Chapter 66 Wen Yao Confirms Jiang Li is His Ah Li
Lotus Gate
When Wen Yao rushed back, Lu Ziting and Su Ying'er were both by Mo Hannian's bedside.
Su Ying'er kept wiping away her tears. When she saw Wen Yao return, she immediately came over and grabbed Wen Yao's clothes, her sobs soft and delicate.
"Third Senior Brother, please take a look at Fifth Senior Brother! He... he seems to be dying..."
Wen Yao was also shocked when he saw Mo Hannian's appearance, "Xiao Wu!"
Mo Hannian's face was ashen, and he was only wearing a nightgown. The black lines of the Gu poison on his chest spread from his neck to his right cheek, which was quite terrifying.
Wen Yao strode forward, "When did Xiao Wu's Gu poison flare up so badly! Why didn't anyone tell me!"
Su Ying'er sobbed, "Ever since we returned from the Mist Camphor Forest, Fifth Senior Brother has been locking himself in Ziyu Residence and not letting anyone disturb him. Today I came to deliver some snacks but no one answered the door, so I asked Eldest Senior Brother to come along, but who knew..."
She rushed to the bedside, "Fifth Senior Brother, please open your eyes! If you don't wake up, Ying'er won't be able to live either."
Wen Yao had been extremely cold to Su Ying'er these past few days, but seeing her nearly faint from crying because she felt sorry for Mo Hannian, he softened and helped her up. "Alright, junior sister, get up first, let me treat Xiao Wu."
Lu Ziting held Su Ying'er in his arms and comforted her, while Wen Yao examined Mo Hannian's spiritual veins.
When Ye Li was around, Mo Hannian hated that she always forced him to drink various bitter medicines.
Each time, he would coldly accept the drink, saying, "You've finished it, are you satisfied now?"
Or perhaps, "Enough with the pretense, you can leave now."
He would only show a slight smile when Su Ying'er brought him desserts.
Therefore, Mo Hannian stopped taking the medicine after Ye Li left.
It turns out that Ye Li searched far and wide for rare poisons to suppress his condition and took care of his diet, which is why he has been safe for so many years.
Now, he not only no longer takes medicine, but also often eats the snacks and dishes made by Su Ying'er. His Gu poison has spread from his dantian to the spiritual meridians throughout his body.
The more Wen Yao investigated, the more alarmed he became. "How could this be..."
Lu Ziting sensed something was off about Wen Yao's tone and pressed for an answer, "Is Xiao Wu's condition very bad?"
"yes."
Wen Yao looked at Mo Hannian's face with a complicated expression. "The poison has already infected his internal organs. If it is not cured soon, Xiao Wu will not live for more than a month."
"What?!"
"Cough cough cough-"
A cough interrupted the conversation.
Upon seeing Mo Hannian wake up, the group fell silent.
Su Ying'er squatted by the bed and looked up at him, her pretty face full of worry.
Fifth Senior Brother, are you feeling better?
Mo Hannian propped himself up on the headboard, his gaze sweeping over the group of people trying to maintain a facade of peace, and said in a deep voice, "Don't try to hide it from me, I heard everything."
Wen Yao reassured him, "I was only talking about the worst-case scenario. We'll go look for the Heartbreak Grass together during this time, and we'll definitely be able to find it before your next attack of the poison."
Mo Hannian curled his lips, "Ye Li searched for so many years before finding just one plant. Now there's only one month left. The world is so vast, how are you going to find it? Where are you going to look?"
"this……"
Wen Yao was speechless.
Indeed, if it were that easy to find, Ye Li would have brought back a second one long ago.
Therefore, the bowl that Su Ying'er threw away was Mo Hannian's last chance...
Seeing the reproachful looks directed at her, Su Ying'er's body went limp and she knelt on the ground, sobbing uncontrollably.
"It's all Ying'er's fault. It's all my fault for throwing away that bowl of medicine. I'm the one who harmed Fifth Senior Brother."
With a sob in her voice, she cried, "God, take my life, but don't take my senior brother's!"
