Chapter 128 Is it a sin to slander someone who was born a woman?
Yu Siran didn't believe Elder Xiyuan's words and rushed forward, grabbing his robe and wrestling with him. "You're talking nonsense! You're talking nonsense! My father will be fine!"
Although Elder Xiyuan was not as old as Yu Lanshan, he looked old enough to be Yu Lanshan's elder. However, because his cultivation progressed slowly when he was young, he had not yet reached the level that would allow him to maintain his youthful appearance before he aged prematurely.
At this moment, his gray beard trembled, wet with tears, and he looked extremely dejected. He didn't react even when Yu Siran's fists landed on him.
"I'm sorry, Senior Brother Sect Leader... I'm sorry, Senior Brother Sect Leader..."
Yun Tianjiao quickly calmed down, stepped forward and pulled Yu Siran back, holding her tightly in his arms. "Silan, you mustn't be disrespectful to Elder Xiyuan."
Yu Siran turned around and hugged her tightly, sobbing uncontrollably, "Sister, he's lying! Father will definitely be alright, he would never abandon us!"
Liu Ruqing then spoke up, her expression unusually calm, "Elder Xiyuan, you protected my husband, so you naturally know the situation best. Do you know where my husband's body is?"
Xi Yuan closed his eyes in grief and shook his head. "When the last lightning tribulation struck, my senior brother, the sect leader, couldn't withstand it and was reduced to ashes, leaving no trace of his body."
Liu Ruqing lost her balance and fell into the chair.
"Mother, please take care of yourself." Yun Tianjiao stepped forward to support Liu Ruqing, and Yu Siran also stopped crying and stepped forward to take her hand with concern.
"Madam, please accept my condolences..." Elder Xiyuan said, "All affairs of the sect are still awaiting your leadership."
Liu Ruqing had no time to worry about these things. She said to Elder Xiyuan, "I am just a woman and it is difficult for me to take charge of the overall situation. I still have to handle my husband's funeral. I can only ask Elder Xiyuan to take good care of the disciples in the sect."
Elder Xiyuan immediately said, "It's too formal to say such things. My senior brother, the sect leader, and I are like brothers. You can call on me anytime you need me."
Liu Ruqing took out another bottle of pills from her Qiankun bag and handed it to Elder Xiyuan: "Elder, you were seriously injured while protecting my husband. This is a bottle of holy medicine for healing that my husband left behind before he died. I am giving it to you, Elder."
Elder Xiyuan could not refuse, so he accepted the gift and took his leave to return to his residence to heal his wounds.
Liu Ruqing watched Elder Xiyuan leave, suppressed her grief, and said to Yun Tianjiao, "Silk Bundle, Silk Dye, I'm going to the site of your father's tribulation to see if he has any belongings left behind. You two stay here."
After saying that, he looked at Yun Tianjiao meaningfully, "Sishu, pack some necessary talismans and medicines and carry them with you. If I send any signal, you... you should leave Xuanxiao Sect immediately and never come back."
Yun Tianjiao's eyes narrowed, realizing the deeper meaning behind Liu Ruqing's words.
Yu Siran didn't quite understand: "Mother, why do we have to leave? You're going to look for Father's belongings, we can go with you."
Liu Ruqing squatted down and looked at Yu Siran carefully for a while, as if she wanted to remember her appearance. Her gaze was gentle. "Good girl, Siran, listen to your mother and stay here with your sister."
She hugged Yu Siran, then got up and hugged Yu Sishu, before taking her spirit sword and resolutely leaving.
"Elder sister, what's wrong with Mother?" Yu Siran murmured, watching Liu Ruqing's retreating figure.
Yun Tianjiao didn't explain. At this moment, she vaguely understood the reason for the Xuanxiao Sect's annihilation: Liu Ruqing didn't trust Elder Xiyuan, and she was going to investigate Yu Lanshan's death. And based on the final results, Elder Xiyuan was probably involved in something.
Following Liu Ruqing's instructions, she began rummaging through boxes and cabinets, packing all sorts of high-level spiritual talismans, artifacts, medicines, secret manuals, and magical treasure materials into her Qiankun bag. After emptying her own and Si Ran's courtyard, she searched Yu Lanshan and Liu Ruqing's private treasuries until she had filled three or four Qiankun bags, then gave them all to Yu Si Ran.
Yu Siran was bewildered. Her mother and sister's reactions made her more and more frightened. At first, she followed Yun Tianjiao around asking questions, but later she gradually became quiet. She carried the Ghost-Slaying Blade on her back and waited with the Black Panther in her sister's courtyard.
Yun Tianjiao stood behind the little girl and the black panther, looking with them toward the highest point of the Xuanxiao Sect's main peak, where Yu Lanshan was undergoing his tribulation.
As darkness fell and the blood-red sunset receded into the horizon, about to completely sink below the clouds, a dazzling red beam of light suddenly shot out from the top of the main peak, visible from every corner of the Xuanxiao Sect.
