After Faking Her Death and Escaping, the Junior Sister Fell to the Demonic Path - Chapter 37

Qin Qingyi galloped, carrying Zhou Zhixue. With the Elder’s token in hand, she flew out of the Sword Gate without any hindrance.

She had already planned it yesterday.

The worst-case scenario was taking her Little Junior Sister back to the demon clan.

If her Martial Aunts or others came looking, so be it. The demon clan had so many Great Demons; she didn’t believe she couldn’t protect her Little Junior Sister.

The surrounding scenery changed again and again, and they were getting farther and farther from the Sword Gate.

For some reason, no one pursued them from behind.

The child in her arms hadn’t spoken, and Qin Qingyi thought she was too scared. She was about to lower her head to comfort her when she heard:

“Senior Sister, stop.”

Qin Qingyi thought she was holding her too tightly and quickly loosened her grip: “What’s wrong?”

“Is the embrace uncomfortable?”

Zhou Zhixue shook her head: “Senior Sister, you shouldn’t have taken me away.”

“I have already decided to cultivate the Ruthless Dao.”

The Unstained Sword stopped, hovering in the air.

Qin Qingyi was in disbelief: “What did you say?”

Then, as if she had thought of something, she frowned and asked:

“Were you coerced by Master or Martial Aunts? If so, you don’t need to be afraid. Senior Sister will guarantee your safety.”

Although the demon clan lives in seclusion, they are not powerless. If she wished, she could break through at any time. Not to mention anything else, even if she had to face Master or Martial Aunts, she could hold her own for a few rounds.

Furthermore, with just a command from her, the demon clan would appear by her side in a moment. Even if the Sword Gate’s Ancestor made a move, they wouldn’t be able to stop her from taking a person from the Sword Gate.

Not to mention that they were already far away from the Sword Gate.

But Zhou Zhixue just looked at her, guilty yet resolute: “No, no one coerced me. I did it willingly.”

Qin Qingyi maneuvered the sword to land. She felt she couldn’t reason with her Little Junior Sister: “Among the three thousand Great Daos, which one isn’t better and easier to cultivate than the Ruthless Dao?”

“Why must you choose the Ruthless Dao?!”

Qin Qingyi was annoyed. She risked being chased by her Martial Aunts to run away with someone, only to find out it was all wishful thinking on her part.

The ten days of sleepless nights, worry, and anxiety.

It turns out she was being overly sentimental!!

“Do you know that cultivating the Ruthless Dao will eventually make you not even recognize yourself?”

“Ruthless Dao, Ruthless Dao, why the Ruthless Dao?!”

Qin Qingyi was practically driven mad with anger. She paced back and forth, and when she couldn’t bear the anger, she ran to Zhou Zhixue, clasped her shoulders tightly, and her voice was anxious:

“Do you think the Ruthless Dao is easy to cultivate? Do you think having a Sword Bone means you can do whatever you want?”

“How can such a good thing exist in this world? For hundreds of years, which person who cultivated the Ruthless Dao didn’t die a miserable death? Martial Aunt asking you to cultivate the Ruthless Dao is essentially pushing you into a fire pit.”

She seemed to have thought of a possibility and was suddenly enlightened. Her tone towards Zhou Zhixue became lighter:

“Come with Senior Sister. Senior Sister can definitely protect you for a lifetime. If you want to be a genius, if you want to be the focus of everyone’s attention, you don’t need to cultivate the Ruthless Dao. Senior Sister can also push you to that position of one in ten thousand genius.”

“Senior Sister can also guarantee you that within ten years, you will be the unparalleled young genius in the Profound Heaven Realm!”

The demon clan has plenty of heavenly treasures. She could even pile up a genius with elixirs, not to mention that her Little Junior Sister is already extremely talented and doesn’t need these false external things. Any of the Immortal Gate Secret Arts in the demon clan’s treasury is a highly sought-after item in the outside world.

As long as the Little Junior Sister leaves with her, the world is vast, and there are plenty of places the Sword Gate cannot reach.

Qin Qingyi’s chest rose and fell as she waited for Zhou Zhixue’s answer.

But Zhou Zhixue looked at her apologetically.

That long gaze made Qin Qingyi uneasy.

