The conspiracy of the Xie siblings
Mo Zuili did not mean to agree on behalf of others.
He stared coldly at the woman in black robes for a long while, then suddenly laughed.
“Answer my question. If you utter even the slightest lie, you won’t even have the chance to leave this dark alley, let alone see Chu Qing. You know what soul searching is, right? If you don’t tell me now, you can go find someone to search your soul right now.”
The hood of the woman in black robes had been lifted by Mo Zuili, and the mask on her face had also been removed by Mo Zuili.
The woman had a slender, fair face, but a hideous scar ran from her left forehead to her right cheek, and her left eye was slightly slanted up due to the scar.
Even though she was subdued by Mo Zuili and fell to the ground in a disheveled state, her neck remained taut and straight.
The woman bit her lip and repeated, "As long as the Pill Master can refine the antidote to save my sister, I will tell you anything you want to know."
Mo Zuili turned her head slightly; the fight here had already attracted the attention of others.
Someone is heading this way.
Not wanting to reveal his master's location, Mo Zuili steeled his heart and placed a silencing talisman on the woman's lips. He prepared to take her to the black market to have her soul searched.
Just as Mo Zuili grabbed the woman's collar, he felt a familiar spatial fluctuation beside him.
The woman in black robes noticed it too, and her eyes lit up instantly.
They saw Chu Qing step out of the space, and Qi Shuyan standing one step behind Chu Qing.
Mo Zuili's tense nerves relaxed slightly, and she called out, "Master!"
Chu Qing nodded, raised her hand and waved it lightly. A pale golden spiritual energy barrier instantly unfolded, isolating all the divine senses coming from the surrounding area.
Inside the barrier, Mo Zuili quickly recounted the whole story, concluding, "Master, my senior brothers and the others may be in danger now."
As soon as Mo Zuili finished speaking, the woman in black robes seemed to have become a different person. Her previous sharpness vanished, her knees slammed to the ground with a "thud," and tears instantly welled up in her eyes.
Seeing Chu Qing looking at the silencing talisman on the black-robed woman's lips with a puzzled expression, Mo Zuili hesitated for a moment before tearing off the talisman she had just applied.
As soon as the robe was torn off, the woman in black cried out, "Master Dan! Please save my sister!"
Chu Qing sensed the demonic energy emanating from the woman and said helplessly, "I do not save those who practice demonic arts."
The woman in black robes quickly said, "My sister is a disciple of a sect, she is not a demonic cultivator! She has never done anything immoral. My entry into the demonic path was my own fault, it has nothing to do with her. She had an accident while she was out training... As long as you are willing to refine medicine to save her, I will tell you anything you want to know, I will agree to anything."
Mo Zuili, who was listening from the side, grew impatient. Her brows furrowed, and she gripped the Phoenix Flame Spear tightly, saying, "Master, don't waste time with her! I'll take her to the Demon Realm to have a demonic cultivator search her soul, or use the demonic cultivator's methods to interrogate her. That should be enough to make her talk."
Upon hearing this, Chu Qing frowned slightly, somewhat disapproving.
As Chu Qing stepped in front of Mo Zuili, the moment her fingertips touched Mo Zuili's wrist, she sensed something was wrong.
Chu Qing: "What did you eat?"
Mo Zuili blinked and said softly, "I drank about half a bottle of Phoenix Perch Elixir."
Chu Qing looked bewildered, grabbed Mo Zuili's wrist and channeled spiritual energy into her to help regulate the disordered spiritual energy within Mo Zuili's body.
After regaining some composure, Chu Qing turned to the woman in black robes and said gently, "Get up first and tell me everything you know. If what you say is true, I will make medicine for your sister."
The woman in black robes abruptly stopped crying and said, "Ling Shuang thanks Dan Zun."
Under Chu Qing's soothing spiritual power, Mo Zuili's anxiety gradually subsided.
