Chapter 37 Misunderstanding
In the dungeon.
The sunlight filtering through the prison gates was divided into vertical shadows. Xiao Shuying's gaze swept over the two guards outside, and she walked over to ask:
"Could you do me a favor?"
The two disciples were immediately at a loss for words. Being assigned to guard was already hard enough, but to have to guard someone who was also a disciple of Immortal Venerable Fengchi made it a job that was sure to offend people.
One of the disciples acted normally:
"What is it?"
"Among my fellow disciples, there is one named Yan Angao. Please ask him to come over for me."
"This..." The disciple hesitated.
What if he doesn't come?
Xiao Shuying spoke calmly, without the slightest hesitation:
"As long as you tell him that I invited him, he will come."
The two disciples exchanged a glance, nodded, and said:
"Okay, we'll go and invite them over."
Just as Yan Angao was in a pleasant mood, he saw that his two disciples had come to invite him over on behalf of Xiao Shuying, and he immediately became interested.
Meanwhile, in the dungeon, after seeing the two disciples leave, Xiao Shuying used her spiritual energy to draw a formation to restrain the demons.
Unfortunately, the higher one's cultivation level, the stronger the magic power of the formation, and the formation that Xiao Shuying is currently drawing may not be very effective.
However, apart from that, the only way to clear her name is to take the initiative, since Xiao Shuying doesn't believe Su Yunyu will trust her.
Xiao Shuying now finds Su Yunyu's so-called belief in him laughable, and the fact that she herself had believed it only adds to the irony.
But the most important thing right now is not to deal with Su Yunyu, but to get myself out of the dungeon.
Shortly after, footsteps approached, the prison gates opened, and Yan Angao walked in. As soon as he entered, he sensed fluctuations in a spiritual array and immediately smiled:
"Senior brother, is it really that serious? What are you doing?"
Xiao Shuying looked at him coldly and sneered:
"Don't you know perfectly well what this spirit array is for, Feng Mingye?"
Seeing that his identity had been exposed, Feng Mingye remained calm and composed:
"Who are you calling? Feng Mingye is quite a nice name."
Xiao Shuying approached him, her gaze icy:
What exactly do you want to do?
Feng Mingye's eyes darkened, and he said in a low voice:
"Of course, I want your life."
Without him saying it, Xiao Shuying guessed the reason:
"Because you think I'm not worthy to be Su Yunyu's apprentice."
Feng Mingye laughed and said, "At least you know your place. I'm leaving. You can have fun by yourself."
As he was about to turn and leave, Xiao Shuying suddenly drew her sword and thrust it at him. Her sword intent was sharp and fierce, though weaker than his cultivation level, it had already been tempered by the Great Dao.
Feng Mingye's eyes widened in surprise; he hadn't expected him to attack so directly. He immediately dodged and called out to the two disciples outside:
"Senior Brother Xiao is attacking a fellow disciple! Go quickly and call the sect leader over!"
The two disciples hesitated, while Feng Mingye, dealing with the various sword intents, urged them on:
"I don't need your help, you guys go!"
Seeing this, the two men quickly ran out, leaving only two people in the dungeon. Feng Mingye blocked the sword that was aimed at his face and sneered:
"What, unable to find evidence to clear your name, you're resorting to indiscriminate attacks?"
Most people wouldn't take such a risk.
But Xiao Shuying is different. He has lived through ninety-nine lifetimes and has long been ready to face death.
Even if you die, taking the initiative is still better than sitting and waiting to die; it gives you control over your destiny.
Xiao Shuying merely chuckled, her aura in no way inferior, even subtly carrying a fierce, tiger-like glint.
"If you want to slander me, then hide yourself."
Seeing that his moves were truly bizarre and far beyond the level of Qi Refining cultivation, Feng Mingye's gaze turned cold. He was about to say that provoking him was useless, since he wouldn't just kill him...
Wait a minute, he disguised himself as Yan Angao. Although his direct goal was not to kill Xiao Shuying, he never stopped wanting to kill her.
This slander was purely intended to plunge Xiao Shuying into crisis, but ultimately, killing him would eliminate the need for such a roundabout approach.
