Wang LingJiao’s throat was gurgling. She walked a few steps toward him and reached out, “… Help… Help… Help me…”

"Oh My God!" exclaimed some cultivators.

"What happened to her?" asked MianMian

"Nothing's more better than seeing the person you hated the most at such kind of situation." said Jiang Cheng with a smile.

"I enjoyed this a lot." said Wei Wuxian.

Lan Xichen and Lan Wangji looked at one another.

Wen Chao shouted. He unsheathed his new sword and sliced at her, “Go away! Get lost!”

Wang LingJiao’s shoulder had been gashed by the sword. Her features were even more twisted as she shrieked, “Ahhhhhh… It hurts, ahhhh… It hurts, ahhhh!!!”

Wen Chao didn’t even dare pull his sword away. Grabbing a stool, he hurled it toward her. After it hit her, it broke into pieces. Wang LingJiao staggered before kneeling down and collapsing onto the ground, as though she was kowtowing someone, mumbling, “… I’m sorry… I’m sorry… Let me go, let me go, let me go…”

"Wen Chao!" Wen Rouhan shouted in rage.

"What? Why are you shouting?" asked Wen Chao.

"Are you that scared? How coward are you? You even dare to hurt a woman. I don't care about her but such action is unacceptable." said Wen Rouhan.

Wang LingJiao was looking at Wen Chao in disbelief.

"You see? You've trusted a wrong a person. You should've known more sooner that such man will never have a second thought to hurt and abandon you." said MianMian.

"She deserve it though. She wants power so she climb onto him. Now, she's regretting it." said Wen Qing.

"I don't care if she's regretting. I will still punish him for badmouthing my mother." said Jiang Cheng.

"She must know that I will never forgive her." he added.

As she knocked her head on the ground, blood dripped from her qiqiao. With her blocking the entrance, Wen Chao couldn’t leave. He could only open the window, shouting his lungs out, “Wen ZhuLiu! Wen ZhuLiu!!!”

"You can't even run away by yourself." laughed Wei Wuxian.

"But oh, I won't let you escape." he added.

"Damn, my uncles are getting scary." said Jin Ling.

"I never thought that one day I will experience this." said Zizhen.

"Why didn't I get to have a-niang's cruelty?" asked Jingyi.

"It's more better that way." said Sizhui.

On the ground, Wang LingJiao had already picked up one leg of the stool, frantically stuffing it into her mouth, laughing as she did, “Fine, fine, I’ll eat it, I’ll eat it! Haha, I’ll eat it!”

An entire chunk of the leg had been stuffed down by her!

Wen Chao was almost dead from the shock. Just as he was about to jump out the window and flee, he suddenly realized that in the courtyard, a black silhouette stood amid the pool of moonlight on the ground.

"Is she possessed?" asked Jiang Yanli.

"What a pleasure it is, watching her like that." said Madam Yu mirroring his son's smirk.

"No wonder you guys are scary. You inherited her." said Nie Huaisang.

"But, who could be that person?" asked Jin Zixuan.

"Take a guess." said the juniors.

"That person might be the reason why Wang LingJiao ended up like that." said Nie Huaisang.

"So intelligent, Nie-jiujiu." said Sizhui.

At the same time.

Jiang Cheng was standing before a forest. Noticing that somebody approached, he turned his head slightly. The person was dressed in all white. Wearing a forehead ribbon, its ends swept behind him along with his hair. His face, more handsome than anything, was as fair as jade. Under the moonlight, his entire body seemed to be enveloped in a soft glow.

Jiang Cheng spoke in a cold voice, “Second Young Master Lan.”

Lan WangJi’s expression was solemn. He nodded, “Sect Leader Jiang.”

"Why are two together?" asked Wei Wuxian.

"How would we know?" asked Jiang Cheng.

"That seems impossible." he added as he looked at Lan Wangji.

"Well, it's fine." said Wei Wuxian.

"You're a Sect Leader now." he added with a tease.

"F*ck you!" Jiang Cheng cursed.

After the two acknowledged each other, they didn’t say anything else. Each carrying their cultivators, they flew on their swords in silence.

Two months ago, the Two Jades of Lan cooperated in a surprise attack with Jiang Cheng. They took back the swords that had been gathered from each sect’s disciples at Wen Chao’s ‘sector of indoctrination’, bringing them back to their owners. Only then did Sandu and Bichen return to them.

"Yes! Sandu is finally back to me." said Jiang Cheng.

"Thank you for the cooperation, Lan Huan." he added as he hugged the man.

"What about my Lan Zhan? You won't show your gratitude?" asked Wei Wuxian with a grin.

Jiang Cheng scoffed.

"You can do that for me." he said.

"Fine, I'll do it for you." said Wei Wuxian.

"My brother said 'thank you' Lan Zhan." he smiled as he kissed Lan Wangji's cheeks.

"You're just looking for an excuse to kiss him." said Jiang Cheng with an eye roll.

Lan WangJi’s light eyes glanced at the other sword at Jiang Cheng’s waist. He turned his gaze away.

