Chapter 250: The Master's Disciple! A Maximum Favorability Confession!
[Ding! The Child of Destiny, Ye Yan, felt absolute despair! Plundering +9,999 Destiny Value!]
[Ding! The Child of Destiny, Ye Yan's fate line has undergone a major change! He is now a prisoner! Plundering +200,000 Destiny Value!]
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At this moment, Ye Yan was in utter, crushing despair.
He lay on the cold asphalt, his body broken, his mind reeling from the effects of the [Mind-Bewitching Pill].
He looked up at Shen Anyu.
The young master had a handsome face that seemed carved from jade and a gentle, civilized smile. But to Ye Yan, he looked like a devil from the deepest abyss.
He hadn't expected that Shen Anyu possessed such terrifying methods.
It wasn't just martial strength. It was the insidious means. With a single pill and a hypnosis technique, Shen Anyu had extracted the deepest secret buried in Ye Yan's soul: the hidden location of his Master, Tian Yunzi.
Ye Yan's heart turned to ice.
Although his Master, Tian Yunzi, was a super expert at the Heavenly Human Unity (Tian Ren) level—a being who could shake mountains—he was not invincible.
If he fell into Shen Anyu's killing trap... if he was ambushed by modern heavy weaponry and multiple Great Grandmasters... it was highly possible he would perish.
Ye Yan knew the power of the secular world. From his Master's teachings, he knew that the Yanxia An Family (Shen Anyu's maternal family) had deep roots in the military. They had access to satellite tracking, missiles, and their own hidden experts.
Shen Anyu's maternal grandfather was a high-ranking figure who commanded legions.
With such power, combined with thermal weapons, they could completely kill a Heavenly Human expert if they prepared a "Killing Formation."
This was why Tian Yunzi had repeatedly warned Ye Yan before he descended the mountain: "Accumulate strength! Build alliances! Only act against the Yanxia Shen Family when you are strong enough to crush them in one blow!"
But Ye Yan had been arrogant. He thought he could just walk in and kill everyone.
Now, he realized his folly.
Previously, when Ye Yan, in a fit of rage, wanted to kill Shen Anyu with a suicide attack, he had a backup plan in his mind: If I kill him, I will take sister-in-law Lin Keqing and flee abroad. I will rebuild.
But now?
He himself had been captured. He was powerless. And even his reclusive Master had been exposed because of his weakness.
Thinking of the terrible consequences—his Master dying because of him—Ye Yan's face turned ashen grey. He wished he could bite off his tongue, but his jaw was dislocated.
"Despair is yet to come, Ye Yan."
Shen Anyu glanced indifferently at the broken protagonist. His eyes were void of mercy.
"You still have hope that you can recover, don't you? You think your dantian can heal?"
Shen Anyu waved his hand.
Swish!
Streams of sharp, invisible [Void Vital Energy] shot out from his fingertips like surgical scalpels.
They pierced Ye Yan's body at specific acupoints.
Pop! Pop! Pop!
The sound of something bursting echoed from inside Ye Yan's body.
It was the sound of his Dantian shattering completely.
Then, the energy traveled through his limbs, severing the Eight Extraordinary Meridians and the Twelve Main Meridians.
Finally, invisible blades slashed his ankles and wrists.
Snap.
His Achilles tendons and hand tendons were severed.
"AHHHHHH!!!"
Ye Yan let out a scream that sounded less human and more like a dying beast. His body convulsed violently, then went limp.
His cultivation base—the result of five years of hellish training—leaked out of his body like water from a smashed jar.
He was crippled. Completely and utterly.
"Take him down," Shen Anyu ordered calmly, wiping his hands on a silk handkerchief. "Guard him carefully. Use the [Suppression Chains]. Don't be careless just because he's a cripple! Protagonists have a habit of crawling back from hell."
"Yes, Young Master!"
Aunt Xiao accepted the order. Her face was grim. She grabbed the wailing Ye Yan by his hair and dragged him away, preparing to personally guard him in the Shen Family's underground dungeon.
Shen Anyu watched them go. He was still somewhat uneasy, so he flicked his finger, sending a microscopic [Nanometer Monitoring Robot] to burrow into Ye Yan's ear canal.
After all, Sons of Destiny are like unkillable cockroaches. Even if they are crippled, they might find a "Godly Pill" in the dungeon or awaken a "System" in their desperation.
Even though Ye Yan's Destiny Value was less than half, he still had nearly Two Million points left. That was a massive amount of plot armor.
The reason Shen Anyu didn't kill him immediately was simple.
Ye Yan still had use value.
On one hand, he was a battery for Destiny Value.
On the other hand... Ye Yan would be the ultimate bait to deal with his Master, Tian Yunzi.
"Tian Yunzi..."
Shen Anyu's lips curved upwards, forming a playful, cruel arc.
"You wouldn't want your beloved disciple, your only successor, to die a miserable death, would you?"
"Aren't you a deeply devoted Master and disciple pair?"
"Then, Tian Yunzi... are you willing to sacrifice yourself for Ye Yan? Will you walk into my trap to save him?"
Although using a hostage was a bit despicable... for someone who wanted to annihilate Shen Anyu's entire family, why bother with righteousness?
History is written by the victors.
If Shen Anyu wasn't a Destined Villain with foreknowledge... he would just be a corpse right now. Ye Yan would have killed him, taken Lin Keqing, and then slaughtered the Shen and An families without mercy.