According to Ling Shuang, after the auction, along with the Phoenix Perch Liquid, she was given a note and a sentence.
In a joking manner, if anyone keeps asking about Dan Zun's location, you might as well tell them where Shen Ling is. After all, Shen Ling is Dan Zun's disciple, and Dan Zun came to the Demon Realm for him, so it's normal for them to be in the same place.
After memorizing the address on the note, Ling Shuang destroyed it.
Then they were caught up by Mo Zuili and another man, and the three of them fought each other.
Mo Zuili looked at Ling Shuang and suddenly said, "You drank most of a bottle of Phoenix Perch Elixir, and you didn't feel anything? During the fight just now, you even had a way to directly convert the Phoenix Perch Elixir into spiritual energy?"
Ling Shuang suppressed the urge to roll her eyes and said, "I didn't drink it at all, it was just a trick. Spiritual power is another method I use. I just poured out the Phoenix Perch Liquid, so that bottle of Phoenix Perch Liquid was a waste."
As she spoke, Ling Shuang explained to Chu Qing, "I took the Phoenix Perch Liquid to exchange for the antidote from the Pill Master. At the time, you all looked like you were trying to kill me and steal my treasure, so I was furious and naturally preferred to throw it away rather than let you have it. But I didn't expect that you would actually have spatial power and dare to snatch it and drink it directly."
Mo Zuili frowned upon hearing this. What did she mean by killing someone to steal treasure? She was furious.
It was clearly this person who used underhanded tactics first.
Just as Mo Zuili was about to ask further, she noticed that Chu Qing's gaze was fixed on her.
Mo Zuili instantly understood that look, and quickly shook her head, explaining in a very fast voice, "Master, she started it! During the auction, she used demonic energy to entangle the other bidders, forcing them to stop bidding, which is why I competed with her! I'm not short of those spirit stones, so there's no need for me to stop her from killing and robbing after the auction is over!"
"You're talking nonsense!" Ling Shuang suddenly looked up and retorted, "The Xie siblings are behind this auction house! This is common knowledge in the Demon Realm. They have more restrictions than the righteous sects. Let alone tampering with and controlling people, even secretly sending a message would be detected! How could I have that ability!"
Mo Zuili was stunned.
Yes, if Dianpai didn't have a strong backer, how could it have dared to operate in the Demon Realm for so long?
The old woman initially mentioned that the Xie siblings were behind it, but who was behind it...?
All the scattered clues were suddenly connected by a single thread at this moment.
Mo Zuili gripped the Phoenix Flame Spear tightly. Chu Qing and Jiang Kunyue had been in the Demon Realm for some time, but had not found any clues about the Xie siblings.
Some even speculated that the Xie siblings were too badly injured and had both gone into seclusion.
But the truth might be that the Xie siblings have been established in the Demon Realm for a long time, and we outsiders don't know anything about them, but the Xie siblings might know about our movements.
Just like the black market I passed through, although the Demon Realm is chaotic, if you really settle down here, you will find that the demons and demon cultivators are orderly in chaos, and there are even more powerful forces above them to suppress them.
The Xie siblings are practically the pinnacle of power in this pyramid.
During this time, the Xie siblings found out the location of their group, devised a strategy, and set up a trap.
His stepping into the auction house was either the result of the Xie siblings' deliberate guidance, or it was the opportunity that the Xie siblings had been waiting for.
Inside the auction house, in the core area of the Xie siblings' territory, they wanted the Phoenix Perch Elixir, so they deliberately released news about Chu Qing during the auction to attract the attention of those who came to Chu Qing to ask for the medicine.
Then, he used methods to control himself, making himself believe that another auctioneer had manipulated the auction to steal the treasure, thereby spreading the news of Shen Ling's whereabouts.
Now in the Demon Realm, the only ones who want to know Shen Ling's position are the Demon Lord contenders and Jiang Kunyue, who has come to punish evil and promote good.
