Chapter 242: The Eunuch Ximen

Half an hour later, Ximen Changkong’s face darkened as he waved his hand. “You probably didn’t poison me. Stay put for now. Since boarding the plane, aside from eating fruits, I also drank the green tea provided on the plane and had some snacks. All of you, immediately bring the flight attendants who served me the green tea and snacks, the people responsible for purchasing them, and everyone who came into contact with the green tea and snacks during that time. Don’t let anyone escape. I want to see exactly who dared to do this to me.”

At that, Ximen Changkong paused and said coldly, “Also, order the plane to turn back immediately. We won’t go to Tongle Town for now. After I heal my injuries, we’ll head to Tongle Town. At the same time, shut down all communication devices on the plane to avoid the Flourishing Tang Empire noticing what happened here. Activate the phone signal jammers as well, rendering everyone’s phones useless.”

As soon as he finished speaking, several guards hurried out. Apart from the Frontier Governor from the Rain Transformation Realm who continued to protect Ximen Changkong, the rest of the guards began carrying out his orders.

Soon, several staff members from the plane were captured—flight attendants, cabin crew, security personnel… They were forcibly escorted by Ximen Changkong’s guards to the First Class Cabin, pressed to the ground, and forced to kneel without moving.

Ximen Changkong’s face was icy as he stared indifferently at everyone. “Now tell me, which of you poisoned the green tea I drank and the snacks I ate? If no one speaks up, I will cut off your arms right now.”

As soon as he finished, several people began exclaiming urgently.

“I didn’t do it. I was just a flight attendant serving drinks and snacks. I never touched what you ate or drank. The poison wasn’t from me, please let me go.”

“I’m a security officer, responsible for the safety of all food and drinks on the plane. It couldn’t have been me who poisoned them. Please spare me.”

“Who exactly are you? Even if you’re from a wealthy or noble family, you can’t act like this. We’re on a plane. How can you arrest people randomly just because your bodyguards are strong? Forcing the plane to turn back is illegal. This is a society governed by law.”

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Ximen Changkong frowned and swung his right hand, releasing several Primordial Force blades that cleanly severed the right arms of a few individuals. Watching them writhing and screaming on the ground, he said coldly, “Now, will you seriously tell me who the poisoner is? If the culprit doesn’t confess, I will chop off your limbs piece by piece, turn you into human stumps, then gouge out your eyes, remove your noses, and tear out your hearts, leaving you to die in endless pain. Hurry up and tell me, who poisoned me?”

Ximen Changkong roared like thunder, no longer maintaining his usual calm demeanor. Faced with an issue that determined his cultivation future, he could no longer remain composed.

But as soon as he finished speaking, he felt the other half of the Meridians in his “little bird” suddenly shatter into tiny fragments, as if melting ice and snow.

“Ah…” Ximen Changkong clutched his “little bird” and screamed, rolling around in pain on the floor, shedding tears of sorrow and despair.

As a man, having all the Meridians in his “little bird” shattered meant that Ximen Changkong’s “little bird” was ruined, turning him into a eunuch. From then on, he would never be able to be intimate with beautiful women again. For someone as lustful as him, one could imagine the depth of his pain, grief, and despair.

All of this that happened to Ximen Changkong was naturally the work of Jiang Xincheng. A month ago, during his fierce battle with Ximen Changkong, Jiang Xincheng deliberately pretended to be evenly matched and implanted hidden energy in Ximen Changkong’s body. It only activated a month later, with the fastest-acting being the Meridians in his “little bird.”

This was intentional on Jiang Xincheng’s part. For someone as lustful as Ximen Changkong, damage to the Meridians anywhere else wouldn’t cause as much suffering as damage to those in his “little bird.” So, Jiang Xincheng made sure that on the first day the hidden energy activated, it would strike there first.

Gradually, the Meridians throughout Ximen Changkong’s body would shatter bit by bit in different places. No instrument could detect the cause, and no one could heal Ximen Changkong’s injuries.

Over several months, Ximen Changkong would gradually decline from a Great Yuan Warrior in the Cloud Condensation Realm to the Bone Training Realm, Tendon Training Realm, Muscle Training Realm… until he became a cripple.

Jiang Xincheng wanted Ximen Changkong to live every day in pain and despair, fully experiencing the suffering he himself had endured in his previous life. Doing so would also temporarily force Ximen Changkong to focus all his energy on treating his injuries, leaving no time to target Jiang Xincheng and his family, thereby buying Jiang Xincheng a year for cultivation.

A year later, Jiang Xincheng was confident he would possess sufficient strength to personally storm the Ximen Family, exterminate them entirely, then break Ximen Changkong’s limbs and bones, rendering him a cripple who would live out the rest of his days in endless pain and despair, reliving all the suffering Jiang Xincheng had experienced in his past life.

Only then could Jiang Xincheng’s hatred be appeased; only then could vengeance be achieved.

Jiang Xincheng, who was closely monitoring the situation, soon learned about the events on the plane. He also found out that after failing to find an antidote, Ximen Changkong rushed back to Tianhai City overnight, seeking medical help everywhere in an attempt to cure the shattering of his Meridians.

By that time, following the shattering of the Meridians in his “little bird,” the Meridians around Ximen Changkong’s eyes and ears withered and ruptured, causing him to become blind and deaf, and his strength began to decline.

Faced with such a catastrophe, Ximen Changkong was almost driven to despair, pouring all his energy into treating his injuries. He had no mind to pay attention to Jiang Xincheng’s family or the Yuan Crystal Mine at Shimen Mountain. Thus, for a long time, Jiang Xincheng no longer had to worry about this malicious successor.

With Ximen Changkong’s matter temporarily resolved, it was time to focus on cultivation again. After days of diligent practice, Jiang Xincheng’s Primordial Force had finally reached the peak of the Early Stage Cloud Condensation Realm. The next step was to break through the Early Stage Cloud Condensation Realm and advance to the Mid Stage Cloud Condensation Realm.

After preparing thoroughly and restoring his energy, spirit, and mind to their peak, Jiang Xincheng sat cross-legged in his bedroom and began to break through the bottleneck of the Early Stage Cloud Condensation Realm.

Once he succeeded in breaking through this bottleneck, Jiang Xincheng’s strength would increase significantly, truly making him unrivaled in the Cloud Condensation Realm. He might even be able to contend with a Frontier Governor in the Rain Transformation Realm. Even if he couldn’t yet match a Primordial Warrior of the Frontier Governor level in the Rain Transformation Realm, he wouldn’t be far off.