Chapter 19 My senior sister is dead! We are all murderers!
The firelight shining from the stone chamber fell to the ground, casting distorted and terrifying crimson shadows.
Just as Bai Xiaosheng was about to step into the stone chamber, Su Ying'er's voice rang out behind him.
"Fourth Senior Brother! Something terrible has happened! You all need to come with me right now!"
Ye Li scrutinized her. What a coincidence! They were just about to find her when Su Ying'er appeared.
Faced with the sudden appearance of Su Ying'er, Bai Xiaosheng also looked wary, "What happened?"
Su Ying'er sounded very anxious as she pulled Bai Xiaosheng's arm and walked in the opposite direction.
"There's no time to explain! Your lives will be in danger if you stay any longer. Let's go!"
Upon hearing that they might die, Sun Yun was terrified. "Listen to Junior Sister, she's always right! Let's run!"
No sooner had he finished speaking than Sun Yun rushed out and disappeared in a few steps.
After being pulled a few steps by Su Ying'er, Bai Xiaosheng shook off her hand.
"You can leave if you want, I'm staying to find my second senior sister."
Su Ying'er wanted to use the same trick again, and said with a pained expression, "Fourth Senior Brother, I can forgive Second Senior Sister for being heartless to you, but I absolutely cannot stand by and watch her cause you to die!"
"Listen to me, come with me!"
Before she could even touch Bai Xiaosheng's arm, he disgustedly shoved her away. "What makes you think you can say that Second Senior Sister is heartless? You've only been at Lotus Sect for a year. What right do you have to judge Second Senior Sister, who has grown up with us?"
Su Ying'er was stunned by the scolding, completely unable to understand why Bai Xiaosheng, who always had a smiling face, would suddenly speak to her so harshly.
She tried to reignite Bai Xiaosheng's disgust for Ye Li, "Fourth Senior Brother, have you forgotten? A few months ago, you lost Mother's sword, and Second Senior Sister not only remained indifferent but also verbally abused you. You yourself said she was inhuman. I was just concerned about you, I..."
"shut up!"
Bai Xiaosheng could remain rational as long as the matter wasn't brought up, but he completely exploded the moment it was mentioned. He pointed at Su Ying'er and said hatefully, "If you hadn't lied and said you redeemed the sword, how could I have misunderstood Senior Sister!"
Su Ying'er was caught redeeming her lie, and a fleeting look of panic crossed her face. However, she quickly regained her composure and said innocently, "I didn't lie. I redeemed that sword. Fourth Senior Brother, have you been misled by someone's lies and misunderstood me?"
"I was deceived, but that person was none other than you! Su Ying'er!"
Su Ying'er, not one to shed tears until faced with the truth, pitifully shook her head, "I didn't, I really spent all my savings to redeem that sword."
"Oh."
Bai Xiaosheng sneered, "Since you say you redeemed that sword, fine, then let me ask you, from whom did you redeem it?"
"Well, several months have passed, and I've forgotten about it."
"You must remember how many spirit stones you spent to redeem it, right?"
"I only remember it was all my money, but I didn't count the exact amount..."
Su Ying'er tried her best to explain herself, but Bai Xiaosheng no longer believed her. He said with disgust, "You should save these explanations for when you go back and tell your senior brothers. Once I find my senior sister and return to Lotus Sect, I will definitely tell them all your true colors!"
After saying that, he ignored Su Ying'er and turned to head towards the stone chamber.
He was in a hurry to find Ye Li and didn't notice the vicious look that appeared on Su Ying'er's face at that moment.
No!
She had worked so hard to gain their favor and become Master Qingyu's disciple. Soon she would get what she wanted, and no one could ruin it!
Ye Li saw Su Ying'er take out a magical artifact from her storage pouch and silently approach Bai Xiaosheng's back.
Upon seeing what was in her hand, Ye Li's pupils dilated.
This is... a silver lotus bell!
It was a magical artifact that Master Qingyu personally passed on to Su Ying'er at the apprenticeship ceremony. It contained the spiritual power that Master Qingyu had infused into it, and even a mortal could unleash the attack power of a Nascent Soul stage cultivator!
"Bai Xiaosheng! Watch out!"
Inside the stone chamber, Bai Xiaosheng's attention was completely drawn to the enormous altar.
In the center of the altar, the woman's blood-stained Taoist robe had been replaced with an exquisitely patterned red dress, and she wore a meticulously crafted golden crown, with wisps of smoke rising from the incense burner atop her head.
She looks like a bride about to get married.
Upon closer inspection, it was revealed that Ye Li, who had been missing for several days, was lying on it.
Bai Xiaosheng was shocked. "Senior Sister! What's wrong with you?!"
He eagerly reached out to touch Ye Li's hand, only to be startled by her body temperature the next second.
Why is it so cold? It doesn't feel like I'm alive at all...
Just as Bai Xiaosheng was in shock, a powerful spiritual force struck his back.
"Laughing!"
Ye Li watched helplessly as the severe injury inflicted on Bai Xiaosheng by the Nascent Soul stage cultivator knocked him to the ground.
Bai Xiaosheng lay on the ground, his internal organs shattered and blood flowing from his seven orifices.
He couldn't get up no matter how hard he tried, and then a pair of pink and white embroidered shoes appeared in front of him.
Su Ying'er met his incredulous gaze with a smile, "Don't look at me like that. I've already advised you to go out with Sun Yun, but you wouldn't listen."
Bai Xiaosheng coughed up blood repeatedly, "You... what did you do to my senior sister...?"
Seeing that he was not dead, Su Ying'er took out the twin swords from her storage bag again. "Didn't you want to see Ye Li? As long as you die, you can see her."
Bai Xiaosheng's pupils dilated. His senior sister was dead?
No, that's impossible, Senior Sister won't die!
He looked at the altar with difficulty, but if his senior sister wasn't dead, why was she lying there motionless in such a strange position?
How could we stand by and do nothing while he was injured...
Thinking of the help-seeking talisman his senior sister had sent that day, Bai Xiaosheng felt a surge of panic.
So the senior sister didn't send out the help talisman out of jealousy towards the junior sister; she was genuinely in danger!
What was he doing at that time?
He and Yuan Ce mocked their senior sister's scheme as being too lame, and even made a bet that she would be punished by their master with whipping or water torture when she returned.
"Senior sister..."
He was filled with remorse, tears welling in his eyes, and he crawled desperately toward the altar.
Seeing this, Su Ying'er smiled sarcastically, "Fourth Senior Brother, judging from your current appearance, you really dote on your Senior Sister."
Bai Xiaosheng, still grieving Ye Li's death, roared, "Shut up! Senior Sister died because of you! You murderer, you don't deserve to mention Senior Sister's name!"
Su Ying'er covered her face and giggled, "Me? Hehehe, don't forget, it was you masters and junior brothers who ignored her pleas for help back then."
Bai Xiaosheng was stunned.
Yes, if they hadn't stood by and watched her die, how could my senior sister have died...?
Everyone in the sect received a help-seeking talisman from Ye Li, but no one went to save her.
Every single one of them is a murderer!
Bai Xiaosheng lost the strength to live. He collapsed on the steps a step away from the altar, weakly raising his hand towards Ye Li.
On his deathbed, he saw his senior sister taking care of him.
When he first arrived on the mountain, he felt homesick. His senior sister gently sang nursery rhymes to him. When he couldn't understand his master's lessons, his senior sister patiently guided him in sword practice...
Actually, his senior sister always cared for him a lot; it was just that he was too greedy.
His hand fell limply.
Tears streamed down his pained face.
Senior sister, I'm so sorry.
I'll give this life back to you...
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