"Wang Cheng, the word 'innocent' should never come out of your mouth."
On top of the high wall, the woman's dress fluttered in the wind. There were a few stray hairs on Zhao Shuning's face.
Although she was just a fifteen - year - old girl, at this moment, she looked like a vengeful ghost haunting in the midnight. There was not a shred of mercy for the world in her eyes.
"Ye Ling, you're so heartless."
"Back then, when they dug out my heart, crippled my spiritual roots, and joined forces with the mysterious forces in the martial world to pull me down from my high position and harm my phoenix, weren't you, Wang Cheng, involved?"
Spiritual power suddenly surged in Zhao Shuning's hands.
Suddenly, a flute appeared.
This flute was no longer the jade flute she once had.
However, Zhao Shuning had never forgotten the mental method taught by her master.
She gently placed the flute to her lips, closed her eyes slightly, and a gentle melody poured out from the flute.
For a moment, everything fell silent.
Even the white tiger stopped its attack.
Seeing this, Wang Cheng wanted to take the opportunity to attack, but found that he couldn't move his hands and feet at all.
What was she doing?
"Wang Cheng, I'm going to repay you all the suffering I endured back then."
The flute melody suddenly became rapid, like the moment when a flood was pouring out, the ferocity when the embankment broke, or like an eagle striking the sky, the excitement after soaring, and more like a huge stone falling into a calm lake, causing a tremor.
The flute sound became more and more urgent.
Wang Cheng could move his body again.
But what followed was a more ferocious attack from the white tiger.
The white tiger had grown another foot taller than before.
Its claws had also become even sharper.
Zhao Shuning didn't open her eyes, but with the flute sound, she could use her spiritual power to clearly see everything outside.
She saw.
Wang Cheng was dodging.
She saw.
Those subordinates who had always claimed to be loyal to Wang Cheng didn't dare to step forward to help in this life - and - death battle.
She also saw.
The white tiger's sharp claws were about to pierce through Wang Cheng's body.
But at this moment, the big door behind Wang Cheng was suddenly pushed open, and a woman in fine brocade ran out from inside.
Zhao Shuning just exclaimed "No good" and immediately stopped playing.
But the white tiger didn't stop its action.
It was so fast.
As soon as the woman came out, she blocked in front of Wang Cheng.
"White tiger, stop!"
But it was too late. The white tiger's sharp claws had pierced through the woman's chest and then quickly retracted.
The woman's body fell backward at this moment.
"Madam!"
Wang Cheng let out a tragic roar, and the precious sword in his hand disappeared.
The woman fell into Wang Cheng's arms.
Zhao Shuning stood on the high wall. Night was approaching, and there was a hint of coolness in the wind.
"Master."
The woman reached out her hand and touched Wang Cheng's face.
There was a lot of blood on her hand. Wang Cheng's hand trembled as he covered the woman's hand and placed it on his face.
"Master, I've always said that after doing so many evil deeds, we would surely face retribution sooner or later."
Big tears began to fall from Wang Cheng's eyes.
"Madam, Madam, you'll be fine. I have pills. I'll go find the best alchemist in the Eastern Ze Great Wilderness. Madam, hold on. I'll definitely keep you safe."
"It's too late."
The woman shook her head.
"Master, I know my own body. I won't be able to hold on until then. You've come to this point largely because of me."
"Xiaoyue."
The woman's body trembled. She looked at Wang Cheng and said with a smile, "It's been so long, so long since you last called me like this. Cough, cough, cough..."
"Xiaoyue, you'll be fine. Trust me, okay?"
Wang Cheng hugged the woman in his arms. His body was trembling.
"Master, it's no use. It's all my fault. If I had stopped you back then and hadn't been so cowardly and indecisive, you wouldn't have come to this point."
"The sins were committed by me. It has nothing to do with you."
"Cough, cough, cough... It does. We're husband and wife. We're one. I have to pay for the sins you've committed. Master, so many lives have died at your hands. Also, back then, you shouldn't have treated the empress like that. You just conspired with others against her for the sake of money. She was the one who had discovered your talent and given you a chance!"
Wang Cheng's hands clenched into fists.
Back then, he had been blinded by greed and had gradually lost his moral compass.
He had completely forgotten Ye Ling's kindness.
But he was the one who had made the mistakes. Why should his family be the ones to bear the brunt of the revenge?
"Master, you killed so many people back then. We should accept this result."
Wang Cheng was holding the woman's body, already sobbing uncontrollably.
At this moment, Madam Wang raised her hand and looked in the direction of the moon. There, she saw Wang Xiling, their child, waving at her.
"Master, I see Xiling. Xiling is coming to pick me up. I... I can't bear to..."
Before Madam Wang could finish her words, the hand she had raised fell heavily to the ground.
Wang Cheng's heart shattered into a thousand pieces at that moment.
He picked up the woman and placed her on the swing in the yard. The woman's head leaned against the swing frame, her eyes closed, looking as if she was just sleeping.
He turned around and looked at Zhao Shuning on the high wall.
With a wave of his hand, a protective shield that isolated them from the world formed between them.
Zhao Shuning showed no expression, and neither did Wang Cheng.
"Just now, thank you for giving me time to say goodbye to Xiaoyue."
"But you still want to kill me, don't you?"
"You killed my daughter and my wife. I must make you pay with your life."
"Ridiculous. You can't even deal with the white tiger. Do you think you can defeat me?"
Wang Cheng's face darkened.
"Now, I don't want to live anymore. Before I die, I must take someone with me. Ye Ling, you shouldn't have hurt my wife. She was innocent."
"I didn't want to hurt her, but Wang Cheng, it was all your doing."
Wang Xiling's death was because of what happened back then.
Madam Wang's death was to take the fatal blow for Wang Cheng.
One was paying for her own sins.
The other was shouldering the great mistakes Wang Cheng had made back then.
"Ye Ling, I'm sorry for what I've done to you. But as long as you're alive, I'll never be able to rise to the top. I was really surprised that you survived. But today, you won't be able to walk out of the Wang family's gate."
Zhao Shuning's pupils shrank rapidly.
She held the flute in front of her.
She could almost guess what Wang Cheng was going to do. He wanted the hundreds of lives in the Wang family, plus Zhao Shuning, to be buried with his daughter and wife.
The man's eyes began to turn blood - thirsty.
He took out a handful of Yuan pills from the spatial pouch around his waist and threw them all into his mouth.
Yuan pills?
Yes, Zhao Shuning remembered. Back then in the Misty Rain Tower, Zhang Tianyuan and his group had wantonly killed spiritual and demonic beasts to obtain Yuan pills, all to hand them over to this old scoundrel, Wang Cheng.
After taking a large number of Yuan pills, Wang Cheng's body began to change dramatically at a visible speed.