Villain Master, my disciples all want to backstab me

"But Master..."

"It doesn't matter. With her methods, it won't be that easy for Miss Qingluo to find her. And even if something really happens and she can't handle it, neither can we. Let's first talk to Fellow Daoist Jiang about the whole story and then think about how to solve it."

Ji Tingxue said.

Seeing this, Ye Shuang'er didn't know what to say anymore. She could only nod sullenly, then looked at Jiang Rao with a worried look on her face.

With Jiang Rao's keen sense, she vaguely sensed something at this moment, but did not urge him: "Okay. This is indeed not the place to talk. Come with me."

Because of the "War to Eliminate Demons", the Tianyuan Sword Sect is now in a state of war. Normally, people who are not from the four righteous sects are not allowed to enter at will.

However, Jiang Rao was, after all, a true disciple respected by Ling Xiuya and Yan Shu, and he had been in control of the intelligence system of Tianyuan Mountain during this period. Although he did not have the title of elder, he was an elder in reality. In addition, the Ji family was still well-known, so after a brief report, Ye Shuang'er and others were led into the mountain gate by Jiang Rao and came to a nearby cave.

Got here.

Jiang Rao dismissed the outsiders and closed the cave.

Then, Ji Tingxue started to speak, starting from the "trip to Cangwu" and telling the story in detail.

Ye Shuang'er added supplementary information from time to time.

The first part of this experience overlaps with Jiang Rao's experience.

Just from another perspective.

Listening to Ji Tingxue's story, Jiang Rao's heart was gradually moved, and her face was slightly moved: "No wonder the journey between me, the headmaster, and my master... Master Yan Shu was so smooth. It turns out that Master was the one who paved the way for me. And the same goes for my father..."

Master, she really... I'm crying to death!

the other side.

Jiang Cheng was also listening silently.

As a hapless individual who had just regained his freedom after twenty years in the blood pool, his contact with Bai Yuan and his group was relatively brief. Previously, while in the hands of the Blood Origin Sect, he had little opportunity to learn about the outside world. Therefore, even after escaping for several days, he was still completely confused and could hardly tell who was who.

But now...

It turns out that the woman named "Bai Yuan" is really my sister's master?

Moreover, the relationship between the two is so complicated. They are both teacher, enemy and friend, and they have so much past?

Hmm...she seems to be an old acquaintance of my father Jiang Taixu?

Even if Ji Tingxue and Ye Shuang'er had no subjective intention when describing Bai Yuan, there was still some beautification in their description - or in other words, when judging by deeds rather than intentions, the image that Bai Yuan presented in their eyes was indeed that of a very competent master who devoted all his energy and efforts to his disciples.

Therefore, Jiang Cheng was gradually shocked.

As one of the only two orphans left in the Jiang family, this young master of the Jiang family was able to survive in the hands of the Blood Source Sect for twenty years. Naturally, he had a bit of "destiny" on him.

therefore……

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……

At this moment, Bai Yuan, who was thousands of miles away, fell into deep thought as he looked at the densely packed small characters that suddenly popped up in his sight.

……

at last.

Ji Tingxue's story came to the matter of the Blood Source Sect.

From the group entering the Blood Source Sect's territory, luring and killing the Blood Refining Hall Master Shao An, to sneaking into the Blood Source Sect's main altar, destroying the blood pool formation, and confronting the Blood God Son, to finally being hunted by Qingluo Wanli...

He tells the story one by one.

However, there are a few points that even Ji Tingxue and Ye Shuang'er cannot give a reasonable explanation for -

For example, where did Bai Yuan's "Shadow Travel" ability come from, and what about the [Thunder Pearl] that is so powerful that it can destroy the Blood God's clone in one blow?

In addition, they didn't know much about the grudge between Bai Yuan and Qing Luo.

Well...even Bai Yuan himself doesn't quite understand the latter question.

Therefore, even someone as intelligent as Jiang Rao fell silent, completely baffled. "Could it be... that Master also has some kind of demon bloodline in her body? Is that why she chose Senior Sister Qingluo, who also possesses this physique, and accepted her as her disciple?"

"Then, Master discovered that Senior Sister Qingluo's bloodline hadn't awakened yet, and wanted to stimulate her by digging out her heart and bones to complete the final step...?"

