Chapter 151 - The Night Is Still Young

Yang Zhai opened the gate of the underground hallway and entered it. 

After entering, he saw a hallway with many turns on the two sides. 

"Impressive, they have hidden their base quite well." Yang Zhai praised and then said, 

"Lead the way," 

Si Yu moved forward and began to lead the way. They turned into one of the many turns. After walking for a while, they saw a light at the end. 

"Brother, there."Si Yu stopped and pointed at the light from afar. 

"There is the room. That room is quite big. All of the eight cultivators cultivate there." Li Na continued. 

"Are you sure?" 

"Yes," 

"Very well then, Li Na, you go back and wait for me at the entrance of this turn in the hallway." Yang Zhai instructed Li Na. 

"Why?" 

"Just do as I say, and Si Yu is coming with me. Don't worry, nothing will happen to him."

"But," 

"Uh," Yang Zhai looked at Li Na with narrowed eyes. 

"Okay," Li Na turned around and left obediently. She also knew Yang Zhai a little and knew that he would not put Si Yu in harm. 

After Li Na left, Yang Zhai moved forward with Si Yu. He did not enter the room and only went closer to the point where he could hear the voices of six to seven people coming from the end of the tunnel. 

He had only sent Li Na back and kept Si Yu because he wanted to make sure that she would think of Si Yu before betraying him. 

As this was underground and there were only a few light stones to lighten it, there was darkness at many places in the underground. Yang Zhai took advantage of this and moved forward while hiding in these dark places. 

Si Yu also followed Yang Zhai and did as Yang Zhai did. 

After confirming that there were really people at the end of this tunnel, Yang Zhai turned around and began to move back. 

"Brother Fen, why are we going back?" Si Yu did not understand what Yang Zhai was trying to do and asked with a perplexed expression. 

Yang Zhai did not say anything and kept on walking. 

After he confirmed that the distance was enough, he stopped. 

"This should be enough." 

After that, he activated the bracelet storage treasure and pulled out a rank 1 smoke material. He had invented this smoke himself in his previous life. Creating it was extremely easy, and the materials could be found easily in the bazaar. 

He had created this smoke in his spare time in his previous life. To create this smoke, he needed a rank 1 plant hypr, a small four inches round sandalwood container, rank 1 incense powder, and a small amount of the powder of the rank 1 tobacco plant. 

After mixing them and putting them in a small four inches round sandalwood container, smoke could be created. He had named this smoke the smell of varieties. This smoke had varying kinds of smells and could confuse people. 

To use it, he simply had to give it an impact and everything inside the round container would start to mix together in a second, and smoke would be created, that would be released and spread into the air in seconds. 

Yang Zhai had two more of these smokes in the storage bracelet as well. He had created these smokes in the previous three days. 

For the previous three days, he had been making this smoke. And the materials were so common that they could be found even in the mortals' bazaar. 

Yang Zhai grabbed the smoke and threw it with all his power toward the room. Then, he pulled out the remaining two smoke containers and threw them as well. 

But he threw every smoke container with different forces at different locations in the room. He did not know how big the room was or where exactly the eight people were. So, he threw all three containers of smoke at different places. 

His strength was more than enough to make the containers of smoke reach the room. This was the reason he moved back as much as possible. From this distance, he could reach the room and leave this area as fast as possible. 

When he threw the smoke containers, he sensed eight auras activating from the end of the tunnel. 

"So, there really are no rank 3 cultivators." Yang Zhai muttered with a smile. 

He had done everything to discover the ranks of the people. 

It was a natural instinct to protect oneself when someone sensed danger. And inexperienced cultivators would instinctively activate their methods to attack the enemy. 

Just as the smoke began to spread in the air, and they discovered that the smoke was a cultivator's method, all of the eight people got ready for the upcoming attack and also to attack the enemy. 

If he sensed even a single rank 3 aura, he would have grabbed Si Yu and run. Then he would have hidden in one of the many turns in the hallway. This was why he had sent Li Na back to the hallway: so that they could run and hide quickly. 

But, he had to make sure that Li Na does not betray him and goes back to inform someone, that's why he did not let Si Yu go back with Li Na. 

Now that he had confirmed himself that there were no rank 3 cultivators at the end of the tunnel, he could attack freely. 

It was not that he could not fight rank 3 cultivators, it was just that when he fought rank 3 cultivators, the other low-level cultivators would have helped the rank 3 cultivators fight against Yang Zhai from the sides, putting him in a disadvantageous situation. 

