Villain Master, my disciples all want to backstab me

"..."

Gui Yuan sighed silently, his expression finally returning to its previous coldness. "Well, it seems these words really can't make you let down your guard. Then I'll be frank."

"Do you feel that you are being targeted by some force?"

"?"

Bai Yuan raised his eyebrows.

Gui Yuan continued, "I've heard a lot about you from that girl named Ye Shuang'er... and about me, too. While it's normal for someone who's committed so much evil to be hunted down and targeted by those seeking revenge, situations like ours are not uncommon."

"Especially the three hunts launched by the Qingxuan Sect against you in the past year or two; and the plan your two disciples hatched to kill their master... is it really just a coincidence? If you had made any wrong move in your previous choices, you probably wouldn't have been able to meet me, and would have been dead long ago."

"..."

Bai Yuan thought it was nonsense.

As a villain destined to die, don't you have any idea why your death is coming?

Hmm...it seems not.

After all, Gui Yuan's memories of the present world only date back twenty years, a time when she wasn't as suicidal as she would be later. But the things she'd done to her eldest disciple, Qingluo, were enough to drive her back from the Eastern Wasteland and crush her to dust.

Furthermore, the Jiang family's affairs also stem from Gui Yuan. It was her actions in Cangwu County that led to the emergence of Jiang Rao, the second disciple, and triggered the "Cangwu Trip" twenty years later. Yesterday's cause, today's result. In a sense, the current situation was almost inevitable... right?

Bai Yuan suddenly realized a problem.

A problem that she had ignored for a long time——

Yes, why is it Blood Kite?

Becoming a "destined villain" isn't easy. It's not just about putting a label on your face; it also requires basic logic.

Although Xue Yuan possessed a strong character, extraordinary willpower, and ruthless actions, with countless murders to her name... these traits were not unique to her. Demonic Sect Masters like Xue Shenzi and Xiao Yuchen also possessed some of these traits.

But it was Blood Kite who became the most crucial villain. Not only did he serve as the master of the three "destined heroines" at the same time, but even when his real body was killed by the player, he still kept the button of "Ghost Kite" as a foreshadowing for the subsequent plot - although "Asking the Immortal" did not reveal this foreshadowing until Bai Yuan traveled through time.

This arrangement is somewhat unreasonable.

What made Blood Kite different from other demons? She also possessed the weight and aura that made the Heavenly Dao of this world bestow upon her the special distinction of "Destined Big Boss"...

I'm afraid there is only one.

——【The Way of Time】!

"Have you thought of that?"

Gui Yuan observed Bai Yuan's face and expression, as if using this method to guess her inner thoughts, and then spoke at the right time: "The path of time requires one to immerse oneself in time, to understand the rotation of time, the withering and flourishing of the four seasons, and thus reverse life and death and reach the great way. However, this kind of thing is essentially against the will of heaven.

“For hundreds of years, or even thousands of years, most people who practiced the Way of Time were stuck at the Nascent Soul stage. Only a handful were able to break through to the Spiritual Transformation stage, let alone the Return to Void and Celestial Being stages above that.

The world generally believed that the Dao of Time was difficult to learn and master, and therefore not suitable for cultivation. If one wanted to quickly improve their cultivation, they would either have to take a different path and enter the realm of evil, or simply switch to another path. However...

"Is it possible that there's nothing wrong with the [Path of Time] itself, but rather that a certain entity, not wanting to see anyone using the [Path of Time] to escape death, is secretly causing all this?"

"..."

Bai Yuan was silent for a moment, then slowly spoke: "You mean, it's the Way of Heaven..."

"Shh-"

Gui Yuan raised a finger and made a gesture of silence.

There really is a "Heavenly Law" in this world. As the saying goes, God watches what you do. If you talk about Him recklessly like this, He might notice and cause some unpleasant consequences.

Bai Yuan understood and immediately changed his tone, "Well, what you mean is that because of the nature of the [Way of Time], all those who practice it are unacceptable to heaven and earth, so they will try every possible means to wipe them out. That's why you and I encounter these life-or-death situations, and have to narrowly escape death time and time again?"

This answer...

It's surprisingly reasonable.

Because Bai Yuan has more information than Gui Yuan, he knows the fate of another person who reversed life and death -

That’s right, it’s Ji Lingyun!

