Chapter 3: The Hypocrite

At this moment, Master received a "Spring and Autumn Pill" from the sect. As the name suggests, the one who takes it can gain a year of pure power!

This was the reward Master received for completing the sect's mission. Master once said that taking such a pill would be of no use to him, so he wanted to choose one of his three disciples to take it.

The Spring and Autumn Pill filled Chu Yang's heart with sorrow. This trash, which no one would pick up in the Upper Three Days, became the reason for the eldest brother to frame the two of them this time!

In the previous life, the Spring and Autumn Pill was still obtained by the eldest brother, Shi Qianshan...

It wasn't until Tan Tan suddenly died that, when Chu Yang went to pay respects to Tan Tan, he accidentally saw the eldest brother there, speaking to Tan Tan's tombstone. It was only then that he realized the eldest brother, whom he and Tan Tan had always respected, was such a despicable person!

Thinking of this, Chu Yang sighed. How foolish he and Tan Tan were in the previous life...

Shi Qianshan was slender and looked very sharp, around twenty-three or twenty-four years old. He was always very good to Chu Yang and Tan Tan. In everyday life, this eldest brother seemed even closer than a real older brother.

But it turned out that all of this was fake! He had been using Chu Yang and Tan Tan from the beginning! His usual pretense was all for the sake of stepping on the two of them at the critical moment and monopolizing the sect's cultivation resources!

Chu Yang knew the reason why Shi Qianshan did this. He was doing everything possible to enter the Inner Gate of the Sky Tower and gain the qualification of an inner disciple. Then, he wanted to become the eldest brother of all the inner disciples and enter the Seven Yin Gathering Place of the Sky Tower!

Once he entered there, he would be the next sect leader! In the history of the Sky Tower, only one person could enter!

Shi Qianshan had a fanatical pursuit of power and authority! In his eyes, he would sacrifice everything to achieve his goal!

Chu Yang and his two companions were part of the outer circle of the Sky Tower. According to common sense, it was absolutely impossible for them to enter the inner circle. For Shi Qianshan to enter, he had to stand out in the sect's disciples' competitions, time and time again, until the end!

This was also a means used by the Sky Tower to motivate disciples to strive for excellence.

So, although the Spring and Autumn Pill could only increase a year of pure power, for these young disciples, a year of pure power was enough to leave their peers far behind!

In the previous life, Shi Qianshan succeeded. He climbed step by step from an outer disciple to an inner disciple, finally gaining the qualification to compete for the position of eldest brother.

But four years later, the Sky Tower was suddenly besieged by various major sects and was completely destroyed in one night!

Chu Yang, severely injured, fell into a coma and was buried under a pile of corpses. When he woke up, it was already three days later.

At that time, the Sky Tower was still burning fiercely. After three days of intense burning, the main building finally collapsed, almost crushing the immobile Chu Yang underneath.

But after the collapse, a sword tip emerged from the foundation, shining brightly! It seemed to carry a devilish allure...

That was the first segment of the Nine Tribulations Sword.

Chu Yang obtained the sword tip by sheer luck, and from then on, his rise began... and at that time, he was already twenty years old!

And the collapsed foundation, in Chu Yang's memory, was the location of the Seven Yin Gathering Place of the Sky Tower!

The place Shi Qianshan dreamed of entering!

A smile appeared on Chu Yang's lips, and he muttered, "This Seven Yin Gathering Place, Shi Qianshan, in this life, it's mine!"

Since he had been reborn and had four years in advance, how could he waste these four years? He must obtain the Nine Tribulations Sword in advance! And to get the Nine Tribulations Sword, he must enter the inner circle, gain the qualification of eldest brother, and then enter the Seven Yin Place!

There was no other way!

"What did you say?" Chu Yang's voice was very low, and Tan Tan didn't hear it. He only saw Chu Yang's lips move and asked.

"I said... the sky is so blue! The earth is so thick! The purple bamboo is so beautiful! The flowers are so fragrant! Tan Tan, you look so handsome... hahaha..." Chu Yang leaped up and suddenly burst into laughter, his clear laughter echoing far away.

At this moment, Chu Yang was filled with excitement! All the regrets of his previous life would be made up for in this life!

Dance lightly, wait for me!

In this life, I won't let you down!

I want you to know that you are more beautiful than a sword! I want you to know that in this world, you are the most beautiful! The most beautiful!

Tan Tan, good brother! I won't let you die again!

Mo Tianji, wait for me!

At the peak of the Heavenly Dao, I, Chu Yang... will, climb, up!

"Heh, I am handsome, that's true, but the sky, the earth, the purple bamboo... what's so good to look at... really crazy." Tan Tan rolled his eyes, one eyebrow raised to the sky, the other lowered to the ground, muttering.

"Chu Yang, Tan Tan! Are you here?" With a hearty laugh, a young man in green clothing flashed out of the purple bamboo forest.

