Chapter 49: Your twin brother?
Ashen’s room, Phoenix Feather Sect,
Two unconscious women were lying on Ashen’s bed, these women were extremely beautiful and any man wouldn’t be able to control himself upon laying his eyes on them.
However, Ashen wasn’t looking at them, instead, was conducting a transaction with the system.
“System, I want to buy the thing that I talked about previously!” He said with a sinister smile.
[Ding! Host, deducting 20,000 Villain points and completing the transaction.]
[Ding! Host, The item has been transported into your space ring, Please take a look]
Ashen nodded before looking into his space with his mind sense and sure enough, there was a new item in his ring.
He took it out, examining it closely.
This item was alive, a small insect of blood red color. It was the size of an almond and had four small eyes on its frontal lobe. However, the scariest was the scissors-like claws it had. Its six legs accentuated its scary aura.
This insect was known as the blood schine and had only one use, which was to control someone’s life.
A cultivator could refine this insect with his qi mixed with some of his will.
After refining it, he could control it with a thought and that wasn’t all. Once he made someone eat it, this insect would travel and make its home in their heart, not metaphorically but literally.
And to ensure that the cultivator wouldn’t try to remove it by force, this insect would grab the arteries and veins in their heart with its sharp claws, taking only a thought to cut their lives.
If the cultivator ordered it to die, it would first cut those arteries and veins of the heart before bursting itself, releasing a poison into the whole body, making it impossible for the victim to survive.
Like this, the cultivator who had refined the insect could control the life of someone who had ingested this insect.
Ashen also planned to do the same.
Ashen, in a hurry, went and sprinkled water on Shiyue’s face, waking her up.
Shiyue blinked a few times to get a clear view of her surroundings.
Her head was hurting as she tried to gather herself and it wasn’t too long before she remembered what had happened.
In front of her stood Ashen with a calm expression as he asked: “Are you awake now?”
“Y-You!” Her eyes widened in anger as she yelled: “Why have you brought me here? Release me at once or else don’t blame me if I inform the sect about how you’ve kidnapped me. Don’t think that you are allowed to do anything you want!”
Even though she was shocked to know that Ashen had advanced to the origin realm in such a short amount of time, however, right now, she couldn’t be bothered about that.
Although Ashen was more powerful than her and could crush her with one finger, however, this wasn’t some warzone where the one whose fist was bigger would be free to do whatever he wanted.
This was a sect, a sect with rules which everyone had to follow. She was confident that Ashen wouldn’t be able to harm her unless he wanted to be branded a criminal and become a demonic cultivator, leaving the righteous side.
Kidnapping someone was a severe crime, punishable by the sect, therefore, she was confident that Ashen would release her once he realized that he had made a mistake.
However, expectations and reality can be worlds apart and that was soon realized by Shiyue when she saw Ashen’s smile widen at her threat.
“Shiyue ah Shiyue, How naive you are?
If I was afraid of the sect, do you think I would dare to kidnap you two like that?”
“Two?” Shiyue revealed a confused expression at Ashen’s wordings, however, soon she realized the meaning behind his words as she turned her gaze behind.
“Mother!” She shouted in shock upon laying her gaze on the beautiful green-haired woman.
“Oh, so she is your mother? She sure is beautiful” Ashen complimented before licking his lips lightly.
“You Fiend! Why have you kidnapped her too? This is between you and me, why have you dragged her into this?” She questioned with fire spitting out of her mouth, amber reflecting in her wide eyes.
She was really angry this time and afraid too. Afraid not for herself, but for her mother.
“Well, I planned to kidnap only you, but she appeared out of nowhere and I had to bring her with me. But well, It all worked out for the best in the end.” He explained before eyeing her mother with a sinister smile: “Now I have your weakness in my hand”
Shiyue looked at him with gritted teeth and hatred. She really despised him after this.
“What do you want? What do you hope to achieve by doing this?” Shiyue questioned while directing her hateful gaze at him.
Ashen, however, just smiled, enjoying her gaze to the fullest.
He answered: “Previously, I just wanted to have you fulfill your oath, however, after your stunt, I have changed my mind. I will have you as my slave for the rest of your life!”
“In your dreams!” Shiyue spat, showing her resolution.
“Don’t worry, I have my methods!” Ashen said with a menacing smile before bringing out the insect he had prepared.
“You know what this is?” Ashen asked while gently caressing the small insect with his finger.
Shiyue squinted her eyes in an attempt to get a clear look at the small insect.
“Your twin brother?” Shiyue scoffed: “Looks just like you!”
Shiyue wanted to irritate Ashen with her remark as she didn’t know about the insect.
However, Ashen remained unfazed by her remark, ignoring her as he explained:
“This little friend here is the guarantee that will make sure you behave from now on.
You see, once this goes into someone’s body, it will enter their heart. After that, I can kill the said person with a single thought. This friend will do it for me.
Ah, there is also the feature of making them experience pain whenever I desire”
“What??” Shiyue exclaimed in shock before pointing at the insect and shouting: “Isn’t this the demonic slavery insect?”
“Heh? Demonic Slavery insect? What’s that?” Ashen questioned the system.
[Ding! Host, that is a lower version of the blood schine you have in your hand. That insect severely harms the body of the person it is in while the blood schine is perfectly safe]
“Oh…” Ashen nodded in realization before answering Shiyue: “No, it isn’t that but only functions like it!”
“So you plan to control me by making me ingest this insect?” Shiyue asked with a frown on her face.
Meanwhile, on the inside, she sneered: “You think I am afraid of death? I’ll happily embrace death if It means that I can escape being your slave, You Filth!”
Ashen nodded in response: “You are correct, I am going to have someone ingest this friend to control you and make you obey me, but…” His gaze drifted to her mother: “That someone isn’t you!”
There was a clever smile on Ashen’s face at the end of his response.
Shiyue followed his gaze that was on her mother and she understood Ashen’s meaning. He planned to make her mother eat the insect and hold her life as a hostage to control Shiyue and make her obey.
Understanding that, a horrified expression revealed itself on Shiyue’s face for the first time since she was captured. She yelled: “Noooo! Please don’t do this! You want me to become your maid and fulfill my oath, right? I will do it, just let my mother leave!”
She begged, she pleaded, she implored.
“Ha.. Do you think I am a fool? You must think I am easy, right? Fulfilling your oath whenever you want!”
“Listen, You will become my slave and that is your fate. Only I am your master from now!!”
Ashen declared, moving towards Shiyue’s mother with the insect in his hand.
“No, I won’t let you do it! If you don’t stop, I will go and inform the sect about this!” Shiyue threatened with a panicked expression, standing to leave.
Ashen just smiled at her, pointing at the door: “You’re free to do whatever you wish. Just know this, If you dared to inform the sect, your mother would die.
I’m sure you can calculate that the time it would take for you to inform the sect will be enough for your mother to die”
Shiyue’s eyes widened in horror at this realization. She really couldn’t stop Ashen even if she wanted to.
He had more strength, so fighting wasn’t an option.
She couldn’t ask for help as that would just provoke Ashen to kill her mother.
Also, she wouldn’t be able to prove that he was the one who killed her as the insect would just explode inside her, dissipating his will and qi.
There was nothing she could do to stop Ashen other than request him.
And this realization was what made despair appear on her face.
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(A/N – Thanks for reading. ^..^)
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