Ximen Ren smiled as he reveled in tormenting this foolish, naive girl. He had kept himself restrained for so long because she was always nagging him and meddling in his affairs.
He had tolerated all of her antics because he needed the Song Clan’s support.
But now...
Now that the Control Gu was inside her body, he no longer needed to hold himself back.
Anyone implanted with this Gu would suffer agony beyond imagination if they disobeyed his commands. The pain was so unbearable that death would seem preferable.
And with the Control Gu inside Song Wan’s body, he had much more freedom.
Perhaps...
He could even accelerate his plans.
"Song Wan... oh, Song Wan. A fool like you truly excels at being a tool. Why did you suddenly grow a little brain and start investigating me?"
As he finished speaking, Ximen Ren activated the Control Gu within his own body.
Through the connection between the two Gu, the one inside Song Wan’s body began to writhe.
Every movement of its countless tiny legs released an agonizing yet non-lethal toxin throughout her body.
This type of Gu had been bred and designed for one purpose.
To inflict unbearable pain upon its victim until they would rather submit than continue suffering.
"!!!!----------!!!!!!"
Song Wan wanted to scream.
But the toxin immediately paralyzed her vocal cords.
She couldn’t make a sound despite the nerve-racking agony tearing through every inch of her body.
Her eyes widened.
Tears, mucus, and saliva streamed down uncontrollably.
Beyond the physical torment, her heart and mind were in even greater pain from the truth she had just learned.
Was she really such a fool?
A fool who couldn’t distinguish a truly good person from a hypocrite?
She had seen through countless hypocrites throughout her life.
Clan leaders.
Sect masters.
Famous figures.
Influential people.
Yet the man she had admired.
The man she believed to be a paragon of righteousness.
Turned out to be the greatest hypocrite of them all.
She had never imagined she would become one of the fools deceived by a hypocrite.
The torture continued for a while before finally subsiding.
Song Wan lost every ounce of strength.
Utterly exhausted, she collapsed onto the ground in a puddle of her own tears, mucus, and saliva.
Only then did she think back to Wei Chen’s words.
She should have listened to him.
Why had she dismissed everything he said as nonsense and continued defending this hypocritical bastard?
Song Wan gritted her teeth and glared at Ximen Ren.
At the demon standing before her.
"Oh? You still have some fire left?" Ximen Ren said gleefully. "Good. I hate toys that break too easily."
He reached toward Song Wan’s sleeve.
Ripp!
He tore off her right sleeve in one motion.
On her fair upper arm, the crimson maiden mark was still there.
Ximen Ren stared at it with amusement mixed with frustration.
"What a disappointment. I thought you’d already lost it to Ximen Hao. Back then, you followed him everywhere and acted like a proper young lady. If you didn’t still have it, I could have used you as a cultivation furnace right now. But since it’s still there, I have no choice."
He paused before casually tossing the torn sleeve aside like a worthless rag.
"After all, I still need your brother’s approval to gain the Song Clan’s support."
"Why do you need my clan’s support?" Song Wan asked. "Is it to help you seize the position of heir from Ximen Hao?"
From what she remembered, if Ximen Hao hadn’t suddenly changed his behavior and become more mature while learning how to fulfill his responsibilities as an heir, the position would have undoubtedly belonged to Ximen Ren.
She knew that although Ximen Hong loved Ximen Hao the most, he was still the Patriarch of the Ximen Clan.
He had to answer to and take responsibility for far more than just his own household.
Millions of lives depended on the Ximen Clan to live in peace.
She had always assumed that was why Ximen Ren had approached her.
Wait...
Was that also the reason he had risked coming here?
But... If that were true, why had he started causing trouble now?
Was it because his demonic cultivation had finally acted up?
According to Lady Mo, demonic cultivation methods with little to no modification were extremely dangerous.
Ximen Ren’s smile never left his face.
"That was only the first part."
"What I truly value is your connection to the dynasty."
"The Vermilion Bird Dynasty?"
"No. The Azure Dragon Dynasty! Do you really think Zhu Liehuang alone could have usurped a dynasty backed by an ancestor in the Immortal Realm? I heard that the Song Clan, as one of the traitorous clans, possesses one of the keys. I want to know what kind of power helped that usurper seize the throne!"
Ximen Ren said with a twisted smile.
At that moment, the tent flap suddenly opened.
Dream Butterfly rushed inside.
Both Ximen Ren and Song Wan froze, turning to look at Dream Butterfly, whose face looked as though she had just heard an earth-shattering secret.
"What did you say?" Dream Butterfly blurted out without thinking.
Ximen Ren quickly regained his composure. His eyes shifted toward the tent flap, which was still slowly settling back into place.
That’s right! Why had he suddenly acted so recklessly despite being in the middle of the camp?
It was far too dangerous!
But...
He simply couldn’t allow this fool to reveal his demonic cultivation to anyone else.
Ximen Ren’s gaze hesitated between Dream Butterfly and Song Wan.
Song Wan wanted to scream for help, but she couldn’t.
The Control Gu had already begun punishing her for her disobedience, and waves of agonizing pain once again spread throughout her body.
Dream Butterfly noticed Song Wan’s strange condition.
She immediately walked toward her, intending to check her pulse.
But Ximen Ren suddenly launched an attack.
His strike was aimed directly at her neck, intending to subdue her.
Ximen Ren’s eyes were filled with bestial desire and mounting frustration.
He couldn’t let this woman interfere.
The Control Gu had only just settled inside Song Wan’s body, and her body was still rejecting it.
It would take some time before the Gu fully integrated with her, to the point that even a physician examining her pulse would be unable to detect anything unusual.
But... That time had not yet come.
If this woman checked Song Wan’s pulse now and discovered the Control Gu, his secret would be exposed.
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