Due to Shi Dixuan not taking any action against Yang Mu, coupled with Yang Mu’s own strong cultivation, Xiao Hei was unaware that Shi Dixuan harbored murderous intent towards Yang Mu. He decided to poison Yang Mu in order to send his soul to the Nine Springs or Jiuquan.
Although for a powerhouse like Yang Mu, ordinary poison could not harm him fundamentally, unless under special circumstances, or if the toxicity of that poison exceeded that of ordinary poison.
But how to make Yang Mu swallow the poison?
Xiao Hei looked at the poisonous herb in his hand for a moment, squinted his eyes, and decided to put the poison into Yang Mu’s food.
A person with strong cultivation in the later stages no longer needs any food at all. However, due to human primitive habits and the fact that using some spiritual ingredients can still enhance one’s cultivation, highly cultivated humans, even when they no longer need to consume anything, still tend to eat a little.
Xiao Hei had already made up his mind.
After Yang Mu returned to his small house, he sat cross-legged on the bed and set up a formation near his bed before entering into cultivation.
This formation could fend off all beastmen except for Shi Dixuan. As for Shi Dixuan? If he really wanted to kill Yang Mu, even in his sober state, Yang Mu wouldn’t be able to stop him.
In keeping with the mentality of ‘The sooner I cultivate, the sooner I improve my cultivation, the sooner I can fight Shi Dixuan, and the sooner I can be liberated’, Yang Mu quickly immersed himself in cultivation.
With his whole being immersed in cultivation, he naturally no longer needed to eat.
Xiao Hei did as he intended. Not long after Yang Mu returned to his house, he had the other beastman prepare the meal, while he poured the poison into it. Afterward, he adjusted the dishes slightly to conceal any abnormalities.
This poison was a slow-acting poison. If taken only a few times, it would not cause much harm to the body. However, if taken over a long period, it would cause problems with the cultivator’s cultivation, leading to blockages in the meridians that prevented further advancement. Ultimately, it would cause the user to fall into a coma, losing all their cultivation.
This poison is targeted at the human body, but for beastmen, it’s no different from a regular medicine.
“Go, take this bowl of food to Yang Mu’s room,” Xiao Hei hesitated for a moment, then added, “Keep an eye on him and make sure he eats it.”
The beastman carrying the food nodded, but his face showed reluctance, clearly not wanting to come into contact with Yang Mu, a human.
Despite his reluctance, he obediently carried the food to Yang Mu’s hut.
As he walked along with the food, approaching Yang Mu’s temporary residence, his eyes gleamed with determination. Soon, this human would disappear completely from this world. It wouldn’t just be Yang Mu who would die; all those who had mistreated them would be sent to hell by their own hands.
Standing in front, the beastman wanted to throw the food into Yang Mu’s house and leave as soon as possible. However, remembering Xiao Hei’s instructions, he reluctantly stayed at the door for a while. In the end, without knocking, he kicked open the door and walked in with the food.
“Here’s your food,” he said impatiently.
There was no sign of Yang Mu in the room, just a formation covering the bed, making it difficult to see inside clearly.
Seeing this, he realized that Yang Mu was currently in cultivation. The pressure from the formation made it clear that he couldn’t break it. However, remembering Xiao Hei’s instructions, he gritted his teeth, placed the food on the nearby table, and sat down on a chair. He decided to wait until Yang Mu finished cultivation and personally watched him eat the food.
He had thought that Yang Mu’s cultivation wouldn’t take too long, but he never expected that Yang Mu was aiming for an upgrade. Even when night fell, Yang Mu showed no signs of waking up from his cultivation.
The beastman could do nothing but glare hatefully at the area covered by the formation, and then take the untouched food back.
Xiao Hei looked at the untouched food and asked, “What’s going on? Didn’t he eat it?” Did that detestable human discover something?
He quickly shook his head and then gritted his teeth, saying, “When I went, he was already cultivating, and his cultivation area was covered by a formation that I couldn’t break through with.”
