Chapter 95 Betrayal "Jiang Yuhuo, come here."

"You mean, I went into the cave."

Jia Yue spoke slowly, her sharp eyes fixed on the guardian disciple, trying to discern the truth in his words.

Unable to withstand his oppressive aura, the disciple guarding the formation immediately knelt down. He didn't understand what was wrong with the Sect Master. Who else could it be but the Sect Master who had gone in earlier? Even if he was blind, he wouldn't mistake the Sect Master, and besides, the spiritual energy emanating from his body wouldn't lie.

"Yes, Lord Zongzi said earlier that he was just passing by and would like to take a look at the great formation."

Jia Yue's heart sank, and his fingertips went slightly numb, but he only frowned slightly. He took a deep breath and waved to the disciple.

"I see."

Even the disciples of Tianque couldn't detect the disguise... so someone must have borrowed his aura.

To absorb another's essence, one must be intimate with them; no one but her can get close to him.

He silently curled his lips, recalling the embrace he still cherished to this day, the moment when warm hands touched his back, so easily making him let down all his guard.

At the same time, as if to confirm her guilt, the mark on the sword began to respond to his call, and he sensed its location in the cave.

Ha, it turns out she was just using him all along. She lied to him; it was all a lie.

He thought she had finally been moved by him, that she wasn't entirely indifferent to him...

It's absolutely ridiculous.

Therefore, once you've used him, you can discard him and leave without hesitation whenever you see him!

In her eyes, what exactly was he...?

The disciples guarding the formation got up from the ground, only to see the sect leader inexplicably laughing. His laughter was sinister and frightening, a stark contrast to the warm and welcoming attitude he had shown when praising him.

However, this time, the eldest son said the same thing as before.

Jia Yue slowly walked towards the dark cave, towards the person who had betrayed him. When he reached the cave entrance, he turned back and gave a word of advice to the disciple guarding the spirit.

"Do not enter without my order."

...

Inside the cave, Li Mengbai was writing and drawing on the ground, pondering how to decipher the mark left by Jia Yue, looking deep in thought.

Jiang Yuhuo followed Li Mengbai for a while, but couldn't understand it. She didn't know much about incantations to begin with, and now these complex markings were like a book written in heaven. She couldn't help her.

However, she couldn't just wait like this. Although they had successfully deceived the disciples guarding the formation, she had a bad feeling. The longer she lingered in front of the formation, the stronger her unease became.

Someone could walk in at any moment and discover that they are two imposters with ulterior motives.

"Can we burn this?"

Jiang Yuhuo's question successfully amused Li Mengbai, who shook his head, "Unless you want to burn us both to death here."

Something that cannot be touched or burned, protected by the Heavenly Palace, must be something extraordinary.

Looking at the faintly visible array of light, Jiang Yuhuo felt a growing sense of unease.

"Li Mengbai, now you should tell me what you want to get."

Now that things had come to this, Li Mengbai wasn't afraid to tell her. He kept writing and drawing with his hands, and lightly uttered a few words, "The essence of the Heavenly Pillar."

Jiang Yuhuo was stunned for a moment, thinking that he had misheard or that Li Mengbai was joking.

Li Mengbai chuckled and nodded, "That's right, it's the Heavenly Pillar Marrow you thought it was."

There was no hint of a joke on his face. Jiang Yuhuo's eyes widened slowly, not because of Li Mengbai's audacity, but because the marrow of the Heavenly Pillar truly existed in the world.

The Heavenly Pillar collapsed and scattered into countless fragments, becoming a coveted treasure among cultivators. However, another theory suggests that the most essential element of the Heavenly Pillar is its inner marrow. The divine power contained within the Heavenly Pillar's marrow is unmatched even when all the fragments are combined. This is the true treasure that allows cultivators to connect with the Heavenly Dao and touch the divine realm.

Fragments may be found, but the marrow remains elusive. Since no one has ever seen it, no one knows whether it's a deliberate fabrication or a genuine existence.

If what Li Mengbai said is true, this legendary object, which had long been lost in the torrent of time, was actually preserved by Tianque.

"Are you sure?" Jiang Yuhuo asked, her face filled with disbelief.

Li Mengbai paused, "You may not know this, but Tianque Mountain is one of the legendary Four Heavenly Pillars."

Jiang Yuhuo was completely stunned, so much so that he didn't notice the wind blowing in from the cave entrance was getting even colder.

