Nine Star Hegemon Body Arts

hey were all innocent, but they had been implicated by being part of the Long household.

“Madam, don’t say that.
We are members of the Long household, and we will be part of the Long household even in death.
We don’t regret anything,” firmly said Bao-er who was beside Mrs.
Long.

“Hmph, you want a next life? Just keep on dreaming.
Your Long household really is just a group of idiots,” coldly said a man with a long blade in his hand.

Mrs.
Long glared hatefully at that man, her eyes filled with poison.
She wished she could tear that man apart.

“Li Feng, you bastard, even as a ghost I won’t forgive you.” Mrs.
Long ground her teeth.

That person was one of the officers in charge of the execution and was her older sister’s son.
Looking at him caused Mrs.
Long to feel a needle-like pain in her heart.

Back when her family had ignored her, she had been completely dejected.
But recently when they had warmed back up to her, her mood had completely reversed.
Although she knew they were currying favor, they were her family after all.
She still forgave them.

But who would have thought that her closest family would force her Long household into the depths of despair.
That had truly caused her to feel endless resentment.

She remembered back when Aman had returned to the Long household.
Seeing her, the first thing he had said was, “Quickly go ask for grandmaster Yun Qi’s help.” He then fainted straight away.

Back when Ying Hou had gone to chase after Long Chen, Aman had been completely exhausted.
After just resting for a moment, he had suddenly remembered what Long Chen had told him and rushed back to the capital.

Who knew whether it was Aman’s luck that was great or whether Ying Hou’s subordinates were incompetent, but Aman managed to return without any resistance.

But he hadn’t dared to stop to eat.
He relied only on his willpower to sustain himself until he reached the Long household.
After saying a single line, he had been overcome by his exhaustion and fainted.

Aman hadn’t noticed that at that time, Mrs.
Long was in the midst of chatting with her older sister’s family.
But perhaps even if he had noticed, he wouldn’t have done anything different.

When Aman had fainted, Mrs.
Long had hastily shouted for people to help.
Her older sister had immediately comforted and called over two people who weren’t that far away.

Aman had fainted due to hunger.
In order to awaken, they had brought over several bowls of water, but Aman still hadn’t showed any signs of awakening.

Just when Mrs.
Long had felt that something hadn’t been right, she suddenly smelled a certain thing and immediately lost consciousness.
But right before her eyes completely closed, she saw her older sister’s smile that was full of ridicule.

When she once more awakened, the entire Long household had been thrown into a dark prison.
That caused Mrs.
Long to be filled with regret and hatred, as well as a deep sense of self-blame.

Li Feng coldly smiled when he looked at her.
“Even as ghosts you’ll hate me? Hmph, even as ghosts you’d just be a group of idiot ghosts not worth interacting with.
Ten years ago you were all also this stupid.
At that time we had already decided to split worlds with you in order to avoid being implicated.
And now its seems you’ve become even dumber.
After just saying a few random words, you actually ended up completely trusting us.
If such an idiot didn’t die, then it really would be a defiance of the heavens.”

Mrs.
Long trembled in anger.
Tears flowed down her face, but she didn’t say anything.
This was her family?!

“You don’t need to cry.
As my relative, I’ll help end your sorrow by speeding things up a bit.
You won’t feel any pain.” Li Feng gently shook his blade and continued, “But aunt, I really do need to thank you.
Once I chop off your head, my career will quickly advance.
Now that so many people are about to die in high positions, there’s many openings for some lucrative posts.
One of those spots will definitely be mine.
Once I’m rich I definitely won’t forget aunt’s favor.
During the New Year I will definitely burn some paper money for you, haha.”[1]

“Li Feng, you definitely won’t die a good death!” Bao-er cursed him to the side when she saw his satisfied smile.
She really couldn’t stand seeing this despicable bastard.
Thinking back to when acted so well-behaved back then, his current expression made her nauseous.

“Not a good death? Hehe, that’ll be you guys! Soon your heads will fall to the ground!” Li Feng sinisterly laughed at Bao-er.

Bang! Bao-er was just about to retort when a heavy figure was thrown to the ground beside her.

“Aman!” Mrs.
Long let out a sorrowful cry.

Aman currently looked like a hedgehog with long iron needles stabbing him all over his body.

Those were torture tools called Bone Eroding Needles.
There was a painful poison coated on them that could erode a person’s bones, causing the person to feel an intense pain deep in their marrow.

That kind of pain was something no one could resist.
Most people were unable to even bear having one be pierced into them.
Even cultivators would be unable to endure more than five of them.
That kind of pain was enough to kill someone.

But Aman’s body was completely covered with that kind of needle.
Aman’s ability to resist pain was absolutely shocking.
Originally Aman had been unconscious, but when he had been thrown on the ground, those needles had once more pricked his bones, causing him to awaken.

“Mom, you don’t need to be worried.
Aman doesn’t feel any pain.” Seeing Mrs.
Long crying, Aman tried to comfort her, even forcing out a slight smile.

But the current Aman had loss so much weight that he was now skin and bones.
His smile was actually extremely ugly now.

Back when Long Chen had first brought Aman back home, Long Chen had told Mrs.
Long about his circumstances.
He hoped that his mother would accept him as her adopted son.

Aman had called Mrs.
Long mom the whole time, but Mrs.
Long had always felt that that appellation was a bit strange and hadn’t replied to it.

But now when Aman called her that, she couldn't help feeling sour inside.
“Aman, mom has let you down.”

[1] It’s a Chinese tradition to burn paper money for your dead relatives so they have money to spend in the afterlife.
I’ve done it myself for my grandpa.