Chapter 146 Lu Ziting was abandoned by Su Ying'er and saw her true colors.
Ye Li was oblivious to the love-hate relationship between Lu Ziting and Su Ying'er; all her attention was focused on the array on the ground.
She had realized that this formation was the key to controlling the movement of these rooms, so as long as she could destroy the formation, she could get out.
However, as a sword cultivator, she knew very little about formations.
So she chose to destroy it with brute force.
Ye Li raised her hand, spiritual energy rapidly gathering in her palm. She stared intently at the array, and her spiritual energy instantly condensed into a beam of light carrying the power to break the array, shooting towards the array eye hidden deep within the array patterns with the force of thunder. With a crisp sound, the array's light began to flicker erratically.
At the same time, the study where she was located shook violently, a sign of impending collapse.
Ye Li now understood why Su Ying'er was in such a hurry to escape; she must have known that if she stayed, the room would be destroyed along with her.
Seeing that the kitchen entrance was about to disappear, Lu Ziting, ignoring his injuries, struggled to his feet. "Jiang Li! If we don't leave now, it will be too late!"
Ye Li didn't move. She gathered her spiritual power again and poured it into the array's core, saying coldly, "If we don't break the array, it will continue to consume our spiritual power. At that point, we won't even have a chance to fight back."
As she spoke, her black hair flew wildly due to the fluctuations of spiritual energy, and amidst the ruins, only her eyes stood out brightly and resolutely.
In an instant, Lu Ziting, who had already crawled towards the gap leading to the next room, felt as if he had been struck hard in the chest by something.
Another image flashed before my eyes.
Once, he and Ye Li went down the mountain to drive away a high-level magical beast. It was supposed to be foolproof, but when they chased it to the cave, they found that it had two companions.
He originally intended to return to his sect first, but Ye Li did not back down. She stood in front of several demonic beasts with her sword in hand, her tone calm, "If we leave now, they will think we are no match for them and will never let us go. There is only one way to survive, and that is to step over their corpses and fight our way out."
Jiang Li at this moment reminded him of Ye Li from that day.
The same resilience, the same composure.
At that time, he felt that Ye Li was too cold-hearted, not nearly as charming and adorable as Ying'er, but just now...
For some unknown reason, Lu Ziting gritted his teeth, retreated to his study, gathered his spiritual power, and joined Ye Li in destroying the array's core.
Ye Li was somewhat surprised, but it was always good to have help.
This formation was far more difficult to break than she had imagined; their spiritual energy entering it was like a stone sinking into the sea.
Especially with Lu Ziting here, she couldn't even show her true strength.
At the same time, the surrounding bookshelves could no longer withstand the force and began to collapse.
Just as the bookshelf was about to fall, it suddenly stopped. Not only that, but the books that were falling also stopped in mid-air.
It was as if time had suddenly stopped.
Lu Ziting was stunned. "This is..."
Ye Li withdrew her spiritual energy and looked around. Although the formation was not completely destroyed, it had stopped operating.
Sure enough, these rooms were controlled by an array, and the key to getting out lay in this array.
With the crisis over, Ye Li finally had time to take a look at Lu Ziting.
The gap leading to the kitchen had been closed. Ye Li found it strange that he hadn't rushed to the kitchen to be with his junior sister. "Aren't you worried about Su Ying'er?"
For some reason, Lu Ziting, who always doted on Su Ying'er the most, showed not worry on his face when he heard this, but a kind of resistance. Even his voice was a bit cold. "She naturally has her own way of taking care of herself."
This attitude was completely different from his willingness to risk his life to protect Su Ying'er when he encountered the water ghost.
Ye Li stopped examining the array and looked up. "When did you wake up? Did you hear something?"
She thought that if Lu Ziting had heard what Su Ying'er had just said, it would have saved her the trouble of exposing Su Ying'er.
Upon hearing Ye Li's words, Lu Ziting, who was on the other side, finally revealed a hint of disappointment and pain on his feigned calm face.
Last night, he was dragged down by Su Ying'er while fighting those water ghosts, which resulted in him being seriously injured and falling into a coma.
When I opened my eyes, I found myself in this eerie study, and not only that, the room was even beginning to collapse.
Because he had just woken up, he couldn't move his body or even speak, and could only watch in fear as the walls crumbled down.
Then, he witnessed a scene he would never forget.
His beloved junior sister, whom he always believed would never betray him and who was kind-hearted, actually abandoned him and ran away when faced with danger.
She didn't say a word to him from beginning to end, and didn't even look back at him.
Without hesitation, she abandoned him and fled alone.
...
After listening to Lu Ziting's account, Ye Li understood that he had not heard about Su Ying'er's conspiracy.
However, I unexpectedly got a good look at Su Ying'er's character.
After Lu Ziting poured out his heart, he was secretly saddened and murmured, "Ying'er was so kind. She even risked her life in Kuangshagang to get the antidote for Mo Hannian's poison. Why did she turn out like this?"
Ye Li sneered, "She didn't become like this; she's always been like this. It's just that you've never seen her for who she truly is."
"No, Ying'er wouldn't..."
He instinctively wanted to defend Su Ying'er, but even he couldn't think of an excuse.
After a long silence, he propped his head up and said sadly, "If it were Ah Li, she would never have fled like this, much less abandon me..."
His voice was filled with sorrow as he said this, even more so than when he learned of her death.
However, Ye Li not only didn't think he was sincere, but also found it laughable.
He didn't really regret it; he regretted not choosing the best option.
He wasn't missing her; he was missing the more convenient life he had before.
Ye Li was too lazy to look at his feigned affection and turned to look at the scattered books.
Surprisingly, the books here are not some kind of evil magic, but rather legitimate methods for self-cultivation.
There were even some legends and ancient books from various sects, as well as many things she had never seen before in the Tianmen Sect.
Because of the Wuqi Clan incident, Ye Li was very interested in these things, so she simply put all the books into her storage bag, planning to read them when she had time.
As she continued searching for anything else that could prove the owner's identity, she heard a low cry of pain.
Turning around, I saw Lu Ziting.
He was already severely injured, and he had just forcibly mobilized his spiritual power. At this moment, his face was extremely pale, and large beads of sweat covered his forehead.
Seeing Ye Li looking over, he waved his hand with great determination, "A gentleman's will only grow stronger when he is injured. You don't need to worry about me, I'm fine."
Ye Li:?
She didn't even bother to say a word and just continued flipping through the desk.
However, Lu Ziting frowned when he saw that Ye Li didn't even offer a word of greeting. "As a woman, even if you're not gentle and considerate, you should at least have a compassionate heart to care for others. Why are you so cold to your fellow disciples?"
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