Just a Useful Pawn in the Stain Sect-Chapter 76 Beauty as a Weapon

"It’s true what they say... the prettier the woman, the better the liar."

Watching Liu Xin’s miserable fate in this life—poisoned and ultimately drained dry by her—Lü Yang felt a sense of glee:

’Serves you right for harming me in my second life...’

Next, Lü Yang turned his gaze to Yu Suzhen. He remained hidden, taking out the Primal Qi Myriad-Soul Banner under an illusion technique.

As for the Manual of Primal Qi, Lü Yang still left a copy for Yu Suzhen. He simply deleted the sections about the Myriad-Soul Banner and added the Bond of Devouring Fate. The result was just as he’d expected; the moment Yu Suzhen saw this Secret Technique, she was immediately captivated.

"Bond of Devouring Fate... All I have to do is ’cultivate’ with someone, and I can seize their Cultivation and Qi..."

Yu Suzhen’s eyes burned with fervor as she flipped through the description of the Bond of Devouring Fate. She felt as if this Cultivation Technique was practically tailor-made for her!

At this thought, the ambition in Yu Suzhen’s heart surged.

If before she had only harbored the ambition of eternal life without knowing how to achieve it, she had now found her path.

After all, for Yu Suzhen, this was far easier than normal cultivation.

With her aptitude, it had taken her ages in the Yin-Yang Unity Hall just to break through to the First Layer of Qi Refining. If she cultivated for the rest of her life, she would probably be fated to peak at the Third Layer of Qi Refining.

However, if she could master this Bond of Devouring Fate... with her looks, she just needed to cast a wide net and catch more fish. She could specifically target talented Cultivators, build a massive "fish pond," and gather the fruits of their efforts. Her progress would surely advance by leaps and bounds! Even Foundation Establishment might not be impossible!

The more Yu Suzhen thought about it, the more her heart burned with excitement.

Next, she used Corpse-Dissolving Water to dispose of Liu Xin’s body, and then the young disciple’s, methodically cleaning up the scene.

.....

Three months later, inside a Cave Mansion.

"You bitch! You actually poisoned me?"

Gazing at the man, his body covered in wounds and on the verge of collapse, Yu Suzhen didn’t even have the interest to reply.

For a moment, the man’s blood-curdling screams echoed throughout the Cave Mansion.

Just like that, the man’s body shriveled at a rate visible to the naked eye, while Yu Suzhen’s complexion grew ever rosier.

BOOM!

With a soft rumble, Yu Suzhen’s Qi trace suddenly surged. She had forcefully broken through the bottleneck of the Third Layer of Qi Refining and reached the Mid-phase of Qi Refining.

In that moment, nourished by Qi, Yu Suzhen even looked somewhat saintly.

Meanwhile, Lü Yang remained hidden nearby, witnessing the entire process.

In just three short months, he had watched Yu Suzhen ’cultivate’ with various disciples, advancing from the First Layer of Qi Refining to the Third Layer by plundering their Cultivation one by one.

Cultivation really did make you stronger!

Yu Suzhen was even very careful about her reputation. She only engaged in secret affairs, while publicly maintaining the persona of a cold and proud woman who wouldn’t give any man the time of day.

The colder and prouder Yu Suzhen acted, the more men fell for it.

Thus, in just three short months, Yu Suzhen had lured in quite a few unlucky fools blinded by lust, then used the Bond of Devouring Fate to suck them all dry.

’Looking at it this way, if my disease hadn’t killed her in my first life, she would have killed Liu Xin. Even without the Bond of Devouring Fate, she would have gotten the Manual of Primal Qi and the Myriad-Soul Banner, and she probably would have taken off all the same... The changes in a person’s fate and karmic links are truly mysterious.’

’In any case, the bait has been cast.’

Without a doubt, Yu Suzhen had potential.

She was ruthless, venomous, and utterly shameless. She was willing to do anything as long as it benefited her—a natural-born disciple of the Stain Sect.

She was only missing an opportunity.

And now, Lü Yang had given her that opportunity, allowing her to grow strong quickly. More importantly, at this rate, she would eventually run into Xiao Shiye.

Lü Yang wanted to see if she had a chance to seduce Xiao Shiye.

