Ah Li didn't follow suit. She slowly looked around at the other disciples of the Lingtian Sword Sect. None of them thought of helping Hua Rong. They even said from time to time, "I didn't realize that Junior Sister had become so powerful."

"However, wasn't that broken sword of hers just randomly chosen from the sword pool by the sect leader?"

"Yes, yes, even this broken sword can give birth to such a powerful sword spirit? I'll go to the sword pool later and see if other broken swords also have sword spirits."

Ah Li then looked at Hua Rong and Wen Zihan. Wen Zihan went all out to defeat Hua Rong, while Hua Rong fought and retreated, not using her full strength at all.

So, is there actually a hidden story behind all of this?

Ah Li sheathed the dense array of longswords behind her. From the guilty look on that person's face when they entered the mountain gate, to the familiar and gentle way everyone treated Wen Zihan on the arena, it didn't seem like an act.

Ahri also noticed several figures flying over at extremely high speed not far away.

Without even thinking, Hua Rong cried out, "Senior Brother, save me!"

"Sister Ahri!"

Wen Zihan noticed someone blocking her way, so she called out to Ali.

Just as Ah Li was about to go up and help, someone suddenly hugged her and said, "Don't go, that's their family matter, we won't get involved, be good."

Ah Li looked up at Wan Jiaoyang, and asked in confusion, "You haven't forgotten me?"

Wan Jiaoyang chuckled as he looked at Ah Li, "My life sword is Longyuan, and you are the sword spirit nurtured by Longyuan. Do you think I would forget you?"

"Sister Ahri?"

Wen Zihan called out again.

Ali quickly said to Wan Jiaoyang, "We'll talk about this later. Zihan called me, and I still need to go and take a look."

"No need, you see."

Wan Jiaoyang was still holding Ali, and he made Ali look towards Wen Zihan.

A middle-aged man appeared in front of Wen Zihan. He had a square face, thick eyebrows, and big eyes, and looked somewhat like Wen Zihan. The man said to Wen Zihan in a kind manner, "Girl, it's time to wake up."

The man raised his hand and touched Wen Zihan's forehead. Wen Zihan initially resisted, but eventually slowly closed her eyes. Her body swayed twice before she fell into the man's arms.

"Thank you all for your trouble. I'm taking my daughter back with me now."

Wen Zihan's father, Wenren Qu, glanced in the direction of Ali and Wan Jiaoyang before carrying Wen Zihan back home.

"Respectfully seeing off the sect leader."

Led by Hua Rong, the people present spoke respectfully.

Many people also stole glances at Wan Jiaoyang and Ah Li from time to time; their senior brother... had changed.

Wan Jiaoyang didn't care about what others thought. He said to Ali, "I'll take you back too, and explain the whole story to you properly."

In the blink of an eye, Wan Jiaoyang returned to his cave with Ah Li.

The cave was very clean, with only a stone platform inside.

Wan Jiaoyang also placed a restriction outside the cave, and the divine sword above his head floated down on its own and hid in a sword box.

Ah Li noticed these subtle movements and didn't dare to go near the stone platform. "You, what do you want to do?"

"Yes, I want to."

Wan Jiaoyang didn't care that Ah Li seemed to be refusing at the moment. He hugged her and lay down on the stone platform. He said, "Be good, I'll talk to you."

Ah Li was being held by Wan Jiaoyang. Seeing that he was still relatively calm, she said, "Then tell me about Wen Zihan."

"Okay, I'll tell you, slowly."

Thus, Ah Li learned from Wan Jiaoyang that Wen Zihan's father was the head of the Lingtian Sword Sect, and that the revenge she spoke of was actually her father's way of forcing her to cultivate. He had someone lure her into an illusion while she was on her training trip down the mountain.

In the illusion, everything is fake.

After Wen Zihan entered the illusion, she not only watched her father die, leaving behind a broken sword, but also experienced the cold indifference of her former fellow disciples, as well as ridicule, taunts, and attempts to kill her.

That illusion lasted for a long time. Wen Zihan, who was a simple and ignorant little girl, grew up in an instant and became a girl who only wanted revenge.

All of this was because Wenren Qu wanted Wen Zihan to work hard in her cultivation and become a powerful cultivator.

It's because Wen Zihan has always been resistant to cultivating immortality and practicing swordsmanship since she was a child, and she just takes things easy.

Wenren Qu thought to himself, "In storybooks, the male or female protagonists all have smooth sailing at the beginning, but before they become powerful, there is always a turning point. Either their whole family is killed by their enemies, or they are framed and harmed."

Then, either they join a certain sect to seek revenge, or they are framed and thrown off a cliff.

Of course, falling off a cliff doesn't necessarily mean death, and joining a certain sect doesn't guarantee a good master.

So, Wenren Qu caused this incident.

Ah Li suddenly realized why she heard Wen Zihan crying but didn't see anyone bullying her; it must be because Wen Zihan had just come out of the illusion.

"Then why did she see me?"

Just as Ali was about to ask more questions, Wan Jiaoyang hugged her, kissed her lips, and said, "I've said so much, I'm tired. Let me rest and have some water."

Where do you drink water from?

Ahri struggled to utter those words, and the man slowly moved his lips away, kissing her chin, then her shoulder, and then slowly moving downwards.

"you……"

Ahri felt as if ants were crawling all over her body, and she also felt itchy, but she couldn't scratch them, which was very annoying.

"Good boy, call me master."

"Owner."

...

After an unknown amount of time, Wan Jiaoyang's lips glistened with tears as he asked, "Is it okay now?"

"Um?"

Ah Li's mind was still reeling. She had barely let out a soft moan when her legs were hoisted onto someone's shoulders.

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