Chapter 53 Resurrection

Tianmen Sect, Lotus Sect.

Su Ying'er cried her heart out to the unconscious Qingyu Zhenren, "How could this happen? What happened? How could Master be so badly injured?"

Neither Lu Ziting nor Mo Hannian spoke.

They still feel a sense of unreality about everything that happened in the misty camphor forest.

A dream world that is incredibly similar to reality.

A demon with a close relationship with Ye Li.

Ye Li's tragic end, perishing together with the demon...

They can't tell what's real and what's fake.

If Ye Li is colluding with evil spirits, why did she save them?

If Ye Li didn't, then did she really die on the day of the apprenticeship ceremony?

Lu Ziting hesitated and asked, "Could that illusion be real?"

"impossible!"

Mo Hannian vehemently denied it, "That demon called her so affectionately, they must have known each other for a long time, how could they possibly torture and kill her! Just like Ying'er said, she must have had an affair with the demon many years ago!"

Yes! That must be it!

That evil spirit kept calling her Li'er, and she almost killed her third senior brother. She was in cahoots with him!

So she deserved it when he stabbed her!

What broken bones, what removed inner core—it's all fake! It's all an illusion!

Lu Ziting sensed something was amiss and frowned, saying, "If Ye Lizhen is really in cahoots with that demon, then why did she help us leave in the end? Third Brother said she was being controlled. Could it be that she did all those things without knowing it?"

Unaware...

Mo Hannian's tightly held shell cracked open, and Ye Li's menacing figure with a sword in hand appeared before his eyes.

If she wasn't staying there voluntarily, but was trapped...

If they had gone to find her sooner, things wouldn't have turned out this way.

She won't die either.

On the other side, Su Ying'er, who had overheard their conversation, suppressed her shock and said tremblingly, "Fifth Senior Brother, you didn't actually see the masked man I mentioned, did you?"

Lu Ziting nodded. "Yes."

They have met the Lord!

Su Ying'er was extremely flustered, but she forced herself to remain calm and asked, "Then how did you get back?"

"Ye Li... bought us some time."

After listening to Lu Ziting's story, Su Ying'er wiped away her tears with a handkerchief. "Senior Sister must have suddenly realized her mistake at the last moment. She knew that she would have no face to face her fellow disciples if she returned to Tianmen Sect, so she chose to perish together with the demon."

In a soft, nasal voice trembling with tears, she said, "Senior sister, how could you be so foolish? If you had known this would happen, why did you do it in the first place!"

Su Ying'er's words brought Mo Hannian a new perspective. He slowly raised his head and asked hesitantly, "You mean to say that Ye Li will help us in the end because she regrets it?"

Su Ying'er nodded with tears in her eyes, "Yes, after all, Senior Sister and you grew up together since childhood, she certainly wouldn't just stand by and watch her companions kill you."

Lu Ziting pondered.

If that's the case, then everything seems to make sense.

Ye Li associated with that evil spirit, but in the end, she was harmed by it and chose to perish together with it.

He died a worthy death.

Mo Hannian thought so too. He calmed down and said, "You're right. Her fate is karma, and it has nothing to do with anyone else."

Su Ying'er wiped away her tears, her slender fingers resting on Mo Hannian's shoulder, and said softly, "Yes, Fifth Senior Brother, and you all said it was an illusion. An illusion is definitely fake, meant to wear down your minds. Don't torture yourself anymore, it's all in the past."

She pulled Mo Hannian up with one hand and Lu Ziting up with the other, saying, "Senior Sister is dead. From now on, only we will be left in the Lotus Sect. Ying'er will cherish you all."

The girl's gentle and sweet voice pulled Lu Ziting and Mo Hannian out of their confusion.

Yes, Ye Li is dead.

They should cherish their junior sister, this girl who is devoted to them.

-

The news of Master Qingyu's serious injury shocked all the disciples, both inside and outside the sect.

Even in the Tianmen Sect, the number one sect for cultivating immortality, Qingyu Zhenren's cultivation level is among the best.

What kind of person could have injured him so badly!

"Alas, I heard that the one who injured Master Qingyu was none other than Ye Li, the rebellious disciple he expelled from the sect."

"What! Isn't this tantamount to betraying one's master and ancestors, an act of utter rebellion!"

"Hmph, what's so bad about betraying her master and ancestors? She even colluded with the remnants of the Wuqi Clan in the Mist Camphor Forest and went astray. Those missing disciples were all killed by her!"

"Yes, the First Elder and Senior Brother Wen brought back a lot of corpses these past two days, it was a truly horrific sight."

"Well, I heard there's still one survivor."

"Alive? Who is it?"

"It seems to be a disciple with mixed spiritual roots, named Jiang Li."

-

While Ye Li was unconscious, there was a constant noise in her ears.

She tried to open her eyes several times, but her eyelids felt like they were weighed down by something, and she couldn't open them no matter what she did.

Until someone pushed her hard, "Hey! Wake up! You've been asleep for days! The elders said you're fine, why are you still pretending to be dead! Are you trying to slack off because you don't want to work!"

Ye Li slowly opened her eyes, and what she saw was a woman wearing the robes of an outer disciple of the Tianmen Sect, who was scolding her with a cold glare.

Seeing that she was awake, the woman chuckled, "See? I told you she was faking it!"

Ye Li ignored it, looked around and saw that there were six beds in the room, with no extra furnishings.

Is this the outer disciples' courtyard?

No, that's not right. The rooms for outer disciples wouldn't be this simple. This should be the residence for registered disciples.

Wasn't she in the camphor forest? How did she end up here?

Ye Li was lost in thought.

The woman was enraged that Jiang Li dared to ignore her. "Jiang Li! You're such a useless piece of trash who can't even summon Qi, how dare you disregard me! You..."

"What did you call me?"

Jiang Mengyao was stunned for a few seconds by that unhurried tone of voice. She felt that this good-for-nothing seemed different in some way.

Unlike before, he was no longer timid and he stood up straight with a cold look in his eyes.

But no matter how different he is, he's still a good-for-nothing!

Jiang Mengyao, a Qi Refining stage cultivator, pointed at her nose and said, "What! Jiang Li, you went to the Misty Camphor Forest and you've forgotten your own name!"

Ye Li belatedly realized that this body was not hers.

Inside the cave, she used the Soul Offering Spell, which was interrupted, but she was still consumed by the backlash.

Before her soul was scattered, she seemed to have entered some kind of place.

It seems she entered the corpse of this nominal disciple named Jiang Li, becoming the only "living witness".

But isn't it only those at the Nascent Soul stage who can be resurrected through possession?

Sure enough, when Ye Li checked the spiritual veins, she discovered that she had broken through to the Nascent Soul stage.

It was when she used the Soul Offering Spell.

At that time, she no longer cared about the Lotus Sect; she only wanted to slay demons and eliminate evil.

And that's how I made the breakthrough, all by accident.

Ye Li, who had been meticulous for most of her life, sighed again, "Soul cultivation breakthroughs are really easy."

"Jiang Li! Are you deaf? I'll teach you a lesson!"

Jiang Mengyao raised her hand and slapped Jiang Li hard. She used her spiritual power to smash Jiang Li's fox-like face, which was just like her concubine's.

Her wrist tightened, and she met a pair of cold eyes. "How are you going to teach me a lesson?"

Jiang Mengyao was stunned, not only because of the aura emanating from "Jiang Li", but also because she, a useless Qi Refining stage cultivator, was able to neutralize her spiritual power.

How is this possible...?

Just as she was about to question Jiang Li about what kind of evil magic she had used, a disciple rushed in.

"Senior Brother Wen Yao is here!"