’If she can really ’cultivate’ with Xiao Shiye, I’ll have hit the jackpot. In the future, Xiao Shiye is the one who will catch that Colorful Merit Fish from the Merit Pool!’

’If I can use Yu Suzhen to turn Xiao Shiye into a puppet of the Bond of Devouring Fate, then just as he catches the Colorful Merit Fish and is about to consume and refine it, I can strike! I’ll pull a switch, using Yu Suzhen as an intermediary to steal all the Cultivation and Qi from the Colorful Merit Fish for myself!’

The Perfected Fortune was using Xiao Shiye as bait to catch the Merit Fish.

And he was using Yu Suzhen as bait to steal the catch!

This plan was pushing his luck. One could only imagine that if it succeeded, it would absolutely infuriate the Perfected Fortune, who would stop at nothing to hunt him down.

’So I need to hide far away...’

Taking the Myriad-Soul Banner, Lü Yang observed Yu Suzhen for a few more days. After confirming there were no issues, he quietly left the Stain Sect and sped away toward the mortal world.

Staying in the Stain Sect did more harm than good.

After all, he was officially dead now. Staying in the Stain Sect would mean he could only hide in the shadows, passively waiting for his ’Death and Transformation’ and for Yu Suzhen’s cultivation to progress.

That would be too much of a waste of time.

’Yu Suzhen is the most important part of my plan in this life, but she isn’t the only part. After all, even if I master the Bond of Devouring Fate and the Lunar Shedding Technique, adding in Theft to Sainthood and my Third Grade Qi only gives me a forty percent chance of breaking through to Foundation Establishment. I must find other ways to improve my odds.’

’Besides, keeping my distance has its advantages.’

’After all, if the plan with Yu Suzhen succeeds, the Foundation-Stage Cultivator will be furious. If he searches for karmic links, hiding in the Stain Sect would be no different from suicide.’

’But if I’m far away, no matter how angry the Foundation-Stage Cultivator gets, it will take time for him to find me.’

’That time gap will be enough for me to attempt my breakthrough to Foundation Establishment.’

Lü Yang wouldn’t pin his hopes on ’maybe I won’t be discovered.’ After all, in his previous life, the Yun Family’s Ancestor had located him with a mere divination from a Prophetic Orrery.

He would only plan for the worst-case scenario.

As for Yu Suzhen, Lü Yang just needed to periodically trace their karmic links and observe her to ensure her actions didn’t stray from his control.

After leaving the Stain Sect, Lü Yang felt a sense of boundless freedom, like a bird in the vast sky or a fish in the wide ocean.

’My corpse is hidden inside the Myriad-Soul Banner. Only it can house my transforming body and allow me to carry it with me.’

Besides that, there was another opportunity within the Myriad-Soul Banner that made his heart race.

Lü Yang formed a hand seal and unfurled the Banner. In an instant, black smoke billowed out, and a handsome young man in a black robe stepped down from it.

A Direct Disciple of the Stain Sect, Chen Xin’an.

In his previous life, he hadn’t kept this person around. He’d needed to verify the celestial-secret-shrouding effect of the Primal Qi Divine Talisman, and his Cultivation had been too low at the time; he felt he lacked the power to control Chen Xin’an. But things were different now. Having mastered Theft to Sainthood, Lü Yang, who now possessed a higher Position, was full of confidence.

"Where is this...?"

Having just emerged from the Myriad-Soul Banner, Chen Xin’an seemed disoriented. He subconsciously looked for Liu Xin, then frowned.

"...Liu Xin is dead?"

Chen Xin’an pondered for a moment, then his expression cleared. He turned to Lü Yang. "Which sect are from? Did you kill Liu Xin?"

"That’s right." Lü Yang nodded, his face unreadable.

This was different from his previous life. Back then, Chen Xin’an had known he was a Stain Sect disciple with just a single glance, but this time, he had no reaction.

Lü Yang knew why. In this life, he hadn’t lit a Life Lamp in the Stain Sect; he had faked it with a illusion technique. Furthermore, the main cultivation technique he practiced now was the Ninefold Dragon Metamorphosis, not a secret technique of the Stain Sect. That was why Chen Xin’an couldn’t see through him.