Chapter 303

Chapter 303: Expose

Why does Yue Hongling feel that if she reveals the truth at all costs, Lu Ye will blame her along with her?

Clearly, she had zero faults regarding Bai Qiulan using the Nine Li Soul Stealing Technique on her; all the blame lies with Bai Qiulan.

But would it really play out that way if she spoke up?

If she laid bare in front of Lu Ye how Bai Qiulan had tortured her—how hypocritical and ruthless she was—what would Bai Qiulan’s reaction be?

She would feel utterly ashamed, followed by a hysterical outburst—she would attack Yue Hongling like a wild animal.

At that moment, what would Lu Ye’s mindset be as he watched the two tear each other apart?

Yue Hongling knew Bai Qiulan very well.

Her hatred for Bai Qiulan would definitely be reciprocated, but not right now.

That’s precisely why she chose to lie.

She wanted to keep her dignity.

She knew that Lu Ye also wanted to maintain dignity.

“Senior Brother, what deceit are you talking about? How have I deceived you?”

Yue Hongling’s face changed dramatically as she asked.

“Husband, there’s no deceit here! Hongling and I have always been in this together. Sure, we have minor disagreements, but they are most definitely not major conflicts.”

The two hurriedly explained.

Lu Ye looked on, filled with disappointment.

At this moment, Shen Xitang spoke up.

“Yue Former Wife, Bai Master, there’s no need to rush into explanations. Let me clarify a few things, and you tell me if I’m right or not.”

Their titles shifted from ‘two elder sisters’ to ‘Yue Former Wife and Bai Master.’

“First, while the Nine Li Soul Stealing Technique is difficult to perform, if there’s any resistance, it can easily fail. However, once successful, the caster can easily lift it. Why haven’t you lifted it?” Shen Xitang questioned.

Bai Qiulan took a deep breath, her eyes sharpening.

This was a clash between her and Shen Xitang.

“Although the Nine Li Soul Stealing Technique is a dark art, Hongling’s Dao of the Fearless is waning. I used the Nine Li Soul Stealing Technique to guide her practice in the Dao. What’s wrong with that?”

“So, what exactly is the Dao of the Fearless? How do you guide it?” Shen Xitang pressed on.

“The Dao of the Fearless is about being unafraid and unyielding. I need to change Yue Hongling’s fearful mindset so she can be fearless. Isn’t that helping her cultivate?”

“Where lies the key to the Dao of the Fearless?”

Bai Qiulan…

“I’m not directly cultivating the Dao of the Fearless, just guiding appropriately.”

“Then what about Yue Former Wife’s Eternal Countercurrent Sutra?”

Bai Qiulan’s face changed drastically.

“Eternal Countercurrent Sutra… Eternal Countercurrent Sutra… It’s because Yue Hongling feels her Dao of the Fearless is about to collapse, leading to her despair and unwillingness to cultivate the Eternal Countercurrent Sutra anymore…”

“Master!”

Yue Hongling’s voice suddenly shot up.

Her face turned red, panic reaching its peak; she had misspoken; she had really misspoken!

But Shen Xitang merely chuckled softly.

“Bai Master, have you read the content of the Eternal Countercurrent Sutra?”

Bai Qiulan fell silent for a moment.

“Not really…”

“Then do you know that the Eternal Countercurrent Sutra fundamentally enhances the Dao of the Fearless? ‘Eternal Countercurrent yet the heart does not reverse, Eternal Chaos yet the Dao does not falter.’ The weaker the Dao of the Fearless, the more eager Yue Former Wife becomes to practice the Eternal Countercurrent Sutra.”

“When you told Yue Former Wife to abandon the Eternal Countercurrent Sutra, did she not tell you anything?”

Bai Qiulan’s eyes revealed a hint of confusion.

“Or perhaps you didn’t even ask if Yue Former Wife was willing to give up the Eternal Countercurrent Sutra, but directly made her abandon it!”

“Is this your ‘appropriate guidance’?”

With a sneer, Shen Xitang’s presence surged, towering at a height of one hundred meters!

In that moment, apart from confusion, despair glimmered in Bai Qiulan’s eyes.

She…

Never could she have imagined that making Yue Hongling give up on cultivating the Eternal Countercurrent Sutra would become her fatal blow.

“Your ‘appropriate guidance’ has caused Yue Hongling’s energy to be thrown into disarray?”

“Your ‘appropriate guidance’ has caused Yue Hongling’s physical vitality to wither?”

“Your ‘appropriate guidance’ has directly led Yue Hongling to switch to the technique that you purposefully sought?”

“Your ‘appropriate guidance’ means allowing Yue Hongling’s Dao to be severed, becoming your Bai Qiulan’s vessel for unleashing Chaos Yin Poison from now on. This is your ‘appropriate guidance!’”

“Bai Qiulan, you truly are a hypocritical person!”

Upon hearing this, Bai Qiulan stumbled backward.

One wrong step, and she almost collapsed to the ground.

“No, no, no… it’s not like that…”

Shen Xitang’s gaze landed on Yue Hongling.

“I’m curious, Yue Former Wife, the Feminine Extreme Yin Sutra I gave you—if only you and Bai Master support each other, absorbing some Chaos Yin Poison, both of you could obviously last a long time, even to the Sixth Heaven without a problem. How did you both crumble so quickly?” Shen Xitang asked.

Yue Hongling didn’t expect that her showing a facade of harmony with her master, thinking it would make Lu Ye feel assured and forgive them while accepting them, would backfire like this.

Just as she was about to speak, Shen Xitang waved her hand decisively.

“Enough, Yue Former Wife, no one has ever told you this before. Now I’ll tell you: when you lie, your eyes always flicker and your expression changes drastically. Even a normal person can tell you’re lying without even thinking. Are you sure you want to keep lying?”

Yue Hongling froze.

“Is that so?”

Yue Hongling looked towards Lu Ye, unsure of what she was expecting.

And Lu Ye nodded lightly.

It was true.

Yue Hongling laughed, initially softly, then breaking into hearty laughter.

The laughter turned manic, becoming hysterical.

“Can I really be blamed for this? Is it really my fault?”

“Bai Qiulan, every time I used the Feminine Extreme Yin Sutra, she would frantically flood me with Chaos Yin Poison, relentlessly pouring it in, not wanting to bear any pain herself; she shifted all the suffering onto me.”

“The moment I voiced any grievances, it meant I was ungrateful. She loved to weave a web of love that trapped me tightly.”

“I couldn’t take it anymore, and somehow it became my fault. She was never at fault!”

“Eventually, I lost my mind. After losing it, what did Bai Qiulan do?”

“She crazily and recklessly guided me to use the Feminine Extreme Yin Sutra. Even in a state of madness, I could still feel that indescribable excruciating pain!”

“She used the Nine Li Soul Stealing Technique on me, affecting me, turning me into her most loyal servant, a vessel for her Chaos Yin Poison!”

“She even made me give up the Eternal Countercurrent Sutra, made me entirely her puppet, made me a part of her!”

“Even after all this, she claimed she was doing it for my own good!”

“Hahaha, hahahaha…”

“Bai Qiulan, you are the epitome of hypocrisy, selfishness, someone who should be despised by all beings in the Nine Heavens! Even the most sinister evil cultivators in the world don’t hold a candle to your wickedness!”

“Bai Qiulan!”

“Bai Qiulan!”