"Parricide"—who is right and who is wrong? How can I reconcile filial piety and duty? ...
"Esteemed seniors and fellow Daoists, I also have a youngest sister who was tricked by our father into becoming a disciple of the Divine Capital Sect when she was young."
Beneath the natural barrier, all the powerful beings of the human and demon races went to search for Yun Xuanchen's hiding place.
Yun Ruofan bowed to the elders who were leading their disciples to stay behind and wait for the right moment, and said, "She is under Elder Sihong's command, named Tan Guiyi. My sister's real name is Yaoying."
Upon hearing this, the seniors did not react much, but the disciples standing behind them all looked at each other in astonishment.
Elder Sihong of Shendumen's expression changed slightly.
That day, the young apprentice was an orphan that Lin Xiaofeng had brought back.
He had initially seen that the man was very talented, so he arranged for him to enter the outer gate first.
She was indeed quite talented; a few years later, she passed his test on her first try and became his disciple.
He had a lifelong passion for teaching others, and he had many disciples in his sect, as well as many ordinary people outside the sect who lacked spiritual roots.
He doesn't limit himself to accepting apprentices based solely on whether they are obedient and sensible, mischievous, arrogant, or shrewdly foolish...
But it was just his little apprentice...
He was a child who seemed generous and cheerful, but always harbored a sword, ready to stab those around him, like an empty shell trying to fill itself up.
Sihong once greatly admired and appreciated this young apprentice, but later became quite disappointed in him.
but......
Ultimately, it was his disciple. To take in a disciple but fail to properly educate him is his incompetence.
Yun Ruofan lifted his robe and knelt down, saying, "Seniors and fellow Daoists, my younger sister should have been uninvolved in this matter and would have been safe and sound. As her elder brother, I should not have revealed the truth out of selfishness."
"However, I see that my younger sister is unaware of the danger and is also searching for the Yun family's retainers. My father is currently suffering from a qi deviation, and I don't know if he will use blood-related evil magic to escape by possessing another body. I am really worried that my younger sister's lifespan will be greatly shortened and her cultivation will be greatly reduced after being possessed for a few days."
Elder Sihong used his spiritual power to help him up and asked, "Do you know how your father hid?"
Yun Ruofan lowered her head with regret and shook her head. "It's not that I didn't report it, but my father never reveals the slightest bit about such life-or-death matters to others."
Amidst the hushed discussions of those around her, Yan Huanyue, who had been left behind due to her injury and had just arrived when she heard these words, turned to look at Pei Xuanzhi beside her.
Pei Xuanzhi seemed unable to understand her gaze, looked back at her, smiled at her, and then slowly shook his head.
Yan Huanyue withdrew her gaze, wondering why he didn't reveal that the sect leader's jade slip was in Tan Guiyi's hands, and what secret he was trying to keep hidden.
Elder Sihong did not linger and turned to search the place where the elders and disciples of the Divine Capital Sect were searching.
Pei Xuanzhi helped Yan Huanyue walk through the snow to a side to avoid the wind.
He breathed out thin white breath in the cold wind and said, "Sister, let's wait a while, aren't you cold?"
Yan Huanyue grasped his cool hand in return, turned to look at him, and asked, "What did you put on the sect leader's jade slip that you didn't want anyone to know? That wisp of wind? Or something else?"
Pei Xuanzhi's long eyelashes trembled slightly as he let her hold his hand.
He coughed for a while, looked down into her calm eyes, pursed his lips, and said softly, "What else do you think I have?"
Yan Huanyue released his hand, frowned and said, "Stop giving me this nonsense."
Pei Xuanzhi hurriedly grabbed her sleeve, about to speak, but choked on a gust of cold wind, coughing so hard that his eyes watered and turned red.
Yan Huanyue raised her hand to help him tighten his cloak, and with the other hand, she stroked his chest through the cloak, feeling the vibrations of his chest when he coughed.
She smiled nonchalantly and said, "The way you're making that noise, maybe you're feeling uncomfortable because you have too many worries on your mind and you can't help but cough some up to make yourself feel better?"
Pei Xuanzhi didn't dare to make excuses for her at this moment, so he could only look away and reply with red eyes, "It's nothing, I'm fine..."
Yan Huanyue looked up into his eyes, their breaths mingling together and then dissipating in the cold wind.
Yan Huanyue softened her tone and asked coaxingly, "What exactly are you afraid of? Do you mean, you think that wisp of wind can harm Yun Xuanchen, who is currently seriously injured due to the broken formation?"
"Or do you want to use the Chaotic Soul Words on Fellow Daoist Tan's body to find him, and then kill the body he can use to escape when he becomes even weaker after using the Bloodline Evil Technique?"