Thinking of this, Feng Mingye burst into laughter:
"If you're looking for death, then I can't stop you."
Having said that, he changed his attack, no longer pretending to be mediocre, but instead using every move with murderous intent. Xiao Shuying, seeing this, merely snorted coldly.
"My life isn't so easy to take."
Although his cultivation level was insufficient, the magic array could suppress demonic energy, and he also had several life-saving magic artifacts given to him by Su Yunyu.
In other words, he won't die anytime soon.
Just as Feng Mingye unleashed his fourth killing move and found it blocked again, he finally realized that if things continued like this, not only would he fail to kill Xiao Shuying, but he would also expose his identity once those people arrived.
Just then, the sound of hurried footsteps approached. Feng Mingye's eyes darkened, and he stopped attacking. Instead, he feigned weakness and, taking advantage of Xiao Shuying's sword strike, flew out of the dungeon and crashed onto the corridor, where he began to cry out:
"Senior brother, please don't kill me. I won't tell anyone that you cultivate demonic arts when I return to the sect."
Xiao Shuying chased after him with her sword intent, but seeing his sudden change, she felt uneasy. Sure enough, the next second Yuan Hongchou's rebuke rang out:
"Stop! You mustn't kill your own fellow disciples!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Yuan Hongchou led a group of people to the front. A disciple helped up the groaning Feng Mingye. Because he was disguised as Yan Angao, his appearance and cultivation were ordinary, so it was the most unbearable to watch him being "bullied".
Then the two disciples who had started first spoke up:
"You're so unfair! You told us to go and invite your junior brother, but it turns out you're going to kill him."
Xiao Shuying ignored the murmurs and glanced at the people in front of her, then her gaze fell on Su Yunyu, who had just arrived. Seeing him, she immediately called out:
"Master."
If this master is just like these people, indiscriminate in distinguishing right from wrong, then don't blame him for wanting to get rid of Su Yunyu before he dies.
Su Yunyu, who had just arrived, heard her disciple shout this. Before she could figure out what was going on, she heard Yuan Hongchou say that he had attacked his fellow disciple Yan Angao.
Su Yunyu instinctively denied it: "Impossible, he has no reason to do that."
Upon hearing this, Feng Mingye immediately devised countless motives:
“I accidentally had a disagreement with my senior brother at Wugutang before, and he has been disliking me ever since. I think this time it might be because I said something inappropriate that made him angry.”
Before Xiao Shuying could speak, Su Yunyu was filled with great doubt.
That's strange, is Yan Angao usually like this?
Although he didn't know this person well, he knew that he was Xiao Qingran's underling and that he was fond of flattery and had a restless and impatient nature.
Such boastful words would never come from his mouth, so Su Yunyu recalled Yan Angao's unusual behavior and thought it was even more remarkable.
No, there's something wrong with this person.
Su Yunyu looked at Xiao Shuying and saw that although his eyes were calm, there was a slight annoyance in them.
For some reason, Su Yunyu thought that Xiao Shuying probably felt the same way.
After all, Xiao Shuying has always had an unhappy childhood, an uncheerful adolescence, and now she is a pitiful and arrogant woman who swallows her grievances.
Seeing that "Yan Angao" was clutching his chest and still calling out, Su Yunyu was about to speak when she sensed the spiritual energy fluctuating in the air and discovered that it was a spiritual array that suppressed demonic energy.
Without further hesitation, Su Yunyu formed an idea, quietly gripped the Xuehua Sword, and seeing that Yan Angao was unprepared, immediately unleashed a sword intent and rebuked him:
"Monster, get off him!"
"..."
Those present only saw the sword intent flash like lightning, illuminating even the dust. After hearing the shout and reacting, they saw that "Yan Angao" had actually dodged the sword.
There was an eerie, deathly atmosphere in the air, especially among Yuan Hongchou.
The disciples might not understand, but he knew very well how extraordinary Su Yunyu's sword intent was; it was a sword strike that was closest to the Great Dao.
But this seemingly ordinary disciple actually dodged it...
Even Xiao Shuying did not expect that Su Yunyu would directly take action against "Yan Angao".
He even thought that Su Yunyu would be like everyone else, wondering why he attacked his fellow disciple.
