Chapter 125 Hating her and seeking revenge
"Junior sister! Junior sister, wait!"
It was Yan Li. He jogged over, smiled gently, and said, "Junior Sister, are you calling it a day?"
Bai Yuheng nodded and smiled, "Yes, I just got back. Is there anything I can help you with, Senior Brother?"
"Actually, it wasn't me. I met Uncle Pei at the foot of the mountain just now. When he saw that I had returned to the sect, he asked me to tell you that he had something to say to you at Qingluan Peak, but he still had to go to Chongguang Hall. You will have to wait."
Bai Yuheng nodded, thinking to herself that she and he were truly on the same wavelength. She thanked him and said, "Thank you, Senior Brother Yanli! I understand."
Yan Li smiled, her eyes crinkling, and said softly, "You're welcome."
Just as Bai Yuheng was about to leave, Yan Li suddenly said from behind, "Oh, by the way, Junior Sister, be careful when you go to Qingluan Peak. Ordinary disciples rarely go there. The forest is dense and thick, and there may be demonic beasts hiding there."
Bai Yuheng thanked him, "Alright, I understand, Senior Brother! Thank you for reminding me! If we really encounter a demon beast, it will definitely be the one that avoids me!"
Yan Li couldn't help but laugh when she heard this, her eyes crinkling with laughter. She nodded repeatedly and praised her sincerely, as if she were coaxing a child: "It must be because you're amazing, Junior Sister. I've heard about your deeds before, so I'm sure the little demon beast wouldn't dare to mess with you."
Bai Yuheng grinned.
After exchanging a few words, the two parted ways.
Bai Yuheng went to Qingluan Peak alone.
The summit of Qingluan Peak is a wide, flat area with few trees. Only one ancient, vigorous tree, which takes three or four people to encircle, stands there. It is surrounded by clouds and mist, but the view is expansive, offering a panoramic vista of all the surrounding mountains.
Bai Yuheng sat on a thick tree branch, leaning against the trunk, gazing into the distance, nervously wondering what Pei Yuan would say to her.
Will you forbid her from interfering in this matter?
Or should I remain adamant and throw a tantrum at her?
The thoughts raced through his mind, but none of them came to mind as him using the threat of breaking up to blackmail her.
She probably knew in her heart how important she was to Pei Yuanzhi, and even though he was terrified, he didn't dare to tell him about their breakup.
Bai Yuheng sighed, realizing that she seemed to have no way to deal with Pei Yuan either. She always felt a pang of reluctance to abandon him and die again, but if sacrificing one person could bring peace to the world, then why not? This was the mission of cultivators: to fulfill one's duty.
She was lost in thought, wondering why Pei Yuan hadn't arrived yet, when she heard a noise by the mountain path. A tall figure hidden in the clouds gradually appeared. Bai Yuheng jumped down from the tree branch and took a few steps forward.
Suddenly, she seemed to smell a strange fragrance, and her head spun as if the world was spinning. In the moment before she lost consciousness, Bai Yuheng saw clearly that the person who came was not Pei Yuan, whom she had been waiting for, but Yan Li, who had delivered the message to her.
"..."
Yan Li's usual gentle and warm expression vanished, her eyes becoming indifferent, her face as expressionless as a frozen clay sculpture.
"You shouldn't have come back."
He murmured to himself, then was blown away by the wind, and then picked her up and hid her in the bag.
Suddenly, there was no wind or sound at Qingluan Peak, and the clouds and mist vanished.
The first rays of sunlight broke through the sky.
"Hmm..."
Bai Yuheng rubbed her temples, and a crisp clattering sound rang out in the quiet environment. She looked at the iron chains that had been wrapped around her hands and feet. The chains were black and red. She struggled slightly, and they flashed red light, tightening the chains around her wrists even more.
Bai Yuheng recognized the object; it was made of the hardest black iron, and one could not break free without considerable skill.
She pushed aside the heavy iron chains pressing down on her and squinted as she surveyed her surroundings.
Inside a dark and damp grotto, there are tables, chairs, and tea sets.
