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Countless dazzling rays of light descended from the sky, almost piercing her. Zhu Yan’s body became lighter and she instantly soared up in the clouds before being thrown away heavily to the ground, landing in a terrible tumble.

“Ungrateful feral girl!” A black robe fluttering hauntingly appeared in her upside-down vision, “Looking for death?”

It was the Grand Master! At the last moment, the old man appeared on the Terrace of Forgetfulness, grabbing Zhu Yan and throwing her far away – the five thunderbolts that descended with a blast all struck the body of Shi Ying, instantly engulfing that scarlet-colored dress completely!

“Master… Master!” She crumbled to the ground, shouting her heart out.

“Yelling for what?” The Grand Master hurled her down, speaking in a cold, sarcastic tone, “He’s only taken the five lightning strikes of the Heavenly Punishment, he won’t die.”

What? Zhu Yan froze for a moment and glanced up at the old man in front of her – it was the first time she was seeing again this unfathomable old man after their farewell at the top of the White Tower. Yet every time she would see him, her heart would tighten and she would tremble in fear, as if she had seen the Lord of Hell.

The Grand Master grimaced and turned around without looking at her, and just walked up and leaned over to check on Shi Ying’s injuries with a gloomy expression.

Even with his extraordinary cultivation level, he still suffered extremely severe injuries: all his limbs and bones were broken, and there was hardly an inch of skin and flesh left intact on his entire body. The final thunderbolt had crushed his three souls and seven spirits, shattered his Ocean of Qi, damaged his vital energy, and destroyed his entire lifelong cultivation!

At the age of five, he became a disciple and withdrew from the world to cultivate, but such a one in a lifetime genius in the magic arts has now been destroyed.

At the thought of this, the Grand Master couldn’t help but feel a surge of anger in his heart. He looked up at the young girl and snapped, “What are you still doing here? Why don’t you go back to the Red King’s Palace? Where is the Jade Bone? Why is it still on your head and why haven’t you returned it to him?”

“I…” Zhu Yan received the scolding from the old man with a glare, “I was worried…”

“It’s not your turn to be concerned.” With an icy tone, the Grand Master picked up the unconscious Shi Ying from the ground and made him rest on his knees, sitting on the Terrace of Forgetfulness, raising his arms and placing two jade slips, one white and one black, into his hands simultaneously. Then he took out a box from his bosom, opened it and placed all the contents on the ground.

He must have come prepared, the box was full of medicines and there was a huge variety of them.

The Grand Master poured a purple elixir into Shi Ying’s mouth and fed him some water. He also dispensed several golden pills, crushed them together in the palm of his hand and applied them over several of his major acupuncture points in a very swift manner. Finally, raising his hand, he quickly sealed his Ocean of Qi to consolidate his Primordial Spirit.

Only when everything was done the elder turned back to look at her, sneering, “Why aren’t you leaving?”

As Zhu Yan watched him saving her Master, her heart gradually calmed down and slowly she restored her mind considerably. After a moment of silence, she finally couldn’t help but feel resentful, stomping her foot and speaking out loud, “Why do you keep insisting on driving me away? Am I really going to cause my Master’s death? Wouldn’t be possible that you are mistaken?”

Hearing such words, the Grand Master gave her a slightly stunned look, and for a second an insightful cold grin surfaced on the corners of his lips, “What, now that everything has come to this point, seeing that Shi Ying has come back to life, you are thinking to backtrack? You don’t believe if I tell you that you will not be able to leave alive this Meng Hua Peak?”

“I’m not afraid of you!” Sensing the killing intent in the heart of her opponent, Zhu Yan stood defiant, “You can’t kill me either – Master has said that the Star Soul Blood Oath has linked our lives together, if you kill me, he will die as well!”

“Heh… well played.” The Grand Master appeared to be stupefied by her eloquence, and surveyed her from head to toe for a long time before asking, “But why are you unwilling to leave him? Is it because you can’t let go?”

Zhu Yan stuttered for a moment, unable to speak.

She only knew that she didn’t want to accept this outcome, to be separated and never see each other again, but she never questioned herself precisely about which reason she had for feeling this way.

“Hah… I knew it, you actually love him.” The Grand Master examined her and grimaced, “I knew it the moment I saw you in the Star Ocean Cloud Pavilion.”