The latter, a saintly maiden of the Ji family from a thousand years ago, considered the closest to the celestial realm, still couldn't control her own life and death. Before her death, she could only use the secret technique of "soul division" to separate a strand of her soul and deposit it in the ancient tea tree of enlightenment, thereby achieving "resurrection" several years later. This method is quite similar to the appearance of Gui Yuan.

Moreover, Bai Yuan vaguely remembered that Ji Lingyun seemed to have also practiced the [Way of Time] and had once revealed words with similar meaning to what Gui Yuan had just said!

If we use this point to explain the "exclusion" of the Heavenly Dao and the appearance of "destined protagonists" like Ye Shuang'er who are obsessed with killing their master, then everything makes sense!

Even the reason why "Blood Kite" gradually became so extreme after decades of practice was probably related to the subtle influence of "Heaven's Way". After all, only in this way can one be qualified as the "Great Villain of Heaven"!

"...Okay. I'll retract what I said."

Bai Yuan's tone softened. "We can continue discussing cooperation. But before that, I have a question I'd like you to answer."

At this point, Bai Yuan paused for a moment, then looked across at the face that was like a mirror, and slowly said, "What was going through your mind when you ripped out Qingluo's heart and bones and left her body exposed in the wilderness?"

Facing Bai Yuan's question.

Gui Yuan was unexpectedly silent: "Yes. Why..."

……

call--! !

Accompanied by a fierce gust of wind.

Qingluo, wrapped in golden and red flames, fell from the sky.

After landing, her figure shifted from the golden phoenix she'd been in on the road to human form. Her bare feet touched the glassy, ​​crystalline ground, her gorgeous feathers fluttering in the heat. Sparks trailed from her tail feathers, falling into the surrounding cracks and staining the gray rock crimson.

"Is this the place..."

Qingluo sniffed.

It wasn’t long before the battle between Bai Yuan and Blood God ended.

Although the arrival of the tribulation thunder obliterated many traces of the battle, it was still easy to gather some intelligence about the two sides from the remaining clues. That vaguely familiar aura reminded Qingluo of thirty years ago.

“…It’s her indeed!”

That woman...

He was truly still alive! Still waiting to be buried by her, the disciple who had returned from hell!

only……

"That woman has left?"

"Sure enough, another step too late..."

But then again, if they had sensed the presence earlier, they might have...

Qingluo took a deep breath and slowly took a few steps forward, stopping at the edge of the massive "meteor crater." She looked around before leaning over and picking up a handful of charred gravel. Her golden pupils reflected the fine purple lines on the gravel's surface—the very traces left by the thunderbolt's impact.

Not far away, the basically shattered remains of the blood-red giant beast also became conspicuous.

Qingluo pondered for a moment, then extended her right hand. A ball of dancing golden flames appeared in her palm. The flames instantly split into hundreds of fine strands, which, like snakes scenting blood, burrowed into the cracks in the ground.

"..."

Just as Qingluo was waiting and thinking about the course of the battle and the methods used by both sides, several sharp sounds of breaking through the air sounded from the sky.

Qingluo glanced at it casually.

A dozen blood-red rainbows streaked across the still-dispersing thunderclouds. Leading the group was an elderly man in a scarlet robe embroidered with blood-stained skulls, looking ferocious and terrifying. Following behind him were several disciples, all of whom appeared to be quite old, and several blood puppets.

It was the first search team that rushed over from the Blood Source Sect’s headquarters under the instructions of the Blood God Son!

now.

The red-robed old man who led the group noticed Qingluo and was slightly surprised: "Who?"

"..."

no answer.

These Blood Source Sect demon cultivators naturally didn't recognize Qingluo. Furthermore, because Qingluo was a human-Phoenix hybrid, her aura was closer to that of a human than that of the Phoenix Clan, so the red-robed old man didn't realize her demonic identity. Instead, he thought of another possibility—

According to the order issued by the sect leader himself, the person who attacked the Blood Source Sect's headquarters tonight and caused this commotion was Blood Yuan from the Hidden Moon Sect.

Xue Yuan is a woman. Because of her practice of the [Way of Time], she can switch freely between the forms of loli, mature woman, beautiful woman, etc. The common point is that each form has a gorgeous appearance.

