The dark and damp cave was filled with a pungent smell of decay.
I was tied tightly to the cold stone wall with heavy iron chains, and my body was numb.
I don't know how long it took, but I felt excruciating pain all over my body as if the bones were being broken inch by inch. As my consciousness gradually became blurred, I vaguely heard someone talking.
At this time, Su Qiyuan's hair was scattered messily on both sides of his cheeks, his face was as pale as paper, without any blood, and blood flowed from the corners of his mouth from time to time.
The bright red blood slowly dripped down his chin and gathered into a small pool of dark red blood on the ground in front of him.
Even so, he still kept calling out: "Ling, 'er, Ling'er, hurry, wake up..."
Just then, more anxious voices came into my ears, calling my name.
I just felt my head was extremely dizzy, as if it weighed a thousand pounds, but I still forced myself to hold on and slowly opened my eyelids.
The scene in front of me gradually became clear from blurry, after I could see the surrounding situation clearly.
My heart sank to the bottom in an instant. I felt like I was going to faint again. I sighed in my heart: It's over. I didn't expect that we would all be caught.
When everyone saw that I opened my eyes, they all felt relieved and then asked me if I was okay.
I really didn't have the energy to respond. I could only forcefully pull the corners of my mouth, revealing a smile uglier than crying, and said weakly, "Not... okay..."
At this moment, a shrill laugh was heard, and the man in white robe strode up to Senior Shangguan.
He raised his head, a look of triumph on his face, as if announcing his victory to us, and said loudly: "Brother, I didn't expect you to be alive."
I sent a shadow guard to find out whether you were alive or dead, but the shadow guard came back and lied that you were dead.
Humph, this little shadow guard dared to betray me. I just scared him to death.
After hearing these words, Senior Shangguan was shocked and recalled the scene when he escaped that year.
The situation was critical at that time, and I didn't notice that the shadow guard had deliberately let me go. Now that I know that the shadow guard was killed because of me, I can't help but feel heartbroken.
He raised his head, staring intently at his former junior brother, his eyes burning with anger. He said weakly, "Yuwen Lingxiao, why didn't I see your true face back then? You're such a heartless person!"
"Let me ask you, what exactly happened to Master? Why isn't Master in seclusion? Why is he here to be your puppet?"
When Yuwen Lingxiao heard this, he threw his head back and burst into laughter. The laughter echoed in the cave, sounding particularly eerie and terrifying.
After a long while, he finally stopped laughing and said viciously, "That old bastard, when we first entered the mountain gate together, did he ever even look me in the eye?"
All the benefits and opportunities are given to you! I practice hard day and night, delving into the art, but he always belittles me as worthless.
And you, relying on his favor, are so successful in the sect. Why?
There was a glint of madness and jealousy in his eyes as he paced back and forth in front of everyone, as if venting the resentment that had been accumulating in his heart for many years.
Then he continued, “I already knew you guys had just entered this misty forest, and I deliberately lured you into this trap.
I didn't expect you were so capable that you actually broke the mechanism. I wanted to kill you in that cave.
But it doesn’t matter if you come here, I will make you live a life worse than death.
"As for why that old immortal isn't in seclusion, humph, it's just that I used a little trick to make him go crazy at the critical moment of his seclusion. Now that I have control over his mind, he can only obey my orders."
Yu Wen Lingxiao's face was filled with a morbid complacency, as if he had no guilt for his evil deeds, but was proud of them instead.
Upon hearing this, Senior Shangguan was furious. He tried to break free from the chains and pounce on Yuwen Lingxiao, but his severe injuries prevented him from moving. He could only curse angrily, "You traitor! Master has treated you well, how could you repay his kindness with such ingratitude?"
Even if I risk my life today, I will not let you succeed!
Yuwen Lingxiao sneered disdainfully: "Brother, you'd better save your energy."
Do you think you still have a chance to resist? Now you are all in my hands, and this cave will be your burial place.
After saying that, he smiled and leaned in front of Shangguan Zongheng and said, "Brother, let me show you someone."
Then they clapped their hands, and the ghosts carried a woman over and threw her to the ground.
"Brother, look who she is?"
After Shangguan Zongheng saw the person in front of him clearly, his face suddenly changed, his face was full of disbelief, his lips trembling and he couldn't help but shouting, "Junior Sister!"
Yuwen Lingxiao looked at Shangguan Zongheng's affectionate cry, and his face instantly became filled with anger, with veins bulging on his forehead.
Then he pointed at Fu Yue lying on the ground, looked at Shangguan Zongheng fiercely and said, "Brother, do you know? After hearing the news about you, Senior Sister actually came all the way from the East Spirit Holy Land."
As soon as I entered the sect, she came to question me why I became the sect leader and asked me where I had been. But she didn't even say a word of concern to me.
Even though her master treated her like that back then, she never complained at all.
Yuwen Lingxiao's voice gradually became low and hoarse, and his eyes revealed a trace of pain and unwillingness, as if he was lost in memories of the past.
But in the blink of an eye, he seemed to be possessed by a demon and laughed crazily: "But none of this matters now."
After Shangguan Zongheng heard this, veins popped up on his forehead and he roared angrily, "Junior Sister used to care for you like a brother and never hurt you. How could you bear to let her get hurt today?"
Shangguan Zongheng's eyes were bloodshot. He struggled hard, and the chains on his body rattled. He seemed to be trying to break free from his restraints to protect the weak woman on the ground.
Yuwen Yinxiao sneered and said, "It's because of you that she gradually distanced herself from me. But it doesn't matter. As long as I can see her, I'm happy."
But what happened in the end? Just because her dantian was ruptured and she was useless to the sect, her master ruthlessly expelled her from the sect.
But what about you? You only found out after Senior Sister left for so long.
At that moment, I hated Master and you completely."
His laughter was filled with sadness and distortion, an outburst of years of resentment.
At this moment, his mind was completely blinded by hatred, and he was immersed in his own crazy world and unable to extricate himself.
Fu Yue was lying on the ground with her breath barely expended. Upon hearing this, a hint of pity flashed in her eyes, but more of it was anger: "Yuwen Yinxiao, don't be so stubborn any longer.
How can the past be distorted by your own imagination? Although Master has made mistakes, your current actions have violated the laws of nature and human ethics, and you will surely suffer the consequences.
Yuwen Yinxiao seemed not to hear, simply speaking to himself, "Bad consequences? I want to see what Heaven can do to me. From today on, I will become the master of these four holy places."
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