The Scum Is A

Morning. 

"Fortunately, those monsters didn't reappear. We had a peaceful night, and everyone's energy was restored." Xie Lan said as he fixed his clothes, dusting off some dirt on it. 

"Yes." They nodded as they clean up the place of their makeshift beds. 

"Where's Yu Sheng?" Xie Lan asked. 

"Answering to founder, Yu-ge went with young master Zuo to find some animals to hunt, and fruits, for their breakfast." Feng Mo said. 

Xie Lan looked around before he spoke. "Let's wait for them two to return before making some plans." He decided. 

"Yes!" 

Heilong Realm. 

Cheng Sheng heaved a sigh as they sat on the bench outside a store. "Ai… I'm really, really worried." He said with a troubled expression on his face. 

Fei Yin nodded in agreement. "This is really worrying." He said with a heavy expression on his face. 

Wu Yuan's face is blank, but his shoulders are slightly slumped, which is unusual for him. "More and more problems are chasing us…" he said as he looked at a large group of demonic cultivators before them. Their weapons are brandished and they are looking at them with a malicious grin on their face. 

"Senior Wu is right. The troubles are chasing us. We don't dare look for troubles at this time." Cheng Sheng nodded. 

Fei Yin can't help but look at him. Who knows this scum can say these words? He thought. If it was Cheng Sheng of two years before, even Cheng Sheng would laugh at himself if he knew he'll say these words today. 

However, thinking about it, Fei Yin can't help but smile, feeling a little nostalgic for a second. "Indeed. We don't dare make even the littlest bit of trouble." He said as he turned to the large group of demonic cultivators before them. 

Cheng Sheng slowly rose from his seat and dusted off the invisible dirt off of his clothes, looking like a pretentious young master of a noble family. Well… indeed, he is. "I didn't think Nan-xiong would deceive us." He said as he looked at Nan Pingan standing on the lead of the group of demonic cultivators. 

"So what?!" Nan Pingan laughed. "Everyone living in this world, who do you think has never done deceiving others?!" he asked. 

"Where is Nan Lang?" Cheng Sheng asked. 

Nan Pingan grinned like a madman. "I've eaten him." He answered and licked his lips as if recalling the aftertaste of his meal. 

Fei Yin closed his eyes while Wu Yuan frowned and his brows knitted while Cheng Sheng's expression turned cold. 

"What's wrong? Can't bear to part with that bastard?" Nan Pingan asked. "If not for him, I wouldn't end up like this! If not for him, my family, my people… they all wouldn't die!" he said, his eyes turned bloodshot and his face is livid with rage. "If not for him… if not for him…! Eating his flesh and chewing on his bones while drinking his blood, it's not enough to atone for the crime he committed!" he shouted. 

Fei Yin and Wu Yuan looked away as if they can't bear to look at Nan Pingan anymore, and they wanted to just block their ears to keep themselves from listening. However, when they gaze landed on Cheng Sheng, they saw him being silent. 

A horrible thought flashed in Fei Yin's mind. "Sheng, you… it can't be, you – " he said. 

"I only realized after we have left." Cheng Sheng said, his voice quiet and serene. 

Fei Yin started and Wu Yuan also remembered that time, Cheng Sheng looked unsettled and hesitating to leave. 

"I ruminated over it for days… and only after two days did everything have fallen into place." Cheng Sheng said. "Nan Pingan wasn't hiding from the demonic cultivators. Instead, he is leading them." He said. "Zhu Yang, and Zhu Yang's group… they are all Nan Pingan's people." He took a deep breath. "He secretly hired them to kill Nan Lang. However, they didn't expect for us to appear and ruin their plan. But – " he closed his eyes. " – we've just actually hastened their plan, and led Nan Lang faster to his death." he clenched his fists. 

Fei Yin and Wu Yuan were shocked. "Sheng…" Fei Yin called, then lowered his head. A life was lost, and they were indirectly involved. 

"HAHAHAHAHAHA!" Nan Pingan laughed. "That's right! You just killed that child instead of saving him!" he told him. 

Cheng Sheng's lips were pressed into a thin line. 