After a long time, Zhou Zhixue’s lips moved:

“I’m sorry, Senior Sister.”

Sorry?

Qin Qingyi was stunned.

“You don’t want to?”

Zhou Zhixue remained silent.

But silence was the best answer.

So Qin Qingyi understood.

The person didn’t want to go with her and was determined to cultivate the Ruthless Dao.

Qin Qingyi took a step back, feeling absurdly ridiculous for the first time.

She had gone to find Master late last night and only then got some answers to her questions.

For example, why Zhou Zhixue must cultivate the Ruthless Dao.

Because a thousand years ago, Immortal Venerable Wujiu cultivated the Ruthless Dao, ascended in one morning, and all Daos bowed before him.

Since then, the Ruthless Dao was known as the “Number One Dao in the World.”

Until Immortal Venerable Wujiu’s demise, the Ruthless Dao was the first choice for cultivators.

And the Everlasting Joy Sword was the vital weapon left behind by Immortal Venerable Wujiu. It had accompanied Immortal Venerable Wujiu in battles everywhere, slaying demons and defending the Dao, leaving a glorious reputation in the Profound Heaven Realm.

Until Immortal Venerable Wujiu fell, the Everlasting Joy Sword disappeared, but miraculously, within a few decades, the Everlasting Joy Sword reappeared in the Sword Pavilion. No one knew how it returned, and no one could take it away.

So the Everlasting Joy Sword slept in the Sword Pavilion until the Little Junior Sister entered and awakened it.

Everlasting Joy, Everlasting Joy.

Cultivating the Ruthless Dao, how can there be Everlasting Joy?

Zhou Zhixue ultimately went back.

A quarter of an hour later, Shangguan Yu appeared before the two of them and took Zhou Zhixue away.

As for True Person Wen Qing, she looked at her eldest disciple and sighed:

“It’s the path she chose. How can you interfere?”

Qin Qingyi sat cross-legged on the cliff, lowered her eyes, and looked at True Person Wen Qing, sneering:

“Did she truly choose it herself?”

It was nothing more than the pressure from the surroundings, seeing her alone and helpless, and being forced to “voluntarily” choose it.

The so-called righteous immortal sects also have their share of dirty secrets.

“Master, the Sword Gate is nothing like the fun place you used to describe.”

Qin Qingyi closed her eyes, tilting her head slightly. When she opened her eyes again, a hint of demonic energy flowed from the corners of her eyes and brows.

She was originally the young master of the demon clan, the first fox with six tails born in a thousand years. When had she ever suppressed her demonic nature and wholeheartedly treated a child this well?

But it was frustratingly unappreciated. She thought of taking the person back to the demon clan, where she could at least ensure her safety for life, yet the person was determined to pursue the Dao.

And it was the Ruthless Dao.

Boring.

Extremely boring.

A path that will lead to death sooner or later, what’s the point of cultivating it?

She shook her materialized ears and stood up.

The disciple robes of the Hidden Snow Peak she wore were suddenly tinged with demonic energy. Six fox tails swayed in the wind, resembling a cluster of fiercely burning flames.

In an instant, demonic energy soared to the heavens.

This place was already outside the Sword Gate’s territory, so her revealing her true form like this wouldn’t attract onlookers.

“Qingyi…”

True Person Wen Qing called out to her.

Worry was etched on the immortal’s face.

Qin Qingyi raised her hand to stop her, disobeying her Master for the first time in over ten years: “Master, you don’t need to say more.”

She tilted her head. “Your disciple is not an unreasonable person. It was just an impulse. For this escape with my Junior Sister, your disciple will go to the Enforcement Hall to receive punishment.”

With that, she bowed down, giving a formal salute for the first time.

True Person Wen Qing frowned: “Why bother? I never said I would punish you.”

It was only a small matter. If she were truly angry about it, she would have gotten angry a few moments ago, or intervened when she took the person away. Why would she allow them to run to this place?

Furthermore, selfishly speaking, True Person Wen Qing also did not want her Little Disciple to cultivate the Ruthless Dao.

But Qin Qingyi had already made up her mind.

Seeing her so resolute, True Person Wen Qing knew she couldn’t stop her.

When Qin Qingyi emerged from the Enforcement Hall, her back was already covered in blood.

