Schemes and Missed Moments

The sound of dripping water filled the dungeon, and the chilly drops fell one by one onto Gu Huaiwei's face, slowly waking him from his unconscious state.

The unfamiliar scene before him stunned Gu Huaiwei for a moment, but he quickly recalled the scene he had seen before he lost consciousness— Jiulian was waving her fan and approaching him step by step, and even gave Sang Ying an affectionate smile.

He struggled to reach out and touch Sang Ying, but she avoided him with obvious disgust.

Before losing all consciousness, he heard Jiang Zhuoxue say sarcastically, "Take him back; he can be locked up with that imposter."

Based on this, it seems this place is probably some kind of dungeon.

Gu Huaiwei tried to move her limbs, but not only could she not move her hands and feet, a series of soft tinkling sounds rang out.

He looked up at his hands; the strong chains bound his hands and feet tightly, making it impossible for Gu Huaiwei to move.

He subconsciously tried to activate the Demonic Qi within his body, but only felt as if his bones and muscles were being shattered, making Gu Huaiwei unable to muster any more thoughts of resistance.

His Demonic Qi was sealed, that was Gu Huaiwei's first reaction. Without the protection of Demonic Qi, his lower body, which had sunk into the black water, was instantly enveloped in a chill.

The biting cold gradually eroded his consciousness, causing his teeth to chatter uncontrollably.

So this is what it feels like to be thrown into a water dungeon? Gu Huaiwei remembered that Sang Ying had been treated the same way before.

Even he, a man, found it unbearable. At that time, when she was sent to the water dungeon by her master and close elders of the sect, was she even more distressed and in pain than he was?

Gu Huaiwei dared not think any further; he was afraid he would go crazy.

"What, you can't even handle this little bit of pain?" The mocking voice pulled Gu Huaiwei back to reality.

He looked up and saw that Qi Yaoji, who was only a few iron bars away from him, was also tightly bound.

Her face hadn't changed back; she still looked like Sang Ying. However, with this face, Qi Yaoji didn't evoke any goodwill in Gu Huaiwei.

The return of her memories brought back many things that Gu Huaiwei had never paid attention to before, the most important of which was Qi Yaoji's mysteriously originating body.

"You failed," Gu Huaiwei, as if offering a reminder.

Upon hearing this, Qi Yaoji secretly rolled her eyes. "I failed, and you didn't escape from the Flowing Light Sword Sect either, did you? But I really didn't expect you to have such a face."

Heaven knows how shocked Qi Yaoji was when Elder Yanhua and the others imprisoned Gu Huaiwei in the water dungeon and told her that this was the moment the Demon Lord Fusheng.

She was very familiar with this face; after all, it was hidden inside Su Fuyun's jade pendant and had been with Gu Huaiwei for over ten years.

However, Qi Yaoji did not show anything wrong. She could tell that Gu Huaiwei had probably experienced something unusual and had long since lost his memories. Otherwise, he would not have been so calm after seeing her in the body of his beloved disciple Su Fuyun, nor would he have fallen for the disciple he had once betrayed.

Thinking this, Qi Yaoji changed the subject and asked, "You've been captured, what about the rest of the demon army?"

Qi Yaoji was imprisoned in a water dungeon long after her identity was exposed.

She had heard quite a commotion outside these past few days. At first, she still held onto hope for Gu Huaiwei, hoping that he could conquer the Flowing Light Sword Sect and rescue her.

When Qi Yaoji saw Gu Huaiwei being dragged in and tied up like a dead dog yesterday, she realized that she probably couldn't count on him at all.

However, she did not admit defeat. Even if Gu Huaiwei lost, as long as her master was still alive, she would have a chance to be rescued!

Gu Huaiwei could easily tell that Qi Yaoji was trying to probe him.

He didn't want to pay any attention to this person, but then he remembered that the person's body originally belonged to Su Fuyun, and there was probably some inside story behind it, perhaps related to Su Fuyun seizing the opportunity to become his disciple.

Gu Huaiwei's eyes flickered. "They lost. Apart from those who besieged the Myriad Phenomena Sect, the rest were annihilated by the Flowing Light Sword Sect and the heavenly tribulation they attracted."

His voice was light and airy, but it sounded incredibly heavy to Qi Yaoji.

Qi Yaoji pursed her lips, her heart pounding wildly. "You mean, besides those still at the Myriad Phenomena Sect, all those millions of demons who previously trapped the Flowing Light Sword Sect, along with the six demon generals, are gone?!"

"Fan Nanjun probably still around, but he said he was going to find some kind of Devil Dragon, and he's nowhere to be seen now. I'm afraid your plans are going to fall through." Gu Huaiwei chuckled at the end, looking somewhat gloating.

Qi Yaoji was furious at his attitude. Didn't he consider that they were both in the same boat, and if something happened to her, he wouldn't be any better off?

But Gu Huaiwei clearly didn't care about any of that at the moment. He tentatively asked, "You can even change your appearance, so you can't escape a small water dungeon?"

"What do you know? I've been scheming for this body for over ten years, and it should have been mine all along!" Qi Yaoji realized she shouldn't have spoken after saying that.

She glanced at Gu Huaiwei, afraid that she might have noticed something amiss on his face.

Fortunately, Gu Huaiwei seemed to have no memory of the past at all, and her expression remained unchanged, which relieved Qi Yaoji.

"In short, we must find a way to escape as soon as possible; we can't just sit here and wait to die." Qi Yaoji quietly changed the subject.

Her gaze shifted away out of guilt, which caused Qi Yaoji to miss the momentary madness in Gu Huaiwei's eyes.

Qi Yaoji had been plotting for over a decade, so she already knew of Su Fuyun's existence when Su Fuyun was a child. Could it be that she was the one who brought Su Fuyun to a place she shouldn't have, and stole what didn't belong to her?

Gu Huaiwei hadn't noticed these details before, but now, looking back, she realized they were full of suspicious points.

Back then, Su Fuyun was just an ordinary farm girl. How did she, a little girl who had never even left her own village, end up in the mountains so far from the Su family home, and just happen to be seen by him at the perfect time?

Without a doubt, this was all a deliberate scheme by someone.

It's just unknown whether Qi Yaoji or someone else was the mastermind behind this.

Gu Huaiwei his eyes, trying to recall the person's appearance, but he could only see a blurry figure, and the other person's face remained a blank.

That's incredibly meticulous!

Gu Huaiwei sighed, then silently lowered his head and said nothing more.

Above the water prison, the former Flowing Light Sword Sect had been reduced to a flat area. Sang Ying and the others carefully cleared the ruins, searching for anything still usable.

They hadn't expected the lightning tribulation to be so powerful, destroying the entire immortal mountain, but the water prison hidden underground in the sect remained intact, providing them with a place to imprison Gu Huaiwei and the others.

As for Sang Zheng and his wife, they did not participate in the reconstruction work. He was taking his dao companion to see the Sword Sect Master one last time.

A note from the author:

I'll be done with work tomorrow, and then I can catch up on the updates from the past two days.

Thank you everyone for your support, see you tomorrow!