In those cold and clear eyes,
There was no longer the fearlessness towards the world.
Yan Ruyu looked up at the sky.
The sky had never been kind to him.
He had neither complained nor hated before.
All because he was from the Feng family and had been doted on by his parents and elder brothers since childhood. He felt that he shouldered this responsibility.
But now,
Looking at the lifeless woman in his arms,
He felt that
His worldview had completely collapsed at this moment.
Zhao Huai stood still.
He could empathize with the despair in Yan Ruyu's eyes.
He knew that
Although Xiao Ning'er was important to him, he could never be like Yan Ruyu, willing to give up all his cultivation and even his life for her.
"Honorable One, what about the Emperor?"
"What about the Evil Star?"
"The Evil Star has been eliminated," Zhao Huai replied.
Everyone present heaved a sigh of relief.
But Zhao Huai didn't let his guard down. He knew that the more difficult opponent than the Evil Star was Yan Ruyu, who had now gone mad.
The Candle Nine Yin surrounding him
was probably waiting for his order
to massacre all sentient beings.
"Yan Ruyu, calm down first," Zhao Huai said.
Ye Xingchen also looked dejected.
They all thought that
although they had eliminated the Evil Star and avenged their elder sister, their elder sister was truly gone.
The Emperor loved their elder sister so deeply.
He must not be able to bear this blow.
So it was quite normal for him to behave like this at this moment.
An alchemist stepped forward and knelt down, saying, "Emperor, since the Evil Star has been eliminated, we juniors will not stay any longer. Please burn the body of the Evil Star as soon as possible to prevent its aura from returning to its body and causing endless harm."
That black shadow
was regarded by everyone as the original primordial spirit of the Evil Star.
Zhao Huai scolded, "Get out."
At this moment, their words were like adding insult to injury for Yan Ruyu.
But when Zhao Huai looked at Yan Ruyu,
he showed no reaction at all.
He just gently placed his hand on Zhao Shuning's face, perhaps feeling the last bit of warmth left on her.
"Emperor, the Evil Star has been eliminated. Our Nine Provinces Continent has returned to peace. We hope that the Emperor will make a decision soon."
At this time,
there was actually someone who was reckless enough to step forward and dissuade.
As soon as the man's words fell,
his whole body burst into flames.
He panicked.
Zhao Huai stepped forward
to stop the now-mad Yan Ruyu from hurting others.
But
at this moment,
Yan Ruyu
was no longer the Millennium Imperial Teacher that everyone knew before.
He had completely changed.
Even the restrictive power in his body had been unsealed.
Zhao Huai
simply couldn't do anything to Yan Ruyu.
No one could stop the people Yan Ruyu wanted to kill.
That man
had a ferocious face.
In his cries,
his life came to an end.
It was so easy for Yan Ruyu to end the life of an alchemist. There was not even a trace of guilt between his eyebrows.
He was really ruthless.
"Honorable One, what about the Emperor?" Ye Xingchen stepped forward and asked.
Zhao Huai shook his head and said, "Now, you all should not get close. He is no longer the Yan Ruyu you knew."
Ye Xingchen lowered his head.
Xie An's eyes also dimmed.
Chu Wen and Chu Nuan glanced at each other and sighed deeply.
Gu Zhiruo said to Gu Hanxun, "Ancestor, what are you going to do now?"
Gu Hanxun looked at Yan Ruyu and Zhao Shuning in mid-air.
"I don't plan to leave."
"Ancestor?"
"I don't plan to leave. I'm afraid you all won't be able to leave either."
As soon as Gu Hanxun said this,
Song Zhiyi nodded and said, "I'm afraid none of us here will be able to leave."
"We don't plan to leave either," Dongfang Yuxi replied.
Several people walked towards Song Zhiyi.
"Song Zhiyi, you've been studying astronomy and geography since childhood. You should tell us honestly. Is Sister Ling really—"
Dongfang Yuxi couldn't say that word.
But everyone understood what he meant.
A faint smile appeared on Song Zhiyi's pale face.
Finally,
he nodded.
Several people were on the verge of collapse.
"It was the Evil Star that ruined Sister Ling, wasn't it?"
"If so, why has the Emperor changed like this? He avenged Sister Ling. He should be happy."
"The Evil Star deserves to die. It harmed Sister Ling and even transformed into her appearance. I can't wait to grind its bones to dust. Later, I must ask the Emperor for the body of the Evil Star, whip it severely for three days and three nights, drain all its blood, and then throw it into the desolate mountains to feed the wild dogs."
Song Zhiyi shook his head.
There were tears in his eyes.
"All of you shut up."
If it were really that simple,
then
everything would be much easier.
"Song Zhiyi, what do you mean? You're hiding something from us, aren't you? When you were with Sister Ling before, besides discussing the matter of Mo Yan, what else did you talk about?"
Song Zhiyi looked at them.
Their eyes were burning with determination.
Yes.
These people
had all grown up under Sister Ling's care.
If they knew that
the person who had just hurt them was Sister Ling, how sad would they be?
"Song Zhiyi, you shouldn't hide things from us. Now that Sister Ling is no longer here, do you still want to keep her secret and let us be kept in the dark?"
Song Zhiyi's face had already turned very ugly.
"Or, since the Evil Star harmed Sister Ling, are you still on the side of the Evil Star?"
Zhao Huai sighed and said, "Tell them. If Xiao Ning'er knew, she wouldn't blame you. Keeping such a big secret will make your life miserable in the future. Since Xiao Ning'er brought you all back to the Eastern Swamp Wilderness to raise you, you should know how she treated you. She hopes that you can all live well."
Several people turned their eyes back to Song Zhiyi.
Song Zhiyi lowered his head.
"Actually, Sister Ling already knew about everything that happened today."
His voice was low and choked with sobs.
A scholar
told the previous events in detail.
When the last word fell,
everyone fell silent.
Even their breaths became faint.
The shock in their eyes
was no less than when they first knew that Zhao Shuning was Ye Ling.
"So—"
"Just now—"
"It was Sister Ling—"
"We even joined the Ten Thousand People Blood Formation and used the mental methods and skills she taught us to separate her spiritual power from her physical body?"
"So, it was us who didn't realize that the person we were dealing with just now was Sister Ling?"
"It was us."
The eyes of several people
were filled with panic, self - blame, guilt, unease, and even pain after a moment of calm.
What on earth had they done?
At this time,
no one cared that it was Zhao Shuning who had attacked them first. They only felt that they were useless and that they hadn't noticed the abnormality of that woman.
They should have chosen to believe Sister Ling.
No matter how critical the situation was at that time, they shouldn't have backed down.
Finally,
they even joined the Ten Thousand People Blood Formation.
"Song Zhiyi! Why didn't you say it earlier!"