Gu Qinghuan’s threat was undisguised, and the entire room instantly fell silent.
However, Su Yuexi remained calm and composed.
A faint smile touched her gentle face, as if she didn’t feel the killing intent enough to make even a Body Integration Stage cultivator tremble.
“Sister Qinghuan, what are you doing?”
Su Yuexi spoke softly, her tone sounding like she was rebuking an unruly younger sister.
“How could I do something as ungrateful as biting the hand that fed me?”
She turned her head, her gaze falling on Lu Ning again, her eyes as gentle as water, filled with sincerity and admiration.
“Sister Qinghuan, perhaps you don’t know. Everything I, Su Yuexi, have today—even becoming the Sect Leader of the Hundred Flowers Valley—is all thanks to Sect Master Lu.”
“Back then, if the Sect Master hadn’t been so sharp-eyed as to see that I was more suited for the righteous path rather than the demonic path, she wouldn’t have forcibly rejected me. She even risked her reputation to use that ‘Hundred Flowers Heart-Eroding Curse’ to cut off any thought I had of entering the demonic path…”
“I’m afraid I would have suffered a cultivation deviation long ago and turned into a pile of dry bones.”
“So, I have never hated the Sect Master. My heart is filled only with endless gratitude.”
Su Yuexi’s words sounded sincere and heartfelt.
Her “grateful” appearance was enough to be nominated for the top ten most moving figures in the cultivation world.
Lu Ning watched from the side, dumbfounded, with goosebumps all over her body.
【Holy crap! This Sect Leader Su is way too good at acting, isn’t she?】
【She can turn black into white.】
【What do you mean ‘sharp-eyed’? What do you mean ‘risked her reputation’? I remember in the game, the original host just thought she was annoying and had poor talent, so she struck hard to make her give up and stop bothering her.】
Lu Ning complained wildly in her heart, but she didn’t dare show anything unusual on the surface.
She knew that in the late stages of the game, Su Yuexi was a decisive and ruthless character.
In one of the game’s side branches, while Lu Ning was away, Su Yuexi destroyed the Heavenly Demon Sect without even blinking.
She eventually became one of the leaders of the righteous path.
How could such a person truly be “grateful” to Lu Ning?
This performance of hers was definitely an act!
Moreover, there was an even more terrifying secret that Lu Ning knew.
According to the late-game plot reveal, halfway through the game, the “Hundred Flowers Heart-Eroding Curse” in Su Yuexi’s body had actually been removed by her using a very special secret technique.
Not only that, but she also turned misfortune into a blessing by practicing both immortal and demonic cultivation, her cultivation level soaring.
The early Body Integration Stage she showed on the surface was a complete disguise.
Her true strength had already reached the terrifying Late Mahayana Stage peak!
She was much more powerful than the current Gu Qinghuan and Ji Linglong.
In other words, the one truly controlling everyone’s fate in this room right now was this Su Yuexi, who looked gentle and harmless, with “I am a good person” written all over her face.
Thinking of this, Lu Ning’s back was instantly drenched in cold sweat.
Gu Qinghuan, that rebellious disciple, bringing Su Yuexi as an ally was simply inviting a wolf into the house.
At this moment, after hearing Su Yuexi’s “soul-stirring” words, the killing intent on Gu Qinghuan’s face softened slightly.
Although she was skeptical of Su Yuexi’s words, the other party had taken a very humble stance and was praising her master in every sentence, which made her feel somewhat satisfied.
“So, the reason you agreed to cooperate with me and come to this Great Desolate Empire was because…”
“Naturally, it was to repay the Sect Master’s great kindness.”
Su Yuexi’s answer was airtight.
“I heard the Sect Master had been kidnapped by the Eldest Princess and was extremely anxious. It just so happened that Sister Qinghuan came to my door, so I followed along, hoping to contribute to the rescue of the Sect Master.”
As she spoke, her gaze turned back to Lu Ning again, the “concern” and “worry” in her eyes almost overflowing.
“Sect Master, you have suffered.”
Looking at her acting, which was more real than pure gold, Lu Ning had only one thought.
【The Oscars owe you a gold statue!】
She knew she had to cooperate with Su Yuexi’s acting now.
Otherwise, once they fell out with this woman, none of the three of them would be able to walk out of this room today.
“Ahem…”
Lu Ning cleared her throat and forced a smile onto her face.
“Sect Leader Su, I am deeply gratified that you have achieved what you have today.”
Lu Ning tried her best to imitate the original host’s profound and mysterious tone.
“Back then, I did see that you were exceptionally gifted and more suited for the immortal path, so I painstakingly rejected you.”
“The fact that you can understand my painstaking efforts means my arrangements back then weren’t in vain.”
As Lu Ning spoke, she gave herself a thumbs-up in her heart.
【Not bad, not bad. My acting skills are getting better and better.】
When Su Yuexi heard Lu Ning’s response, a fleeting glint flashed in her eyes, but the smile on her face became even more sincere.
“So the Sect Master was really testing me back then!”
An “epiphany” appeared on Su Yuexi’s face.
“I was dull-witted and almost failed to live up to the Sect Master’s efforts. I truly deserve death!”
As she spoke, she actually looked like she was about to bow to Lu Ning again.
“Alright, alright.”
Lu Ning quickly waved her hand to stop her.
“Let’s not mention the past anymore.”
She just wanted to end this awkward topic as soon as possible.
“Let’s discuss how to leave this place first.”
Lu Ning forcibly pulled the topic back to the main point.
“Yes, Master is right.”
Gu Qinghuan also nodded beside her.
Although she remained wary of Su Yuexi, the most important thing right now was to take her master away safely.
Su Yuexi smiled gently.
“We indeed need to talk about business.”
Her gaze fell on Ji Linglong, who was on the floor, suffering from the backlash of the Nine Yang Blood-Melting Flower.
“Sister Qinghuan, if we want to leave this heavily guarded Capital City, I’m afraid we’ll need the ‘help’ of this Eldest Princess.”
“Help?”
Gu Qinghuan’s brow furrowed.
“She is the high and mighty Eldest Princess. Getting her to actively help us won’t be an easy task.”
“Hehe.”
Su Yuexi took out an exquisite white jade porcelain bottle from her robes, a hint of cunning light flashing in her gentle eyes.
“Sister Qinghuan, don’t worry. I have a pill here called the ‘Silk-Tethered Soul-Seducing Pill’.”
“This pill is not toxic, but it can allow the user to completely control the consumer’s mind for a short period.”
“As long as we make her take this pill, we can make her obediently lead us out of the Capital City in a grand manner.”
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