Chapter 132 Internal Strife Continues
From departure to arrival at the Demon Sacrifice Abyss, the journey was strangely smooth.
Having successfully arrived and subdued the restless demonic beasts, the Demon Sacrifice Abyss has finally returned to peace.
But none of the members of the Mingzong sect could laugh out loud.
An unexpected incident occurred during this smooth journey.
Song Heyi died quietly. On the very night they were celebrating their dinner party.
Miao Miaowan opened the door early the next morning and found his body. She was so shocked that she fainted. The commotion attracted the group of people who were preparing to leave.
The group searched Song Heyi's room thoroughly but couldn't find a trace of the murderer.
While examining the corpse, Lin Wuqi gave Yu Tianxing a meaningful look with a somber expression.
Ji Mingran stood beside Yu Tianxing and received his message perfectly.
An ominous sign.
Lin Wuqi once said that the divination he received about his future was an ominous sign, and Song Heyi had also mentioned during the day that his divination was ominous, which is why he didn't go out.
The divination result was an ominous sign; could it really mean losing one's life?
Ji Mingran always felt that there was something intriguing about this.
Apart from Yu Tianxing, the members of the Nameless Sect all specialize in divination, so how could they not know the fortunes of their fellow disciples? However, they had not paid much attention to it before, which indicates that there are ways to avoid it.
For example, Lin Wuqi came to Yu Tianxing's door in the middle of the night seeking his trust, while Song Heyi stayed indoors to avoid trouble. But...
The latter unexpectedly failed and died a violent death, while the former...
The moment Ji Mingran looked up, he caught Cui Mianyue and Jiang Chaoxing's gazes flashing past Lin Wuqi from different angles at the same time.
Well, as expected, everyone else knew that Song Heyi wasn't the only one having bad luck. Song Heyi collapsed, while Lin Wuqi was still standing there unharmed, perhaps because he had escaped disaster, or perhaps because disaster hadn't yet struck.
Lin Wuqi's breathing quickened, and anxiety flashed in his eyes.
Cui Mianyue's round, pretty eyes, like a cat's, had sharp, vertical pupils. Her tone was worried: "Junior Brother Lin, what are you going to do?"
Lin Wuqi lowered his head and remained silent.
Everyone was immersed in astonishment, grief, and fear. As the third-ranked senior sister in the sect, Cui Mianyue should take responsibility and stabilize the situation.
With a determined look in her sharp, vertical pupils, she made the arrangements: "Miaowan is already weak, and now he has been frightened. Junior Brother Tianxing, you should take good care of him. Wuqi, you stay by their side and don't leave without permission."
Despite the unexpected incident, the mission could not be interrupted. Knowing that Cui Mianyue had carefully considered and weighed the pros and cons, she composed herself and organized Song Heyi's belongings, including writing brushes, ink, paper, and inkstones, for Miao Miaowan. Following her senior sister's instructions, the group split into two teams and headed to their respective destinations.
The entrance to the abyss is located in the far north, a land of ice and snow, shrouded in darkness. The group from the Nameless Sect did not venture deep into the abyss, but remained only at the entrance.
No other demonic cultivators came. The great demon that was trying to break through the abyss's restrictions was still suppressed and could not exert its full strength. As soon as it raised its head, it was cut down by Yu Tianxing's sword.
Yu Tianxing is incredibly powerful; with him around, dealing with the monsters suppressed by the abyss will be no problem.
However, looking at the sword that made the world change color in an instant, Ji Mingran was left with a sense of confusion.
It's strange. Yu Tianxing just came out of the Spiritual Cultivation Competition. Logically, he should only be at the Golden Core stage at most. How come his current cultivation level seems to have reached the Nascent Soul stage?
“Let’s split up and take another look.” Cui Mianyue’s voice drew her attention back. “After we’ve circled around and confirmed that the seal is still intact, we can go back. Miaowan, come with me.”
Miao Miaowan's eyes were filled with tears as she nodded silently and followed quietly beside Cui Mianyue.
A cold wind howled, and Cui Mianyue's voice pierced through it, sounding slightly ethereal: "Wuqi, you and Tianxing are in the same group, you must hurry."
"Understood, Senior Sister." Lin Wuqi turned around and headed in another direction. "Let's go, Junior Brother."