He had already reached rank 2 Perfect stage, and it was also night outside, so he could also activate the orange line. There was no way that he would be defeated at a rank 3 cultivator's hands that easily. 

It was just that there was also no guarantee that Yang Zhai's opponent could also be defeated. That's why he would have preferred running rather than fight if there was a rank 3 cultivator. 

"You stay here and wait for me. Also, cover your ears. " 

Yang Zhai said this and ran toward the end of the tunnel with all his might. 

He saw someone coming out of the smoke. The girl coming out of the smoke had rank 1 aura. Yang Zhai threw his knife with all his might. 

The knife pierced the chest of the woman. Then he jumped and grabbed the neck of the girl, and after that, he twisted the neck with his hands. 

Then, he jumped into the smoke without any hesitation. 

He, first, attacked the strongest aura that he could sense in the smoke. He had not activated his cultivation methods and was only fighting with his body's pure strength. Thus, he was not discovered by the ones in the smoke

He grabbed the person. 

"Wh…," before the person could even shout, the head of the person was pierced by Yang Zhai's knife. From the voice, the person seemed to be a woman. 

Thereafter, Yang Zhai jumped towards the second-strongest aura. 

"Who, who is it?" 

"Reveal yourself, you coward." 

"Do you even know who we are?" 

"You will die today for what you did." 

All of the remaining five people kept on shouting non-stop. They could feel that someone was among them. 

However, Yang Zhai ignored them and ran toward the second-strongest aura. Just like that, the second-strongest aura disappeared as well. Subsequently, Yang Zhai also killed the person with the third-strongest aura as well. 

"Brother Luie, sister Kami, sister Mo, Jie Ki. Can you hear me? Answer me if you can."

"No, their aura disappeared, I think they died." 

"Everyone, hurriedly, deactivate your cultivation methods. The enemy is sensing our aura." 

All three auras disappeared at once after they realized what was happening here. 

However, Yang Zhai had already managed to reach the fourth person before their aura disappeared. 

He grabbed the neck of the person and cracked it with all his strength, killing the person. 

Now, only two rank 1 cultivators were left. Thus, Yang Zhai began to search around for them. But, he could not find them because the room was really big. 

"Hey tell me, do you want me to spare you?" Yang Zhai said and moved from the place after saying this. 

But, no voice came. 

"I can spare you if you tell me where your master is." 

"Otherwise, I will kill you all." 

"So, do you want to take a chance at running or tell me about the leader and be spared?" Yang Zhai kept on moving around and saying all these things. 

However, the remaining two still did not speak. 

"Hey, you, stay at the entrance and don't let them exit the tunnel. I will search for them. Kill them if they try to go out." As the two still kept quiet, Yang Zhai changed his way. 

After a while, another voice came from the entrance. 

"Did you find the two, if not, should I help you too?" Yang Zhai changed his voice a little bit and spoke. 

Then, he hurriedly ran to another place and said, 

"No, stay right where you are. We can't let them run." 

After this, he did not speak anymore and came back to the entrance to wait. 

After waiting for a while, he heard a voice from his left side, 

"We surrender, I will tell you about the location of our mas… AAAAAAAAA!!!!," the man was still speaking when he suddenly shrieked. 

It was because of the Red Poison that was shot at him. Yang Zhai had summoned the Red poison and shot it toward the voice. Still, he did not kill the person and only shot it at the lower parts of the man's body. He had made sure that the poison hits the lower parts of the body so that the man does not die. 

Of course, he could not see the man in the smoke, so he had done this purely with the help of his experience. It could be said to be a fluke.

The man kept on screaming out of agony. 

"You bast*rd, you lied to us." The remaining person was unable to endure it anymore and shouted at Yang Zhai after hearing the screams of her teammate. 

Yang Zhai smiled when this happened and shot the Red poison in the direction of the voice.

ARGH?!! AAAAA!! AAAAAAAA!!! 

"What, what is happening there? Why are there so many screams filled with agony?" Si Yu, who was standing in the same place that Yang Zhai had asked him to stay, heard the screams. He could feel the pain coming from the screams. 

After a while, 

The smoke was disappearing and everything could be seen clearly now. The screams had also lessened a bit. 

There were corpses laid on the ground. 

A woman and a man were sitting on the ground. One was on the left side and the other was on the right side. 

Yang Zhai walked towards the man and came in front of him. 

"Tell me, do you want to be freed from this pain?" Yang Zhai stood three meters away from the man and asked. 

