Chapter 12: Silver Moon (Part 2) Imprison her in Tingfeng Cliff to reflect on her mistakes...
Song Qingtang opened his eyes, and what he saw was not the bottom of the pool, but a pool of blood.
Blood splattered on the snow, dotted like red plum blossoms.
When she saw the person lying on the ground, her pupils shrank slightly, and her eyes were full of disbelief.
At this moment, another of her put her hand on her shoulder. They looked similar, but her eyes were scarlet.
"Look, what have you done?" the inner demon mocked. "You killed your good junior sister, the traitor Yan Tianzong."
Song Qingtang turned a deaf ear to it. She just stared quietly at the corpse on the ground. It was indeed no different from Chi Wanyin, but she was talking to her junior sister not long ago.
It must be an illusion, Song Qingtang thought.
She summoned the passing water, the blood still wet on her sword, but she pointed directly at her inner demon, "Break through the illusion, or die."
The inner demon didn't resist, but raised his hands, "You want to kill me? Then you won't survive."
When she said this, she still had a joking attitude, as if she was sure that Song Qingtang would not dare to kill her.
The next moment, a sword blew past, and while she dodged, a strand of her hair was cut off. However, the inner demon continued to chuckle, "You really have a cruel heart. You killed your junior sister and now you want to kill me."
She deliberately mentioned Chi Wanyin in order to provoke Song Qingtang, but Song Qingtang did not behave as she expected.
She still carried the Sword of Passing Water and attacked the inner demon. Song Qingtang's swordsmanship was taught to her by Master Huaiyu himself, and it was extremely sharp. Moreover, she felt that her spiritual power in this illusion seemed endless, so she used all her spiritual power in her sword moves against the inner demon.
The inner demon changed its previous dodging behavior. The sword of the passing water pierced her heart. There was a trace of blood on her lips, but she continued to smile, looking like a madman, and the more she laughed, the more wanton she became. "You will kill everyone and fall into eternal regret."
Her vicious words were like a curse.
The next moment, Song Qingtang opened his eyes and saw Chi Wanyin standing beside him with a concerned look on her face. "Senior Sister, are you okay?"
Song Qingtang pulled the corner of his lips, "Junior sister."
It was indeed an illusion just now. Her junior sister was clearly standing in front of her so clearly.
"You stayed down there for too long. Even though you had the water-avoiding spell, I was still worried. When I dived down, I found that you were unconscious," Chi Wanyin explained.
Seeing that she didn't speak, Chi Wanyin asked with some doubt: "Senior Sister, what's wrong with you?"
Song Qingtang finally came back to his senses. "Nothing happened. It's just that there must be an illusion array at the bottom of this cold pond. I was not careful and fell into the illusion just now."
Chi Wanyin looked at her expression and knew that what happened in the illusion must be something she didn't want to face, but he didn't want to expose her scars, so he didn't mention it.
"Since there is an illusion array, it means that there is indeed some mystery at the bottom of this cold pond and they don't want people to get close to it." Chi Wanyin guessed.
"I'll go down and investigate again." The water-avoiding spell had long since failed to work. At this moment, there were drops of water hanging on Song Qingtang's eyelashes, and she looked fragile and beautiful.
"Let's go down together." Chi Wanyin was worried, "If anything happens, we can help each other."
"Okay." Song Qingtang rarely objected. In fact, she didn't want Chi Wanyin to go down, and she didn't want her to be in danger. After all, her junior sister was a few years younger than her.
So the two of them cast a water-avoiding spell and jumped into the depths of the cold pool together. The monks' physiques were stronger than ordinary people, but the deeper they went, the colder it became. The water-avoiding spell could only block the water but not the cold air. Frost covered their eyelashes, but this time they did not trigger the illusion array.
The bottom of the pool was pitch black. Chi Wanyin groped around and pressed a bulge as if there was some mechanism at work. The water in the cold pool quickly disappeared.
A heavy stone door appeared on the stone wall in mid-air.
There was a groove in the middle of the stone gate. Chi Wanyin always felt that the shape seemed familiar. After looking at it for a few more times, she took out the Ruomu fruit that Ye Tinghe gave her. She pressed the fruit on it, and it disappeared instantly. The stone gate slowly opened.
Behind the door was a medium-sized stone chamber. It looked normal, but in the middle was a jade coffin, glowing brightly in the dim environment.
Chi Wanyin and Song Qingtang both stepped into the stone chamber. With the eyesight of a cultivator, they could see clearly the person lying in the coffin. Her skin was pale and she was wearing witch clothes, just like the one they saw in the illusion. However, her face was calm at this moment, as if she was just sleeping.
However, the two knew that she must be dead. Because of the spiritual power contained in the witch clan, their bodies could remain intact after death, but it was impossible for them to be resurrected.
Chi Wanyin looked at the corpse, but saw that besides the witch, there was also something wrapped in a brocade scarf next to the coffin.
"What is that?" Chi Wanyin pointed to where the handkerchief was and asked with a puzzled tone.
Song Qingtang naturally noticed it as well, "I don't know either." Although she had looked through all the ancient books that recorded the witch clan, the descriptions in these ancient books were only fragments, partly because they were very old and partly because there seemed to be some taboos about this matter.
To be cautious, Chi Wanyin only used her spiritual power to open the brocade handkerchief. Under the handkerchief were two listless poisonous insects. Perhaps it was because the host had died and they could not find the parasite.
