Betraying one's own family, murdering one's mother and relatives

Chapter 74 Betraying one's own family, murdering one's mother and relatives

The huge success of the poison "Touch of Despair" not only delighted Zhou Jiasheng and Zhou Chun, but also greatly pleased Zhou Jiahui, who benefited from it.

Because the source of the slime needs to be kept absolutely secret, and Zhou Jiahe, as the master of Baozhi Peak, is a high-profile target.

So the task of frequently going to the underground river to catch "poisonous catfish" and collect their slime was assigned to her.

"Poisonous Thorn Catfish" is the name Zhou Chun gave to that strange fish-like monster, and currently only those in the know are aware of it.

Each time Zhou Jiahui went to collect the slime, she would receive a considerable amount of family merit rewards.

This made her wish that "Touch of Despair" would continue to sell well.

Because she was well aware of the importance of secrecy, Zhou Jiahui was always extra careful whenever she left her family home.

Just like when she and Zhou Chun first went to that underground river, they rode the family's domesticated bighorn blue sheep.

But now she has chosen to ride an ordinary horse.

The reason for doing this is, of course, because the Great Horned Ram is too distinctive and easy to spot and track.

As for ordinary horses, she would abandon them halfway through and find new ones to replace them.

She changed horses twice along the way, and before reaching the mountain range where the underground river was located, she deliberately took a detour to a large river, rode the Whirlpool Turtle, and dived into the river. She swam underwater for dozens of miles before coming ashore again.

Even after getting ashore, Zhou Jiahui still didn't dare to let her guard down. Instead, she flicked her sleeve, and five fist-sized brown birds flew out from it.

She used her ventriloquism to direct the brown birds, and the five brown birds followed her instructions, hiding in the treetops along the road she passed, keeping watch over what was happening behind them.

This was her last line of defense; if she still couldn't find anything unusual, she would head straight for the underground river.

But to her surprise, she had only walked less than ten miles when a small brown bird flew towards her in a panic, chirping and screeching as it warned her.

Someone is following me!

Zhou Jiahui's expression changed, and she hurriedly reached out and patted the storage bag at her waist, took out a piece of blue brocade handkerchief, threw it forward, and then stepped on it.

Riding her flying artifact into the air, Zhou Jiahui quickly noticed something unusual about a certain grove of trees behind her and swiftly flew towards it.

At the same time, the tracker realized that his whereabouts had been exposed, so he hurriedly took to the air and fled at high speed, wielding a silver ruler.

Judging from his speed of escape, he was clearly much faster than Zhou Jiahui.

This shows that he is superior to Zhou Jia Hui in both cultivation level and the flying artifact he is using.

But with such cultivation and such magical artifacts, why would they run away as soon as they see me?

A question flashed through Zhou Jiahui's mind, and then, as if she had thought of something, her expression changed drastically, and she hurriedly focused her attention on the person's back.

After staring at that person's back for a while, and then recalling the people he had met before leaving his family, a figure gradually overlapped with that figure.

Upon realizing the man's identity, an overwhelming surge of anger welled up within her, causing her to uncontrollably roar out in fury.

"Zhou Zhengkang, you stop right there!!"

As if frozen in place, the figure fleeing at top speed in front of Zhou Jiahui trembled and slowed down rapidly until it stopped in mid-air as soon as Zhou Jiahui finished speaking.

The figure turned in mid-air, revealing its face, which was adorned with a wolf head mask, to Zhou Jiahui.

Then he raised his hand and lifted the mask, revealing a cold and handsome face with sharp features.

Seeing that incredibly familiar face, Zhou Jiahui's anger flared even more fiercely.

Her face contorted with grief and indignation, she glared at the man and roared, "Zhou Zhengkang, are you even a descendant of the Zhou family? What are you trying to do, secretly following me all this way?"

Faced with her angry questioning, Zhou Zhengkang looked at her calmly and said expressionlessly, "Don't you already know what I'm trying to do by following you, Aunt Nineteen?"

After saying that, she sighed softly and said, "But experience truly matters. I was so careful, yet I still couldn't hide it from you!"

"Why? Why did you do this? Your family has been so good to you. Why did you betray them?"

Zhou Jiahui continued to question angrily, but she still could not accept this incredibly cruel fact.

Her questions seemed to have hit Zhou Zhengkang where it hurt.

His previously calm face twitched slightly, then contorted as he glared at Zhou Jiahui and roared, "I want to know why too! Why can't I even join the Qinglian Temple? Don't I even have the right to choose my own path? Why must I be trapped in this stagnant pool of the Zhou family?"

"Just because of this? You betrayed your family for this reason?"

