Chapter 86
Inside the Yan Yue Sect, Lin Jichen watched as the sect leader opposite him finally couldn't hold back any longer and reluctantly revealed the truth: "Senior Brother Zhou saw Shi Yunzhou fall into demonic possession and wanted to know what happened to him, and then he was about to..." Before he could finish speaking, Han Wenqing interrupted him, "Can't you persuade him? You know he'll act impulsively when it comes to his junior brother's master!"
Lin Jichen lowered her head. She had tried to persuade him, but he wouldn't listen. After Shen Junning left that day, Zhou Xuanzhi recognized the visitor as Shi Yunzhou, and things started to look strange.
"Why did you become like this?" Zhou Xuanzhi asked.
But Shi Yunzhou looked at Zhou Xuanzhi as if he were an idiot, and then questioned the two devils, "Are you trying to die by disobeying orders?"
Lin Jichen put away his zither, looked at the group of people in front of him, and whispered to Zhou Xuanzhi, "This seems to be Shi Yunzhou!"
Shi Yunzhou looked at the two demons with icy eyes, and looked at the two kneeling men with contempt, his tone full of disdain, "Take down that male cultivator, and I may spare your lives."
The zither that had just been put away was picked up again by Lin Jichen. What was going on? Was the target Zhou Xuanzhi? She turned to look at Zhou Xuanzhi, but she couldn't remember him offending anyone.
“I’ll go with him, don’t worry,” Zhou Xuanzhi said softly.
Lin Jichen was somewhat surprised to hear Zhou Xuanzhi's voice, "Why?"
Shi Yunzhou on the other side was still unaware of what was happening and didn't make a move; he simply stood there. The two demons kneeling on the ground also remained motionless.
"I have some things I want to figure out, and I also want to know what happened to Shi Yunzhou." Zhou Xuanzhi looked at Shi Yunzhou opposite him. He really wanted to know what had happened to his junior brother.
Lin Jichen was at a loss for what to do. Shi Yunzhou was probably possessed by a demon. Everyone had been busy lately and didn't know what had happened. As for Zhou Xuanzhi...
She asked hesitantly, "What can I do for you?"
"I pretended to be exhausted and was beaten down by them, and then they took me away."
The demons, those are demons! The immortal sects and the demons have always been enemies. If Zhou Xuanzhi falls into their hands, even if he doesn't die, he'll be skinned alive. She was still a little worried, "Are you really sure? Those are demons!"
Zhou Xuanzhi turned to look at Lin Jichen, his gaze resolute: "Shi Yunzhou is my junior brother. I need to know why he fell into demonic possession, which will also allow me to investigate the inner workings of the demon race."
"It's too dangerous." Lin Jichen disagreed. Zhou Xuanzhi had just exorcised the demonic energy and couldn't use his spiritual power yet. What if he went to the demon realm now and got contaminated with demonic energy again? Madam Wu was a living example. Without the help of immortals in the demon realm, how could he possibly succeed?
But that's his junior brother. Zhou Xuanzhi shook his head and said, "No, I believe in my junior brother. Even if he falls into the hands of the demons, he will leave himself a way out."
Lin Jichen watched Shi Yunzhou walk towards her step by step, feeling very nervous. She turned to Zhou Xuanzhi to confirm again, "Are you really sure?"
Zhou Xuanzhi nodded, and Lin Jichen closed his eyes and charged forward. After a few rounds, he was knocked unconscious and didn't know how long he had been unconscious until Shen Junning woke him up...
After hearing Lin Jichen's story, Han Wenqing angrily threw the teacup on the table beside him. With a loud crash, the teacup shattered. Lin Jichen was also terrified.
"You guys are too audacious! How dare you?" Han Wenqing pointed at Lin Jichen, his hand trembling with anger, unable to utter a word for a long time.
Lin Jichen knelt there, stammering "I" for a long time but unable to say anything else.
Then Lin Jichen was scolded by Han Wenqing, and by the time she came out, the whole morning had passed.
