Chapter 124 Li Longling’s Difficult Path
What did he mean?
Li Longling couldn’t see Ye Anping’s expression. She didn’t know if he was smiling or serious when he spoke to her, nor could she tell if his words were true or false.
The young lady surnamed Pei who had just spoken claimed that Wu Yue was a Demonic Cultivator.
However, Wu Yue also had a token from her father.
Did that mean he implied that the appearance of Demonic Cultivators within Chi Long Mansion was orchestrated by her father?
Was her father the one supporting the Demonic Cultivators?
Was her father the spy who colluded with Demonic Cultivators, the one she had been searching for all this time?!
Impossible!
She didn’t believe it.
— This person in front of me must be trying to sow discord between me and my father!
— Right!! It must be like this!!
Li Longling bit her lip tightly, immediately wanting to refute Ye Anping’s words, but she couldn’t think of any evidence to prove her father’s innocence.
If Wu Yue was truly a Demonic Cultivator, then her father could never escape suspicion.
But—
…
Li Longling gritted her teeth forcefully, her hand on the grass digging into the mud.
Ye Anping knew it was difficult for her to accept such a truth. In the game’s plot, she was never told what Li Feng did at the end of the Chi Long Mansion incident.
The cause and course of the Chi Long Mansion incident were ultimately concealed by Si Xuanji.
The message that reached the various sects in the Western Regions was that “Li Feng fought alone against five Tian Mo Sect cultivators and unfortunately fell into a trap and perished.” This was also the “truth” that Li Longling learned in the game.
Si Xuanji’s well-intentioned lie indeed managed to protect Chi Long Mansion and allow Li Longling to inherit the Family Business left by her father. However, at the same time, it planted a bomb in her heart.
This bomb would detonate a hundred years later when Li Longling formed her Nascent Soul, becoming Li Longling’s Inner Demon Tribulation, indirectly causing her to perish under the onslaught of the Nascent Soul Tribulation.
Even before her death, Li Longling stubbornly believed this lie.
However, that was in the game.
Without a doubt, the storyline of this world had been changed once again.
Ye Anping did not know what consequences his actions would lead to.
He just had a vague feeling that telling Li Longling the truth was the right thing to do.
The truth might make her feel confused for a short time, but being confused now was better than being confused at a critical moment.
“Sigh—”
Ye Anping let out a gentle sigh, no longer intending to say anything more to her. He turned around and went to the collapsed pavilion to continue cleaning Wu Yue’s Storage Bag.
After inventorying the contents of Wu Yue’s Storage Bag, Ye Anping burned everything that needed to be burned, only taking the Spirit Stones and some Pills and Magical Artifacts he could sell. Then, he took out thirty thousand Spirit Stones, walked back, and threw them next to Feng Yu Die.
“Young Master Li, we won’t be staying long. When Senior Sister Feng wakes up, she can take you back to Chi Long Mansion.”
…
Saying that, Ye Anping waited for two breaths. Seeing that Li Longling showed no intention of responding, he waited no longer, summoned his Flying Sword, and flew into the sky with Pei Lianxue, heading towards Du Chun City.
After flying into the sky, Pei Lianxue looked back at Li Longling sitting on the ground. She leaned closer to her “Husband” and asked in a low voice:
“Husband, is she blind?”
“En?” Ye Anping was slightly surprised. He rarely heard his Junior Sister proactively ask about others, so he replied, “Yes, she has been blind since birth, due to the Extreme Flame Spiritual Energy surrounding Chi Long Mansion.”
“Is there no way to cure it?”
“There is, but…” Ye Anping looked back and asked, “Why? Do you want to help her?”
“…She looks rather pitiful.”
“Hmm…”
Ye Anping stroked his chin and pondered for a moment.
There were definitely Pills of immortal grade that could cure her blindness, but their rarity was such that even Li Feng couldn’t obtain them, and he couldn’t get them now either.
However, he did have a ready method, but he didn’t know if it would work.
For example, the “Gaze Shifting Talisman” he was currently using to monitor Chi Long Mansion.
That Talisman could allow people to share vision.
Of course, Ye Anping guessed that ordinary Gaze Shifting Talismans wouldn’t work. Otherwise, Li Feng would have used them long ago.
But what if he used his physiotherapy technique to directly engrave the Gaze Shifting Talisman onto Li Longling’s meridians, turning her body into one big Gaze Shifting Talisman?
If it worked, he could also get a very good reward from Li Longling.
But he would consider this matter later. There were more important things to do right now.
After Li Longling returned, Li Feng would likely not be able to sit still.
Perhaps in the next two days, he would forcefully cooperate with the remaining three Demonic Cultivators to activate the formation.
“Alas— if only Young Master Li could persuade him.”
“En? What?”
“Nothing. There might be a fierce fight to come.”
Pei Lianxue nodded as if she understood but also didn’t: “Oh…”
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After Ye Anping and Pei Lianxue left, the forest instantly became quiet.
The only sounds were the chirping of cicadas and the rustling of leaves in the wind.
The scent of plants wafted into her nose, fresh and pleasant.
In such an environment, Li Longling quickly calmed her mood.
She had been denying what Ye Anping told her in her heart, but now she finally understood. It didn’t matter whether Ye Anping’s words were true or false.
What she needed to do now was to return to Chi Long Mansion quickly, find her father, and ask him about this matter face to face.
Even if it was true, as Ye Anping’s words implied…
“Even if…”
Thinking of this, Li Longling hugged her knees, feeling a sudden stinging in her nose and a lump in her throat that she couldn’t swallow or expel.
Wanting to vent, Li Longling clenched her fist and swung it forcefully at the grass beside her. However, for some reason, she hit something soft.
“Ah…” Li Longling was startled herself.
“Ugh—”
Feng Yu Die, who had been punched in the stomach, woke up from her sleep with a shock, looking at her in confusion.
Feng Yu Die’s head ached intensely. After a while, she recovered, looked around, and saw only Li Longling. She looked puzzled:
“Junior Sister Li, where did they go?”
“…” Li Longling was stunned for a moment and replied softly, “They left.”
“Ah? They left?”
Feng Yu Die shrunk her head. She had wanted to have a good chat with Senior Sister Pei, whom she hadn’t seen in a long time, but…
Recalling what had just happened, she looked around and found a Spirit Stone bag beside her. She picked it up and saw that it contained thirty thousand Spirit Stones, which immediately cheered her up.
Feng Yu Die stood up, patted her skirt, and put the Spirit Stone bag back into her Storage Bag.
“Junior Sister Li, did my junior brother tell you earlier that Immortal Master Li…”
Li Longling quickly interrupted: “He did.”
“Then what do you plan to do?”
“I…” Li Longling bit her lip and hesitated for a moment, “I will go and persuade my father.”
Feng Yu Die rested her chin on her hand and pondered for a moment before nodding, baring her teeth in a smile, and patting her shoulder:
“Junior Sister Li, we are always on your side.”
“Mm…”
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