Villain Master, my disciples all want to backstab me

Ye Shuang'er swallowed her saliva. "Sure enough, I am the Master's most beloved disciple! Otherwise, why would the Master prepare such a fine jade hairpin for me? Even Second Senior Sister doesn't have one!"

the other side.

Bai Yuan didn't know what was going on in Ye Shuang'er's little head, but she noticed that the little girl's face suddenly began to turn red, as if she was thinking about something that was too embarrassing to talk about.

"?"

This hairpin...it does look like a stick, but it's too thin. Will you think of something wrong when you see it?

Although he was a little confused, Bai Yuan didn't think much about it. He just waved his hand and motioned Ye Shuang'er to come up:

"Come here, Shuang'er, let Master help you put it on and see if it fits."

"Ok!"

Ye Shuang'er nodded vigorously, then walked quickly to the bed, jumped up like a big cat, and sat in front of Bai Yuan on her knees, with her hands on her knees. Her red little face stared at Bai Yuan's hands, looking both nervous and expectant.

pat-

Bai Yuan did not put the hairpin on her immediately. Instead, she stood up and walked slowly behind Ye Shuang'er with her short legs. She first observed her bun and then untied it.

"...Master? Aren't you supposed to wear a hairpin?"

Ye Shuang'er asked quietly, not daring to turn her head. She simply lowered her gaze to look at the hem of Bai Yuan's red dress, which had drooped from the bed, and the stretch of her jade-like feet that peeked out from the hem. Her crystal-clear toes, against the backdrop of the bright red dress, looked even whiter than snow, almost transparent.

"Gudong-"

Ye Shuang'er swallowed again, and her mind was full of thoughts again.

At this time.

Then she heard Bai Yuan's soft voice slowly ringing out, carrying a faint scent of peach blossoms, blowing into Ye Shuang'er's ears, making her cheeks itchy, but very comfortable: "Calculating the time, it has been a long time since I have combed your hair, right?"

——Not for a long time, basically never.

Because Ye Shuang'er had just started, Jiang Rao was still with Blood Kite, so the previous incarnation had simply handed over tasks like childcare to Jiang Rao. Even the heartwarming scene of combing and tying hair created by the system in that initial "memories" message happened between these two sisters and had nothing to do with Blood Kite.

However, this point is also within Ye Shuang'er's blind spot.

and so.

When the little girl heard Bai Yuan's words and felt her white and slender hands touching her head, her body trembled and then her eyes became red.

“Master, wuwu…”

"Why are you still crying? You're already such a grown-up, aren't you afraid of being laughed at?"

Bai Yuan saw the little girl's shoulders trembling slightly from behind Ye Shuang'er, and then he noticed that she had actually started crying.

This makes it difficult to tie your hair.

Therefore, Bai Yuan could only smile helplessly, put down the black hair in her hand, and then opened her arms, leaning over to hug Ye Shuang'er from behind, and then gently wiped away her tears with the sleeves of her [Exquisite Heart Clothes]: "Don't be afraid, your master is here."

"Master once said that as long as I have breath left, I will do my utmost to protect you... This promise still stands."

"I missed your birthday this year because of my retreat. When I'm done with my work, I'll make it up to you. Then, I'll even give you an extra birthday present. How about it? Are you looking forward to it?"

Following these words.

Ye Shuang'er cried even harder, her tears falling on Bai Yuan's sleeves like beads from a broken string, quickly wetting her robe and soaking through her skin underneath.

The bed sheet in front of the two of them was soon stained with a mottled water stain, just like the one left on the night not long ago when Bai Yuan helped Ye Shuang'er "drain" the poison accumulated in her body.

“Master, wuwuwu…”

Ye Shuang'er hugged Bai Yuan's arm tightly, choking with sobs and shouting, "Shuang'er doesn't want any gifts. As long as Master can be safe and sound and always be with Shuang'er, that's all!"

behind.

Bai Yuan gently patted Ye Shuang'er's shoulder and comforted her softly. She glanced at the string of words that appeared in the void, and a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth:

[Volatility +200]

[Volatility +200]

【Volatility value +300! 】

……

Just when the master and apprentice took the opportunity of the "breakthrough gift" to express their true feelings to each other.

The Qingxuan Sect headquarters is thousands of miles away.

The meeting hall.

The twelve soul-calming lamps flickered without wind, their dark green flames dancing.

The sect leader, Qing Lingzi, sat upright on a black jade throne, his long, graying hair neatly combed and crowned with a jade crown. The hidden wounds from the battle in Sunset Star Valley that day were no longer visible. Instead, he had regained the majestic bearing of a powerful Divine Transformation Realm expert.