He was slender, with a thin face, slightly dark, and his eyes, though not large, were very bright.

Shi Qianshan!

Chu Yang immediately turned his head and calmly looked at the gentle smile. He clearly saw a flash of disappointment and frustration in Shi Qianshan's eyes.

This was the frustration of seeing Chu Yang unharmed! Damn it, why didn't he die?

But then Shi Qianshan put on a look of anger and shouted, "What are you doing? Chu Yang, what happened to your head? Didn't I tell you before that when practicing with your fellow disciples, you should stop at the right moment? Using so much force, Tan Tan, do you want to kill Chu Yang?"

Tan Tan looked at Shi Qianshan with some fear, his face full of guilt, and stammered, "Eldest Brother, it's... my fault... my handsome appearance stunned Chu Yang, he... he was dazed..."

Chu Yang was speechless.

"You, you... really don't let me rest easy." Shi Qianshan sighed, frustrated, "When will you make me and Master feel at ease? You're so big but still like a child..."

As he spoke, he quickly walked over, his face full of concern. During the walk, he "ripped" a piece of his inner garment and came to Chu Yang, his face full of sympathy, "Does it hurt? Don't move, I'll bandage you. Don't move around, don't run around for a few days to avoid getting the wound infected..."

He carefully wiped the blood off Chu Yang's wound with his shirt and then bandaged it, applying gentle pressure. Finally, he looked it over and sighed in relief, "Sigh, if Master sees this, he'll blame me for not taking good care of the two of you. You two..."

He sighed and shook his head.

"Eldest Brother... we were wrong..." Tan Tan said, feeling guilty, "I'm sorry. In the future, I'll fight with him with my face covered..."

"What do you have to be sorry to me for? Sigh, such a big wound, wouldn't you be in pain if it were on you?" Shi Qianshan said angrily, "You owe Chu Yang, your fellow disciple!"

Shi Qianshan's eyes revealed a hint of disdain for Tan Tan's narcissism. Such an ugly person could be so narcissistic? It was truly incomprehensible.

When Shi Qianshan spoke, every word sounded as if it came from the bottom of his heart. His eyes never wavered, looking straight into the other person's eyes, his gaze honest, making it clear that he was sincere and everything he did was genuine!

"Yes, yes," Tan Tan nodded repeatedly, his face full of guilt and shame. Under the eldest brother's concerned questioning, he felt utterly humiliated. He helplessly touched his face and sighed, feeling that his stunning good looks were a disaster to the country and an unforgivable sin...

Chu Yang sighed. This Shi Qianshan, whether in expression, action, or tone, was so sincere and flawless. If he hadn't been reborn, he would have been completely deceived...

No wonder this person could stand out from the outer disciples in the previous life, rising steadily until he competed for the position of eldest brother!

If the Sky Tower hadn't been destroyed, Chu Yang was sure that the position of eldest brother in the inner circle would definitely belong to Shi Qianshan!

Such a skill of being one person in front and another behind was truly rare! It was seamless! No one could ever know what he was thinking.

No wonder in the previous life, he could win the heart of Wu Yunliang's daughter, Wu Qianqian, in a very short time after entering the inner circle...

Wu Qianqian was known as the first beauty of the Sky Tower, and how many people pursued her? But Shi Qianshan, who was not particularly handsome, quietly won the heart of this pride of heaven! When this news spread, the entire Sky Tower was shocked!

But now, Chu Yang knew that this was not a coincidence! Shi Qianshan could do it!

But in this life, it would be difficult for Shi Qianshan to do it so easily. Because, in front of him, there was still me, Chu Yang! All his plots would be useless in front of me!

"Come, let's go back and take good care of your wound," Shi Qianshan said, helping Chu Yang up.

Chu Yang smiled and was about to take a step when he suddenly froze. A feeling of extreme hunger surged from his dantian. Or rather, a very urgent, very urgent feeling.

Chu Yang was stunned!

What was going on? Hunger... shouldn't that be a feeling in the stomach? Or discomfort in the stomach, why was the dantian hungry?

The feeling came in waves, and the dantian seemed to be boiling.

Even with Chu Yang's composure, he could not bear it! Unable to resist, he immersed his mind and used his power to look inside. What he saw almost made him cry out in shock!

In the center of his dantian, there was a shadow of a small, ethereal sword! It was dull, only the size of a fingertip, and there were eight clear cracks on the blade!

The shape of the sword was somewhat strange, but to Chu Yang, it was incredibly familiar!

Although it was old and worn, even just this ethereal shadow exuded a霸气 of swallowing the heavens and devouring the earth!

This... this isn't the Nine Tribulations Sword, is it?! How could it be in my dantian?

For a moment, Chu Yang was stunned, his body swaying, almost falling over in shock!