Countless thoughts rose and fell in his heart, yet he saw that the fox-eyed brother, even after the high-grade Life Rejuvenation Pill had no effect, did not give up.
Instead, he glanced around like a thief, and after confirming that no one was nearby, he actually took out a jade bottle sealed with talismans.
He quickly tore off the talismans, opened the stopper, and poured the contents into his mouth.
In that instant…
His body began to emit a soft white glow.
The gouged-out eyes, the severed tongue, and the limbs that had been cut off all began to regenerate rapidly.
His body… before he could think further, Ao Tian only felt a powerful suction coming from beneath the ground.
He suddenly fell downward, his vision went black, and he lost consciousness.
But just before his awareness stopped, those fox eyes were deeply engraved into his soul, never to be forgotten for all eternity.
Xiao Shou saw that the lower-grade Creation Pill had taken effect and the child's entire body regained vitality.
His limbs, eyes, and tongue had all regenerated, and he was breathing steadily in deep sleep.
He hurriedly cast several Clean Dust Techniques on himself and the child.
Seeing that all bloodstains and dust had been removed, he finally let out a sigh of relief.
Under the light of the night-light stone, he examined the child.
He appeared to be about eight or nine years old and slightly over one meter tall.
He looked handsome and lively, clearly the type of boy who was usually overly energetic.
Looking at the sky where the dark clouds had dispersed and stars were shining, he tried to lift the boy, but due to his own height of less than 1.6 meters, he could only sigh in frustration.
So, he helplessly carried the child on his back instead, then took out a wide cloak and covered both himself and the child under it.
After using a fourth-grade Trace Erasure Talisman specifically designed to erase traces and prevent tracking, he erased all hair, blood, aura, and other traces of both himself and the child.
Then he turned around and left the alley. He no longer heading toward the originally planned inn.
Instead, after leaving the alley, he leapt across two streets, used another Trace Erasure Talisman again, then stopped a spirit beast carriage and headed toward a large bustling inn.
He had not expected that a place untouched by noble clans would be so cruel, not even sparing a child.
How could such a place be livable?
If he was noticed, then so be it.
He could not let fear drive him into even more dangerous places.
With two fourth-grade Trace Erasure Talismans, he should not be tracked anymore.
Besides, without the lower-grade Creation Pill, this child could not have been saved at all.
Others would surely assume the child was already dead, so there should not be much trouble.
Thinking of the lower-grade Creation Pill, Xiao Shou felt a pang of heartache. He angrily pinched the boy's cheek and said, "I don't care what deep blood feud you have. If you do not repay my pill money, you will be my slave for the rest of your life. Kid."
Just as Xiao Shou was feeling heartache over her lower-grade Creation Pill, in that pitch-black alley, a male cultivator who appeared to be around twenty years old stepped in casually.
He possessed extremely outstanding looks with a somewhat feminine and soft beauty.
His clothing was extraordinary and clearly composed of spirit treasures.
He walked into the alley in a relaxed manner, yet his pupils faintly glowed as his gaze swept back and forth.
However, as his gaze kept shifting, his relaxed expression gradually turned more and more panicked.
His heart filled with helpless confusion.
No, no, where is it, why is it not here?
The book clearly said that on the younger brother's birthday, when he was tortured to near death by the transmigrated villain, he would be thrown into the alley in front of One Hundred Tavern.
A minor family cultivator named Lu Wan would pass by and accidentally discover his body, but he would fail to notice that the protagonist still had a thread of life remaining.
Only a single lower-grade Creation Pill would be needed.
Out of ignorance, he would bury the protagonist near the Lu family burial grounds.
But unexpectedly, the transmigrated villain boss, in order to torture the protagonist and make him die with grievance, placed a thousand-year Soul Preserving Bead inside his clothing.
This allowed his physical body to remain in this exact state, unable to decay, causing him to be trampled by countless people, bitten by dogs and licked by cats. Yet unexpectedly, this instead preserved a thread of life for the protagonist.
Although the body was destroyed, the soul remained.
With the soul, he studied countless techniques.
After five hundred years, driven by hatred toward transmigrators, he created a Dao of Destruction and Creation that terrified all transmigrators.
Five hundred years later, once his technique had reached minor completion, he ordered his subordinate to bring the Creation Pill back to Azure Origin City, open the coffin, and revive him.
After revival, the Lu family happened to encounter a disaster of annihilation and only a 7 year old girl from the entire Lu family was saved by the protagonist.
From that moment on, the protagonist brought Lu Qing'er along on a path of revenge, destruction, and creation.
Along the way, everyone except Lu Qing'er became cannon fodder.
He destroyed the Heaven Origin Realm, destroyed the Spirit Realm, destroyed the Immortal Realm, and destroyed the God Realm, ultimately becoming the only person across countless eras to step into the Sacred Domain.
Yet even while bringing Lu Qing'er with him, he treated her coldly, only keeping her by his side because Lu Wan had once given him a burial place and he kept Lu Qing'er merely as repayment to Lu Wan.
The protagonist was a person who valued gratitude deeply.