Chapter 35 You've Been Exposed

The scenery of the Wind Array Sect was beautiful. Yan Angao strolled casually to a secluded path. His fellow disciples had all returned to their rooms, and the sect's own disciples were also busy and nowhere to be seen.

Yan Angao casually plucked a leaf, held it to his nose to smell it, and suddenly chuckled:

"The smell of rust."

After he finished speaking, a mysterious magnetic field began to spread, disturbing people's consciousness, making beautiful scenery appear ugly, and making their inner emotions extreme.

The monster floated in mid-air, chuckling loudly. Just thinking about how Yan Angao would also go mad made the monster spin around triumphantly twice.

But as he laughed, he didn't see the scene he expected. Instead, there was a deathly silence, which made the monster's laughter weaken and a look of doubt appear on its face.

Just as he was about to increase his power, a terrifying pressure rapidly spread out from Yan Angao's center, covering the sky and the earth. The demon trembled in fright, and from this terrifying pressure, it immediately understood something. Its smug face instantly turned silent, and it stammered:

"Your...Your Excellency..."

Yan Angao, whose appearance was originally unremarkable, suddenly became strikingly beautiful when he turned around. His white disciple robe also had an eerie crimson tinge. He simply smiled.

"The martial arts manual I lost, you actually took it and practiced it."

This monster is actually one of the most insignificant ones on the twelfth floor, called a Chimo, Chimei, and Wangliang. From right to left, Chimo is the weakest in terms of strength.

In the cultivation world, there are sword cultivators, alchemists, and formation cultivators. Demons are also divided into different categories, except that demons are born to worship absolute power and do not favor unique cultivation methods.

Feng Mingye once witnessed a group of people wreaking havoc over a cultivation technique, devouring each other and destroying the sect of the person who possessed it. After the fighting ended, he easily killed the so-called victor and obtained the technique.

This technique is called "Hundred Yin Copy". It is an evil technique with immense power. As long as you get close to a person, it can continuously affect that person's mind, causing them to develop inner demons or go insane.

However, cultivation comes at a price: becoming like a ghost, drifting through this world, formless and shapeless, as if it never existed.

Upon seeing this, Feng Mingye threw the cultivation technique back at those who had worked in vain and died with their eyes wide open in disbelief, and then left.

He would never allow himself to become someone no one could see.

Unexpectedly, he encountered this cultivation technique here. Feng Mingye smiled confidently.

"So you've been the one causing all this trouble these past few days, haven't you?"

The demon was completely dumbfounded. He only wanted to drive a seemingly insignificant disciple insane, but why was this disciple actually the Lord?

The level suppression between demons is the strongest. Even though the demon's skills are unique, he is still no match for the strongest person in the demon realm. He is suppressed the most severely. Even the so-called number one person in the world cannot make him feel so suffocated.

Upon hearing this, he could only stammer, "I did it."

Strange, what does Your Excellency want to do? It can't be that you're betraying your faction, can it?

“Very good,” Feng Mingye’s smile deepened, and he beckoned to him:

"I have something to tell you. If you do it well, I will not pursue your crime of stealing the cultivation technique."

Even if it was a technique he didn't want to throw away, it wasn't something anyone could pick up and use.

The demon shuddered, its transparent features contorted in pain, deeply regretting its earlier folly in attacking Yan Angao.

He nodded vigorously: "Please give me your orders, Your Majesty."

"Go and influence Xiao Shuying's mind as deeply as possible. I want to see him and Su Yunyu draw their swords against each other."

Upon hearing this, the demon was overjoyed. This task was simple; he had already influenced Xiao Shuying once, so influencing her again would be a piece of cake. He immediately agreed.

"Your Majesty, rest assured, I will take care of it immediately and make sure it is done well."

Seeing Feng Mingye wave his hand to signal him to leave, the demon, who was used to being free and unrestrained, drifted away with his mind churning.

Just as they had drifted halfway away, Feng Mingye's soft voice sounded from behind:

"You've said what's on your mind."

"..."

The demon was so frightened that it went blank: "I deserve to die, I didn't mean it."

As it spoke, it drifted away quickly, and the faint smell of rust disappeared with it.

Feng Mingye then took another sniff of the leaves, a satisfied look on his face.

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Just as Su Yunyu breathed a sigh of relief after the great formation of the Wind Array Sect was finally reinforced, a disciple rushed over to ask Sect Leader Yuan Hongchou for instructions:

"Sect Leader, something terrible has happened!"

Yuan Hongchou scolded him:

"What's the matter that you're in such a panic? What kind of behavior is this!"

The disciple took a few breaths before speaking calmly:

"For some reason, Senior Brother Xiao, the Immortal Venerable's disciple, repeatedly tried to injure Senior Sister Yuan."

"What?!" Yuan Hongchou was greatly surprised. His first thought was to ask if Yuan Xiaorui was alright, but after glancing at Su Yunyu, he changed the subject:

"What's the current situation with the Immortal Venerable's disciple?"

The disciple hesitated for a moment, then said, "We locked him in the dungeon because we were afraid he would hurt someone again. But the sect leader and the immortal venerable one can rest assured that he has not been mistreated in the slightest."

Su Yunyu was already frozen in shock. What had he heard? Long Aotian had attacked and injured someone.

He was certain that Xiao Shuying wasn't acting from her heart, but what kind of thing was she that could even manage to trick the Chosen One of Heaven...?

Without hesitation, Su Yunyu said in a deep voice, "Take me there."

"yes."

Seeing that he couldn't discern his emotions, Yuan Hongchou comforted him:

"Immortal, rest assured, it must be that thing that caused this again."