Layers of black and red gauze curtains were arranged inside the cave. Bai Yuheng propped herself up and looked around the cave.
"woke up?"
Bai Yuheng looked over and saw Yan Li. She frowned and asked, "What do you want to do?"
Yan Li handed her the tea and smiled faintly: "Don't worry, I won't harm you. It's just that the host wants to invite you over to catch up."
"Master? To reminisce?" Bai Yuheng narrowed her eyes, her mind racing, and said with certainty, "You are that spy? Your master is Gu Pingzhi."
Yan Li simply smiled gently, holding up the teacup for her to take.
"..."
Bai Yuheng swirled the tea in her cup, raised an eyebrow, and said, "There shouldn't be any poison or sleeping potion left, right?"
Yan Li chuckled: "No, don't worry, drink it."
Bai Yuheng pursed her lips, simply holding the teacup in her hands, and Yan Li did not force her to drink.
Why are you helping Gu Pingzhi? What benefits has he given you?
Yan Li's smile faded, his lips tightened, and he looked at her without any emotion.
There's no reason why.
"..." Bai Yuheng was furious and scolded, "Do you know how many families you will ruin and how many people will be displaced by acting as an accomplice to evil?!"
Yan Li chuckled coldly: "What does that have to do with me?"
"..."
Bai Yuheng looked at him coldly, as if he were two different people. Her gentle facade had been torn away, and now standing before her was a cold, evil ghost in human skin. The evil ghost spoke: "What do I care whether they live or die? A few lives as fragile as ants, they are dead and that's it."
"Bang!"
The celadon lotus-patterned teacup was shattered into pieces, and tea spilled onto the hem of my clothes.
Yan Li lowered her eyes to look at the wet hem of her clothes, her hands on her knees clenched tightly, her knuckles cracking, and for a moment a fierce anger surged forth.
In the blink of an eye, the anger on the verge of eruption was pulled back, and a mocking smile appeared on his face: "Why do you care so much about those people? No matter how much you do for them, they won't care. They'll just think it's what you should do. Don't you think it's not worth it?"
"Emperor Hengluan, who was willing to sacrifice herself to seal away demons, could only resort to forbidden techniques in the face of incompetent allies, exchanging a century of peace for the price of annihilation. But look at how many people still remember her now? The people who were protected by her? Or her incompetent allies?"
He chuckled mockingly and said slowly, "Oh. There are still some. Look, the world is in chaos again, and they've remembered you."
"You longed for me to come back to life, you were willing to sacrifice yourself for hundreds of years of peace and tranquility... Didn't you feel even a trace of resentment? A hint of injustice?"
"..." Bai Yuheng looked at him quietly, gave him a mocking smile, and said coldly, "Do you still remember our sect's rules?"
"..."
Yan Li's face twisted for a moment. He remembered, of course he remembered. His father and mother were both supporters of that clan rule, and even regarded it as the golden rule.
"The first rule of the clan is, 'To establish a heart for Heaven and Earth, to establish a destiny for the people, to continue the lost learning of the past sages, and to usher in an era of peace for all generations.' Do you still remember it?"
Bai Yuheng coldly examined him: "You were orphaned at a young age. It was the Tianyan Sect that raised you, and it was also the people of the world who nurtured you. How could you be so cold-hearted and heartless as to say such ungrateful and wicked words! Yuan Guang truly trusted the wrong person!"
Unbeknownst to him, those words struck a chord deep within him. He abruptly stood up, his eyes widening as he stared intently at her, the mahogany stool creaking loudly as it rolled backward.
The fire in his palm was gathering, and he wanted nothing more than to tear the person in front of him, whose words were piercing to the bone, to shreds.
"Slap! Slap! Slap!"
"What a show! Brilliant! Brilliant!" A person emerged from behind layers of curtains, wearing a mask that covered almost his entire face. His heterochromatic eyes shone like jewels. He was now smiling as he looked at the two who were on the verge of fighting. "Fight? Why don't you fight? Want to go outside and have a fight? It's more spacious outside."
