Chapter 302 - 293: One Banner, One Surname, Too Beautiful to Imagine

Chapter 302: Chapter 293: One Banner, One Surname, Too Beautiful to Imagine

Fu Juemin tossed the napkin he’d used to wipe his hands onto the table, his gaze sweeping over Chen You.

"This Crow Demon flesh was loaded into your body. It drinks your blood and sucks your marrow, feeding on your own vital essence.

You don’t have long to live. Do you realize that?"

Chen You’s head was bowed, but his voice was remarkably calm. "I’ve known for a long time."

"I forgot."

Fu Juemin suddenly shook his head. "You people are so used to eating Human Pills that you couldn’t care less about this."

Chen You didn’t speak, which was a silent admission.

"How many people did the Mu Family have you capture this time?"

Fu Juemin asked after a moment’s thought.

Chen You answered, "By the standard of able-bodied adults, at least two hundred.

If they’re not able-bodied, then the number is harder to say. Of course, the more the better..."

"What’s the latest they need to be delivered?"

"The eighth of next month."

"So that’s less than fifteen days from now..."

A glint flashed in Fu Juemin’s eyes. After a moment, he looked at Chen You and spoke calmly, "Contact the Mu Family. Tell them you have all the people.

We’ll escort them to Yingjing immediately.

I’ll go with you."

"Huh?!"

Hearing this, Chen You’s head snapped up, his face a mask of shock and disbelief.

But he quickly suppressed his expression and lowered his head.

"Yes."

.....

That night, Xu Xinyi, Cao Tian, and the others were brought to the manor.

"Once the train for transporting the people arrives, I’ll set out with Chen You.

That should be in two or three days, which is probably just enough time for me to see Aunt Ding buried."

In a separate room, under the dim yellow light of an electric lamp, Fu Juemin announced his decision to his assembled subordinates.

"I’m only taking Director Gu with me on this trip.

The rest of you will proceed north along the original route and rendezvous with Xu Hengjiang and the Ghost Camp."

After Fu Juemin finished speaking, Xu Xinyi’s mouth formed a pout, but she didn’t dare to make a sound, merely lowering her head, feeling wronged.

The remaining people, Cao Tian and the others, naturally had no objections, especially Gu Shouyu.

He had recently been researching the *Nine Spirits Filth Loading Technique* behind Emperor Qianming’s treasure of longevity. Having seen a living example of the Dirt-Loading Method in Chen You, he was now at the peak of his excitement.

Hearing that this Demon Technique was prevalent in Yingjing City, his anticipation grew even more. Even if Fu Juemin hadn’t said anything, he probably would have volunteered to go.

"Before I leave, I’ll take all of Chen You’s horse bandits with me. Of course, you all must be careful on the road as well."

After Fu Juemin finished his addition, Cao Tian’s eyes glinted as he spoke, "Young Master, be careful of Chen You’s tricks."

"He will definitely have tricks up his sleeve."

Fu Juemin was unconcerned.

In Taimei County, Chen You was acting obedient and cooperative. Once he reached Yingjing and had the support of the Blue Banner Mu Family, it would be strange if he didn’t turn and bite back.

Fu Juemin didn’t care. He could just crush him with a flick of his wrist when the time came.

"Young Master, with you and Director Gu escorting Chen You and so many horse bandits, I’m afraid they’ll rebel midway."

"It’s fine."

Fu Juemin waved his hand dismissively and said casually, "They won’t dare to rebel. I’ve placed a ’Life and Death Talisman’ on each of them."

The so-called "Life and Death Talisman" was nothing more than a strand of Five Poison Qi injected into each person.

When the Five Poison Qi entered the body, the feeling of Five Poison Body Erosion was something only those who’ve experienced it could truly understand.

With Fu Juemin’s current Martial Dao Cultivation, a normal person afflicted by the Five Poison Qi from a True Gang Level expert would die a violent death within a few days.

However, Fu Juemin had the Glazed True Gang.

—By periodically healing the "injuries" caused by the Poison Force corroding their bodies, it easily created the illusion that "this poison has an antidote," much like the legendary "Life and Death Talisman."

But the reality was that, without Fu Juemin using extra Innate Primordial Liquid to supplement the process, the Glazed True Gang’s detoxification and healing would only consume the victim’s own Vitality.

Back and forth, after a few such ordeals, the person would be fundamentally crippled.

But what did that have to do with Fu Juemin?

If they died, they died. He couldn’t care less.

As long as Chen You and his men could survive until they reached Yingjing, that was all that mattered.

’The Demon Capital...’

With the matter settled, Fu Juemin stood up and slowly paced over to the window.

Looking out the window, he could see a sickle moon hanging high in the sky, the night quiet and still.

If what Chen You said was true, then within Yingjing City, the remnants of the Nine Banners of the Previous Dynasty—each banner and each family—all worshiped a Demon Fiend.

In that case, the Demon Capital City would truly be a great "blessed land" for him!

’This trip, charging straight into the Blue Banner Mu Family, will naturally have its risks.

But in this world, what is there to do that doesn’t involve risk?

If you want a great reward, you naturally have to bear a great risk.

My Flame Monarch form has just begun to take shape. With my power fully unleashed, I may not be at the Flood Dragon Level, but I can’t be far from it.

