9 If It's A Punishment, There's A Good Reason For It

There was only darkness. Yin Yu could hear a voice speaking next to his ear. But, no matter how much he wanted, he couldn't open his eyes at the moment. Knowing that it was because of his injuries from earlier, Yin Yu stopped struggling.

"You're Yin Yu. Right?"

It was that voice again. However, since Yin Yu couldn't move nor talk, that voice continues to speak.

"I heard of a god descending to the mortal realm to collect cores of sins from crimes people committed. I will give you my core of sin."

If Yin Yu could grin, he would've already. There's actually a fool offering their core of sin to him. Do they not know the consequence of doing so?

The tone in the voice was full of anger and hatred. "It's all my fault that in 10 years, my whole clan will all be massacred by those so called righteous sects. We were framed for practicing demonic arts!"

"I' went back in time using forceful means. But, because my soul isn't strong enough, I can't control my body. I want you to take control of my body and fulfill my wishes."

Then, the voice turned a little sad. "I want you to protect my clan. But more so...I want you to protect my younger brother and give him brotherly love that I couldn't fulfill. I've caused too much suffering for him but he still forgave me in the end and still regarded me as his brother. If after 10 years my clan is still alive and well, I will give my core of sin to you."

'You've asked the wrong person.' Yin Yu really wants to shake his head.

But the crime of turning back time is really rare for someone in the mortal realm to accomplish. Yin Yu thought for a moment. For gods, ten years is just like a blink of an eye. For that core of sin, it's worth it.

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Splash!

Immediately, coldness overwhelmed Yin Yu as his body began to sink down underwater lower and lower.

How long has it been since he last felt this cold?

Yin Yu opened his eyes. The moment he did, he saw a big splash as it created lots of bubbles around the figure. The figure then swam towards him really fast and grabbed onto Yin Yu's hand. Together, they both swim up towards the surface.

When they reached the surface and got out of the man made pond, somebody shouted, "Young master!"

A servant hurriedly came and gave Yin Yu a large warm cloak to wear. Yin Yu didn't bother about trivial things as he looked around his surroundings.

It looked like a garden. With snow falling and covering the ground with thick snow everywhere and naked tree branches without the leaves, it seems to be winter already.

While he was in the water, he had already received all the memories of this body's original host. The body's original host's name coincidentally was also called Yin Yu.

But, Yin Yu lowered his eyes. Is there really such a coincidence in the world? The Yin Clan, is it really just an ordinary clan in the mortal realm?

A strict middle age voice interrupted Yin Yu's thoughts. "What's going on?"

In the memories, the original host wanted to get his half brother, Yin GuiRen in trouble. He then invited Yin GuiRen to play in the snow near the pond and purposefully jumped into the pond. After they got out, he framed Yin GuiRen, saying that Yin GuiRen pushed him. In the end, Yin GuiRen was punished to stand outside for 5 hours in the snow and afterward had to be in bed for 3 months just to recover.

Seeing that Yin Yu didn't respond, one of the original host's personal servants spoke up, "Master Yin, this servant saw the second young master push the young master into the pond! The young master was kind enough to want to play with the second young master. Who could've thought..."

"Is this true?" Master Yin asked Yin Yu sternly.

Yin Yu raised his chin to look at Master Yin who was taller than him and smiled slightly. This man knows what characters both his sons have. He should've already known that Yin GuiRen was innocent and yet chose to ignore Yin GuiRen's opinion and only asked Yin Yu whether it's true or not.

But, Yin Yu doesn't mind giving an answer once in a while. "If he pushed me, would he have saved me?"

Master Yin was a little displeased with the way Yin Yu talked back to him. This son was only 12 years old and is already not afraid to anger him.

But, Master Yin chose to bear with it and looked towards Yin GuiRen that was just as wet as Yin Yu. Without anyone giving him a cloak, Yin GuiRen was shivering in the cold.

"Since it's all just a misunderstanding, then there's nothing to worry about." Master Yin was about to turn away when he left one more sentence behind. "Bring the two young masters back to their room. The weather is cold, it's not good to stay too long outside."

