Danxia Peak.
In the courtyard where the steward disciples reside.
Lin Qingchou was looking down at a pill emitting a faint glow in her palm, murmuring:
"Senior Brother Chun, do you know, in order to catch up with you, I stole the Immortal Building Pill from the Spirit Pill Pavilion and even killed a fellow junior sister, but why do you always only have eyes for Ye Xiyue?"
Lin Qingchou’s eyes reddened, filled with sorrow, when urgent knocking sounded from outside the courtyard:
"Senior Sister Lin, Senior Sister Lin, sothing bad has happened!"
Lin Qingchou was startled and looked towards the door in disbelief:
"Ruo i?!"
She, she’s supposed to be dead, right?
Lin Qingchou wiped the corners of her eyes and flew straight out of the wooden house, only to see Ruo i standing at the courtyard gate with a face full of panic. Lin Qingchou suppressed the shock in her heart and hurriedly asked:
"Junior Sister Ruo, what happened?"
Ruo i trembled, her face pale, speaking in terror:
"Senior Sister Lin, Zhou Man and Xu Chengfang... are dead!"
One incense stick later.
Lin Qingchou led over ten outer sect disciples to Zhenlian Cliff, Ruo i’s face was streaming with tears, sobbing and saying:
"I, I ca here with Zhou Man and Xu Chengfang to find Moyou Grass, and suddenly we encountered soone, he, he killed Zhou Man and Xu Chengfang, I was so frightened, I ran for my life, sobbing... scared to death sobbing..."
A group of outer sect disciples searched all around, but they did not find the bodies of the two, soone asked Ruo i:
"Are you sure it was here? Did you see the person clearly?"
Ruo i cried as she spoke: "It was right here, I, I didn’t see clearly, that person was masked, I only know it was a man, sobbing... Zhou Man, Fang, your deaths were so tragic!"
Lin Qingchou’s face turned iron-blue, suddenly she paused, looking down at the ground.
She could feel a residual pressure of spiritual power, and in an instant, her hands and feet turned cold.
Nascent Soul Peak!
Originally, she didn’t believe Ruo i and thought that Ruo i killed the two and then faked madness.
But now she couldn’t help but believe.
This was Nascent Soul Peak!
Such people are few in the entire Zhenyang Sect.
But why would soone like that kill Zhou Man and Xu Chengfang?
Lin Qingchou asked Ruo i with a serious face: "Junior Sister Ruo, did you see anything else?"
Ruo i cried with a face covered in tears, shaking her head: "I only saw that person attack Zhou Man and Fang, and the two of them fell down."
Lin Qingchou stared into Ruo i’s eyes: "Why didn’t that person kill you?"
Ruo i’s face was full of grief and naivety: "I don’t know either, I only heard that person say they deserved to die, said others deserve to die too, but said I don’t deserve to die."
Lin Qingchou’s heart skipped a beat.
Could it be the Peak Master found out about stealing pills, intending for Zhou Man and Xu Chengfang to kill Ruo i?
So he killed the two first, as a warning to ?
But the Peak Master has always been lenient, how could he kill his disciples?
Then who is it?
The more Lin Qingchou thought, the more things didn’t seem right, her mind was about to explode.
"Senior Sister Lin, what should we do now?"
An outer sect disciple asked.
Lin Qingchou coldly looked at everyone: "Today’s matter, until it’s cleared up, no one is allowed to speak of it, or you’ll be expelled from Danxia Peak!"
"Understood!"
Lin Qingchou led the disciples away from Zhenlian Cliff and back to her courtyard, then dismissed the others and said to Ruo i:
"Junior Sister Ruo, co with , I have things to ask you."
Ruo i still had tears on her face, ignorantly nodded, and followed her into the house.
Lin Qingchou’s expression was icy cold, she suddenly turned around, sternly saying:
"Ruo i, are you hiding sothing from ?"
Ruo i’s body stiffened, she stopped sobbing, raised her head slowly, the tears on her face vanished, her lips curled into a strange arc.
"Lin Qingchou, you are still useful, so you won’t die for now."
"What are you saying..... ah?!"
