Song Xiwei was pondering whether Aoqian had told her these things on a whim or if he had other intentions.
Aoqian suddenly smiled and raised his hand to take the hairpin off his head.
"Young Master! What are you doing! Put the hairpin on properly!" Song Xiwei realized what was happening too late.
Aoqian didn't touch the hairpin the entire way, not even after he poisoned himself.
She thought he was afraid of being exposed, but she didn't expect that at this moment, Aoqian would move the hairpin.
Sure enough, as Ao Qian made his move, an emergency mobilization whistle rang out throughout the entire Dragon Bone branch altar.
Aoqian's whereabouts could no longer be concealed.
Compared to Song Xiwei's burning anxiety, Ao Qian acted as if nothing was wrong. He pointed enthusiastically at the disciples of the Dragon Bone Branch below who were constantly gathering, and said in a very irritating tone, "Song Xiwei, look, from here looking down, those people look like ants, so tiny!"
"Young Master! What else are you hiding from me! This Heavenly Cloud Ladder isn't as simple as it seems!!" Song Xiwei was always on guard against Ao Qian causing trouble.
Now that things have come to this, although she wasn't entirely sure what Aoqian was thinking, she had a rough idea.
It must be related to the Heavenly Cloud Ladder.
She stared at Aoqian, but Aoqian spoke slowly and deliberately: "The secret of the Heavenly Cloud Ladder begins with the woman my father loved most."
Having removed the hairpin, Aoqian had regained his original appearance. At this moment, Aoqian's eyes were like a clear mirror, seemingly innocent, yet hiding a profound meaning that was hard to fathom.
Those thin lips spoke the cruelest words in the calmest tone, yet he himself seemed detached and indifferent.
"The woman my father loved most was the sister of the Dragon Bone Branch Master. Later, she became pregnant and married my uncle. Do you want to know what happened to that child?"
Song Xi was secretly surprised; it turned out that Ze Lin's background was so dramatic.
“Zhelin and I are not cousins, but half-brothers. He was deeply loved by our father from a young age. I always thought that my father was strict with me and favored him because my uncle was in poor health, and that my father took extra care of him because of my uncle. It was only when Zelin seized the throne that I learned that my father regarded him as his closest son.”
At this point, Aoqian laughed again. His smile was like a knife wrapped in cotton, seemingly harmless, but it concealed a dagger and was extremely dangerous.
"The reason why the Dragon Bone Branch Clan ranks so high in Chidu is that, Song Xiwei, you're so smart, you must have guessed it by now."
The more Song Xiwei listened to Aoqian's words, the more she felt that he wouldn't be rambling on about so many useless things for no reason.
"Young Master, you've never trusted me, have you?" If he had trusted her, he wouldn't have made so many decisions on his own without consulting her time and time again.
Aoqian did not answer her, but his silence was also an answer.
Song Xi stared intently at Ao Qian, saying each word carefully, "From the moment you first said you regretted it and asked me to leave, to the moment you accepted the Soul Pearl and asked me to stay, to the moment you followed me to Dongfeng Ferry, to the moment you destroyed the barrier, forcing us to come to this Dragon Bone Branch Altar, to the moment you poisoned yourself, to the moment I cured you, and then to the moment you led me to this Heavenly Cloud Ladder, Ao Qian, you planned every step from the very beginning. Your purpose was never to make me follow you, but to make me enter this Heavenly Cloud Ladder smoothly for you, is that right?"
Aoqian turned his gaze away from her.
His beautiful fingers toyed with her hairpin, his gaze sweeping over the ever-growing number of Dragon Bone Branch disciples rushing towards the Heavenly Cloud Ladder. He curled his lips into a playful smile and said, "There's nothing more exciting than wiping them all out in one fell swoop. Unfortunately, a small Dragon Bone Branch is far from enough."
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