The room was filled with the smell of alcohol, and the atmosphere between the two drunken fairies suddenly froze.
Si Minglan's eyes became clear and she stared at Fang Xue coldly.
Fang Xue lay on the table, her eyes still a little confused. Her cultivation was far inferior to Si Minglan's, and her alcohol tolerance was also far worse. She knew that the third sister was testing her at the moment, but she still couldn't help but say:
"Third Senior Sister, Uncle Qin and Sister Qiu are both good people. They are definitely not the remnants of the Demon Sect. Please help them speak well of them in front of the Senior Sister!"
Si Minglan looked at her and sneered, "Junior sister, we are a reputable and upright sect. We should take it as our responsibility to eradicate the evil spirits. For the sake of the people of the world, we would rather kill ten thousand by mistake than let one go!"
"I think Qin Gengyun and Qiu Zhihe are quite suspicious, but you keep pleading for them. Could it be that you are also involved with the Demon Sect?!"
Fang Xue finally came to her senses and knelt down quickly.
"Third Senior Sister, I grew up in Yunling Town and entered the Monk's Spiritual Academy when I was ten years old. How could I have anything to do with the Demon Sect?"
"Uncle Qin is the same. He is just a casual cultivator. He finally achieved some accomplishments in the way of alchemy. He worked hard. Third Sister, please let him go! And Sister Qiu..."
"How is your sister Qiu? Keep talking."
Si Minglan squatted down, lifted Fang Xue's chin with her fingers, and chuckled:
"You suddenly realized that your sister Qiu's origins were unknown, her cultivation was unknown, and you had no way to defend her, right?"
Fang Xue said quickly: "No, if Sister Qiu was from the Demon Sect, how could she marry Uncle Qin and be so affectionate with Uncle Qin? Third Sister, they must be good people, you must not wrongly accuse them!"
Si Minglan stretched out her hand, and a wine jar flew into her hand. She broke the seal, raised her head and took a big sip. A fierce light flashed in her phoenix eyes:
"I heard that your parents are weak and sickly, and they won't live long. How about I hand them over to Senior Sister and save Qin Gengyun and your sister Qiu?"
Fang Xue's face turned pale instantly, and she kowtowed repeatedly: "No! Third Senior Sister, my father and mother are innocent! Uncle Qin and Sister Qiu are also good people!"
Si Minglan spread her hands: "My senior sister ordered me to track down the remnants of the Demon Sect, I have to give an explanation, otherwise..."
She stretched out her fair palm and placed it on Fang Xue's head:
"I'll destroy your cultivation and hand you over to my senior sister, saying that you are the remnant of the demon sect. This way, your parents and Qin Gengyun and his wife will be safe. One life in exchange for four lives. It's a huge profit!"
Seeing Fang Xue's face getting paler, Si Minglan's voice became more severe:
"Or, do you choose to save yourself and your parents, and hand Qin Gengyun and his wife over to the senior sister?"
Fang Xue stared at the ground blankly. She was completely sober now. Listening to Si Minglan's devilish voice, her still young body began to tremble violently.
After a long while, she finally raised her head, her face pale and her voice hoarse:
"Third Senior Sister, I, I... I am a remnant of the Demon Sect. Please hand me over to the First Senior Sister."
The room suddenly became quiet. Si Minglan suddenly applied force to the palm of her hand on Fang Xue's head, and Fang Xue closed her eyes.
Father, Mother, I am an unfilial daughter and cannot let you live with me forever.
She didn't want to die, but she couldn't do anything to sacrifice others to save herself.
At this moment, I can only close my eyes in fear and wait for death.
However, after a moment, the huge pressure from above his head suddenly disappeared, and a wine jar was stuffed into his hand.
Fang Xue opened her eyes in surprise, only to see Si Minglan looking at her with a smile:
"Xiao Xue'er, I forgot to tell you that I have already told Senior Sister that Qin Gengyun's wife is ordinary-looking and nothing special. Next time you see Senior Sister, don't tell her the wrong thing."
After saying that, he raised the jar of wine in his hand, clinked it with Fang Xue's, then tilted his head back and started drinking.
"Third Senior Sister..."
Fang Xue had a confused look on her face, not knowing what had just happened. She could only pick up the jar of wine in her arms, and imitated Si Minglan, tilting her little head back and gulping it down.
The strong liquor choked her and made her cough violently. Si Minglan laughed:
"I forgot, Xiaoxue'er, you are only sixteen this year, right?"
Fang Xue nodded, still looking confused.
"Sixteen..." Si Minglan sat on the ground, looked up at the bright moon outside the window, and murmured:
"I was also sixteen that year. I lost my parents, my brothers and sisters, and my virginity...hahaha!"
She laughed out loud, turned her head back to the sky, and pushed back the tears that were about to burst out. She then clinked the wine jar with Fang Xue.
"You are in your prime, your parents are still alive, and you are in your best years. Why do you want to leave your parents and join the Zhenyang Sect to become a heartless person?"
Fang Xue stared at Si Minglan blankly. What Si Minglan said tonight was really too shocking. If heard by the senior sister or other uncles and aunts, she would probably be sent to Jianzhong Peak to guard the tomb for life, right?
Si Minglan finished a jar of wine, then snatched the jar from Fang Xue's hand and drank it all. Finally, she got drunk, and fell to the ground with her head tilted back, not caring that her clothes were wide open and her legs were exposed, and she fell into a deep sleep.
It was not until this moment that Fang Xue reacted.
It turns out that Third Senior Sister is also helping Uncle Qin and Sister Qiu? !
Did she say that just now to test whether I was truly kind to Uncle Qin and Sister Qiu?
However, Third Senior Sister was so cruel and ruthless in Wuxi Town, why was she so tolerant towards Uncle Qin and Sister Qiu?
Maybe it was because she was drunk or because she was confused, but Fang Xue felt like her head was about to explode.
She struggled to stand up, carried Si Minglan to the bed, and covered her with a blanket.
"Dad, Mom, Big Sister, Second Brother, Uncle Zhang, Sixth Aunt... Please wait a little longer. I will come find you after I have avenged you..."
Si Minglan seemed to have dreamed of something. She murmured and cried out, tears streaming from the corners of her eyes. Her whole body curled up, no longer as charming and wanton as before, like a helpless girl.
"Third Senior Sister?"
Fang Xue was shocked. Everything that happened tonight was too overwhelming for her and she was a little confused.
Is the third sister a good person or a bad person?
Fang Xue walked out of Si Minglan's room with a dizzy head, returned to her own room next door, and suddenly froze.
She saw a tall, plump, red-haired figure standing in front of her, and she quickly stepped forward and knelt down:
“Master!”
The red-haired female cultivator said in a vague voice: "Why did you choose to sacrifice yourself to save the couple who had nothing to do with you? Aren't you afraid of death?"
Fang Xue was startled, and then she realized that her master must have come a long time ago and heard the conversation between her and the third sister. She hurriedly said:
"Master, I am extremely afraid of death. If I die, I will not be able to fulfill my filial duty to my father and mother. However, if you want to save me at the cost of others' lives, then I would rather die than live!"
The red-haired female cultivator was silent for a moment, then suddenly sighed:
"You shouldn't have joined the Zhenyang Sect, nor the Qinglian Sect. You... shouldn't have practiced."