Walking amidst the vast expanse of ice and snow, a sense of sorrow inevitably welled up within me. Lin Wuqi asked, "Junior brother, what are your thoughts regarding the matter of Mu Yi?"
Yu Tianxing's dark eyes were unreadable as he simply said in a low voice, "No."
"Sigh." Lin Wuqi turned his head to look at the two people who had disappeared from sight, and gradually stopped walking: "Heyi died, and Miaowan couldn't have been the one who did it, so there are only three people left who are worth suspecting."
Yu Tianxing also stopped and looked at him quietly.
“It’s neither you nor me, it’s just her.” Lin Wuqi sighed. “I didn’t expect that Cui Mianyue would be on the same side as Second Senior Brother. I guess she already guessed that I was on Senior Sister’s side, so she took Miaowan away.”
He patted Yu Tianxing's shoulder with his palm: "What we need to guard against next is not the magical beasts here, but her."
Yu Tianxing sidestepped, avoiding Lin Wuqi's palm strike perfectly.
Also avoid the silvery light trapped in your palm.
Where the palm swept across, flames erupted.
Lin Wuqi's gloomy face was faintly visible through the smoke: "Junior brother, you're so smart, it's really a headache."
"Senior brother didn't try to hide anything, did he?" Yu Tianxing stood in the cold snow, snowflakes falling softly onto his clothes. "If senior sister wants to kill me, she can just take me away."
Lin Wuqi gave a strange smile: "She's cunning, how do you know what she's thinking?"
Ji Mingran frowned as he stared at Lin Wuqi, who had suddenly turned against him.
So all that fuss and all that superstition last night was just to gain Yu Tianxing's trust and then take his life when he wasn't looking?
Lin Wuqi practices divination, which is more supportive. What gives him the confidence to defeat Yu Tianxing?
Yu Tianxing clearly thought the same thing, and didn't even lift his eyelids in the face of Lin Wuqi's surprise attack.
"So, what do you think, senior brother?" he asked calmly.
"Junior brother, between you and me, one of us must die. You take my place!" Lin Wuqi raised his hand, and countless copper coins were scattered into the air. The swirling and refracted light shone on Yu Tianxing, faintly gathering into a hexagram.
As the divination was about to be completed, Yu Tianxing's body suddenly sank, and his muscles and bones twisted and mutated.
The black sword hummed as it leaped from its sheath, its sword intent surging. With a flash of sword light, a vast sword strike aimed directly at Lin Wuqi.
Crash! The copper coins that were tumbling in the air exploded with a bang. Lin Wuqi left his original spot, his sword striking the ground, which cracked in two.
The hexagrams that were about to converge were broken, Yu Tianxing's body returned to its original state, and the black sword instantly returned to his hand.
"You're really hard to kill, junior brother." Lin Wuqi's figure appeared along with a large number of copper coins.
The copper coins were cast into a copper wall, and a large amount of light was reflected towards Yu Tianxing, which was about to form another hexagram.
Before the divination results appeared, and undeterred by the scorching light, Yu Tianxing thrust out his longsword, charging straight forward. The sword's tip touched the copper wall, instantly shattering each copper coin.
Yu Tianxing lightly slashed with his sword, and a series of cold, sharp sword strikes swirled around Lin Wuqi, slashing down from the sky and pinning him to the spot, making it difficult for him to move.
With the sword blade pressed against Lin Wuqi's throat, Yu Tianxing won with ease, even more easily and calmly than when he suppressed those demonic beasts.
Lin Wuqi's face was ashen.
Looking at him with cold eyes, Yu Tianxing's voice was calm: "Senior brother..."
"Junior Brother Tianxing!" The exclamation interrupted him.
Cui Mianyue and Miao Miaowan rushed over, and when they saw Yu Tianxing raising his sword as if to take Lin Wuqi's life, the two stopped.
"This..." Miao Miaowan's eyes shifted from the blade to the person holding the hilt, her voice trembling slightly: "What's going on?"
From Ji Mingran's perspective as a third party, Yu Tianxing's actions were indeed prone to misunderstanding.
Moreover, the latter has no intention of offering further explanation.
"Let's talk this out." Cui Mianyue grabbed Miao Miaowan's wrist. "And don't make any rash moves."
Lin Wuqi turned his head and stared at her: "What are you planning to do by taking control of Miaowan? How is what you're doing any different from what I'm doing?"