Xiao Mu stood guard at the door. Seeing Lin Jichen's miserable expression, and remembering how these two had done something so big behind his back, he felt they were disloyal and glared angrily at Lin Jichen.
As soon as Lin Jichen stepped outside, he felt Xiao Mu's gaze and asked listlessly, "When did you arrive?"
"Just now." Xiao Mu still couldn't understand what Lin Jichen meant. He went to Lin Jichen's side and said, feeling very wronged, "You guys are really disloyal! You didn't even tell me about something this big!"
When Lin Jichen heard Xiao Mu say this, he punched him. "If I had known it would turn out like this sooner, I would never have let Zhou Xuanzhi leave with Shi Yunzhou, even if it meant my death."
“Oh, you can’t think like that. Senior Brother Zhou only cares about a few people, and Shi Yunzhou just happens to be one of them.” Although Xiao Mu didn’t know Zhou Xuanzhi very well, he knew that if something happened to Shi Yunzhou, he would do anything to help him.
That's what they say, but they're the ones who get scolded.
Lin Jichen remained silent for a long time before Xiao Mu turned around and noticed her sadness. He then comforted her, saying, "Actually, if you could choose again, you would still help Senior Brother Zhou, right? Since you've already made your choice, you should accept it. This isn't just your decision."
Hearing Xiao Mu's words of comfort, Lin Jichen asked him, "And what about you? If it were you, what would you choose?"
"Knowing full well that Zhou Xuanzhi's health wasn't good, they still sent him to the Demon Realm. That place would be even worse for him. Besides, immortals and demons are mortal enemies; he wouldn't have a good ending if he fell into the hands of the demons." Lin Jichen knew everything, but she couldn't understand why Zhou Xuanzhi would still make that choice.
Although Shi Yunzhou is in the Demon Realm, if this matter is discussed with the Sect Leader, the Sect Leader will definitely find a way to rescue him. He doesn't seem to have suffered much, and seems more like a pawn of the Demon Lord; the other demons won't touch him.
"To answer my question, if you had another chance, what would you choose?"
“This is Senior Brother Zhou’s choice, and I can’t stop him. So what about you?” Xiao Mu asked, looking at Lin Jichen.
Lin Jichen recalled the scene from that night. Even if he had rejected Zhou Xuanzhi, the latter would have found a way to seduce him and go to the Demon Realm with Shi Yunzhou. And he would definitely have chosen to help Zhou Xuanzhi.
"I don't regret my choice. If I had to do it all over again, I would find a way to go to the Demon Realm with him." Lin Jichen replied, "Because they are Junior Uncle's disciples, and Junior Uncle is the person I admire most in my life. I would choose to help them."
“You’ve already made your choice.” Xiao Mu came to Lin Jichen’s side. “You just feel like you’ve been wronged these past two days and you’re feeling really bad.”
Lin Jichen thought for a moment and nodded, "That's true."
Gu Qingci was in a bad mood because she had just learned that she hadn't gone to Guancheng by accident, but had been harmed by Wu Chenghao!
The Yan Yue Sect began interrogating Wu Chenghao, with the leaders of various sects listening in. Gu Qingci followed behind her sect leader, and after hearing Wu Chenghao confess that he had sent her to Guancheng, she was utterly puzzled. She had no grudge against him whatsoever, so why was he doing this to her?
“Because Chonghua wants to know if the things on your wrist were given to you by Shi Wanqing.” Wu Chenghao was no longer the gentle and kind middle-aged elder he had met at first glance. Now he looked more like an old man in his twilight years. He looked at Gu Qingci and said, “Chonghua wants to know if the bracelet on your wrist was given to you by Shi Wanqing. I don’t know what his purpose is. I just sent you into Guancheng as he told me to.”
“You’ve all seen what my wife looks like. The Immortal Sect has no way to restore her sanity. Chonghua says he has a way, although in the end she will only fall into demonic possession.” Wu Chenghao looked at everyone with a weary expression. “I can’t watch her be imprisoned for the rest of her life. I’m so sorry to you.”
