Nanmen Yihen was furious. "Yes, I'm despicable! I certainly wouldn't dare say I'm as upright as Ye Qingyun. I've done many shameful things, but do you think I didn't know you cultivated the Ghost Path? Do you think I didn't notice all those walking corpses buried in my house? I wanted to protect you, Xuan'er! Your brother has wronged many people, but I've never wronged you!"
"Hmph! Nanmen Yihen, stop pretending! Father clearly agreed to my marriage with Hong En back then, but you were the one who stopped it! That's why he and I are separated by death forever!"
"Don't you know he's keeping another woman on the side? That woman named Jin Lian'en is the one he loves most, you know that!"
Nanmen Ruoxuan, her expression agitated, continued, "I didn't know? I gouged out that woman's eyes, poured molten copper into her ears, tortured her for three years, interrogated her countless times, and she still insisted that you were the one who let her get close to Hong En! I don't believe that someone would really risk their life to frame you. Nanmen Yihan, do you really think you're a good person? Don't you have enough women around you? What gives you the right to demand that others be chaste?"
"I was doing this for your own good! I..." Nanmen Yihen was so angry he could barely speak, but he still forced back his anger and said, "Don't you know what kind of women are around me? They're either arranged marriages by my father, or they want to climb the social ladder by marrying into the Nanmen family. I just hope you can be different from those women. They never find love in their lives and are just tools for men until they die. I just hope you can find someone who truly loves you! Not that bastard Tuoba Hongen!"
"Enough! Nanmen Yihen, haven't you finished cursing him? He's already dead!"
Nanmen Yihen frowned deeply. He knew that no matter what he said, Nanmen Ruoxuan would not believe him. Right now, his sister's attitude was unusually firm, and the corpses were dancing wildly around them. If he didn't find a way to stop it, many people would definitely die today.
Nanmen Yihen ultimately showed no mercy; with his strength, it was only a matter of time before he could take control of the situation.
The battle continued into the night. Nanmen Yihen regained control of the sect's protective formation and dealt with all the walking corpses within the Snowfrost Blade Sect. The situation calmed down. Nanmen Ruoxuan, after being injured by his palm strike, was powerless to resist. After all, she was his sister, and Nanmen Yihen did not kill her. He walked to Nanmen Ruoxuan and asked once more, "Xuan'er, it's not too late to turn back now. No matter what, your brother will protect your life..."
"Get out of my way! Nanmen Yihen, what's the point? Wouldn't it be better if I died? No one in the Nanmen family would dare to oppose you anymore. Just like you killed Hong En back then, kill me." Nanmen Ruoxuan's eyes were lifeless, and she had no will to live, but as her elder brother, Nanmen Yihen wanted to give her a way out.
So he hesitated and was unwilling to take action. He knew he had to give an explanation to the others, but he absolutely did not want his sister to die.
At this moment, the situation had stabilized. With Bai Yao's help, Nangong Ling'er came to Nanmen Ruoxuan's side and said, "Why did you have to do this? You could have just promised to help me."
"Nangong Ling'er, you can save people by yourself, why do you have to drag me into it?!" Nanmen Ruoxuan was somewhat unwilling.
Nangong Ling'er, pale and weak, said, "Because I still want to save my senior brother. I couldn't do it without you. Miss Nanmen, now that I think about it, you're not as simple as I thought. After we went to the Northern Barbarians, what happened to my senior brother and Sect Master Nanmen was also related to you, wasn't it? Otherwise, how could our whereabouts have been discovered by the enemy? Once or twice could be a coincidence, but we've been on the defensive all along, so it's not a coincidence. Moreover... I heard Sect Master Nanmen say that Qiu Xinghen has only been in the Northern Plains for two years, yet he's already able to control the Northern Plains and has the strength to contend with the Snow Cold Blade Sect. Although Qiu Xinghen is indeed powerful, isn't his development a bit too fast?"
Knowing that all was lost and her heart was filled with despair, Nanmen Ruoxuan decided to stop hiding anything and said softly, "So what? Even if I join forces with Qiu Xinghen, you so-called Dao Alliance are nothing but a bunch of selfish and petty people who think you're on the side of justice, attacking your enemies. So your enemies are evil, just like how you besieged me today. Do you also think I'm heinous and unforgivable now? Just because I want to revive my dead lover, you can deny everything I've ever done. I've never done anything evil in my life. Everyone I've killed deserves to die! Including you petty people! You can't escape responsibility for forcing Hong En to his death back then!"
Nangong Ling'er had some recollection of the matter concerning Tuoba Hongen. Back then, her senior brother Ye Qingyun, the sect leader, had visited the Xuehan Blade Sect alone and mentioned it upon his return. Regarding the execution of Tuoba Hongen, a traitor to the Xuehan Blade Sect, her senior brother only sighed upon his return, "His crimes did not warrant death, what a pity."
Tuoba Hongen grew up in the Xuehan Blade Sect and was raised as a son by the old sect leader. It is said that he was exceptionally capable, fair-minded, and made many contributions to the Xuehan Blade Sect. He was one of the most outstanding among his peers. However, after Lu Yuanzong ordered the massacre of the Northern Barbarian Dynasty, he betrayed the Xuehan Blade Sect. The reason for this was simply because he was of Northern Barbarian blood.
Whether it was out of consideration for blood ties or out of pity, at least in this respect, as the sect leader said, Tuoba Hongen's crime did not warrant death, and his defection was simply his own choice.
What wrong did he do even though he turned his sword against the people of the Central Plains? He simply chose a side.
But from what Nanmen Yihan said, the Tuoba Hongen seemed to be somewhat different from the rumors. But who is true and who is false? Now that the person is dead, how can we say for sure?
At this moment, Nangong Ling'er did not say anything more. No matter what difficulties Nanmen Ruoxuan and Tuoba Hongen had, she could not forgive Nanmen Ruoxuan for betraying the Dao Alliance. If it weren't for her, the disciples of the Immortal Sect would not have been so passive in the Northern Plains, Qin Yuejiao might not have died, many of those disciples might have survived, and Senior Brother Xiao might not have become like this.
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