Chapter 87: Brother Bi Is No Ordinary Man!
Chapter 87: Brother Bi Is No Ordinary Man!
“Heh heh, kid, are you going to do it yourself? Or do I have to make you? Don’t try to intimidate me with stuff like family Elders. Because within a month, the entire Tang Family will be wiped off the Divine Wind Continent. I suggest you find another way to survive sooner rather than later. Brother Shan and the others and I have already submitted to the Corpse Dao Sect. So, what do you say? Why not join us too? In a few years, given your constitution, you might even be refined into a Corpse General!”
Tang Huaxi stepped closer to Tang Bi one step at a time, a playful smile on his face. It was obvious he wanted to toy with Tang Bi right now.
As for Tang Yilin beside Tang Bi, he wouldn’t even glance her way. She had fallen victim to Tang Shan’s scheme and couldn’t possibly recover for at least seven or eight days. Naturally, he chose to ignore her at this moment!
“What?”
Hearing this, Tang Bi was so frightened his legs went weak. News of the Tang Family being wiped out was absolutely enormous, earth-shattering news to him.
“Haha, don’t worry, kid. The reason I dare tell you is I’m not afraid of you running off to spread the word. Because in a little while, all of you will be dead. Every single one. Not a soul left. Heh heh!”
Tang Huaxi wore a triumphant expression, still advancing towards Tang Bi at a slow, unhurried pace.
“This… this… this… this can’t be! The Tang Family is a first-rate power on the entire Divine Wind Continent! How could it be annihilated just based on your say-so? Hmph! Don’t spread such nonsense!”
Tang Bi’s speech was slightly stammering. On the surface, he didn’t believe it, but deep down, he found it somewhat credible.
“Hmph! Nonsense! First-rate power? A family full of arrogant, corrupt parasites, without a single Tribulation Transcendent, dares to call itself first-rate? Hmph! If it weren’t for that person appearing, the Tang Family would have been finished on the Divine Wind Continent years ago! There’d have been no need to wait until now! And that Vice President Wang you all rely on? She’s in deep trouble herself now! Don’t delude yourselves thinking she’ll come back to save you!”
Tang Huaxi snorted coldly, his face dripping with disdain.
“I don’t believe it! Vice President Wang’s Cultivation Level is unfathomably deep! How could she be in trouble herself?”
Tang Bi couldn’t help but retreat two more steps, his eyes filled with utter despair.
“Haha! You believe it now, don’t you? If you didn’t believe it, why bother arguing with me? Haha!”
Tang Huaxi’s face lit up with wild joy seeing the despair in Tang Bi’s eyes, and he burst into laughter.
Thud!
But suddenly, Tang Bi’s body abruptly bent over.
“Not good!”
Seeing Tang Bi move, Tang Huaxi’s expression flickered slightly, and he immediately shot backward. However, when he saw what Tang Bi was actually doing, his face instantly contorted into a strange expression.
“Big brother, Brother Huaxi! Please spare little brother! I’m willing to follow you and live in luxury! I’d rather betray the Tang Family! Just please, spare this lowly one, Brother Huaxi!”
Tang Bi suddenly knelt down, his head bobbing up and down like a chicken pecking at grain, endlessly knocking it against the ground. His voice was sincere as he pleaded.
“Well now…”
Tang Huaxi was momentarily stunned but then slowly started walking towards Tang Bi again.
“Brother Huaxi, please spare me! This lowly one is willing to serve Brother Huaxi like an ox or a horse, only begging for Brother Huaxi to spare my miserable life! If Brother Huaxi doesn’t agree, then this lowly one won’t get up! Brother Huaxi, do you remember? When we were six, you stole Steward Sun’s one hundred Spirit Stones? It was me who took the blame for you! That’s precisely why the Fifth Elder abolished my Spiritual Root! Do you remember? When we were eleven, you stole Sister Linger’s underclothes? That time too, it was me who took the blame for you! That time they nearly broke my legs! Do you remember?”
Tang Bi spoke while still kowtowing, but as he spoke these words, a faint smile played at the corner of his mouth.
“What?! Are you talking nonsense?!”
Hearing this, Tang Huaxi’s face changed slightly. He immediately took a step forward, intending to silence Tang Bi. Clearly, this was slanderous gossip. But even so, Tang Xingchi, who was off to the side, seemed to pick up on something intriguing.
“Heh heh! Brother Huaxi, why so agitated?”
Tang Xingchi, hearing Tang Bi spill such exclusive news, ignored his own physical pain. Transforming into a streak of dark light, he instantly pounced towards Tang Bi.
“Hmm?”
Tang Shan, who had been observing Tang Hu’s body all along, also seemed to hear some interesting tidbit. He slowly turned his head to look towards the others.
“Do not listen to his nonsense!”
Tang Huaxi fiercely rushed toward Tang Bi, while shouting at Tang Xingchi.
“Brother Huaxi, please spare me!”
Tang Bi continued kowtowing repeatedly, begging for mercy.
“Hehe, Brother Huaxi, if he is talking nonsense, why are you so flustered?”
Tang Xingchi’s ghostly figure was clearly much faster than Tang Huaxi. Though farther from Tang Bi, he darted ahead of Tang Huaxi, stretched his right hand out, and fiercely grabbed toward Tang Bi’s arm.
“Hehe!”
But suddenly, at the moment Tang Xingchi reached out to grab, Tang Bi abruptly raised his head, and a strange smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
“Not good!”
As soon as he saw Tang Bi’s smile, Tang Xingchi’s face changed drastically. He thought to himself it was bad, but he reacted very swiftly. His right hand immediately grabbed toward Tang Bi’s head, intending to finish him off with one strike.
“Be careful!”
“What?”