Bai Yuheng pursed her lips and turned her face away.
When Yan Li saw that the person had arrived, she flicked her sleeve, snorted coldly, turned around and left, ignoring even Gu Pingzhi.
Gu Pingzhi was used to it. He pulled over the round stool that had been pushed aside and sat down, only half a meter away from the stone bed where Bai Yuheng was sitting.
"haven't seen you for a long time."
"..."
Gu Pingzhi's face darkened, and he sneered, "What? You don't even have a reaction when you see me again?"
"..." Bai Yuheng lay down as the effects of the drug wore off.
"Did you think I was dead?" Gu Pingzhi's face twisted as he stared coldly at her, his gaze fixed on her every expression and reaction.
Bai Yuheng closed her eyes, silently rolled her eyes, and turned her back to him.
"..."
Gu Pingzhi gritted his teeth, turned her around, fixed her in a side-lying position facing him, and then pried open her eyelids. Only then did he speak to her with satisfaction.
"You're really disappointed. The fire that killed it was just a transformed Gu worm clone. I'm still alive and well!"
Unable to move, Bai Yuheng was forced to open her eyes and look at him: "..."
"You're really ruthless..." Gu Pingzhi said to himself, "When you quenched me like that, didn't you have even a moment's hesitation or regret?"
"You spoke so righteously just now, but what about me? Aren't I one of the people you're supposed to protect?"
"You hit me so hard." Gu Pingzhi gritted his teeth, his remaining rationality allowing him to suppress his anger, thus preventing her from experiencing the excruciating pain that cut to the bone!
"laugh."
Bai Yuheng scoffed. Seeing her reaction, Gu Pingzhi sneered and became even more excited. He stood up and took off all his clothes.
"Here, that's where you stabbed me." He pointed to a thumb-sized scar on his right chest. "That day, to fight me for the Fuyou Qin, you stabbed a dry tree branch into my chest!"
"..."
Bai Yuheng recalled the key phrase "Fuyao Qin" and remembered that it happened when they first met. At that time, all the sects and cultivators in the world went to Penglai Wonderland to search for treasures and train. Unexpectedly, the two of them both took a fancy to Fuyao Qin. Since it was a matter of whoever was stronger would get it, they fought. She used a tree branch that she picked up at random to defeat him and won the Fuyao Qin.
But their relationship was somewhat like a case of "becoming friends after a fight." Later, she became close to his fellow disciple, and they also became half-friends.
Bai Yuheng was speechless. She never expected that he would still remember this matter nearly a thousand years ago. He was truly vindictive and petty.
“Here,” he said bitterly, pointing to a scar the length of a little finger on his left shoulder, “is the scar from when you and those old bastards attacked me and stabbed me!”
Bai Yuheng glanced at the scar that, for some reason, still looked brand new after several hundred years, and coldly said, "That's retribution for annihilating your fellow disciples. You only have yourself to blame."
Gu Pingzhi looked down at her, then pointed to his back, showing her the mottled, reddish wounds where the skin had not yet healed. He said with boundless hatred, "These new and old wounds were all inflicted by you! A hundred years ago, you didn't hesitate to use all your spiritual power and your breakthrough-stage primordial spirit to ruin my plans, and even wanted to perish together with me. If I hadn't kept a backup plan, we would have long since turned into a speck of dust between heaven and earth!"
He paused, his gaze deep and unfathomable, as if he truly wished to perish together with her, turning into a speck of dust in this world.
Bai Yuheng's eyelids twitched, and she said coldly, "We are merely acting on behalf of Heaven. Shouldn't someone like you, who betrays his master, destroys his ancestors, and harms his fellow disciples, be brought to justice?"
Gu Pingzhi burst into laughter, tears welling up in his eyes.
“These wounds are all yours!” Gu Pingzhi pointed at her, “You carved them one by one!”
He suddenly leaned forward, grabbed her shoulders, his eyes bloodshot and filled with boundless hatred, and roared, "Speak!"
"How do you plan to make it up to me?!"
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