I, a minor character, fell into the Shura field of the heroine and the villain

Chapter 142: Zhao Kangping wakes up, Nangong Ruyun hesitates

Mu Wanyi struck out with that palm in order to push Nangong Ruyun away.

The force she used wasn't too strong or too weak, but it was just enough to teach her a lesson. She would never allow anyone to harm her junior fellow apprentice.

Nangong Ruyun could have dodged that blow, but she didn't. Not only was her hand stuck to Zhao Kangping, but her actions could have endangered his life.

Out of guilt, she took the blow and fell a long way. She only stopped when she hit the wall and slowly slid down the wall.

Originally, Mu Wanyi wanted to express some gratitude to Nangong Ruyun, but now she just wanted to take care of her junior brother first.

Although she had lost her temper with her junior fellow apprentice and dismissed him from his position not long ago, this was to pave the way for him to become the lord of Chuanliu City.

His reputation wasn't high enough to hold both the Palace Master and City Lord positions. So, while she dismissed him from his Palace Master position on the surface, she secretly intended to continue giving him Palace Master-level treatment.

Mu Wanyi looked at Nangong Ruyun deeply and said nothing.

She picked up Zhao Kangping and wrapped Luo Xueqing with her spiritual power.

Then he crossed the void and arrived at Luo Xueqing's room in Yaohua Palace.

Mu Wanyi first placed Luo Xueqing in her boudoir, fed a pill to her nephew, and used some spiritual power to help him refine the medicinal power.

Then she hugged Zhao Kangping and returned to his room.

As a result, she saw Zhao Mengyao lying on Zhao Kangping's bed.

The two of them noticed each other almost immediately, and the scene was very awkward for a while.

Why is Mengyao in his bed?

How come the uncle came back with the master in his arms? Why did he look so pale and weak?

"Master, what's wrong?" Zhao Mengyao immediately got up from the bed. She was only wearing a bellyband and underwear.

"Get out!" Mu Wanyi said with a cold expression.

Just from the other party's attire, she could guess what this little roast chicken was doing here. He was probably rewarding himself here like she did last night.

Zhao Mengyao ran out in fear, not even having time to pick up the clothes that fell on the ground.

With no one else around, Mu Wanyi helped her junior brother onto the bed.

She held her junior brother in her arms and fed him spiritual power, which would speed up his recovery.

However, not only was Zhao Kangping's spiritual power drained, his life source was also greatly consumed by the hemolytic soul refining formation, and his soul also suffered some damage.

This cannot be cured by simply transferring spiritual energy.

In fact, there are pills specifically designed to treat this type of condition, but the problem is that it is rather troublesome to refine, and it may take him long to recover naturally by the time the pills are refined.

The Hemolytic Soul Refining Formation is a very vicious formation, and usually only some unorthodox cultivators will learn this formation.

Mu Wanyi suspected that someone in the holy land had set up this formation. If she knew who had set up the formation, she would never forgive that person.

She hugged her junior brother and muttered, "I now understand that I don't really want to sit in the position of the Holy Lord."

"When I was competing for the Saint, most people didn't think I could do it. Only a few thought I could do it. But what I cared about most was your affirmation. So when you said I could do it, I became extremely confident."

Her flawless white fingers slid across his cheek, and she pressed her forehead against his.

"Master abandoned us, and it was the two of us who defended Yaohua Palace. It was during those days when we depended on each other that I became certain that you were the man I would choose for my life. So nothing can happen to you, otherwise I don't know how crazy I would become."

If anything happened to her junior brother, she could really send many people to hell.

There are too many factions in the Holy Land, and she has seen many people pretending to obey her but actually disobeying her.

Did she really think that she had no idea what some people were plotting?

Some people have been looking forward to the Supreme Elder returning to power, and all the preparations they made could not escape Mu Wanyi's eyes.

Although there was no evidence, Mu Wanyi always felt that the series of events this time were related to these people.

Sooner or later she would have to deal with these people, but now she just wanted her junior brother to get better soon.

Time passed quickly, and soon it was the end of the midnight hour.

Mu Wanyi was sitting on the edge of the bed, holding a communication jade slip in her hand, seemingly chatting with someone.

"Strange, why are they so quiet?" she murmured to herself.

Just then, she heard Zhao Kangping groaning as he woke up. She immediately put down the communication jade slip and turned around.

"Senior Sister!" Zhao Kangping sat up with difficulty, and she supported him without saying anything.

