abnabooks Chapter 2434 Bewitched
Chapter 2434 Bewitched
Chapter 2434 Bewitched
Shangguan Biao shuddered.
In other sects, committing a serious mistake might result in having one's limbs broken or having one's cultivation level revoked, but in Changfeng Valley, even a useless person has their uses.
He didn't want to become a drug addict, he didn't want to become a maggot that could only wriggle around on the kang (heated brick bed)!
He cannot allow his fate to be completely controlled by others!
Shangguan Biao murmured, "It has nothing to do with temperament, but everything to do with strength."
Never before had he so longed to have power!
No, that's not right! When he was wronged by Zhao Dongyang and demoted by his master Tang Linzi, he also desperately wanted to have power and status so that he wouldn't be manipulated by others.
But back then, the situation wasn't so critical, and his desire wasn't nearly as strong as it is now!
"That's right, that's right!" Red Demon praised. "Can't you become a good person after you've gained power? When you have the power to say 'no,' but insist on saying 'yes' to people, then they will be grateful to you!"
"You keep chasing me, bewitching me!" Shangguan Biao looked up at it. "I want to sign a contract with you. After this incident is resolved, we'll go our separate ways!"
He still wanted to struggle, unwilling to get too entangled with this red demon.
The Red Demon laughed loudly, shaking the entire house, but those passing by outside seemed oblivious, only noticing that the wind tonight seemed particularly salty and fishy.
"Don't dream of such a thing if you don't have the ability!" the Red Demon mocked him. "Me, chasing after you? Hahaha, every time I appear, it's in response to your call."
"What?" Shangguan Biao exclaimed, "I summoned you?"
"Last time, you defended that lowly slave, but he turned around and accused you, causing you to receive five lashes from Supervisor Zhao. How disheartened you were then?"
"Last time, you exposed Zhao Dongyang for embezzling, but it didn't hurt him at all. Instead, he successfully reported you for stealing the monthly exam papers for profit. At that time, you hated yourself for being insignificant."
Red Demon laughed and said, "You know better than I what happens before I appear each time."
Shangguan Biao remained silent.
"You really know absolutely nothing about my identity and background?"
Shangguan Biao moved his lips, but could not utter a word.
He had his doubts.
"You need to understand, right now I'm your only savior! No one else will come to save you!" Red Demon chuckled. "Didn't you already make your choice before I arrived this time? And you still say I misled you?"
It pressed on, asking:
"How did Wang Qing die in the Earth Mother's Nest just now?"
"How do you plan to heal Mother Earth? Are you still using this useless White Dew Water? It can only alleviate Mother Earth's pain, but it can't cure her!" Red Demon said confidently. "You had already thought it through before you even brought this Xu guy here, hadn't you?"
"Shut up!" Shangguan Biao suddenly roared, covering his ears with his hands and lowering his head.
"Once you get through this, you can make it up to your family in a hundred ways; but if you don't get through this—"
"—It's all over!"
After a long silence, Shangguan Biao finally asked, "How can you help me?"
"Your very nature is the root cause of your predicament!" The Red Demon raised his long, sharp fingernails and lightly tapped the cellar door. "If you invite me to cross this threshold, I will sweep all your useless vanity, pity, unease, unnecessary guilt, empathy, and loyalty into the trash can, burn them all, and then exchange the ashes for more useful qualities—"
"Qualities that can help you escape your predicament and return to the right path!"
It appears powerful, yet it has always been shut out by Shangguan Biao, lacking only an "invitation."
Shangguan Biao's voice came through his fingers: "What kind of quality?"
"Use their own methods against them," the Crimson Demon said in a low voice. "Zhao Dongyang, Tang Linzi, Li Yun, why are they able to hold a place in Changfeng Valley? Why can they live by sucking the flesh and blood of people like you? If you want revenge, if you want to surpass them, it's not enough to just learn their skills. You need to be more ruthless, more vicious... and more adept at taking advantage of the weak!"
"Otherwise, this day or tomorrow next year might be your death anniversary!" the Red Ghost continued. "And your Shangguan family will continue to decline, unable to recover in the slightest; your mother has also died long ago, carrying the regret of not being able to help you before she died!"
"You and your family are nothing but a nest of ants crushed under the palm of Changfeng Valley, born insignificant, dying in humility! Nobody cares!" Chi Gui's voice grew louder and louder. "Is this what you wanted? Shangguan Biao, answer me!"
"No! No! No!" Shangguan Biao slammed his fists into the ground three times. "I want to clear my name, I want to get rid of injustice, I want to take back everything that belongs to me! I want, I want... I want revenge!"
"Those who look down on me, I will make them grovel at my feet and rush to please me!"
"Those who have wronged me, I will make them suffer a terrible death! I will make them suffer the torment of being burned by flames and struck by thunder after death, never to be freed!"
As Shangguan Biao roared, his eyes widened in fury, his temples bulged, and his gaze became like that of a mad tiger.
His desperate shouts echoed throughout the small house.
Strangely, his voice did not carry outside; several people passed by outside just now and did not hear a sound.
His pent-up grief and indignation poured out like a flood, and Shangguan Biao's emotions gradually stabilized. However, he looked even more dejected, his eyebrows drooping, and he said softly:
"I wanted to follow the righteous path, but Heaven has betrayed me!"
Given the opportunity, who wouldn't want to be a good person?
After saying that, he covered his face with his hands, and water slowly seeped through his fingers.
After a long while, Shangguan Biao finally opened his hands. His eyes were still a little red and swollen, but he revealed a resolute expression ashen as death.
"Come!" He stretched out his hands to the great demon at the cellar entrance. "I need your strength! I invite you to help me fight the enemy!"
Having received his formal invitation, the Red Demon laughed loudly, then transformed into a wisp of smoke and was about to pass through the window.
Once it receives the invitation, it can enter.
Shangguan Biao neither dodged nor evaded, but instead gritted his teeth and met the attack head-on.
From this day forward, he will be completely different; he will become strong and resilient.
Just then, a cold light suddenly appeared, unleashing an incomparably powerful attack as it approached the window, reflecting a layer of frost and snow in Shangguan Biao's eyes.
Before the red smoke formed by the Crimson Demon could even touch the window, it was cleaved in two by the sharp blade.
It only had time to let out a defiant roar before slowly dissipating.
"This..." Shangguan Biao was stunned as the Red Demon was slain. "What...what are you doing!"
The person in front of him, isn't he the disciple from the sect who delivered the blood vat to him earlier? He can even see the Crimson Demon.
Why are you here slaying demons now?
"save you."
This uninvited, meddlesome person was none other than He Lingchuan.
(End of this chapter)