I am an incredibly handsome man, and my fiancée refuses to call off the engagement even at the cost

Tan Shuo kept pouring himself drinks. He was heartbroken. Seeing his father's violent and deranged state made him feel terrible, but besides feeling terrible, he was also jealous.

Why could my father do it? Why couldn't I? Was it because I was too weak?

His own father was sexually exploited, and as a son, he didn't even seek revenge, but instead became jealous of his father. He is simply unworthy of being a human being!

Tan Shuo, you are truly unworthy of being a son!

Besides Tan Shuo, Xiao Wanmei was also experiencing a complex mix of emotions and pain in this family. It was all her fault; she was promiscuous and had ruined her husband. But she was also jealous and resentful of him. Why could he have it, but she couldn't?

She is such a licentious and vicious woman. She has dragged her husband down with her and is even jealous of him. She is not worthy of being a human being!

Xiao Wanmei also downed a glass of wine.

Xiang Suyun lowered her head and remained silent. She also harbored a secret in her heart, always keeping that white figure hidden away.

Fireworks burst open outside, but the people inside remained silent.

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On the first day of the new year, during breakfast time, guests flocked to the Gu family's door. Although Gu Yan had returned, he dared not tell anyone that he was back. Otherwise, the Gu family would be overrun by all the young women in the city within fifteen minutes.

Gu Yan hid at home refining medicine. In his alchemy room, he refined the Soul-Nourishing Flower he had obtained from the mirage with other rare and precious herbs into pills. Several days later, the alchemy furnace was opened. Several pills flew out of the furnace and floated in a row in front of Gu Yan.

Gu Yan opened her mouth and ate one, then circulated her internal energy to digest the medicinal effects.

Gu Yan had thought that after consuming the Soul-Nourishing Flower and other rare and precious herbs beneficial to the soul, the injuries to her primordial spirit would be completely healed. However, even after consuming the entire batch of pills, one crack remained unhealed, absorbing the medicinal power like a bottomless pit.

"It seems this last crack is hard to heal... Was I too impatient?" Gu Yan muttered to himself, reflecting on his actions.

With a wave of his hand, a piece of jade emitting a soft white light appeared in his palm. It was a treasure he had obtained from Baoyuan Pavilion in Haishi—the Soul Jade.

He didn't refine the Soul Jade into medicine because the elixir recipes left by his ancestor didn't include it. So he carried the Soul Jade close to his body to nourish his primordial spirit.

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A few stars shone in the night sky, and from a mountain stronghold beneath it came screams of agony. Each scream was more agonizing than the last.

The mountain stronghold was filled with dismembered corpses. A handsome man dressed in a black robe, with long hair and a sinister expression, cornered a bandit like a living Yama. A blinding purple light emanated from his hand, and the bandit screamed in terror as he was crushed into mincemeat by the man's spiritual power and splattered onto the wall.

Tan Yue's eyes were bloodshot; she couldn't kill enough.

He tortured and killed all the prisoners in the White Horse County prison, but that wasn't enough. So he tortured and killed prisoners in the nearby counties as well, and now they've all gone to the mountains to torture and kill bandits.

Not enough, not enough, we can't kill enough!

No matter what, he couldn't vent the anger in his heart.

Li Bai!

Li Bai! That bastard!!

He'll kill him! He'll kill him! He'll tear that bastard to pieces!

Enraged, Tan Yue suddenly turned to face the darkness. He struck out with his palm, and the violent wind from his palm condensed into a gigantic purple hand, which shattered a mountain peak. Amidst the rising dust, an old man draped in a gray robe appeared in Tan Yue's sight.

The old man had a huge head, with drooping skin on his face. He held a strange animal bone staff in one withered hand, and his eyes glowed with an eerie green light as he chuckled.

"When did Lord Tan stoop so low as to contend with bandits? Heh heh..."

"It's you?" Tan Yue looked surprised when she saw the person who had arrived. "You old geezer, you're still alive."

The visitor was Shi Kui, the old man with a beastly heart.

"I still have enemies living in this world, I can't die!" The old man with the beastly heart chuckled a few times, sizing up Tan Yue.

Tan Yue had his life essence drained by Gu Yan for two months, causing his cultivation level to drop to the early stage of the Spirit King Realm. However, he has now recovered to the late stage of the Spirit King Realm. If Gu Yan were to see this, she would definitely be surprised; this guy's physique is indeed extremely special. If it were anyone else, a drop in cultivation level would take decades to recover.

Tan Yue sneered, and a murderous aura erupted from his body, forming fierce gusts of wind that cut deep grooves into the ground.

"It's been hundreds of years since we last met, and your cultivation level has declined instead of improved. You've really regressed. How dare you appear before me? Have you forgotten that you are a wanted criminal of the Empire, while I am a marquis of the Empire?" Tan Yue said coldly.

Previously, the Beastheart Elder was injured by Gu Yan, causing him to fall from the late-stage peak of the Spirit King Realm to the mid-stage. If it were before, Tan Yue probably wouldn't have been his match, but now that might be a different story.

"Does Lord Tan not want revenge?" The old man with the beastly heart ignored Tan Yue's sarcasm and threats and went straight to the point.

"What revenge are you looking for?" Tan Yue said coldly.

The old man with the beastly heart grinned, revealing a mocking smile: "A dignified marquis of the empire, a late-stage Spirit King realm expert, has become Li Bai's furnace, a laughingstock to everyone. Marquis Tan is quite the figurehead now, hehe..."

boom!

A blinding purple light burst forth from Tan Yue's body, causing exaggerated cracks to appear in the ground beneath his feet. All the surrounding buildings collapsed, and a fierce wind swept through, crushing rocks into powder.

Seeing his angry expression, the old man with the beastly heart laughed even more smugly: "Why is Lord Tan throwing a tantrum at me? Only killing Li Bai can avenge your humiliation. I'm here to help you."

Tan Yue looked at him and sneered, "Help me? You're the one who has a grudge against him, aren't you? What...?" After saying that, he coldly scanned the old man with a strange look.

The old man with the beastly heart, who had been smiling, suddenly changed his expression: "What nonsense are you thinking? I wasn't kidnapped and exploited. I was peacefully staying on Xuan Yin Mountain when that bastard Li Bai killed my spirit pet for no reason. When I confronted him, he killed me to silence me. I escaped with serious injuries, but he also took my natal spirit beast."

"If I don't avenge this grudge, I will never be able to quell my anger and find peace."

The old man with the beastly heart revealed a resentful expression. He looked at Tan Yue and said, "Lord Tan, they say the enemy of my enemy is my friend. We should be friends now, how about we join forces and kill Li Bai!"

Tan Yue's expression changed repeatedly after hearing his words.

Centuries ago, he was in charge of apprehending the Beastheart Elder, and nearly died at his hands. He harbored deep hatred for this criminal who had slaughtered millions of innocent civilians. As an official of the empire, he should have killed him, but…

Li Bai, Li Bai, he had never suffered such a great humiliation in his life.

Because of him, his reputation was ruined.

I swear I will not be a human being if I do not kill him.

Tan Yue stared at the beastly old man with a sinister look: "How do you plan to kill him?"