Faced with such a strange phenomenon, the soldiers protecting Su Yuntian all changed their expressions drastically, secretly realizing that something was wrong.
They drew their longswords and cried out in alarm, "Protect the Emperor!"
As soon as he finished speaking, those present noticed that countless scorpions were surging out of the grass.
These scorpions were completely black, blending into the night. If it weren't for their sheer number and the rustling sound they made as they crawled on the ground, no one present would have been able to detect their presence.
In the blink of an eye, the scorpions swept in from all directions like a surging tide.
Su Yuntian frowned, watching the Dongyue soldiers surrounding him prepare to attack the swarming scorpions with fire.
But at that moment, to everyone's surprise, these scorpions showed no intention of attacking Su Yuntian and his soldiers. Instead, as if driven by some mysterious force, they rushed headlong toward Nangong Ce's location.
From the moment Nangong Ce heard the flute music, a sense of dread arose in his heart. When the flute music and countless black scorpions arrived simultaneously, he immediately understood that it was all aimed at him!
He panicked and tried to escape, but before he could run a few steps, he was violently thrown to the ground by a powerful force. The swarm of scorpions, like a black torrent, instantly engulfed him.
As Nangong Ce let out a series of shrill screams, the scorpions began to frantically burrow into his body.
They burrowed into his nostrils, eyes, ears, and other parts of his body, mercilessly chewing up and devouring his brain, internal organs, and flesh.
The Dongyue soldiers standing nearby watched as scorpions crawled all over Nangong Ce's body and heard the sounds of them gnawing at him. They were horrified and trembled uncontrollably.
They were too scared to move an inch, fearing that they too would become the scorpions' target at any moment.
In less than a quarter of an hour, the scorpions retreated as quickly as the tide.
The scorpions passed by Su Yuntian and the Dongyue soldiers without attacking them. At this moment, the Dongyue soldiers were horrified to discover that where Nangong Ce had just fallen, there was only a pool of blood left.
Not far from the foot of the mountain, Nangong Min stopped playing the flute, mounted his horse, glanced in the direction of Liangmen Pass, and turned to leave.
Just an hour earlier, on the Liangmen Pass city wall, watching the ten thousand corpse soldiers before him brought under control, Nangong Min turned to look at Mu Jin, his eyes seemingly filled with a thousand unspoken words.
"Min, is there something you want to tell me?"
Nangong Min nodded, but Su Yi smiled and said, "We are grateful for the Sect Master's righteous assistance tonight. Let's talk about it back in the city."
Nangong Min said to Mu Jin, "I'm leaving now. I have something to say before I go."
Su Yi interrupted, saying, "We're all old acquaintances, so let's just say what we have to say here."
As soon as Su Yi finished speaking, Mu Jin rolled her eyes at him, then turned to Nangong Min with a smile and said, "Let's talk over there."
Su Yi watched with displeasure as Mu Jin led Nangong Min to another deserted corner of the city wall, where they faced each other.
"I feel like there's something off about Ah Jin and that kid Nangong Min," Mu Yan said, looking at Su Yi's displeased expression. "Could Ah Jin possibly like Nangong Min?"
Su Yi ignored Mu Yan and scoffed as he looked at the burning corpses outside the city wall, but his eyes were constantly fixed on the direction where Mu Jin and Nangong Min were standing.
"Min, you've been busy all day, why don't you rest in the city for the night before you leave?"
Nangong Min shook his head and looked at the firelight on the distant mountains, saying, "I'm relieved to see that you're better. Nangong Ce is over there right now; it's a good time."
Mu Jin knew in her heart what a good opportunity it was; it was the perfect time to kill Nangong Ce.
Nangong Min took out a brocade box from his body and handed it to Mu Jin. Mu Jin took it and opened it, inside was a pill.
"What is this?" Mu Jin asked Nangong Min.
"Longevity Elixir".
"Was it the one your grandmother gave me?"
"No, I made it myself."
Mu Jin handed the pill back to Nangong Min, saying, "This is too precious. The Longevity Pill is a sacred object of your clan. How can you give it to someone else?"
When Mu Jin was in the Nangong Divine Sect, Nangong Yun told her that each sect leader of the Nangong Divine Sect could only refine one longevity pill in their lifetime, and that the longevity pills of the previous sect leaders would be enshrined as sacred objects.
With red eyes, Nangong Min said in a low voice, "You are not hers. I once promised you that I would refine pills for you."
“Min, the elixir you mentioned back then wasn’t a longevity elixir.”
"Do you still hate me? Is that why you don't want my longevity elixir?" Nangong Min choked up, "I'm sorry!"
"No, absolutely not, I've never hated you," Mu Jin explained anxiously. Upon hearing this, Nangong Min looked up at Mu Jin with reddened eyes. "Why wouldn't you hate me? I betrayed our vow."
"Min!" Mu Jin sighed, "There are many things in life that people have no choice but to do. The so-called betrayal in the Nangong Divine Sect was not your intention. You were also a victim. It's just that fate played a trick on you. Now you have become the sect leader of the Nangong Divine Sect and married Bai Ling'er. Soon your child will be born. We should all learn to forget the past and live well."
"You've already forgotten, haven't you?" Nangong Min asked urgently. "But I can't forget. Although my grandmother threatened to kill herself and I had no choice but to marry Bai Ling'er, I haven't touched her since that time I was drugged and touched her, and I never will again."
"Min! Don't be like this. Forget the past and let yourself go, okay?"
"I'm sorry! I know you don't like me this way, and I don't like myself this way either."
Nangong Min handed the brocade box to Mu Jin again: "I have broken my promise to stay by your side for the rest of my life, but I don't want to be unable to keep the promise I made to you in the cave that day to refine pills for you."
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