“Ye Changtian, you dared to kill my father’s Fire Cloud Bird. You’re dead!”
Song Hao grinned viciously. The Fire Cloud Bird was his father’s most treasured possession. In fact, his father valued the bird even more than his own biological son.
He wanted to see how Ye Changtian could possibly withstand his father’s fury.
Just as Song Hao was about to inform his father, a figure radiating a powerful aura suddenly streaked through the air. In the blink of an eye, the figure became a blur and appeared directly before Ye Changtian.
The newcomer was none other than Song Hao’s father, Servant Peak Elder Song Yuande.
Song Yuande had left a spiritual sense imprint on the Fire Cloud Bird. Thus, the moment something happened to it, he immediately sensed it.
When he arrived and saw the Fire Cloud Bird’s dismembered corpse, followed by Ye Changtian leisurely roasting one of its legs until the fat sizzled and dripped, overwhelming killing intent erupted from Song Yuande’s body.
“You little bastard! You dared to touch my Fire Cloud Bird. You… deserve to die!”
Song Yuande’s cultivation talent was mediocre. He possessed only a Low-grade Fire Spiritual Root.
He had cultivated in the Supreme Profound Sect his entire life and had painstakingly reached the peak of the 9th stage Qi Refining Realm. However, he had remained trapped at that level for many years, unable to break through to the Foundation Establishment Realm.
The reason Song Yuande treasured the Fire Cloud Bird so dearly was because its Inner Core was crucial to his breakthrough into the Foundation Establishment Realm.
If he consumed the Fire Cloud Bird’s Inner Core together with a Foundation Establishment Pill, his chances of successfully reaching the Foundation Establishment Realm would increase tenfold!
Song Yuande had originally planned to raise the Fire Cloud Bird until it reached the 9th stage Qi Refining Realm before attempting his breakthrough. At that point, consuming its Inner Core would produce the greatest possible effect.
Yet he had never imagined that the brat before him would slaughter the Fire Cloud Bird he had painstakingly raised!
How could Song Yuande possibly suppress his fury?
Despite facing Song Yuande’s overwhelming killing intent, Ye Changtian’s expression did not change in the slightest. He calmly picked up the freshly roasted bird leg, took a bite, and only then grinned at Song Yuande.
“Elder Song, the Fire Cloud Bird went berserk when I came to feed it. I accidentally killed it while defending myself just now. You wouldn’t mind, would you?”
Ye Changtian took another bite before casually adding, “The Fire Cloud Bird tastes pretty good. Want to try some?”
Song Yuande’s face turned livid.
Not only had this brat killed his Fire Cloud Bird, but he had even roasted it right in front of him!
He clearly did not take Song Yuande, a Servant Peak Elder, seriously at all.
Suppressing the murderous rage boiling inside him, Song Yuande turned toward Song Hao behind him and demanded, “Song Hao, what exactly happened here?”
“Dad, Ye Changtian is the Servant Disciple assigned to feed the Fire Cloud Bird today. I never expected him to actually kill your Fire Cloud Bird!”
Song Hao hurriedly recounted what had happened, deliberately exaggerating certain details along the way.
After hearing Song Hao’s explanation, Song Yuande almost wondered whether something was wrong with his ears.
The person who had killed his Fire Cloud Bird was actually a Servant Disciple who had come here to feed it?
His Fire Cloud Bird possessed the strength of the 7th stage Qi Refining Realm!
Meanwhile, the Servant Disciples of Servant Peak were all useless trash who had not even reached the 3rd stage Qi Refining Realm. How could someone like that possibly kill his Fire Cloud Bird?
Could it be…
Who gave him the courage?
Regardless of how he had done it, Ye Changtian had killed the Fire Cloud Bird, which was no different from severing Song Yuande’s path of cultivation.
Such hatred was practically irreconcilable!
Song Yuande stared coldly at Ye Changtian and enunciated each word, “Brat, I don’t care who you are. Hand over the Fire Cloud Bird’s Inner Core, and I might consider leaving your corpse intact!”
Although the Inner Core of a Fire Cloud Bird at the 7th stage Qi Refining Realm would not help his breakthrough as much as one at the 9th stage Qi Refining Realm, it was still far better than having nothing.
