Could it be that I am the cruel villain?
Chapter 72: The Poisonous Affliction of the Whole Family, Young and Old

Chapter 72: Chapter 72: The Poisonous Affliction of the Whole Family, Young and Old

"Again, that kid has escaped disaster."

Watching the youth crawl out of the brothel, the old man couldn’t help but sigh helplessly.

When County Magistrate Sun left just now without Jiang Feng, and with a displeased expression, he knew there was a high chance he had no way to deal with this youngster.

All his clues had been left perfectly, including Jiang Feng’s Body Refining, cultivation, intentions, and evidence, securely established, and Xue Ming’s death had significantly impacted this County Magistrate.

If all this couldn’t make County Magistrate Sun take action, then he feared...

"Ethereal Violet Pavilion, huh."

"It shouldn’t be. Cultivation World never interferes in mundane conflicts, unless it involves disciples from the great sects, otherwise how would you justify your actions if this issue were escalated?

"Minor penalties would be a strict closure; severe penalties could involve stripping cultivation. I’ve dealt with those two women; neither is a fool, but why would they help this kid?"

For a moment, he couldn’t help feeling downcast, sighing deeply, years of effort still resulted in this outcome.

Ethereal Violet Pavilion often appeared in public, after all, it was just a brothel, an old and established one at that, built before the Yan Family even arrived in Qingshui County.

However, no one would ever imagine that this brothel belongs to a sect in the Cultivation World, specifically the renowned Purple Cloud Palace.

It was an unspoken rule in the Cultivation World to plant agents to oversee the mundane world; almost every city under the protection of your sect generally had agents implanted, solely to prevent incidents like last night.

Everyone has seen the consequences of ordinary people under Cultivators, even a mere Qi Refinement Realm cultivator could completely disable resistance by merely shaking a bell.

If someone with even higher cultivation appeared, using a city’s population to cultivate certain Magic Treasures or feed Spiritual Beasts wasn’t out of the question, such occurrences weren’t unheard of.

Watching Jiang Feng leaving Firework Alley, this youth, with his rosy lips and white teeth, had an appearance handsome as jade, indisputably a beautiful man, which anyone would likely not refuse as a grandson-in-law. But, he knew, this marriage was not what his brother desired.

It was forced.

Staring intently at the youth for a while, suddenly, he seemed to witness something unbelievable.

"Qi Refinement sixth level? How is that possible..."

He drew in a sharp breath.

He was merely at the Body Refining stage when he sneaked in at midnight, but he emerged at the Qi Refinement sixth level?

Could a Body Tempering Pill really have this effect?

"No wonder the young County Magistrate chose to step back. It seems it was not the Ethereal Violet Pavilion’s move, alas, what should we do about Jiang Feng now."

"If this old man risked his life to kill Jiang... Ah!"

His voice abruptly halted.

His entire body collapsed to the ground, his knees buckling!

His eyeballs nearly bursting out, the otherwise kind face contorted this moment as veins bulged and limbs convulsed. His dry lips vibrated, unable to utter another word!

Every piece of exposed skin began showing bizarre ink-black characters, gradually creeping upward, climbing his limbs and reaching his neck.

Finally, forming a black collar, completely restraining the old man.

"Ah... ha, ha~"

After a long while, the strange talisman slowly relaxed, circle by circle, gradually retracting without leaving any trace, as if it had never happened.

Drenched in sweat, the old man’s face filled with agony, the panic of surviving such an ordeal made his whole body shiver relentlessly, the intense burning he could bear, the unspeakable ordeal he could also endure.

But the raging Spiritual Energy and reverse flowing blood within his body nearly caused him to explode and die.

It took a long while for the old man to regain his senses, helplessly collapsing on the ground, his face written with bitterness.

Now everyone should know why Jiang Feng could live for seventeen years in the beautiful dream woven by the Yan Family.

In the eyes of the world, the Yan Family is considered to be both honorable and trustworthy, especially the head of the family, Mr. Yan, who had mentioned that Jiang Feng’s parents had favored him, and that the two families were old friends, which is why he betrothed his granddaughter to Jiang Feng and swore never to renege.

However.

With their character, with their whole family’s doting on Yan Yurou, could they really do such a thing?

The answer is no.

"Big brother, why on earth would you do this."

"Why would you plant a word curse on the entire family?"

"Such spells are only used on people who are extremely evil, even prisoners confined in the Water Prison aren’t treated like this."

"But you are my big brother... and Zhong Xu is your son..."

Tears streamed down his aged face.

Compared to the physical torment, the mental anguish had almost driven this old man named Zhang Nian mad.

It wasn’t the fear of death, for at his age he had lived long enough, but the puzzlement and rage; puzzled by why his always gentle and refined big brother would suddenly change his temperament and plant such a vicious spell on the entire family.

Angry at his own weakness, furious that he was powerless to change the situation, powerless to change his grandniece’s fate.

Now, with the strength of the sixth level of Qi Refinement, Jiang Feng could walk across Qingshui County without fear, but in front of someone like Zhang Nian, who was at the peak of Foundation Establishment, he was still not enough.

Not to mention Jiang Feng, even the girl Lu Luo could spar with him, if it weren’t for this damned curse...

He did not even have the right to have such thoughts.

No, it should be said that apart from Yurou, none of the direct relatives of the Yan Family had this right, as only their grandniece didn’t bear that dreadful poison curse.

Anyone else who harbored such thoughts would face triple death - of body, mind, and soul.

Gently pulling open his shirt, the talisman lines left on his skin had not yet completely vanished; he had once confronted his brother over this, fiercely fought over the hastily arranged marriage for Yurou, and even left home for many years.

But later he understood that Yurou was a child they both watched grow up, he saw how meticulously and lovingly his big brother treated her.

But even so, to harshly set up a child marriage for her, even casting a poison curse on all family members, young and old, to preclude future troubles and any possible risks, why?

"Big brother."

"Perhaps you too suffer troubles that you can’t mention, is it someone more powerful than you?"

"Was it the chaos wrought by the Demon Race that planted this bitter fate?... I’m sorry, I can’t change anything..."

Soon, the old man gritted his teeth and steadied himself once again.

He faintly remembered the regretful tears of his brother on his deathbed, insisting even in his final moments that his most beloved granddaughter must marry that little child whom even he had met hardly twice.

Deep breath.

Zhang Nian’s visage didn’t show hatred; he was just an ordinary old man who had failed numerous times, his every plan encountering unforeseen mishaps, yet he wouldn’t give up.

As long as the wedding wasn’t conducted, there was still room to maneuver. Numerous ideas flashed through his mind, perhaps State City would send experts this time to investigate the deaths of Xue Ming and other masters, if he handles it correctly, there’s still hope to prevent this absurd marriage.

But just then, the old man noticed a pair of young eyes gazing at him from afar.

It was Jiang Feng.

He then made a dash towards him!

"Damn!"

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