"Are you feeling better?"

"It's nothing serious. I'm in good health. I want to ask you something."

"What's the matter?"

"It's about which elders led the team to clean up the aftermath of the last Holy Land Trial."

The tower at the entrance to the Trial Valley should have kept a record of every person who entered and exited the secret valley. However, it was missing a list of the personnel responsible for the aftermath of the previous trial.

He guessed that there must be a mastermind among the veterans who were in charge of the team at that time.

It just so happens that after these lists of personnel are selected, a copy will be submitted to the Holy Lord for review.

"Let me think. The people who cleaned up the mess last time included Lin Ruowei from Jianya Hall, Shao Yang from Yuqiong Hall, Inner Gate Elder Liu Yuanhong, Inner Gate Elder Li Yuzhi, and who else?" Mu Wanyi thought for a moment, then paused before continuing, "It seems to have been Dugu Xiong, the previous leader of Liaoyu Hall. He passed the position to his second disciple thirteen years ago, and he retired two years ago."

"Master Dugu has an above-average talent. He has stayed in the Spirit Transformation Stage for more than 1,500 years. He said he is retiring and returning to his hometown, probably to seek his own opportunity. If he cannot make further progress, he will probably only have more than 200 years to live." The image of a white-bearded old man emerged in Zhao Kangping's mind. He felt that this drunken master uncle was not a big suspect.

Because this old man was drunk all day long, drinking the immortal wine that could even make monks drunk, and he was rarely seen sober.

This person has no ambitions and he doesn't take sides.

When he was still the master of the temple, he did almost nothing and acted like he had no desires or ambitions, his whole person was full of the temperament of a salted fish. It is said that he suffered emotional trauma in his youth and was deceived by a woman, and later he did not find a Taoist partner.

Unless he was faking it all, it was hard to imagine what motive he had for doing those things. Besides, he'd been in this state for thousands of years, so how could he have been faking it for most of his life? Zhao Kangping didn't quite believe it was him.

Zhao Kangping was not very familiar with the two inner sect elders, but he was quite familiar with the remaining two hall masters.

When Lin Ruowei of Jianya Palace was young, her master was the Holy Lord of the time. This elder sister was very arrogant and looked down on her fellow senior sisters and brothers who came from Yaohua Palace.

Whenever she travels, she is followed by a large group of fans.

When the Saintess of their generation hadn't been chosen yet, she was the most popular candidate in the Holy Land. Even at her most arrogant, she considered herself the future Saintess.

Later, after she lost to her senior sister in many holy land competitions, her aggressiveness was restrained a lot. However, since then, she began to frequently target them.

It was not until she lost to her senior sister after the Holy Son/Holy Daughter Trial that she gradually settled down.

After becoming the Holy Lord, Senior Sister has been very low-key. Although she still finds fault, she is much more low-key than when she was younger.

Lin Ruowei is a natural Supreme Elder, so she has reason to cause trouble.

However, Zhao Kangping saw a large number of bones in the underground river in the secret realm of the valley. Now when he thinks about it, he always feels that there is some kind of corpse-raising array in that underground river.

Plus there was the blood-dissolving soul-refining formation in the cave where he had just escaped.

These things are extremely sinister and completely incompatible with Lin Ruowei's approach.

She is a pure swordsman, and her focus is on studying various sword formations.

Luo Xueqing and Lin Ruowei are both sword practitioners, but their styles are completely different.

If Luo Xueqing focuses more on single kills, then Lin Ruowei is good at group attacks. She is especially good at controlling many flying swords to fight.

Sword cultivation emphasizes purity. Learning too many miscellaneous things will be detrimental to one's own sword practice.

For example, Zhao Kangping originally learned the art of formations and swordsmanship at the same time, but he didn't know how to tame swords as well as other professional swordsmen.

So he was 90% sure that Lin Ruowei was not the culprit behind this incident, at least it was not her who did it.

As for Shao Yang, Zhao Kangping had a neither-good-nor-bad relationship with him. His biggest impression of him was that he was a homebody, basically staying in Yuqiong Palace and rarely coming out.

But he had heard a lot about Shao Yang's love history.

When they were young, Shao Yang was said to have pursued Lin Ruowei, but he was the type of licker who couldn't get her house even after a long time of licking. It was said that he had a one-sided crush on Lin Ruowei, but she never even spoke to him.

Later, Shao Yang fell in love with one of his junior school sisters and was about to get married, but it was revealed that he was having an affair with a daughter of the Su family.