At this moment, he was stroking a blood-stained Qingxuan waist badge with his fingertips.

This waist badge was brought from the north of Zhongzhou by Qingxuan's outer sect elders along with a batch of other items. The blood and sword marks on it seemed to tell of a brutal battle.

"...Master, everyone is here."

Someone said.

Qing Lingzi put down the token, glanced up, and swept his eyes over the faces of each Qingxuan elder present. Then he said casually, "Now that we're all here, let's start talking about the recent unusual movements in the Blood Origin Sect."

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P.S. Today's update is a little late because I was a little entangled in the choice of props for the third super-large lucky bag. I made some changes and just finished writing it...

Chapter 120 This is no longer an ordinary demonic cult! (Reward for additional updates 12-13)

at this time.

In the meeting hall of Qingxuan Sect.

The six elders sat in two rows on the left and right.

Three of them were familiar faces who had appeared in Falling Star Valley. If Bai Yuan or Ji Tingxue were here, they would probably recognize them at a glance.

As for the remaining three people, one was Kong Xuan who led the crowd to attack the Yinyue Sect; the other two were slightly younger, and their cultivation had just reached the second or third level of the Nascent Soul stage. They seemed to be newcomers who had just been promoted in the past few months.

The purple-robed elder slapped his armrest vigorously and spoke excitedly, "In just five days, the Blood Origin Sect has already annihilated three branches of our Qingxuan Sect! Even Senior Brother Ku Mu, who had been in seclusion for thirty years, was found by them. After a fierce battle, he was defeated and killed... This is no longer an ordinary demonic sect. We must strike hard to restore the dignity of our Qingxuan Sect!"

next to.

Another Qingxuan elder sighed, "It can't be helped. After all, we've already lost too many men fighting the Blood Kite Demon. Although we ultimately succeeded in strangling it, the entire sect was severely damaged. It's only natural that demonic sects like the Blood Source and Qingming would take advantage of this weakness and invade."

"For now, it's best to abandon those less important strongholds, gather the remaining Qingxuan disciples, and retreat to a place not too far from the mountain gate. That way, even if something happens, we can provide assistance in time to prevent the tragedy of the dead tree from happening again."

When he heard the word "Blood Kite", Kong Xuan's eyes changed slightly and he glanced at Qing Lingzi.

The latter showed no intention of speaking.

So, Kong Xuan could only cough and speak on behalf of his own sect leader: "Elder Xu, Elder Lu, what you two said makes sense. But this matter is not just an ordinary demonic cult intrusion. Its root cause lies in another situation."

"Not long ago, someone claiming to be a Qingxuan disciple attacked several Blood Origin Sect strongholds and left behind a Qingxuan disciple badge and the Qingxuan Sect's unique 'Qingshuang Sword Qi'.

"That's why the Blood Origin Sect launched such a fierce revenge in such a short period of time."

As he spoke, Elder Kongxuan snapped his fingers, and a curtain of light burst out from the jade slip and appeared in the air above the hall.

The first thing that appeared on the screen of light was the ruins of the Blood Origin Sect's stronghold in Jishan City. It looked like a video recorded by a local Qingxuan disciple while observing from high above with a sword. Although quite far away, the scene of broken walls and the words with a strong bloody aura were faintly visible.

The purple-robed man swallowed hard, "First, kill Yin Yue, then destroy Xue Yuan... That's quite impressive, like the spirit that our Qing Xuan Sect should possess. It's just that 'the righteous path reigns supreme' isn't quite right. After all, the Tian Yuan Sword Sect is still around, and it's not easy for us to usurp Tian Yuan Mountain's reputation. It would be better to change it to 'two suns descending upon the sky.'"

"..."

The corner of Kong Xuan's mouth twitched, and he thought to himself, you are also an undercover agent of the Blood Source Sect, right?

Why are there people who rush to take the blame for just one sentence?

But now is the time to talk about business, and we cannot say anything that is not conducive to unity.

So, Kong Xuan continued with the previous topic, saying, "About ten days ago, a group of cultivators who had escaped from the Blood Source Sect's stronghold poured into Yunwu Mountain Villa in Jishan City. Among them were quite a few righteous geniuses who had been missing for over a decade, as well as two fairies from the Liguang Sword Sect. They said that they were rescued by someone who called himself Elder Xu Jingming.