Jiang Rao found this logic ridiculous.

But when she thought about what Bai Yuan had done to her, she inexplicably felt that it made a little bit of sense.

After all, my master just doesn't seem to understand people's hearts. Even if he has good intentions, he always hides them under a vicious appearance, causing people to misunderstand...

and many more……

Jiang Rao suddenly thought of a key point and turned to look at Ye Shuang'er: "Shuang'er, you just said that when you were in [Cangwu County], you once met a fake master. And this person also fought with the real master in that black coffin, trying to devour the master, but was defeated in the end... right?"

"um, yes."

Ye Shuang'er nodded: "At the beginning, I was careless and fell into the trap of that evil master. I almost became her puppet... What's wrong with this?"

Jiang Rao pondered for a moment:

"I have a guess..."

"Perhaps, the 'Ghost Kite' in [Cangwu County] is not Master himself. It is actually the resentment of our great-grandmaster."

"……what?"

Ye Shuang'er was stunned.

Grandmaster...

Who is that?

Facing the little girl's puzzled expression, Jiang Rao took a deep breath and began to explain, "About sixty years ago, a master of the magical arts with an arrogant and ruthless temperament appeared in the cultivation world. His name was 'Xue Lian'. He was our master's master, and according to seniority, he was our 'ancestor master'."

"I heard this name from my father, and then I spent a lot of time and energy collecting information about him, and finally reconstructed the past grudges between Master and him."

Chapter 195: For the past thirty years, I have never stopped thinking about you

“…In Master’s life, there are two very clear dividing points.”

"The first turning point occurred when she was seventeen."

"That year, Master Xue Lian was hunted by his enemies and was severely injured. To recover, he planned to refine dozens of his disciples into human pills and consume them. However, his plan was discovered by Master, who then used the same trick against him and sealed Master Xue Lian in the alchemy furnace, refining a black 'Rongxin Pill'."

"The so-called 'Heart-Melting Pill' is actually a deeply sinister and venomous elixir. The ingredients for this pill are cultivators with specific fates, preferably young men and women with excellent aptitude and pure hearts. First, they are thrown alive into the furnace, and then their bodies and souls are tortured in various ways, leaving them to slowly die in utter despair and agony.

“In this way, the anger, resentment, and obsession in their hearts will all be integrated into the elixir and become part of the medicinal power.

"To melt the hearts, to melt the hearts, is to melt the true heart of each seed of cultivation."

"Master Xuelian, despite his mediocre talents, was able to stir up such bloodshed in the cultivation world. This is why. Over the course of thirty years, he refined a total of 394 Heart-Ronging Pills, using them to elevate his cultivation from Qi training to the ninth level of Nascent Soul, a stage halfway to Divine Transformation.

"Master originally had the 395th 'Heart-Releasing Pill'.

"But she was sharp-minded and saw through Master Xue Lian's plot beforehand. She used the same tactic to her advantage, sealing the severely injured Master Xue Lian into a furnace. She refined a black Heart-Ronging Pill, consumed it, and then killed her master and left the mountain."

"..."

This experience was the first time that everyone present had heard of it.

Ye Shuang'er was even more absorbed in listening, the expression on her face changing from surprise at first, to sadness, nervousness, and finally joy... It was as if she had experienced a life-and-death struggle following the story of "Bai Yuan" that Jiang Rao was telling. Jiang Rao even wanted to laugh.

then……

"But the 'Heart-Relieving Pill' is essentially an evil technique, originating from the notorious Blood Moon Cult.

"Although its medicinal power is extremely strong and can quickly improve cultivation in a short period of time, it has an unknown side effect."

Jiang Rao paused for a moment, his tone becoming gloomy as he spoke: "The side effect is that people who take this pill will be affected by the resentment and hostility in the pill, which will gradually erode their minds and cause their temperaments to change drastically, becoming more and more extreme, bloodthirsty, and violent.

"That was the case with 'Master Blood Refiner' back then, and 'Demon Lord Blood Kite'...

"is also like this!"

Ye Shuang'er: "!!"

At this moment, Ye Shuang'er seemed to understand something and asked anxiously, "So, Master treated us like that...was it because of the influence of that black 'Heart Melting Pill'?"

