Chapter 49

After Yunniang finished speaking, the atmosphere became gloomy.

Shao Jishuang glanced sideways at Yunniang, and heard the resentment in her voice that she tried hard to suppress but still couldn't help but seep out, and began to think in her heart.

Luo Daoxuan was completely immersed in his own world just now, his mind and eyes were full of producing evidence and killing the bitch An Jinyun.

In addition, he was old after all, with poor eyesight and hearing, and was in a dimly lit room, making him a little insensitive to everything around him.

Now that he had come back to his senses and heard Yun Niang's words, he saw that the other immortals were also silent, as if they had agreed. Only then did he finally notice something was wrong and his expression changed slightly.

Yunniang stood aside, watching Luo Daoxuan's changing expression indifferently, her charming and affectionate eyes turned cold.

The atmosphere became increasingly depressing.

Duan Jingyan couldn't help but feel a headache.

After all, they came to see the so-called "evidence", and continuing to be deadlocked like this is not a solution.

She was just about to speak up to smooth things over when a gray-robed swordsman with a stern look walked in holding a small round ball.

The round little face was confused, and the cat looked cute and adorable as he lowered his baby voice to ask the reason.

In the gloomy and eerie house, a lively and chubby little cat stretched out its furry paws and meowed a few times, dispelling the heavy gloom in the hearts of several green-robed sword cultivators.

Even the coldness in Yunniang's eyes melted slightly.

Although the atmosphere inevitably became heavier again when Shao Jishuang explained the details to Jiang Mingyan and Suisui, because they had been interrupted once just now by the fluffy little fat cat, this time it was not as dull as before.

Duan Jingyan regrouped and decided to find out the truth about Yunniang and Luo Daohang. She then immediately reported the Luo family's use of the baby to perform evil magic to Yunzhan Guan Yanshi.

Zhongzhou is different from the other three continents. Zhongzhou has an established dynasty.

The Ji family of Shangdu City is the controller of the dynasty, and the other Zhongzhou families rule the world together with the Ji family.

In Central Continent, matters between ordinary people were mostly handled by imperial officials. Once a cultivator was involved, the matter would be handed over to the nearby cultivator families to investigate the cause and make a judgment.

Duan Jingyan and the others were from Jiuli Continent. Jiuli Continent was a land of numerous immortal sects, and with the dynasty gone, they were accustomed to the common people seeking help from the immortal sects.

Now that they discovered that the matter between Yun Niang and Luo Daohang was not as simple as it seemed on the surface, they realized how difficult it was.

Is it really as Luo Daoxuan said before, that the Luo family accidentally called back a trace of Luo Daohang's soul in recent days, discovered that Luo Daohang and Shi Yuxuan had died unjustly, and happened to meet them staying in the inn, so they went to them to seek justice?

...Or is it because they were born in Jiuli Continent but lacked experience in dealing with things and were easily fooled and deceived?

Duan Jingyan pondered and became alert.

Ultimately, they were too arrogant. They should have informed Yunzhan Guan Yan of this matter from the beginning.

Fortunately, it’s not too late to wake up.

Jiang Mingyan took in everyone's expressions with an indifferent look.

He felt a slight tickling sensation in his palm. He lowered his eyes to look at the little girl whose face was mostly covered by his palm, with only a little chubby chin showing. His coldness faded away, and a genuine and gentle smile appeared in his eyes.

"Are you tired Suisui?" he asked softly.

"Sui Sui can't see anything, so I'm a little curious." The little fat boy sighed in a baby voice, "Is it really scary?"

Jiang Mingyan knew that the little fat boy did not understand the bloody cruelty hidden behind the simple words "using babies as sacrifices".

He also didn't intend to let Sui Sui know.

Sui Sui is still too young. Perhaps in the future he will grow and transform slowly through stumbling and falling like Duan Jingyan and the others. But now, Jiang Mingyan can hold him in his arms and protect him from the wind and rain.

Jiang Mingyan even regretted agreeing to bring the little fat boy here to find out the truth.

"Yes, it's not nice over there, it's a bit scary." Jiang Mingyan said slowly: "Sui Sui, don't look at it, just listen to the sounds, okay?"

"Okay." The little fat boy knew how to be satisfied.

In the past, when my brother did something and didn’t want Sui Sui to know, he not only wouldn’t let her see it, but he would also cast a spell to block out even the sound.

Now that I have grown up, I can hear some sounds!

While Suisui was talking to his brother, Luo Daoxuan, at Duan Jingyan's urging, began to perform the so-called "secret technique" to summon a trace of Luo Daohang's soul and expose Yunniang's crimes.

A middle-aged man behind Luo Daoxuan walked to the altar and took out three incense sticks.