"Is that all? Didn't you even try to find out why?"
"I don't care. I've already cooperated with the Demon Lord, so what else is there to care about?" Wu Chenghao retorted.
The elder of Yan Yue Sect was furious. Wu Chenghao was the sect leader and the most outstanding disciple, yet he had turned out like this. He was heartbroken. "How can you face your master like this? How can you face the ancestors of Yan Yue Sect?"
The Chen family of Gusu was also furious. Your family is in trouble, and you want to betray me? How dare you! If there weren't so many people present, the head of the Chen family would have rushed up and killed Wu Chenghao right now.
Wu Chenghao seemed to sense the murderous gaze of the Chen family patriarch. He looked at him, then lowered his head again: "Chonghua seems to be looking for the Breath of Earth and the Shennong Cauldron to resurrect someone, but I don't know the specifics."
After saying this, the head of the Exorcist Division was no longer calm. Sui Fu had said that Chonghua couldn't forget his old feelings for Shi Wanqing, which was why... He had previously thought that there was some truth to this and was half-believing and half-doubting, but now it seemed that it might be true.
However, we should talk to the head of Tianyu Mountain about this!
Noticing that her sect leader seemed a bit off, Gu Qingci leaned down and asked, "Sect Leader Uncle, is there anything you need me to do?"
He waved his hand. "No." Sui Fu said that this matter not only needed to be kept secret from Tianyu Mountain, but also from the Demon Clan and the world. A person whose soul has been scattered cannot be resurrected in the Immortal Sect, but can only be resurrected in the Demon Clan. This blame can only be borne by Chonghua.
"When did you tell the demons how to open the city?" someone else asked.
Wu Chenghao thought for a moment and said, "At first, this was the first thing I told him, in order to get the lady to regain her senses." She did regain her senses for a while, and at that time she said she didn't want to live like that, that she was a cultivator, not a demon!
So Chonghua knew from the beginning that his silence was a prelude to a major operation. The incident in the capital was also a test of this method, and it proved effective.
Gu Qingci felt increasingly threatened by the enemy; he had managed to plan for so long.
Seeing everyone's shocked expressions, the senior uncle from Qingxu Sect spoke up: "This Chonghua, not long after falling into demonic possession, unified the divided demon race. The great war seven hundred years ago was directly related to him. He is indeed a talent, it's just a pity..."
It's a pity he succumbed to demonic possession. If he were a cultivator, he would be sitting here. If he were a mortal, he would have been a figure of great significance in human history. Alas, he succumbed to demonic possession!
"You just mentioned Shi Wanqing? What does this have to do with her?" Han Wenqing, the head of Tianyu Mountain, naturally could not tolerate outsiders slandering his junior sister.
Wu Chenghao also looked puzzled. "I don't know. Chonghua cared a lot about that bracelet, and even sent demons to hunt her down. Later, he wanted to come in person, but he was persuaded to stop. They told him to consider the bigger picture."
Seeing Han Wenqing's conflicted expression, Fang Xingyang knew that he might be suspecting that Chonghua's demonic possession was related to Shi Wanqing, and he was now thinking about how to help Shi Wanqing clear her name.
He desperately wanted to tell the truth, but the fewer people who knew, the better; he could only keep it to himself. However, according to Sui Fu, the demon race's invasion of the human world was unavoidable; he could only hope that Shi Wanqing could truly be resurrected and stop Chonghua.
Just as they were about to say something, someone entered with a worried expression. Upon seeing the sect leaders, he almost burst into tears. "It seems the demons have invaded! A large number of demons have been discovered at the foot of Cuiwei Mountain!"
Fang Xingyang closed his eyes, and the anxiety that had been gripping him finally subsided. This day had finally come...
The leaders of each sect had grim faces, but they did not react excessively. This was all within their expectations, and everyone had already made arrangements. Some members of their sects stayed behind, while the other disciples had already dispersed. They only hoped that they could rescue more people.
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