Was it you that night?
Chapter 144 - 142: Zhiyao is Killed

Chapter 144: Chapter 142: Zhiyao is Killed

At that moment, all of Shen Zhiyao’s anger vanished into thin air. She smiled faintly, "How can we blame Qinghe for this? With her beautiful appearance and kind temperament, not to mention being the living emblem of the Sky Pole Sect, which brother of ours doesn’t like our Qinghe? Even Mr. Wuya regards Qinghe with great respect. Junior Sister An might not be aware, but when Qinghe successfully completed her Core Formation, Mr. Wuya again gifted her plenty of top-grade elixirs and all kinds of talismans. Do you know those top-grade elixirs are treasures that can’t be bought even with a million Spirit Stones? Of course, this is something you, Junior Sister An, can only envy..."

An Lu could no longer contain her fury upon hearing this and drew her sword to strike at Shen Zhiyao.

Shen Zhiyao had not expected An Lu to be so easily provoked.

Her talent wasn’t bad either, and she had been diligently practicing her cultivation lately. Facing An Lu, a female cultivator who had yet to achieve Core Formation, was naturally not much of a problem for her.

Rong Yu and An Lu were good friends, and seeing An Lu unable to beat Shen Zhiyao, Rong Yu joined the fray as well.

Even so, Shen Zhiyao had no difficulty in handling both of them.

Nan Sheng, watching from the side, thought to herself that Rong Yu and An Lu were truly useless, unable to beat Shen Zhiyao even when joining forces.

She took this opportunity to enter the Simple Residence Courtyard to see what was really going on and did not find Shen Qinghe.

However, as she turned to leave the Simple Residence Courtyard, a thought suddenly struck her.

If Shen Zhiyao was the vicious supporting character in a book destined to die miserably, why not take the opportunity to bring that ending forward to this moment?

If she were to kill Shen Zhiyao, Shen Qinghe’s Dao Heart would surely become unstable. If a Heart Demon emerged because of it, Shen Qinghe’s path to cultivation would undoubtedly be obstructed.

As the killing intent arose, the Thousand Shadows Divine Sword in her hand began to stir.

Shen Zhiyao was originally focused on facing off against An Lu and Rong Yu when suddenly, she felt a chill run down her spine. Hurriedly turning around, she caught a glimpse of Nan Sheng who had somehow appeared behind her.

A cold feeling settled in her heart, and she suddenly yelled loudly at An Lu and Rong Yu, "You’ve come to the Simple Residence Courtyard to cause trouble without provocation and even drawn your swords against each other. Do you want to harm your fellow disciple and be expelled from the sect? Or are you jealous that Sword Master Tian Yan was detained in the Nether Pool and fancy trying out a decade or so of being confined?"

Rong Yu’s swordplay hesitated, and the thought of Shen Qinghe having Mr. Wuya’s powerful backing came rushing back to her.

Mr. Wuya was always unreasonable, and if they accidentally injured Shen Zhiyao and stirred up trouble with Shen Qinghe, leading to Mr. Wuya, wouldn’t the situation blow up?

With this in mind, Rong Yu thought of retracting her sword, only to have Nan Sheng suddenly swing her sword over, "Stop fighting, harmony brings wealth!"

Shen Zhiyao inwardly cursed the situation, feeling that Nan Sheng’s sudden involvement in the battle was a conspiracy. In the next moment, Nan Sheng unexpectedly ran into the path of her sword, and Shen Zhiyao’s blade pierced through Nan Sheng’s chest.

Nan Sheng looked at her in disbelief. "Do you really hate me this much?!"

An Lu saw the scene unfold and shouted angrily, "Shen Zhiyao, you’ve gone too far!!"

Her swordplay became sharp, and a dense flurry of Sword Qi surged toward Shen Zhiyao.

Caught off guard by the turn of events with Nan Sheng, Shen Zhiyao was a split second slower. Her sword still in Nan Sheng’s body, she gritted her teeth, drew her Spirit Sword, and met An Lu’s attack.

In that instant, her defense was weak, a streak of cold light stabbed through her body from behind.

Her whole body trembled, her pupils contracted, feeling her life rapidly slipping away...