"Haha, go and die, I will never submit to you, hahaha," However, the man laughed at Yang Zhai. 

Yang Zhai also smiled after seeing this. 

"Very well then," Yang Zhai moved forward and summoned a knife from the Bloody Storage Ka. 

He grabbed the left foot of the man and removed the boot. Then, he began to dig with the knife from below the left foot's middle area. 

"ARGH! Ahaaaaaa,"

The man kept on screaming when Yang Zhai was making a hole in the man's left foot. After digging a two inches deep hole, Yang Zhai activated the rank 2 Red Poison technique and red Poison appeared and floated above his right hand. 

Thereafter, he inserted the poison in the hole that he had dug. 

AAAAAAAAA AHAAAAAA!!!! 

The man screamed with all his might. His eyes turned bloodshot, and he scratched the floor with the nails of his hands because of the pain. 

Yang Zhai's both hands were covered in blood. There were also splashes of blood on his face and his body. 

Eventually, the man's hands were also covered in blood because of scratching his body parts fiercely, in a failed attempt to lessen the pain. 

The woman was watching all of this with fear in her eyes. She could feel the pain from just seeing the man. 

"So, do you want to be free from the pain now?" Yang Zhai asked with a calm face again. 

However, the man couldn't answer Yang Zhai because of the pain. He just kept on screaming and scratching his face and his body. 

Yang Zhai moved forward and placed his right hand on the opened mouth of the man. Then, he activated the Red Poison technique again. This time, the man couldn't even scream. 

Yang Zhai turned around and walked toward the woman. 

"Stay away, stay, stay…stay away from me. You are insane, you are a monster. No, you're worse than a monster. You are a demon." When the woman saw Yang Zhai walking towards her with his hands covered in blood and a calmness on his face, she trembled all over. 

She shouted at Yang Zhai non-stop and crawled backward. 

"Tell me, do you want to be freed from this pain?" Yang Zhai asked the same question. 

"Yes, I want, I want to be freed from this pain." The woman said with tears and a strange laugh, it seemed quite awkward. It looked like her mentality was breaking. 

"Very well then, tell me where your cultivation resources are hidden, and also, do you have any other cultivators in your group?" 

"Ha… ha, no, we don't have any other cultivators, you killed all of the cultivators in our group, haha. The resources that you seek are hidden behind that wall. There's a door there, open it, and you will get what you want." The woman revealed everything without any resistance. She was going mad because of slowly losing her mental strength. 

Yang Zhai had tortured the man because he wanted to make the woman into revealing everything he wanted to know without any resistance. If he had not done this, he was sure that the woman would have also not told him anything. 

People like this were very strong with their will and would not submit to anyone. For him to get the information, he had to break their mental defense first. He understood the zeal these people possessed. They were not just ready to kill the cultivators of the Bai clan without a strong zeal. 

Yang Zhai also knew that the man who shouted that 'he was ready to reveal the location of his master' was also lying. How could a common cultivator like him know the location of his master? There was no way, only the leader of this group might know the real identity of their master. 

That man just wanted to get close to Yang Zhai to deal a fatal blow. And it was proven when the man had clearly refused Yang Zhai when Yang Zhai had asked him whether he wanted to be freed from the pain.

Yang Zhai went to the wall the woman pointed at and looked at it carefully. But, he could not find the door. It was to be expected. After all, even the door to the underground was hidden quite well. 

Yang Zhai activated the Wooden Fists Ka and began to punch the wall. Eventually, the wall broke. 

Yang Zhai saw another small room behind the wall. 

The room was quite lit. Yang Zhai walked into the room. 

He saw six small chests —of around two feet each— on the ground. 

Yang Zhai opened the six chests and found four of them empty. Only the two chests had a few things in them. 

Yang Zhai stored the two chests in the bloody Storage Ka and left the room. 

He came in front of the woman who had told him about the location of the room. 

"As promised." Yang Zhai killed the woman and left the room after confirming that everyone was dead. 

Si Yu, who saw Yang Zhai coming, took a step back after looking at Yang Zhai. Yang Zhai's hands were covered totally in blood. His clothes also had blood on them. Even his face had drops of blood on it. 

"Let's go," Yang Zhai went past the flabbergasted Si Yu and said, 

"Uh…, Where?" Si Yu turned around and asked whilst looking at Yang Zhai's back. 

When Yang Zhai heard Si Yu, he stopped and said without looking back, 

"To the village leader's residence, the night is still young." 


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