Hide in The Immortal Cultivation World, Strike Hard in the Martial World - Chapter 346 - 171: Worn to Death_2

Meanwhile, Chen Yi was constantly keeping an eye on the old fellow outside.

Two months later,

That day, the Red-tailed Hawk didn’t seem to be patrolling the sky over Little Cold Peak as usual.

Chen Yi, disguised, ventured outside the mountain to investigate.

He found that Tan Dezheng, who was inside the body of the demon beast, was suddenly extremely weak and seemingly on the verge of collapse.

Chen Yi observed for a while, then sent the little sand marten to sneak near the demon beast and sprinkled medicinal powder around that area.

After two hours,

Tan Dezheng inside the demon beast’s belly looked a bit healthier, his eyes opened, and he summoned the energy to control the Red-tailed Hawk to fly out.

Seeing this, Chen Yi nodded in satisfaction.

He observed for a little while longer,

And found that Tan Dezheng had almost exhausted the energy he’d gained from the medicine.

Moreover, after several months of not seeing Chen Yi leave the house at all, Tan Dezheng seemed to be buckling under the strain,

He appeared to intend to control the demon beast to leave.

After some thought,

Chen Yi returned to the peak, revealed himself, and flew out of Little Cold Peak, moving a short distance in the sky over Spirit Mist Marsh.

He stopped just within range of where Tan Dezheng could strike, wavered for a bit, and then returned to Little Cold Peak,

Thḭ𝓈 𝕔h𝙖pƚҽr 𝘪ѕ p𝙤ѕţꬲ𝐝 b𝖞 𝙆𝗶ṯ𝗲𝘯𝖔ν℮𝗅

Muttering to himself, “No, it’s too dangerous out there, I should go back and wait a couple more days before venturing out.”

Tan Dezheng, who was hiding inside the demon beast, was grinding his teeth in frustration,

“This coward! If you had gone a bit further, I would have been able to act. But you turned back!

Never mind, I’ll wait a few more days.”

Seeing hope, Tan Dezheng once again burrows back into the demon beast, swimming a little bit closer towards Little Cold Peak.

Two months later, the demon beast where Tan Dezheng was residing started to rot. He was again impatient, feeling as if his light was dimming,

Seeing this, Chen Yi sent the little sand marten on another loop, scattering more medicinal powder,

Reviving Tan Dezheng,

At the same time, he had the little sand marten intentionally chase a suitably-sized, brand-new first-tier demon beast to that area in the evening,

Providing Tan Dezheng with an opportunity to move to a “new house”.

Upon moving into the new demon beast and eating fresh demon beast meat, Tan Dezheng felt he could hang on a little longer.

As luck would have it,

That day, Chen Yi left with his little maid and flew out.

He happened to fly to the position where Tan Dezheng was planning to strike, but was stopped by another female cultivator in his house, Ma Xiaoqiu,

Who said she wasn’t feeling well and asked Chen Yi to come back and heal her.

Having no choice, Chen Yi flew back.

Once again, Tan Dezheng was left gnashing his teeth in frustration,

“I will wait for you one last time. Next time, even if it’s a stretch, I will strike!”

Thus, three more months passed,

And Tan Dezheng was again desperately hanging on, preparing to leave and return to the Tan Family to close up his affairs,

When Chen Yi appeared again, and still stayed right at the edge of Tan Dezheng’s attack range.

Every time Tan Dezheng tried to gather mana for a life-draining strike, Chen Yi would quietly withdraw,

Then reappear at the edge of the distance after Tan Dezheng had dispersed his breath.

Even as foolish as Tan Dezheng was, he understood he was being toyed with,

“I admit defeat, Daoist Chen.”

“I don’t have long to live and plan to return to my clan to arrange my affairs. From hereon, the Tan family will never trouble Daoist Chen. We can each go our own way, not interfering with each other, alright?”

Tan Dezheng, mustering his mana, managed to utter those two sentences in entirety. By this point, he’d lost all of his teeth, his speech was slurred and broken, and his breath was labored, indicating he was nearing his end.

Chen Yi didn’t respond but continued to follow him at a slow pace,

Simultaneously commanding the Purple Sand Mink to carry a large dose of medicine and pass by Tan Dezheng again.

At this point, even if Tan Dezheng had suspicions about the Purple Sand Mink, it was too late.

Given his condition, he could only muster the energy for one last strike, which he was saving for Chen Yi no matter what.

Tan Dezheng felt a revival of energy as if he was about to go out, his spirit soared,

Like a candle about to burn out suddenly flaring up and casting a bright light,

Even the speed at which he was heading towards Tan Family Island increased slightly.

“It’s the third time now, something’s not right!”

Tan Dezheng finally came to his senses, prepared to exert all his strength, and rushed back to Chen Yi.

But this time, he reacted too late.