Just as Lin Qingchou opened her mouth, a black object flew towards her mouth, she wanted to avoid it, but her body was enveloped in a glow, unable to move, even her mouth couldn’t close.
She could only watch helplessly as the black object flew into her mouth.
Ruo i raised her hand, pinching Lin Qingchou’s chin, and with a gulp, that thing slid into her stomach.
"What did you feed ?"
Lin Qingchou was shocked to find she was completely powerless before Ruo i. How, how is she this strong?
But soon Lin Qingchou couldn’t think anymore, as intense pain erupted in her ridians and spirit field, causing her to fall to the ground screaming miserably.
Ruo i raised her hand, a barrier array enveloped the entire courtyard, coldly saying:
"Trying to bring others here? It’s useless."
Lin Qingchou’s intention was uncovered, the pain in her body intensified, and this ti she indeed scread loudly in agony.
"Ah!! This, this is... the Heart-devouring Pill?!"
Lin Qingchou rolled and struggled, her hair disheveled, her clothes in disarray, no longer bearing the deanor and dignity of a steward disciple. After a half incense stick, she couldn’t withstand it anymore, grabbing onto Ruo i’s foot, desperately pleading:
"Junior Sister, please give the antidote, I, I can’t take it anymore... ah!"
Lin Qingchou’s body convulsed in pain, her eyes turned white. Ruo i sneered:
"A disciple of the sect reduced to less than a downtrodden Ghost Cultivator."
She raised her hand, a thread of spiritual power entered Lin Qingchou’s body, and suddenly the pain vanished. Lin Qingchou’s eyes flashed fiercely, a long sword appeared in her hand, and sword aura shone!
The Heart-devouring Pill is vicious and domineering, only the one administering it can periodically inject spiritual power to relieve the pain, unless the antidote is obtained, otherwise the poisoned person will forever be a slave to others.
Lin Qingchou, proud and ambitious, naturally unwilling to be controlled by others. If she can overpower Ruo i and force her to hand over the antidote, that would be ideal.
However, as soon as the sword aura shone, Lin Qingchou felt the surrounding turn icy cold, and ice ford on the sword, her hand, and her whole body.
Her entire body stiffened, unable to move.
With a crash, Ruo i withdrew her hand, the frost on Lin Qingchou’s body shattered, she shivered all over, and looked at Ruo i in fear:
"Who, who are you really?"
Ruo i said indifferently: "Kneel down."
Lin Qingchou hesitated and finally knelt down slowly.
In front of her appeared a small foot wearing embroidered shoes, a cold voice ca from above:
"Even a dog will lick its owner’s feet, now you’re a dog."
Lin Qingchou raised her head, angrily saying: "I’m a steward disciple of Zhenyang Sect, I will never stoop to such a lowly act!"
Ruo i sneered: "Do you know how Zhou Man and Xu Chengfang died?"
Lin Qingchou froze, recalling the lingering Nascent Soul Peak spiritual energy she felt at Zhenlian Cliff earlier.
"Zheng Shengmo wants to dual cultivate with Ye Xiyue, but Ye Xiyue already has a man outside, Zhou Man and Xu Chengfang overheard, and Zheng Shengmo killed them."
Ruo i’s words left Lin Qingchou completely stunned, the information was so overwhelming she took a long ti to process, muttering repeatedly:
"Impossible, impossible..."
Ruo i continued: "Like you, Ye Xiyue was fed the Heart-devouring Pill, she has beco that man’s dog, just to lick her owner’s feet makes her very happy. Even your senior sister has ended up like this, what are you still holding on to?"
"Impossible, impossible..."
Lin Qingchou’s eyes were vacant, seemingly broken both physically and ntally.
"The Heart-devouring Pill acts every five days, if you don’t want to be my dog, then prepare to die painfully."
Ruo i turned to leave, and Lin Qingchou suddenly hugged her leg.
"I, I’ll lick..."
She then bent down, trembling, sticking out her tongue to lick a few tis on Ruo i’s shoes, tears streaming from her eyes.
Danxia Peak’s steward disciple, Lin Qingchou, her Tao Heart shattered, had beco an obedient dog.
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