Both Tang Shan and Tang Huaxi were startled, and instantly noticed Tang Bi’s unusual movement.
“Hmph!”
Tang Bi snorted coldly. His body suddenly moved, dodging Tang Xingchi’s grab. Then his right hand fiercely pulled at Tang Xingchi’s left arm.
Riiip!
“Ah!”
With a tearing sound, Tang Xingchi’s left arm was ripped off like a chicken leg by Tang Bi. Blood instantly sprayed into the air.
But Tang Bi did not stop. His left hand immediately moved, choking Tang Xingchi’s neck. Then he threw the arm from his right hand and fiercely grabbed again, restraining Tang Xingchi. He turned Tang Xingchi’s body and controlled him, standing up with a mocking smile on his face.
“Ah!”
Because Tang Bi choked him so tightly, Tang Xingchi struggled to breathe and could only make a hoarse sound.
“Kid, you are asking for death!”
“You deserve to die!”
Tang Huaxi and Tang Shan were momentarily stunned, but then flew into a rage. They both prepared to act, ready to annihilate Tang Bi.
Buzz buzz buzz!
In the blink of an eye, a huge Flying Trident and a whip-like Spirit Artifact instantly appeared, shining brightly and poised to attack.
“Hmph, if you are not afraid of him dying, go ahead and attack!”
Tang Bi now seemed like a different person, speaking with a mocking look on his face.
“Brother Shan, Brother Huaxi, do not act! Do not act!”
Feeling Tang Xingchi move, Tang Bi slightly loosened his grip. After the pressure on his neck eased, Tang Xingchi endured great pain and bellowed out.
“Ah!”
But just after Tang Xingchi finished speaking, he felt a sharp pain in his back. He cried out in agony, lost consciousness, and fainted.
“Hmph!”
Tang Shan and Tang Huaxi snorted simultaneously before halting their movements. Rather than resuming the fight, they scrutinized Tang Bi carefully.
This Tang Bi stood tall with striking features. If not for this deliberate examination, the two had never paid him particular notice.
“Heh heh, seems the outsiders’ rumors hold water! Your Tang Family truly excels at bullying within its own walls,” Tang Bi remarked with a derisive smile, his tone unnervingly calm. “Ha, fine, just fine. No wonder so many covet your downfall.”
Thud!
Tang Shan’s heart lurched at these words. He peered even more intently, his expression darkening considerably under closer inspection.
“You’re no Tang Family member. Nor are you from Wuzhou. You hail from the Northern Region’s Wu Clan! Yes, you must belong to the Wu Family!”
After his observation, Tang Shan spoke with absolute certainty. He hadn’t imagined his earlier offhand remark would manifest in a Wu Family member standing before him right now.
“Oh? Enlighten me. Why this deduction?”
Curiosity flickered across Tang Bi’s face as he posed the question coolly.
“Hmph! To infiltrate my Tang Family undetected for over a decade… you possess remarkable skill,” Tang Shan conceded grudgingly, a hint of self-reproach in his sneer. “As for spotting the Wu blood? Simple carelessness before masked it. Your eyes are blue. Yes, they appear black superficially, yet the innate blue hue persists through any disguise. Had I not studied techniques at the Corpse Dao Sect lately, even I might have missed it! Very well done! To bury oneself so deeply within the Tang ranks!”
“Mmm, impressive indeed. Worthy of the Tang Family’s acclaimed talent,” Tang Bi nodded approvingly. “A pity you chose the wrong path. With such gifts, prominence was inevitable. Craving a slice of the Tang fortune is understandable, especially after that individual emerged five years ago. Naturally, countless families grew curious,” his tone turned icy. “Besides, doesn’t your Tang blood now clash with a heart estranged from the Tang Family? Ha! How deeply ironic!”
“What concern is my Tang lineage to you?” Tang Shan shot back, contempt twisting his features.
“It concerns me greatly! At this very moment, I stand here as a Tang Family disciple,” Tang Bi retorted, his serene smile unwavering. “True, I may not overcome you all. But should I choose flight, you cannot prevent it. Moreover,” his gaze hardened, “were I to return and expose your acts—murdering kin and pledging loyalty to the Corpse Dao Sect—I wonder if your masters would silence loose ends? That consequence, I cannot guarantee. Heh!”
“You!”
Trembling with fury, Tang Shan choked on his response, rendered speechless.
“Brother Shan!”
Tang Huaxi, bewildered by their exchange, looked helplessly toward Tang Shan.
“Silence! This matter demands explanation later,” Tang Shan swiftly cut off Huaxi’s questions.
Nearby, Tang Xingchi lay unconscious, oblivious to the unfolding confrontation.
“Shall we propose a bargain?”
Noting Tang Shan’s conflicted expression, Tang Bi pressed forward, his voice once more calm.
“Speak. What bargain?”
Tang Shan’s brow furrowed slightly.
“Observe. That Tang Hu clutches a pouch of Spirit Stones. Conservatively, a hundred thousand are held within. If doubting, inspect it.”
Tang Bi gestured toward Tang Hu’s distant form.
“Hnh?”
Despite Tang Shan’s confusion, he motioned to Huaxi: “Huaxi, confirm this.”
“Acknowledged.”
Tang Huaxi approached Tang Hu’s fallen figure and rummaged through his robe. Soon, he retrieved a palm-sized Storage Pouch. Opening it, his face paled with shock.
Only after a dozen labored breaths did Huaxi slowly return, whispering urgently into Tang Shan’s ear.
“What?”
Shock registered plainly on Tang Shan’s face upon hearing.
“Well now?” Tang Bi inquired, observing Tang Shan’s reaction. “Let’s deal. You claim the Spirit Stones, and I offer one further pledge.”
“…Agreed.”
After a tense silence, Tang Shan gave a stiff nod.