Chapter 674

Wen Xin took a sip of tea, her smile was gentle and harmless, but her words were direct and straightforward.

"Miss Lanyi should know why we're here, right?"

Lan Yi's face turned pale instantly, and her voice trembled as she said, "I...I know."

Immediately, she knelt down abruptly, saying, "It is all Lan Yi's fault. I will accept the punishment from Your Excellency and Madam. However, this matter has nothing to do with my master or the Temple of Fate. Please investigate thoroughly."

The God of Fate looked at his beloved disciple, feeling both heartache and reluctance, but he couldn't say anything. He could only anxiously wait for Qin Yue and Wen Xin's reaction.

Wen Xin scrutinized her with deep eyes, "Miss Lanyi is intelligent and kind-hearted. She was once the most capable and beloved disciple of the God of Fate. She has outstanding cultivation, is cautious and responsible, and has never made a mistake. I really wonder why you made such a serious mistake in my destiny?"

How big a mistake must it be to turn a person destined for both good fortune and prosperity into one who suffers a terrible death in every lifetime?

To put it simply, did Lan Yi somehow determine her fate with her feet?

Lan Yi's face was deathly pale. She moved her lips, but couldn't utter a word of explanation. She didn't even look up at Wen Xin from beginning to end.

Is it out of fear of guilt or is someone hiding something?

Wen Xin continued gently, "Miss Lanyi, it's not that I'm being aggressive, but if it were you, being abused, tortured, and betrayed for all eternity, your heart torn apart, living a life worse than death, being played with like a rag doll, wouldn't you resent it?"

Lan Yi's body trembled even more violently, but she remained silent.

Wen Xin sighed, "Your master trusts you completely, and is even willing to bear the wrath of the Nine Heavens Venerable for you, just to protect you. Are you willing to deceive him as well?"

Unable to bear it any longer, Lan Yi kowtowed to the ground, saying, "My master is innocent. It is all Lan Yi's fault. I would rather die ten thousand times than atone for my sins."

Wen Xin shook her head. "Killing you or punishing the Temple of Fate is nothing more than a matter of course to me now, but I don't want to harm the innocent. I just want the real answer."

"Miss Lanyi, what have I done to offend you? Why are you trying to harm me like this?"

Lan Yi shook her head while crying, repeatedly saying that it was her fault and her sin, refusing to tell the truth no matter what.

Qin Yue frowned, already impatient, and said coldly, "If you don't talk, I'll search your soul."

Upon hearing this, the Lord of Fate was so frightened that he could no longer sit still. "Your Majesty, please show mercy!"

Not to mention that Lan Yi has already lost her divine status and her divine power has dissipated, even if she didn't, she still couldn't withstand the soul search. If things went wrong, she would end up with her soul scattered.

Qin Yue said calmly, "Good advice is hard to persuade a damned ghost."

He had even less patience to watch Lan Yi cry.

bother!

Wen Xin: "..."

What a heartless man!

But what if she really likes it?

Wen Xin gently beckoned to Qin Yue's palm, telling him to calm down.

She always had a little more patience with women.

Furthermore, Lan Yi doesn't seem like a truly wicked person at all, so why would she go to such extremes and offend the Temple of Fate so badly?

He was not afraid, but she was always reluctant to ask him not to speak ill of the tyrant.

The God of Fate was also unwilling to believe that his beloved disciple would do something so harmful to himself and others.

"Lan Yi, tell your master, was it intentional or unintentional back then? What were your reasons?"

Lan Yi knelt on the ground, shaking her head and crying, refusing to speak.

Wen Xin's tone turned serious, "Miss Lan Yi, what exactly did I do wrong to make you hate me so much?"

"No!"

Lan Yi denied it painfully, saying, "Madam is highly cultivated, has unparalleled beauty, and is full of love. She is a truly benevolent deity."

"Then why did you hurt me?"

Wen Xin questioned.

Lan Yi slowly raised her head, her beautiful eyes, misty with rain, filled with bitterness. "Jealousy is like a venomous snake, gnawing at conscience and extinguishing it... I too once had many merits, yet I remained unknown, forever imprisoned in this world, bound by rules, devoid of emotion and love. Therefore, I envy your carefree and unrestrained life, Madam. Despite your infamy, you are showered with love and affection, vibrant and dazzling, something I can never attain."

Wen Xin was slightly taken aback, and pursed her red lips. "You're lying."

Lan Yi shook her head. "It's the truth."

Wen Xin pinched her brow. "Nobody? You actually say that a God of Fate, who holds a supreme position in the Nine Heavens and whom even the Ten Directions Gods must show respect to, is nobody?"

"You were born in the Temple of Fate, and you are born with your own path. Would you be jealous of me because you have no love?"

"Miss Lanyi, who are you protecting?"

"For that person, you betrayed the Temple of Fate, let down your master, and ruined years of cultivation. Was it worth it?"

Lan Yi's pupils contracted, and she stared blankly at Wen Xin. After a long while, she gave a bitter laugh in a hoarse voice: "What's the point of whether it's worth it or not?"

The Lord of Fate felt a chill run through him, his voice more stern than ever before, "Lan Yi, who is it? Tell your master, who plotted against you to harm the Madam?"

Lan Yi reiterated, "No one plotted against me; it was my own jealousy that caused the death of my wife."

"You bastard!"

The God of Fate was so angry that he fell backward, but looking at his thin and pitiful disciple, he couldn't bring himself to say anything harsh or punish him. He could only slump down in his chair.

"It's all my fault!"

“No,” Lan Yi looked at her aged and pained master, tears streaming down her face, “It is your unfilial disciple, it is your disciple who has failed you, I have let you down, I have failed your teachings, all the mistakes are Lan Yi’s fault.”

"Lan Yi deserves to be punished in the eighteenth level of hell, never to be reincarnated."

She was willing to endure the harshest punishment to protect the person behind the scenes.

The God of Fate wept bitterly, crying out, "Foolish child, foolish child!"

Wen Xin also fell silent.

Qin Yue watched coldly, like a hard ice sculpture, exuding a chilling aura, without the slightest emotion.

Suddenly, He raised His hand and crushed the spirit array in the entire valley, His divine sense sweeping over every inch of the place.

Clearly, this esteemed one was tired of Lan Yi's nagging.

If Wen Xin hadn't been so compassionate and kept giving Lan Yi chances, Qin Yue would have directly used soul-searching when Lan Yi initially refused to tell the truth.

But Qin Yue knew that if he performed a soul search on Lan Yi in front of his young wife, it would definitely leave a shadow on her.

That damned person doesn't deserve to cause Ah Xin any more heartache.

In fact, in this esteemed ruler's view, his young wife did not need to be so lenient with Lan Yi.

Even if she had a thousand and one reasons for her suffering, none of them could serve as an excuse for her to harm Ah Xin and escape punishment.

In Qin Yue's eyes, Lan Yi was already an unforgivable sinner, and no punishment was too much.

It's just that His Majesty doesn't want to be a tyrant in front of his concubine.

Of course, this doesn't mean He didn't have other ways to find out the truth.

Anything done will leave a trace.

For example, right now...