Chapter Eighteen: The Cruel Secret

  "It seems Brother Lingyang's words are a bit premature, let's talk about it later."

  As a clear and cold male voice came, a man and a woman jumped down from the sky, instantly knocking the wolf demon back dozens of feet. The man wore a black robe, holding a pale green jade flute, with an icy and indifferent expression. The woman was dressed in a light green gauze skirt, both hands wearing silver chain rings with over a dozen small bells, her right hand holding a white feather fan, coming from the sky with a gentle and beautiful movement that didn't seem human.

  "Dustmoon Valley? You're all coming to ruin my good fortune, watch me turn every last one of you into my next meal!"

  A long howl, a thick green mist burst out of his mouth, surrounding the three people. However, the two did not show any tension or fear. The man in black furrowed his brow, pointed his fingers at each other, and quickly chanted a few spells, causing the green mist to disappear instantly. The woman took advantage of this opportunity, opened her fan, and gently fanned it towards the wolf demon's direction, sending a pale green light ball flying rapidly towards the wolf demon.

  That wolf demon had several hundred years of cultivation after all, although it was injured, it still managed to narrowly avoid this attack.

  The two of them looked at each other, then separately approached the wolf demon from both sides. The woman gently swayed her hands, and the bells on her hands rang out with a clear and crisp sound. The wolf demon heard this sound and began to roll around in agony, letting out mournful howls. It tried to attack the woman, but due to its intense pain, it took two steps forward before falling to the ground. The man saw the wolf demon's state and nodded in satisfaction, closing his eyes and playing a sorrowful and melancholic tune on his flute. The wolf demon heard this and rolled around on the ground even more, with black blood flowing from its fur and emitting a strong foul odor. After a short melody ended, the man lightly touched the wolf demon with his jade flute, and under the cover of a golden light, the wolf demon's body gradually turned to ashes, leaving behind only an internal elixir that floated in mid-air, emitting a faint blue glow.

  The man in black frowned and put the wolf demon's inner elixir into his pocket, then hurried forward with the woman to check on the injuries of the two.

  The woman helped Xing Yan up, smiled lightly, and a faint green light gradually enveloped Xing Yan. The woman in green took out another red pill from her bag and gave it to Xing Yan to take. Before long, Xing Yan opened his eyes.

  "You're... Tianmo Big Brother!"

  She struggled to get up and rushed to Tianmo's side, looking at his arm that had already exposed white bones and the fresh blood still flowing from it. Her hands were trembling non-stop. She stretched out her hand, wanting to touch Tianmo's face, but was afraid of hurting him. She knelt there helplessly, crying softly.

  "Stop it, don't...don't cry, I really can't bear to see girls crying. Look...Lei is here, thanks to him protecting me just now, I was able to hold on until now..."

  Xie Yan trembled as she took the music box from Tian Mo's hand, its surface stained with Tian Mo's blood, her hands also smeared with the shocking red.

  "Don't worry, leave it to us."

  The man in black robes gestured for the woman to open her eyes, and he half-knelt before Tian Mo, using his magic to stop Tian Mo's bleeding. "You've lost too much blood, and I don't have the medicine you need here. This place isn't far from Lingyang Palace either, so we'll send you back there now."

  "Thank you both for saving my life. My name is Zhi Yan, and I don't know how to address you two..."

  Ink Seven.

  "Xiao Xiao."

  "Huh?" Xiao Xiao looked at Zhi Yan with some confusion, "Le Er? This peony flower spirit is the Le Er you guys were talking about just now, right?"

  Xiao Xiao curiously sized up Le Er, with a worried expression looking at Zhi Yan, "He was seriously injured, and his spiritual power is very weak now, almost unable to hold on." She blinked her eyes, suddenly changing her expression, and clung tightly to Mo Qi, "Brother, take out the Cihua Dan to save him..."

  "No way." Mo Qi said coldly.

  "Big brother, Master said saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda, medical practitioners should be kind and save lives, how can you just watch someone die..."

  Mo Qi fell silent for a moment, then raised his head and stared at Le Er, shaking his head regretfully. "His internal elixir has shattered, just now he must have forcibly gathered the spiritual energy of the surrounding flowers and plants to protect Tian Mo. He probably can't be saved..."

  "But the Causal Body Pill can at least sustain his life for a few more days, and if we have a way to save him, wouldn't that be a great merit?" Xiao Xiao retorted with some discontent.

  Zhi Yan listened to their words, gently stroking the petals of the musical instrument, and smiled lightly. "Indeed, there is a way, but it requires an ancient artifact with abundant spiritual energy and the inner elixir of a demon."

