Phoniex Requiem
Chapter 41: The Dead Do Not Tell the Story

Chapter 41: The Dead Do Not Tell the Story

Lin Qingxue pulled Lin Qingchen's wrist and said emotionally, "Ruoyan has finally broken through, she is a rank four swordsman now!"

"Yes that's right." Lin Qingchen looked at the girl in front of him before saying slowly, excitedly, "Ruoyan has finally become a fourth rank now."

Zhuo Yifeng, who was standing beside him, slowly released his clenched fist. Traces of blood fell from his palm as he did so, but he did not seem to feel any pain. Instead, his tightly clenched lips formed a parabola upward.

Yun Ruoyao, Yun Ruoyu, Yi Qianying, and Pei Ziao were so shocked that their mouths gaped.

"Sister Wang!" After a while, Jin Fei'er and the other Yue members finally reacted and called out.

"No, that's impossible!" Jin Fei'er shook his head and shouted. "How could Brother Wang lose to that ugly girl ?!"

But such an impossible feat had actually been achieved, not only had Yun Ruoyan, as a third level swordsman, defeated three cultivators who far surpassed him in cultivation, not only did Yun Ruoyan, as a third level swordsman, defeat three cultivators who far surpassed him, he had even broken through to the fourth rank at the end!

With the spiritual energy of a fourth rank blademaster and the push of a bracelet, he had effectively fought on an early seventh rank ability, enough to decisively turn the match in his favor.

All Wang Kuang could feel was a huge wave of spiritual energy flowing towards him. His spiritual attack broke out against the energy waves, and his body flew into the distance due to the impact.

Yun Ruoyan walked in front of him and pushed him with a spear in her hand. "Did you admit defeat?"

"N-no, I don't." Despite his mouth being a source of blood, Wang Kuang slowly, gasping for breath, "You, there's something wrong with you."

"Is something wrong?" Yun Ruoyan knelt down, her gaze cold. "What do you mean?"

Wang Kuang did not know exactly what was wrong, but it was definitely impossible for him to be able to overcome his peak sixth level spiritual energy with his fourth level cultivation!

Even stranger, that gust of spiritual energy was certainly not something that a fourth rank could use.

It was definitely impossible for one to break through two ranks at once, no, based on that amount of energy, it was definitely more than that!

Except…

Wang Kuang made an expression of disbelief as he pointed at Yun Ruoyan. "You must be the devil!"

"Devil?" Yun Ruoyan hesitated for a moment. There was a mysterious poison that damaged his body, his appearance had been destroyed, he had been reborn into this world by harboring a powerful grudge...if it was not a demonic characteristic, then what?!

“True, I am a demon,” muttered Yun Ruoyan, almost to himself. His gaze became distant as he looked at the setting sun.

"Sister Wang!"

"Wang Kuang!"

Jin Fei'er and Pei Ziao ran over while shouting, but they all stopped in front of the two fighters.

Yun Ruoyan knelt down in front of Wang Kuang, skinny and slender, as if there was a strong person who could lift him without any effort, but it was this simple body of his that had unleashed an enormous power back then.

Meanwhile, the tall and wide Wang Kuang half-layed on the ground, his expression terrified as he looked towards Yun Ruoyan.

"Devil, demon!" He kept calling.

Yun Ruoyan ignored him before standing up, her gaze sweeping over the people of Yue kingdom, before walking towards Lin Qingxue.

Only then did Jin Fei'er dare to approach.

"Sister Wang," Jin Fei'er held Wang Kuang in her arms, crying as she gave him a pill.

“Do not bother. His dantian had been destroyed, and his aorta was cut off,” Pei Ziao shook his head as he checked Wang Kuang's pulse .

"Sister Wang, how did this happen!" Jin Fei'er started crying out loud. It shouldn't be like this. They had always been the stronger side, the ones intimidating others, they had always been assassins, never getting killed!

On his deathbed, Wang Kuang suddenly reached out and grabbed Jin Fei'er's hand, his small eyes suddenly widening. He pointed to Yun Ruoyan's back and said in a hoarse voice, "Revenge, tell my brother to avenge me!"

And then he vomited another mouthful of blood and stopped breathing completely.

Compared to the desperate Yue royal party, Yun Ruoyan's group was much happier. "Sister Ruoyan, you are amazing!" Lin Qingxue pulled Yun Ruoyan's hand as she leaped up in excitement.

His gloomy and poignant mind was shattered into pieces by the excitement of his cousin.

"I didn't disappoint you, did I?" Yun Ruoyan smiled.

"No, you don't!" Lin Qingxue nodded solemnly. "You'll never let us down, sister!"

“Ruoyan, your face.” Lin Qingchen is happy, but also a little worried. The wounds on Yun Ruoyan's birthmark widened after the battle, and the leaking pus stuck to her face. Some of it flowed into his cheeks and neck, and there was a hint of dirt, hair, and dirt stuck there, making him appear severely deformed.

Yun Ruoyan carefully touched the wound, but found that the affected area was numb and not too painful.

“Exciting, right?” He frowned.

"Little."

Yun Ruoyan's forehead grew increasingly wrinkled. There is no girl who does not want to be beautiful or, if not beautiful, at least not disgusting.

Lin Qingchen glanced at Yun Ruoyan. "Don't worry, you just need to clean it up a little." Saying this, he took out gauze and bandages.

“Clean the pus, but the wound should not be bandaged. Grandpa's hypothesis is correct, removing this pus that accumulates will help remove toxins from my body.”

