"You want me to be his servant? Impossible! Ah!!"
Ye Xiyue was furious, but soon that excruciating pain came over her again, causing her to roll and convulse, screaming miserably.
Fang Xue watched with reluctance but understood that this was something Senior Sister brought upon herself, so she did not plead for her.
Qin Gengyun glanced at Yun Wu, who stood dazedly nearby, crying softly, and said to the women:
"Letâs go out first and return to Cloud Bamboo Mountain to have a look."
Mo Xiaolan added, "Yes, maybe what Mo Sha said earlier isnât true."
Everyone was silent for a moment, looked at Yun Wu, holding onto a sliver of hope in their hearts, and then Liu Su dragged the still-screaming Ye Xiyue, and everyone flew out of the uncontrolled rift, indeed returning to the Divine Statue Hall.
They hurried out along the corridor from the relic, only to be met by dense desolate mist again in front of the two huge stone doors, where two people were standing.
"Su Hongling?"
Everyone was stunned; it was Su Hongling and her senior brother Ming Hu.
The two turned around, Ming Hu, who had been intimidating before, now looked a bit embarrassed, while Su Hongling waved at them carefree:
"My senior brother only brought one piece of Fog-Breaking Armor, there are two of us, canât go out together, and he refuses to go first."
Everyone was amused, Qin Gengyun asked, "Then why wonât your brother let you go first?"
The burly Ming Hu snorted, "Let her go first, sheâll definitely sneak away again, do you think Iâm stupid?"
Everyone: "..."
Su Hongling chuckled, and unembarrassedly walked over to Liu Su, squatting down to look at the suffering and screaming Ye Xiyue.
"Hey hey, whatâs wrong with Fairy Xiyue? Why is she in such a state?"
She then lifted her hand to pinch Ye Xiyueâs face and grab her chest, playing without restraint.
"Su Hong... ah!!"
Ye Xiyueâs face was ashen, without the strength even for anger, only able to scream.
Ming Hu looked at Ye Xiyue with shock: "How does Fairy Xiyue turn out like this? What did you do?!"
Spiritual power surged from his body, everyone visibly reacted.
"Golden Core Peak?"
Su Hongling waved her hand: "What are you all surprised about? My brother is a Nascent Soul; he could deal with you using just the Golden Core Realm."
Ming Hu coldly said, "My Thunder Sword Sect and Zhenyang Sect share ties; yet you dare harm Zhenyang Sect disciples like this, I canât just stand by!"
Niantangâs eyes turned sharp, Qin Gengyun pulled out the Heaven-Reaching Staff, other people also prepared themselves, making the atmosphere instantly tense.
After a moment, Su Hongling suddenly burst into laughter:
"Wow haha, this is hilarious! You actually believed it? Alright senior brother, donât worry, Ye Xiyue has been poisoned by the Soul-devouring Pill, sheâll be a servant for life now, why bother pretending?"
"Huh?"
Ming Hu gaped, crouched beside Su Hongling, carefully inspecting Ye Xiyue like her, reaching out wanting to pinch, only to have Su Hongling slap him away.
"You also touch such a dirty Jian Xiyue? Do you have no taste?"
Having been slapped, Ming Hu faced them happily: "Junior sister, are you jealous? You actually care about me!"
Su Hongling rolled her eyes: "Iâm not jealous of anything! That cunning woman is outwardly innocent but inwardly filthy, I just donât want you being involved with her and disgracing our Thunder Sword Sect later!"
"Did you forget how you begged to marry Ye Xiyue previously, and got scorned by that little deceitful girl?"
Everyone was stunned, Ming Huâs switch was faster than turning a page, and it sounded like he tried to marry Ye Xiyue but was heartlessly rejected?
This gossip is quite significant.
Ming Huâs face turned crimson: "Junior Sister, that was master wanting us to form a marriage alliance with Zhenyang Sect, not me proposing to Ye Xiyue; how can you falsely accuse me?"
Su Hongling chuckled, clapped Ming Huâs shoulder: "Alright alright, senior brother, no worries, now Ye Xiyue is genuinely going to become someone elseâs cheap servant, you donât need to mind."
She turned to Niantang: "You handled Ye Xiyueâs matter; my brother and I will keep it secret, and he wonât pursue you for employing tricks on us, just take us out, and weâll call it even, howâs that?"
Niantang coldly glanced at Su Hongling but remained silent.
Su Hongling scratched her cheek, nonchalantly said: "Whatever you do later, Iâll take it, today everyone is busy, and no resolution will occur, unless you donât want to help your man subdue Ye Xiyue?"
"Masterâs man?"
"Senior Nianâs man?"
"Sister Nianâs man?"
All women instinctively glanced at Qin Gengyun; Niantangâs forehead reddened, and she coldly replied:
"Cease the nonsense! Our matter will be dealt with later!"
She signaled to Yun Wu with a nod; Yun Wu opened her mouth wide, quickly inhaling all the mist from the mountains.
Everyone soon exited the mountains, Yun Wu turned back, releasing the accumulated mist.
This mist possesses spirituality, and being too dense couldnât be retained in a Pure Spirit Body for long, it has to be temporarily absorbed and expelled on the spot.
Ming Hu turned to Qin Gengyun: "Hey, what did you do with my junior sister?"
Su Hongling pulled him up: "Donât ask, senior brother; knowing will only trouble you, hehe, obedience Jian Xiyue, follow your master well, Qin, weâre leaving!"
"You calling him sweetheart?!"
"Oh hey, senior brother, donât fuss, I want to go home, letâs go!"
The strange pair of siblings pulled each other along, soon flying away.
"Father!"
Yun Wu sprinted toward the front mountain; the others exchanged a look, silently following behind.
Approaching the front mountains, the scent of blood grew stronger, the weight on everyoneâs hearts heavier.
"Ah, look up there!"
Liu Su suddenly yelped, everyone raised their heads and showed astonishment and rage.
Up in the sky, each delicate Cloud Bamboo in the beautiful Cloud Bamboo Forest had a corpse of a Cloud Bamboo person impaled atop it.
These people had been dead for a long time, their blood drained, staining the Cloud Bamboo red.
A hundred thousand Cloud Bamboos, floating with elegance like white clouds, now all turned crimson!
The not-yet-dried blood dripped from above, becoming a torrential blood rain!
Faced with such a brutal scene, even Niantang, who had slain countless before, couldnât help but tremble.
"Beasts! Too cruel!"
"Uncle Lin, Aunt Yao, Uncle Zhou... how could this happen?"
Yun Wu looked up, letting the blood rain fall on her body, muttering in a daze.
Each corpse mounted on the Cloud Bamboo, she knew intimately, all elders who nurtured her from young.
But now, they have been cruelly displayed on those beautiful Cloud Bamboos.
"Father, Father!"
Yun Wuâs face was flooded with tears; not seeing Yun Chenâs body, a glimmer of hope kindled within her.
Liu Su quietly said, "I just used the Mist Spirit Eye to search; your father is under the southern cliff, heâs already... gone."