Chapter 35
Rao Zhiyi, who had personally experienced this several years ago, was temporarily brought back from his state of collapse by these words.
The first person to raise questions was Rao Qiubai, who had been playing the background role without saying a word or making any moves.
When she was still young, she found that the children in the village were bullying Rao Jingyi, who was unable to speak or move and whose family was broken up. So she stepped forward to drive away the children and secretly saved a lot of things to help Rao Jingyi.
Ten years passed, and the two grew up together, and could be considered childhood sweethearts.
However, since she followed her brother into the immortal sect at the age of fifteen, Rao Jingyi has disappeared.
It was not until a few months ago that he found her and told her frankly that he wanted revenge. Rao Qiubai naturally wanted to stop Rao Jingyi from committing murder, but she also knew that she could not stop Rao Jingyi's revenge. Fortunately, Rao Jingyi took a step back because of their past friendship - as long as they behaved themselves, he would not take the initiative.
"That's not right! Twenty-five years ago? When you told us before, even the time was fake?" You Sheng sensed something was wrong. "Didn't you become an initiate twenty years ago? Where does the ten years come from?"
The Guiyuan Sect's entrance examination only accepts disciples over the age of twelve.
"I didn't! I did join the sect twenty years ago. Qiu Bai joined three years later than me. I—"
"Come to think of it, I've heard that the name Yongshu Township has a long history. Legend has it that the Red Love Flower Sea in Yongshu Township was formed from the body of a fallen ancient demon. Because of rumors of the demon's infatuation, over time, this Red Love Flower Sea became a place where male and female cultivators would pledge their love." Lin Xubai made a circle with his folding fan, stopping Rao Zhiyi. "Because of this, Yongshu Township has given birth to many happy love stories."
"I heard that disciples of the Qiyao Sect often come to Yongshu Township. I think that as the top disciples of the Qiyao Sect, Fellow Daoist Liu and others should know more about the origins of Yongshu Township than we do."
Liu Huaifeng and the others looked at each other in bewilderment. Yes...the disciples of their Qiyao Sect loved to go to Yongshu Township the most. How come they had no impression of Yongshu Township at all?
"Our memories have been altered, so they don't match." Chu Yingluo sighed.
"No, quite the opposite. There is indeed a problem on this point." Wu Hualin, "The one who saw his talent and wanted to take him in was an elder of our Demon Spirit Sect."
Twenty-five years ago, Mo Lingdao did come here to "sever worldly ties".
"But for some reason, the elder didn't bring anyone back. It was as if he had just gone on a long journey and returned without incident."
There must be something else hidden behind this - everyone thought.
"Could it be that... my current memories are all fake?" Rao Zhiyi held his head in his hands, unable to accept it. He looked at Jiang Wan with lifeless eyes.
For some reason, he suddenly thought of the argument he had with Jiang Wan that day about the Yongshu Township conjecture.
"It's a mixture of real and fake."
"No, it's a mixture of true and false."
Lin Xubai and Jiang Wan said in unison.
Seeing Rao Zhiyi's face, which looked like he was about to vomit blood due to the overwhelming blow, Jiang Wan thought for a moment and decided to use a more tactful approach. "Although your important memories have been tampered with, all your insistence was manipulated, and you led everyone astray."
Every time Jiang Wan spoke, the light in Rao Zhiyi's eyes dimmed a little.
"But at least, you're right about one thing." Jiang Wan looked up, "There is indeed a mastermind behind the transformation of Yongshu Township into what it is today."
In a blink of an eye, Jiang Wan had a puppet doll the length of his arm in his hand. Its dark glass eyes shone with a cold light, like a deep pool that swallowed up all warmth. It made people shiver at the first sight, and a strange chill seeped into their hearts.
"Not only are your memories mixed, but you're being manipulated like a puppet. Look! The guy above is the same."
Rao Jingyi sneered, how could his memory be false? Everything he did was out of his own will and could not be tampered with by others.
"Aren't you coming out yet?"
Just at this time, the entire Yongshu Township underwent earth-shaking changes.
The tea roses are shrouded in smoke, and the dead branches are covered in rotten soil.
The original scenery was replaced by wild grass and flowers, and only the altar remained.
A delicate woman in white appeared among the vines, accompanied by the sound of silver bells.
"Hmmmm~ You're worthy of being the little beauty I've chosen~"
"I knew Miss Gong was extraordinary, but I didn't expect her background to be so powerful that she could do so many things without anyone noticing." Lin Xubai walked over to Jiang Wan, folded his arms and said calmly, "I guess this Daoist Rao, who is obsessed with revenge, didn't expect me either."
"No, I can't compare to Fellow Daoist Lin. He hasn't even worn out his clothes for such a long time, and he still has a firm grip on this beautiful girl's heart. I'm so envious!"
It can be seen that he has not given up on trying to sow discord between Jiang Wan and Lin Xubai.
Faced with such provocation, Lin Xubai smiled gently, and then, contrary to his usual behavior, took the initiative to pull Jiang Wan's sleeve.
Gong Mei's eyes turned cold, and she took a few steps forward, trying to pull Jiang Wan's sleeve, but she was blocked before she took a step.
"So it's you—" Master Baili, who had been fighting with Rao Jingyi until now, flew down on his sword and stood in front of his fellow disciple, as if he was protecting him.
"Succubus Jun Xunli."
Bai Qingqing, who had revealed the other person's real name, insisted on taking out the booklet to record it even though her hands and feet were weak.
Everyone was startled, their eyes full of vigilance and alertness.
Only Jiang Wan's mouth twitched and his eyes drifted to the side:... Really dedicated, worthy of being a professional intelligence dealer.