Chen Yi was already prepared. The moment Tan Dezheng turned around, he immediately launched the Sword Evasion Skill, retreating at a speed far exceeding that of Tan Dezheng.

Finally, a hundred breaths later,

Tan Dezheng’s face was devoid of its rosy hue, a wave of death surged up.

The last bit of Mana in his body was exhausted, no matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t inhale a trace of spiritual energy.

He knew that his time has come.

“But, why does it come a year early?”

“Chen Yi? Is this mink your spirit pet?”

Chen Yi, shrouded in obscurity, was slowly approaching on his Flying Sword. The Purple Sand Mink, which had passed by his side several times, was now coiled up around Chen Yi’s neck and playing around, watching him.

“I’m like this, and you’re still using poison?”

“It’s a special restorative drug that I created to restore vitality. It’s usually used to help male cultivators regain their vigor. This past year, seeing you struggle so many times, I had my little buddy here help you out. The effect wasn’t too bad, right?

Oh, one more thing, this medicine has a slight side effect. If not recovered in time, it will expedite the depletion of life~”

Chen Yi stayed far outside Tan Dezheng’s attack range, waiting for his life’s spiritual light to extinguish completely before approaching slowly.

Chen Yi didn’t mutilate the corpse, nor did he rob Tan Dezheng’s Storage Bag.

This past year, Tan Dezheng’s body was failing, he was unable to absorb the power of pills and spirit stones. He had to rely on eating raw demon beast meat to sustain himself.

Apart from a flying sword for sneak attacks, he had nothing valuable on him.

Chen Yi performed a spell to attract a second-tier demon beast, sprinkled a little medicine on the carcass of the first-tier demon beast which contained Tan Dezheng’s remains.

The second-tier demon beast swallowed it in one bite before Chen Yi drove it away.

In this way, it appeared that Tan Dezheng died in the stomach of the demon beast.

Even if a more powerful individual were to perform an autopsy,

He would only find out that Tan Dezheng died from the depletion of life’s span, with no murderer in sight.

In this battle, Chen Yi never once made an actual move. Without shedding a drop of blood, he exhausted the old man to death,

And without leaving any evidence behind, this was the most satisfactory victory for Chen Yi since entering the Immortal Cultivation world.

“If I can wear out all my enemies like this in the future, it’ll be safer.”

Chen Yi retired to Little Cold Peak with a sigh,

After several days, he emerged from his secluded dwelling, indicating the completion of his closed-door cultivation.

…

Several days after Tan Dezheng’s death,

Tan Feng on Qinglong Island officially ended his life of cultivation with the sect and returned to the Tan Family to take charge of the family affairs,

As soon as he returned to the Tan Family, he saw his father’s Soul Lamp extinguished.

He led a large group of people, performed a Secret Skill, and found a second-tier demon beast in the Spiritual Mist.

He barely killed the demon beast, tore open its stomach, and discovered his father, Tan Dezheng, the Tan Family Head, whose body had already decomposed beyond recognition.

A feeling of suffocation exploded in Tan Feng’s chest, leaving him frustrated without knowing who to seek revenge from.

He roared to the sky but finally didn’t dare to shout out his oath to kill Jiang Hao’s entire family.

In the end, he had to return, humiliated, to Tan Family Island with his family, carrying the body of Tan Dezheng.

From this point on, the Tan family relinquished all their businesses on Spirit Fish Island.

It was Wu Cong, from the Wu Family who had been temporarily managing the Market Town on Spirit Fish Island, who took over the businesses.

Now, both Tan and Wu Families each had one Foundation Establishment stage cultivator, Zhao Family had two. After decades of fighting, all three were severely injured.

Wu Cong, in order to safeguard the Wu Family’s legacy, gave a large portion of the businesses on Spirit Fish Island, originally owned by the Tan Family, to Zhao Chengyu.

He also promised to marry off the Wu Family’s twin daughters from the new generation to the direct descendants of the Zhao Family as concubines.

Only then did he get Zhao Chengyu’s approval to continue operating on the Spirit Fish Island.

Actually, Zhao Chengyu couldn’t wait to wipe out the Wu Family, but he had only just entered the middle phase of Foundation Establishment and was not powerful enough.

Even though the Wu Family only had one Foundation Establishment stage cultivator, they were a Beast Master family. Any rash action could lead to the Wu Family’s desperate counterattack.

At that time, both Zhao and Wu Families could potentially be taken advantage of by others.

It was better this way, where everyone could recuperate together.

Moreover, Zhao Chengyu had just secured a quota for the Secret Realm event happening seven years later, from Wang Tengfei.

He wanted to find an opportunity to break through the later stage of Foundation Establishment there,

If he could reach the later stage of Foundation Establishment, won’t the territory of the Tan, Wu, and Zhao Families be under his control then?