Li Mengbai suddenly shouted excitedly.

"Found it!"

"Jiang Yuhuo, I've found a way to remove the inscription!"

Jiang Yuhuo came to her senses and saw Li Mengbai laughing wildly and unrestrainedly, his fingers deftly and skillfully drawing out several seal characters.

She stared intently at the golden inscription in the void; success or failure hinged on this moment, and her unease reached its peak.

Just as the seals were about to merge with the spirit array, a silver arrow of light suddenly shot through the air, shattering all the seals into dust.

Before she could turn around, she heard a chilling voice behind her.

"Jiang Yuhuo, come here."

As if doused with a bucket of ice water, Jiang Yuhuo turned around stiffly.

The white-robed patriarch, holding a silver bow and arrow, hovered in the air, his cold, sharp gaze looking down at the ants on the ground. He held the silver bow in one hand and drew the string with the other, ready to fire the next arrow at any moment.

True indifference and ruthlessness, almost godlike.

Only when the true disciple of the Heavenly Palace Sect stands before him can one realize how clumsy Li Mengbai's acting truly is.

Jiang Yuhuo looked at the silver bow in his hand, met his sharp gaze, and her heart began to pound uncontrollably.

She sensed an unprecedented aura of danger emanating from Jia Yue.

Like a wild beast about to kill its prey.

When prey is targeted by a hunter, the instinct for survival will cause it to mobilize all its energy and unleash its most extreme power.

The hand holding the sword unconsciously pressed against the guard; with just a slight upward pressure from the thumb, the sword could be drawn from its sheath.

But no matter how subtle the prey's movements are, they cannot escape the hunter's eyes.

Jia Yue narrowed her blue eyes, her gaze growing increasingly sharp. "Jiang Yuhuo, I don't want to say it a second time."

As long as she comes, he will forgive her for everything. He will take her out, and no one in Tianque will know about her mistake.

She only needs to pay a small price...

All you need to do is enter the deepest, most secluded lair of the merfolk in the Endless Sea, stay by his side forever, bear his desires, and be entangled with him forever until death separates them.

Who told her to treat him like that, to deceive him, to use him, and then to abandon him...?

Since she doesn't want his restrained love, then let her taste his deep-seated hatred!

Jiang Yuhuo felt as if she were facing a wild beast that wanted to devour her whole. A tidal wave of spiritual energy rushed towards her, one wave after another, each trying to sweep her away.

Jiang Yuhu drew his sword and parried and slashed without hesitation. The equally fierce sword energy and spiritual power collided, stirring up a powerful whirlwind in the wide cave.

Amidst the shattered sword light, Jiang Yuhuo nimbly dodged left and right to deal with Jia Yue, while simultaneously urging those outside the battle circle to hurry up.

"Li Mengbai, hurry up!"

Li Mengbai was extremely unwilling to see Jiang Yuhuo kidnapped by him. Now was the best opportunity, and he did not delay for a moment. He immediately drew a new seal.

However, although the newcomer was targeting Jiang Yuhuo, he did not let him go. While fighting with Jiang Yuhuo, he also used his spiritual power to destroy his seal.

Damn it!

Enraged, Li Mengbai grabbed a talisman and joined the fight between the two.

If he doesn't teach this scoundrel a lesson today, he'll be unworthy of the surname Li!

Li Mengbai touched his forehead with two fingers, and golden light flowed through, instantly creating a line of blood on his forehead. As he continued to chant incantations, the blood on his fingers transformed into countless large and small seals, all shooting towards the merman in mid-air.

The blue-haired merman glanced at him from mid-air, then with a powerful wave of his wide sleeves, the surrounding seals were shattered by the pressure he released before they could even get close.

Then, the silver bow slowly pointed at the person who had impersonated him and trespassed into the forbidden area.

He wouldn't harm Jiang Yuhuo, but he wouldn't show any mercy to this person who was relentlessly pursuing her. In the past, he could tolerate it because he didn't want to upset her, but now, this person with ulterior motives dared to instigate Jiang Yuhuo to deceive him.

Unforgivable!

This cunning man is gradually gaining her trust and capturing her attention. He must admit that he simply cannot bear to see her gaze taken away by someone else.

The ice arrow solidified and shot towards Li Mengbai's heart with immense force.

Jiang Yuhuo was horrified. If Jia Yue had shown her mercy just now, he was now trying to kill Li Mengbai!

