Chapter 68 Avenging the Shame

"Wait," Jieyou said, noticing Jiezhou's sudden change in expression. "Come here."

Qingjue stared at that direction, wondering what they were up to.

He shouldn't be able to tell that something is wrong with his cultivation level.

Li Wei listened to him and stepped aside, and Jie Zhoujian also went up.

"You are... a member of the Xie family?"

“My name is Jie Zhou, Lord of the Homeland.”

“You can’t possibly be a member of the Xie family,” Jieyou asserted. “What you’re practicing can’t possibly be the Xie family’s cultivation method.”

It was actually discovered.

Qingjue narrowed his eyes.

Jie Zhoujian said, "I just secretly learned a few moves from other people when I was young, so I might be a little different from others."

“I don’t need you,” Jieyou said to Li Wei with a look of disgust. “Let someone else do it.”

Qingjue transmitted his voice to Li Wei: "Get him to confess his next move by getting information out of him."

Li Wei subtly twitched the corner of his mouth: "It's not that easy to get a deal out of this."

Qingjue: "You can do it. It's up to you now, little con artist."

"..."

Li Wei closed his eyes, suppressing his inner complaints and trying to ignore the last inexplicable title.

There's nothing we can do about it; he not only committed countless bad deeds, but he also owes us a debt of gratitude for being fed.

"Did you hear that? Go and summon him immediately." Li Wei waved his hand to send Jie Zhoujian away: "Master, please don't take offense. This kid has been unruly since he was a child. I will definitely punish him properly later."

"There's still plenty of time. How about I show you the face of your future body first?" Li Wei looked at Yun Yuelin, who was lying motionless on the ground, and said, "Everyone says that the young master of the Yun family looks just like his mother. He is so handsome that he is worthy of your soul."

Jieyou was somewhat interested: "Lift it up, let me see."

Li Wei grabbed Yun Yuelin's hair and lifted his face up.

Yun Yuelin's body had been corrupted by the Mother Gu before, so it would be easy for him to fake the signs that still exist.

When he didn't know the enemy's situation at first, he cleverly used the footprints from a few days ago to deceive Qingjue.

His skill in flattery is also very profound.

Jieyou scoffed, "Not bad, barely acceptable."

From Qingjue's subtle angle, through the slightly twitching corner of his mouth, one could sense that Yun Yuelin was cursing inwardly.

Yeah, that bastard, he actually picked one when given the choice.

Yan Shiqun asked Aju to hold her back, lest she lose her temper and slap him before the play was over.

After a brief transition that eased his guard again, Li Wei asked, "Patriarch, what do we do next?"

“How can I tell you what’s next?” Jieyou revealed a vicious smile: “I really have to thank you. Although I didn’t complete my plan, you allowed me to reappear in the world as a soul.”

...He guessed it.

"You think you can fool me with your little tricks? Do you think I don't know whether you've reached the final step of your plan? But I'd like to know who's so clever as to see through this."

Jieyou then said, "Since such a good body is offered to me, how can I refuse it?"

Suddenly, the soul rushed toward Li Wei at an extremely fast speed, and Jieyou was about to approach Yun Yuelin and possess him.

The next second, Qingjue waved away the intangible floating object with a fan.

When the scattered souls reassembled, Jieyou looked at the person before her with a puzzled expression.

Who are you?

The person before him possessed unfathomable cultivation, and Jieyou was almost certain that he was the mastermind behind it all.

Yun Yuelin and Mu Yuan on the ground untied their ropes, and the bloodstains, which had been concealed by an illusion, also disappeared.

Qingjue: "What a pity, I didn't manage to get it out of him. I was so close."

Jie Zhou silently blocked the exit, standing with his sword at the entrance of the mountain prison.

Li Wei also stood up and said, "Theoretically speaking, my sleight of hand should not have been seen through. He guessed it from the information. You won't go back on your promise to me, will you?"

"Rest assured, a gentleman's word is as good as his bond."

Jieyou wanted to leave, but was trapped by a formation that suddenly appeared on the ground.

"Which detail made you notice that? We will definitely improve on it next time."

Jieyou looked at Qingjue. He had never seen such a person before. Who was he?

“Speak up! Weren’t you quite the chatterbox just now?” Qingjue tilted his head back. “The Soul-Stabilizing Array is stable now. Anyone want to beat him up? Go and give him a beating first, then I’ll ask.”

“Is this how you seek relief?” Yun Yuelin drew Wang Sheng. “You seem dissatisfied with my face, and even want to use your filthy soul to usurp my place, cast a spell on the Yun family, and even attempt to kill the people of Liuchun. It seems you have quite a few ideas.”

Mu Yuan stared at him: "Jiu Jie and Gui Song haven't paid their dues yet, we can't let you die so easily."

"It really was a setup, very well, but don't think you're so smart," Jieyou shouted. "Before I died, I also learned the art of possession. As long as I touch you, I will take over your body. If I can't get past you, you can't get close either. Release me into the world, and you'll just have to wait for my return to life."

Wen Tianyu stepped forward and said, "In addition to the Soul-Fixing Array, the Wen family's Spirit-Locking Needles can restrict the soul and force the spirit to stay in place for a quarter of an hour."

