King of Creation
Chapter 599 - 592: Can I Remain Indifferent?

Chapter 599: Chapter 592: Can I Remain Indifferent?

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"I only hate the injustice of the heavens, I only hate that I am an insignificant existence like an ant, otherwise, why would I need to degrade myself time and again to seduce you?"

Miao Yu’s heart-wrenching cries momentarily stunned Ye Zhen, but it was just for an instant. Ye Zhen’s heart immediately hardened like steel, and his gaze fixated on Miao Yu, cold and devoid of any emotion.

This icy gaze seemed to sting Miao Yu, who suddenly stiffened her neck, "Yes, these past days, I have indeed been trying my hardest to seduce Young Master Ye!

Even this fall just now was deliberate! Even just an hour before, I purposely changed into thin clothes, all for this moment, to seduce you, Young Master!"

Miao Yu’s beautiful face was filled with sorrow, tears streaming down, "The reason I am so lowly is because the only thing I can sell is my appearance!

The only useful thing about me is this bit of beauty!

The only chance to save my sister rests entirely on this bit of beauty!"

As she spoke, Miao Yu could no longer hold back, throwing herself to the ground and crying hysterically, as if trying to pour out all the grievances in her heart, all the tears inside her.

It must be said, Miao Yu’s words were emotionally touching, and even someone with a heart of stone like Ye Zhen was moved with sympathy. However, Ye Zhen didn’t say anything, just quietly watched Miao Yu, watched her cry her heart out...

Gradually, Miao Yu’s crying subsided, perhaps from exhaustion or lack of energy. In the end, she was just sobbing there.

"Now that you’ve finished crying, tell me exactly what’s going on!"

The sudden voice made Miao Yu look up in extreme delight. She originally thought that Young Master Ye had a heart of stone and wouldn’t care about her affairs, but surprisingly, he finally spoke.

"Young Master, if it wasn’t to save the life of my sister, who is in imminent danger, I would not have resorted to such a low strategy. These past days, I deliberately tried to seduce...." Miao Yu, however, was too ashamed to finish her sentence.

"Mainly, I was worried that Young Master wouldn’t take action to save my sister, so I thought if I served Young Master with my body, out of pity, you might just save my sister’s life. That’s why I resorted to this!" Miao Yu said.

Miao Yu’s explanation was plausible. Ye Zhen nodded and asked again, "What’s wrong with your sister, then?"

"On the third day that I started serving in Young Master’s house, my sister was sent to serve as a maid in the house of Sunshine Hall member Zhu Mingxu!"

"Sent to the house of Sunshine Hall member Zhu Mingxu? That sounds like a good thing. To be honest, attaching herself to a Vein Forging Realm powerhouse would mean your sister’s life is pretty much worry-free." Ye Zhen commented.

But Miao Yu’s expression tightened, "Young Master, this Zhu Mingxu is also known as Zhu Jiutian. My sister being sent to his residence is like falling into a pit of fire, her life hanging by a thread."

"Zhu Jiutian, what about him?"

"It’s mainly because the maids there are changed every Nine Heavens! Every nine days, two new maids must be sent over, and this has been going on for eight or nine years." As she mentioned this, Miao Yu’s expression was filled with fear, "This secret was revealed by the nanny who taught us. She said that we could serve anyone, but never Zhu Jiutian, because regardless of who it is, they would only have nine days to live."

"Changed every nine days, for eight or nine years? Then what about the maids who served him before, have they been seen?"

At Ye Zhen’s question, Miao Yu vigorously shook her head, tears once again welling up in her eyes, "Gone, all gone! Alive, they’re not seen, dead, their corpses aren’t found!

Some say they were eaten by Zhu Jiutian, since he loves eating people. Others say he uses them for his Qi practice, and still others say Zhu Jiutian is addicted to killing. In any case, they’re gone. For eight or nine years, nearly a thousand people have disappeared!