Those are signal flares used for warnings inside the Xuanxiao Sect.
Upon seeing the beam of light, Black Panther suddenly stood up, and Yu Siran also trembled, her large eyes reflecting the crimson light.
Yun Tianjiao's expression was solemn. Suddenly, he grabbed Yu Siran and dragged her down the mountain.
"Eldest sister! Eldest sister, what are you doing! Let me go!" Yu Siran struggled desperately.
Yun Tianjiao handed a package to Yu Siran and ordered the black leopard, "Protect her and leave Xuanxiao Sect. From now on, you will stay by her side and never come back!"
"Sister! What about you?!" Yu Siran shouted as she looked at Yun Tianjiao, who was turning back the way she came.
"Of course I have to go back to meet my mother."
“I’ll go with you!” Yu Siran stubbornly chased after her.
Yun Tianjiao slapped her out of the mountain gate, saying, "Hurry up, or it will be too late."
Yu Siran got up from the ground and ran back.
Yun Tianjiao said solemnly, "Silan, Mother sent this signal flare, which means that it will be dangerous for you and me to stay in Xuanxiao Sect. She wants us to live. There are four of us in the family, we can't leave no one alive, can we?"
These last words shook Yu Siran to her core. She was only stunned for a moment before Yun Tianjiao sealed the Xuanxiao Sect's mountain gate from the inside.
A family of four, we can't leave no one alive.
But what's the point of leaving her alone when all her family members are gone?
Yu Siran's panicked eyes gradually calmed down. She looked up at the tightly closed mountain gate in front of her, got up again, made hand seals, and began to try to break the seal.
The black panther grabbed her hem from behind and pulled her away with all his might. This was his master's order to take Yu Siran away from here and protect her. He had to obey.
Unable to break free from the black panther, Yu Siran couldn't concentrate on casting her spell. Enraged, she turned around and roared, "You are my sister's spirit beast! What is the mission of a spirit beast? Are you just going to watch her go to her death?!"
Black Panther froze, a struggle flashing in his amber eyes. He looked at the mountain gate, then at Yu Siran, as if finally making up his mind, and released his grip on Yu Siran's clothes.
Yu Siran rummaged through the Qiankun bag her sister had given her and pulled out dozens of spirit talismans to break the formation, unleashing them all at once. The Demon-Slaying Blade behind her was drawn, and the black panther was also on high alert.
With her shout of "Break!", the talisman, the black panther, and the demon-slaying blade struck the mountain gate almost simultaneously, breaking the seal in one fell swoop!
The Demon-Slaying Blade circled in mid-air before returning to its sheath. The Black Panther gently brushed Yu Siran's hair off with his head, then carried her onto his back, speeding towards the summit of the main peak.
Yu Siran silently urged herself, "Faster, even faster."
At this moment, Yun Tianjiao had already arrived at the place where Yu Lanshan was undergoing tribulation, and just then he saw Elder Xiyuan approaching Liu Ruqing with a sinister smile on his face.
"Sect Leader's wife, why are you doing this? Wouldn't it be better to just be a widow? Our Sect Leader failed his tribulation, and you stepped back from the limelight, entrusting me with all the affairs of the sect. Why do you insist on getting to the bottom of this? Is the truth really that important?"
Liu Ruqing's eyes were eerily dark. She stared intently at Elder Xiyuan, as if she wanted to devour him alive. She held a sword in one hand and a memory bead in the other.
"Xiyuan! While my husband was dealing with the tribulation of lightning, you ambushed him and used evil magic to drain his cultivation. Today, all your evil deeds have been recorded by the recording pearl. Aren't you afraid of being condemned by thousands and incurring the wrath of the sect members!"
Elder Xiyuan laughed loudly, "Record-keeping pearl? Do you think you'll have another chance to show it to others?"
He summoned his whisk, a magical artifact, and suddenly launched an attack, striking Liu Ruqing's face with a deadly move.
Liu Ruqing's cultivation was originally on par with Elder Xiyuan's, but now Xiyuan has absorbed Yu Lanshan's late-stage Nascent Soul cultivation for his own use. Even if he cannot convert it all, he is almost at the Divine Transformation stage, and Liu Ruqing is no match for him at all.
Seeing her retreating step by step, Yun Tianjiao seized the opportunity and launched a sneak attack on Elder Xiyuan from behind.
However, Elder Xiyuan seemed to have eyes in the back of his head. While attacking Liu Ruqing, he also pushed back with a palm, which struck Yun Tianjiao in the chest with perfect accuracy.
Yun Tianjiao coughed up a mouthful of blood and staggered backward.
Liu Ruqing was shocked and shouted, "Yu Sishu! Didn't I tell you to leave? Why are you back again!"
Yun Tianjiao remained silent. She knew that Yu Sishu was doomed to die today, but she wanted to seek the truth.