Li Mengbai cannot die; if she dies, who will give her the Flaming Vine?

Jiang Yuhuo channeled all his spiritual energy into the gifted sword, and a silver light shot out from his hand, piercing the air with a resounding clang.

The spirit sword collided with the ice arrow; the two weapons of different materials collided, creating a shower of sparks, and the resulting light illuminated the entire cave as if it were daytime.

Although the sword strike failed to break the ice arrow, its momentum was enough to deflect it, allowing Li Mengbai, who had been locked onto, to escape. The ice arrow struck the stone wall beside him, blasting a deep crater with such force that the entire cave shook.

Li Mengbai, clutching his arm which had been cut by flying debris, smiled defiantly at the people above.

"See? She not only uses this sword, but she uses it very skillfully."

The air inside the cave was almost stagnant, and Jiang Yuhuo felt slightly suffocated. The gaze of the person in mid-air was as if it were real, pressing heavily on her, leaving her nowhere to hide.

"Jiang Yuhuo, you colluded with others to deceive and exploit me... and now you still want to protect him..."

The person in mid-air slowly descended to the ground, their icy blue eyes turning incredibly dark, like the suffocating surface of the sea before a storm.

"But I don't blame you. I know you've just been deceived."

"Come here, come to my side..."

He locked onto his target, his voice filled with seductive intent, and reached out his hand to Jiang Yuhuo.

Jiang Yuhuo's heart was filled with alarm bells. Jia Yue's gaze was too dangerous. She didn't know what fate awaited her after going there, but it certainly wouldn't be a good ending.

With a slight opening of her palm, the sword flew back into Jiang Yuhuo's hand. Holding the sword, she leaped to Li Mengbai's side.

She asked Li Mengbai in a low voice, "Why isn't your seal broken yet? How much longer will it take?"

Li Mengbai smiled and glanced at the person who came to his side, then deliberately leaned close to Jiang Yuhuo's face and breathed softly, "Almost there, almost done."

His gaze was fixed on Jia Yue, but his injured arm was behind his back, and his fingers were quietly moving.

It's not that he can't solve it; he's just waiting.

Since he could deduce the incantation to dispel it, he naturally knew that when the seal was broken, whether by force or by incantation, the seal would deliver a final blow that gathered all the damage to the person who came.

His original plan was to have Jiang Yuhuo take the hit.

But now, the most suitable candidate has come to us on his own.

He was right after all; it is said that merfolk are loyal and devoted, and once they have chosen a partner, they are single-minded.

Even if a mermaid becomes the heir of the Heavenly Palace Sect, what good is it? He can't escape the fate ingrained in his bones. It was all for nothing that he went to so much trouble to get this mermaid to hand over the sword so he could track her down and die in place of his beloved.

You must bear the consequences of the restrictions you set for yourself.

Seeing that she didn't choose her but went to Li Mengbai's side instead, Jia Yue was instantly consumed by jealousy.

How dare she, how dare she treat him so degradingly!

A chilling gaze pierced through Jiang Yuhuo, who felt enveloped in a coldness. She saw the deep hatred in Jia Yue's eyes.

"Jiang Yuhuo, why are you doing this to me?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Jiang Yuhuo was startled by the overwhelming hatred in his tone and involuntarily shrank back. Come to think of it, all she did was steal his scent; did he hate her so much?

Jia Yue didn't need an answer from her; it was just that the resentment in his heart compelled him to question her. He questioned why she had discarded his sincere heart so easily, why she had forced his overflowing love into hatred...

But her retreating movement chilled him even more. Jia Yue disregarded all restraint, unleashing her spiritual power once more, leaping into the air, determined to pull her to his side and demand an explanation. However, at the moment of her attack, he suddenly noticed out of the corner of his eye that the runes on the spiritual array were about to dissipate.

In an instant, countless golden butterflies rose from the ground, and the sky full of golden butterflies flew towards the formation.

Jia Yue's gaze suddenly sharpened. In the brief moment before he could even focus his attention, Li Mengbai had already released the restrictions he had placed on the Spirit-Suppressing Array and once again summoned the Wandering Light Spell, which could destroy the Spirit-Suppressing Array.

Is this also a move they've made together?

If he weren't the one being played, he would have to praise them for their flawless teamwork.

But at this moment, Li Mengbai grabbed Jiang Yuhuo's arm and stared at the merman in front of him, smiling silently.

"Jiang Yuhuo, we should go."