Live-in Son-in-law-Chapter 1211: Can’t There Be a Little Trust Between People?

"Poof!"

Yun Chengtian, with a face full of fury, rushed toward Qin Yi, his body suddenly stiff, his expression gradually solidifying as he stared blankly at the Big Halberd piercing his chest.

Qin Yi turned around, looking at him with a mocking gaze.

The piercing pain and the loss of vitality brought Yun Chengtian back to his senses. The instinct to survive made him afraid. His eyes were filled with pleading as he looked at Qin Yi, "Save, save me."

Qin Yi looked at him sarcastically, "Yun Chengtian, you really are a Poison Snake that knows how to hide. With someone like you alive, I, Qin, wouldn't be able to sleep. It's better if you die."

Realizing survival is hopeless, Yun Chengtian's expression gradually twisted with rage, he roared, "Qin Yi, Yun Qinglian, may you never die in peace. I will haunt you both even as a malevolent ghost."

Qin Yi's face showed mockery, "If you become a malevolent ghost, I'll strike you until you're utterly vanquished, never to reincarnate."

With that said, the Big Halberd was pushed forward slightly, stirring, instantly shredding his heart.

"Clang!"

Yun Chengtian's arms hung limp, and the dagger in his hand fell to the ground, his head drooping down.

Yun Chengtian, once considered a hero, was unlucky to have encountered Qin Yi.

Slowly withdrawing the Flood Dragon Spear, Qin Yi watched as Yun Chengtian's body fell to the ground, kicking up dust, blood trickling from beneath, even the Blood Flood Dragon not interested in his blood.

Yun Qinglian looked at the dead Yun Chengtian with a complex gaze, realizing in that moment that princes, princesses, emperors—their titles meant nothing in death. Only one's own strength was reliable.

She would always remember Qin Yi's words, saying whoever was the emperor was up to him; all of it stemmed from his own strength.

"Hey, what are you daydreaming about?" Qin Yi turned to Yun Qinglian, "You couldn't be saddened by this guy, could you?"

Yun Qinglian sighed deeply, "If born into a common family, perhaps he'd be a good brother, and I a good sister."

Qin Yi looked at her earnestly, "One cannot choose their birth, but they can dictate their future path and life." 𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂

"Provided they become as strong as you, only with strength can one choose how they live, right?" Yun Qinglian remarked.

Qin Yi nodded slightly, "That's right, only by being strong can you choose your life."

Yun Qinglian came over, dragging Yun Chengtian's body to the crater blasted open during the battle, then raised a palm. The earth moved, burying Yun Chengtian.

"Though I hate to admit it, he was ultimately my brother. He can be a beast, but I won't follow in his footsteps."

Qin Yi chuckled, "You did well."

Yun Qinglian exhaled a murky breath, suddenly smiled at Qin Yi, "If backing out of the imperial contention makes me even better?"

"Uh..." Qin Yi scratched his nose, "In theory, yes."

"Okay! Then I promise you, I'll withdraw from the imperial contest. When we return to the Imperial City, I'll help my fifth sister ascend the throne. From then on, I'll distance myself from the Imperial City and live the life I want."

Qin Yi laughed, "I fully support it."

"Don't be quick to approve." Yun Qinglian walked up to Qin Yi, extending her hand with a smile, "First give me the Heavenly Thunder Fruit."

Qin Yi: "..."

"What Heavenly Thunder Fruit?"

Qin Yi feigned ignorance, saying.

Yun Qinglian's face darkened, "You can't renege, we agreed earlier, you owe me one of the three Heavenly Thunder Fruits."

"When did that happen? I don't recall it at all?" Qin Yi exclaimed in surprise.

"You..." Yun Qinglian was anxious, "Qin Yi, as a man, you can't break your word."

Qin Yi shook his head helplessly, "I remember, I'll give it to you, but for now I'll keep it safe."

"No way, I don't trust you! I want to secure it myself, I want to take the Heavenly Thunder Fruit now."

Qin Yi: "..."

"Eldest Princess, the power of the Heavenly Thunder Fruit isn't something you can handle right now. If you consume it now, you'll likely burst apart. In that case, there's no point in having increased cultivation, surviving would be lucky."

Yun Qinglian knew Qin Yi spoke the truth, and asked, "Then when will you give it to me?"

"When the time is right."

"And when is that?"

Qin Yi: "..."

"You woman, I just saved you, can't there be a basic level of trust between people?"

Yun Qinglian pouted, "You took the Thunder Tree, how can I trust you?"

Qin Yi: "..."

"The Thunder Tree is useless here, better I take it home and plant it in my yard as a landscape tree."

Yun Qinglian was speechless, "You think I'm a child? Is the Thunder Tree so worthless? Give it to me and I'll plant it in my yard as a landscape tree."

"Your yard is too small, it won't fit."

"Hey, I don't care, you owe me the Heavenly Thunder Fruit. Don't just say you saved me, I saved you too."

Qin Yi was surprised, "How did you save me?"

"I went outside and destroyed the steel pillars on the mountaintop, stopping the spread of thunder, wasn't that saving you?"

Qin Yi's eyes gleamed playfully, teasing, "Are you sure you weren't escaping, ran into Yun Chengtian, got captured, and in desperation returned hoping to use my plan to escape?"

Yun Qinglian's face darkened instantly, grinding her teeth, "Have you no conscience? Come on, let's go see if I didn't destroy those steel pillars."

Yun Qinglian angrily pulled Qin Yi to investigate.

Qin Yi laughed, "Just kidding, I know everything you did, although it wasn't much help, I thank you."

Yun Qinglian rolled her eyes in exasperation, "You might as well skip the thanks. What do you mean I didn't help?"

"Then tell me, when you went out, wasn't the lightning already gone? You planned to use my trick to trap Zhu Lao Liu and others against Yun Chengtian, but failed, what else can you do?" Qin Yi asked disdainfully.

Yun Qinglian was furious, like a Tibetan mastiff, wanting to bite Qin Yi, "Can I control if the lightning stops? Failing to trap Yun Chengtian is because your trick didn't work, what's it got to do with me?"

Qin Yi was about to speak when Yun Qinglian suddenly changed the topic, "Didn't you find this place strange?"

Qin Yi paused, "What's strange?"

"Didn't you notice Zhu Lao Liu's body and others are missing? Dozens of corpses, vanished without a trace—isn't that strange?" Yun Qinglian looked around, feeling the hairs on her back standing up, as if eyes were watching from the darkness.

Qin Yi meanwhile laughed, "It's not strange. What's odd is you, seemingly silly but lucky."

"You're the silly one." Yun Qinglian retorted by reflex, then curiously asked, "What do you mean I'm lucky?"

Qin Yi laughed, "Zhu Lao Liu and the others' bodies were eaten by the Iron Armor Fiery Centipede."