Mixed Emotions
Anyone could sense the fury in Ye Zichen's indifferent tone.
That was for sure!
He'd treated others with sincerity, yet he'd been played like a fiddle. If it was anyone else, it would be difficult for them to maintain a calm heart.
"Brother Ye, don't believe that witch's nonsense!" shouted Pang Zheng.
"So you're saying Xue Mo and the others went to the secret realm, right?"
Ye Zichen smiled at Pang Zheng. The instant he nodded, Ye Zichen slammed the table beside him, shattering it.
"Even now, you're still trying to trick me?"
In an instant, countless Upheaval Alliance members gathered outside the hall.
Pu Jingwan, Yang Jian, the Great Sage, and the others were among them. They stared in shock at the shattered table, then at the heavy atmosphere. They couldn't help but glance at each other.
After exchanging a few glances, they silently walked in from the outside.
They stood by Ye Zichen's side.
In truth, Ye Zichen already knew what was going on. As soon as the Holy Maiden of the Nine Li told him about Xue Mo's injuries, he could tell whether she was telling the truth or Jiang Yong and the others.
It wasn't that he wanted to believe the worst possible outcome, but that Jiang Yong and the others had been acting very unnatural.
That unnaturalness had been imprinted in Ye Zichen's heart, making it impossible for him to trust anything they said.
Pang Zheng and the others were terrified. Even Xiao Yumei couldn't help but frown. It'd been a hundred years since she'd last seen Ye Zichen, but she firmly believed that her understanding of him wouldn't diminish with time.
He was furious, and his anger was unmistakable!
She really wanted to know what they and that woman had said to make Ye Zichen go this far.
"Brother Ye, I'm sorry …." Jiang Wei said apologetically.
"Jiang Wei, I never would have guessed you'd step into these muddy waters too," laughed Ye Zichen.
"I didn't either. Given my personality, I wouldn't have bothered getting involved," said Jiang Wei with a bitter smile. "But as you can see, I got involved anyway."
"Hah …." Ye Zichen sneered.
"We really did lie to you, but please believe me when I say we had good intentions," said Jiang Yong.
"I don't want to hear any of this." Ye Zichen decisively interrupted Jiang Yong. "I want to know how Xue Mo is right now."
In an instant, everyone fell silent.
Wasn't this silence a form of response? Now it seemed that the Nine Li's Holy Maiden wasn't exaggerating at all when she said that Xue Mo was nearly beaten to death.
It was true, and Xue Mo was still in critical condition.
His life and death were unknown!
For some reason, Ye Zichen thought back to everything he'd gone through with Xue Mo. Most likely, he'd joined Anti-Upheaval because Xue Mo had coerced him into it. At the time, his crystal card was in her hands.
Afterwards, it was time to recruit new members for the society. In order to carry out Xue Mo's orders, he transformed into an excavator.
At that point, the way Ye Zichen saw it, the woman was very sly and shameless.
She'd tossed him the priceless ten-thousand-year black jade without so much as batting an eye. When they faced the Subterranean Beast, she'd used her body to block a fatal blow for him. In the end, she'd even laughed and scolded him. Can't you be more serious? If you die, I'll be in deep trouble.
Afterward, she'd completely disregarded her own injuries and left him a pill. Then, with her dagger in hand, she glared at Ye Zichen with her fiercest gaze.
Then, there was her determination to save Murong Xue and Jiang Yong. When they were trapped in the sea of beasts, Ye Zichen took the initiative to stay behind and bring up the rear.
Compared to being trapped in the sea of beasts, Xue Mo was far more anxious and desperate to find Ye Zichen. That was because he believed that Ye Zichen would definitely bring people to save him.
In short, she was cunning and willful, like most girls, but also hot-blooded and responsible.
Ye Zichen had long since viewed her as a brother. He'd even thought of pulling her over to be the deputy leader of the Upheaval Alliance once it was over. Then, he'd use his position as the leader to suppress her and get his revenge.
Someone had almost beaten him to death.
Hah ….
"Who did it? What's going on? Tell me …"
The crowd remained silent. The way Jiang Wei and the others saw it, all they could do was wait in silence. But they'd forgotten that Ye Zichen had the Nine Li's Holy Maiden by his side. Even if they didn't say anything ….
"I'll talk!"
To everyone's surprise, the one to speak up wasn't the Holy Maiden, but rather … Murong Xue.
Murong Xue's eyes were bloodshot. She'd truly been tormented these past few days. Now that Ye Zichen knew the truth of the matter, she felt sorry for not being able to keep Xue Mo's secret. However, a raging fire burned in her heart.
The fire of vengeance!
She'd watched helplessly as that person beat Xue Mo to the brink of death. She'd watched as that person grabbed Xue Mo by the head and threw her to the ground, his eyes filled with disdain.
She hated herself for being so weak and powerless. She hated that she couldn't avenge Xue Mo herself.
Her emotions had been so complicated. While she blamed herself, she'd hoped …. Someone would be able to kill that bastard.
Even now, that was the case.
Before Ye Zichen found out, she'd done everything in her power to hide everything from Xue Mo. But now that he knew ….
"What do you want to hear? I'll tell you everything."
"Everything!"
"Alright."
Murong Xue didn't hesitate. Despite everyone else's objections, her eyes flashed with fury, and she clenched her fists.
"During the fourth round of the Battle of Geniuses, we were assigned to a secret realm. There is a great treasure in the Mystic Realm, a sword. "
Murong Xue didn't bother to disguise or disguise anything. She told them everything that had happened.
The general gist of it was that whoever remained in the secret realm would get the sword. In the end, three people remained. Two of them were Murong Xue and Xue Mo, while the third ….
His surname was Bai.
Bai Yulong.
At the time, Murong Xue was heavily injured. Xue Mo was worried about her safety, so she crushed the talisman for her.
She and Bai Yulong entered the finals.
Prior to the finals, Bai Yulong had never revealed any of his true strength. Practically no one paid him any attention. Xue Mo and the others even wondered how he'd made it to the finals.
But in the finals, he'd shown everyone what it meant to be overwhelmed by fear.
The finals lasted ten minutes, and the two of them had only fought for five ….
Or perhaps it was more accurate to say that Xue Mo had been one-sidedly crushed.
Five minutes.
Xue Mo even activated the power of her bloodline, but she'd still been beaten black and blue. She tried to crush the talisman several times, but Bai Yulong restrained her every time.
He wouldn't let her withdraw.
He left Xue Mo ….
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