Everyone looked at True Person Huang Long coldly, their eyes full of suspicion.
They had all heard his screams with their own ears.
After they had insulted Ye Changqing so badly, how could the Jie Sect disciples have let him go so easily?
True Person Huang Long had neither a magic treasure nor divine abilities. How had he escaped Three Immortal Island?
"Are you doubting me?"
True Person Huang Long glared furiously and demanded.
"Heh, we never said that..."
Ju Liusun denied it, but his half-smiling expression said everything.
True Person Huang Long felt anger burning inside him. After so many years of walking on eggshells in the Chan Sect, he still couldn't earn even the slightest bit of trust.
Just as he was about to erupt, Daoist Randeng spoke up!
"Huang Long, I do have a way to prove your loyalty to the Chan Sect and our teacher..."
"Would you be willing to try it?"
True Person Huang Long agreed without hesitation. Without his status as a Chan Sect disciple, he was nothing.
Daoist Randeng glanced at Grand Master Xuandu, who immediately understood.
He reached into his robes, pulled out a pitch-black pill, and handed it to True Person Huang Long.
The pill was called the Soul Scattering Pill. Anyone who took it would have their soul scattered within a quarter of an hour.
As long as Venerable Primordial or Laozi used their powers to obscure the heavenly secrets, Ye Changqing would die without anyone knowing how it happened.
"Use whatever means you can to make Ye Changqing swallow it!"
"From now on, you'll be our benefactor."
Daoist Randeng smiled as he spoke.
"Of course... everyone has their own aspirations."
"If you're unwilling, we won't force you."
"But we'll report all the many suspicious details to our venerable master."
True Person Huang Long looked at the pill in his hand and gave a bitter laugh.
Did he have a choice?
He turned to look toward Three Immortal Island, his expression complicated.
At that moment, Ye Changqing's words came back to him.
"You're having a hard time in the Chan Sect, aren't you?"
True Person Huang Long gritted his teeth and flew off with the pill, heading back the way he had come.
Ye Changqing was already gravely wounded and didn't have much time left. He might as well let him help bring about his release.
After True Person Huang Long left, Daoist Randeng, Grand Master Xuandu, and the remaining Eleven Golden Immortals all smiled for some inexplicable reason.
A benefactor?
No. He was just a blade for killing!
And one they could discard whenever they wished...
On Three Immortal Island, Zhao Gongming and San Xiao couldn't understand Ye Changqing's decision either.
They had already caught True Person Huang Long. Why had they let him go so easily?
Ye Changqing only smiled and left them guessing.
They would understand in time!
"Huang Long has come to pay his respects to Senior Disciple Brother Ye!"
Before long, True Person Huang Long's voice rang out again from beyond Three Immortal Island.
A streak of golden light shot out from the island and transformed into a golden road.
Countless phantoms danced along its sides. Ethereal immortal music rang out as flowers rained down from the sky.
Walking along such a road, True Person Huang Long felt almost overwhelmed by the honor.
Senior Disciple Brother Ye didn't seem like a bad person. In fact, he treated him far better than anyone else in the Chan Sect did.
When had True Person Huang Long ever received such a welcome in the Chan Sect?
His gaze wavered again and again, until at last he let out a sigh.
In San Xiao's abode, True Person Huang Long saw Ye Changqing once more.
His face was deathly pale, and he looked extremely weak.
True Person Huang Long sighed inwardly. Even without taking the Soul Scattering Pill, Ye Changqing wouldn't last much longer.
By doing this, he was simply helping him find release sooner. That explanation was enough to convince himself in an instant.
He looked around. Seeing neither Zhao Gongming nor San Xiao, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Without a hint of shame, True Person Huang Long took out the Soul Scattering Pill and offered it to Ye Changqing, claiming it was a miracle medicine for treating injuries.
Ye Changqing hesitated when he took the pill, but still chose to trust him and swallowed it in one gulp.
At that moment, Yellow Dragon Daoist's heart ached. It was the last scrap of conscience he had left, stirring inside him.
"Senior Disciple Brother Ye trusted me so much, and I'm no better than an animal..."
The thought had barely surfaced before he quickly suppressed it.
Ye Changqing had been perfectly fine, but the moment he took the pill, his expression changed drastically and his body began to convulse violently.
True Person Huang Long watched helplessly as his Primordial Spirit scattered. A large tear rolled down from the corner of his eye.
Ye Changqing lay on the bamboo chair, gradually losing all signs of life, as if he had merely fallen asleep.
After making absolutely sure that nothing could go wrong, True Person Huang Long quickly fled toward Kunlun Mountain.
He had only just escaped Three Immortal Island when he heard a sorrowful cry behind him.
"Senior Brother!"
"Senior Brother..."
Then came the furious roars of Zhao Gongming and San Xiao.
"Stop right there!"
How could True Person Huang Long dare hesitate? He fled with all his strength.
Once he reached Kunlun Mountain and the Jade Void Palace, Venerable Primordial would naturally stand up for him.
And from then on, the Chan Sect disciples would never look down on him again.
Whoosh!
The Twenty-Four Sea-Calming Divine Pearls came hurtling toward the back of his head with tremendous force.
The Golden Flood Dragon Scissors transformed into two intertwining flood dragons and pursued him from behind.
True Person Huang Long didn't dare let his thoughts wander again. He summoned every last ounce of strength to use his escape technique, dodging danger again and again.
Only when he had reached the Primordial World and saw that no one was pursuing him did he slow down and gasp for breath.
He looked at his palms. They seemed to be covered in blood.
He had killed Ye Changqing!
He had killed Ye Changqing, the man who had kept them all from drawing breath for tens of thousands of years!
The sudden sense of accomplishment made him throw back his head and laugh.
Once he had calmed down, True Person Huang Long didn't dare delay any longer. He became a streak of light, cut across the sky, and landed on Kunlun Mountain.
Daoist Randeng and the others had been waiting outside the Jade Void Palace for some time.
"Is Ye Changqing really dead?"
They looked at True Person Huang Long, who wore a triumphant expression, hardly daring to believe it.
When they heard that Ye Changqing had taken the pill himself and died, they couldn't help laughing too.
"Hahaha!"
"Ye Changqing, oh, Ye Changqing. You brought this on yourself..."
But when True Person Huang Long suggested that they report Ye Changqing's death to Venerable Primordial together, the smiles on Daoist Randeng and the other Eleven Golden Immortals' faces vanished at once.
"I just had a sudden realization. I'll take my leave first!"
"There's a batch of pills brewing in my cave. You'll have to excuse me!"
"I have an appointment to keep. Until next time!"
In the blink of an eye, everyone had left. True Person Huang Long was the only one left.
He was still too naive!
Not only that, but the doors of the Jade Void Palace were tightly shut. He couldn't see Venerable Primordial at all.
True Person Huang Long stood there in a daze. In the end, he had placed his trust in the wrong people!
By the time he thought again of Ye Changqing's kindness, it was too late for regret...
All he could do was sigh, summon his crane, and ride it back to his abode.
On Three Immortal Island, Ye Changqing, who had supposedly died, suddenly opened his eyes and tossed the Soul Scattering Pill to Zhao Gongming and San Xiao.
"Did you see?"
"This is the true face of Chan Sect disciples!"
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