In a sense...

This judgment is not wrong.

Xue Yuan's crazy, ostentatious and uninhibited behavior back then was indeed related to the "Rongxin Pill".

However, it is difficult to quantify the proportion of this "relationship".

From the perspective of Jiang Rao and Ye Shuang'er, they would naturally prefer to put the blame on the "Rongxin Pill" and separate Bai Yuan from it.

present.

Jiang Rao continued with what he had just said, "Since the age of seventeen, Master has embarked on a heartless and unrighteous path of demonic cultivation, killing people, refining poison, exterminating families, and practicing all kinds of evil skills... Except for not refining 'human pills' anymore, he has almost walked the path of 'blood refining' all over again, and even surpassed his master.

"Until Senior Sister Qingluo showed up."

"According to my research, Senior Sister Qingluo was only five years old when she met Master. She had been begging along with a group fleeing famine, and she met Master when she was nearly starving. I don't know if Master discovered the [Sword Bone] and 'Divine Phoenix Bloodline' within her, or if he simply felt compassion for her, but he took her in as a disciple and taught her with great care."

"I'm not sure what the relationship between Master and Qingluo was like, but during those years, Master's mentality seemed to have become much calmer, and his behavior style was also significantly restrained."

"However, when Senior Sister Qingluo turned seventeen, Master suddenly turned hostile for unknown reasons. He not only personally dug out her [Chengxin Sword Bone], but also left her body exposed in the wilderness. This act infuriated many cultivators of the righteous and even demonic paths, leading to a campaign to hunt Master down... Shortly after that operation, Master left for [Cangwu County]."

"..."

A brief silence.

This time, it was Ji Tingxue who spoke: "Seventeen years old?"

What a coincidence?

"Yes."

Jiang Rao nodded: "Two dividing points, the first was when Master himself was seventeen years old, and the second was when Senior Sister Qingluo was seventeen years old. I don't think this is a coincidence."

"If Master's two drastic changes in temperament were truly caused by the resentment left within the Heart-Releasing Pill by Blood Refining, then her true purpose in going to Cangwu County was most likely to eliminate this obsession.

"Also, ripping out a person's heart and bones, then exposing their body to the wilderness, are naturally heinous crimes. But... what if Master already knew Senior Sister Qingluo would be resurrected when he committed these acts? In that case, the situation would be quite different."

"!"

Ye Shuang'er slapped her thigh and suddenly realized: "That's right!"

"Although Senior Sister Qingluo suffered a tragic fate, she's not dead! Master himself dies frequently, so he must have known how to resurrect Senior Sister Qingluo, and that's why he did it on purpose!"

It’s all connected, everything’s connected!

"..."

Jiang Rao was speechless for a moment.

Ok.

White kites do "die often."

She and Ye Shuang'er had witnessed this at least three or four times in the past two years. She didn't know how many times she hadn't witnessed before...

Combined with Bai Yuan's inexplicable "shadow cat bloodline", it seems reasonable that he can sense Qingluo, who is also a half-human, half-demon.

Ok……

If Bai Yuan were here now, he would probably give Jiang Rao a big thumbs up.

After all, her analysis was completely correct in both process and conclusion... well, it wasn't completely wrong, at least the first half was correct. As for the second half, since Jiang Rao and Ye Shuang'er were unaware of the existence of "little waste," they naturally couldn't come up with a more reasonable conclusion.

the other side.

Ye Shuang'er followed Jiang Rao's analysis and continued to ponder, "I understand. So, Master accepted us both after returning from Cangwu County. Although she's been a bit harsh on us over the years, it's not like she treated Senior Sister Qingluo. She's even shown some care for us in some rather clumsy ways..."

"It must be because I've gotten rid of the 'grudge'!"

"Second Senior Sister, you are so smart that you can even think of this!"

"Wow, wow, I never thought Master would be under the control of 'resentment' all these years... She must be in a lot of pain..."

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Ye Shuang'er was crying hard.

Jiang Rao endured for a while, and finally couldn't help but whispered, "Stop crying! You're already seventeen or eighteen years old, what's the use of crying like that! The most important thing now is to find a way to use this information we have to go and contact Master!"