A few moments later, staring straight in front of him, he asked, “Has Wei Ying still not appeared yet?”

Jiang Cheng looked at him, as if surprised that he had suddenly asked about Wei Ying. He answered, “No.”

"How would he appear when his already dead and gone?" Wen Chao asked with a laugh.

"Do you want that to happen to you?" asked Jiang Cheng.

"Just wait. Wait for a few moments and I will give what you're asking for." he added.

He looked at Suibian, which hung by his waist, “The people on my side still haven’t gotten news of him yet. But when he returns he’ll find me for sure. After he appears I’ll give him his sword.”

"You're expecting nothing." said Wen Chao with a laugh.

"And you'll end up nothing even if just a dust." said Jiang Cheng with a glare.

Soon later, leading a group of cultivators, the two arrived at the supervision office where Wen Chao hid, preparing for a night attack. Before they entered, Lan WangJi’s face stiffened. Jiang Cheng frowned.

Dark and resentful energy was almost spilling out of the place.

"Dark and resentful?" asked MianMian.

"Could it be....his father." she added.

"Me what?" asked Wen Rouhan.

"You're the one who did it since you're the only one who can control resentment." she answered.

Wen Rouhan stared at her, speechless.

"It's not him." said the juniors.

However, the talismans on both sides of the doors were still intact. Jiang Cheng signaled for the cultivators that he led to scatter around and hide below the walls. He, on the other hand, swung Sandu. The sword energy attacked and broke open the doors.

Before he went in, Lan WangJi’s eyes swept over the talismans beside the doors.

"Are you by any chance suspicious of the talismans, Lan Zhan?" asked Wei Wuxian.

"It seems different by looking at it intently." said Lan Wangji.

"How is it different?" asked Jiang Cheng.

"We'll get an answer to that later on." said Wei Wuxian.

The scene inside of the supervision office was more than horrifying.

Within the courtyard, corpses lay everywhere. Not only there, the bushes, hallways, fences, and even roofs were piled up with corpses.

"Damn, so many deaths." said Nie Huaisang.

"Who could have killed them?" asked Jin Zixuan.

"Someone who is powerful." said Jingyi.

"And someone you all knew." said Zizhen.

All of the corpses wore sun robes. They were disciples of the Wen Sect. Using Sandu, Jiang Cheng flipped over one of the corpses and saw lines of blood criss-cross over the pale face, “Bleeding from the qiqiao.”

Lan WangJi stood on the other side, “This one is not.”

Jiang Cheng walked over. He saw that the corpse’s eyes had rolled back. Its face had been destroyed. Yellow bile dripped from its mouth. It had been scared to death.

One of the disciples under him reported, “Sec Leader, we’ve finished inspecting. All of them are dead. And, every corpse died a different way.”

Strangled, burnt, drowned, poisoned, frozen, slit at the throat, pierced at the head… After Jiang Cheng finished listening, he spoke in a chilling tone, “Looks like something else has helped us finish tonight’s task.”

"If I meet that person who helped us, I will give him my gratitude." said Jiang Cheng.

"But that person should leave Wen Chao for me to kill." he added.

"Such person is so cruel to kill all of them in different ways." said Nie Huaisang.

"That's even more pleasurable." said Wei Wuxian.

"I want to see it with my own eyes but sadly, I wasn't there." he added.

"I wonder where Wen Chao is." said Jin Zixuan.

"Maybe he's on the run." said Nie Mingjue.

"He can't run for long." said the twin prides with a smirk.

Lan WangJi didn’t say anything. He was the first to step into the house.

The doors to Wen Chao’s room were wide open. Only one female corpse remained in the room. The corpse wore light clothes. Half of the leg of a stool had been stuffed down her throat. She had killed herself by forcing herself to swallow the stool leg into her stomach.

Wang LingJiao shivered seeing herself.

"Why?" asked Jiang Cheng.

"Isn't it great that she's dead already?" asked Jin Zixuan.

"No, it's not." said Jiang Cheng.

"I should be the one to kill her." he added.

"How did Xichen-ge get to tame you when you're like that?" asked Nie Huaisang.

Jiang Cheng just raised a brow at him.

Jiang Cheng turned the corpse’s twisted face over. After he had scrutinized it for a while, he gave out a cold laugh. Holding the stool leg, he shoved it into her mouth, somehow managing to stuff the half that had been outside into her body as well.

Everyone shivered at that.

"Take note everybody, 'Do not take Young Master Jiang as your enemy'." said Nie Huaisang.

Hearing that, Wei Wuxian and Jin Zixuan laughed out loud and after second joined by Nie Huaisang.

"You're right, Nie-xiong. No one should ever take him as an enemy as he is a cruel man." laughed Wei Wuxian.

"Excuse Me!" exclaimed Jiang Cheng.

"You are excused, Jiang-xiong." laughed Nie Huaisang.

"You didn't even show her any mercy even when she's already dead." said Jin Zixuan.

"And I will do the same to you when you dare to hurt my a-jie." said Jiang Cheng.

"I feel threatened." said Jin Zixuan.

