Chapter 452: Discovered

When Yue Qingya pushed the door open, Tao Zi was grabbing Zhou Qiandan and asking her what happened after she left.

Xu Chengcheng was holding medicine on the side. When he saw him come in, he bowed his head respectfully and called out, "Elder Yue."

He nodded and said, "Give me the medicine, you two can go out."

The two men retreated.

Tao Zi lifted the quilt and wanted to go to the table, but Yue Qingya stopped her and said, "Don't move. If your brother sees you, he'll blame me."

She smiled helplessly and said, "Brother always treats me like a child. By the way, how is Wangxu doing?"

"It's okay, but my mind is a little confused."

Tao Zi held her forehead and said, "Is this what you call okay?"

Yue Qingya smiled, but his expression was a little complicated. He said, "There are more than thirty disciples who came out with him. Several of them died before. This time it was even more tragic. I'm afraid he will need to recover for a while."

She said calmly, "This is normal. As the young master of the sect, he will have to get used to this sooner or later. I'm a little surprised. After two hundred years, he still hasn't gotten used to death?"

Every mission assigned by the sect involves the risk of sacrifice, and it all depends on whether the sacrifice is worth it.

Yue Qingya shook his head, sighing slightly, and said, "Not really. I think what hit him the most was probably the sect's attitude. He seemed to be confused about the sect."

"This is a very fatal matter for the sect's disciples, especially since he is the young sect leader. However, it is also a knot in his heart that he needs to overcome." Tao Zi said this and then lost interest in the matter. Instead, he asked, "Did Wang Xu say anything about that sect?"

He shook his head again: "No, he was busy dealing with the disciples' affairs before and didn't have time to talk about this."

Tao Zi frowned and lowered her voice: "I always feel that those people might be related to the heart poison, but Wang Xu said that they are possessed by demons."

Yue Qingya's expression grew serious. After thinking for a while, he finally sighed, "It's a pity that Shaohua Jushi is not here."

She also nodded.

Cheng Wuchou suddenly pushed the door open and said, "Azi, have you taken the medicine?"

The two looked at each other. Yue Qingya coughed and handed the medicine in his hand over.

Tao Zi quickly drank the medicine under her brother's gentle gaze and said vaguely, "Brother, why are you here instead of sleeping at this time?"

Cheng Wuchou glanced at her and said, "I wanted to come over to see if you had taken the medicine."

She silently handed the empty bowl to her brother.

Yue Qingya on the side wanted to laugh when he saw this. This action was too much like that of a child.

At this time, Wangxu's figure also appeared at the door.

He knocked on the door politely and entered only after getting Tao Zi's permission.

Cheng Wuchou stood aside, frowning and said, "It's so late, what are you doing here? Aren't you afraid of disturbing others' rest?"

Wang Xu looked at the two people inside and asked, "If I'm not here and you two are here, will she be able to rest?"

He glanced at him unexpectedly and said, "Nothing good ever happens to Ah Zi when she runs into you."

Wang Xu felt that he was wronged, but after thinking carefully, it seemed to be true. He did not refute it anymore and just said, "I am here to talk about the matter of that sect. If you three want to rest, we can talk about it tomorrow."

"Speak now."

"We'll talk about it tomorrow."

Two completely different voices rang out.

Cheng Wuchou was silent for a moment, then changed his words: "Then tell me now."

Wang Xu found a chair for himself and said, "Those monks and mortals seem to be controlled by something. They get headaches from time to time."

Yue Qingya said: "It should be the heart poison."

"Um?"

He briefly explained and added, "Qi Ran was controlled by this thing back then."

Wang Xu listened to this in surprise and said, "No wonder she acted like a fool later, doing so many things that were totally unlike her."

Tao Zi sat there, leaning against the headboard and said, "Why do you say those people are possessed by demons?"

He explained, "They should be half-demons, but they themselves don't seem to know. Once we reveal it, they get headaches and forget everything. Later, we discovered they can't escape that thing...the Heart Gu, living on it, gradually becoming demonic."

She said something inexplicably: "It's quite sad. Even I don't know what I'm doing."

"indeed."

Yue Qingya asked, "What about the massacre?"

"We were discovered and had no choice but to resist and kill those who were possessed by the devil. Those who were deeply possessed by the devil are mortals." Wang Xu sighed and said, "I don't know what's going on. They are clearly possessed by the devil, but there is no demonic energy at all. They look like fake demons, but they are not fake demons."

Tao Zi paused, thinking of the matter at Xulan Palace, and said, "I might know."

The three of them looked over at the same time. She told them about the Xulan Palace incident and said, "Perhaps the fake demon is just the beginning. This is the effect they really want."

Cheng Wuchou said in a deep voice: "The fake demons may have lost their memories and their movements are not smooth. The chances of being discovered are not small. And these people still have self-awareness and even think they are still themselves. This is the most terrifying thing."

Wangxu nodded slowly: "Indeed."

Yue Qingya hesitated and said, "Maybe it's because of the heart poison?"

Tao Zi shook her head and said, "The poisonous insect cannot cover up the traces of demonic possession."

Cheng Wuchou suddenly asked, "Such a big thing, and the Sword Sect doesn't care?"

Wang Xu was touched in a sore spot and was silent for a long time before he said, "There is no evidence."

"Is it that what you saw and heard is insufficient evidence, or is it that the Sword Sect is unwilling to offend Qing Lan for these people? After all, the Heart Gu most likely came from Qing Lan, and I don't believe that the Sword Sect knows nothing about it."

He clenched his fists and said coldly, "I believe there are other reasons."

The other three were silent.

At this moment, Wang Xu suddenly said, "Yue Qiran, has your heart poison been resolved?"

The sword in Cheng Wuchou's hand suddenly crossed his neck.

He didn't care at all and even smiled as he said, "It's really you. You've been causing trouble for thousands of years. It's true."

Tao Zi looked at him, motioned for her brother to take down the sword, and then asked, "How did you find out?"

"I'm just guessing. If you were dead, how would Brother Yue know about the Heart Gu? Besides, your relationship with Brother Yue is too good."

She laughed softly and said, "Young Master, I still underestimated you."

"Not really. It was just a flash of inspiration. You're quite remarkable for surviving from the Xingfeng Cliff."

She said vaguely, "Just lucky."

Wang Xu smiled and said, "It's good that one less person is sacrificed. By the way, Xing Yan was sent by you, right?"

Tao Zi looked at the relief on his face and suddenly asked, "Do you hate me for revealing all this? Without me, you would still be in the Sword Sect, those disciples wouldn't have died, and your Dao heart wouldn't be unstable."

He put away his smile and said solemnly, "You didn't force me to do anything. All the choices were made by me. What's more, the person who caused all this wasn't you, but that person. I should also thank you for uncovering the darkness that I didn't see."

Tao Zi looked at Wang Xu steadily, feeling a little confused in her heart.

The Sword Sect has trained Wangxu very well. Will such a sect really succumb to Qinglan's strength?