"why……"
"She knows too much. It won't work if I don't kill her. Mu Xue is good at everything, but she is too smart and won't pretend to be stupid... And you are irrelevant. If you go to the ends of the world, as long as you don't come back, our We can maintain the appearance of brothers and sisters. But now we can’t continue acting - so it’s your fault, you know?"
She never knew that the senior brother she admired could say these words so shamelessly and nonchalantly.
The friendship that had been with each other day and night for ten years was... defeated by something.
Hatred?
Could it be...that he knew? He knew that he was the orphan of the sect leader's enemy.
——Since when?
The huge amount of information was like a bursting flood, washing, rushing, and detouring in Mu Wan's mind, as if all rationality was being washed away. She didn't know what she should say, what she could say, and what position she could say. She did not have the courage or strength to point the weapon at her senior brother. At this moment, she felt that she had nothing and everything was lost.
Or get nothing at all.
"...Where are they?" After a while, she said this in a daze.
He smiled but didn't answer.
Xie Huayao felt that they seemed to have gone a little too far.
Although their original intention was to take Wu Yuangui to a remote place and not let him pay attention to Mu Wan's whereabouts. Therefore, the two of them deliberately led him and walked farther away pretending not to notice. Wu Yuangui didn't think it mattered, and followed the two of them while chatting, and unknowingly they had gone a long way. When we arrived at the forest, there was no one around.
Xie Hualing interrupted the conversation between her sister and her senior brother and looked around worriedly.
"Have we... gone a little far?"
It was so quiet in the woods, so unusually quiet. There are many creatures in Xueyan Valley, and there are always many birds and beasts living here on weekdays. But there was no movement at this time, as if they were all hiding.
Something is wrong.
Xie Huayao bent down, took her hand and asked, "Are you tired from walking?"
Aling frowned and shook his head slightly.
——Something seems not quite right.
——Why?
Although the two sisters don't spend much time together, there is still some tacit understanding between their eyes over the years.
There were a few sparse bird calls in the distance, and the sound was a little weird. The sound was far away, but it was hoarse. It didn't sound like he was frightened or encountered a natural enemy. It was just - very strange. Ordinary birds would never call like this.
She suddenly reached out and grabbed Xie Huayao's arm, pulling her down. Xie Huayao lost his center of gravity and almost fell. She screamed and was hugged tightly by Xie Hualing.
"Suddenly...what happened?"
She noticed that Aling was glaring at Wu Yuangui fiercely.
Xie Huayao looked over in confusion and found that Senior Brother Wu's eyes were subtle. He narrowed his eyes, and there was a slight cold light in his black eyes. At this time, she also noticed that there was an ominous aura beginning to emit from him.
It's evil spirit.
"You are not returning from afar!"
Seeing that the monster had no intention of continuing to pretend, she pointedly exposed him. Xie Huayao took out his arm and hugged his sister tightly, and touched the handle of the umbrella with his other hand. "Who are you!"
"Hmm...did you hear the little bird complain?"
The voice of "Wu Yuangui" changed and became another person's voice, still with a male accent. His eyes were still dark and bright, but his black hair gradually faded and turned into a bright brown chestnut. The Xue Yan Sect's unique attire also changed its appearance, glowing with fine phosphorescence.
"You...are the one next to him..."
He smiled politely.
"My dear She Ji, I have heard rumors about this girl for a long time."
"Why did you become like him? What...have you done?"
She Ji scratched his head, raised his eyebrows and said, "Don't act like I've done some heinous crime? I didn't do anything. I just told him after you had dinner and chat last night...that room shouldn't be Someone’s window was lit up in a way that it shouldn’t be.”
"Are you his shikigami?" Xie Hualing hugged her sister's waist and looked at him suspiciously.
"You guessed it wrong. In this life, I will only be loyal to one master, but it will definitely not be your senior brother."
Xie Huayao looked at him warily and hugged his sister behind him.
"Don't come here to confuse our disciples..."
"Really?" He frowned, "Me? Bewitched? You really think highly of me. Don't act like a victim... When his family was killed by your sect leader, where were you? ? Don’t you still rock the rattle and run around the house in your clothes?"
"You - you, you know about him..." Xie Huayao looked worried, "In other words, he also knows..."
"What if that's not the case? How long do you want to keep this secret from him? It's really interesting. Why don't you feel pitiful now that he was deceived by you together? It's really disgusting."
"It's not your turn as an outsider to interfere with the Xue Yan Sect's affairs!"
"An outsider? You actually think that I am an outsider, which makes me unhappy. I grew up with him - what about you? Who are you?"
Xie Huayao did not expect that if what She Ji said was true...it would be really creepy. A monster has lived with a human being for such a long time and has told countless slanders. After losing his parents, will he believe in a monster that he grew up with, or a group of disciples of evil people who hate parricide?
Even though they are from the same school.
Their intuition was right, there was indeed something wrong with Wu Yuangui. But she didn't expect it to be such a big problem. Since Wu Yuangui who went downstairs is not the real senior brother, that means... he is still there.
Junior sister is in danger.
"What happened to them?!" Mu Wan shouted again.