An Lu also realized something was amiss. Although she stopped her attack in time, her Sword Qi still wounded Shen Zhiyao.

Already seriously injured by Nan Sheng’s Thousand Shadows Sword, Shen Zhiyao quickly became drenched in blood after being hit by An Lu’s Sword Qi...

Meanwhile, Shen Qinghe had just approached Bixiao Tower when she suddenly felt a sense of panic, an intense uneasiness surging into her heart.

At that moment, the air seemed to thin, and everything in the world appeared to freeze, making it hard for her to breathe, her expression dazed.

She didn’t know how long she had been lost in thought before she realized that she was standing foolishly on the spot.

And the unease in her heart grew stronger, so she immediately turned back to Simple Residence Courtyard without hesitation.

When she arrived at Simple Residence Courtyard with the utmost speed, she saw Shen Zhiyao collapsed on the ground.

"Elder sister..." Shen Qinghe ran to Shen Zhiyao’s side, forcing herself to calm down.

But her hand that was taking out the elixir was still trembling incessantly. She finally managed to fish out an elixir and stuffed it into Shen Zhiyao’s mouth, yet Shen Zhiyao showed no reaction at all.

She reached out to check Shen Zhiyao’s breath, but couldn’t feel a trace of it...

She was panicked and confused, wanting to wake Shen Zhiyao, but there was no response from Shen Zhiyao.

That’s right, Mr. Wuya was very skilled; he could certainly save elder sister.

She carried Shen Zhiyao frantically and flew towards Bixiao Tower.

Inside Bixiao Tower, Dongfang Wuya suddenly felt something was off. Just a moment ago, he had sensed an eerie silence around him, as if everything had stopped.

He didn’t know how much time had passed when he suddenly heard Shen Qinghe’s voice tinged with sobs.

His heart skipped a beat, and in an instant, he was by her side, "What happened..."

Seeing Shen Qinghe’s tear-stained face, his own expression changed slightly.

"Uncle-master, elder sister has no breath left. I, I don’t know what to do?" Shen Qinghe looked at Dongfang Wuya with red-rimmed eyes, despair in her gaze.

Dongfang Wuya felt a tightness in his heart, a sensation he had never experienced before.

Seeing Shen Qinghe’s grief-stricken appearance seemed to distress him even more.

"It’s okay, don’t cry." Dongfang Wuya took Shen Zhiyao from her and led the way into Bixiao Tower, soothing her with a gentle voice, "I will not let anything happen to her."

Shen Qinghe steadied herself, wiped away her tears, and followed Dongfang Wuya into Bixiao Tower.

Shen Qinghe was frantic, and she said to Dongfang Wuya, "I fed elder sister an elixir, but she had no reaction at all..."

She might not have noticed herself, but Dongfang Wuya could hear the tremor in her voice.

He patted her head, trying to be as gentle as possible, "Don’t worry, Shen Zhiyao will be fine. Have you forgotten? She is already a Golden Core cultivator. As long as the Golden Core is intact, she will be fine."

Shen Qinghe thought Dongfang Wuya’s words made sense, but she remembered that elder sister was the evil female supporting character in the book, with a tragic end, and she feared she couldn’t change her sister’s miserable fate.

Dongfang Wuya put down Shen Zhiyao, intending to check her for injuries, but found that Shen Zhiyao was unharmed, seemingly not injured at all.

When he checked Shen Zhiyao’s breath again, he found, just as Shen Qinghe had said, that Shen Zhiyao was without breath.

Perhaps for anyone else, there would have been no way to save Shen Zhiyao, but now that she was in his hands, as long as the Golden Core was not destroyed, he would not allow Shen Zhiyao to die, not even Lord Yama could take Shen Zhiyao.

Shen Qinghe dared not disturb Dongfang Wuya and waited quietly while he healed Shen Zhiyao.

They saw Dongfang Wuya cover the damaged Golden Core of Shen Zhiyao with a transparent magical treasure the size of a palm, emanating a faint white light that nurtured Shen Zhiyao’s Golden Core within.

After that, Dongfang Wuya fed another elixir to Shen Zhiyao. Shen Qinghe saw clearly that this elixir was different from the ones she usually took; the fragrance was fainter, yet the room was filled with a pleasant scent.