He still remembered the scene from his previous life when he had just finished wiping out the demons on the front lines and returned to his sect with evidence that Ye Hua was hiding demons. He planned to expose Ye Hua's ugly face to the public, but Ye Hua turned the tables on him.
Is it because he doesn't have enough evidence?
No.
It's because they trust Ye Hua more than Su Nian.
The image of Xu Xinrou from the past flashed through his mind.
He would never forget the resolute figure of Xu Xinrou standing in front of him on the day when everyone turned against him.
He stood up and hugged Xu Xinrou from behind.
This sudden hug caught Xu Xinrou completely off guard.
She could have easily dodged Su Nian's embrace, but for some reason, her body seemed to be frozen in place, unable to move.
"Thank you, Xinrou. You've been the only one who's never abandoned me all this time..."
Su Nian's voice was deep, and he hugged her tightly.
Xu Xinrou's face flushed instantly. She subconsciously wanted to push Su Nian away, but just as she was about to exert force, she suddenly felt the sorrow emanating from Su Nian and stopped.
She didn't know what Su Nian had gone through to show such a soft side.
But she knew that if she pushed Su Nian away, she would definitely regret it.
...
Su Liuli had a dream.
She lay on the bed, her forehead covered in fine sweat, her eyebrows furrowed, her breathing uneven, and she kept muttering Su Nian's name.
In a dream.
The Quanxiu Sect was in ruins after a major battle, with heavy casualties among its disciples. As far as the eye could see, flames still raged on the ruins, crackling and popping.
The disciples helped each other through the ruins, each of them looking somewhat disheveled.
Although they were in a sorry state, they were lucky enough compared to those who had already perished.
Su Liuli's body floated in the air, at a loss. She wanted to rescue the disciples, but her fingers passed right through them when they touched them.
She then realized that no matter what she did, she couldn't intervene in what was happening before her eyes.
Intermittent sobs could be heard from Quanxiu amidst the ruins.
Some people watched as their dearest friend's body was dismembered, and they held her body and wept bitterly.
Some people sat blankly on the ground, bewildered and at a loss.
Someone, suppressing a sob in their nose, went to comfort their junior sister who was crying uncontrollably.
Not long after, a man covered in blood returned to the mountain gate.
He carried a package in his hand, his murderous aura was evident, and his body was tattered and broken, as if he had just returned from hell.
Su Liuli glanced at it and covered her red lips.
This person was none other than Su Nian.
The disciples who went out to fight the demons were wiped out once again, but fortunately, Su Nian successfully obtained evidence to accuse Ye Hua.
He thought that with this evidence he could clear his name of colluding with the demons and force Ye Hua to the Hall of Law Enforcement. However, he did not expect that as soon as he arrived at the sect gate, he was stopped by the Second Elder, the Third Elder, his master, and the Seventh Elder.
"Su Nian! How dare you come back!" The Third Elder shouted at Su Nian as soon as they met.
Upon seeing this, Su Nian immediately defended himself, clutching his chest and loudly proclaiming, "Why wouldn't I dare to come back? It was I who repelled those demons and protected Quanxiu!"
"You repelled the demons? You protected Quanxiu?" The Third Elder sneered, pointing at Quanxiu, who was now a ruin, and loudly questioned, "How could you be so shameless? Not only did you attract the demons, but you also pretended to be a good person? Take a good look at Quanxiu now! The reason it has become like this is all thanks to you!"
Su Nian looked in the direction the Third Elder pointed and saw Quan Xiu burning fiercely in the ruins, as well as the hateful gazes of his fellow disciples.
His breath hitched, he gritted his teeth, and angrily explained, "What did I pretend?! I didn't bring those demons here at all, it was that scoundrel Ye Hua! He secretly raised demons! He colluded with the enemy and secretly broke the sect's protective formation! Why won't you listen to anything I say?! If you had believed me sooner, I could have saved more people! But why... are you so stubborn in believing that I'm the one who harmed you?!"
Su Nian's shouts echoed throughout the mountains, causing Su Liuli, who was floating in the air observing everything, to feel a pang of pain in her heart.
At the same time, she was also very puzzled.
Hasn't Nian'er been cleared of suspicion of colluding with the demons? Why are the Second Elder and the others still treating Nian'er this way?
Not only that...
She looked at herself, standing on the opposite side of Nian'er.
In Su Liuli's eyes, there was still disappointment and anger towards Su Nian.
"Nonsense!" Enraged, the Second Elder struck Su Nian with a palm strike.
Su Nian's expression changed, and she tried to dodge, but unfortunately, she had just gone through a great battle and was seriously injured. She was sent flying by the Second Elder's palm and rolled several times in the mud.
He struggled to his feet, supporting himself. The package in his hands rolled off, and a round object rolled out – a demon's head.
"This is...?" The Second Elder narrowed his eyes.
At the same time, Ye Hua stepped forward, angrily pointing at the head and shouting, "This is the demon who wanted to save our Quanxiu! He overheard Su Nian's conversation with the demon leader and, disregarding his own safety, secretly came to Quanxiu to tell me! He wants me to save Quanxiu!"
At this point, Ye Hua sighed deeply, blowing on his chest with a look of remorse, "It's all my fault! It's all my fault for thinking he was a demon and not believing him! If I had believed this demon brother sooner, Quan Xiu wouldn't have suffered this calamity, and the demon brother wouldn't have died, right?"
Upon hearing this, the Third Elder patted Ye Hua on the shoulder and comforted him, "It's alright, Ye Hua, this isn't your fault. You have a righteous heart and are an upright person. It's normal for you to be wary of the demons. Compared to you, this traitor who colluded with the demons and harmed my entire sect is the one who deserves to die!"
Su Nian smiled.
He stood up and burst into maniacal laughter.
"He's righteous? I deserve to die? Hahaha—good, good, good! You bunch of blind fools, take a good look! This demon's face! He's the Illusion Demon who's always claimed to be Ye Hua's fellow townsman!"
The Second Elder looked at the demon's face and fell into deep thought.
But just moments later, the demon's face changed into something else entirely.
Ye Hua pointed at the demon and loudly questioned Su Nian, "Are you still trying to deny it?! Look carefully! This person is not my fellow villager at all! He's just a phantom demon that Su Nian captured at will! You want to use such methods to slander me! Su Nian, you are too shameful!"
Su Nian didn't know what methods Ye Hua had used to change the appearance of a dead person in public, but he understood that he had once again failed to reveal Ye Hua's true identity to the public.
He clapped his hands, his voice mournful, clenching his teeth tightly, "Good, good, good! Very good indeed! Ye Hua, you are quite capable, actually able to change the face of a dead person from a distance. Even a cultivator in the Tribulation Transcending stage cannot do such a thing. You are truly, very good indeed!"
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