The grief and indignation on Zhou Jiahui's face gradually faded, replaced by utter disappointment.

She looked at Zhou Zhengkang with disappointment, shaking her head and sighing, "He's far inferior, far inferior to Zheng Chun!!"

I remember Zhou Chunming clearly had the ability to join the Qinglian Temple, but he still chose to stay in the Zhou family and serve the family.

Zhou Jiahui immediately felt that Zhou Zhengkang in front of her was disgusting and made her want to vomit!

At this moment, she even felt a little resentful towards the clan leader Zhou Daoyi and the Supreme Elder Zhou Mingde, not understanding how the two wise men could have misjudged such a selfish and self-serving fellow as Zhou Zhengkang!

Is this a case of even the wisest person making a mistake?

Zhou Jiahui's sudden change in expression and words caused Zhou Zhengkang to frown deeply.

He frowned and said coldly, "Zheng Chun? You mean that guy who works as a shop assistant in the market? Who does he think he is? Does he even deserve to be compared to me?"

It's not hard to see from his words that even though Zhou Chun has made a name for himself in the family in recent years and his status has risen steadily, he still doesn't take him seriously and doesn't regard his cousin Zhou Chun as anyone important.

Or rather, he never really cared about any of his fellow clansmen!

But Zhou Jiahui was already utterly disgusted with him at this point, and upon hearing this, she sneered without any attempt to hide it: "I really shouldn't have compared Zheng Chun to you, because a traitor like you doesn't deserve it at all!!"

She practically yelled the words "traitor" at them.

Given Zhou Zhengkang's pride, how could he accept such humiliation?

He immediately looked at her coldly and said in a chilling voice, "Enough! Shut up!!"

How could Zhou Jiahui possibly shut up? Seeing his anger and embarrassment, she felt extremely pleased and couldn't help but sneer repeatedly, "What? You dare to do something so disloyal, but you don't dare to admit it? You won't let anyone talk about it?"

"You slut, I'll teach you to shut up!!"

Zhou Zhengkang roared, no longer using the title "Nineteenth Aunt".

Moreover, amidst his roar, he reached out and patted the storage bag at his waist, summoning a crimson flying sword that shot towards Zhou Jia Hui.

"You dare lay a hand on me?!"

Zhou Jiahui exclaimed in surprise and hurriedly summoned a black tortoise shell magic artifact to block the crimson flying sword. Then she looked at Zhou Zhengkang with disbelief.

Zhou Zhengkang, however, roared angrily, "You old hag, I will kill you today!"

He seemed even angrier than Zhou Jiahui.

He reached out and patted the storage bag at his waist, quickly producing several magical artifacts, some for protection and some for attack.

Moreover, being wealthy, he generously sent one activation talisman after another to Zhou Jia Hui, and each one was a first-grade high-quality talisman.

It was only because Zhou Jiahui had lived several decades longer than him and had accumulated considerable savings that she didn't succumb to his fierce offensive.

However, faced with his fierce offensive, Zhou Jiahui quickly fell into a disadvantageous position and had no choice but to descend towards the ground.

She thought that once she landed, she could summon the Whirlpool Turtle to salvage some of her disadvantages.

However, they forgot that Zhou Zhengkang had also tamed spirit pets, and two of them were top-grade first-tier Crimson Flame Wolves!

As a result, after landing, her disadvantage became even more obvious, and she no longer had a chance to escape.

"Zhou Zhengkang, you murdered your aunt and killed your own family; you'll get your comeuppance sooner or later! The clan chief and the others will see through your wolfish ambitions and avenge me!"

In the mountains, Zhou Jiahui gripped the long sword piercing her heart tightly with both hands, blood trickling from the corners of her mouth as she stared intently at Zhou Zhengkang's face, uttering her final curse.

Then his head lolled to the side, and he died completely, collapsing into a pool of blood.

Looking at Zhou Jiahui's lifeless body on the ground, her eyes wide open, and recalling her last words, Zhou Zhengkang felt both fear and anger.

After his expression shifted between anger and uncertainty for a while, he suddenly spat and cursed, "Pah! That old hag is dead and still causing trouble, then don't blame me!"

He quickly collected Zhou Jiahui's belongings, then coldly gave an order to the two Crimson Flame Wolves.

Instantly, the two Crimson Flame Wolves, their eyes gleaming green, pounced on Zhou Jiahui's corpse and began tearing and gnawing at it.

After the two Crimson Flame Wolves had brutally devoured Zhou Jia Hui's body, including her clothes, Zhou Zhengkang carefully erased the traces on the ground.

Finally, with a cold smile, he dug out a small black insect resembling a mole cricket from deep in the soil and burned it to ashes!

(End of this chapter)