We left Jinlintai under the rain. Nobody dared to follow us. I was supporting Wei Ying. Her wound in the belly looked deep to me. It was bleeding profusely. I had to find a place to heal him as soon as possible. Suddenly I felt him weaken. I put him against a tree and pointed my fingers at his face to transfer some of my spiritual energy to him.

I could see his tears mingling with the raindrops. I couldn't imagine what he was thinking. The one who tried to kill him was his nephew! The child of his shijie whom he loved so much. I had long understood that family was the most important thing to Wei Ying. So how did Jin Ling's gesture make him feel? As a betrayal? A punishment for causing the death of his parents? I would have to wait to find out.

You opened your eyes and looked at me. You suddenly laughed and I didn't understand why. I was questioning you.

"It's quite funny, while everyone was admiring my power and flattering me, you were the only one who chastised me. Now, when everyone hates me and wants me dead, you are the only one standing by me.

You started coughing and spitting out stale blood, and then you passed out.

We couldn't stay there. I had to treat you and there was only one place I could do it. I took you back to the Jingshi quietly.

After laying you down, I undressed you and cleaned your wound. I applied some medicinal herbs and made you drink a regenerating tea. Then I changed you into my clothes, as yours were in a terrible state. I sat in front of Wang Ji and played for you the rest of the night. You remained unconscious for several days.

I was meditating when I heard you moving. You were awake. When you tried to sit up, the pain made you scream. I rushed over. I helped you to sit up. I was worried about you.

"Your stomach wound? "

"I wasn't going to take your word for it!

I pulled aside your tunic to check. The bandages were clean. The blood had not penetrated. I took your arm and pulled up your sleeve. When I had undressed you, I had seen the three scars and the wound. You immediately pulled your arm back and rolled up your sleeve.

"Is this because of the sacrificial invocation? "You nodded your head.

"What should you do? "you nodded your head from right to left.

"Now we know the last enemy of Mon Xuan Yu. When he dies, the curse will be lifted" I understood at once who you were referring to.

"Jin GuangYao"

You explained to me that you did not think that Mon Xuan Yu was expelled from JinLintai because of his behavior, but because he must have known the secret of his half-brother! If your assumptions were correct, how did he find out?

There was a person behind it who was guiding us to find out the truth about Nie MingJue's death. A person who hated Jin GuangYao... a name immediately came to mind, but it was so unbelievable... at the same time, who could imagine that such a plan could have sprouted in the head of... Nie HuaiSang? Mr. "I don't know"?

When we were younger, what impressed me about HuaiSang was that he feared his brother, but his brother was everything to him! Did the loss of this loved one awaken in him the fighting and cunning spirit of his ancestors? The Nie Clans were known to be masters in the art of trapping...

What did Wei Ying say? I saw that gleam in his eyes again. He was going to say something stupid. And as always in the middle of a serious conversation! Go ahead my love, I'm listening...

"You think... that person could be Jin GuangYao's lover? From love to hate... "And here I was sure!

My eyes landed on Siubian.

There was one more thing I wanted to clear up with you, Siubian, and why you stopped using it 16 years ago!

I took it out of its rack and handed it to you. You hesitated and then took it. You looked at it for a long time, running your fingers over the engraving of your sword's name. Then you drew it halfway, sighed and put it back in its scabbard. I could see the regret on your face, why? What did you regret about that sword?

"Did it really seal itself? "

I grabbed the hilt and pulled it a few times. But nothing happened. The sword remained in its sheath. You put it down beside you and sighed again.

Why did the fact that it was sealed and that you were the only one who could use it make you feel so sorry? What were you hiding from me about it? Only swords with a very powerful spirit could seal themselves to their master. Had Siubian become too powerful for you? Especially now that you had come back to life in someone else's body?

You looked around and realized that we had returned to the Jingshi. I saw concern in your eyes.

"You brought me back to YunShen Buzhi, what if your brother finds out! "

"I've already noticed! "Lan Xichen said as he entered.

Brother had always been kind to Wei Ying. That's why I went to see him as soon as we returned.

He told me that the revelation of the resurrection of the Yiling Patriarch had caused a tidal wave among the cultivation sects.

Everyone was wondering why he was back? Was he going to take revenge? I think they hoped that if he did, he would start with Jiang Cheng! After all, he was the one who had killed him 16 years ago!

As for me, I hoped, without really believing it, that they would not foment a revolt against him like 16 years ago! He had done nothing. I had not left him since his return! Although, considering my behavior in Jinlintai, where I had openly displayed my support for the Patriarch of Yiling, my reputation must have taken a hit!

But perhaps some of the people present, those who really knew me, would question my actions and give Wei Ying the benefit of the doubt! I was lucky that Brother was one of them!

We had made the decision not to tell Uncle about Wei Ying's presence at the Jingshi. It was a lie by omission of course! So I promised to copy the rules of conduct to brother 20 times! This made him smile. He had noticed that since Wei Ying's return, I often copied !!!!

Wei Ying greeted my brother and apologized for the inconvenience he caused.

Brother told him that as long as the end of the story was not known, he could live in YunShen Buzhi. He reassured him that as long as he was there, no one would dare to come and check if he was there too.

I thanked the gods for giving me a fair and loyal brother... I was even more embarrassed, but we had to tell him what we had found. I knew it would probably hurt him! I signaled to Wei Ying to speak.

He began by asking him where Nie Ming-Jue's body was. Brother told him that it was under the protection of HuaiSang and some trusted men. Jin GuangYao had sworn to find out the truth and tell the sects.

I thought to myself, it was rather "his truth" that he would communicate to them! The truth was arranged so that it did not involve him and my love!

Brother asked me to give him an account of the events in Jinlintai.

I began by telling him that Jin GuangYao was in possession of Nie MingJue's head. Brother asked me if I had seen him. I had to tell him that I had not, but that Wei Ying had. I think I understood what he was getting at.

I trusted Wei Ying and knew him. But I had never been able to trust Jin GuangYao, I had always been suspicious of him. For Brother, it was the opposite. He knew Jin GuangYao and trusted him completely.

We were both in the same situation with a person we had no reason to doubt!

Yet one of us was lying!

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