The moment she saw the two poisonous insects, a hint of surprise flashed in Chi Wanyin's eyes. The reason was simple: she had seen this kind of poisonous insect before, although only in picture albums.
After all, Xu Anzhi had lived in the Silver Moon Valley for many years, so she naturally had quite a bit of experience with poisonous insects. At that time, Chi Wanyin had seen her trying to find this kind of poisonous insect, and under the picture were written the three big words "Tongsheng Gu".
At that time, she was curious that such an unremarkable insect could be called Tongsheng Gu. However, Xu Anzhi told her that this kind of insect was extremely difficult to refine, and even if it was successfully refined, only one in ten would survive.
As the name suggests, the Tongsheng Gu means that the two people infected with it will live and die together. The son Gu will crave the closeness of the mother Gu. When the son Gu is weak, the mother Gu will provide spiritual energy, and vice versa.
Chi Wanyin never thought that she would see such a thing in this dark stone chamber.
Song Qingtang noticed that her expression was not right, and Chi Wanyin just forced a smile, "Senior Sister, this is Tongsheng Gu."
In the end, she put the two poisonous insects into the jade bottle in her storage bag. "This thing is a bit strange. I'd better take it back and show it to Elder Ye first."
Song Qingtang's gaze fell on his junior sister, and he seemed to want to say something but hesitated. In the end, he said nothing.
There was only this coffin in the stone chamber, and there was nothing unusual about the rest, so the two of them quickly left the stone chamber and restored the cold pond to its original state before heading upstream.
Although the reason for the Witch Clan's demise is still unknown, there is now a clue. They naturally cannot stay here for long. After jumping out of the cold pond, the two headed back towards the Silver Moon Valley.
When they returned, the moon was already at its highest point in the sky. They saw Ling Su riding on her poisonous insect mount at the valley entrance. Not only had Yin Yuying ordered her to track down the thieves who had sneaked in that night, but she was also responsible for finding Yin Xuechan. Naturally, she was so busy that she had no time to care about them who came from Yantian Sect.
Seeing that she had just returned and looked exhausted, Chi Wanyin secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but couldn't help but wonder what had happened that made her so anxious?
The two were at a high place at the entrance of the valley. In addition to Lingsu's poisonous insect mount, there was also an airtight carriage following behind. Monks generally would not ride in it unless the person was tied up.
Thinking of this, Chi Wanyin had an idea and said to Song Qingtang: "The person sitting in the carriage might be Yin Xuechan."
Since she escaped from the Immortal Alliance prison last time, she must have had the help of Xu Anzhi. However, although Song Qingtang seriously injured her in the illusion, he allowed her to escape again. Otherwise, the cultivators of Silver Moon Valley would not have brought her back so easily.
Song Qingtang was preoccupied with his own affairs and was not particularly concerned about Yin Xuechan. Besides, she couldn't beat him anyway.
"Let's go back, Senior Sister." Chi Wanyin went to hold her hand. Although her clothes were dried by magic after coming out of the cold pond, her hands were still cold, like a piece of cold jade.
"Okay." Song Qingtang opened her mouth. She comforted herself that she shouldn't force her junior sister to say something she didn't want to say. Maybe when the time comes, her junior sister will tell her naturally.
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Chi Wanyin's guess was correct. Yin Xuechan was indeed sitting in the carriage. She was tied up with the Immortal Binding Chain at the moment. No matter how talented she was, she was only at the Foundation Establishment stage, not to mention that she was injured. Ling Su was one level higher than her after all.
This journey eventually came to an end. When the carriage stopped, Ling Su entered and untied her. "Junior sister, Master is worried about you, so don't disobey Master again when you get in."
Yin Xuechan just sneered when she heard this. Seeing that she was so stubborn, Lingsu gave up trying to persuade her. She just untied the immortal chains for her and escorted her to the main hall.
The candle in the lamp was still burning quietly, shedding mottled tears.
Yin Yueying had been resting with her eyes closed. When the two came in, she opened her eyes and waved to Lingsu, "You go down first."
Thus, she and Yin Xuechan were the only ones left in the hall. The pressure from the Nascent Soul cultivator frightened her to the ground, unable to move. Yin Yueying's tone was extremely solemn, "Kneel down."
Yin Xuechan endured the pressure, gritting her teeth and refusing to kneel until she spat out a mouthful of blood. Yin Yueying had not expected her to be so stubborn, so she had to restrain her pressure. "You used to admire Xu Anzhi because she was your senior sister. Now she is the sinner who defected from Silver Moon Valley and seriously injured several elders."
She stood up from the jade throne and said, "The future burden of Silver Moon Valley will fall on you, yet you left the valley to look for the traitor Xu Anzhi, and even did many things to help her commit atrocities."
Yin Yueying had already closed her eyes, unwilling to see her daughter like this. "If you still don't admit your mistakes, then go to Tingfeng Cliff and reflect on your mistakes. You can come out again when you admit your mistakes."
Yin Xuechan remained silent. Seeing her like this, Yin Yueying felt even more agitated. "It seems I really have spoiled you too much in the past."
After saying this, she left without paying any attention to Yin Xuechan. Ling Suhou was outside the palace. When he saw her come out, he knew that Yin Xuechan must have upset her again. Before he could say anything to persuade her, he heard Yin Yueying say, "You don't have to plead for her. Lock her up in Tingfeng Cliff."
"Yes." Ling Su had no choice but to lower her head and nod.
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