Cultivation Begins with Caring for Sister-in-law

Chapter 803 - 809 - 810

At dawn, the autumn rain was hazy.Compared to the bright and spacious side room, the woodshed in the corner of the courtyard was cramped, dark, and desolate, with only a faint "um um" sound coming from a man.

Inside the woodshed, the nearly naked Third Prince Xingyin of Yelang was tied with ropes that bound his innate spiritual qi, thrown in the corner. The posture of the binding left him unable to sit up, forcing him to lean against the wall. His mouth was stuffed with a rag, and he was staring with panic, confusion, and anger, struggling to break free from the ropes.

Ever since being knocked out by a mysterious person last night, upon waking, he found himself tied up here. The dim surroundings made it impossible for him to determine where he was; the only thing he was sure of was that this was definitely not his residence.

He was panicked because the person who tied him was undoubtedly more powerful than him. This feeling brought him back to the time when his life was not in his control, filled with fear and anxiety.

What left him confused was that he still did not understand why this mysterious person had bound him. Other than his master, he was sure he hadn’t offended such a powerful presence.

At this moment, Xingyin’s heart tightened as he heard footsteps approaching from outside.

"Creak..."

Soon, the door of the woodshed was opened, and the sudden brightness made him instinctively turn his head to avoid it. Once he adjusted to the light, he looked towards the doorway. Two figures came into view, a man and a woman.

"De Yi?"

When he recognized the woman, his first instinct wasn’t fear. Having been in a high position for a long time, arrogant and domineering, faced with someone he could easily manipulate in the past, he displayed a contemptuous anger, but with his mouth covered, he could only make muffled sounds.

However, facing Xingyin’s anger, Princess Deti was even angrier. She walked over and kicked him, knocking him to the ground, and aimed a kick at the source of the offense.

The sound of eggs breaking echoed, and the intense pain made Xingyin pass out.

Chen Mo, standing by, instinctively tightened his legs upon seeing this scene.

That kick was truly ruthless, directly incapacitating Xingyin.

Princess Deti had not entirely vented her anger and prepared to go forward to finish Xingyin off.

But Chen Mo stopped her, saying, "Haven’t interrogated him yet."

Chen Mo retrieved a bucket of water and poured it over Xingyin, waking him up, then stepped forward to remove the rag from Xingyin’s mouth.

"Cough, cough..." Xingyin coughed violently, followed by the sound of drawing in a sharp breath due to the pain. Yet, because of this pain, he understood his current predicament and had no choice but to lower his stance: "De Yi, what exactly do you want to do?"

"Kill you," Princess Deti replied succinctly.

"If you kill me, you won’t survive either. My people are definitely searching for me throughout the city now. If I die and you’re still alive, they’ll definitely suspect you, hiss..." As he spoke, Xingyin sucked in a cold breath from the pain and glanced down. Seeing blood, he couldn’t help but curse: "Wretch, what have you done, I will..."

But before finishing his words, seeing Princess Deti about to rush forward again, Xingyin swallowed the rest back.

Xingyin’s gaze swept over to the young man beside De Yi, guessing that his kidnapping might be related to him, so his life or death was likely up to him.

And the fact that he was still alive indicated he was of use to him.

Needless to say, in the face of death, Xingyin’s mind was exceptionally clear.

He looked towards Chen Mo: "Who are you? Did you bring me here? What exactly do you want?"

A series of questions.

"Chen Mo, it was me, not entirely sure yet," Chen Mo responded one by one.

"Chen Mo?" Xingyin’s face was pale, with blue veins popping out on his forehead from the pain. He found the name somewhat familiar, as if he had heard it somewhere. After pondering for a moment, his expression changed: "Chen Mo, King Wei of Great Song?"

Seeing no denial from the other side, Xingyin panicked: "So, it’s King Wei of Great Song personally visiting, I don’t know what I... how have I offended King Wei to have you bind me here."

Knowing the other party’s identity, Xingyin was indeed shocked, not someone he himself, nor the Yelang Kingdom could afford to offend, and he didn’t dare to provoke him.

"Tang Yichen, the Third Prince should recognize him, right?" Chen Mo said.

Upon hearing this, Xingyin’s heart skipped a beat, then he nodded, then shook his head, and then nodded again.

"As long as you know him, it’s easy to talk. Yesterday, your people claimed he was your master, and your master was colluding with you. Yesterday in the underground palace, you attempted to harm my friend, which almost cost my friend his life," Chen Mo said.

Xingyin’s expression changed; almost lost his life meant hadn’t died, which meant those he arranged, including his master, likely didn’t meet a good end.

At this point, he understood why Chen Mo wanted to tie him up.

He began to argue.

He said that Tang Yichen was indeed his master, and he did indeed arrange an ambush in the valley outside the city, but he didn’t know the target was Chen Mo’s friend.

The saying goes, the uninformed bear no guilt; if it were for this matter, he could apologize to Chen Mo and offer compensation. How to compensate, Chen Mo could dictate.

One could say his attitude was extremely upright, and in fact, he was indeed unaware.

To distance himself from Tang Yichen, he claimed he was forced too.

To prove he was indeed forced.

He said Tang Yichen had poisoned him, using the antidote as leverage, with one antidote per year to make him work for him.

The war against Louwo was also instigated by Tang Yichen because Tang Yichen needed enough people to cultivate his poison technique.