"According to their description, there were three rescuers, one of whom was skilled in using the 'Marrow Devouring Spider' and resembled Elder Ye Buqun from the Alchemy Workshop. However, Elder Ye was carrying out another mission for the sect at the time and was not there..."

Well... the two people whose names were called happen to be in this meeting hall today.

Xu Jingming: “6”

Kong Xuan didn't give them time to speak, and continued to move the light curtain. "These people are all outer disciples of my Qingxuan Sect. A few days ago, they were attacked on the Sanglin Road near Pingyang City. The attackers are unknown, and they simply stole their badges. Shortly after this incident, the Blood Origin Sect's stronghold in Pingyang City was destroyed..."

"Then……"

A timeline was slowly unraveled.

Zipao and others gradually fell silent.

At this moment, even the most brainless person began to realize that something was wrong——

It was clear that someone, or a force, was stirring up trouble between them and the Blood Origin Sect with a very clear goal. And judging by the Blood Origin Sect's current actions, this person's goal had essentially been successful.

"Who dares to frame us?!"

"Could it be Qingming Valley? Because their deputy valley master, Yu Qiuming, died at our hands, they're using this method to retaliate against us?"

Just as several elders of Qingxuan Sect looked at each other and made various guesses in their minds.

Kong Xuan dropped the final bombshell:

"One more thing."

"A little over ten days ago, our spies witnessed a similar scene on Hidden Moon Mountain. This was originally the Hidden Moon Sect's martial arts training ground, but it was destroyed by fighting. One of the combatants was skilled in the use of poison, while the other possessed exceptional swordsmanship. With a single strike, they split the nearly 100-meter-high mountain in half...

"According to my field research, this sword move is similar to the sword move in Falling Star Valley."

"so……"

Snapped--!

As the image on the light screen switched to the cracks on the mountain at the Hidden Moon Mountain Martial Arts Field, the purple-robed elder directly crushed the armrest of the rosewood chair beside him.

"It's... Blood Kite?!"

"Impossible. We saw her completely annihilated that day..."

"Destroyed? Wrong! We've never seen that demon's corpse. We only concluded she was dead because she hadn't appeared since the battle in Falling Star Valley, and the Hidden Moon Sect was also destroyed. But... don't forget that Broken Dragon Stele!"

The hall suddenly became dead silent.

Four months ago, the Broken Dragon Stele that suddenly appeared in Falling Star Valley was witnessed by every elder present.

Although time has passed and the Blood Kite has not appeared again, and the once glorious Hidden Moon Demon Sect has been destroyed by the joint efforts of many sects, this stone tablet is undoubtedly a thorn that pierces the deepest part of their hearts, popping up from time to time to remind them that the matter has not been completely resolved:

[In today's game, Qingxuan Sect lost three things: breaking the formation, killing a disciple, and breaking the sword.]

[There is a long way to go, wait for good news! ]

——That’s what’s written on the stone tablet.

Is it...

"Could it be that Blood Kite is truly not dead? Is this what she meant by 'waiting patiently for good news'?!"

"but……"

But how is this possible?

"During that battle, the Sect Master even used the [Sea-Suppressing Sword]. What magical weapon could that demon possess that could withstand even the third strike of the [Sea-Suppressing Sword]? If she had such a skill, how could she have been injured by Elder Kongxu's sword intent?"

A gray-robed elder asked in a trembling voice.

This is exactly the question in everyone's mind.

Kong Xuan couldn't answer it either.

Under the scrutiny of everyone, the sect leader, Qing Lingzi, finally spoke in a deep voice, "Two possibilities."

"First, during the time that Xue Yuan was being hunted by us, she gained an opportunity. This opportunity was likely related to a powerful being in the Return to Void Realm. He helped her rebuild her spiritual roots and restore her to the strength of the Nascent Soul Realm. Even after I killed her with the [Sea-Suppressing Sword], he was still able to help her recover."

"Although resurrection from the dead is rare, there are indeed some special methods that can achieve it. For example, the Blood Moon Demon Cult's "Blood Demonic Art", the rumored secret of the Tantai family's "Heavenly Transformation Technique", and the "Three Corpses Reversing Fate Gu" cultivated by the old poisonous old man with his life's work seven hundred years ago..."

"If this is possible, we won't just be facing Blood Kite, but also a mysterious powerful being whose identity remains unknown. Although he may not be able to directly help Blood Kite due to some reasons, as long as he can provide some support from behind, it will be enough to leave us helpless."

"Then...what about the second possibility?"

Someone asked.

"The second possibility is the [Path of Time]."

After Qing Lingzi said this, he sighed.