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Chapter 570 Xiu Yu’s Choice
In the dark cave, two golden-armored puppets, under the influence of Wang Ping's spiritual consciousness, stood on both sides of the corridor exit to guard. Qingjiang stood in front in an orderly manner, pinched a magic gesture with his hand, and a green halo emerged in the cave, illuminating every corner of the cave.

Most of the cave appears to be naturally formed, but a few areas are artificially excavated. For example, a large open space is paved with gravel at the part of the ground that contacts the corridor. The edge of the open space is covered with dense tree roots, which are centered on the old tree attached to the wall and entwine around the walls and the ground.

When Wang Ping walked into the cave, he felt a strong wood spirit energy, but he felt very uncomfortable because he could not control the wood spirit energy. Even the vines that kept spreading behind him could only stop at the entrance of the corridor.

Yuan Zheng and the tiger demon also frowned slightly after coming in, not because of the environment here, but because the rich wood spirit energy affected their souls.

As Wang Ping came in, a shadow of the soul emerged in front of the old tree. It was Xiu Yu's previous image, but Wang Ping could not sense the specific situation of this soul. However, he could observe it with the naked eye, and it felt like an illusion.

But Wang Ping knew that this was not an illusion.

"You are not Xiu Yu!"

Wang Ping suddenly said this with a very confident tone.

The shadow of the Yuanshen opposite asked: "Why do you say that, fellow Daoist?"

"It's just stating the facts!"

"Why do you think so?"

"Xiu Yu is not like you. He would rather die than appear in front of us in such an ugly state!"

"Hahahahaha!"

A burst of laughter echoed in the cave, causing the branches of the ancient tree to rustle. Then the shadow of the soul said, "You think you know me well?"

Wang Ping was silent.

Xiu Yu pointed at Dong Can and asked, "You like to guess so much, then guess again, why can he escape at this time?"

"You deliberately?"

"Correct!"

"What do you want to do?"

"I want to talk to you. This is a rare opportunity. Normally, if you come to see me, you must bring Zi Luan with you. I hate him and don't trust him."

Wang Ping agreed in his heart. If Zi Luan had not been entangled in the sudden outbreak of unrest, he would definitely appear here.

Xiu Yu's illusory soul sat cross-legged on the tangled roots, looked at Wang Ping and said, "Zi Luan must be laughing at this moment. I can even hear his laughter..."

When he said this, he couldn't help laughing out loud, and he laughed very heartily.

At this time, Yuan Zheng beside him said, "Do you want to take him down?"

Upon hearing this, the tiger demon was eager to try.

Wang Ping took a step forward, and wood spirit arrays appeared around his body, dispelling the wood spirit energy around him that annoyed him. He stared at Xiu Yu with murderous intent.

"Do you know why I'm here?" he asked.

"Of course I know. You're here to kill me. You don't want me to beg you, do you? Look, what's the difference between my current state and death?"

"What do you want to say?" Xiu Yu restrained his laughter and asked, "Do you remember what Master asked me when the three of us were in front of him? In fact, I am more worried than Zi Luan that I am a puppet, but I can't show it because I am a genius, this is Master's impression of me, and I am even more unruly, this is also Master's impression of me!"

Wang Ping stretched out his left hand to stop Yuan Zheng and the tiger demon who were about to move forward, then stretched out his right hand and lightly tapped, and an "Armor Talisman" formed in front of him, protecting himself, Yuan Zheng, Dong Can and the tiger demon within the barrier of the "Armor Talisman".

Xiu Yu ignored Wang Ping's actions and continued, "When I was young, my biggest wish was to travel around the world, record the culture of each place and compile it into a book. When I am too old to walk, I will write one or two story books."

"But the world was in turmoil at that time, so I had no choice but to join the Six Hearts Sect to find a place to live. Well, I once thought that these memories were false. I have been waiting for today to come..."

He started laughing again, an unstoppable, mad laugh.

After a long while, he stopped smiling and said to Wang Ping, "It was only just now that I dared to remember why I became Master's disciple. That day, there was an internal fight in the sect, and only one out of ten disciples survived. I was lucky enough to survive and was accepted by Master. I originally wanted to cultivate some skills and then leave the sect to fulfill my wish..."

His story just began when he suddenly stopped, then he chuckled and said, "Master is still the same master as before. He has never lied to us, but I don't want to follow the path he planned for me. So since I was promoted to the third realm, I have been trying to find a way to get rid of the path that Master designated for me."

"I have been practicing like crazy and have made countless attempts to advance in secret, but at least half of my attempts were sabotaged by others. They always find me."

He looked at Wang Ping, "I know you want to try the fourth realm. There are two places in the fourth realm, but these two places are not necessarily ours. Do you understand?"

Wang Ping remained silent.

Xiu Yu did not wait for Wang Ping's answer, but continued: "It is right to be cautious, because there are too many unexpected accidents. Maybe you and I were having a normal conversation at this moment, and an accident will happen in the next moment."

When he said this, Yuanzheng and the tiger demon became more alert instinctively.

The same is true for Wang Ping.

Xiu Yu ignored the three of them and continued to talk about this matter: "You just said that this is not me. In fact, you are right. This is only the majority of my soul's consciousness. The real dominant consciousness had already left before the Shangjingcheng incident. Do you remember that I was punished to face the wall?"

Wang Ping asked doubtfully, "So you deliberately carried out the massacre on Pingzhou Road?"

Xiu Yu chuckled and said, "Master was completely focused on Shangjing City at that time. His consciousness didn't even stay on me for a moment while I was facing the wall. That was the best opportunity for me to escape. This body was used to withstand Master's loss of control after failure, but I didn't expect..."

He stopped talking again, and then he looked up at Wang Ping after a few breaths of silence. "Despite this, he is still not trustworthy. He left me something at the end, saying that it could help me advance to the fourth realm, and a copy of the 'Wood Spirit Origin'. He also told me that you have the 'Divine Spell Array', and Zi Luan has the 'Compound Array' and the array's core magic weapon."

"He wanted to provoke a fight between us. He has always been like this, but I don't want to continue fighting. I am too tired these years. I will give you everything he left me."

Wang Ping didn't know whether he should trust him, so he had to remain silent.

Xiu Yu's spirit image stood up and looked at Qing Jiang beside him, saying, "I only have one request, take good care of my disciple. She has suffered a lot during these years with me."

After that, he looked at Wang Ping again, "Without her, you don't know how many times you would have died. When you were only in the second realm, you were instigated by Zi Luan to deal with me. At that time, whether it was me or her who wanted to kill you, it was just a matter of a word. In order to make things reasonable, I have to retreat every day, and I hate retreat the most."

When he said this, Xiu Yu's emotions became unstable.

"I hate seclusion and cultivation!"

He roared loudly, venting the frustration in his heart, then looked up at the closed ceiling above his head and said, "I still have something to settle with Ziluan, so you guys can do whatever you want!"

As the words fell, a transfer array formed around the soul's consciousness, and with the twisting of space, the soul's shadow disappeared instantly.

(End of this chapter)