When his junior sister found out, she ran to the Su family to make a scene and was beaten out.

After that, this junior sister broke up with Shao Yang, and later became depressed and had a knot in her heart. When she was going through the Nascent Soul Tribulation, she died in the heavenly tribulation and was gone just like that.

Many people scolded Shao Yang at that time, but with the support of the Su family, the matter was settled within a few years.

After getting married, Shao Yang basically stayed in Yuqiong Palace and rarely left. Even if he left, it was because of the affairs of the holy land.

Zhao Kangping: "Is there anything suspicious about Shao Yang?"

Mu Wanyi: "Do you suspect him?"

"Not really. I don't know much about him."

In the Holy Land, if anyone had the most spies, it would undoubtedly be his Senior Sister, the Holy Lord. So, asking her would most likely yield the answer he was looking for.

"His life is very regular, basically a cycle of refining equipment, teaching, and seclusion."

"Does he spend much time in seclusion?"

"Do you suspect he's faking his retreat?"

"That's possible, whether it's our Holy Land or other sects. Whenever someone wants to avoid seeing guests, avoid something, or sneak out to do something, using the excuse of seclusion is a tried and true excuse."

"Now that you mention it, I find it strange. He does go into seclusion quite a lot. Almost every year, sometimes for several years at a time. I haven't seen any significant improvement in his realm."

"So who usually fills in for him when he's in seclusion?"

"There are his direct disciples and his Taoist companion Su Xianya."

"What about Su Xianya? Do you know her background?"

"I remember that she was actually pursuing Shao Yang back then. She was a rather low-key person, and it was rare to see her socializing with others in the Holy Land. Like Shao Yang, she rarely left Yuqiong Palace. But I heard that Shao Yang wasn't very kind to her, and would often yell at her. But she never fought back, never responded, and would just hide and cry when she got angry."

"Also, she is the cousin of the current head of the Su family. Before she got married, she was quite favored in the Su family. But strangely, after she got married, she was bullied by her husband's family, and the Su family didn't care."

"It was probably because she interfered with the relationship between Shao Yang and his junior sister. Shao Yang's junior sister even went to the Su family to make trouble. Although the Su family defended Su Xianya and helped them settle the situation, it ultimately left the Su family with a bad impression of her."

As soon as Mu Wanyi finished speaking, Zhao Kangping suddenly moved. He got out of bed and put on his clothes again.

"Where are you going so late?" Mu Wanyi was worried about his health and wanted to hold him back.

"I have some things I want to figure out." Zhao Kangping said.

"Do you suspect that Shao Yang is the mastermind behind this?" She thought he was going to Yuqiong Peak to confront Shao Yang.

But Zhao Kangping said, "No, I want to go look up some information. Senior Sister, please take me to the Sutra Library."

The scripture library of the holy land contains not only the secret manuals of martial arts, but also many records of strange stories and events in the world of cultivation, illustrations of rare flowers, plants, rare treasures and animals, as well as historical records about the holy land.

Accompanied by Mu Wanyi, Zhao Kangping moved to the Gold Storage Pavilion almost instantly.

The book he was looking for was about the history of Trial Valley.

As a result, they searched for a long time in the books on the history of the Holy Land but could not find what they wanted.

Finally, Zhao Kangping found the record he was looking for in a biography of the holy lords of the holy land.

"The Trial Valley Secret Realm wasn't originally used for trials for disciples." Zhao Kangping found a record from the reign of the second generation of Holy Lords. He continued reading: "Beneath the Valley Secret Realm is suppressed ████..."

"Why are some words erased by the special ink?" Zhao Kangping handed the book to Mu Wanyi to read.

The latter took it and glanced at it. Her beautiful eyes suddenly widened and she said, "There's a restriction left by a senior on it, and even I can't see through it."

Just to cover up a few words, such complicated means were used.

……

On the small island in the middle of the lake, Nangong Ruyun returned to the small courtyard arranged for her by Mu Wanyi.

She is struggling internally right now.

After waking up, she deeply regretted her uncontrollable behavior in the cave.

Her actions undoubtedly angered Mu Wanyi.

"Am I possessed by a ghost? I, I can't even control my hands." It felt like I was stuck to him.

At that moment her behavior became so strange that even she felt that it was not like herself.

But the feeling of having your body warmed is just too good.

Even though she had separated from him, her body was still stirring, as if she was looking forward to experiencing that feeling again.