The moment the black jade slipped from her clothes, Yun Wan'er's scalp tingled, and a panic from the depths of her soul gripped her!
It's like some unspeakable secret, the ultimate fear of being exposed to the scorching sun!
She almost instinctively lunged forward without thinking, but Shen Zhaozhao didn't give her the chance at all.
Just along the trajectory of the falling black jade, the Purple Cloud Sword was suddenly drawn. Its light was as cold as lightning, without the slightest hesitation or reason, and it pierced the black jade that was emitting an ominous glow with perfect precision.
"Snap—"
The crisp cracking sound was particularly jarring in the water prison.
The reason was simple: Shen Zhaozhao, who had once confronted Chi Yan, sensed the same extremely unsettling and sinister demonic energy emanating from that black jade marrow.
This jade is from the demon realm.
Yun Wan'er: "!!!"
Yun Wan'er froze on the spot, her pupils shrinking to the size of pinpoints in shock and disbelief.
She had expected Shen Zhaozhao to question her, mock her, and even use the jade marrow as an excuse to assert that she had close ties with the Demon Realm. But she never expected Shen Zhaozhao to be so... so domineering!
Without saying a word, he destroyed her treasure!
"you--"
Yun Wan'er immediately wanted to rebuke Shen Zhaozhao for wasting talent and ruining opportunities, trying to put herself in the position of the victim.
However, before she could utter her prepared, tearful accusation, a sudden change occurred.
The black jade marrow pierced by the Purple Cloud Sword did not turn into dust, but instead emitted more than a dozen faint, dim soul lights that seemed to be about to be extinguished at any moment.
These soul lights, like startled fireflies, drifted aimlessly in the cold air of the water prison, exuding an aura of desolation and helplessness.
The Xuanji Dao Ancestor's paper figure, which had been hovering in mid-air without making much noise, suddenly trembled!
The tiny piece of paper seemed to be pulled by invisible threads, instantly floating close to the soul light and carefully protecting it by its side.
"Waaah..."
"It hurts so much...it hurts so much..."
"Save us...please, save us..."
The intermittent, painful sobs of the soul entered the perception of Xuanji Daozu.
The wails of these lingering souls were like slapping incriminating evidence directly into his face, to this "insider" who resided in the underworld and dealt with souls all day long.
"I &……%￥#@!!!"
A string of crude words suddenly burst forth from the paper talisman, a weathered voice carrying a chilling aura from the depths of the underworld: "Yun Wan'er!"
"You fucking call yourself a human being?! Huh?!"
"You're really adept at such heinous acts as harming fellow disciples and extracting souls from your body! I've seen so many vengeful spirits and evil ghosts down there, but none of them had a heart as vicious as yours!"
Xuanji Daozu was so angry that the edges of the paper were crumbling. He suddenly and precisely "grabbed" the dimmest, almost transparent clump from the fleeting soul light. The soul light was so weak that it could hardly maintain its shape, as if it would completely dissipate in the next second.
"Come on, tell me, who is Lin Feng?!"
"He should be the first nourishment in this filth!"
"How long has his soul been imprisoned by you, you evil creature?! How long has it been refined?! A few days later, let alone reincarnation, he wouldn't even have the right to be a wandering ghost! He would have been completely obliterated from this world!"
"Using the blood, flesh, and souls of your fellow disciples to pave the way for you?! And you still have the nerve to stand here so arrogantly, confidently accusing others of harming Lingzhou?!"
"Pah! I must have been blind to think you were some kind of chosen one! If all chosen ones are like you, then the Heavenly Dao should just collapse!"
Yun Wan'er was truly dumbfounded this time, her mind went completely blank.
Because she genuinely didn't know that this black jade marrow could actually refine souls!
When Ye Wushang gave her this jade marrow, he only said that it could help her quickly improve her cultivation. He did not mention that it required a living soul as nourishment, nor did he say that it would imprison the soul!
At this moment, looking at the drifting soul lights that exuded the aura of fellow disciples, and listening to the heart-wrenching accusations of Ancestor Xuanji, Yun Wan'er was terrified, her face turning pale and her whole body turning ice-cold.
This time, the feeling of being wronged was genuine and not feigned.
She wanted to become stronger, she wanted to climb the social ladder by any means necessary, but she never thought of using this... this method of imprisoning a soul. Isn't this tantamount to leaving herself with incriminating evidence that could be used to catch her at any time?!
"Master, Grandmaster!"
Yun Wan'er blurted out, her voice trembling with genuine panic and a desperate attempt to distance herself, "Disciple...disciple has been deceived by treacherous people!"
She grasped at the only straw, and without a second thought, she betrayed Ye Wushang.
"It was Ye Wushang from the Demon Realm who bewitched me. He... he only said that wearing this thing would allow me to silently improve my cultivation. I've been stuck at the ninth level of Qi Refining for so long, unable to break through, and I was extremely anxious. That's why... that's why I was momentarily bewitched..."
"Grandmaster, you are wise to judge! Your disciple's actions are truly understandable!"
The more she talked, the more she felt that she was the biggest victim, and tears streamed down her face as her tone became more self-righteous.
"Moreover, if I had known beforehand that this evil object would imprison the souls of fellow disciples and commit such heinous acts, how could I have agreed to use it?! I was deceived by him!"
Lingxiao Zhenren stared blankly at the faint, drifting soul lights that exuded a familiar aura. So... his disciple, whom he had poured his heart and soul into and protected in every way, had actually been secretly colluding with people from the Demon Realm.
A bone-chilling cold, mixed with the fury of being deceived and the self-reproach of failing to discipline his children, almost made Lingxiao Zhenren gasp for breath.
He turned to the floating talisman figure, bowed deeply, his voice dry and hoarse, filled with endless weariness and regret: "Master... Wan'er... is ultimately the disciple I personally taught."
"This matter... is due to my oversight and poor discipline, which led her to commit such a grave mistake, implicating her fellow disciples and tarnishing the sect's reputation."
"If Master still trusts his disciple... please hand Wan'er over to his disciple for disposal."
"Disciple will interrogate her carefully, and find out everything about her connection with this evil jade, her entanglement with Junior Brother Qingxuan, and even... whether there are any other hidden stories between her and the Yellow Spring Seal. I will give an explanation to Master and the entire sect."
Upon hearing Lingxiao Zhenren's words, Yun Wan'er's heart, which had almost stopped beating from fright at the appearance of the soul light, instantly came back to life, and a sense of relief and joy welled up in her heart.
She knew it!
Master couldn't bear to part with her after all!
As long as she is handed over to her master for private interrogation, she has countless ways to cry, to defend herself, and to once again portray herself as an innocent person who has been deceived by the demon!
Master is soft-hearted; he will definitely believe her!
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