Fleeing the Sword Gate privately was not a minor offense.

Originally, Shangguan Yu had not pursued the matter, even instructing the Enforcement Hall not to execute the punishment, but merely confine her to the Cliff of Contemplation for a few days.

But Qin Qingyi disagreed.

She stubbornly endured fifty lashes and then requested to go to the deepest layer of the Cliff of Contemplation.

It was dark and damp there, perpetually without sunlight and lacking in spiritual energy. She dragged her injured body inside, ignoring the various expressions of those around her, and found a spot in the innermost area to sit down.

She did not treat the bloody lacerations on her back.

By the time Hu Yu and Xie Su found out, she had already stayed in the Cliff of Contemplation for a month and climbed out herself.

“Senior Sister took fifty lashes because of you and stayed in the Cliff of Contemplation for a month. Her wounds haven’t healed yet. Don’t you feel even a little sad?!”

“You heartless monster, Senior Sister was so good to you, and you don’t have an ounce of gratitude. How could Master have accepted you as a disciple?!”

Because of Qin Qingyi’s dispirited look and the wounds that hadn’t healed after a month, Hu Yu was furious and angry, his eyes red.

He rushed to find Zhou Zhixue.

However, although Zhou Zhixue was on Hidden Snow Peak, she was inside her cave dwelling, and an external barrier prevented not only Hu Yu from entering but also Zhou Zhixue from leaving.

She couldn’t even hear any sound.

All she could see was Hu Yu repeatedly hitting and kicking the barrier outside, looking furious and agitated, seemingly saying something.

She asked True Person Wen Qing beside her, “Master, what’s wrong with Senior Brother?”

She looked bewildered.

Since she started cultivating the Ruthless Dao a month ago, she hadn’t left the cave dwelling’s barrier. To quickly comprehend the method, she hadn’t stopped for a moment.

Therefore, she naturally didn’t know about Qin Qingyi going to the Enforcement Hall and enduring fifty lashes.

True Person Wen Qing’s gaze flickered. She knew the reason for Hu Yu’s presence outside, but she wouldn’t reveal the matter.

The first stage of the Ruthless Dao is the most crucial step for entry. Now that Zhou Zhixue has touched that threshold, this is the time when she should be most cautious, calm, and focused.

Informing her of this matter would likely shatter the peace she had just achieved.

“It’s nothing,” True Person Wen Qing said. “He must be looking for me.”

“You should continue to calm your mind and study. I’ll go out and handle it.”

Zhou Zhixue agreed and obediently closed her eyes.

Seeing that she had indeed settled down to meditate, True Person Wen Qing turned and walked towards the outside of the cave dwelling’s barrier.

“Master? Why won’t you let her come out?!”

Seeing only True Person Wen Qing emerge, and the person who should be coming out to be scolded hadn’t appeared, Hu Yu was so angry that he didn’t even want to call her Little Junior Sister.

“Senior Sister suffered such a great offense for her. I just saw her back—those wounds are still bleeding, and her clothes are soaked!”

Hu Yu snorted angrily, unable to resist kicking the cave dwelling’s barrier again: “Senior Sister was so good to her, and in the end, she raised an ungrateful wretch!”

Hearing Hu Yu speak about Qin Qingyi’s injuries, True Person Wen Qing’s heart tightened. She ignored the urge to scold Hu Yu, only telling him to shut up and go back, before hurrying to the disciples’ quarters herself.

“Qingyi!”

She pushed the door open, only to see the person lying on the bed asleep.

True Person Wen Qing lowered her voice and lightened her movements, walking towards the bed.

Her face was pale, her lips chapped, and her tightly furrowed brows indicated that the person was severely injured and in unbearable pain.

“It hurts…”

She was even whimpering in pain in her sleep.

True Person Wen Qing’s heart ached intensely. She reached out and slowly peeled away the tattered clothing, revealing the fierce and unhealed whip marks covering her back.

“Why didn’t you even apply medicine?”

Her eyes were full of distress. She took out an ointment and gently applied it, point by point. The high-quality white jade ointment had a strong effect, and soon the room was filled with the scent of medicine.

Qin Qingyi slowly opened her eyes, mumbling: “Master, you’re here.”