The incense was specially made, with the wooden handle at the bottom sharpened to a point. After lighting them, the middle-aged man thrust the three incense sticks into the bloody mass in the porcelain bowl. He then cut his fingertips and dripped a few drops of blood into the bowl.

After a moment, as the fragrant mist spread, a cold and chilly air spread silently, and a strange evil aura rose up.

Shao Jishuang frowned, and looked at the tablet and porcelain bowl on the altar with bloodshot eyes, looking thoughtful.

The three incense sticks emitting fragrant mist suddenly went out, and Luo Daoxuan excitedly tapped the ground with his cane: "Here they come!"

"My elder brother is back! An Jinyun, let's see how you can argue this time!" There was a hint of madness on his face.

Yunniang looked at the changes on the altar without even glancing at him.

The bloody ball in the porcelain bowl spontaneously combusted without fire, and the three incense sticks on it also turned into ashes.

The ashes that fell into the porcelain bowl surged and condensed, finally forming a simple human figure.

The figure moved, and a deep male voice rang out: "Yun Niang."

Yunniang looked at the porcelain bowl, and the charming smile on her lips completely disappeared.

She said coldly: "Luo Daohang."

"Brother, tell them quickly that Yuanyuan died of illness! I saw her burial with my own eyes. She was so thin that she was almost a bag of bones." Luo Daoxuan couldn't wait to speak: "You and your cousin were killed by An Jinyun, right? An Jinyun should pay for your lives! She should return the inn you left behind to our Luo family!"

"That inn was built by Yunniang and I together. Now that I'm gone, it naturally belongs to Yunniang." Luo Daohang spoke of Yunniang with a gentle and affectionate tone, "Besides, who told you I was dead?"

Luo Daoxuan was stunned.

Luo Daohang's words caused an uproar.

Suisui's watery black eyes flickered, and her round little body couldn't help but move forward.

Jiang Mingyan didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and called the little guy back: "Listen carefully, don't move."

He glanced at them lightly and found that except for Yunniang, the expressions of everyone else in the room changed.

Jiang Mingyan hid his thoughts from his eyes and concentrated on holding the naughty little fat kid.

Sui Sui puffed out her cheeks, but still leaned back obediently into her brother's solid chest, her little hands tugging at her brother's sleeves, and muttered softly, "Okay, okay, Sui Sui, be obedient."

"You died a long time ago. You have been dead for more than 20 years..." Luo Daoxuan couldn't believe it and staggered to the ground.

His son and daughter-in-law behind him were also shocked by the sudden news. They didn't care about him for a moment and let him collapse on the ground.

Luo Daohang paid no attention to his brother's condition. He simply focused on Yunniang, his voice soft and gentle, "Yunniang, it's been so many years, isn't it time for you to calm down? Shi Yuxuan and I are just siblings, and Yuanyuan died of an illness. She's my daughter after all. Even a tiger wouldn't eat its own cubs. How could I possibly lay a hand on Yuanyuan?"

Shao Jishuang's bloodshot eyes were cold, and it was unclear what he was thinking. Duan Jingyan and the others stood there in shock, at a loss as to what to do with this sudden change of circumstances.

Yunniang said nothing and looked at Luo Daohang coldly as he poured out his heart.

"You traveled all the way to Central Continent for me back then, even sacrificing your cultivation to give birth to Yuanyuan. Was all the love we've had for all these years fake?"

"I once swore a solemn oath in front of your master and elders. How could I possibly betray you?"

Luo Daoxuan finally suppressed his shock, stood up tremblingly, and helped Luo Daohang speak: "Sister-in-law, you and my eldest brother were in perfect harmony and had a deep love for each other back then. How did it come to this?"

Yunniang found this quite ironic and sneered, "How quick you are to change your tune now."

"You are speaking for your elder brother wholeheartedly, aren't you hoping that he will remember your kindness and allow you to live the good life you had when Luo Daohang was still around?"

"But if I'm not mistaken, calling back the soul is not something that can be done overnight. You have to make your son and daughter-in-law give birth to a bunch of children, and then find a way to make Luo Daohang's soul speak so that you can take the inn."

"When Luo Daohang first appeared, you were so happy you went crazy, right? But he was just using you. He never told you the truth that he was not dead. He just wanted you to lure me and the sword cultivators from Xuanjian Pavilion here."

Luo Daoxuan didn't care.

Did he really admire Luo Daohang? Then he wouldn't have waited until the family assets were exhausted before urging his son and daughter-in-law to have children and using secret techniques to call back Luo Daohang's soul.

He just wanted to live the good life like before.

Luo Daohang will take advantage of it, as long as he can get what he wants.

Yunniang laughed at Luo Daoxuan's stupidity.

Luo Daohang really achieved his goal. How could he still care about this and only remember his brother when he could no longer bear it?