Jiang Cheng glanced at Lan Xichen who seemed to be stifling a chuckle and he immediately glared at him.

"How are you guys not scared of him?" asked a random disciple.

"Take a guess." said Nie Huaisang.

"Stop it, you four. We're trying to focus here on the screen." said Nie Mingjue and they immediately shut up.

With red eyes, he stood up. Just as he was about to speak, he saw Lan WangJi ponder over something, standing in front of the door. He walked over. Following Lan WangJi’s eyes, he saw a yellow, red-painted, talisman stick to the door.

Although the talisman didn’t seem any different at first glance, after taking a closer look at it, one would discover a few slight places that caused much discomfort.

Lan WangJi, “Too many.”

Jiang Cheng’s grew stern, “As expected.”

They were able to memorize the technique of drawing this type of residential talismans when they were fifteen or sixteen. However, amid the vermillion scrawl over the talisman, there seemed to be a few extra brushstrokes. These brushstrokes were the ones that entirely changed the pattern of the talisman. Now, looking at it, the talisman stuck to the door seemed to be the face of a person, smiling eerily.

"Someone changed the talisman." said Su She.

"No, no one changed it. It's still the same." said Wei Wuxian.

"Someone just added a few stroke." he added.

"Still, it was changed." said Su She.

"Whatever. Suit yourself." said Wei Wuxian.

"Any idea of who the person did that?" asked Jingyi.

"We can have a bet." he added.

"Are you short of money?" asked Jiang Cheng.

"No." answered Jingyi.

"Then stop betting." said Jiang Cheng.

Wen Chao and Wen ZhuLiu’s corpses couldn’t be found within the supervision office. Speculating that they fled toward the direction of Qishan, Jiang Cheng immediately led the people out of the abandoned supervision office and chased after them on their swords. Lan WangJi, however, returned to Gusu first.

"You won't let him go, huh." said Wei Wuxian.

"Will never. He'll be dead first before he can step a foot at Qishan." said Jiang Cheng.

"Only if you can chase us." said Wen Chao.

"Lets see." said Jiang Cheng with a smirk.

The second day, Lan WangJi had finally caught up to Jiang Cheng. He took out the talisman from last time, “This talisman has been reversed.”

Jiang Cheng, “Reversed? What does reversed mean?”

Lan WangJi, “Normal talismans repel evil. This one attracts them.”

Jiang Cheng was shocked, “Talismans… could attract evil? I haven’t heard of anything like it.”

Lan WangJi, “It is indeed unheard of. But, according to the testing, it does prove to have the ability to attract evil.”

"Oh, I want this one." said Wen Rouhan.

Lan Qiren sends him a glare.

"I want to know who made it so that I can give him a lecture and to not repeat it." said Wen Rouhan.

"I'm getting interested." said Wei Wuxian and Lan Qiren glare turned to him.

Wei Wuxian just smiled at him.

Jiang Cheng took over the talisman and examined it closely, “Only a few brushstrokes were added, and the entire function of the talisman was reversed? Was this a human deed?”

Lan WangJi, “Four brushstrokes were added. It was drawn using human blood. All of the residential talismans in the supervision office have been altered. The strokes were those of the same person.”

Jiang Cheng, “Then who could this person possibly be? Amongst all of the renowned cultivators, I haven’t heard of any who can do such a thing.

"You surely know him, a-niang." said Jingyi.

"Can't you just tell me?" asked Jiang Cheng.

"I don't have to tell you because you do know him already. Just take a guess." said Jingyi.

"Are you challenging me?" asked Jiang Cheng.

"Since you're good at it, a-niang." said Jingyi and Jiang Cheng glared at him.

Immediately after, he continued, “But no matter who they are, it’s fine as long as their objective is the same as ours—to kill all of the Wen-dogs!”

The two went up North according to the information. Everywhere they went, they heard talk of strange corpses appearing there. All of the corpses were cultivators of the Wen Sect, dressed in sun robes. All of them were high in both rank and cultivation. In spite of so, all of them died in gruesome yet diverse ways, and all of them had been left in the public where many could see.

Jiang Cheng, “Do you think that these people were killed by that person as well?”

"Yes, they are." said Lam Wangji.

"I want to meet him." said Jiang Cheng.

"But such way is unacceptable for cultivation." said Lan Qiren.

"No one cares as long as that person is helping us to eliminate some Wens." said Jiang Cheng.

"I do care. It won't bring any good to that person's body because it's resentment. It's evil." said Lan Qiren.

"There's nothing more evil than thode who kill innocent." said Jiang Cheng.

"And you can't change my mind." he added.

Lan WangJi, “The dark energy is quite heavy. They should have been done by the same person.”

Jiang Cheng snorted, “Dark? In this world, could there be anything darker than the Wen-dogs?!”

The had been chasing until late into the fourth night. The two had finally caught sight of Wen ZhuLiu in the courier station of a remote mountainous city.

"The real revenge is coming." said Wei Wuxian.

"They must prepare because I'm sure that I won't let them go." said Jiang Cheng.

The two smirked while looking at the screen intently.