Under the strange gazes of everyone, "Yan Angao" knew he had been exposed, and no longer bothered to pretend, he burst into laughter:
"You guys are really interesting. You're either as stupid as pigs or as quick-witted as a sharp blade. Su Yunyu, I'm really starting to admire you more and more."
After saying that, Yuan Hongchou reacted and was about to subdue "Yan Angao", but unexpectedly, the next second, a red phantom floated out from "Yan Angao".
The man, dressed in a red robe and with a bewitching face, gave the crowd a meaningful glance before disappearing with a flick of his sleeve.
"..."
Things happened too suddenly. From Xiao Shuying attacking her so-called fellow disciples to Su Yunyu also attacking her so-called fellow disciples, it turned out that these fellow disciples had actually been possessed long ago.
Those who had just righteously condemned Xiao Shuying immediately lost face, scratched their heads, and apologized.
"I'm sorry, Senior Brother Xiao, we misunderstood you."
Xiao Shuying did not respond, but inexplicably called out Su Yunyu's name:
"Master..."
As soon as she was called out, Su Yunyu seemed to finally come to her senses, remembering something important. Without saying anything, she turned and hurriedly left.
"..."
Xiao Shuying, who had initially thought that Su Yunyu truly trusted him, suddenly changed his expression as he watched his rapidly disappearing figure.
Why did you leave?
Why are you walking so fast?
So, in the end, Su Yunyu still doesn't believe him?
Was it really a lie that he said he was special not long ago?
Xiao Shuying's gaze shattered the ice, ignoring even the greetings and apologies that came to her ears. She simply said sorry and hurried after him.
Su Yunyu didn't use teleportation. After chasing him for a while, Xiao Shuying quickly found his back and saw him heading straight for the room where he was temporarily staying. She was filled with suspicion.
What could be so urgent?
Following her at a distance, Xiao Shuying went to the window after Su Yunyu pushed open the door and slipped inside, hiding to the side to observe what Su Yunyu was up to.
The reason Su Yunyu was in such a hurry was that he wanted to obtain a cultivation technique, a technique that allowed the spirits of the Three Realms to cultivate both spirit and demon.
Just now, the system finally activated its cheat code, finding this book among the vast sea of ancient texts and cultivation techniques, and told him to get it within five minutes, or it would disappear.
Moreover, he didn't hear Xiao Shuying call out "Master" at all. After seeing the truth, he realized there was no need to say anything more and decided to quickly retrieve the cultivation technique.
Su Yunyu walked to the table and found a cultivation manual lying on it. She quickly picked it up and flipped through it.
The text inside is clear and includes illustrations and explanations; it is truly a rare find.
Holding the cultivation manual in her hand, Su Yunyu smiled slightly, thinking that with him, her plan to win people's hearts would definitely take off like a rocket.
What he didn't expect was that Xiao Shuying happened to see the name of the cultivation manual outside the window: "The Spirit of the Three Realms".
Xiao Shuying was shocked and took a step back, countless questions churning in her mind.
Why did Su Yunyu come back to retrieve this cultivation technique? Why did he know about the spirits of the Three Realms? And what was his purpose?
And most importantly, does he even know that he is a spirit of the Three Realms?
If so, then his purpose is the same as Su Yunyu's in the first life: to use himself as a sacrificial vessel?
If this is truly the truth, then everything Su Yunyu did before seems to make sense.
They went to great lengths to treat him well, and always came to rescue him on time, all to make him willingly offer up the benefits of the spirits of the Three Realms.
Xiao Shuying's eyes were already red, like a trapped beast that had been deeply hurt and had nowhere to go. He felt a great pain in his heart, but he didn't know why he was in so much pain.
Right, in his dazed state, he suddenly remembered that his original intention was to kill Su Yunyu.
Yes, his goal has always been to kill Su Yunyu, so why should I care about so much truth?
With this in mind, Xiao Shuying finally calmed down and decided to complete this task ahead of schedule.
He walked with great difficulty towards the door, then slowly pushed it open. Backlit, his face was obscured, and he called out in a hoarse voice:
"Master..."
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Author's Note: A slight twist on the darker side [doge head with a rose in its mouth]
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