His other white eye was very noticeable; anyone who knew this was a sign of a third eye could tell at a glance, but not many people knew it anymore.

"Who are you……!"

Wen Tianyu: "I am the descendant of the Heavenly Eye, whose entire family was slaughtered by you, and who was even put to good use after death, and even replaced by your fake. Haven't you been looking for me for a long time?"

Yan Shiqun ignited a string of flames with a flick of his finger: "Why waste words with this old thing? I'll start first. Don't worry, I've controlled the force just right. Apart from the pain, it won't hurt anywhere else."

He recognized the raging flames.

He had intended to learn this move, but he failed to obtain the Demon Lord's corpse, because when the wild goose lost its flock, it exploded and died, leaving no trace of its remains.

Shouldn't he be dead?

This was truly unexpected for him.

Leaving aside how the waist-binding man of Yuanmuyuan was rescued, and how the young master of the Yun family ended up here.

Why would the descendants of the Heavenly Eye stand on the same side as the Demon Lord himself?

And what kind of monster is that guy with the fan? Why didn't I manage to possess him when we met him earlier?

Even that young man who looked like a member of the Xie family was surging with a clear and powerful spiritual energy.

Ruan Linglai pointed at his nose and yelled, "Tell me, didn't you want to target the Ruan family before?!"

Ruan Linglai trusted Qingjue's reasoning, even though his previous reasoning was based on guesses rather than any reasonable basis. She still thought Qingjue was right.

In other words, their next plan is very likely to target the Ruan family.

In Jieyou's understanding, the Ruan family, who have been in business for generations, generally do not have any spiritual roots, but the little girl in front of him seems to have extraordinary cultivation and movement techniques.

Can anyone tell him how these people got together?

Seeing that she had little way out, Jieyou decided to speak up first: "The Ruan family has a great reputation among the people. If we kill you and put you in Liuchun, you will thrive even in Quanzhou and Zhangzhou, or even in the entire cultivation world. All the adults here should understand this principle."

Ruan Linglai was so angry she wanted to grind her teeth.

In other words, if this bastard is allowed to continue with his plans, then her brother and parents...

Ruan Linglai: "Despicable and shameless!"

"I never deny that, but how can someone who gains power do so without some means?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he felt a burning pain all over his body.

The pain was excruciating and bone-chilling.

Yan Shiqun: "Don't waste your breath on such a petty person."

Yun Yue stepped forward and fought against the spirits within the formation, striking them three times with her sword.

The feeling of Jieyou's soul being cleaved, roasted by fire on one side and dismembered on the other, was experienced while he was fully conscious.

"...You!" Jieyou's eyes widened in anger. Seeing that this group was determined to take revenge on him, he said, "Aren't you afraid that I'll come back again!"

"What are you talking about?" Qingjue waved the fan in his hand. "I'll hit you every time you come. If you're not afraid of pain, then go ahead and try."

Who are you?!

Qingjue curled the corners of his lips and finally said the words he had wanted to say for a long time but never had the chance to: "I am your father."

Mu Yuan and Yun Yuelin joined forces to tear his soul in two, and amidst the noisy screams, it was fixed back in place by the Soul-Locking Needles brought by Wen Tianyu.

“Patriarch Xie, times have changed,” Qingjue was the source of confidence for everyone present, but he did not easily get involved in this feud, only venting his frustrations from the sidelines: “If you confess honestly now, you might suffer less.”

"I'll smell you again. What detail made you realize that?"

Jieyou was in so much pain she could barely speak. Under the scorching heat of the flames, she slowly uttered, "...It's...that kid...that kid who looks like he's from the Jie family..."

“So that’s how it is. Looks like I need to be more careful next time I act. Besides cultivation, I also need to hide my spiritual veins,” Qingjue said after thinking for a moment. “But you really have no backbone. Do you know how much torture your subordinate Jie Nanfeng endured without revealing a single word? Tsk tsk.”

Jieyou: "...You...it's you...you took the Jie family."

“You guessed correctly, you are quite clever,” Qingjue said. “It is indeed I. Your entire Xie family will be wiped out, one by one, without exception.”

"I'll tell you this: your plan was ruined at that very moment, the moment I slaughtered your entire family. I'm not just going to kill, I'm going to kill to my heart's content. I'm going to drag the dead out and kill them all again. What can you do about it?"

Aju reminded him: "Master, the pronunciation is a bit evil. Although it feels good, we have to act it out. Young Master Yun and Sister Muyuan are still here."

"Ahem," Qingjue cleared his throat, "Sorry, I just felt compelled to say this."

Yun Yuelin sheathed her sword: "I think this is one of the few human things he's ever said."

Ah Ju was the one here who hated him the least, but he had been influenced by what he saw and heard and still developed some sense of justice. He didn't give this despicable person a kind look either.

Jieyou, on the other hand, was like a madman, muttering to herself: "Descendant of the Heavenly Eye, Ruan family spiritual root, hundred-year-old tree demon, reborn demon lord, young master of the Yun family... even the eighth generation mountain guardian, good... good... all of you people, in order to put me to death, actually disregard your identities and positions and are willing to cooperate!"

"Let me correct you. We just have a good relationship, it's not about any self-interest as you think. Also... what did you mean by 'generation guardian of the mountain'?"