Moreover, in the two years since I was taught by the nanny, the stewards of the Inner Affairs Hall have been selecting two maids every nine days to be sent to Zhu Jiutian’s residence, like clockwork for two years!" As she spoke, Miao Yu was full of terror.

"Two years, thousands of maids vanished into thin air? Why didn’t you report this? Even though you’re maids, you can still report such matters to the Punishment Hall. No matter what, Zhu Jiutian is slaughtering innocents."

Miao Yu shook her head in pain, "It’s no use. Last year, a sister, just like me, in order to save her sister, went to the Punishment Hall. That very night, she was beaten to death."

"Oh?" Ye Zhen raised an eyebrow in puzzlement.

"Because Zhu Jiutian has another identity!"

"What identity?"

"He is the son of the Head of the Inner Affairs Hall, Zhu Ling. That’s why the Punishment Hall doesn’t dare to intervene."

Ye Zhen’s expression suddenly turned cold, "Zhu Jiutian is the son of the Head of the Inner Affairs Hall, Zhu Ling, and the Punishment Hall dares not intervene. And you think I, a mere Soul Sea Realm Martial Artist, would dare? What is your true motive?"

Hearing this, Miao Yu’s face turned pale, she scrambled to her feet and knelt down, banging her head against the ground in front of Ye Zhen.

"I had no other choice, since I was sent to serve in Young Master’s house, I had to rely on Young Master! I only beg Young Master to take pity on my sister and save her. She’s only seventeen, she just turned seventeen!"

In an instant, Miao Yu’s forehead bled from her kowtowing, pitiful to the extreme.

"Seventeen years old...."

As he looked at her in such a state, the coldness on Ye Zhen’s face gradually faded away, and a touch of sympathy flickered in his eyes. However, Miao Yu did not see that fleeting sympathy as she kept kowtowing and pleading.

"Young Master Ye, please save my sister! I beg you..."

"Alright, I’ll ask around for you in the next few days. You can get up now!" Ye Zhen found himself involuntarily agreeing.

Upon hearing Ye Zhen’s response, Miao Yu first showed joy, but then she began kowtowing again, "Young Master Ye, time waits for no one! Zhu Jiutian changes them every nine days, and my sister has already been in there for seven days. Please, Young Master Ye, show mercy and save my sister!

If we really wait until the ninth day, there is absolutely no chance of my sister surviving! It’s been eight or nine years, and nearly a thousand young maids have disappeared, Zhu Jiutian’s habit has never changed, changed every nine days... please feel pity for them..." Crying, Miao Yu’s voice was like Du Juan weeping blood, but Ye Zhen’s eyes flashed with surprise at her last words.

Despite his surprise, Ye Zhen did not voice it, but simply waved his hand and said, "Go on out, I will make arrangements in a while!"

Teary-eyed and sobbing, Miao Yu wanted to plead further, but seeing Young Master Ye’s expression, she obediently left.

Watching Miao Yu leave, a thought crossed Ye Zhen’s mind: "There’s something wrong with this Miao Yu!"

Everything Miao Yu cried about could be true, but her last sentence made Ye Zhen smell the scent of conspiracy.

The previous part, where she begged Ye Zhen to save her sister, was reasonable, but the last sentence, involving the disappearance of nearly a thousand maids over the past eight or nine years, seemed like a reminder to Ye Zhen.

It wasn’t that Ye Zhen was overly suspicious of a weak woman; the fundamental reason for his doubt was the oddly timed appearance of Miao Yu.

As Vice Sect Hierarch Tian Guizhang had said before, even he, as the vice hierarch, had never been allotted a maid like Miao Yu. Ye Zhen had seen the four maids in Tian Tazhang’s courtyard; each was stunningly beautiful, yet still paled in comparison to Miao Yu.

Thus, within the maids of the Sun and Moon Divine Sect, Miao Yu was considered a great beauty. Such a beautiful and virgin maid would normally be appointed to the high ranks within the Divine Sect, yet she was arranged for Ye Zhen, a mere head of the Moonlight Hall, and she carried such a story with her.