Miao Miaowan looked confused: "Senior Brother Lin, what are you talking about?"
He sneered, flicked his wrist, and the copper coins flew up again, raining down on the two of them.
With a twist of his wrist, Yu Tianxing sent the black sword hurtling out, flying faster than the copper coins to the two of them, sweeping away a large number of copper coins with lightning speed.
Lin Wuqi suddenly leaped out, and two more copper coins suddenly struck Yu Tianxing.
These two copper coins are different from the previous ones; they have already generated hexagrams and are just waiting to reach their target.
"Lin Wuqi, stop!" Cui Mianyue shouted.
With a whoosh, the copper coins flying in the air seemed to have their controlling power removed at the same time, and fell to the ground.
The two copper coins that had almost touched Yu Tianxing's arms suddenly lost their strength, the hexagram disappeared, and they fell softly to the ground.
The spiritual power that Lin Wuqi had unleashed completely dissipated.
Ji Mingran looked at Cui Mianyue with slight surprise.
Thinking back to the previous encounter with the bearded male cultivator, Cui Mianyue's Word Magic meant that her words could come true as soon as they were spoken.
Lin Wuqi's face twisted in pain: "I should think of a way to shut you up first!"
Cui Mianyue's face was solemn, blood trickling from her lips, her vertical pupils fixed on Lin Wuqi.
The black sword returned to Yu Tianxing's hand and was pointed at Lin Wuqi again. This time, however, the blade landed on his shoulder.
Lin Wuqi was still under immense pressure and could hardly move.
Cui Mianyue released Miao Miaowan's wrist and stepped forward.
"So you've made no attempt to hide it, completely giving up on yourself to this extent?" Cui Mianyue said, "Your divination indicates an ominous sign. You know you can't escape it, so you're resorting to desperate and reckless behavior!"
With a solemn expression and vertical pupils, Cui Mianyue spoke sternly to Lin Wuqi: "You actually want to find a fellow disciple to shield you from your calamity! You dare to persecute Tianxing today; this is probably not the first time."
Her voice was tense: "We had long foreseen that He Yi would die at the hands of his fellow disciples... but we didn't believe that anyone would actually harm a fellow disciple. We never expected that the person would be you."
Lin Wuqi muttered to himself, almost frantically: "I'm going to die, I'm going to die! I don't want to die, I don't want to die!"
Yu Tianxing frowned: "Senior Sister."
Cui Mianyue stepped back to the side, blocking the blade with her body: "Junior Brother Tianxing, if he had died by your sword, it would have been only right that he had endangered your life. But since he is not dead, we should take him back to our master for disposal."
As soon as he finished speaking, a flash of silvery light appeared.
Cui Mianyue sensed something and turned her head.
Yu Tianxing raised his sword, but Cui Mianyue blocked his way, making it difficult for him to defend himself.
And so he watched helplessly as the silver thread pierced Lin Wuqi's temple, passed through his brain, emerged from the other end, and then flew back to the spinning compass.
Lin Wuqi blinked, and before he could react, he collapsed to the ground, dead.
Yu Tianxing turned his gaze and looked at her: "Senior Sister Miaowan."
Miao Miaowan was holding a compass in her hands at some point, the compass spinning rapidly, the pointer of which was tinged with blood.
Cui Mianyue sighed, "Miaowan, why are you doing this? If you bring Wuqi back to the sect, he will receive the appropriate punishment. This matter is only getting bigger and bigger."
Miao Miaowan's lips trembled, her tearful eyes filled with resentment: "He killed Heyi, I will never let him go. If he is to die, he should die on Heyi's magical artifact!"
Two hot tears slid down her face, and she said in a hoarse voice, "Thank you for helping me, Senior Sister."
Cui Mianyue shook her head: "Forget it. Junior Brother Tianxing, you should take Wuqi's body back to the sect."
She lifted her foot and walked forward, but after a meter, she realized no one was following her. She turned around in confusion and asked, "Junior Brother Tianxing?"
Yu Tianxing stood still, coldly watching her, his sword still sheathed.
Miao Miaowan stood a little distance away, watching the two of them with teary eyes.
“…” Cui Mianyue sighed, scratched the back of her head, and pouted, “I think I did a pretty good job, Junior Brother Tianxing. Isn’t it good that you pretended not to know?”
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