"Oh my god, little junior sister, compared to the two side disciples, you actually even screamed at the senior brothers who grew up with you. It's incredible. If I give you a pair of wings, you can go to heaven." Wu Yuangui clicked his tongue and shook his head. He shook his head and sighed.
No...calm down, don't be too impulsive, impulsiveness always leads to no good results. Besides, aren't Shanhai and the others still outside? It's never going to be a big deal.
Mu Wan took a deep breath and his eyes became like those of a wolf. It seems that she has never been so cruel - or, in other words, so cruel to the so-called "own people". But she couldn't help it. She was more like a hedgehog, trying to use all the sharp edges to wrap up her true and soft self - even so, she was still a hedgehog locked in a cage.
"You killed Yan Muxue."
"Don't say that. The person who killed her was an assassin named Tang. How could it be me?"
"...Ha, you stabbed someone to death and you still want to say that it was the knife that killed someone, not you?"
"Hmm...that's right."
"Wu Yuangui." She still stared into his eyes, "I misjudged you."
"Joke, when did I ask you to look at me right?"
"Since...when?" Mu Wan suddenly asked.
Wu Yuangui didn't seem to understand: "What?"
"Since when did you... know about your own affairs?"
"Oh." He sneered, "Even you know it, and you still want to hide it from me. As for when... of course, from the beginning."
"At the beginning..."
"Have you ever heard of Death Shadow Pavilion?"
"Know."
"I know everything, have vast supernatural powers, and can see into the world... This is something I have known since I was a child. Because the person who was willing to help me at that time was the master of the Death Shadow Pavilion. He told me the truth of the matter and also gave me some examples. Evidence. It is because of his presence that I can always bear in mind this burning hatred, and not be deceived by false love, or be diluted by so-called friendship."
Mu Wan felt a little incredible.
"Nearly twenty years! Could it be that we, Master, have never had a day or a thing that made you feel a little bit? Are you such a cold-blooded person? Not to mention us - other people, everyone else Are people's respect and love for you all fake? Do you really have a heart?"
"Don't blame me..." He sighed softly, as if he had suffered a lot of grievances, "Do you know? It was also one night when he first told me this. I was still young, no older than you when you started. The master was away that day, and I was shivering alone in such a cold thunderstorm. The monster suddenly came out and told me these things... I thought he was scaring me, but no. I really hated him at first, but Master No matter how good you are to me after that, I think it’s okay. Later I realized that the voice that kept reminding me in the darkness was actually myself. Do you understand? It has become myself a long time ago——"
"I'm not interested in hearing about your past, and I won't make things difficult for you," Mu Wan said calmly, "I only know that you killed Senior Sister Yan."
Wu Yuangui's eyes were indifferent and his tone was also indifferent.
"You have changed, Mu Wan. You have grown up."
"Stop talking nonsense. Taoist Master Lin and the others are still nearby, so don't even think about acting rashly. If I and them are injured at all..."
"Oh? That Taoist priest and the little medicine boy? I have already said hello. When the disciples patrolling nearby see them, they will ask these two people to go back to their residence. It is best not to go out again."
"Wha-you bastard..."
"Shhh-" He gestured with his index finger, "Have you forgotten what Master taught you? It's not good to curse others."
"How many more people do you want to harm?"
"Not much. Although we just need to shut up one person... Xie Hua and the others are not members of the family, and there is no benefit to knowing that their family is just expelled; Taoist priest Lin and his young apprentice are just outsiders. . Do you understand? Nothing will happen to anyone in this dispute, as long as the source of the matter is willing to make some sacrifices."
"Kill them all, right? You wanted senior sister's life, and now you want mine?"
"If you can get the greatest peace with the least loss, that would be the best thing. Running a sect is no different from doing business. This is what my friend taught me. You see, if she doesn't care about her own business, she just Sacrificing just one leader can bring peace to my life... and the entire Xue Yan Sect is still thriving, isn't it? Mu Wan, in this world, it's not about who leaves the other, and where there is no one, they don't leave—"
Before he could finish his words, Mu Wan's umbrella sword struck from bottom to top. He nimbly stepped back and drew out the sword from his waist to block the blow. Then, he knocked over an empty tea cup beside the desk, and with the sound of broken porcelain pieces, four or five people broke in outside the door.
They were all dressed in Xue Yanzong attire, but Mu Wan didn't think any of them looked familiar.
"Trying to assassinate the acting head... take her away. Just in time, invite her to her new room and see if she likes it."
Wu Yuangui patted his sleeves.
Several people rushed up and subdued Mu Wan immediately. She struggled wildly, but her umbrella was taken away. She could have resisted, but she lost the best opportunity because of a moment of confusion.
Because at that time, one of them told Wu Yuangui something.
"Xie Hua's body is poisoned by snake venom, what should we do..."
"Lend Yan Muxue's house to them first - don't let the little one run away. Where is the master?"
"Master, he... uh, was also injured."
"Young girls are pretty good at fighting."
After saying that, he glanced coldly at Mu Wan who was being taken away. The latter returned the same pointed look.
But Senior Sister Yao...