It was a fight to the death. Morality was a luxury for the dead.
"However, there's still one more thing..."
A faint glint flashed in Shen Anyu's eyes as he looked at the empty parking lot.
Just now, through the hypnosis, he had learned not only Tian Yunzi's location but also the reason for Ye Yan's deviation.
Why didn't Ye Yan go to the Ye family's old residence today? Why didn't he fall into the ambush?
Because he encountered a Fortune Teller midway.
Tianji Pavilion. Chen Tianji.
"That's interesting."
Shen Anyu rubbed his chin.
"This Chen Tianji is definitely not a character from the original 'Master Descends the Mountain' novel. I know the plot inside out. He doesn't exist there."
"Could it be... someone who intruded from another novel?"
Shen Anyu's eyes lit up with the thrill of a hunter finding new prey.
"He does seem a bit like a Child of Destiny... perhaps from a 'Feng Shui / Fortune Telling' genre novel?"
"Send someone to investigate first. Then... I will go and see for myself!"
This world was no longer just the original story. It was a composite world where countless urban novels merged.
There were 'Godly Tycoons,' 'True and False Young Masters' (Xu Ping'an), 'Dragon King Son-in-laws' (Han Qi), 'God of War Returns' (Ye Yan), and even female-oriented protagonists like Wen Feifei.
Now, with an additional Child of Destiny from the fortune-telling genre, it wasn't surprising. It was just another leek to harvest.
To some extent, this was the Butterfly Effect. Because of Chen Tianji's intervention, Ye Yan avoided the ambush.
However, Ye Yan ultimately couldn't escape Shen Anyu's grasp. He delivered himself to the Lin Family Company because of his obsession with Lin Keqing.
And speaking of Lin Keqing...
"An'yu..."
A soft, trembling voice called out.
"Are you... are you alright?"
Lin Keqing walked over. She had been standing frozen by the entrance, watching the brutal scene.
But there was no fear of Shen Anyu in her eyes. Only deep, overwhelming concern.
She examined him up and down, her beautiful eyes scanning his body, afraid that Shen Anyu had even the slightest injury. Her slender, soft, and delicate hands touched his chest, checking for wounds.
As for Ye Yan?
The brother-in-law who was dragged away like a dead dog, bleeding and crippled?
Lin Keqing didn't even glance at him.
In fact, there was a hint of disgust in her eyes when she looked at the bloodstain he left behind.
It was already good that she didn't resent the man who almost killed her lover.
Originally, Lin Keqing didn't have many memories of Ye Yan. He was merely the younger brother of her former fiancé—a boy she met once or twice years ago. She had no emotional attachment to him.
In the original work, it was only after various events—heroic rescues, misunderstandings, and forced proximity—that Lin Keqing and Ye Yan got together.
But now? It was still Ye Yan's delusional unrequited love.
"He tried to kill you..." Lin Keqing whispered, her voice shaking. "He is a madman."
At this moment, although he was being dragged away, Ye Yan turned his head one last time.
He saw Lin Keqing's deep concern for Shen Anyu. He saw her touching Shen Anyu's chest. He saw that she didn't even look at him.
Ye Yan's eyes gradually dimmed. The light of hope extinguished, becoming as still as death.
Even the profound and invisible Destiny Value above his head dissipated by more than half.
[Ding! The Child of Destiny, Ye Yan, is heartbroken!]
[Ding! The connection is severed! Plundering +500,000 Destiny Value!]
"I'm fine, Keqing."
Shen Anyu smiled. He caught her hands and kissed them.
He looked at the exquisite beauty before him. Vibrant, charming, graceful, and alluring. Her face was pale with worry, her eyes filled with tenderness.
His heart also warmed. Such a beauty... truly had the ability to captivate all men. And she was his.
Irresistibly his.
[Ding! Detected increased favorability from the Destined Heroine, Lin Keqing +8!]
[Ding! Plundering +24,000 Destiny Value!]
[Ding! Congratulations! Detected total favorability from Destined Heroine Lin Keqing has reached 100 (Max)!]
[Ding! She is now Unswervingly Loyal!]
[Ding! Extra Plundering +600,000 Destiny Value!]
[Ding! Triggering Cashback Reward...]
[Ding! Congratulations Host! You have received the [S-Grade Business Management Halo] and [10% Shares of the Lin Family Company]!]
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Feeling the System's prompt for increased favorability, which had directly reached the maximum level of 100, Shen Anyu was also a bit surprised.
Usually, reaching 100 required a long process of emotional cultivation. But the life-and-death crisis just now had acted as a catalyst.
He looked at the soft and gentle woman before him, who was still trembling slightly.
He chuckled, lifting her chin.
"Keqing... looking at me like that... have you fallen in love with me completely?"
Lin Keqing's vibrant and charming face immediately flushed red.
She didn't shy away this time. She looked straight into his eyes, her gaze firm and passionate.
She rolled her beautiful eyes at Shen Anyu, a gesture filled with intimacy.
"I've loved you for a long time, you idiot!"
She buried her face in his chest, hugging him tightly as if she wanted to merge into him.
"Just now... when that madman attacked you... when I saw that punch..."
Her voice trembled with lingering fear.
"I almost witnessed you being killed. In that moment... my heart stopped. I realized something."
She looked up, her eyes misty.
"It's not about compromising. It's not about gratitude. It's that... if you were to die, my world would end. My heart would shatter into a million pieces."
"I can't live without you, Shen Anyu."
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