After Returning from a Faked Death, My Crazed, Rebellious Disciple Forced His Love Upon Me - Chapter 14

After everything had settled, Ji Chen pretended as if he had just rushed to the scene. He crouched down in front of Yuan Yi and asked with concern, “Brother Yuan, are you alright?”

Seeing Ji Chen’s face, Yuan Yi finally emerged slightly from his state of shock. He asked in confusion, “Brother Ji, why are you here?”

“I, I also happened to escape to this area. I was attracted by a golden light and came over to see what happened, then I saw you.”

Ji Chen was not foolish enough to say he had come to capture him. Yuan Yi did not harbor the slightest suspicion. He grabbed Ji Chen’s hand excitedly, his words becoming incoherent. “Just now, that golden sword light, did you see it too? I thought it was my hallucination. It was too staggering!”

Ji Chen nodded. “Yes, I saw it. It was indeed incredibly powerful.”

“But which sword-wielding master is nearby? Was he trying to help me, or did he simply want to eliminate a traitor?”

“A traitor?” Although Ji Chen already knew the truth, he pretended to be ignorant. “What traitor?”

“To be honest with you.”

Yuan Yi probably sensed that Ji Chen was an honest person, so he told him the truth. “I am actually the Right Protector serving the Demon Venerable. I am sorry for hiding my identity from you.”

“The Right Protector?” Ji Chen continued to act surprised.

Yuan Yi finally decided to reveal the entire story.

“Sigh, it is all my fault for being momentarily confused. Wanting to share the burdens of His Lordship, I secretly conspired with the Great Elder of the Blue Moon Sect. I used spirit stones to bribe him so he would betray the Blue Moon Sect and give me their intelligence.”

“It was precisely because of that intelligence that I led a group of demon cultivators and nearly wiped out the entire Blue Moon Sect.”

“But when His Lordship found out, he said I was colluding with the Immortal Path. Without listening to any explanation, he sentenced me to death.”

“Originally, I was supposed to die. It was thanks to meeting you that I managed to escape.”

“But as soon as I fled here, I was found by that Great Elder of the Blue Moon Sect. He was afraid that if I lived, I would expose his betrayal, so he tried to kill me to silence me.”

“That man is at least a Mahayana stage sword cultivator. I could not beat him. If that golden light had not saved me, I would definitely be dead.”

“I guess it must have been some Great Power from an Immortal Sect who learned of his betrayal and stepped in to punish the traitor, saving my life as a byproduct.”

After listening to the sequence of events, Ji Chen naturally continued his act and offered a cooperative guess, “Perhaps the person who saved you was the Sect Master of the Blue Moon Sect.”

“That is definitely not the case.” Yuan Yi waved his hand with a look of certainty. “The Sect Master and the Great Elder of the Blue Moon Sect are at about the same level. He definitely could not have caused the earth-shaking commotion we just witnessed.”

“Then it might be my Sect Leader, Xue Wuxi. He is a Sword Immortal.”

“Even less likely.” Yuan Yi was even more certain than before. “Xue Wuxi has a water spiritual root with an ice attribute. Just like his master, the Sword Ancestor, he would not produce such a golden sword light.”

Xue Wuxi’s spiritual root was indeed identical to Ji Chen’s, and even the attribute of his sword qi was exactly the same. Therefore, since Xue Wuxi was ruled out, he certainly would not suspect the Sword Ancestor.

But just as Ji Chen thought this, he was proven wrong.

Yuan Yi, now like a curious child determined to get to the bottom of things, rubbed his chin and fell into a state of self-doubt. “Could it be that the old Sword Ancestor has been reborn into the world?”

Ji Chen was speechless.

“That is unlikely, right? Did you not say my Sect Leader and the Sword Ancestor share the same spiritual root? Besides, he has been missing for so many years. He would not show up specifically for a traitor.”

“But the power of that sword strike just now is something only the Sword Ancestor could achieve,” Yuan Yi insisted. “Perhaps the Sword Ancestor finished cultivating the other four roots long ago. If he can use sword qi of all attributes, he could produce a golden light.”

Inwardly, Ji Chen just wanted to laugh. Although he was very formidable, he was not that formidable. Cultivating all five elements? Not even the Heavens could achieve that.

That golden light actually came from the “Gilded Sword” itself. It had nothing to do with his spiritual root. Furthermore, he did not even have a spiritual root.

“Alright, let us not dwell on this. You are heavily injured. How about you come back to Jiulu City with me? Get your wounds treated before you leave.”

Ji Chen had not forgotten the mission Guitong gave him. It was also his only way to stay alive. Although he felt a bit sorry for Yuan Yi, human instinct is to survive. Ji Chen was afraid of death, especially dying at the hands of Guitong; that man was already insane and would surely be an expert at torture.

Yuan Yi thought Ji Chen was truly worried about his injuries and agreed without a second thought. “Fine, I will go back to treat the wounds before leaving.”

Ji Chen realized that Yuan Yi’s intelligence was truly lacking. Even if Guitong had not sent Ji Chen to catch him, would the Demon Venerable not know he had escaped? To dare to go back for medical treatment, did he think everyone else was blind?

However, Ji Chen did not want to remind Yuan Yi. This outcome suited him perfectly anyway.

Supporting his injured body, Yuan Yi slowly stood up. The blood from his abdomen was still flowing. He stumbled forward two steps, then turned back to Ji Chen. “I have a good brother in the city. He will never betray my whereabouts, and he will definitely help me heal.”

Ji Chen followed and asked, “You are going back to find him?”

“Yes, he is the only one I can rely on now.”

“What is his name?”

“Kui Mu.”

Kui Mu?!

Ji Chen’s heart panicked for a moment. He remembered that the man he had a drinking bet with was called “Brother Kui” by his lackeys.

It could not be such a coincidence that they were the same person, could it?

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