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Just when I was tormented by shattered memories and reality, a turning point seemed to finally arrive.
One deep night, the barrier in my room was quietly breached, and a familiar figure appeared at the door—it was Bai Jingshu! He still wore that moon-white robe, his face etched with urgency and concern.
“Xichen!” he whispered, quickly approaching my bedside. “I’ve come to save you!”
At the sight of him, I almost thought I was dreaming. The fear, pain, and grievances that had accumulated over the days erupted in an instant, and tears streamed down my face. “Senior Brother… you finally came!”
“Foolish girl, why are you crying?” Bai Jingshu gently wiped away my tears with tender movements. “You’ve suffered enough. We can’t stay here long; come with me!”
Without hesitation, I nodded and forced my weak body to follow him. He seemed quite familiar with the layout of Nine Nether Manor, leading me through a maze while avoiding several patrols as we stealthily made our way southeast.
“Senior Brother, where are we going?” I couldn’t help but ask, feeling both joy at escaping and a hint of unease.
“Don’t worry; I’ve found a hidden passage that leads directly outside,” Bai Jingshu reassured me with a smile. “It’s safe there; I’ve arranged for someone to meet us.”
His smile remained warm, but for some reason, I felt something was off. Perhaps it was the prolonged captivity that had made me more suspicious. Shaking my head to suppress the unease, I followed closely behind him.
Finally, we arrived at an extremely remote and abandoned underground stone chamber. In the center stood an ancient and eerie altar! The altar was covered in blood-red runes that emitted an ominous aura, somewhat similar to the power I had sensed from Li Ye Jin but far more sinister and frenzied.
“Senior Brother, this is…” I halted, warily eyeing the altar before me. This was no safe passage!
Bai Jingshu also stopped, turning around as his gentle smile slowly faded away, replaced by a fervor and greed I had never seen before.
“Xichen, my dear junior sister.” He looked at me with eyes that shone with a terrifying light. “Did you think that I went through all this trouble to infiltrate Nine Nether Manor just to save you, this useless girl?”
My heart sank like a stone as a chill ran from my feet to the top of my head. “What… what are you saying?”
“Can’t you understand?” Bai Jingshu scoffed, his tone dripping with mockery. “You are not the Cold Jade Waste Veins! You are the spawn left behind by that wretched Shangguan Ningxue, bearing the unique Heart Flame Spirit Bone! This is a legendary bloodline that rivals gods and demons!”
Shangguan Ningxue… Heart Flame Spirit Bone… spawn? The information overwhelmed me, leaving me momentarily speechless.
“The old fools at Lingxiao Pavilion only know this bloodline is cursed and want to crush you in your cradle—how foolish!” Bai Jingshu’s eyes sparkled with madness. “Only I know! Only I! As long as I seize your spirit bone, I will ascend to greatness and become the strongest person in this world! What Li Ye Jin? What Nine Nether Manor? They will all crawl at my feet!”
I felt as if struck by lightning, staggering back in disbelief as I looked at this familiar yet unfamiliar person before me. “So… you’ve known all along? You approached me and treated me well just for… for my spirit bone?”
“Why else?” Bai Jingshu laughed cruelly. “Did you really think that with your meager beauty and pitiful attachment, you could make me, Bai Jingshu, see you differently? If it weren’t for your spirit bone, you would have been dealt with by those elders at Lingxiao Pavilion long ago!”
Years of trust and reliance collapsed in an instant! The salvation I had viewed as light was merely a meticulously crafted deception! All my gratitude and admiration were just pieces in his scheme!
“Come now, my dear junior sister.” Bai Jingshu stepped closer, his eyes filled with insatiable greed. “Hand over your spirit bone obediently; it will fulfill my grand path! This is the only contribution you can make as this useless girl!”
The runes on the Blood-Soaked Altar suddenly glowed brightly as an evil force locked onto me instantly. Despair and the pain of betrayal pierced through my heart like the sharpest blade, leaving it shattered beyond repair.
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