Realizing that Yang Mu was in cultivation, Xiao Hei nodded, thinking that the despicable human was lucky to have avoided his poison through cultivation. However, he wouldn’t give up. He told the beastman, “Starting from today, you will bring ‘food’ to him every day. Once he finishes cultivation, you will immediately bring the ‘food’ to him and watch him eat it.” He paused and then added, “Remember, don’t be too obvious.”
After all, humans are very cunning. If watched too closely, Yang Mu might discover something wrong.
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“Understood.” Despite feeling extremely unwilling, the beastman had to nod and accept the task. He couldn’t help but blame Yang Mu in his heart. This human was really troublesome. Why couldn’t he cultivate at a different time?
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He waited for Yang Mu for ten days straight, but there was no sign of him waking up from his cultivation. Unable to bear it, he went to Xiao Hei and said, “I’ve waited for that human for ten days. During those days, I had nothing else to do but watch over him. How long is he going to keep cultivating? Do I have to keep watching over him?”
Xiao Hei furrowed his brows lightly. He had thought that Yang Mu would wake up after two or three days of cultivation, but now it had been ten days, and there was still no sign of him waking up.
After contemplating for a moment, Xiao Hei said, “For the next few days, you can go about your own business. There’s no need to watch over him all the time. When the human wakes up, you can go and bring him the food.”
He realized he had been too impatient. The beastman also had his own tasks to attend to, and wasting his cultivation time for a human was not worth it.
Furthermore, there was no need to be so anxious. Yang Mu couldn’t escape from here anyway, and he would eventually wake up from his cultivation.
Upon hearing Xiao Hei’s words, the beastman’s eyes instantly lit up. Afraid that Xiao Hei might change his mind, he nodded and immediately ran off without looking back.
Xiao Hei stood there, watching his retreating figure without turning back, “…”
—
Xiao Bai had a very high talent for cultivation. Under the careful guidance of Shi Dixuan, in just a few tens of days, his cultivation reached the peak of the Foundation Establishment stage, and he was about to break through to the Core Formation stage.
This broke the law of the beasts’ slow cultivation speed. Xiao Bai’s cultivation speed at this time even surpassed that of Shi Dixuan in the beginning.
Shi Dixuan’s gaze towards Xiao Bai was also somewhat warmer. He didn’t know why he was quite fond of Xiao Bai, and now seeing his cultivation speed, he felt even more affectionate towards him.
However, he didn’t express his affection towards Xiao Bai; instead, he appeared even stricter.
After he’s at the early stage of the Core Formation stage left, Xiao Bai moved his wrist, which had been slightly numb from the impact, and walked silently towards his room.
He could already feel that he was not far from a breakthrough.
Although he still had a long way to go to reach Shi Dixuan’s level of cultivation, it was still progress.
“Your cultivation speed is very fast.”
As Xiao Bai walked towards his room, he suddenly heard a deep voice.
His footsteps paused for a moment. He almost didn’t need to turn around to know that the owner of this voice was Shi Dixuan.
Xiao Bai’s eyebrows trembled slightly, but he didn’t turn back, continuing to walk in silence. After this period of training, Xiao Bai’s feelings towards Shi Dixuan were very complicated.
He knew that Shi Dixuan was the one who had imprisoned his father, but faced with Shi Dixuan’s careful guidance, he couldn’t help but want to get closer to him. It seemed to be instinctual, leaving Xiao Bai feeling somewhat at a loss.
“I might kill Yang Mu.”
As Xiao Bai continued to walk forward without looking back, Shi Dixuan suddenly spoke again.
Xiao Bai’s figure abruptly stopped. He paused for two seconds, seemingly digesting what Shi Dixuan had just said. Then, he turned his head, his expression fierce.
He didn’t need to say anything; Shi Dixuan could guess Xiao Bai’s inner thoughts. However, he just said coldly, “As a human, as a former… human, he must… die.”
