I Have An Infinite Cultivation Resource
Chapter 112: Zeng Yan Kills — Lu You Makes His Move
Smack!
Right before everyone's eyes, Zeng Yan showed not the slightest restraint and slapped the female sword cultivator hard across the face.
She infused the strike with spiritual energy, and the leading female cultivator's once-proper features instantly twisted out of shape. Blood poured from her mouth, nose, and eyes.
"Y-You actually dared to hit me?! You bitch! You're finished! I'll report this to the Law Enforcement Hall!"
Smack!
Zeng Yan didn't stop.
Her left hand seized the woman's wrist while her right hand delivered another brutal slap.
Both strikes landed on exactly the same spot.
The woman's cheek collapsed inward. Even though she instinctively reinforced herself with spiritual energy at the last moment, Zeng Yan's blow still knocked several of her teeth flying.
"If I cared about rules, I would never have taken up the sword."
Zeng Yan's gaze was icy.
Although she was holding a person, in her eyes it was no different from clutching a dirty rag.
"To me, every provocation is a duel."
"Go ahead! Hit me again if you dare! Everyone, look! Zeng Yan is breaking the sect rules—she's assaulting someone!"
As Zeng Yan's hand rose for another slap, the female sword cultivator screamed shrilly.
There was even a smile at the corner of her mouth.
As long as she didn't fight back, today's fault would belong entirely to Zeng Yan.
Violating Myriad Sword Mountain's rules regarding duels wasn't something that could be settled with merely spending time reflecting in the Sword Tomb.
The Law Enforcement Hall would imprison Zeng Yan.
Myriad Sword Mountain would punish her severely.
If things went badly enough, they might even cripple her cultivation.
"Stop, Zeng Yan! How dare you attack someone on Myriad Sword Mountain!"
"Zeng Yan, you're dead! You've violated the sect's rules!"
Seeing their companion being beaten, the two female sword cultivators behind her made no move to intervene.
Instead, they merely shouted hypocritical protests.
One of them even took out a Communication Talisman, recorded both Zeng Yan's and the victim's voices, and transmitted the evidence directly to the Law Enforcement Hall.
Smack!
Zeng Yan ignored them completely.
She simply continued slapping the woman again and again.
Each blow sent flesh and blood flying.
Every slap was more vicious than the last.
She's going to kill me!
Realizing Zeng Yan had absolutely no intention of stopping, the female sword cultivator finally became terrified.
She had intended to exchange her injuries for Zeng Yan receiving severe punishment.
But she had never imagined that Zeng Yan simply didn't care, nor had she expected every strike to be delivered without mercy.
Looking into Zeng Yan's icy eyes, she suddenly felt certain that the next slap would smash her skull apart.
No— If this keeps going, I'll die!
Another slap landed.
Her vision went black for an instant.
The woman realized that even if Zeng Yan didn't kill her outright—even if she survived until the Law Enforcement Hall arrived—she would still be beaten into a cripple.
She would simply become collateral for Zeng Yan's downfall!
"Get away! Stay away from me!"
She suddenly thrust both hands forward, trying to shove Zeng Yan aside.
Seeing the movement, a faint smile appeared in Zeng Yan's eyes.
She lightly stepped aside.
At the same time, the sword hanging at her waist shifted ever so slightly.
The hilt seemed to present itself directly before the woman's hand.
Run!
Thinking Zeng Yan had released her, the woman struggled to flee.
But it was as though Zeng Yan's sword possessed a will of its own.
The hilt abruptly pressed itself into the woman's palm.
No! I wasn't trying to grab Zeng Yan's sword!
She instinctively tried to let go.
Clang!
The sword leapt from its scabbard.
The hilt remained firmly stuck to her hand.
Panicking, she tried to fling the weapon away.
But the sword clung to her like a parasite.
Not only did the hilt refuse to leave her palm, but as she struggled, the blade's tip naturally swung around until it pointed directly at Zeng Yan.
From a distance, it looked exactly as though she had seized Zeng Yan's sword and was about to stab her.
"Senior Sister Zhou, don't!"
The two female sword cultivators who had been watching the spectacle immediately panicked.
If their companion didn't fight back, only Zeng Yan would be punished.
If she fought back, both of them would be punished by the Law Enforcement Hall.
But if she appeared to be trying to kill Zeng Yan...