Master Yin walked away from the scene, not caring about what will happen next.

Yin Yu looked at the people who were still left. One was Yin GuiRen and the rest were 3 servants and one of the original's hosts servants.

"Xiao Niu." Yin Yu lazily called out.

"Here!"

Xiao Niu was the one who just tried to frame Yin GuiRen up a moment ago.

Yin Yu smiled coldly. "Go bring two big paddles."

Xiao Niu was really excited. "Yes, young master!"

Yin Yu then ordered one of the other three servants. "You. Go get me a chair to sit on."

"Yes!"

Now, only Yin Yu, Yin GuiRen, and two other servants were left. The two servants looked at Yin GuiRen pitifully. They should've known. Even if the young master doesn't frame Yin GuiRen up, the young master will find other alternatives to make Yin GuiRen suffer.

Not long after, Xiao Niu came with two big paddles and the other servant came back with a chair.

As the servant placed the chair on the ground for Yin Yu, Yin Yu went and sat on the chair like a boss. He ordered the two remaining servants. "Go get one for each of you."

As the two servants got their own paddles, they walked up to Yin GuiRen and one of them said, "Second young master, please cooperate. We're only following orders."

Yin GuiRen clutched onto the side of his wet clothes tightly and bit his lips. But, he still obediently kneeled down.

The two servants walked to stand behind Yin GuiRen. Just as one of them lifted their paddle and was about to start beating Yin GuiRen, somebody called out, "Wait!"

They all looked towards the source of the voice. Immediately, they were surprised.

"Young master, is there anything else you need us to do before we beat the second young master up?"

Yin Yu grinned as he said in an icy tone. "Who told you to beat him?"

Yin Yu then pointed at a figure. "Beat him."

Xiao Niu widened his eyes. Wasn't the one his young master was pointing at, was him?!

"Young master! What did I do wrong?!"

Yin Yu smiled sweetly at Xiao Niu as he announced, "Servant name Xiao Niu tries to frame up the second young master and wants to cause chaos between the relationships of the Yin Family. He is to be beaten up by caning until he faints and is to be kicked out of the Yin family after."

"No! Young master! Please spare me! I've always been loyal to you! Young master!"

Yin Yu only looked at him indifferently. "Hold him down."

Two servants then hold down Xiao Niu as one holds onto the big paddle.

"Young master! Young mas- AH!!!"

After that, all there could be heard was the agonizing screamings coming from Xiao Niu who was continuously being beaten up.

Yin Yu had his hand support his chin as he had on a lazy look. In the memories given to him, Xiao Niu betrayed the Yin Family and gave away important information to outsiders in order to exchange for money. Xiao Niu even told many secrets to those so called righteous sects, making the Yin Clan vulnerable to attacks. If it weren't for Xiao Niu, maybe the Yin clan would have still been able to fight back for a couple more days and wouldn't have suffered so many losses.

It's always better to take out an enemy before they take any action.

In less than half an hour, Xiao Niu's voice was really hoarse after all the screaming, and finally fainted. His blood tainted his servant clothes into a scarlet color as he laid down on the snow covered with his blood.

Yin Yu stood up from his chair and looked down on Xiao Niu. He then slowly said, "Slice off his tongue and throw him out of Yin Family."

The servants shuddered. But, they dare not oppose and could only follow Yin Yu's orders.

Yin Yu was just about to walk away when he suddenly stopped in front of Yin GuiRen. Yin Yu smiled at him. "How long are you planning to kneel? Do you want to be punished that badly?"

Upon being asked that, Yin GuiRen hurriedly shook his head to disagree. Satisfied, Yin Yu walked away from the scene, leaving behind a stunned Yin GuiRen.

When Yin Yu finally came back to the original host's room using the memories provided to him, the moment he closed the door tightly, he fell down on his knees while gasping for air.

Yin Yu frowned. This body really is too weak. Just falling in the water can make him like this.