"I said the demonic energy here couldn't be that simple. An ordinary person like him couldn't possibly have the ability to suppress a Spiritual Transformation Master like me like this. If you're behind this, then it makes sense."
Facing Master Baili's words, Gong Mei, no, Xunli pretended not to hear them.
"My little beauty, you're even more interesting now than before." With a strange glint in her eyes, she looked at the puppet in Jiang Wan's hand. "How about coming with me? I'll take you to a more interesting place to play."
"Who are you?" Rao Jingyi was stunned.
But he was ignored.
After all, there is only one person in Xunli's eyes now, Jiang Wan, whom Xunli calls a little beauty.
Jiang Wan: "His abilities were not given by you."
"Hmm~" Xunli tilted her head and spoke very frankly about something she hadn't done. "Ming Lian, oh, that's the Corpse Demon Puppet Master you guys in the Immortal Sect call him. He loves making puppets, but he's a forgetful person. He'll just throw away any puppets he's not satisfied with or doesn't like."
"This ability to manipulate people is probably something he gained from picking up a puppet discarded by Ming Lian. His desire for revenge has nothing to do with me. I was just passing by and thought I'd come in to take a look. It's a good thing I came, otherwise I might not have met you~"
Jiang Wan nodded, filtering what Xunli said, and understood...
The puppet that Rao Jingyi got was thrown away intentionally by the puppeteer. He used the power of the puppet to induce Rao Jingyi to divide Yongshu Township into a domain.
Transform anyone who sets foot here into a puppet.
When Rao Jingyi treated others as wooden puppets, he did not realize that he was also a puppet in the hands of others...
He is also a puppet on someone else's stage.
"It has nothing to do with you?" Jiang Wan raised the puppet in her hand and adjusted her eyes to Xunli's level. "Aren't you just like the puppeteer, treating Yongshu Township as a breeding ground for your Gu?"
Giving Rao Jingyi the power to have revenge and pointing the blade of revenge at Yongshu Township is the first step of the puppeteer's induction. When Rao Jingyi builds Yongshu Township into an enclosed stage completely isolated from the outside world, everyone who enters it becomes a cocoon to be hatched, and becomes the nourishment to sustain this small secret realm.
Why did Jiang Wan say it was raising a Gu?
"The Corpse Demon uses humans as vessels, refining living beings into Gu, supplemented by the Corpse Refining Dao, transforming living beings into puppets, controlling thousands of corpses and hundreds of puppets as a stage." Bai Qingqing suddenly interjected, flipping through a book with one hand and taking notes frantically with a pen in the other. "There's a saying that the Corpse Demon was once a member of the Chanxin Sect, because this ability to nourish itself by feeding on humans is too similar to the Chanxin Sect's 'Myriad Souls Devouring Gu Demon Sutra'."
"So that's how it is. The Corpse Demon had Rao Jingyi spread the false news of a rare treasure and demon cultivation inheritance here to lure us here, so that he could turn everyone into poison. In the end, we and Rao Jingyi would both suffer losses, so that he could reap the benefits. But what does this have to do with the Succubus? Oh, I understand. No wonder the rules of Yongshu Township are so strange."
Bai Qingqing wrote faster and faster, and did not forget to use her eyes to confirm the accuracy of the message with Jiang Wan.
Jiang Wan: “…”
How to charge a fee...
"No, the news about the rare treasure is true. There is indeed a rare treasure in Yongshu Township that is about to be born. This is why the corpse demon used Rao Jingyi to do all this."
Jiang Wan used a rare treasure instead of a spiritual treasure because it was a spiritual treasure full of spiritual energy in the early stages of its gestation, but the corpse demon used resentment and death energy to pollute the spiritual treasure, and used humans to cultivate and feed it, transforming it from a spiritual object into a demonic object, causing it to be contaminated by demonic energy and transformed into a demonic treasure.
As for why the succubus also got involved.
"They came here for the spiritual treasure. If they think it's interesting, they should get involved." Lin Xubai speculated, "It seems that this rare treasure has extraordinary power, otherwise why would they attract two demon kings to escort it?"
Master Baili closed his eyes tightly as if sensing something, "The corpse demon is not here."
"I don't care what kind of exotic treasures or monsters you have, I just want revenge!" Rao Jingyi's bloodshot eyes suppressed the extreme anger in his heart. "No matter what kind of corpse demons or succubi you are, don't even think about stopping me!"
"Are you sure you can still control the entire Yongshu Township space? I think you've already discovered that the power you hold is gradually slipping away from you. You can no longer do what you could before. Besides..." Jiang Wan didn't even raise her eyelids to look at him, "Revenge? Revenge for your false and non-existent revenge!"
Everyone gasped:!!!
What should I do...I feel a little short of oxygen, my brain is not enough!
"Ahahaha~" Xunli smiled charmingly, and her eyes became brighter and brighter as she looked at Jiang Wan, as if she was looking at some treasure. A circle of enchanting purple appeared on the edge of her pupils, "Ah~ Little beauty~ I really like you more and more~"
"I suggest you convert your likes into spirit stones for transfer." Jiang Wan responded with a cold face.
"The people who like me can line up from Xizhou to Dongzhou." Jiang Wan looked at him with disdain. Suddenly, she reached out and pulled Lin Xubai over, clasping their hands together. "But now I have Xiaobai..."
"So, you're out."
Jiang Wan enthusiastically shook their clasped hands and emphasized again, "Xiaobai, don't worry. No one else holds a place in my heart that can compare to you. If it weren't for you, it wouldn't work at all!"
Lin Xubai continued to smile despite being stared at by unfriendly eyes.
"Besides, didn't you tell us all this on your own initiative?"
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