That was an entirely different matter.
"I—"
The woman known as Senior Sister Zhou had just begun to explain when Zeng Yan suddenly lifted her leg and struck her wrist.
The sword instantly changed direction.
With a single horizontal sweep, it sliced cleanly across the woman's throat.
Gurgle... Gurgle...
The female sword cultivator's eyes were filled with disbelief.
She seemed to want to say something, but with her throat sliced open, only blood gushed from the wound, splattering across the ground.
She lowered her gaze toward the sword in her hand.
Even now, the sword remained tightly stuck to her palm.
Thud
Still clutching the sword, her corpse collapsed onto the ground.
Zeng Yan spoke with complete composure, "Everyone here saw what happened. Senior Sister Zhou insulted me first, so I disciplined her. I was already prepared to accept punishment from the Law Enforcement Hall. Yet she not only fought back, she even tried to seize my sword and kill me."
She pointed at the sword still gripped in the dead woman's hand.
"Unfortunately, Senior Sister Zhou failed to murder me and instead accidentally killed herself."
"Impossible! Senior Sister Zhou would never try to kill you!"
"That's right! You had already broken the rules, and the Law Enforcement Hall would have punished you anyway. There was no reason for Senior Sister Zhou to try to kill you!"
Looking at Zhou's corpse, the two female sword cultivators who had been watching the spectacle cried out in horror.
They simply couldn't understand it.
Why hadn't Senior Sister Zhou run away?
Why hadn't she simply endured everything and let Zeng Yan bear the blame?
Why would she instead seize Zeng Yan's sword and attempt to kill her?
They were cultivators.
No matter how vicious Zeng Yan's slaps had been, pills and talismans could have healed the injuries.
Why would Senior Sister Zhou do something so foolish?
In the end, she failed to kill anyone and instead caused her own death.
Lu You understood exactly what had happened.
Zeng Yan had used the Sword Control Technique.
She had secretly guided her sword into the female cultivator's hand and made it adhere to her palm.
From the moment Zeng Yan first raised her hand to strike, she had already decided to kill her opponent.
Each slap after that wasn't simply punishment—it was meant to terrify the woman into reacting.
Unless the woman endured everything until the Law Enforcement Hall arrived, any attempt to resist would result in the sword "coincidentally" flying into her hand, and then she would "coincidentally" kill herself.
Inside Lu You's mind, Evil Eye shivered violently.
"Boss... maybe you should keep your distance from Lu Xiao'e. Your future wife... she's kind of terrifying..."
Zeng Yan always repaid every grievance.
She planned every move flawlessly.
Not only had she killed Senior Sister Zhou, she had shifted every bit of blame away from herself.
With such decisive execution and such frightening intelligence, Evil Eye felt Lu You's greatest danger wasn't fighting other cultivators.
It was making Zeng Yan angry and waking up one morning without his head.
"Evil Eye, stop making such a fuss inside my head."
Lu You calmly replied through his thoughts.
"Looks like being sealed away for so long has made you soft. You still need more tempering."
With a thought, he threw the endlessly babbling Evil Eye back into the agony of bone-forging to continue its "training."
"So what if Senior Sister Zhou wanted to kill you? You attacked first! The Law Enforcement Hall will be here any moment! Zeng Yan, no matter what, you won't escape punishment!"
"Everyone, you'll testify for us, right? It was Zeng Yan who struck first! She was the one who attacked someone on Myriad Sword Mountain!"
Seeing the two women still fanning the flames, Lu You stepped forward.
"Everyone has already witnessed the truth. These three shameless women deliberately provoked my senior sister and me. They even intended to injure us."
"Fortunately, good is rewarded and evil receives its due. Senior Sister Zhou reaped exactly what she sowed. She got what she deserved."
Lu You narrowed his eyes.
Taking advantage of the brief moment when everyone's attention shifted to him, a crimson light flashed through his pupils.
The next instant, the eyes of the two female sword cultivators looking at him also changed.
Countless blood-red veins spread across their eyes.
Then Lu You spoke loudly, "You two actually think everyone here—including the Law Enforcement Hall—is made up of fools? Do you think acting like shameless, unreasonable harpies is enough to twist right and wrong?"
"Could it be that the swordsmanship Myriad Sword Mountain taught you... is the swordsmanship of being shameless?"