"Cheng Sheng… and Wu Yuan!" Nan Pingan called. "You're both known to be righteous, but you killed an innocent!" he said and pointed at them two. 

"Utter nonsense!" Fei Yin said as he pulled Cheng Sheng aback and stood in front of Cheng Sheng. "If we knew, we should've just let Nan Lang die from starvation instead of being eaten by a monster like you!" he said as he glared at Nan Pingan. 

"Junior Fei!" Wu Yuan called as he walked to their side. "Why waste words on them? Let's just fight!" he said as he drew his sword. 

"Senior Wu is right!" Fei Yin said as he also drew his sword. 

"You dared!" Nan Pingan said and raised his hand to signal his group. "Kill them!" he ordered. 

"YES!!!" the group of demonic cultivators answered and charged at Cheng Sheng, Fei Yin and Wu Yuan, gradually surrounding them in a circle. 

Cheng Sheng's face looked calm on the surface, but his heart felt like ash. 

"AAAARRRHH!!" a demonic cultivator roared behind him and attacked him. 

Cheng Sheng tiredly closed his eyes and held the hilt of his sword. His sword tassel waved as he drew his sword and into an arc, completely killing a row of five demonic cultivators that surrounded him behind. 

THUD! THUD! THUD! The demonic cultivators' corpses fell one by one on the ground and their bleeding wounds were cut open, revealing the reddish flesh like paste and the bones. The blood coming from their body soaked the ground red. 

Nan Pingan was enraged seeing his people falling one by one. "You useless trashes! They're just three people and you can't kill them?!" he said as he drawn his sword and attacked Wu Yuan that's nearest to him. "I'll kill you! I'll kill all of you pretentious… hypocrites! 'righteous' cultivators!" he said as he swung his sword at Wu Yuan. 

Wu Yuan blocked it with his sword before he raised his leg and kicked a demonic cultivator's neck with his foot. A loud crack was heard. The demonic cultivator fell on the ground with a broken neck. 

Nan Pingan's eyes widened and his eyes almost popped out of their sockets. "SHIXIONG!!!" he screamed before he turned to Wu Yuan with a profound hatred in his eyes. 

Cheng Sheng, Fei Yin and Wu Yuan were shocked. However, only for a moment before they resumed killing the demonic cultivators. 

"It turns out some of the Nanli Sect disciples were transformed by the demonic cultivators into demonic cultivators by feeding them demonic poison?" Cheng Sheng said as he blocked a demonic cultivator's attack before he took out a dagger from his waist and stabbed the demonic cultivator in the heart. 

"A good plan of the demonic cultivators." Fei Yin commented. "Drugging the Nanli Sect's disciples with the demonic poison, it could save them some work, time and effort in attacking the Nanli Sect. They made the Nanli Sect kill each other, thus the Nanli Sect's fall became faster." He explained. 

Wu Yuan frowned and kicked Nan Pingan. Nan Pingan grunted in pain and he fell on his back, before he spat out some black blood. "You were once a righteous cultivator. You should have some sentiments of it. Your father, your people, were all righteous cultivators. Why would you embrace the demonic cultivation to become a demonic cultivator – the enemy of your father and your people, and the cause of your family and sect's fall?!" he asked. 

"Ha… ahahahaha…" Nan Pingan laughed as he stared in space. "If I didn't, then, what should I have done?" he asked. 

"What?" 

"If I didn't, then, what should I have done?!?!?!" Nan Pingan asked as he glared at them. "My father died, my fellow disciples were poisoned and became our enemies, and my people were ruthlessly killed." He said as his tears fell. "What should I have done, when I was the only one left?" he asked. "My agony… my pain… my anger… where should I vent it to?!?! What should I have done?!" he looked at each one of them. "I have no more family, no more friends nor people… tell me, what should I have done?! What did I do to deserve all of this?! If I didn't turn myself to a demonic cultivator, I will be just killed! If I didn't become a demonic cultivator, where can I find the strength… the courage, to kill Nan Lang, that bastard child that caused our family… our people's demise?! It's because of him that everyone is dead! Even if I have skinned him alive, cut him into a thousand pieces, my pain… my agony… my hatred still didn't subside! It can't pay for those hundreds of people's lives!"