It was already unusual to arrange such a beautiful maid for Ye Zhen, and this beautiful maid carried an unusual story and showed unusual behavior.

In such circumstances, if Ye Zhen did not grow suspicious, that would be strange indeed.

"What would the outcome be if I hadn’t been alerted by Tian Guizhang and hadn’t noticed these suspicious points and let things proceed normally?" Ye Zhen began to reason about the incident.

If Ye Zhen were not suspicious, true to his nature, Miao Yu’s plight or the tragic deaths of nearly a thousand maids would definitely invoke his righteous indignation.

The first possibility was that Ye Zhen would confront Zhu Jiutian for those people, or argue the matter.

According to Miao Yu, Zhu Jiutian was the son of Zhu Ling, the Head of the Inner Affairs Hall – one of the most powerful branches of the Sun and Moon Divine Sect. Naturally, the temperament of this young master would not be any better.

Then, without agreement, they would come to blows, and regardless of the outcome, Ye Zhen would be in dire straits. The Punishment Hall would deal with Ye Zhen, and the Head of the Inner Affairs Hall Zhu Ling would also deal with him.

The second possibility was that Ye Zhen, knowing how unlikely it was to retrieve the person from Zhu Jiutian, would wish to eliminate a threat to the people as per his usual approach. He might quietly sneak in to kill Zhu Jiutian and nip the problem in the bud.

At the moment Ye Zhen tried to assassinate Zhu Jiutian, or just after he had killed him, it was likely someone would jump out and immediately accuse Ye Zhen! Then, having broken the sect’s rules, he would either be executed on the spot or, even if not killed immediately, Zhu Jiutian was the son of Zhu Ling, head of the Inner Affairs Hall, whose power within the Sun and Moon Divine Sect was even higher than that of the two vice hierarchs.

By then, even if Ye Zhen wasn’t executed on the spot, he would probably be close to death.

Hiss!

Having deduced this far, Ye Zhen involuntarily sucked in a breath of cold air.

This matter, if Ye Zhen were to intervene, whatever he did would undoubtably have no good ending, and the probability of being killed was ninety percent!

"Such a cunning plot!" A look of shock crossed Ye Zhen’s eyes.

What was more astonishing was that Ye Zhen discovered the scheme seemed to fit his personality perfectly, incredibly vicious.

Even now that he knew it was a scheme aimed against him, Ye Zhen couldn’t help but feel furious at Zhu Jiutian’s actions and had an urgent desire to check the truth of it all.

This was simply Ye Zhen’s nature!

Just like a few years ago in the Black Dragon Domain, when he witnessed Banxia’s situation in Star Luo City and unhesitatingly saved her despite the unfairness. Later, when the Banxia family was tragically murdered, Ye Zhen, in anger, killed both Yan Shaqi and Yan Kun, leading to his current deadly enemy, Yan Cong.

But even so, Ye Zhen had no regrets, and if it all happened again, he would do the same, perhaps even more thoroughly!

"Can I remain indifferent?" Ye Zhen suddenly asked himself, almost mockingly.

"Of course not!" Ye Zhen’s expression suddenly became solemn.

Having made his decision, Ye Zhen’s gaze became distant, "Yua Hanjing, since you want to fight, then I shall engage in this battle wholeheartedly!"

Without a doubt, the only person within the Sun and Moon Divine Sect who could arrange such a deadly scheme against Ye Zhen, apart from Yua Hanjing, Ye Zhen could not think of a second person! (Take advantage of the rain of benefits from heaven, and cool phones await you! Follow ~ point/Chinese network public number (WeChat add friend - add public number - enter qdread to join)! Everyone gets a reward, and now follow the qdread WeChat public number!) (To be continued. If you like this work, welcome to point (qidian.com) to cast recommendation votes and monthly votes, your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile phone users please read at m.qidian.com.)