The group rushed to the dungeon, where Xiao Shuying was huddled in a corner, her eyes dark and brooding.

The smell of rust is coming closer again.

What are they planning to do this time?

The smell of rust was faint, and hurried footsteps came from the corridor outside, accompanied by the faint words "Immortal Venerable" from the newcomer.

Xiao Shuying finally raised her gaze, which had been fixed for a long time, to look at the newcomer. At the same time, the inexplicably unsettling magnetic field around her intensified.

Countless negative emotions welled up inside me, amplified suddenly—restlessness, unease, and anger—mixing together to form an inescapable dark cloud.

Would Su Yunyu believe that he didn't do it?

Will he have to stay in the dungeon until the truth comes out?

Just as that feeling of impending doom surged again, the dungeon door opened, and the hem of a dress embroidered with golden lotus flowers came into view.

Xiao Shuying looked up and suddenly saw Su Yunyu standing against the light. His face was half in the light and half in the shadows, and his cold expression revealed no emotion.

"Master..."

Xiao Shuying instinctively cried out, and the next moment it felt as if a sharp object had slashed through her consciousness. Her mind trembled violently and became agitated, and she actually asked directly:

"Is Master here to laugh at his disciple?"

His eyes were dark and fixed on Su Yunyu.

Su Yunyu knew from his tone that Long Aotian was definitely possessed by a ghost.

However, after some investigation, it was found that apart from being emotionally agitated, there was nothing unusual about him.

Just as Su Yunyu was asking the system what kind of miraculous medicines or cheat codes it had, Xiao Shuying's eyes turned even more bloodshot because she didn't hear his response.

The next moment, he actually drew Mu Ling's sword and faced her directly:

"Master, if I told you that I've always been this kind of person, would you hate me?"

The demon, which was floating in mid-air and invisible to everyone, stopped laughing and scratched its head in confusion.

Strange, he doesn't seem to have affected anyone to the point of losing their mind.

But so what? In any case, it seems that half of the task assigned by Feng Mingye has been completed.

The demon's magnetic field could only affect one person, so Su Yunyu couldn't detect anything unusual. Seeing Xiao Shuying's reaction, she simply said calmly:

"No, you're not that kind of person."

Yuan Hongchou outside wanted to come in to help, but Su Yunyu stopped him.

Given Long Aotian's possessed state, if the debuff from the Child of Heaven takes effect, he could probably wipe out everyone if he goes berserk.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Shuying, holding Mu Ling's hand, paused involuntarily. His somewhat obsessive face stiffened almost imperceptibly for a moment before he shouted again:

"How much do you know about me to be so sure I'm not that kind of person?"

Actually, he wasn't possessed by a ghost; the demon's magnetic field couldn't affect him at all.

But he just wanted to take advantage of the situation and put on a show to see Su Yunyu's attitude.

If he shows even the slightest impatience because of this...

Thinking of this, Xiao Shuying tightened her grip on Mu Ling's hand.

Su Yunyu treated him with the same patience she would a naughty child:

"No, I believe you."

"..."

The demon on the side felt that he might have influenced the wrong person. In this situation, even if he really influenced Xiao Shuying to attack Su Yunyu, Su Yunyu would probably tame her with boundless love.

Unfortunately, the demon dared not approach Su Yunyu. If Su Yunyu were to discover his techniques, he would, if not certain, at least be doomed.

Xiao Shuying felt a sense of disbelief. He had been so "unreasonable," even drawing his sword, yet Su Yunyu had become even more patient with him.

"You..." he asked with some difficulty.

Why do you trust me so much?

“Because,” Su Yunyu hesitated for a moment, disregarding whether Xiao Shuying was truly possessed by a ghost, and teased her as usual:

"Because you are special to me."

Yuan Hongchou and his other disciples, who were waiting outside the dungeon, all had strange expressions upon hearing this. They couldn't help but admire him, realizing that the seemingly cold and aloof Immortal Venerable actually had such a loving side.

Those disciples, in particular, were incredibly envious. If it had been them shouting like that, they probably would have already been beaten several times by their master, regardless of whether they were sick or not...

Xiao Shuying's eyes gradually darkened, the blood-red hue slowly fading. Ignoring the strange feeling rising in his heart, he simply sheathed his sword and said with a hint of apology:

“Master, actually there is a demon floating around me all along, and it is he who is influencing me.”

The demon was almost shocked to hear this. It was strange that Xiao Shuying, a useless person who only had Qi Refining skills, knew that he was here.

Whatever the reason, the demon decided to make a quick escape, but before it could even float away, an extremely cold and malevolent pressure spread out.

It was an even more terrifying pressure than Feng Mingye's. The demon was suddenly unable to move. He struggled desperately, but found it was all in vain. He was so frightened that his soul almost left his body.

Strange, who is behind this oppressive aura, this powerful presence...?

Xiao Shuying lightly raised the tip of her sword, her gaze sweeping over the formless demon, a smile playing on her lips:

"Master, he's right here."

That mere demon dared to try and control him twice.

The same trick might catch someone off guard the first time, but the second time it's like walking right into a trap.

From the moment the smell of rust approached, and then after the inexplicable magnetic field spread, Xiao Shuying remained perfectly conscious.

He pretended to be possessed by a demon and made things difficult for Su Yunyu, partly to lower the demon's guard and partly to observe Su Yunyu's reaction.

Great, now both results are satisfactory.

When the demon saw the sword tip pointing at it and then looked into Xiao Shuying's cold and fierce eyes, it was immediately horrified to realize that this terrifying pressure actually came from this good-for-nothing who was only at the Qi Refining stage!

Damn it, who is he?!

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Author's Note: This is a bit of a slow burn, thanks for reading! [kiss][kiss]