In addition, it is said that she is also very good at disguise. Back then, in the "Yuankong Secret Realm", she disguised herself as Su Baizhi from the "Qingxin Sect". Even Baili Qingfeng from Tianyuan Mountain could not see through her and was fooled by her.

Considering this is far from the Four Orthodox Sects, and the timing of their appearance was so coincidental, if they had come from somewhere else, it would be difficult for them to be faster than these Blood Origin Sect cultivators. So...

Is it possible that the woman in front of me is Xue Yuan, or someone related to her?

—I heard that guy has a young, strikingly beautiful female disciple. If the woman before him were Ye Shuang'er, possessing the "poisonous body of a Gu Spirit"... the red-robed elder slurped his saliva, thinking he could arrest her first and question her later.

"Hey! You're the Blood Kite..."

"!"

Hearing the word "Blood Kite," Qingluo's eyes grew cold. She raised her hand and grabbed the red-robed old man, strangling him and suspending him in mid-air. "Do you know about the Blood Kite? Where is she? What are the traces of fighting here? Which side are you on?"

"!!"

Qingluo's grab was just a casual move, and it didn't take any effort at all for her.

But it was like stirring up a hornet's nest.

The Blood Source Sect disciples behind them all drew their swords, and several elders even summoned magical weapons. One of them, a thick, blood-red spear, exuded an aura that made everyone around them tremble. However, these methods were as ridiculous as showing off one's skills in front of Qingluo, who had reached the late stage of the Spiritualization Realm.

She didn't even raise her eyelids, but continued to look at the red-robed old man in front of her, waiting for him to answer her question.

The old man in red robe was confused at this moment.

Because he was directly facing the oppressive force emanating from Qingluo, he could roughly sense just how powerful this woman before him was… He had only ever felt this level of cultivation aura from his own sect leader, Blood God Son. Not even the deputy sect leader or Hall Master Gu could reach that level! She was simply a monster!

Where did such a powerful guy come from? Could it really be the Blood Kite?!

I heard that some people like to return to the scene after committing a crime and observe other people's reactions...

The momentary confusion and shock made the red-robed old man busy with his imagination and he was unable to give orders to the disciples around him in time.

The demon cultivators around them had already prepared for their actions, and a new round of encounters was about to begin!

Well...if it can be turned into a "skirmish".

next moment.

Two voices sounded at the same time:

"Stop!" x2!

The words have not yet fallen.

Another sound of breaking air was heard.

This time, a smaller group appeared in the night not far away. The leader was an old woman with corpse spots all over her face.

Chapter 188: Will you remember how many elixirs you have taken?

That’s right, “livor mortis”.

Judging from her appearance alone, the old woman looked quite old, at least a hundred years old—the "hundred years old" here refers to ordinary people. For a cultivator, she would have to have lived for at least five hundred years to reach this age.

The Shentu Jixue from the [Cangwu Abyss] seemed a little younger in front of her.

but.

None of the Blood Source Sect's demonic cultivators present dared to look down on this old woman. This was because she was the Blood Source Sect's Grand Inner Sect Elder, a fierce individual who could be described as "ruthless and merciless" even among the demonic cultivators. Elder Blood Nightmare!

Behind Blood Nightmare, four people were holding human skin lanterns to dispel the darkness around them; and four disciples were working together to carry a three-meter-long bronze coffin.

The coffin seemed to be a special magical instrument, its surface covered in a layer of nitrated human skin, densely covered with strange and terrifying talismans. At this moment, it seemed to have entered a state of combat readiness, trembling slightly, and bright red blood and sticky corpse oil slowly seeped out from the skin, making people feel daunted.

the other side.

Mo Zheng's green-armored figure, enveloped in a pitch-black demonic mist, emerged. His dark-green eyes scanned the room coldly.

The two shouts of "Stop" just now were made by them respectively.

now.

Xue Yan first waved his cane, signaling his fellow disciples to step back, then looked across. "So it's the Shadow Leopard Demon King from the Eastern Wasteland. I wonder what your relationship is with Senior Mo He?"

"It's my uncle."

Mo Zhe responded, then leaned over to Qing Luo and whispered a few words of advice. Qing Luo frowned at him, then casually tossed the red-robed elder to Xue Yan's side with a wave of her hand, as if she were throwing a bag of trash.

the other side.

"I see."