!"

Shenghao and Honghao were so shocked by Yao Han's actions that it seemed like it wasn't enough to make the strange man suffer after the destruction of 'the little sister'.

The strange man spewed out quite a lot of blood after receiving Yao Han's punch then lost consciousness.

"I destroyed his dantian. This way, he won't be able to become a cultivator anymore." Yao Han replied calmly without turning his head, making Shenghao and Honghao hold their breaths for quite a while.

Qi began to seep out from the man's body. His practice decreased quite quickly until he finally no longer had any Qi. After which, Yao Han took out a small glass bottle. When it was opened, a medicinal scent emanated from within the bottle.

Yao Han stuffed the contents of the bottle into the mouth of the strange man that opened, Shenghao and Honghao could see that there were three drops of clear liquid coming into the mouth of the strange man. In five counts, the wounds of the strange man disappeared.

Not until there, Yao Han also gave a blood-red pill. After that, the face of the strange man who had been so pale slowly began to reveal its color.

"Brother Yao, aren't you a little cruel? Eliminating his practice.it was even worse than directly killing him..." Shenghao slightly held back his words while commenting on Yao Han's actions.

Yao Han looked at Shenghao, "Brother Shenghao, are you saying I am cruel? Who are you comparing it to? This fella? Just a reminder, Brother, don't let the townspeople hear what you said just now or maybe you were stoned by them for standing up for this weird guy."

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