Hiss—
Every cultivator present turned toward Lu You.
That sentence hadn't merely insulted the two women.
It had mocked Myriad Sword Mountain itself.
In an instant, the crowd became enraged.
"Where the hell did this brat crawl out from? Looking for a beating?"
"You dare challenge me to a duel? I'll hack you to pieces in the arena!"
Everyone's attention was now fixed entirely on Lu You.
What no one noticed was that the two female sword cultivators first froze, as though their souls had briefly left their bodies.
When they recovered, their behavior was completely different from before.
Instead of continuing to accuse Zeng Yan, they drew their swords.
Both of them had been completely enraged by Lu You.
"It's all because of you! If it weren't for you, Senior Sister Zhou wouldn't have died!"
"If we couldn't kill Zeng Yan, do you think we can't kill you instead?!"
As they shouted, both women charged straight toward Lu You.
Their swords were already enveloped in spiritual energy.
Anyone could tell that the two of them genuinely intended to kill him.
As if hoping to take advantage of the crowd's anger, they continued shouting while rushing at Lu You:
"Are you all cowards?! Not one of you dares avenge Senior Sister Zhou! Everyone, attack together! Cut down both Zeng Yan and this pretty boy!"
"Trash! Everyone except us is trash! Senior Sister Zhou, these cowards are too afraid to challenge Zeng Yan—but we're not! We'll avenge you!"
The crowd, which had just been filled with righteous indignation, suddenly fell silent.
Lu You's earlier words now seemed perfectly reasonable.
These two women were blatantly trying to sow discord, inciting everyone to murder Lu You and Zeng Yan.
They had even insulted the other disciples of Myriad Sword Mountain.
Almost instinctively, everyone took a step backward, afraid of being associated with them.
Watching the two women rush toward him, Lu You appeared completely terrified.
Their swords were about to pierce his throat and chest.
Yet instead of dodging, he stood frozen in panic.
As if acting on pure instinct, he grabbed tightly onto Zeng Yan beside him.
What's happening?
Zeng Yan was startled.
Lu You's grip was astonishingly strong.
He had actually pinned her in place so firmly that she couldn't move.
With her sword no longer in hand, even if she broke free of Lu You's grip, there wouldn't be enough time to save him from the two incoming blades.
Golden Light Talisman!
A golden protective barrier instantly sprang into existence.
It was one of Lu You's talismans.
The very next moment—
Crack!
The barrier shattered beneath the two women's swords.
A single Golden Light Talisman couldn't withstand attacks from Foundation Establishment cultivators, but It slowed their blades by a single heartbeat.
"How dare you!"
A furious roar suddenly echoed across the sky.
A flying sword shot through the air like lightning.
In the blink of an eye, it pierced straight through both female sword cultivators before immediately returning to its master.
Their swords came to an abrupt halt.
The tips hovered just in front of Lu You's throat and chest.
Only the tiniest fraction farther, and he would have died.
"To attempt to murder fellow disciples in broad daylight before so many witnesses..."
"The punishment is death!"
High above, Han Tian, who had only recently advanced to the Golden Core Realm, hovered in the sky.
As his flying sword returned to his side, he delivered the final verdict on the matter.
The two women had ignored all rules governing sect duels.
They had attacked Lu You with full force.
Even the Golden Light Talisman had failed to stop them.
They had clearly shown no intention of holding back.
Everyone present had witnessed it.
Had he not arrived in time, Lu You would already be dead.
Han Tian slowly descended to the ground.
He glanced at Senior Sister Zhou's corpse, his expression darkening.
"What happened here?"
All three people who had provoked Zeng Yan were dead.
The gathered disciples exchanged uneasy glances.
Even those who had envied or disliked Zeng Yan remembered the ruthless methods she had displayed only moments earlier.
Now that Senior Sister Zhou and the others were dead, there was no one left to support any accusations.
No one dared speak carelessly.
One of the mountain patrol disciples finally stepped forward.
"Elder Han, my companion and I noticed the commotion and came over. Senior Sister Zhou was the one who deliberately provoked Zeng Yan, leading to the conflict."
"She even suddenly seized Zeng Yan's sword and tried to kill her, but accidentally lost control and ended up killing herself."
The other patrol disciple immediately added,
"That's right, Elder Han. The other two women then tried to sow discord and incite all of us to kill Lu You."