“What Fire Cloud Bird Inner Core? I didn’t see anything.”
Ye Changtian continued chewing the bird leg with relish, his words slightly muffled by the food in his mouth.
“You’re courting death!”
Song Yuande roared furiously. His figure flashed, and he instantly appeared before Ye Changtian. His palm shot toward Ye Changtian’s throat with lightning speed.
Ye Changtian held the bird leg in his right hand while calmly raising his left.
Two fingers closed around Song Yuande’s palm with flawless precision.
It was effortless, as though he had merely caught a falling leaf.
“You…”
Song Yuande’s expression instantly twisted with terror.
He was at the peak of the 9th stage Qi Refining Realm, only a single step away from breaking through to the Foundation Establishment Realm.
Yet the young man before him had casually raised two fingers and completely restrained him. No matter how hard Song Yuande struggled, he could not move even slightly.
Foundation Establishment Realm!
This brat was definitely in the Foundation Establishment Realm!
Only now did Song Yuande finally understand. Ye Changtian had never poisoned his Fire Cloud Bird.
He truly possessed the strength to kill it!
‘Fuck!’
‘Wasn’t this brat supposed to be a Servant Disciple of Servant Peak? How could he possibly possess the cultivation of the Foundation Establishment Realm?’
Song Yuande was both terrified and furious.
At that moment, he even felt like killing Song Hao himself.
Knowing his son, Ye Changtian had most likely offended Song Hao somehow. In retaliation, Song Hao had deliberately arranged for Ye Changtian to feed the berserk Fire Cloud Bird, intending to use the bird to get rid of him.
Song Hao had used this method more than once before.
After all, these Servant Disciples becoming blood food for the Fire Cloud Bird would help it reach the 9th stage Qi Refining Realm even faster.
Besides, Servant Disciples in the Supreme Profound Sect were hardly any different from slaves. If a few of them occasionally died, no one would consider it a serious matter.
But Song Yuande never could have imagined that the person Song Hao had chosen to target this time would actually be a Foundation Establishment Realm cultivator!
Not only had the Fire Cloud Bird he had painstakingly raised been slaughtered, but even he himself had fallen into Ye Changtian’s hands!
‘How did I end up with such a fucking idiot for a son?’
‘He really screwed his own father over!’
Song Yuande desperately suppressed the terror surging through his heart and hurriedly forced a smile onto his face.
“Young Brother, I’m sorry. I was too impulsive just now…”
However, before Song Yuande could finish speaking, Ye Changtian casually waved his hand.
The dagger he had previously used to cut the Fire Cloud Bird’s meat suddenly shot into the air.
Song Hao had tried to kill him again and again.
Now, Ye Changtian had also slaughtered Song Yuande’s Fire Cloud Bird.
Since this grudge with father and son had already been formed, Ye Changtian had no intention of showing mercy!
“Pfft!”
The dagger tore through the air with a sharp burst of force and instantly pierced Song Yuande’s throat.
Song Yuande’s eyes widened in disbelief. His face was filled with unwillingness as he collapsed into a pool of blood.
“Dad!”
Seeing his father die at Ye Changtian’s hands just like that, Song Hao’s face instantly turned deathly pale. He stared at Ye Changtian as though he were looking at a ghost, unable to believe his own eyes.
His father was a Servant Peak Elder!
He possessed cultivation at the 9th stage Qi Refining Realm!
Meanwhile, Ye Changtian was nothing more than a supposedly useless Servant Disciple!
Yet this supposedly useless Servant Disciple had actually killed a Servant Peak Elder!
How… how the fuck was this possible?
After effortlessly killing Song Yuande, Ye Changtian slowly rose to his feet and walked straight toward Song Hao and Zhang Kui.
Watching Ye Changtian approach step by step, Song Hao and Zhang Kui began trembling violently. Their legs gave way beneath them, and they collapsed to the ground in terror.
Song Hao screamed desperately, “Ye Changtian, you… you can’t kill us!”
Zhang Kui hurriedly shouted in terror, “The Supreme Profound Sect forbids disciples from killing one another! Are you really going to violate the Supreme Profound Sect’s rules?”