If even with this power, I still don’t dare to take some risks....

...then wouldn’t my training in these Demon Martial Arts have been all for nothing?’

"This trip to the Demon Capital... if I can just go banner by banner, surname by surname, family by family, demon by demon, and wipe them all out..."

Fu Juemin gazed at the hooked moon above, his Adam’s apple bobbing, and couldn’t help but sigh softly, "I don’t even dare to imagine...

...just how...

...beautiful that would be."

....

For the next three days, Fu Juemin remained focused on the matter of building the grave in Xingwan Village.

Sparing no expense, and with Chen You, the horse bandit chieftain, no longer causing trouble and capturing people, Aunt Ding’s grave was quickly completed.

Fu Juemin personally saw Aunt Ding interred, and then hired someone in Xingwan Village to tend to and clean the gravesite.

This major affair was considered temporarily concluded.

Fu Juemin had released all the people previously held captive in Chen You’s mountain stronghold. But in the past half-year, Chen You’s gang had been a deep-seated poison. Heaven knows how long it would take for the villages in Taimei County to recover their former vitality.

Fu Juemin also briefly looked into the man and woman who had tried to assassinate Chen You.

The man was named Han Xiaofei, and the woman was named Sun Fu.

The thick-browed young man, Han Xiaofei, was from Iron Spine Manor, located in the Jidong area. It wasn’t a proper one of the Martial Arts Sects, more of a family-taught tradition.

Sun Fu’s entire family, young and old, had been sent by Chen You to Yingjing to be used as Magic Sacrifice offerings for the Blue Banner Mu Family’s Crow Demon, or were directly refined into Human Pills.

Bearing this deep-seated blood feud, Sun Fu escaped from Taimei County, made her way to Jidong, and by a twist of fate, entered Iron Spine Manor. After staying for half a year, she then tricked the "naive" Han Xiaofei into helping her get revenge.

In truth, it wasn’t exactly a trick. Sun Fu herself confessed that if they succeeded, she would marry Han Xiaofei.

If they failed, she was willing to become a ghostly couple with him in the afterlife.

Though she appeared weak, her temperament was quite fierce.

Fu Juemin used a small amount of his Innate Primordial Liquid to conveniently heal Han Xiaofei’s injuries. The two were now preparing to depart for Jidong immediately.

One reason was to inform the spirits of Sun Fu’s family in heaven of their success, and the other was to prepare for their wedding.

Having successfully won the beauty’s hand, the thick-browed young man Han Xiaofei remained gloomy and sullen.

To be precise, ever since Chen You had said those words to him that day, he had been taciturn for days. His worldview had likely suffered a massive shock and was in the process of being rebuilt.

After seeing the two of them off, he personally saw Xu Xinyi and the others off as well.

「Three days later.」

The Blue Banner Mu Family’s train from Yingjing finally arrived—a special train dedicated to transporting people.

On that day, Fu Juemin led Chen You and his numerous horse bandits on a ride across Taimei County, causing quite a commotion.

"WHOO WHOO—"

The dark green train spewed white smoke and, after "swallowing" the last person, finally began to chug slowly along the tracks.

"CLANG CLANG—"

Inside a gently swaying carriage, Chen You sat alone, quietly changing the dressing on a wound on his arm.

Just then, a horse bandit walked in quickly, knocked on the door, and said in a low voice, "Chieftain, Young Master Fu... wants you to come over right now."

Hearing this, the hand Chen You was holding the bandage with trembled imperceptibly.

"Understood."

Chen You replied with a calm expression, and the horse bandit who delivered the message nodded and left.

The moment the man was gone, Chen You’s expression twisted into a ferocious snarl. He shot to his feet and kicked the medicine box in front of him, smashing it to pieces!

He stood in the carriage, his once-handsome face frighteningly pale. His eyes were dark, his expression so foul it looked like it could drip poison.

If one looked closely, they would see fear, nervousness, and a great deal of unspeakable pain floating in his eyes.

’It’s happening again!’

Ever since that man and his nerdy subordinate—the one who wore glasses and always carried an Oil Paper Umbrella and a notebook—had taken a keen interest in the Demon Spirit Contamination Technique within his body, they had treated him as nothing more than an experiment!

For the past few days, Chen You had to endure the daily torture of a scalpel repeatedly cutting into various parts of his body, tracing paths across his skin.

Sometimes he was even bled, or had small pieces of flesh and skin sliced off!

Even though his Martial Dao had reached the Tongxuan realm and he had Demon Flesh and Blood integrated into his body, making his constitution far superior to that of an ordinary Martial Artist, he was on the verge of breaking under such inhuman torture!

’That man, perhaps afraid of accidentally tormenting me to death, would occasionally heal me.’

After several days of this, Chen You had lost a significant amount of weight, and his nerves were on the verge of shattering.

"Treating me like a toy, are you?"

Chen You stood on the carriage floor, listening to the wind howl outside. His face was contorted as he ground his teeth and muttered to himself, "Just you wait. When we get to Yingjing...

...if I don’t pay you back a hundred, a thousand times over, I swear I’m not human!"

After speaking, Chen You grabbed a piece of clothing and threw it haphazardly over his shoulders. With his lips pressed into a thin line and a look of humiliation in his eyes, he quickly walked out of the carriage.

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