Yun Ruoyan smiled coldly without answering.

"Ruoyan, are you aware that you've made a big mistake?" Yun Ruoyao's voice came from behind.

"What do you mean?" Lin Qingxue turned around.

Yun Ruoyu stepped forward, a smile plastered on her face. “Do you know who the person Yun Ruoyan just killed was? Wang Kuang was the second son of the most prosperous family in the Yue kingdom, the Wang family! Now that he's killed like that, you'll suffer the wrath of the Wangs, okay!"

"The second son of the Wang family." Yun Ruoyan suddenly recalled the close relationship between Pei and Wang from the Yue kingdom in the past.

Back then, Yun Ruoyan had just married Pei, and Pei Ziao was still treating her well. When the Pei family held a banquet, he was present.

The reason for the banquet was because the eldest son of the Wang family, Wang Meng, had just become a pillmaster-in-training at Kongming Academy.

At that moment, he was so shy that he did not dare to raise his head during the banquet, so he did not know what he looked like. All he could remember was the man wearing a long green robe.

During the banquet, Pei Yingxiong praised this young man for having started pillmaster training at such a young age, and his future would be limitless. Moreover, he had even given him the Pei family's precious treasure, the high-grade furnace that was now with him.

Three years later, the eldest son of the Wang family was addressing the challenge to Yun Ruoyan's grandfather, Lin Zainan. During the competition, Lin Zainan's constitution was greatly affected. He died not long after, leaving two granddaughters who could barely fend for themselves and ending the legacy of pill experts that had endured for centuries.

At that moment, he had already severed ties with the Lin family. Since Pei and Lin did not get along at all, he never had the chance to take care of his grandfather even though he was very upset. This series of events had made him regret for a lifetime.

Unknowingly, Yun Ruoyao stroked the bracelet on her wrist, which housed the high-grade furnace she had received from Pei. Only then did the tension in his heart subside a little.

It seems that I actually killed the right person today, Yun Ruoyan muttered to herself. "Just as I will bear the anger of the Wang family, so will they bear my anger."

"What did you say?" Yun Ruoyu frowned. Yun Ruoyan's tone was so gentle that she could not hear it clearly.

Yun Ruoyan turned around and looked at brother Yun. "What I'm saying is—"

He was interrupted by a ferocious beast that howled over a nearby cliff.

"Carnivorous animals are approaching!" Pei Ziao shouted out loudly.

Suddenly the day went dark, and the wild beasts that roamed this carcass were nocturnal creatures.

Their howls echoed throughout the valley.

"Look, the beast is here!" Liu Sheng pointed to the entrance of the valley and everyone turned their heads, looking at three or four pairs of lantern-like blue eyes.

The blue-eyed beast moved very quickly, and they were in the middle of the valley after a while.

"High level beast, mystic-eyed lion!" Qiuqiu uttered from Yun Ruoyan's mind. "Just like a sharp-finged tiger, these lions move fast and are experts at stealth despite their large bodies."

"Hurry, run!" Someone shouted, and the crowd dispersed into one.

"Save me!" A girl's voice called for help from behind. Yun Ruoyan turned around and saw a giant python appear out of nowhere.

Using his large tail, he threw the young girl from the Yue kingdom, right by Jin Fei'er's side, into the air, before opening her mouth wide and swallowing the girl all over.

Yun Ruoyan turned forward and ran as if her life depended on it.

He ran straight to the inside of the valley, where the crowd gathered. It was only when they discovered that no ferocious beasts were chasing them that they relaxed to rest.

“We're safe,” Pei Ziao snorted. “We should be fine now. The savage beast was most likely interested in the carcass of the ferocious beasts in the valley, there is no reason for them to chase after us now.”

"really that? What if they're really after us?” Liu Sheng's body curved like a bow as he panted.

"No, they won't do it." Pei Ziao shook his hand. "We all live in skin and bones, so the carcass of the animal is naturally much more interesting."

“Ahhhh...” Hearing this, Liu Sheng sighed and flopped onto the ground.

"Sister Wang, Big Brother Wang's body is still in the valley!" Jin Fei'er suddenly called out. "What are we doing?!"

Liu Sheng sat on the ground, buried his head between his knees, not giving any information.

“Liu Sheng,” Jin Fei'er pushed him and rumbled, “I told you to bring his corpse, so why did you run away without it!”

Liu Sheng raised his head slightly and grumbled, “Didn't you see the python sliding down from the side of the cliff? If I don't react so quickly, I'll be swallowed alive, just like our poor junior!”

“So, you dumped Brother Wang's corpse to the side?”

“What else can I do? I don't want to die!”

"If you don't want to die, you better wait for Wang to behead your entire family!" Jin Fei'er shouted evilly at Liu Sheng before pointing the finger at Yun Ruoyan.

"The first is you, and then your friend." Lin Qingxue was about to leave and fight with him, but Lin Qingchen pulled her back.

"You won't be able to escape either." Jin Fei'er turned around and pointed towards Pei Ziao. "If it wasn't for your brother Wang flirting, he wouldn't have brought us here to this valley of a thousand cursed beasts."

Pei Ziao's eyes narrowed. "Wang Kuang told you that I was the one who brought you here?"

"That's right." Jin Fei'er smiled. “Are you not afraid? I know all your secrets, Brother Wang told me everything. Now, you'd better go back to the valley and bring back the corpse, or I'll tell the Li imperial family everything I know—”

Before Jin Fei'er finished speaking, a dagger was thrust into his heart. The man holding the dagger was none other than Pei Ziao.