Mo Hannian closed his eyes. "It's not your fault. If anyone is to blame, it's myself for misjudging people, mistaking a demoness for my senior sister, and having my life taken by her."
Wen Yao frowned, "Xiao Wu, A Li didn't..."
"Third Senior Brother."
Mo Hannian's eyes were gloomy. "I don't care if you like her and are willing to be a fool, but don't force me to be like you... cough cough cough."
Seeing that he started coughing after saying just a few words, Wen Yao didn't want to argue with him.
"Alright, let's not talk about this anymore. You should get some rest. We'll find a way."
The door closed.
Mo Hannian stared blankly at the blood he had coughed up on the bed.
Is he really going to die?
He swallowed the metallic taste in his throat, looked into an unknown place, and gave a self-deprecating smile.
"Ye Li, I stabbed you with my sword, and you killed me. We're even now."
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As dusk fell, the Lotus Gate was shrouded in a dim, lingering light, giving it a somewhat desolate appearance.
Wen Yao looked around and saw a patch of withered lotus leaves on the water, which looked just like the Lotus Gate now.
Master is seriously injured and still unconscious, Bai Xiaosheng is in confinement, Yuan Ce is living in the outer sect, and now even Han Nian is...
The Lotus Gate wasn't like this when Ah Li was around.
In the mornings, you can always hear her practicing swordsmanship with Yuan Ce.
At midday, her nameless cottage was always filled with the aroma of cooking as she crafted weapons, brewed medicine, and tended to his medicinal herb garden.
As night fell, she would patrol the area, and whenever he saw her, he felt at ease.
But now...
Wen Yao looked around blankly.
Ah Li, where are you?
Suddenly, a pair of eyes appeared in his mind.
Oh, right, ginger pear...
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The next morning.
When Ye Lichen practices swordsmanship in the morning, she always feels like there is a pair of eyes watching her.
Could it be Yuan Ce, who's always haunting us?
She deliberately changed a few moves and slightly altered her sword-sheathing posture.
Just as she was about to go back inside, someone called her name.
"Junior Sister Jiang Li."
Turning around, I saw Wen Yao.
"Could we speak in private?"
Wen Yao hadn't slept all night, his eyes were bloodshot, but his posture remained upright, his chin slightly lowered, and his gaze towards her held a thousand unspoken words.
Ye Li originally wanted him to speak there, but when she saw that the outer disciples in the same courtyard were all looking at them, and some even recognized Wen Yao and pointed at her, she realized that he was talking about her.
The two arrived at a secluded spot.
Ye Li stood a few steps away from Wen Yao, her tone distant, "Is there something you need?"
Wen Yao didn't speak, but stared intently at Ye Li.
From eyebrows and eyes to face, from expression to figure.
Although they didn't have many similarities, a voice inside him told him something.
The person in front of him was his senior sister, Ah Li, whom he had been longing for day and night.
When Ye Li grew somewhat impatient with his gaze, he finally spoke in an extremely hoarse voice, "I heard that your swordsmanship was taught to you by... Ah Li."
Ye Li sensed something and became wary. "It's not just me; many disciples learned their swordsmanship from Ye Li."
However, Wen Yao was clearly not as easy to deal with as Yuan Ce. While Ye Li was speaking, his gaze remained fixed on her face.
His eyes held inquiry, guilt, and deep affection.
His voice was low and slow, "It's not just swordsmanship. I heard that on the day of the outer sect assessment, you questioned the senior brother about the Twin Swords. You not only knew that the materials for the Twin Swords were taken back by A-Li, but you were also very familiar with how to obtain those materials."
Guessing that Wen Yao suspected her because she knew "Ye Li" too well, Ye Li paused and said, "During a class, I noticed that Ye Li was injured. When I asked her about it, she said that she was doing it to forge the Twin Swords. She also told me about those processes. As for why she questioned Lu Ziting..."
She countered Wen Yao's question, "Shouldn't such a heartless person be condemned?"
Although Ye Li answered fluently, Wen Yao's thoughts grew stronger.
His eyes reddened. "Is it possession?"
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