Chapter 595: Then let’s destroy him (2/2)

After a while, Chu Yunyi finally said, “Endure it!”

Only by enduring can the Nether Clan have its chance!

“But…” General Chu had hardly spoken when Chu Yunyi slapped his right eye, causing fresh blood to seep between his fingers!

“Big brother!” General Chu grew alarmed. “You…you…”

Chu Yunyi is simply destroying his own eye! There was hope to cure it before, but now the eye was completely crushed!

“If this can save my Nether Clan and give it an advantage, heheh, then the loss of an eye is worth it!” Chu Yunyi’s tone turned impassioned as he cast aside all doubts. What’s the use of keeping Gu Beiyue if my eye is ruined? Before we hand him over to Ning Cheng, we’ll have to ruin him too!

General Chu grit his teeth at the sight of Chu Yunyi’s bleeding face. “Big bro, if anyone tries to touch your position as clan head from here on, I’ll be the first to show them no mercy!”

But who else would dare to try for the position besides General Chu himself? With Chu Yunyi’s eye ruined, he had the chance to seize the spot for himself. But seeing his brother like this, how would he ever convince the other clansmen even if he had the ambition to try? Chu Yunyi’s words were for General Chu to hear as well! He was waiting for that very reply! Now he patted General Chu’s shoulder in silent acknowledgment before striding to the secret chamber.

Inside, all was dim and hazy. Sitting in a corner and dressed in white robes was Gu Beiyue, quietly reading a medical text. Both his ankles and wrists were shackled with metal chains, while thick bandages covered his shoulder and leg wounds. Neither had healed—not because he didn’t want to, but because he couldn’t.

The doctors that Chu Yunyi had found for him spoke rightly: Gu Beiyue’s body really was too weak. After such serious injuries, even the best medicine wouldn’t help him heal. Supposing his wounds did close up, he still wouldn’t be able to escape from the Chu Clan archers. Thus, he had no choice but to resign himself to waiting here. As long as he was ailing, Chu Yunyi would have to keep giving him medicine. Half of the ingredients he requested were for treating his wounds, the other half for nourishing his body.

Judging from his own estimations of the situation in the eastern prefectures, Empress Xue’s kidnapping, and Emperor Tianhui’s illness, it would take half a month before war really broke out. As Chu Yunyi’s trump card, he wouldn’t be used until the last minute to pressure Long Feiye.

Whatever the case, I should still have half a month’s worth of time, he thought.

When he heard Chu Yunyi coming in, he only glanced up briefly before returning to his book. The man often visited to check in on his status, so he was used to him. But very soon, he caught the scent of blood! As his gaze flew upwards, he realized that Chu Yunyi’s injured eye was bleeding!

This…

Chu Yunyi’s eye has been ruined. Then that means…

Alarmed, he sprang to his feet, but it was already too late. Chu Yunyi suddenly drew close and grasped him by his hands.

“I can immediately cure your eye!” Gu Beiyue knew that the situation looked bad.

But Chu Yunyi only laughed coldly and said, “No need!”

Gu Beiyue’s eyes turned cold before he violently broke free and attempted to escape, but the iron shackles around his limbs made it that impossible. Very soon, General Chu came in as well, an arrow in his hand notched at Gu Beiyue’s heart. Gu Beiyue leaned against the wall as he stopped struggling and said, “At least give me a reason for why you’re killing me.”

“Killing you? Heheh!” Chu Yunyi broke into laughter. Then he jabbed his elbow into Gu Beiyue’s neck at the same time his fist punched into his dantian region.

“Ugh…!” Gu Beiyue groaned before spitting up a mouthful of fresh blood!

For the first time in his face, that calm and unruffled face took on a stunned expression. He stood there blankly, unable to believe what had just happened. But the pain from his dantian told him that everything was all too real. A single punch had shattered his dantian, destroying a lifetime’s worth of inner energy and all of his martial arts!

In a flash, scenes of his childhood training flickered past his mind’s eye. He saw his father’s warm smile, heard his grandfather’s words of encouragement, watched memory after memory of bitter training and hard work float by his vision.

All gone…

Everything gone with a single punch from Chu Yunyi!

Without inner energy, his shadow arts were gone as well. How was he supposed to finish the Shadow Clan’s mission now? How could he protected his most beloved person now?

There’s nothing left…it’s all gone now….

How could he stay calm at a time like this?

It wasn’t until Chu Yunyi released the chains around his wrists that he recovered some of his wits.

“Why?” he asked.

“Beiyue, don’t blame me for this!” Chu Yunyi said lightly.

“Why?” Gu Beiyue demanded furiously. “It would have been better if you killed me instead!”

“Someone asked for you personally. My Nether Clan doesn’t have the power to keep you.” Of course, Chu Yunyi would never reveal Ning Cheng’s true identity to him. He trusted that Ning Cheng would keep the secret too.

By the time Chu Yunyi took care of his bleeding eye and escorted Gu Beiyue to the guest hall, Ning Cheng had already grown impatient…