  "Inner Dan? Didn't Brother take away the wolf demon's Inner Dan just now? Brother, quickly bring it out, quickly bring it out!"

  "I take it out now, but it's useless. If I force him to absorb the wolf demon's inner elixir, I'm afraid it will cause his meridians to reverse, and ultimately have the opposite effect. We must use an ancient sacred object to infuse the inner elixir into his body." Mo Qi's expression remained cold and detached, as if he didn't care about the matter, but he still took out a Creation Pill and placed it in Xiao Xiao's hand. "When we return to Dust Moon Valley, we'll report the situation to Master and try using the Fow God Object, Condensed Heart Lamp. Although it's not an ancient sacred object, it's at least something from the divine realm, so it should have some use."

  "Brother, you're really great."

  "Thank you, Mo Qi."

  On the way to Lingyang Palace, Zhi Yan learned from Xiao Xiao that Dust Moon Valley was also a well-known immortal sect on the Nine States Continent. Unlike other sects, Dust Moon Valley specialized in music and dance, using melodies to control people's hearts and souls, and even take their lives. At the same time as refining their songs and dances, every disciple of Dust Moon Valley was skilled in the art of healing, often saving lives and treating injuries among cultivators and ordinary people. Dust Moon Valley had always been dedicated to helping others, sometimes even curing some demons who had done evil deeds. However, this also led to criticism from other immortal sects, but due to Dust Moon Valley's exceptional strength and medical skills, they could not help but acknowledge its powerful position.

  "Don't worry, Yan, we'll definitely cure Le'er. The medical skills of Dust Moon Valley are the best in the world... Ah, brother, why did you hit me!" Xiao Xiao sat on a large feather fan that had been enlarged by his magic, glaring at Mo Qi with an angry face.

  "Go take care of Tian Mo."

  "Go away!"

  I'm tired.

  "You..." Xiao Xiao clenched his fist, taking advantage of Mo Qi's distraction to make a few threatening gestures at his back, making some ghostly faces before leaving with satisfaction.

  Mo Qi crouched down in front of Zhi Yan, his face still expressionless. He took out a jade pendant from his bosom and gently placed it on Zhi Yan's palm, "This is the treasure of Dust Moon Valley, which can conceal the aura of all living beings in the six realms. Not everyone in Lingyang Palace is like Tian Mo, don't let Le'er be exposed."

  "Thank you, and I'd also like to say thank you on behalf of Le Er."

  "No need, I just can't stand how they claim to be righteous every day but actually do things that are even more cruel than what demons and monsters would do."

  "Huh?"

  "People in the world are afraid of monsters and ghosts, but actually the most frightening thing is not them, it's human heart."

  Zhi Yan had initially been skeptical of Mo Qi's words, but soon after arriving at Lingyang Palace, she completely believed him.

  They had just arrived at the Lingyang Palace when Tianmo was carried into the room by his senior and junior brothers. Moqi and Xiao Xiao treated Tianmo in the room, and for several days they did not see their shadows. As for Zhixian, this idle person could only wander around every day like a wandering soul or a wild ghost in various corners of the Lingyang Palace.

  That day, she wandered around as usual, but inadvertently walked into the underground dungeon of Lingyang Palace.

  The cell was very dark, with only a small weak light every few meters. The air was filled with a pungent and musty smell. There were many large and small cages in the cell, each containing two or three monsters. They lay on the ground listlessly, or slept soundly, without any vitality at all. If it weren't for their occasional blinking of eyes or slight movement of body, one would hardly notice they were still alive.

  A shrill cry suddenly came from the depths of the dungeon. The sound of footsteps gradually approached, and Xing Yan hastily hid in the dark. Before long, a blood-covered female demon was dragged out of the depths of the dungeon by the disciples of Lingyang Palace. Her eyes were wide open, but she had already lost her breath. She slowly transformed back into her original form as a nine-tailed fox demon, and her empty eyes still held tears.

  "Brother Shifu's methods for torturing these demons are truly numerous, and he even thought of forcing her to eat her own child - what a great idea! Just now, when he stuffed the flesh of her child into her mouth, that expression and appearance were really delightful to see!"

  "It serves her right, who let her be a monster, she deserves to suffer such punishment! But unexpectedly, she was allowed to take her own life, what a waste."

  Upon hearing this, Zhi Yan suppressed the urge to vomit. To make a mother eat her own child, how beastly is that? Even demons have their own emotions, how can they treat them like this?!

  "Who is there."

  Zhi Yan accidentally made a sound, startling the two Lingyang Palace disciples who were talking. Zhi Yan sighed and covered her mouth and nose, quickly running towards the door.

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