“No… that’s not it!” She subconsciously denied, “He is my Master…”

“The greatest source of power in the Star Soul Blood Oath is the love within one’s heart. No one would want to sacrifice their life to bring back someone they don’t love.” The Grand Master gazed at her, his eyes intensely insightful, “Perhaps you are not even aware of your own feelings – but when you made that decision, everything became clear. There is no need to deny it.”

“…” She remained speechless, looking at Shi Ying in the distance, only to feel her heart pounding like a drum.

“Unfortunately, Shi Ying is not aware of that yet, is he? He grew up to be an outstanding person, and he is excellent in everything, but he is inferior to the ordinary people when it comes to understand feelings of love and affection.” The Grand Master sighed and also turned his head to look at the unconscious and unaware Shi Ying that was sleeping on the terrace and suddenly remarked, “It is also fortunate that this is the case… otherwise everything would be troublesome.”

Zhu Yan was standing there, her face blushing into bright red before she suddenly mustered up enough courage and raised her head to look at the Grand Master, “Yes, I don’t want to leave Master!… You are so skillful, is there any way to resolve all this and keep me from becoming a calamity into his destiny?”

The Grand Master paused for a moment, his face darkening as a hint of anger and murderous intent suddenly crossed his lips, “I’ve known for a long time that you, little girl, would turn against me…”

He took out something from his bosom and put it in front of Zhu Yan: “Therefore, I requested this decree from the emperor!”

In that instant, the young girl froze in shock, her eyes widening in disbelief.

“The Red Clan has failed to live up to the Grace of Heaven and acted rebelliously. For a hundred years, they have collaborated with the Restoration Army and committed countless treasonous crimes – the Red King and his wife are to be executed by having their bodies split into five by horses, and their entire family is to be exterminated!”

“You…” Zhu Yan stared blankly at the decree for over half a minute before raising her head and glancing at the Grand Master as if she were looking at a monster, she yelled furiously, “You actually… actually asked the emperor to issue such an edict? You bastard!”

She fiercely reached out and tried to tear up the imperial edict, but with a flick of his sleeve, the Grand Master instantly tucked it back, with an expression of seriousness: “What kind of nonsense is this to mislead the people? Is it not true that the Leader of the Restoration Army, Zhi Yuan, has been living in the Red King’s Mansion for years? Is it not true that the Red Clan has been sheltering the traitor for generations? In this rebellion, you even personally took action against the Celestial Army! Based on all this, is the decree to exterminate your entire family really to be considered unjust?”

“…” Zhu Yan became speechless for a moment, and only felt her entire body trembling.

“This decree, even if Shi Ying himself were to read it, would have nothing to retort.” The Grand Master spoke evasively, “He has been clear and fair and unforgiving throughout his life, and with the facts in front of him, even if he were unwilling in his heart, he would never try to absolve you – I think you wouldn’t want to put him in this predicament, would you?”

“…” Zhu Yan knew that he was telling the truth, and her heart sunk slowly.

Yes, because sheltering the sharks, her clan, the Red Clan, had a weakness, especially since she had committed so many crimes, and at this moment she was being pinned down by this old man, unable to budge at all.

When he saw her expression changing from anger to dismay, the sneer in his eyes intensified – after all, she was still young, extremely rich, and had never seen the bright and dark side of the outside world, but this little girl had retreated as soon as he spoke to her.

“The moment this decree is issued, your father, your mother, and practically all your family members will be immediately slaughtered to death.” The Grand Master’s voice was terrifying, as he continued, “Don’t think I’m just trying to frighten you, the day you will see the Red King’s head hanging above the Celestial Wind City, you will know that none of my words were deceitful!”

Zhu Yan gritted her teeth, unable to speak.

The Grand Master laughed coldly, “Now, are you brave enough to backtrack? Do you dare to use the lives of your entire clan to wrestle with your little delusion?”

Zhu Yan’s face turned pale, and gradually the anger in her heart finally dissipated as she bowed her head in defeat.

“I’ll give you one last chance: leave the Jade Bone behind, go back to the Red King’s Mansion, and never meet Shi Ying again. All that happened in the past will be written off.” The Grand Master’s voice was glacial, “Your parents loves you very much, and I believe you don’t want to get them all killed for a little selfishness of your own, do you?”

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