Chapter 176

Chapter 176: Jiang Die’s Grievance (Third Update)

Jiang Die walked out of the Great Hall all by herself.

She covered her heart, which was beating wildly and uncontrollably.

She never imagined that becoming Lu Ye’s enemy would bring such immense pressure.

It was terrifying.

Even before he arrived, she felt like she could hardly breathe.

The weight in her heart was unbearable.

The Jiang Family had already contacted other strong figures on the Heavenly God Ranking.

Jiang Die, on the other hand, had come to the prison to see these four women.

“Lu Ye is coming.”

Jiang Die spoke up.

The four women immediately looked up, excitement gleaming in their eyes, including Bai Qiulan.

“He’s coming from the Ascension Pool, heading straight for the Jiang Family, calm and steady, but he intends to wipe out the entire Second Heaven. So far, hundreds of thousands of cultivators have already died at his hands!”

“He could easily kill millions, why did you provoke him?” Shangguan Huanling chimed in.

Jiang Die’s eyes widened in anger.

“Didn’t you provoke him? It was me who used the poison!”

“After rebirth, we didn’t provoke him,” Shangguan Huanling argued stubbornly.

Jiang Die was so infuriated that she almost laughed.

Damn it, how did she end up talking to such an idiot.

“Actually, Jiang Die, why do you want to harm Lu Ye when he’s been good to you and has never wronged the Jiang Family? Why?” Bai Qiulan asked, voicing the confusion they all felt.

That was the question on everyone’s mind.

Lu Ye seemed to have done nothing wrong to Jiang Die, right?

Was it just pure ambition?

Jiang Die smiled.

“So you think that Lu Ye wronged me, and that’s why I’m going after him?” Jiang Die asked.

“Then what?” Chu Ling spoke up.

Shangguan Huanling, having fallen out of love, had been easily persuaded to poison him along with everyone else.

They told Shangguan Huanling that because of her lost love, Lu Ye would eventually abandon her; he only hasn’t yet because he didn’t want his Great Dao to have flaws and hinder his ascension.

And Bai Qiulan?

She was ridiculed for turning against her disciple.

Yue Hongling, enchanted, couldn’t forget her dead white moonlight.

Chu Ling still mourned her “family’s” death and was unpleased with her status as a maidservant.

The Vermilion Bird believed that Lu Ye deceived her and was deliberately slaughtering the Demon Clan.

And Jiang Die?

“Wrong, completely wrong.”

“I’m not going after him because he has wronged me; it’s precisely because he’s been too good to me.”

“You five are his beloved, his protectors since the First Heaven, but what about me? To evade a marriage alliance, I forced myself upon Lu Ye with tricks.”

“Lu Ye has never loved me.”

“To him, I’m just a weakling that he protects. I’ll never forget the look he gave me.”

“Pity, the pity for the weak!”

“Helplessness, the helplessness for a shameless woman like me who actively offered herself!”

“That’s why I must grow stronger; I don’t want to be anyone’s subordinate, or be used as a pawn by the Jiang Family to connect with the Wang Family. Lu Ye only took me into his protection out of pity because I gave myself to him.”

“He has never loved me!”

“And coincidentally, I don’t need anyone’s love; I only need to become strong, the strongest!”

“That way, I will no longer be anyone’s subordinate. I can control my own life, without accepting any constraints.”

“So, there’s no need for Lu Ye to wrong me because he just doesn’t love me at all.”

“I just need to get strong; everything I want will come to me!”

It seemed Jiang Die had been overwhelmed by the pressure Lu Ye brought, and she poured out all her pent-up grievances.

If Lu Ye heard this, he would definitely think she was crazy.

They hadn’t been close at first; how could he fall in love with her the moment they met? But then again, wasn’t he in love later?

So he only remembered the beginning and forgot everything after.

Yet, Lu Ye wouldn’t be particularly angry. Why? Because he was used to it…

“How could he not love you? Lu Ye definitely loves you! If he didn’t love you, how would he take on the pressure of the whole world to protect the Jiang Family?” Bai Qiulan argued.

“That’s his Dao; his Dao is to protect. If it weren’t for the nature of his protective Dao, do you really think he would go this far for me?”

“I’m merely a tool for him to affirm his own Dao of protection!”

The four women looked at Jiang Die.

A deep astonishment blossomed in their hearts—why did she think this way?

Why did Jiang Die feel this way?

Jiang Die sneered.

“You don’t have to look so shocked; all of you, there’s not one who’s better than me! I know how to get stronger, while you’re all tethered by what? Ethical Chains? White Moonlight? Pfft! You’ve merely turned yourselves into songbirds, wallowing in self-pity. Now that Lu Ye has abandoned you, aren’t you all just howling to cling back to him?”

Hearing this, several women were outraged.

But Jiang Die couldn’t be bothered to listen to their nonsense anymore; feeling a little relieved, she returned to the Jiang Family’s Great Hall.

“How did it go?”

“Back to the Family Head, Wang Canghai is willing to help!”

Wang Canghai, fifth on the Heavenly God Ranking, the top expert of the Wang Family.

“What does he want?”

“The Dragon Veins…”

Jiang Die’s eyes turned cold, “Good, agree to his terms!”

“Family Head, Xu Tianhe is willing to help!”

“What does he want?”

“To borrow the Jiang Family’s Void Sutra for a look!”

“Agree to him!”

“Family Head, Qing Lian Daoist is willing to help!”

“Family Head, Hundred Tribulations Supreme is willing to help!”

“Family Head…”

One by one, names of renowned figures from the Second Heaven kept sounding out.

Nine of the top twenty on the Heavenly God Ranking were willing to help.

Among them, the strongest was Xu Tianhe, third on the Heavenly God Ranking.

If Jiang Die were willing to join, that would mean half of the top twenty Heavenly God figures were mobilized.

Indeed, Jiang Die now ranked first on the Heavenly God Ranking.

With such a position, it was no wonder the Jiang Family obeyed her—considering her age and current strength, the Jiang Family could hardly imagine just how far Jiang Die might go.

However, Jiang Die didn’t plan to take action.

She wanted to keep her ultimate trump card hidden until the end; she wanted Lu Ye to truly feel what despair meant!

All conditions were agreed upon.

Nine peak Heavenly God experts, each of whom wielded astonishing power, congregated in one place.

The stir caused by these experts once again excited everyone in the Second Heaven.

Those on the Heavenly God Ranking were all top-notch figures.

A truly brutal massacre was about to unfold in plain sight.

Lu Ye continued moving forward.

Behind him, the Emperor’s Banner trembled continuously; with each violent quiver, dense black mist billowed out along with piercing cries of anguish.

Lu Ye glanced at the Emperor’s Banner, wondering about this ghastly noise…

Overstuffed, perhaps?