She no longer paid attention to Luo Daoxuan, who couldn't see the situation clearly.

"Seeking help from the sword cultivators of Xuanjian Pavilion, was this also your advice to Luo Daoxuan?" Yunniang asked Luo Daohang: "If I don't remember our old friendship, they will be your backup."

Luo Daohang sighed: "Yun Niang, you understand me."

Yunniang sneered.

"I was trapped outside of Xihua Town by Yunniang." Luo Daohang knew Yunniang wouldn't relent and let him out. He looked at Shao Jishuang and the others on the other side and said, "That's a secret realm isolated from the outside world. Yunniang had a good idea. She wanted to trap me there to death, but this secret realm belongs to our Luo family after all, and I'm also a Jindan cultivator."

"I practiced evil magic, Yunniang, and you forced me to do it."

As he spoke, a foul, black, evil energy surged within the room, as if to prove the truth of Luo Daohang's words: "Just let me out, and I won't do anything. Otherwise, the evil energy will spread, and Xihua Town will be reduced to a purgatory."

As if in protest, an evil spirit fell on a middle-aged woman in the room.

The middle-aged woman let out painful, inhuman wails, her face turned pale, her limbs were festering, and she soon lost her mind, turning into an unconscious living dead, and threw herself stiffly towards her husband beside her.

The middle-aged man she targeted panicked and pulled another middle-aged man to block him: "Third brother, save me, save me——"

"Luo Jingyi, you bastard—"

There was a lot of cursing. After Duan Jingyan subdued the zombies and rescued the middle-aged man who was dragged over, he started fighting with Luo Jingyi.

In the midst of the chaos, Luo Daoxuan's face turned pale and he muttered, "What a sin, what a sin!"

Luo Daohang laughed heartily at the chaos before him. "I'll give you one hour to find me in the secret realm. Otherwise, I'll bury the entire Xihua Town with me!"

Ashes flew everywhere, and evil energy swept out, roaring away.

Duan Jingyan examined the middle-aged woman who had transformed into the living dead and confirmed that she was beyond saving. She sent a sword message to the Yan family of Yunzhanguan for help while looking at Yunniang. "What exactly is going on between you and Luo Daohang? This is an urgent situation. I hope you can explain it clearly and take us to the secret realm."

Yunniang looked at the tablet on the altar, sighed, and said, "I didn't expect it to turn out like this. Let's go outside and talk."

In the Luo family courtyard, Yunniang recounted the past events one by one.

Yunniang's real name is An Jinyun. She was originally an abandoned baby and was picked up by a cultivator from Piaomiao Palace. After discovering that she possessed spiritual roots, he accepted her into the Piaomiao Palace.

There are mostly women in Piaomiao Palace, and the disciples are harmonious and close to each other. In addition, Yunniang has excellent talents, so she can be said to have grown up carefree.

Her cultivation had just entered the Golden Core Stage. When she went down the mountain to train with her fellow apprentice sisters for the first time, she rescued a wandering cultivator from the mouth of a monster.

That wandering cultivator was Luo Daohang. Although he was only at the Foundation Establishment stage, he was handsome and had a gentle and refined demeanor.

He claimed that he fell in love with Yunniang at first sight, and did not leave after his injury healed, but continued to follow Yunniang.

This one lasted for ten years.

When Yunniang returned to the sect, he waited for her day and night at the foot of the mountain; when Yunniang was gaining experience, he protected her; when Yunniang was injured, he ran around and worked hard, bringing back elixirs covered with scars.

Luo Daohang's unwavering determination touched Yunniang.

Piaomiao Palace raised Yunniang and led her on the path of Taoism. Yunniang was grateful and was willing to die for Piaomiao Palace. She never felt that Piaomiao Palace had treated her unfairly.

However, what Luo Daohang gave Yun Niang was different.

Yunniang, who had been surrounded by many fellow apprentices and sisters since childhood, had never experienced such love and favoritism.

Yunniang bid farewell to her teacher and followed Luo Daohang back to Xihua Town, looking forward to a loving life with her husband.

Luo Daohang did not disappoint Yun Niang's expectations.

They built an inn in Xihua Town, and married her in a formal ceremony with three letters and six ceremonies.

The phoenix coronet and bridal bridal gown that year were so bright that they dyed Yunniang's eyes red.

She is willing to stay with Luo Daohang for the rest of her life.

Even when Luo Daohang's cousin Shi Yuxuan came to seek refuge with him, Luo Daohang did not disappoint Yunniang. He was extremely tactful and never met with Shi Yuxuan alone, leaving everything to Yunniang.

Two years later, Yunniang lost her cultivation and gave birth to a daughter, Luo Anyuan.

My daughter is young and cute, and my husband is gentle and considerate.

