"What? Do you wanna go before me? Tell me what you've done. What makes you think you deserve it? I advise you to get out of my way right now if you're smart." With that, Xu Yi reached out and pushed the disheveled Taoist priest.
The disheveled Taoist priest wasn't as easy to deal with as he seemed. "Hehe, I haven't done much. If it weren't for me, you coward wouldn't even dare to step up. Don't you forget whose idea this great plan was. You're really good at using the 'kick - the - ladder - after - climbing' trick."
Xu Yi didn't buy the disheveled Taoist priest's words. Between the lines, the priest was clearly mocking his incompetence.
Furious, Xu Yi grabbed the priest's Taoist robe and lifted him off the ground without hesitation. "You? You just came up with an idea and now you're getting all high and mighty. Let me tell you, even without you, there'd be someone else. You wanna go first? No way. If it weren't for me, where could you find such a high - quality target?"
The disheveled Taoist priest, grabbed by Xu Yi, was choking as the robe tightened around his neck. His face turned red and he seemed out of breath. He struggled and pounded on Xu Yi.
But how could the thin and scrawny Taoist priest be a match for the tall and burly Xu Yi? Out of self - preservation instinct, the priest stretched his neck and rammed his head into Xu Yi's forehead.
Xu Yi let out a yell and threw the priest roughly to the side. He reached up to touch his forehead and felt a smear of red.
Xu Yi flew into a rage. He grabbed the priest by the collar and punched him in the face. As he punched, he mumbled, "You bastard, how dare you hit your father? You even made me bleed. You wanna go first, huh? I'll kill you."
The disheveled Taoist priest let out a series of shrill screams and kept begging for mercy, but Xu Yi still didn't stop his hands.
Shu Yao was completely confused. Weren't they getting along just fine earlier? Why were they fighting now?
Before long, the disheveled Taoist priest was pinned to the ground by Xu Yi and beaten black and blue. Blood started to show on the priest's face. Shu Yao wanted to step forward to stop them, but was pushed away by Xu Yi.
Shu Yao was pushed to the ground. In a daze, he felt a warm liquid splash on his face. He instinctively reached up to touch his face.
He only felt a burning sensation on his face, as if it was on fire. A strange force rushed from his face straight to his dantian.
Xu Yi and the disheveled Taoist priest were also stunned. Shu Yao was lying on the ground. Terrible blue veins popped up on his originally fair - as - snow face, and his black pupils were filled with blood.
"This... this... is a monster!" the disheveled Taoist priest shrieked in terror.
Shu Yao smelled a strong smell of blood in the air... It smelled so good.
He was starting to lose control of his body. A force he could hardly control was rampaging inside him as if it was about to break free from his flesh.
The blue veins slowly crawled up from Shu Yao's face, covering his neck and even spreading downwards. Among these blue veins were even some black blood vessels. His blood - red eyes were like those of a wild beast.
Xu Yi was so scared that he couldn't even speak.
Shu Yao's hands grew long nails like the claws of a wild beast. He reached out and without hesitation grabbed Xu Yi.
Normally burly Xu Yi was easily lifted up by Shu Yao. Xu Yi, who had never seen such a sight before, was scared out of his wits and immediately begged for mercy.
"Shu Yao... Shu Yao, I was wrong. I shouldn't have had bad intentions towards you. Please spare me. I dare not do it again. Disheveled Taoist priest, say something... Aren't you a Taoist priest? Hurry up and save me."
The mentioned disheveled Taoist priest scrambled to his feet, pointed at Xu Yi and started scolding. Maybe he was afraid of being implicated by Xu Yi.
"Xu Yi, you're crazy! I'm not a Taoist priest at all. It was all an act! You're taking it too seriously. I tell you, there's no way I'll save you. Weren't you enjoying beating me up just now? This is your karma. Die with this monster!"
With that, the disheveled Taoist priest rushed towards the door and casually knocked over the candlesticks in the room.
Shu Yao frowned. He carried Xu Yi and leaped forward to block the disheveled Taoist priest's way. At this moment, Xu Yi was suffering greatly in Shu Yao's hands. His nails dug deeply into Xu Yi's flesh.
Seeing there was no way out, the disheveled Taoist priest was so scared that he immediately knelt down and begged for mercy. "I was wrong... I was wrong. Please spare my life. If you wanna kill someone, kill Xu Yi. Don't come after me... It was all Xu Yi who told me to do this. Spare my life!"
Now the disheveled Taoist priest didn't care about his dignity anymore. He bowed deeply in front of Shu Yao, and the sound of his kowtows grew louder and louder.
Until his forehead was bruised and bleeding. The smell of blood spread in the air. Shu Yao's nose twitched, and the bloodlust in his eyes grew stronger.
The fallen candlestick started to burn slowly. Shu Yao didn't even frown. He picked up Xu Yi in his hand and threw him into the fire.
Xu Yi howled in pain. "Aaaaaaaaaa, help!"
Xu Yi's figure in the fire struggled like a fish out of water, thrashing about. After a few moments, the fire was actually put out by Xu Yi, but his back was severely burned by the flames. Due to the intense pain, Xu Yi fainted.
The disheveled Taoist priest was so scared that he kept backing away, and his words of begging for mercy never stopped. But Shu Yao's eyes were already covered with blood and he had lost his mind.
Shu Yao didn't hesitate any longer. With a wave of his hand, he controlled the vines in the courtyard to tie up the disheveled Taoist priest and hang him on a tree.
The disheveled Taoist priest's neck was tightened by the vines. He soon couldn't breathe due to suffocation. His face turned from sallow to purple.
His feet kicked frantically in the air, longing for a chance to live. Slowly... slowly...
The disheveled Taoist priest stopped moving. His two hands hung limply on both sides of his body, swaying with the movement of his body.
He was like a tattered cloth fluttering in the wind.
Xu Yi's end was the same as the disheveled Taoist priest's. Shu Yao gave him a quick end while he was unconscious.
The moon was hanging high in the sky. The night was pitch - black. The chirping of the cicadas sounded so clear and yet so hollow under this desolate sky and earth.
The smell of blood filled the air. Shu Yao's eyes gradually regained clarity. He slowly raised his hand and found it covered in blood.
"What... what's going on?" Shu Yao was shocked by the scene in front of him. The two people who were arguing just now were now hanging on a tree and lying in a mess respectively.
"Ba... ba... hug." A childish voice sounded in Shu Yao's ear.
Shu Yao looked in the direction of the sound and saw a little baby about three or four years old. Wait, where was Shu Yue?
Shu Yao was a bit at a loss. He pushed the baby away. "Who... who are you? I'm not your father. I'm Shu Yue's father. Where is Shu Yue? Where did you come from, you little baby? What on earth is going on here?"