Pei Xuanzhi's eyes darted around, and she immediately retorted, "How can you believe Young Master Yun's words so much, sister? You also believe that his sister is innocent? He has now made it clear that Yun Xuanchen might use the woman to escape. Isn't he trying to make his sister appear as an innocent and pitiful person before everything is exposed?"
"Since Yun Yaoying heard me say that Yun Xuanchen might be using blood-related evil magic, instead of hiding in the back like Yun Er, she continued to search. What is the reason for this?"
"Should I personally persuade her good father to come out and commit suicide to atone for his sins with a sincere heart, or should I willingly borrow his identity for a few days to help him escape danger?"
"Or does Madam think I disregard human life?"
Seeing his eagerness to explain his actions, Yan Huanyue said calmly, "So, you don't refute the matter of that wisp of wind."
Pei Xuanzhi suddenly turned his face away, his thin lips pressed tightly together, and he remained silent. His pale skin took on a faint pink hue in the cold wind.
Yan Huanyue walked to the side of his head and looked directly at him. She smiled slightly and said, "As for what that thing is, you don't have to say. Just make good use of your Chaotic Soul Words. Don't let Fellow Daoist Tan be controlled by Yun Xuanchen before he can use the communication jade slip."
Pei Xuanzhi nodded slightly, "Madam, you can rest assured about this matter."
Yan Huanyue shook her hand, turned around, and strode away into the distance.
Pei Xuanzhi hurriedly followed her through the snow.
He was physically weak, and it was already difficult for him in the heavy snow of the north. Now, his steps were unsteady, and he looked more like he had been seriously injured than Yan Huanyue.
After hearing him stumble and fall a few times while chasing, Yan Huanyue's heart softened and she slowed down, pulling him over and half-supporting him as they walked forward.
Pei Xuanzhi paused for a moment, exhaling white breath, and said, "Madam, don't think I'm cruel. It's not just me who wants to kill her. This time she went to see Yun Xuanchen. Once suspicion takes hold, she'll have a hard time finding peace no matter what. Even if she manages to escape this predicament, she might still end up losing her life, unless..."
Yan Huanyue looked up at him.
Pei Xuanzhi glanced at Yun Ruofan not far away, his eyes turning cold, and said softly, "Unless Second Young Master Yun is a kind and honest person who never thinks about the second step when taking the first step."
Finally, he asked, "Does Madam think that Young Master Yun wants to help his sister, or does he want his father to die without any chance of making a comeback?"
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Pei Hanzhou entered the Nine Heavens Palace where Yun Xuanchen had once hidden. He glanced at the stone platform standing tall in the center of the huge pool, then gently tiptoed across the water and landed on the platform.
He stood on the stone platform, looking back and forth at the layout of the Nine Heavens Palace, and then gazing intently at the unsystematic seal script carved on the surrounding stone walls.
In a few breaths, he jumped back onto the stone bank, walked around the stone palace wall, and stopped at the location of the Death Gate.
He lifted his foot and gently stepped down, as if a thousand pounds of force were beneath his feet, and the thick ground of the underground palace suddenly cracked open.
Amidst the scattered rubble, a dark tunnel was revealed.
Pei Hanzhou leaped into the tunnel and floated forward until he reached a confluence of undercurrents, where he landed slowly.
After circling the dark current twice, he made a hand seal, and a chilling aura emanated from his fingertips, flowing slowly in all directions like water in mid-air.
A halo of light spread through the dark passage, with only a small shadow visible in the direction of the closed door.
It is the outline of a lotus flower, about the size of a soybean.
Pei Hanzhou stretched out his hand, and under the guidance of his divine sense, the small lotus shadow floated into his palm, gradually spreading a faint trace of blood color in the cold white.
Someone slowly approached from behind. Pei Hanzhou didn't turn his head, but only looked down at the blood-red lotus shadow in his palm and drew several magic seals to seal it.
Zhixu walked unimpeded from the halo of light in the tunnel, walked to his side, and stared at the small blood-red lotus shadow in his palm.
“There are so many talented people in this world, and Yun Xuanchen is quite capable.”
Zhixu's voice was always sweet and gentle, completely different from her methods.
Pei Hanzhou's long eyelashes cast shadows on his face that twitched slightly before settling back into stillness.
He tossed the lotus shadow in his palm upwards, and looking up, he saw the crimson lotus shadow floating in mid-air.
He drew out a wisp of his divine sense and circled the lotus several times, observing it closely. He saw that the small lotus was composed of countless intricate and tiny magical runes.
While they were observing, several sect leaders and elders also secretly arrived.
Everyone gathered here to look at the blood lotus, which was the size of a soybean.
Yun Xuanchen might be among them.
Unraveling the secrets of the Blood Lotus Realm isn't too difficult, but its incantations are complex and intricate, involving many elements. There might be another incantation inside, which might require an attempt to decipher in order to understand its inner workings.
Pei Hanzhou withdrew his divine sense and made several hand seals. Just as he was about to make the last hand seal, his divine sense suddenly stirred and he sensed the sound transmission jade slip inside the blood lotus.
