Chapter 2
Yue Qiran looked at the bowl of soup gravely and said in a cold voice, "The public trial hasn't taken place yet. Everything is still uncertain."
"Big Sister, you're wrong." She smiled very proudly, "Second Brother said so himself, and it's settled. This was carefully prepared by Second Brother, I hope you enjoy it."
Yue Qiran's eyes gradually turned red as she said word by word, "Impossible, absolutely impossible! You ask him to come see me!"
"What's impossible?" Lian Qingzhou tilted his head, looking innocent and clueless, but his words were heartbreaking. "Big Sister, when I saved the Demon Lord's eldest disciple, how many people in the sect died? Logically, I should have been expelled from the sect, but what happened in the end?"
Yue Qiran vaguely felt her throat was a little dry. She had wanted to expel her from the sect that time, but her master came out to speak for her and accused her of being too harsh. Her three fellow disciples also... In the end, she only punished her with thirty lashes and put her in solitary confinement.
Suddenly, Lian Qingzhou took a step forward and pressed the wound on her body, and she woke up from the pain.
"Senior Sister, I've finally returned the thirty lashes I received back then! But you're in a much worse situation than me. Back then, I had brothers and sisters pleading for me and applying medicine, but what about you? You have nothing. Yue Qiran, you've truly failed in life."
She suddenly smiled and said, "Senior Sister, how about I show you something else?"
She took out a piece of pure white silk and said with a smile, "Senior Sister, this is silk woven from ten thousand year old fairy silkworms. It's very rare. Do you know where it came from?"
Yue Qiran looked at him expressionlessly and did not respond.
"This is what Second Senior Brother exchanged with Qiwuju for the Thousand Ink Brush."
She suddenly raised her head and looked at Lian Qingzhou's face.
The Thousand Ink Brush came from her fight with a thousand-year-old snow beast. During that fight, she contracted a cold that has yet to fully recover. Her reason for seeking the brush was simple—Xu Qianjia loved calligraphy and painting, and she wanted to give him a surprise on his foundation-building day.
"Oh, yes, there's this. This was given to me by my third senior brother. He said I liked jade, so he smashed his Yuanshan Qin and gave me the jade from it."
Yuanshan Qin... In order to find this qin, she served tea and water to Shaohua Jushi for a whole month, and also became Shaohua Jushi's medicine man, living a life worse than death. Until now, the poison still attacks on the 15th of every month.
"Look at my memory. I almost forgot. Senior Sister, look at this flower. It's so beautiful. This is what Fourth Senior Sister gave me in exchange for her sword."
She found Xiao Si's sword from the Sword Sect. At that time, Xiao Si offended the Sword Sect in a fit of impulse. In order to get forgiveness, she knelt in the snow for three days before the Sword Sect relented.
Lian Qingzhou laughed even more happily: "Big Sister, the treasure you risked your reputation and your life to find for them is nothing more than a small toy to make me smile."
Yue Qiran resisted the urge to vomit blood and said, "I was truly blind. I actually raised three ungrateful bastards."
"What are you saying, Senior Sister? Senior Brothers are very good, but they just don't treat you well. Even if you rescued them from the snow and the dead, even if you fed them, even if you gave them everything, in their eyes, your life is still not as important as my smile. Yue Qiran, tell me, were you born to be a slave? Otherwise, why would they treat you like this?"
As she spoke, the mockery in her voice could no longer be suppressed, rushing straight into Yue Qiran's ears: "Not only them, but also the people in the Punishment Hall. You brought up the Punishment Hall single-handedly, and they are the most loyal. But look, have they ever come to see you? Have they ever said a word in your favor? Even when your life is at stake, they still play it safe. Yue Qiran, Yue Qiran, you are such a failure. The brothers and sisters you raised treat you like a slave, and your most loyal subordinates choose to play it safe without caring about your life. You have been a joke for the past two hundred years."
Yue Qiran couldn't control herself in the end and said through gritted teeth, "Aren't you afraid that Master will investigate this matter after he comes out of seclusion?!"
Lian Qingzhou was stunned. The next second, she burst into laughter, as if she had heard a joke. The excitement on her face could no longer be suppressed. It turned out that her real weakness was her master.
She became uneasy. Could it be that her master also... No, it was impossible. She was raised by her master.
Lian Qingzhou lowered his voice and said, "Big Sister, do you want to know the truth? If you do, drink this bowl of soup."
Yue Qiran looked at her with forced composure, but her heart was so confused that she couldn't say anything.
With a "rustle", the chains on her body were untied and a bowl of soup was placed in front of her.
She seemed to stare at the bowl of soup for a long time, but it also seemed like not long at all. Finally, the soup went into her mouth.
"Big Sister, do you know what's in this bowl of soup?"
Yue Qiran looked up at her and murmured three words: "Wu Yan Hua."
The flower of nonsense is specifically used to cure people who talk nonsense. Anyone who eats it will be speechless forever.
Lian Qingzhou looked at her in surprise, not understanding how she could drink it, but this matter was not important. Thinking of what she was going to say soon, her breathing became rapid.
"Big Sister, do you know who placed this delusion flower?"
Yue Qiran didn't say anything. In fact, she couldn't speak now.
"Master told Second Brother to release you because he was worried that you would say something you shouldn't during tomorrow's punishment and implicate me, even if you knew nothing."
Yue Qiran didn't react. Lian Qingzhou frowned in dissatisfaction and continued, "Three days ago, I encountered an alien and rescued him without knowing it. However, a nosy disciple discovered it and spread the news. Fortunately, the news only mentioned that it was done by a direct disciple. Therefore, you were pushed out by Master."
Yes, without the master speaking, they could not directly convict the person. She should have thought of it earlier.
Master...
She remembered a conversation from long ago.
Under the setting sun, a man laughed and placed a five-year-old girl on his shoulders, saying, "I found you at the foot of the mountain. So your surname will be Yue. Since it's July now, you'll be called Qi, Yue Qi."
The little girl pulled his hair in protest: "No, Yue Qi is not nice!"
"Then... Yue Qiran! How is it?"
The girl nodded contentedly: "Okay."
"Xiao Qiran, from now on, we, master and disciple, will depend on each other. If the master eats a bite, you will have a sip of soup to drink!"
Yue Qiran's throat became more and more itchy. She couldn't help coughing and a lot of blood came out.
As she touched the blood, a hoarse and terrifying sound came from her throat, as if she was laughing but not crying, but tears of blood flowed from her eyes again.
Lian Qingzhou was startled by her appearance, but still said, "Not only Master, but even the brothers and sisters know the truth. You are the only one who is stupid enough to be so open-hearted to them."
Yue Qiran didn't know what he remembered, and he burst into laughter. His voice was hoarse like a ghost, and big mouthfuls of blood flowed out of his mouth.
Seeing her like this, Lian Qingzhou removed the barrier and left leisurely.
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