Shi Dixuan ignored the slight fluctuation in his heart when he said “Die”. He stared at Xiao Bai intently. “I don’t care what feelings you have for Yang Mu. From today onwards, you’d better remove that shred of feeling from your heart.”
With a voice devoid of emotion, Shi Dixuan finished speaking and looked deeply at Xiao Bai, who was now clenching his fists and gritting his teeth. Then, with a swift movement, he disappeared from Xiao Bai’s sight.
He had to kill Yang Mu… he had to.
Even though… there was a shred of unwillingness buried deep in his heart, even though… that emotion might be more than just a shred.
Xiao Bai took a deep breath, suppressing his inner anger, and turned to continue walking towards his room.
During this time, no matter what method he used, he had to see his father. He was really afraid… that Shi Dixuan would really kill his father.
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When Yang Mu woke up from his cultivation, he took a deep breath. He could feel that his cultivation was at a critical point, just a hair’s breadth away from breaking through.
However, despite being so close to a breakthrough, he couldn’t break through no matter how he cultivated.
He exhaled the breath he had taken in, sighed, disappointed that he hadn’t made a breakthrough this time. However, he quickly picked himself up.
He relied on his cultivation talent and Shi Dixuan’s essence, and his cultivation went smoothly, almost without any obstacles.
However, this was just his luck.
Cultivation was never easy to break through. Many people could not break through in their entire lives, so he was already very lucky.
It was just a pity that his hope of escaping from here was a little further away now.
Standing up, Yang Mu stretched lazily, removed the formations around him, and as he looked up, he saw Xiao Hei standing in front of him.
Yang Mu: “…”
Couldn’t he stand outside his room? He hadn’t deliberately checked if there was anyone else around. After removing the formation, he was startled by Xiao Hei.
Xiao Hei: “…”
Yang Mu had been cultivating for so long, and since he had let the beast go about his business, he hadn’t been monitoring Yang Mu deliberately.
Today, he happened to have some free time and wanted to see if Yang Mu had finished his cultivation. He didn’t expect that shortly after arriving in Yang Mu’s room, Yang Mu would wake up from his cultivation and remove his formations.
Yang Mu and Xiao Hei looked at each other without speaking. Yang Mu thought that since Xiao Hei had come to his room, he must have had something to say, otherwise, given Xiao Hei’s dislike for him, he would not have come voluntarily.
Since Xiao Hei had something to say, Yang Mu didn’t need to speak first.
Xiao Hei, on the other hand, didn’t know how to start. Should he just ask Yang Mu to eat?
After waiting for a while, Yang Mu still didn’t hear Xiao Hei’s intention, so he asked, “Why are you here?”
Xiao Hei pursed his lips, struggled inwardly for a moment, and finally frowned, saying, “It’s nothing,” then turned and left. He hadn’t expected Yang Mu to wake up from his cultivation today, so he didn’t bring any food with him, and there was no need to stay in Yang Mu’s room any longer.
Xiao Hei hated humans, especially Yang Mu, finding it unbearable to spend even a second longer with him.
As Xiao Hei silently left, Yang Mu cursed him in his heart, then ignored him. He rubbed his stomach; although he wasn’t hungry after cultivating for so long, he felt like eating.
Just as he was thinking this, Yang Mu keenly noticed a beastman outside, carrying food and walking towards his room.
What a coincidence? Was the food for him? Yang Mu stretched his muscles and sat back on the bed.
As the beastman carrying the food moved towards Yang Mu’s room step by step, he couldn’t help but grumble inwardly. Why couldn’t the human stay asleep a little longer? He woke up just as he was chatting with Hua Hua.
Hua Hua was his crush, a female beast who had already transformed.
Xiao Hei had just left Yang Mu’s room when he immediately contacted a beastman to bring food to Yang Mu. Unfortunately, this beastman was selected and had to give up chatting with his crush to deliver food to the human he detested the most.
