As the sun sets and the moon rises, night falls once more.
It was late at night when Feng Guang returned to the Hidden Army Mansion. As soon as she came back, Xia Chao hugged her tightly. The middle-aged man cried and wailed, "Daughter, you must have suffered a lot!"
"Father... I'm fine."
"That damned Qi Chang'an!" Xia Chao couldn't listen to Feng Guang's words at all. He only felt that his precious daughter had been wronged, so he cursed without any manners. "I treated him as a friend. When others ganged up on him, I didn't fight back. I did it out of friendship. How dare he kidnap you as a hostage!"
Feng Guang felt uncomfortable being held by Xia Chao, so she could only look to her mother for help.
Wang Ci understood the meaning in Feng Guang's eyes. She walked over and easily pulled Xia Chao away. "Feng Guang just got back. Can't you ask her what happened before expressing your anger?"
"Junior Sister!" Wan Ge hurriedly came over, "Qi Chang'an didn't make things difficult for you, did he?"
“No.” Feng Guang shook his head. “He released me after he got to a safe place.”
Sun Yuanshan also leaned over and asked, "Which direction did he run in?"
"His lightness skill was too superb; I didn't even see him clearly before he was gone." Feng Guang frowned, feeling frustrated that he couldn't help with the matter.
Another sect leader said, "This is bad. If Qi Chang'an escapes back to the Demonic Sect, it will be difficult for us to catch him again."
"Yes..." The crowd began to whisper among themselves.
Wanxuan took a small step forward and asked Fengguang softly, "Junior Sister, are you injured?"
"No." Feng Guang looked at Wan Xuan. Now, she would not be affected by Wan Xuan's gentle treatment. She said, "Qi Chang'an did not make things difficult for me. Moreover, he gave me something."
Xia Chao asked, "What is it?"
“It’s this box.” Feng Guang took out a small wooden box from his pocket. “Qi Chang’an said that this contains an Ice Cicada, which is a rare sight in a hundred years. He told me to give it to Young Master Shen of the Golden Needle Shen family.”
"What? Let me see!" Young Master Shen, who was standing behind the crowd, immediately stepped forward. He took the wooden box from Feng Guang's hand, and upon opening it, he found a crystal-clear, snow-white ice cicada inside. He exclaimed in surprise, "It really is an ice cicada! Legend has it that ice cicadas are rare, appearing only once every hundred years. Eating one can make one immune to all poisons and also cure all poisons. My Shen family has searched for it for many years without success, but I never expected to be fortunate enough to see an ice cicada this time!"
Feng Guang added, "Qi Chang'an said that if we hand over the Ice Cicada to Young Master Shen, he will know how to handle it."
"The Ice Cicada can cure all poisons, so it can naturally cure the poison in Young Master Wanting's body as well." Young Master Shen closed the box, frowned, and said, "Qi Chang'an is a traitor to the righteous path, why would he give me the Ice Cicada?"
Feng Guang said, "He said that as long as my third senior brother wakes up, it can prove that the murderer is not him, but someone else."
"Could it be... that the murderer is someone else?" Young Master Shen pondered, looking at the wooden box in his hand.
Sun Yuanshan said, "Wanting is still unconscious, how can we make such a conclusion so easily? I think, Young Master Shen, you are capable enough to wake Wanting up first."
"With my Shen family's Golden Needle and Ice Cicada, if Young Master Wanting doesn't wake up..." Young Master Shen said arrogantly, "then I'll smash the Shen family's reputation myself."
No one dared to doubt the Shen family's medical skills. That very night, Young Master Shen used the Ice Cicada on Wanting and assured everyone that Wanting would wake up when the sun rose the next night.
On a dark and windy night, a figure appeared in the dimly lit room.
He stood by the bed for a long while, then whispered, "Third Brother, you can't wake up. Don't blame me for being heartless..."
Just as he raised his palm to strike, another gust of wind struck.
The figure moved aside, and at the same time, the candlelight in the room was lit, and the room was full of people.
Running behind her father, Fengguang saw the man opposite her and exclaimed in disbelief, "Second Senior Brother, how could it be you?"
"Wan Ge, I never expected..." Xia Chao said in a deep voice, "that you are actually the real traitor!"
Sun Yuanshan followed closely behind. Seeing this scene, he scoffed, "So this is the good disciple that Master Xia has raised..."
"Second Junior Brother." Wanxuan's expression was also not good. He was usually a gentle person, but now he had to put on a cold face. "Second Junior Brother, it's not too late to turn back from the wrong path."
Wan Ge, who had remained silent, clenched his hands hanging by his sides. He gritted his teeth and said, "That's right, I am the real traitor. I was the one who hurt my third junior brother and framed Alliance Leader Qi!"
“That’s impossible!” Wang Ci said. “You have no reason to do this.”
"The reason is simple." Wan Ge's face was gloomy. His sunny and cheerful demeanor was gone. He said in a somber tone, "I entered the Hidden Army when I was thirteen years old. Before that, I was already a member of the Demonic Sect. Now that you have captured me, I have nothing more to say. Rather than suffer your torture, I will end my life now and save you the trouble!"
Wan Ge actually raised his palm to shatter his own skull, but at that moment, a pebble flew from outside the door and deflected his hand.
At that moment, a tall figure walked in unhurriedly, accompanied by a man's laughter, "As far as I know, members of the Demonic Sect only call themselves the Holy Sect, but they never call themselves the Demonic Sect like righteous people do."
Upon hearing this, Wan Ge, who had been interrupted from her suicide attempt, was taken aback.
"Qi Chang'an!" Feng Guang ran over and grabbed his hand.
Qi Chang'an looked down at her and smiled gently, then said softly, "Feng Guang did a very good job."
Upon receiving the praise, Feng Guang immediately smiled sweetly.
Qi Chang'an smiled and took her hand, then looked at everyone and said, "I have tasted the bitterness of being wronged, and I do not wish to see anyone else suffer the same injustice as me. In my opinion, Young Master Wan Ge probably has some difficulties. What do you think, Young Master Wan Xuan?"
Wanxuan, who was suddenly called out, smiled calmly and said, "Alliance Leader Qi is right."
The atmosphere suddenly became strangely unsettling.
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