Chapter 66: Strange Road Star Shifts to the Past
Xinyi was startled when he saw the compass. How could such an item be in the hands of this young peak master? He forced himself to remain calm and looked at Lingxiang. The moonlight was shining on her back, and since the room was dark, he couldn't see the expression on her face.
Xinyi was immediately filled with murderous intent. He stood up and looked at Lingxiang warily, his face full of murderous intent.
But Lingxiang seemed to be unconcerned. She just smiled and said:
"So, let's start from the beginning."
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Tu Mi was originally a wandering immortal cultivator. No one knew her family background or who her master was. All everyone knew was that she was a fairy-like woman who saved the world, a woman who people would never forget once they saw her.
Yet, this woman is a person who calls the world her home, with no fixed abode. If there is a disaster or hardship anywhere, she will go there. The world only knows this person, but does not know where to go if they want to find her.
After accidentally obtaining a rare magical treasure, she began to devote herself to refining elixirs and making medicines, hoping to save people from suffering in that chaotic world.
But day after day, year after year, he had seen the fickleness of the world and understood the wickedness of human nature, and he was no longer keen on saving people from suffering. He just couldn't bear to give up the rare and precious fruits in the mortal world, so he traveled through mountains and forests all year round, devoting himself to studying the art of alchemy.
One day, she will be able to refine an elixir that can bring the dying back to life.
However, the ingredients of this medicine are rare, and it is difficult to refine. Moreover, it has only been produced for a short time, so even Tumi herself does not know how effective it is.
The Demon Realm was in turmoil when the Demon Lord suddenly passed away. In the struggle for power, his most beloved son became a victim. Fortunately, his loyal subordinates risked their lives to send him back to the human world.
But at this time he was already seriously injured, and when he was dying, Tu Mi happened to pass by while collecting herbs, so she rescued him.
After taking the new medicine, the son of the demon clan actually came back to life, and after recuperating for some time, his body returned to normal.
This actually made Tumi very excited. Seeing its remarkable effect, she named it:
Life-extending pill!
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Lingxiang paused deliberately after narrating this point and looked at Xinyi, but Xinyi did not react at all and continued to half-kneel on the bed motionless.
Seeing him like this, Lingxiang began to speak slowly again.
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The cause of the chaos and disputes at that time was the arrival of the ferocious beast Zhu Yan. After the Yuanqing sect learned of this, the leader took five disciples to subdue it.
But it was the soul of an ancient ferocious beast after all. Although it was eliminated after seven days of fighting, Sect Leader Yuanqing suffered a fatal injury in order to save his disciples. It was about to return to the void, and even Sect Leader Yuanqing was helpless.
At this moment, Fairy Tumi brought the son of the demon clan to the door and rescued the head of the Yuanqing sect.
Patriarch Yuanqing felt grateful for her saving his disciple, so he gifted her Qingwei Peak, the most abundant spiritual plant in the sect. Coincidentally, she was also tired of the worldly disgrace, so she gladly stayed there.
Unexpectedly, the fairy Tumi lived in Yuanqing for a long time and actually fell in love with the head of Yuanqing. They got to know each other well and soon got married.
The son of the demon clan had always intended to kill Tu Mi, but he had never revealed it. Seeing the two of them like this, he was furious and returned to the demon world.
At that time, there were three demon-killing families in the mortal world. They heard about the life-extending elixir from somewhere, so they came to ask for it. It happened that Fairy Tumi was refining a new recipe, and she was pregnant with a baby, so she generously gave it to her.
The three family heads thought they had obtained a treasure, so they went home to keep it well, but they didn't know that it would bring them a catastrophe in the future.
Besides, the son of the demon clan returned to the demon world and took back the power within three years. He was always obsessed with Fairy Tumi, and when he heard that she had given birth to a daughter for the head of Yuanqing Sect, he was even more angry, so he returned to Yuanqing Sect one day.
It was this incident that nearly caused Yuan Qing to destroy the sect.
But just when he was about to kill them all, he was injured for unknown reasons and had no choice but to withdraw from Yuanqing.
However, the trauma he suffered this time was difficult to recover from. After hearing that the three demon-slayers had asked for the life-extending elixir, he sent people to seize the elixir and massacred the three families.
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"These three families are the Gaoling Qiao family, the Nanhuai Long family, and..." Lingxiang seemed to deliberately drag out the words, "the Youlu Lu family."
After hearing this, Xinyi seemed touched, and a trace of sadness flashed across her eyes.
And it was at this moment that Lingxiang captured it.
"After the incident with Yuanqing faction, the powerful people of Qiao family anticipated this disaster. The Long and Qiao families were old friends, so the Long family entrusted the important things in their family to the Qiao family, and the Qiao family included them in the dowry of their daughter-to-be and gave them away. The Youlu family was attacked before they could prepare for it." Lingxiang said as she jumped out of the window.
"But later, when the government officials were cleaning up the mess, they discovered something was amiss." Lingxiang stared at Xinyi motionlessly. "The Lu family clearly had an only son, but even though there were a similar number of victims, one of the women was holding a baby girl."
"And that only son's name is—Lu Xingyi."
Lingxiang looked at Xinyi and spoke these words word by word. After hearing these words, Xinyi felt as if all her strength was taken away. All the murderous aura in her body disappeared. She slumped on the bed and spoke only after a long time.
"The one who massacred the Lu family was Bai Wuchang. It was the Mid-Autumn Festival that day. My mother and I went to the streets and escaped death. When we returned, we saw only devastation. But we didn't expect the demon soldiers to return and take my mother and me to Bai Wuchang."
It is true.
Lingxiang thought so and said, "The double-sword monk outside the Taishang Sect must be you. Although your face is covered, I still remember your features."
"That's right." Xinyi did not refuse.
"Why did you try to rob and kill me that day?" Lingxiang asked.
"This is Bai Wuchang's order. As far as I know, the Demon Lord only got two life-extending pills back then, and he has been sending people to secretly search for the third one over the years. When he saw you using the pill in a strange way in the Supreme Sect that day, he thought you might have it."
"I do have one," Lingxiang said, sitting on a stool in the room. "But I made it myself. Besides, I already gave one to Lu Ying. How do you know there will be more?"
"I didn't know that the pill you gave Lu Ying was the life-extending pill. All I knew was the golden pill that Bai Wuchang mentioned."
Lingxiang laughed when she heard that.
"If it's gold, it's top quality. There are countless golden elixirs in the world, how can he know which one it is? After all, he's a member of the demon clan, and a strategist at that, yet he doesn't even have this much knowledge."
Then he turned around and picked up the compass and threw it to Xinyi.
"You might be wondering why I have this thing, but it just happened that I saw it when you were in Yinyu Mountain that day."
Xinyi looked at the compass, which was covered with talismans drawn in cinnabar and had a very confused feeling in her heart.
"Then why didn't you stop it, and let this summoning formation gain power?"
"I'm testing you to see if you still have any good in you." Lingxiang said as she stood up. "So I'm distributing different talismans to you. I'm gambling, gambling on you."
"What does this mean?" Xinyi was very confused. She looked up at Lingxiang, but saw her walk to the window and look out.
"Tumi... is my mother."
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