Chapter 326 Persuasion

The Thousand Needle Doctor raised an eyebrow and said, "You have a really high tolerance for Tao Zi. Also, when did you become so controlling?"

Cheng Wuchou smiled and said, "I don't know why, but I find Tao Zi particularly pleasing to the eye and I can't bear to see her go astray."

While they were chatting, Li Xiu made a gesture towards the woman - he pointed to his own face and then gestured to Tao Zi's face with his eyes.

The woman knew very well that this was asking her to find the raw materials for the human skin mask. She nodded slightly and walked outside quietly to contact others.

Li Xiu finally breathed a sigh of relief. He didn't know whether Cheng Wuchou had discovered it, but his master definitely hadn't found out. He would hide it from as many people as possible.

When Tao Zi woke up, she saw a man staring at her sinisterly. She was startled and almost slapped him, but she reacted in time and managed to stand up. She asked, "Monk Hu, why are you looking at me like that?"

He gritted his teeth and said, "Tao Zi, if you don't want to live, don't drag me along with you!"

She looked at Monk Hu's furious expression and apologized, "Time was tight at the time, and I really couldn't think too much. I just rushed forward."

Monk Hu was so angry that he slammed the table, but he didn't know how to scold her.

Yue Qingya walked in at this time.

As soon as he saw an outsider coming in, he forced himself to control his expression and became the gentle yet a little naive monk again.

Tao Zi sighed inwardly, looked at Yue Qingya, and asked, "Where's the storage ring?"

He sat down beside her and said, "At Li Xiu's place, the medicine to treat the plague has been prepared and will be available to mortals this afternoon."

She nodded and asked again: "How did it end?"

It was a nonsensical sentence, but Yue Qingya understood it and said, "The Sword Sect and the Spring and Autumn Sect both tried to force the Minglan Sect to open the valley, but they didn't make it public."

Tao Zi smiled, her tone inexplicable: "Is that so."

"The main peak has been hit hard. Not only is the Wonder Beast Valley half-destroyed, but a lot of people have surrendered as well. Many people are questioning the authenticity of Xu Qianjia's gentleness and kindness, especially the mortals in the epidemic area. I heard from Yan Wenxuan that the conflict between Zhufeng and the main peak has become public, and even Chengyimen has started to take sides. It's really chaotic."

These things were within her expectations, so she didn't bother asking any more questions. She just asked, "What about Xuan Huan?"

"He woke up early. He's a medical cultivator, so his self-healing ability is only slightly worse than yours, a physical cultivator. His injuries aren't as severe as yours." At this point, Yue Qingya's face darkened, a rare moment. "He ran over like that, did he want to die?"

Tao Zi shrugged and asked, "What about those demon cores? I said I would get them, and I can't go back on my word."

He rubbed his forehead with a headache and sighed, "Never mind, the injury I suffered this time is the price you paid."

She smiled and said nothing more.

Before Yue Qingya left, he suddenly asked, "Tao Zi, if this happens again, will there be another plague?"

Tao Zi said calmly, "There's no chance to come again."

He looked at her, seemed to want to say something but stopped, and finally turned and left.

Seeing him leave, the little fox returned to its original nature and said lazily, "Why not trick him? There's nothing to lose."

Tao Zi lowered her eyes and looked at the white gauze in her hands. She said, "I don't want to deceive them either. That would be meaningless."

It tutted, "I don't understand you humans, and I don't understand you even more."

"There's something wrong with what you said—I'm human."

The little fox leaned back in his chair and said, "Hey, Tao Zi, do you really care about those humans? If you do, you'll take advantage of them without hesitation. But you said you didn't care, and yet you almost lost your life."

She asked in return, "Are the two things in conflict? One is done for a purpose, and the other is also done for a purpose, but the purposes are different."

A gentle and elegant voice came along with the footsteps: "Tao Zi, is your goal more important than your bottom line?"

Tao Zi looked up and saw Cheng Wuchou striding in, looking at her intently.

Before she could speak, he looked at Monk Hu and said politely, "Fellow Daoist, could you please leave first?"

Monk Hu agreed with a smile and walked out without saying a word.

Tao Zi leaned against the headboard, looked at Cheng Wuchou, and said, "Senior Cheng, I appreciate your concern for me, but this is my own choice."

"Tao Zi, I don't have the leisure to comment on matters that have nothing to do with me." He paused and continued, "Reincarnation always brings retribution. I hope you can think about this carefully. Don't forget that those mortals are innocent after all. It's not a good thing to drag innocent mortals into the water."

She listened to these words and asked calmly, "What about the Minglan Sect? They slaughtered the people without caring about their lives. If you really want to compare, they are a hundred times more cruel than me."

He was stunned for a moment and said, "They are just a small number of people in Minglan Sect. Why do you have to compare yourself with them?"

Tao Zi remained indifferent, her brows expression expressionless. "Do you think it's possible to fight brutality with kindness?"

Cheng Wuchou frowned. "Come to think of it, the feud between you and the Minglan Sect isn't that exaggerated. Why bother with them like this? This isn't what you should do."

"Senior Cheng, this is what I should do." There was a cold light in her eyes.

Not only does she want to fight against the Minglan Sect, she also wants to completely destroy the Minglan Sect!

He looked at her and sighed deeply: "Tao Zi, are you going to become like them?"

Tao Zi remained silent. Cheng Wuchou continued, "I don't care what grudge you have with the Minglan Sect, but turning yourself into a madman for these people is obviously not worth it."

She remained silent until he wanted to speak again, then she said, "Senior Cheng, I used to be a joke."

Cheng Wuchou looked at her in astonishment: "What?"

Tao Zi looked at him and said in a calm tone, "All those years have been like a ridiculous dream, and I've been just a puppet in it, manipulated by others. My feelings and even my life are fake. Senior Cheng, it's better to become a madman than to be a puppet."

He suddenly didn't know what to say.

After a long time, Cheng Wuchou finally spoke: "Tao Zi, no matter what, I still hope you can hold on to your bottom line. Don't forget, we practice not just for revenge. You are still young and cannot sacrifice your life for so-called hatred. I believe that after revenge, you can still have your own life."

Tao Zi looked at the True Lord who was trying hard to persuade her, and took a step back: "I will think about it carefully."

But only she herself knows that revenge is almost impossible to achieve. Even if it costs her own life, how can she "avenge" herself?

Cheng Wuchou looked at her, unsure whether she had listened or not, but he couldn't continue, so he changed the subject: "When we rescued you, we found something on Monk Hu. It was said to be yours."