Chapter 25: Unveiling the Truth
"It's worth it, setting up such a grand scheme." The voice of the demon-masked man echoed in the empty control room, and his words made everyone present feel a sinking feeling in their hearts. The bearded man looked at the huge hole in the wall, then at the traces left on the ground by his companions who had been swallowed up in an instant, his eyes filled with fear and despair. He knew they might not be able to get out today. "What...what do you want to do?" he asked in a trembling voice. The man with the evil ghost mask ignored him, his eyes fixed on Chu Yun and the other two, as if he was admiring his prey: "One is a remnant of the Evil Suppression Bureau, possessing special powers. One is the descendant of the Ghost Doctor, holding the legendary Samsara Mirror. The other is a descendant of the Mo family, holding the key to open the Tianshu Tower." He laughed softly, and his laughter was full of pleasure, "It's really... a perfect sacrifice." "Sacrifice?" Chu Yun held his chest, endured the pain, and asked coldly, "What sacrifice?" "Of course it's a sacrifice to welcome a new era." The man with the evil ghost mask opened his arms, as if to embrace the whole world, "Your blood, your soul, and these corrupt inheritances you carry in your bodies will all become the cornerstone of the birth of a new world." "Madman!" Mo Li cursed with gritted teeth. "Madman?" The demon-masked figure shook his head. "No, I'm just someone who sees the future clearly. You simply don't understand. This world is already terminally ill. The so-called righteousness and order are nothing more than a tattered fig leaf. It's time for someone to tear it apart completely and establish a truly eternal, perfect order!" His voice was filled with bewitching power. Just then, a flurry of hurried footsteps echoed from the spiral passage they had come from. Immediately afterwards, seven or eight other surviving wuxia figures rushed in from the passage. Upon seeing the scene in the control room and the demon-masked figure radiating an evil aura, they were stunned. "This... this is..." "Who is that person?!" The demon-masked figure didn't seem surprised to see these people. Instead, the corners of his mouth curled up into an even more cruel arc beneath his mask. He turned away from Chu Yun and the other two, and instead addressed the newly arrived jianghu disciples with a voice filled with indignation and heartache, shouting, "Heroes! You've arrived just in time!" He pointed at Mo Li, "It's this demonic woman of the Mo family! She's colluding with demons, manipulating mechanisms, and harming her fellow daoists! I was trying to stop her just now, and that's why she severely injured me!" As he spoke...
"It's worth it for me to set up such a big plan."
The demon-masked man's voice echoed through the empty control room, his words sending a slump down the spines of everyone present. The bearded man stared at the massive hole in the wall, then at the traces left on the ground by his companions, instantly devoured. His eyes were filled with fear and despair. He knew they might not be able to escape today.
"What...what do you want to do?" he asked in a trembling voice.
The demon-masked man ignored him, his gaze fixed on Chu Yun and the other two, as if admiring his prey. "One is a remnant of the Evil Suppression Division, possessing special powers. One is the descendant of the Ghost Doctor, holding the legendary Samsara Mirror. The other is a descendant of the Mohist School, holding the key to the Tianshu Tower."
He chuckled softly, his laughter filled with pleasure, "What a...perfect sacrifice."
"Sacrifice?" Chu Yun held his chest, trying to endure the pain, and asked coldly, "What sacrifice?"
"Of course, it's a sacrifice to usher in a brand new era." The demon-masked figure opened his arms as if to embrace the entire world. "Your blood, your soul, and the corrupt heritage you carry within you will all become the cornerstones of the birth of this new world."
"Madman!" Mo Li cursed with gritted teeth.
"Madman?" The man in the devil mask shook his head. "No, I'm just a person who can see the future clearly. You don't understand at all. This world has long been terminally ill. The so-called righteousness and order are nothing more than a fig leaf that has long been riddled with holes. It's time for someone to tear it apart completely and establish a truly eternal and perfect order!" His voice was full of bewitching power.
Just then, a burst of hurried footsteps echoed from the spiral passage they had come from. Immediately afterwards, seven or eight other surviving jianghu warriors rushed in from the passage. Upon seeing the scene in the control room and the demon-masked figure emanating an evil aura, they froze in shock: "Where…where is…"
“Who is that person?!”
The demon-masked figure didn't seem surprised to see these people. Instead, the corners of his mouth curled up into an even more cruel arc. He turned his head, no longer looking at Chu Yun and the other two, but instead shouted to the newcomers in a tone filled with grief and sorrow, "Heroes! You've arrived just in time!"
He pointed at Mo Li, "It's this evil woman from the Mo family! She colluded with demons, manipulated the mechanisms, and murdered her fellow Taoists! I was trying to stop her just now, and that's why she beat me so badly!"
As he spoke, he slapped his chest suddenly, and a mouthful of black blood spurted out with a "puff". His aura instantly weakened, and he looked like a tragic hero who was seriously injured and fighting alone.
The newcomers were all confused by his sudden performance. They looked at the "seriously injured" demon masked man, then at Chu Yun and the other two who looked intact across from him. Human sympathy and preconceived notions made them subconsciously choose to believe the "weakling".
"So...it was you, little witch, who did it!"
"I was wondering why this city is so weird!"
"Kill her! Avenge our dead brothers!"