Pei Hanzhou's heart sank immediately.
The subtle divine sense on the jade slip, meant to protect Pei Xuanzhi, quickly spread out and circled the blood lotus. Seeing that the internal and external magical inscriptions were indeed different, the hand seals on his fingers changed slightly accordingly.
In an instant, a vast, turbulent, and savage tide swept over us, and the entire secret passage was shrouded in a bloody mist.
A bottomless abyss suddenly appeared beneath their feet, with a foul wind howling. The group made hand seals and plummeted. In no time, a figure appeared in the endless abyss, rushing against the wind.
Pei Hanzhou's heart skipped a beat when he saw someone being blown up by the cliff wind, and he quickly accelerated his descent to check on them.
As he got closer, he immediately recognized Yun Xuanchen, the man who had died at his hands years ago.
However, he found this unusual.
Based on his past and present experience fighting Yun Xuanchen, Yun Xuanchen is not a person with courage and integrity.
Even at the very last moment before death, Yun Xuanchen remained calm and composed, still searching for a glimmer of hope, and would never rush out to fight his opponent.
Pei Hanzhou made a hand seal and plunged into the abyss. A cold light spread from his fingertips, enveloping Yun Xuanchen like a night fog.
"Dead?"
Behind him, a sect leader descended through the biting cliff wind to Pei Hanzhou's side, looking at the person floating face up in the thin mist like a dead fish.
His eyes were wide open, his pupils were gray, his face was pale blue, and his limbs hung limply, swaying lifelessly back and forth in the wind rising from the bottom of the cliff, along with his old robe.
He was clearly dead. There was a large, white gash on the back of his neck, and it looked as if he had been drained of all his blood.
As Pei Hanzhou's thoughts shifted, the thin mist drifted downwards, wrapping Yun Xuanchen's corpse like silk and tucking it into his sleeve.
Then, unusually, he gritted his teeth and looked down at the bottom of the cliff with a sullen face.
That reckless son who doesn't know his own limitations...
I had just told him to stay outside and not wander around, but then he appeared in this blood lotus without warning.
Even someone born with a tough life couldn't withstand this kind of torment, let alone someone who isn't even a strong and robust young man.
Worry and anger surged at the same time, and Pei Hanzhou felt a sweet, metallic taste gradually rising in his throat.
He suppressed his emotions slightly and plummeted downwards.
Behind him, Zhixu excitedly ordered the demon clan leaders behind her to follow.
Amidst the biting, bone-chilling winds of the cliff, Pei Hanzhou slowly closed his eyes for a moment, and when he opened them again, the emotions in his eyes had completely vanished.
But when they reached the bottom of the cliff, they couldn't find his rebellious son.
Amidst the bloodstains, a woman was kneeling quietly on the ground, holding a communication jade slip in her hand.
Her body was covered in blood, almost turning her into a crimson glass statue of an evil god, and tiny blood lines were oozing from her left shoulder.
Blood dripped from her body, forming a pool of blood with tiny ripples all around her.
This small pool of blood reflected her blurry figure, as if imprisoning her there.
The scene was so bizarre that everyone descended to the bottom of the cliff and watched her warily.
A voice suddenly came from above: "Please show mercy, everyone. This is my disciple, Tan Guiyi. She just heard what Young Master Yun said. You may also call her Yun Yaoying."
Hastily pursuing them to the secret passage, Elder Sihong, the last to fall into the Blood Lotus Secret Realm, floated down while saying loudly:
"Yun Xuanchen sent his daughter into the sect to keep her away from the conflict. She never had the chance to do evil with Yun Xuanchen, but now that his life is at stake, he has brought her here, perhaps to use the blood relationship as a way to escape temporarily."
"Please, everyone, distinguish and destroy the evil spirit, help my disciple escape danger, and do not wrong the innocent."
As soon as he finished speaking, Si Hong landed in front of Tan Guiyi.
She then stirred slightly, attempting to lift her head a little.
Blood dripped from her forehead like beads, and as if exhausted, she lowered her head again, bowing deeply to Sihong.
"The east wind blows, the cherry blossoms grow tall, and the falling petals are all due to it. Who is right and who is wrong? How can I fulfill both gratitude and filial piety?"
“My father has committed too many sins, and I can only try to make amends by fighting evil and protecting the righteous. Now my father wants to use me to get away, but I am unwilling to help the wicked. So I have no choice but to kill my own father in public... I am unruly and have failed your kindness and disappointed you many times.”
"Your disciple has been eagerly awaiting your arrival. I have held on until now, only to... personally bid farewell to my revered master..."
As he spoke, he kowtowed again, and his hand, which had been supporting him, suddenly formed a sword-like gesture, which, with resolute sword intent, plunged unhesitatingly towards his own heart...
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