Journey to the End of the Night
Chapter 649 - 575: Lifelong Companions Walking Together

Chapter 649: Chapter 575: Lifelong Companions Walking Together

The names of the top six figures of the Demon World are considered secrets among its various factions, so it’s unsurprising that cultivators from the right path of the Hundred Immortal Sects in the Mortal World would be unaware of the name Su Xi.

Baili An then said, "Su Xi, from the fifth river in the Demon World, should have been together with Miss Ye."

Wen Hanwei shook her head slightly and continued to change Ye Lian’s dressings, bowing her head.

"If I had encountered someone of the rank of Mohe in the Demon World, how could I have rescued Senior Sister Ye and Brother Jiachen from their predicament so easily?

When I met Senior Sister Ye in Mo City, I did encounter several Demon Generals. After I forced them to retreat, I brought her and the others to Tian Gan Mountain to temporarily avoid further trouble."

Baili An was stunned. Sister Wen, she hadn’t encountered Su Xi?

Yet he saw how much Su Xi valued Ye Lian, so how could he leave her to wander in Mo City, putting herself in danger?

Moreover, he clearly learned from the guards that it was Wen Hanwei who had wounded and abducted Wuhe Su Xi, bringing him into Tian Gan Mountain. If she hadn’t seen Wuhe Su Xi himself from the beginning to the end, then where is Su Xi now?

Baili An was filled with questions. How could a living person just vanish into thin air?

"Sister Wen, when you met Miss Ye, did she say anything to you?"

Wen Hanwei finished dressing and bandaging Ye Lian’s wounds, then reached out to touch her forehead and check her temperature. Lifting her eyelashes, her amber eyes held the warm glow of flames shining through at dawn.

Her voice was serene and soft as she said, "Senior Sister Ye entered the Demon World without an order, and I was commanded by our young uncle to retrieve her and Brother Jiachen. Several months ago, Brother Jiachen and Senior Sister Ye were harmed by a Demon Butterfly while helping another. The Demon Butterfly was wickedly strange, and although Jing discovered the hidden danger in time, the butterfly’s poison still entered Brother Jiachen’s heart meridians. This injury is difficult to heal, and if it persists, Brother Jiachen’s meridians will surely be demonized by the poison, reducing him to a disabled state.

The young uncle said that only the heart blood from the fifth river in the Demon World can cure this condition. Unexpectedly, the normally rule-abiding Senior Sister Ye kept it from everyone and took Brother Jiachen into the Demon World herself. When I found them, the toxins in Brother Jiachen’s body were already cleared, and there were signs on his chest that someone had cut him open to insert the blood of the Demon Clan."

"As for Wuhe Su Xi, Senior Sister Ye never mentioned this person."

Baili An was shocked by this revelation.

So Ye Lian had appeared in the Demon World to obtain Su Xi’s heart blood to save her fellow sect member. No wonder Su Xi’s attitude toward Ye Lian was a mix of love and hatred. Baili An had originally thought that their awkwardness was due to the confrontation between the orthodox and evil paths, not realizing that Jiachen was also part of the equation.

What sort of heartbreak and despair Su Xi must have felt upon hearing that Ye Lian wanted his heart blood.

And it was particularly saddening that the heart blood that belonged to Su Xi was currently flowing quietly within Jiachen’s body.

He was so powerful, that Ye Lian, Jiachen, and Wen Hanwei combined were not his match. Unless he was willing, who could cut open his chest and extract that drop of heart blood?

People say that the six river-lords of the Demon World are naturally murderous, and Baili An had seen the indifferent Shu Ci, the deceptive and dangerous Zangxin, the mysterious and unknowable Wang Yi, and the cold and selfish Ning Feiyan. As for Wuhe Su Xi, everyone said that he was like a mad dog, and that hysteria and frenzy repressed beneath a layer of skin.

But who could know that stripping away that madness and hysteria would reveal a heart as raw and bleeding red as that of a guileless child?

He had given so much for Ye Lian, only to become someone who could not be mentioned.

After pondering for a long time, Baili An eventually informed Wen Hanwei about the relationship between Ye Lian and Su Xi.

To this, Wen Hanwei was surprised that her Senior Sister Ye had such entanglements with a demon of the Demon World. Although Taixuan Sect had not officially waged war against the Lemongue Demon Clan when Hanwei was younger, she had heard of their cruel and bloody reputation.

She originally thought that under Senior Sister Ye’s command, the Lemongue Demon Clan would have already been eradicated from the Six Realms. Unexpectedly, the demure and graceful Senior Sister Ye had such a willful side, secretly keeping alive a bloodline of Lemongue – Su Xi, unbeknownst to others for many years.

"Senior Sister Ye has really put Taixuan Sect in a difficult position," Wen Hanwei said, rubbing her temples as if it gave her a headache, "Everything has its own path, and right and wrong, good and evil, Immortal Demon aren’t things that can simply be debated based on one’s birth or clan. Feelings exist everywhere, even in the Ghost Realm. Senior Sister had her reasons for leaving Su Xi, and I won’t interfere too much in her personal matters."

Although Wen Hanwei appeared to be bothered, her expression showed no great dislike or prejudice against Ye Lian’s actions.

Since ancient times, the immortals of the Hundred Immortal Sects abhor any association with demons, with the path of right and evil as distinct as black and white.

A mixture of black and white is hard to see, while bleach mixed with ink is known by many.

It’s a pity that his Sister Wen, who usually stays at home and rarely steps into the mortal affairs, stays clean of the world’s stains.

Yet, the clear-cut distinction of the mortal world’s black and white could not confine her exceptionally clear heart.

Though living in a hermitage within a mountain forest cave, she was as embracing as the sky and as encompassing as the earth.

Baili An, with a smile, asked, "Speaking like that, Sister Wen, if you were handling this matter back then, would you have acted just like Miss Ye?"

Wen Hanwei’s eyebrows barely wrinkled as she replied, "Not really, I’m used to cultivating alone, I’m not particularly fond of children, and furthermore, speaking of debts, ultimately, it was my Taixuan Sect that exterminated his entire clan. The Life Plate was already in complete disarray; why bother dragging this child into such karma?"