Jiang Kunyue came to kill Shen Ling, and also to kill the Xie siblings.
Guide Jiang Kunyue to find Shen Ling, causing both sides to suffer heavy losses, and then let the Xie siblings step in to reap the benefits.
If they act quickly, it will be too late by the time Chu Qing reacts.
Mo Zuili gritted her teeth and said, "Both sides will suffer losses, and we can reap the benefits."
Chu Qing lowered her eyes and sighed, "Let's go. Kun Yue has old injuries. The longer she stays in the Demon Realm, the more serious her injuries will become, and her strength will also decline. The Xie siblings must have foreseen this; this is a trap specifically designed for her."
On the other side, in a troubled land.
Deep within the desolate realm, demonic energy was thick. Behind Jiang Kunyue, a pair of golden, shimmering phantom wings of a Kunpeng unfolded in mid-air, their terrifying pressure making it difficult for Shen Ling and Shen Qingxing to breathe.
With a sword in one hand and the Rebellious Blade in the other, Shen Ling, surrounded by demonic energy, barely managed to block Jiang Kunyue's attack.
Shen Qingxing gritted his teeth, his black outfit soaked with blood.
Seeing Jiang Kunyue's attack coming towards him, Shen Qingxing quickly dodged to the side, fighting and running with Shen Ling.
Seeing that Jiang Kunyue hadn't noticed Shen Zhi and only had eyes for him and Shen Ling, Shen Qingxing even breathed a sigh of relief.
But in the next instant, Shen Qingxing was knocked to the ground by Jiang Kunyue's domineering spiritual power.
As Jiang Kunyue closed in, Shen Qingxing thrust out his longsword with all his might, but it was deflected by the spiritual energy barrier that the opponent casually conjured, and the longsword clattered to the ground.
Shen Ling rushed forward to save the person, but was also knocked to the ground by Jiang Kunyue, who was unleashing her full power.
With a slight smile, Jiang Kunyue did not press closer but turned to gaze into the distance.
The next instant, a beam of light shot into the sky.
In just an instant, the bright pillar of light was entangled by demonic energy and turned pitch black.
At the instant Jiang Kunyue's location, the demonic energy stirred, pulling him towards the center of the pillar of light without warning.
They rushed towards Jiang Kunyue and tightly bound her in the dark pillar of light.
Shen Ling gripped the Rebellious Blade, her brows furrowed, and slowly rose to her feet using the strength of her longsword.
This wasn't something they orchestrated; rather, when they agreed to come to Chuanyu with Shen Qingxing, they never expected to be discovered by Jiang Kunyue.
After all, the three of them had kept a good distance from each other.
Halfway there, he was suddenly struck down by a powerful spiritual force.
If it weren't for our quick reactions, we would have died in that instant.
"Go!" Shen Ling suddenly grabbed Shen Qingxing's wrist and turned to run in the opposite direction.
Running to the place where the attack had started, Shen Qingxing pushed Shen Zhi's wooden wheelchair, urging his demonic energy to rush forward with Shen Ling, wanting to leave this place of trouble.
Before they had run a hundred steps, a loud "boom" rang out, and the dark pillar of light suddenly shattered.
The three's expressions changed drastically, and they quickened their pace. Shen Ling turned around while running and found that Jiang Kunyue hadn't even looked at them. With a flap of her golden wings, she turned her back to them and pounced straight away.
That's over there...
Shen Ling squinted, and her heart clenched when she saw it clearly.
What are Jie Shuangxing and Jie Yuli doing here?
But there was no time to think about that now. Shen Ling gritted her teeth and tried to run faster when Shen Zhi's roar suddenly exploded in her ears.
"careful!"
Before Shen Ling could react, Shen Zhi suddenly pounced down, crashing heavily into Shen Qingxing.
With a "whoosh," the sharp sword energy pierced through Shen Zhi's back, and golden spiritual energy brought out a string of scalding blood beads.
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