-A Terrifying Truth(1)-
That bright smile on Jie's face looked like a devil's grin to QianJin. After listening to his introduction, he had to bite back a scream of 'Which part of your action seems like a friendly person?'. At the same time, his strength gave him the most concentrated emotion, that was fear. He had never felt like this since the moment he stepped into peak stage Core formation realm.
"More importantly, you just screamed some bullshit about not afford to offend, right? Who are you talking about?" Jie asked while narrowing his eyes at the man. Jie continued, "If I remember correctly, Lady Ru Xue was the princess of a secluded family of assassins, who were slaughtered by a hidden enemy overnight. She ran away from the tragedy and was later rescued by Jiang Kun from a group of mobs! Later, love bloomed, and they both married each other! Then, from where did this so-called frightening background came from? Who is she? And who are you?"
Well, all thing he just said was retrieved from Chao's memories. When the explosion occurred, this man screamed out some strange words, like how she was someone he could never hope to offend, or how he and his family or even the whole kingdom would be slaughtered if anything happens to her…all this made the trouble seeking ESPer curious. He just wanted to know what all this about.
"Hmph! Didn't you hear wrongly? I didn't say anything like that?" the cloaked man instantly denied while thinking 'What a foolish boy! Did he think I will say just because he asked and he is stronger than me? Hmph! Too naïve. That time was just a mistake as I couldn't control my emotions at the thought of her death…but, why is this brat? Why is he so strong? It doesn't make sense. His cultivation is clearly at 9th Stage Body Tempering layer, how can he have so many uncanny abilities and such explosive strength?'
"Hey! You shameless old man, how can you deny what you just did? Really, you have too thick of a face. I clearly heard you spouting bullshit about slaughtering the whole kingdom by someone, now spit out everything." Jie was speechless at his shameless behavior, not believing this man to play rogue. But he wasn't worried. He had other methods to make him speak.
"Brat! Don't spout lies. When did I say such things?" the old sneered at Jie and denied again with a smirk. At the same time, he thought with a sneer 'What can you do if I don't speak? Torture me? Hah! This old man had been training to resist torture even before you are conceived by your parents, what can a brat like you do to me?'
"Ho! You seem pretty confident at your torture enduring ability, huh? What, you think I can't make you speak just because you lived longer than me? Let me show you then!" at Jie's shout, the man in cloak named Qianjin did a double take as his thoughts were wholly exposed to the young man standing in front of him.
"Hmph! Then try your best brat. If something happens to me, I am sure my lady would take revenge for me, haha! Do your worst!!" the cloaked man gloating expression pissed off Jie very much.
"The lady will take revenge! How-ahh! I got a nice idea! Hahaha" with an evil laugh, Jie clicked his fingers. A rainbow colored light flickered from his fingers and entered into the cloaked man's body.
"Huh!" Qianjin exclaimed when he felt losing control of his body. As his body stood up, Qianjin already lost control of his body fully and instead became a silent observer inside his own body. His body gradually advanced towards kneeling Ru Xue.
Seeing a shadow approaching, Ru Xue looked up. Finding it was none other Qianjin, she sighed and continued to recuperate her wounds. She had already swallowed some Blood Coagulating peels to stabilize her blood, and qi and help her heal her wounds. She had already 30% healed, with a bit more time, she would be out of the danger of having some permanent internal injuries.
"You dirty bitch!!" with a loud shout, Qianjin swung his arms, infusing with his Qi. The punch landed heavily on her head, sending her tumbling down the ground. Before she stabilized, he gave a vicious kick to her side ribs, with his legs infused in qi. The kick sent her flying again, sending her through a few bamboo trees. The lady's injuries deepened again after enduring two surprise attacks.
'What! What am I doing? Why am I attacking my lady? Shit! What's happening?' Inside his head, Qianjin who had become only a silent observer in his own body screamed in fright. He observed in a horrified expression as his body continued to pummel the young lady again and again. His lady was weak currently after enduring the explosion of that Black lotus petal. With his merciless strikes, it's like opening her wounds again.
'I have to stop! I have to stop!' But, no matter how much he screamed, his body didn't stop and continued to bit the lady to a bloody mess. After beaten like a rabid dog, the lady already lost her composure. Biting back a mouthful of blood from exploding out, she glared angrily at Qianjin and shouted "Qianjin you lowly dog! How dare you bite your master? Did you forget who I am? How dare you do this to me?"
The Lady's eyes were bloodshot, as she roared at Qianjin like a howling ghost that's about to be exorcized. But the man in cloak didn't listen to her, opting to give a few punches to her mouth, sending a few teeth flying from that one strike.
'no! no!!!' in his head Qianjin had already driven mad from watching this.
"So! Feel like talking yet?" suddenly Jie's voice entered that enclosed space where Qianjin's consciousness was in, shaking the whole room.
"it's you! It's all your doing? What did you do to me? Why am I beating my own lady? WHAT THE HELL YOU DO TO ME???" the man screamed loudly as if expressing all his grief and fear in that one sentence.
"Hmmm! What with that shout? Didn't you say that you are immune to all kind of torture? How come you are so anxious?" Jie's voice which didn't contain any emotion rang through the confined of Qianjin's brain. Even still, his body continued to pummel the young lady, watching this, the cloaked man even tried to give in a few times. But he held on, hoping for a miracle to happen, he was holding up till the end.
"Ho! Not convince yet! Did you think a miracle will happen and save you from this situation? Don't be naïve. I have already put her in a state similar to you where she was experiencing some inexplicable things being done to her by you. Either you saved or not, the lady who you try to protect will kill you after this. Haha! You only have one way out of this predicament, that is confess everything. If not, well, things will take a worse turn for you. As for me, I can retrieve memories after she dies, so no worries for me. HAhaH!! Don't think I am bluffing. That fact that I have put you in a condition like this should already prove to the credibility of my abilities, right?
Even with that, if you are not convinced, then…" as Jie finished speaking, suddenly a red colored sword qi manifested in the hands of Qianjin. Holding it tightly, Qianjin's body aimed it at the neck of a now unconscious Ru Xue. Then he raised his hands and stabbed towards Ru Xue's neck.
Inside his consciousness, seeing that he was about to stab his lady, Qianjin shouted "Wait! I will speak! I will speak!! Don't make me kill my lady. I will tell you everything!"
After his shout, the descending sword qi vanished into thin air just before it touches the smooth neck of Lady Ru Xue. Seeing this, Qianjin took a breath of relief. At the same time, he felt his body's control returning to him. He could now feel his arms, legs and all his body parts.
"You have ten minutes! Start croaking!!" Jie's voice came from his back, like the call from a death god. It frightened the man more than the father of this lady Ru Xue.