Whenever Yunniang thought of it, she couldn't help but frown.

However, Yunniang never thought that she had just returned to her master's sect, and her world would be turned upside down after she came back.

Her daughter died of illness and she didn't even get to see her daughter for the last time.

Yunniang opened the coffin herself despite everyone's dissuasion.

The daughter's face was pale, and because of the coffin, her body had not decayed. It seemed that in the next moment, she would call out "Mother" and tell Yunniang with a smile that this was all just a joke.

Luo Anyuan had indeed died of illness. No matter how much Yunniang investigated, she could only come to this conclusion.

But how is this possible?

Luo Anyuan was born prematurely and was weak. Yunniang nurtured her with various spiritual plants and objects, and although she wasn't immune to all illnesses, it was unlikely that she would become a limp, frail woman in just half a month and die.

Luo Daohang still underestimated Yun Niang.

Yunniang loves him and is willing to trust him, but this does not mean that Yunniang is really stupid.

After all, Yunniang is a disciple of Piaomiao Palace and always has her own methods.

When everything became clear, Yunniang almost laughed out loud.

Laugh at myself for being slow, laugh at myself for being easily fooled, laugh at myself for entering the game but still being complacent.

The so-called love between husband and wife and the formal marriage were all just Luo Daohang's disguise.

Luo Daohang's ancestors found a secret realm, but that secret realm was quite evil and required the sacrifice of the flesh and blood of a loved one to open it.

For many years, the children of the Luo family were mortals without spiritual roots, so naturally they had no use for this secret realm.

However, in this generation, Luo Daohang emerged. Not only did he possess spiritual roots, but he also embarked on the path of Taoism under the guidance of a passing cultivator.

Father Luo hesitated for a long time, but still told Luo Daohang the existence of the secret realm.

At that time, Luo Daohang still had some family affection in his heart and could not bear to hurt his family, so he went out to travel.

However, it is extremely difficult for a casual cultivator to practice, and Luo Daohang met a woman named Shi Yuxuan.

After Shi Yuxuan accidentally learned about the secret realm from him, she kept encouraging Luo Daohang to take action.

After years of experience, Luo Daohang, who knew how difficult it was to be a solo cultivator, hesitated.

It was at that moment that Yunniang bumped into the door.

Luo Daohang looked at the women who had saved him, their sleeves fluttering. They came from a sect, and at such a young age, they had already reached a realm that he dared not even dream of.

A vicious idea came to Luo Daohang's mind.

How can biological children not be considered blood relatives?

Luo Daohang spent ten years planning and trapped Yunniang for her entire life.

A year after the marriage, Shi Yuxuan appeared in public openly under the name of her cousin.

With so many distant cousins, and my parents having passed away, leaving me with only an inexperienced younger brother at home, who could argue?

Luo Daohang waited for a long time and finally his daughter was born. He waited for a long time again before Yunniang went on a long journey.

Shi Yuxuan poisoned Luo Anyuan to death with a rare and deadly poison.

Those who died from this poison would only appear to have died from illness. Aside from experienced medical practitioners, it would be difficult for ordinary people to detect any abnormality.

"By then, Luo Daohang had already reached the Golden Core stage, and Shi Yuxuan was only one step away from it. As for me, the cultivation lost when I gave birth to Yuanyuan hadn't yet recovered, so I was no match for them." Yun Niang smiled bitterly, "But I didn't want to let them go. Didn't they want the secret realm? I granted them their wish. I followed them and watched them use Yuanyuan's bones and blood to open the secret realm."

"I followed them quietly, sacrificing my own path, and using a secret spell to trap them in a corner of the secret realm." Her eyes were filled with hatred: "I want them to have no peace, to burn in the flames of karma, and to regret every day!"

"I didn't kill them. They turned against me. In order to beg me to let him go, Luo Daohang tortured Shi Yuxuan to death with his own hands." Yun Niang laughed sarcastically: "I didn't leave Xihua Town. I wanted to see Luo Daohang suffer with my own eyes."

"Unfortunately, he still caused trouble and implicated you." Yun Niang said apologetically.

After leaving the room, Jiang Mingyan put down his hands that were covering the little fat boy's black eyes.

He listened quietly to Yunniang's story with a serious expression.

"Brother?" Sui Sui looked up with a confused expression.

Brother, why are you always staring at Sui Sui?

Jiang Mingyan gently pinched the round bun on the little fat boy's round head.

Yunniang's past gave Jiang Mingyan a sense of crisis.

He has to take good care of his family Suisui.

Although he has always shown unconditional preference to his family.

However, even so, Jiang Mingyan was still full of worries.

There are always too many conspiracies and tricks from people outside.

Sui Sui is so innocent and cute, what should I do if I get deceived by them?