The newcomers were instantly excited and drew their weapons to rush towards Mo Li.
"It's not me! Don't believe him! He is the bad guy!" Mo Li was so anxious that his face turned red. He waved his hands repeatedly, but didn't know how to defend himself.
"Stop!" Chu Yun once again stood in front of Mo Li. He looked at the incited Jianghu people, then at the man in the devil mask who was secretly gloating. A cold glint flashed in his eyes. "Everyone, please calm down and listen to me."
"What's there to say to a pretty boy like you! You are in cahoots with her!" roared a man holding two knives.
"I just want to ask you one question." Chu Yun ignored his insults and said calmly, "When you were outside just now, did you see anyone's body that was killed by the Thunder Fire Talisman or the Ghost Doctor's Yin Qi?"
Everyone was stunned by his question and thought about it carefully: "No... the corpses we saw were... all chopped into pieces by that very strange mechanism..." someone said in a low voice.
"That's right." Chu Yun nodded. "If we are really murderers as he said, then why do we use a method that belongs to the Mohist school and we are not proficient in to kill people?"
"This...this..." Everyone was stumped again.
"Besides," Chu Yun continued, "you can see clearly with your own eyes."
As he spoke, he pulled a blank piece of talisman paper from his bosom. He bit his fingertip, and using the blood as a guide, he quickly drew a "probing talisman" on the paper. He then swung the talisman forward. Instead of flying towards anyone, the talisman exploded in mid-air, transforming into a golden rain of light that evenly spread across the entire control room.
"Evil Suppression Division, Revealing Spell!"
With a low shout, an incredible scene unfolded. Every person present emanated a faint, life-originated light: the Jianghu disciples glowed with ordinary white light, Mo Li with a cold silver light representing mechanical engineering, Li Ge with a gray light mingling with life and death, representing the art of ghost medicine, and Chu Yun himself with a pure golden light representing his own strength.
From the man wearing the demon mask, a thick, indissoluble, pure black aura filled with evil and death rose! That black aura was exactly the same as the black marks left on the bodies of those previously killed Jianghu people!
In an instant, the truth was revealed. Everyone was no fool. They looked at the undisguised evil aura of the man in the demon mask and compared it to the normal glow of the others. It was clear who was human and who was demon.
"You...you..." The man in the evil ghost mask didn't seem to expect that Chu Yun had this trick. He pointed at Chu Yun, so angry that he couldn't speak.
"Everyone, do you still think that we killed that person?" Chu Yun's voice echoed clearly in the control room.
The jianghu men all lowered their heads in shame. They put away their weapons, their faces filled with embarrassment and apology.
"Yes... I'm sorry... It was us... We wronged you..." The bearded man walked forward and bowed deeply to Mo Li.
Mo Li looked at him, then at the tall figure in front of her who had once again cleared her name, and she felt a mixture of emotions. She opened her mouth, wanting to say "thank you" to Chu Yun, but the words seemed to be stuck in her throat, unable to come out.
"Humph! Even if you can prove that you didn't kill him, what's the use?" The demon-masked man was furious when his plan to frame someone was exposed. "Today, all of you will die here!"
He roared, thrusting his hands upwards, and the entire Tianshu Tower trembled violently. The suspended energy crystals on the central platform began to spin at a frantic pace, a devastating force rapidly gathering. He was going to detonate the entire Tianshu Tower!
"Stop him!" Mo Li exclaimed. Without a second thought, she quickly formed seals with her hands, ready to forcibly cut off the Tianshu Tower's energy supply. But the demon-masked figure was prepared. He sneered and swung his left hand violently. A black energy wall instantly appeared in front of Mo Li, completely separating her from the central platform.
At this critical moment, Li Ge made her move. She didn't attack the demon-masked figure, but rather the incited bandits. With a flash of her own, she appeared behind the group like a ghost, a silver dagger gleaming with cold light in her hand. She slashed her palm with it, and blood gushed out instantly.
"With my blood, I will give you... a glimmer of hope!"
With her blood-stained hand, she quickly drew an extremely complex rune filled with the breath of death in the void.
"Netherworld, blood escape!"
The blood-colored runes instantly exploded, transforming into a thick blood mist that enveloped all the jianghu practitioners. The next moment, the blood mist dissipated, and the jianghu practitioners vanished without a trace. They had been forcibly teleported away by Li Ge using some secret technique!
"You..." The demon masked man was shaking with anger watching this scene. He had never thought that Li Ge would use such a method that hurt the enemy by 800 and hurt himself by 1,000 to save a group of unrelated people.
After using this move, Li Ge's face was completely pale. She staggered and almost fell. Chu Yun immediately supported her: "Are you okay?"
"They won't die." Li Ge shook his head, but a weak smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. "At least we've sent them all out. From now on, we can... have no worries."
Chu Yun looked at her, and an indescribable warmth surged in his heart. He knew that this woman, whom he had always regarded as an evil person, had a heart more compassionate than many so-called righteous people.
"Okay." Chu Yun nodded. He turned and stood shoulder to shoulder with Li Ge and Mo Li. For the first time, the three of them looked at each other with complete trust, a look of utter confidence. Then, they simultaneously glanced at the demon-masked figure, enraged by the repeated disruption of his plans.
"Now, it's time for the three of us to settle accounts with you."
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