Outside Yingyue City, Xiao Yuhan chased after Jun Mojian at breakneck speed, with Bai Yao riding her sword behind her.
"Master! Master! Slow down! Where is Jun Mojian going?"
Xiao Yuhan turned around and jumped, landing steadily on Bai Yao's "Remembering Master's Kindness" immortal sword. "Yao'er! Hurry up! I just put a wisp of Junmo sword powder in Han Xiong's wine. Otherwise, how could I dare to let him go?"
"Aren't Master and him friends?"
Xiao Yuhan shook her head. "Han Xiong might have lied to me. He said he came for the white-haired woman, but in reality, he wasn't nervous about her at all. He deliberately drew my attention to her. It seems like he had ulterior motives. So I kept a watchful eye on him to see what he was up to. If Qin Yuejiao hadn't suddenly appeared, I wouldn't have been able to keep Han Xiong away from me for long."
Bai Yao pondered, "No wonder Master told Sect Leader Qin that he would visit Kunlun Immortal Sect again later. It turns out he wanted to keep an eye on Han Xiong."
Xiao Yuhan shook his head. "Not entirely. I was also concerned about what he said about the white-haired woman, but there's definitely something wrong with Han Xiong! There were suspicious things he said earlier. What about killing the demon disciple and stealing the Azure Pearl back then, only to have it taken back by that white-haired woman, and yet he still survived? That doesn't make sense."
Bai Yao's eyes widened, momentarily puzzled. "Master means that Han Xiong is doing this for Sister Jiang Ruoning?"
Xiao Yuhan shook his head. "It's very possible. Everyone's attention was on the Azure Water Pearl this time. I overlooked that. Han Xiong's attention was clearly on Jiang Ruoning, but I was still only focused on the Water-Avoiding Pearl. I even actually believed someone like Bai Yuanzhou. In the end, how many good people are there who join the Demon Sect? So it seems... it's not impossible that he and Han Xiong conspired to do something."
Bai Yao's expression was filled with worry, "Master... will Sister Jiang Ruoning be alright?"
Upon hearing this, Xiao Yuhan's expression grew even more solemn. "So even if they hurry, I don't know what they're planning to do."
He began to panic, fearing that something irreversible might happen, and if that happened, he would be an accomplice.
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At this moment, in a thatched hut at the foot of Kunlun Mountain by an ice lake, a man with a mustache held a jade spoon over a candle and heated it repeatedly, without saying a word, but his eyes were very cold.
Not far away, Jiang Ruoning woke up from her coma and found herself tied to the beams of a wooden house, unable to move her hands and feet. Beside her feet was her beloved zither, and in front of her was the soulmate she had previously resolved to follow for life.
She stared in disbelief at Bai Yuanzhou. In the dimly lit room, only a single candle flickered, the smell of burning wax mixed with a faint stench of blood and a hint of decay. By the dim candlelight, she looked down and saw dried bloodstains on the floor, and a rotting woman's corpse was tied to the beam opposite her.
Jiang Ruoning was filled with fear. She trembled slightly and could barely stand. She was only able to stay upright because of the ropes binding her. She couldn't see Bai Yuanzhou's face clearly. She only knew that Bai Yuanzhou was holding a very delicate jade spoon in his hand and was constantly roasting it over the fire.
"Mr. Bai... Mr. Bai?"
"Awake?" Bai Yuanzhou said expressionlessly, without even turning around to look at Jiang Ruoning, and continued what he was doing. "Don't worry, I'll be done soon."
"What...what are you going to do?"
Bai Yuanzhou turned his head, revealing what he thought was a gentle smile, and said, "Didn't you already promise to be the woman I love most? Don't worry, it'll be soon..."
To Jiang Ruoning, such a smile was incredibly terrifying, cold, eerie, and unfathomable.
Jiang Ruoning's voice trembled, on the verge of tears, "What...what exactly do you want to do?"
Bai Yuanzhou remained focused on his work, lifting the jade spoon, looking up at it, then putting it down again. He said slowly, "Miss Jiang, do you know? Your eyes are beautiful and clear. People say that you can see a person's soul by looking into their eyes, but what they don't know is that the eyes are the most suitable vessel for a soul. Within a special formation, all of a person's soul will converge in their eyes. Soon, I will take out your eyes and use your soul as the new soul of my beloved. It won't hurt much, don't be afraid... it will be over soon..."
As he spoke, Bai Yuanzhou turned around and walked up to Jiang Ruoning.
At this moment, Jiang Ruoning was filled with terror, murmuring, "No...no...I beg you, please let me go..."
Unexpectedly, Bai Yuanzhou suddenly flew into a rage, grabbing Jiang Ruoning's shoulders with both hands and shouting excitedly, "Why! Didn't you promise me you'd become the woman I love most? Why are you afraid? I'm about to achieve it! Isn't this what you wanted?!"
Jiang Ruoning burst into tears, completely overwhelmed by fear and unable to think. At this moment, Bai Yuanzhou raised the jade spoon and approached her step by step: "Don't hide later, okay? If your eyeballs are destroyed, the power of your soul will dissipate..."
Just as he finished speaking, there was a knock on the door. Bai Yuanzhou stopped what he was doing and became somewhat wary. At that moment, someone kicked open the wooden door of the thatched hut, and sunlight streamed into the room. Just a few feet away outside the door was a snow-white ice field. The sun was shining brightly outside, and Jiang Ruoning seemed to see hope. She also recognized the person who came as the beggar she had seen in front of Qinhuai Tower that day.
Jiang Ruoning was very excited, "Beggar brother! Save me..."
But she was stunned the next moment, because Bai Yuanzhou walked up to the beggar, and the two seemed to be in cahoots. "What are you doing here at this hour? You'll have to wait a while!"
Han Xiong glanced coldly at Jiang Ruoning, "I don't have much time left, and I don't want to wait any longer!"
Bai Yuanzhou was furious. "You have to wait, whether you like it or not. This is a delicate task!"
Han Xiong shook his head and suddenly said, "I don't have time..."
Bai Yuanzhou turned around, picked up the jade spoon again, and put it over the fire to heat it. "I was just about to start, but you had to interrupt me. Now I have to start all over again! Who can I blame?"
Jiang Ruoning then realized that the two of them had been in cahoots from the beginning. Originally, the despair in her heart was not so intense, but after seeing the snow flying outside the door, the ray of sunlight, and that glimmer of hope, the despair in her heart could no longer be expressed in words. At this moment, she was too weak to cry, as if she had already foreseen her fate.
At this moment, Han Xiong suddenly repeated the same sentence: "I don't have time..."
Bai Yuanzhou was very impatient. "Then don't bother me anymore!"
At this moment, Han Xiong sneered, "Actually... your theory is enough, there's no need to actually make it happen."
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