Yang Mu didn’t wait long in his room before seeing him carrying the food.
“Here, it’s yours.” He then slammed the food onto the table, sounding rather impatient.
Yang Mu glanced at him but didn’t get angry with him. He sat down slowly at the table and picked up his chopsticks. Instead of starting to eat right away, he waited for a while. When he noticed that the beastman hadn’t left, he raised his head slightly, squinting his eyes.
Yang Mu’s eyes were slender and phoenix-like. When he squinted, they emitted a chilling light, making people shudder. Coupled with the difference in their cultivation levels, the beastman trembled under Yang Mu’s gaze. He felt embarrassed to be scared by a human but also wanted to leave the room immediately.
However, due to Xiao Hei’s previous words, he had to continue standing there, observing his nose, mouth and the heart, ignoring Yang Mu’s gaze.
Yang Mu pondered.
In the past, after the beasts delivered his food, they would immediately leave, not staying for a moment longer. The fact that this beastman now seemed determined to stay clearly indicated some ulterior motive.
He glanced at the food in front of him, and it dawned on him.
Shi Dixuan must have been impatient and had poisoned the food? And the reason this beast was lingering here was to watch him finish the meal?
However, if Shi Dixuan truly wanted to harm him, he could easily do so with force. Shi Dixuan was just like in his previous life, capable of tearing him apart. Even though he was in the Nascent Divinity stage now, he probably couldn’t defeat Shi Dixuan. All he could do was struggle a bit longer.
“I’m not hungry, thank you,” Yang Mu said calmly, his mind racing. He pushed his food forward.
“No, you must eat,” the beast, who had only recently transformed, was very simple-minded. Hearing Yang Mu refuse to eat, he immediately became anxious. He wanted to return early to continue the conversation with his secret crush.
Yang Mu raised an eyebrow. Although he was sitting there, his aura was oppressive, bearing down on the beast. “Why must I eat?”
“Because… because…” The beast bit his lip, stuttering slightly, “this food… was all made by them with great effort.” He was nervous, anxious, and a bit angry.
Yang Mu looked at him for a moment and then said, “You can leave it. I’ll eat when I’m hungry.” He understood that this was probably a task assigned by Shi Dixuan to the beast, but he saw no need to make things difficult for him. Seeing the beast about to say something else, Yang Mu added coldly, “If you don’t leave now, I’ll throw this food out the door.”
The beast was furious but also afraid that Yang Mu would actually throw away the food. He gritted his teeth, glared at Yang Mu, then stormed off to find Xiao Hei.
Yang Mu watched the beast leave, raising an eyebrow. He glanced at the food in front of him and casually tossed it into his storage ring.
So, Shi Dixuan was ready to make his move… Although he knew that Shi Dixuan would eventually kill him, when the day actually arrived, he couldn’t help but feel a bit aggrieved.
As a man, he had lost his dignity to Shi Dixuan, had a son, and now the father of that son had captured him, taken his son away, and was now about to kill him.
He really was a rare kind of fool in the world.
TL: Sorry for the late upload. I hope you’re still here 🤧 I was really not feeling well these days until now, but one must persevere, as someone I’ve heard said. Anyway, we still have 20+ chapters to go. I hope we won’t age fast cause of SDX’s stupidity. /Face palm/ We must get through this ! Enjoy the chapter ! 💜
Stupid ML is usual occurance, of course we’re patience to wait for him to regret everything 🙂
Thank you for the chapter 😍 ❤️ ❤️ ❤️
Ugh, what a mess, I want to beat all the beastmen up! ರ╭╮ರ
Thank You for the new chapter (｡･ω･｡)ﾉ♡ Wishing You a lot of health! Hope everything will be fine soon
Thank you for the chapter
I really want Yang mu and the Kids to quickly leave and face slape SDX and the beastmens
Thanks for the chapter 😀
20+ chapters sounds so little, but I know how much drama these authors can squeeze into so little chapters 😭
Thank you so much for the update❤