With the situation pressing, Liu Ruqing had no time to curse anymore. The mother and daughter joined forces to fight Elder Xiyuan. But Liu Ruqing knew very well that they were no match for Elder Xiyuan. They kept trying to hold on, hoping that the other members of Xuanxiao Sect would see the signal flare and come to their aid.
Even if it can't help her and her daughter escape this predicament, it can at least bring the truth to light and prevent her husband from dying in vain and villains from ruling the country!
Sure enough, footsteps soon appeared around them. Liu Ruqing felt relieved, but she did not expect that the sect disciples, holding swords and knives, were standing behind Xi Yuan.
At this moment, a fair-skinned and handsome outer disciple was thrown out, bound hand and foot, and gagged.
Elder Xiyuan suddenly changed his expression, and said indignantly, "Liu Ruqing! I respected you as the sect leader's wife, but I never expected you to do such a despicable thing!"
Liu Ruqing frowned, not understanding what Xiyuan was up to.
What are you saying?
Elder Xiyuan pointed at the outer disciple on the ground and said loudly, "You had an affair with an outer disciple, which was discovered by the sect leader. Because you were afraid of retaliation, you poisoned the sect leader when he was undergoing his tribulation, causing him to fail and die tragically!"
Liu Ruqing was so angry that her eyes were about to burst. "You, you're talking nonsense!"
At this moment, Yun Tianjiao also got up from the ground and spat out a mouthful of blood.
It's that trick again.
Is ruining a woman's reputation the only way men in the world can deal with her? And any woman who is associated with the word "impure" is not worth dying for, but should be condemned by everyone! Public opinion is a fearsome thing, and many voices can melt metal. Once rumors spread, lies become the truth.
Scenes from past lives seemed to reappear before my eyes at this moment.
The reason she dreamt of slaying the pillar of heaven was because she had an affair with a mortal! The reason the ghost princess possessed spiritual energy was because her mother had an affair with a god! The reason the eldest princess worshipped male deities was because she treated them as male concubines!
This is really... never-ending.
Is being born a woman an original sin?
Yun Tian was extremely arrogant. Even though he knew it was like throwing an egg against a rock, he still did his best to thrust his sword at Elder Xi Yuan!
You despicable scoundrel, shut up!
Elder Xiyuan had noticed the sect leader's young lady's actions long ago. When he made his move, he slapped her with his whisk, pouring almost 70 to 80% of his power into her.
Yun Tianjiao felt an overwhelming pressure bearing down on him. He closed his eyes, wanting nothing more than to quickly escape Zhu Jing's memories and leave this wretched world.
Unexpectedly, a dark figure suddenly darted over and blocked Yun Tianjiao's path.
This time, however, Black Panther failed to save his master.
Elder Xiyuan's whisk was too powerful. The immense pressure shattered the black leopard's bones and muscles, and through its body, it shattered Yu Sishu's lungs and inner core.
A man and a leopard fell from mid-air.
Looking at the black panther's beautiful amber eyes, which were gradually losing their luster, Yun Tianjiao sighed inwardly: Why is he always so foolish?
Cang Han, who barely escaped with her life thanks to the black panther's body, is now going to die because of her again.
She reached out and pulled the black panther's warm body into her arms, then closed her eyes.
"Silk Bundle!!!" Liu Ruqing witnessed her daughter's tragic death and was greatly shocked. She was about to rush forward, but was held down by several sect disciples.
Yu Siran, who was watching this tragic scene from not far away, seemed to be frozen in place, her dark eyes wide open, completely motionless.
"Liu Ruqing! You had an affair and gave birth to these two bastards, deceiving our sect leader so badly! Today I will avenge our sect leader and kill you and these two wretched children!"
"You, you mustn't listen to his nonsense! He killed the sect leader, and I have evidence!" Liu Ruqing activated the image-recording bead in her hand.
However, before the image-recording bead could release the stored images, with a long, drawn-out phoenix cry, Elder Xiyuan's phoenix spirit beast flew over swiftly, snatched the image-recording bead into its mouth, stretched its neck, and swallowed it whole.
All the disciples of the sects watched this scene without moving.
Only at this moment did Liu Ruqing realize that Xi Yuan was right; the truth was not important. Most of the disciples present were from Elder Xi Yuan's lineage, and none of them had appeared, presumably because they had all met with misfortune.
The Xuanxiao Sect has changed hands, and she has no chance of turning the tide.
Elder Xiyuan's first disciple suddenly thrust out a sword, striking Liu Ruqing's internal organs. With a flourish of the sword, he shattered her inner core.
Liu Ruqing bowed and vomited a mouthful of blood.
At that moment, another disciple drew his sword and pierced her heart.
Both swords were pulled out of her body at the same time. Liu Ruqing, who had lost her support, fell softly to the ground, her eyes wide open, and she was no longer breathing.
She was killed just like that, and then branded a slut.
He died with his eyes wide open in disbelief.
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