"But none of us would ever listen to such nonsense."
"Who could have imagined that they would actually attack? Fortunately, you arrived in time and saved Fellow Daoist Lu."
The two men speaking were the very patrol disciples who had accepted Lu You's talismans earlier.
Seeing that no one else dared speak, they chose to testify.
Back at the mountain entrance, they had already realized that Lu You had become a talisman master.
Combined with the fact that he had generously given away two Thunder Technique Talismans upon their first meeting, this was clearly the perfect opportunity to build a good relationship with him.
Han Tian nodded.
Then his sharp gaze swept across everyone present.
"Everyone... is that truly what happened?"
Although Han Tian appeared to be looking at the entire crowd, every disciple felt as though those piercing eyes were fixed directly upon them.
"Elder Han, that's exactly what happened."
"Yes, yes! That's precisely how it was."
A few female disciples who disliked Zeng Yan wanted to point out that she had been the one to strike first.
But before they could even open their mouths, they felt Han Tian's spiritual sense settle upon them.
For some reason… Han Tian's gaze carried an overwhelming sense of danger.
Their throats tightened.
In the end, none of them dared say a single word.
"Since that is the case, those three got exactly what they deserved. They have already paid for their crimes with their lives. This matter is now closed."
Han Tian's gaze remained fixed on the few disciples who had almost spoken up.
Only after a long moment did he finally look away.
The warning in his eyes sent chills down their spines.
They silently thanked their luck that they had kept their mouths shut.
Just then, hurried footsteps sounded from the distance.
Several cultivators wearing the robes of the Law Enforcement Hall rushed over.
The moment they saw the three corpses lying on the ground, their eyes widened in disbelief.
The disciple leading the group shouted angrily,
"Who killed Feng Tingting and Zhang Cui?!"
"I did."
Senior Sister Zhou had been killed by Zeng Yan.
But Feng Tingting and Zhang Cui had been slain by Han Tian's flying sword.
"E-Elder Han..."
The disciple's expression froze.
Even so, he refused to give up.
"Elder Han, I received emergency messages from Feng Tingting and Zhang Cui! They clearly reported that Zeng Yan had murdered someone!"
"Then why are they the ones who ended up dead?"
"Could you have been deceived by Zeng Yan? We should arrest her immediately! Perhaps she used some kind of trick—"
Before he could finish, Han Tian's expression turned cold.
"I see."
"You even dare question my judgment."
"Had I not happened to pass by, would you have joined Feng Tingting and Zhang Cui in their crimes?"
Han Tian suddenly raised his hand.
Bang!
His palm struck directly against the disciple's dantian.
With a single blow, he destroyed the man's cultivation.
The disciple collapsed onto the ground, screaming in agony.
Han Tian's voice was icy.
"There are so many witnesses here, yet instead of investigating the facts, your first reaction was to seek justice for Feng Tingting and Zhang Cui."
"Your favoritism and factionalism couldn't be more obvious."
"Do you think the Law Enforcement Hall has no laws?"
Ignoring the crippled man writhing on the ground, Han Tian turned to the other Law Enforcement Hall disciples who had come with him.
They immediately panicked.
"Elder Han, it has nothing to do with us! We only came because he told us to!"
"That's right, Elder Han! You did the right thing!"
"Feng Tingting and Zhang Cui were both his lovers! He's helped them bully other disciples many times before!"
Seeing Han Tian's ruthless methods, the remaining disciples all dropped to their knees with loud thuds.
Like beans spilling from a bamboo tube, they poured out every crime their superior had committed.
Han Tian spoke indifferently.
"Dispose of the bodies."
"Then throw him out of Verdant Cloud Sect."
He paid no further attention to the kneeling disciples.
Instead, he looked deeply at Zeng Yan and then at Lu You.
Only moments earlier, he had received a direct order from Dongfang Bubai.
That was why he had rushed over at full speed.
Even the flying sword he used had been temporarily taken over by Dongfang Bubai's control, allowing it to kill Feng Tingting and Zhang Cui with absolute precision.
Dongfang Bubai saved me, and she also saved Junior Brother Lu.
That means both Junior Brother Lu and I are people she considers worth saving.
Thinking this, Han Tian gave Lu You a friendly nod.
Then his body transformed into a streak of golden light and soared into the sky, disappearing into the distance.
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