sjar Chapter 1136 - 1135: Omen
Chapter 1136 - 1135: Omen
"Can you really help me?"Leng Pengfei tentatively confirmed once again.
"If you're willing to trust me."
The black-robed man didn't make it explicit but showed a kind of disdain for the weak through his words.
Knowing that the black-robed man looked down on him, Leng Pengfei could only swallow his pride and cooperate with the black-robed man for now.
"I'll take you to meet someone else."
To achieve true success, how could you rely on just one man? Balance between yin and yang, while yang energy is sufficient, it still requires the complement of yin energy.
Is there someone else here?
Leng Pengfei thought the cave was just him and the black-robed man.
Fortunately, Leng Pengfei did not interrupt while the black-robed man was speaking, thus avoiding annoying him.
"Li Tao."
The black-robed man called.
Li Tao hadn't been brought here for long, confined in an independent room with restrictions, containing only a bed and a meditation platform.
Li Tao hadn't slept for three days and nights, sitting on the meditation platform for the same duration.
Because of her deep hatred, she demonstrated great aptitude in understanding Demon Techniques, achieving visible black aura emanating from her body in just three days.
"Master."
Li Tao held deep respect for the black-robed man. If he had not been one step ahead in retrieving her body, Li Tao would have been completely dead.
"How's your cultivation progressing recently?"
The black-robed man had been observing Li Tao's progress, though he hadn't tested the exact extent of her advancement.
"Reporting to Master, everything is normal."
Li Tao was patient and humble, one of her rare virtues.
"As I mentioned to you before, now I've found a partner for the training, prepare yourself."
Li Tao reined in the black aura on her body, her eyes flickered a couple of times, seemingly in disbelief that the partner had arrived so soon.
"Master, must it be two people practicing together?"
The black-robed man had earlier explained that Demon Techniques required a male and female who had had relations to practice as Taoist partners for optimal results. At the time, Li Tao refused, but the black-robed man showed her an Illusion Realm where Tang Rao and Li Qi Qi would have splendid lives after killing her. Thinking of her own father, who never acknowledged her as his daughter, Li Tao felt a deep, intrinsic hatred rise, and she gritted her teeth as she agreed to the black-robed man's plan, determined to kill Tang Rao and Li Qi Qi herself.
"Master, I will try my best."
Li Tao changed her expression from defiant to compliant, pleasing the black-robed man.
"Leng Pengfei, this is Li Tao. You two can spend some time getting to know each other. If you're shy, I can leave!"
Even if he left, the black-robed man would still know everything that happened in the cave with certainty.
"Alright."
In the presence of a beauty, Leng Pengfei didn't mind taking advantage. As soon as the black-robed man walked away, Leng Pengfei moved closer.
"You're called Li Tao?"
Leng Pengfei didn't jump right in, but initiated a conversation to establish rapport with Li Tao first.
"Yes, the illegitimate daughter of the Tingzhou Li Family, a maid of Li Qi Qi."
Li Tao did not conceal anything, knowing anyone who came here must have a grudge against Li Qi Qi or Tang Rao.
"Leng Pengfei from the Leng Family; I was killed by Tang Rao during a power struggle. I suppose you also have a grudge against those two?"
With that question, Li Tao understood. They were both people who hated Tang Rao, and they hit it off instantly. Moreover, before leaving, the black-robed man added some drugs to foster emotions. The temperature in the cave rose sharply, and soon they discarded their clothes, crossing an important life threshold together.
Li Tao whimpered throughout the night, and when she woke, she found herself in Leng Pengfei's embrace. Upon realizing something was amiss, she jumped back, briefly seeing Leng Pengfei fully exposed.
"What happened last night, why are we together?"
Li Tao could vaguely recall what happened, but why she acted that way remained a mystery to her.
"Master drugged us."
Leng Pengfei's quick response made it seem as if even being drugged was an inconsequential matter.
"Drugged?"
Li Tao remained calm.
From the moment she entered the cave, she had anticipated such a day would come.
As if having done something inappropriate with a dog.
Li Tao comforted herself this way.
"Did you sleep well last night?"
Before Li Tao could properly dress, the black-robed man appeared before them again.
"Yes."
Embarrassed, Li Tao left it to Leng Pengfei to reply to the black-robed man.
"Now you can cultivate the complete mental method."
The black-robed man suddenly produced three scrolls of the mental method, labeled as upper, middle, and lower. Handing them to Li Tao, she clenched her other fist secretly, vowing to kill Tang Rao, Li Qi Qi, and Li Zhentong in her lifetime. The people of the Li Family aren't worthy of living.
Black aura inexplicably began emanating from Li Tao's body, exactly the effect the black-robed man wanted.
"Remember, once you can control the black aura at will, that's when you'll have truly entered the doorway."
Still just at the entry-level?
Li Tao felt disappointed.
"Master, what about me?"
Leng Pengfei, who hadn't practiced before, had a weaker foundation than Li Tao. Li Tao was already producing black aura, worried that if he couldn't keep up, the black-robed man might dismiss him.
"You're the same as her, practice according to the mental method. As for comprehension ability, well, try understanding it first."
The deeper the hatred, the faster the comprehension. The black-robed man had confidence in the two, believing they wouldn't run into any issues.
"Understood!"
After giving all necessary instructions and reminding them not to forget their hatred, the black-robed man left smiling.
"Boy, this is not what I wanted. Your existence only blocks my future, you must die. As long as you live, I cannot ascend to the position of Supreme God."
Never being able to bask in the glory of Supreme God would be a life's regret.
Tang Rao, woken up by a nightmare in the middle of the night, couldn't fall back to sleep. Tossing and turning, he couldn't fathom why Li Tao would be hunting him, especially as the dream had such vivid realism.
"Someone!"
At Tang Rao's call, people immediately stationed themselves outside his door.
"Manager, what's happening?"
Several attendants appeared, and those who arrived late kept their heads down, afraid of being reprimanded by Tang Rao.
"After Tao Er died, how was her body handled?"
Tormented by images of Li Tao hunting him, Tang Rao sought reassurance by asking.
"Tao Er? When did Tao Er die?"
The attendants were stumped by Tang Rao's question.
If Tang Rao hadn't mentioned it, they'd still think Tao Er was off on an errand for the young lady in some far place.
"You didn't know?"
Tang Rao was perplexed.
Tang Rao had left the body on the floor untouched, assuming someone would deal with it. Judging by the attendants' reactions, they hadn't noticed the corpse.
"No, we don't know."
Who would take an interest in a corpse? Tang Rao certainly couldn't think of anyone.
"Could this dream... be a premonition?"
Goosebumps rose on his skin all at once.