Li Shuang's expression was calm: "Never. I have never stood by and watched Ye Zhaozhao die."
The Xiezhi's eyes glowed red again.
What Li Shuang said was the truth!
Many gazes immediately focused on Ye Zhaozhao.
Ye Zhaozhao's lips trembled. For one, then two seconds, lightning once again coiled around the Xiezhi's horn.
Ye Zhaozhao's heart fluttered with fear, and her voice became sharp: "No, Li Shuang did not stand by and watch me die!"
The lightning disappeared.
The Xiezhi's other eye also lit up with a red glow.
What Ye Zhaozhao said was also the truth.
The lightning did not strike, and Ye Zhaozhao subconsciously let out a sigh of relief. Her injuries were severe, and she truly couldn't withstand another lightning strike.
However.
Before she could fully relax, Ye Zhaozhao remembered something, and her face instantly turned pale.
She looked helplessly towards the audience below.
Over at Lingxu Peak, everyone's gaze towards her was incredibly complex.
Especially True Immortal Lingxu; his face was so dark it looked as if water might drip from it.
"I... I didn't mean to lie, I just..." Ye Zhaozhao instinctively tried to explain.
However, the next moment.
Lightning reappeared and struck Ye Zhaozhao directly.
Ye Zhaozhao trembled all over, and violently spat out a mouthful of fresh blood.
The Xiezhi looked at her expressionlessly: "On the Heart-Probing Platform, lies are not tolerated."
Ye Zhaozhao's heart trembled.
Not just when answering questions, but as long as she was on the Heart-Probing Platform, no lies were tolerated?
"Extract relevant memories from both parties and make them public to all," the Xiezhi's voice fell.
Then.
A ball of light emerged from both Li Shuang and Ye Zhaozhao, respectively. Then, an image reappeared in the air.
The beginning of the scene was from Ye Zhaozhao's perspective.
Ye Zhaozhao hid in a corner, looking towards the peak.
A cold glint flashed in her eyes, and she muttered to herself: "If Li Shuang really gets the Heavenly Mountain Snow Lotus, wouldn't that profit-driven master of mine give Li Shuang a good face again?"
True Immortal Lingxu's face turned black!
What did she mean by...
"That profit-driven master of mine"?!!
At this moment, everyone's gaze fell on him. True Immortal Lingxu valued his reputation the most, but now, he only felt that his face had been thrown to the ground, trampled over and over again by others!
The one who caused all this was the little disciple he always praised as the most filial and the one who brought him the most honor!
Ye Zhaozhao!
True Immortal Lingxu's eyes were red!
On the Heart-Probing Platform.
Ye Zhaozhao kept her head down, not daring to lift it even an inch.
In the air, the image continued.
"And that indecisive, fickle good-for-nothing Shengyuan will probably be trotting after his senior sister again." In the image, Ye Zhaozhao looked disgusted.
Shengyuan: "..."
His expression was numb.
An indecisive, fickle good-for-nothing?
He knew that he was usually quite hesitant in his actions. But hadn't his junior sister said that he was just thinking things through carefully?
In his memory, where was that smiling junior sister who said she had spent over a month sleeplessly writing a wonderful storybook to tell him?
No!
Perhaps.
She had never existed at all!
"Shen Yue is not a concern," Ye Zhaozhao continued. "He's impulsive; a few words can stir his emotions. He's a very useful tool when utilized."
Shen Yue suddenly looked at Ye Zhaozhao.
Impulsive.
A very useful tool?
This was...
Ye Zhaozhao's evaluation of him?!
"Chang Le'an is fine too. He thinks I can't see through his intentions, but actually... isn't he just a simp? A simp, a simp, he's just a dog I lead around." Ye Zhaozhao giggled: "Don't you agree?"
Chang Le'an's expression immediately turned gloomy.
Simp?
This was the first time he had heard the word, but he instantly understood its meaning.
To Ye Zhaozhao, he was just a dog, wasn't he?
Li Shuang looked at Ye Zhaozhao with a hint of strangeness.
In the image.
Ye Zhaozhao seemed to be talking to someone, but there was no one else besides her, was there?
What exactly...
was going on?
There was truly something strange about this Ye Zhaozhao!
The image continued.
After Ye Zhaozhao finished commenting on the few people from Lingxu Peak, she waved her hand, and snow rustled down, attracting the attention of the surrounding snow monsters.
Ye Zhaozhao's expression changed, and then, she immediately rushed in the direction Li Shuang had gone up the mountain.
A silence fell over the scene.
During the Langya Secret Realm, Ye Zhaozhao had deliberately led the Lion-Winged Beast towards Li Shuang. It turned out this wasn't the first time she had done such a thing; she had tried to do it on the snowy mountain as well.
However.
That time on the snowy mountain, she didn't succeed. The snow monsters were much faster than her in the blizzard, and Ye Zhaozhao was surrounded.
At this moment, Li Shuang had just picked the Heavenly Mountain Snow Lotus.
Seeing Ye Zhaozhao being attacked, she rushed over without hesitation. These snow monsters couldn't be shaken off easily.
Li Shuang even directly handed the hard-won Snow Lotus to Ye Zhaozhao.
"Master urgently needs the Snow Lotus to stabilize his mind. We can't waste time here. Junior Sister, take the Snow Lotus and meet up with the junior brothers. Don't worry about me, take the Snow Lotus to Master first!" Li Shuang's expression was cold, but her words revealed her concern for True Immortal Lingxu.
Ye Zhaozhao agreed without hesitation and left with the Snow Lotus.
And Li Shuang.
Alone, she faced the snow monsters.
In the blizzard, she swung her sword again and again, blood splashing out little by little.
Her steps began to slow, and her white clothes were stained with blood.
The swirling snow gradually engulfed the scene.
The image ended there.
True Immortal Lingxu, however, still looked somewhat dazed at the spot where the image disappeared, unable to recover for a long time.
His eldest disciple had always been inarticulate, far less skilled at making him happy than Ye Zhaozhao.
Ye Zhaozhao would always rack her brains to come up with new things to please him. And Li Shuang? She seemed to have done nothing.
But now, thinking carefully.
Li Shuang indeed didn't try to please him like Ye Zhaozhao, nor did she have so many novelties. However, it was she who managed everything at Lingxu Peak; it was she who taught the disciples.
Many things that should have been done by him, the master, Li Shuang took on without complaint.
All these years.
Lingxu Peak was orderly, stable, and harmonious throughout. Whose credit was this, after all? Just looking at the chaotic state of Lingxu Peak after Li Shuang left made it clear.
Only.
Although Li Shuang did a lot, she never boasted about her achievements in front of others.
Silent people are always easily overlooked.
True Immortal Lingxu now finally believed that the former Li Shuang truly held a deep filial affection for him.
But what about him?
He struck her with a palm, drove her out of Lingxu Peak, and severed their master-disciple relationship.
What exactly...
had he done!
For a moment, True Immortal Lingxu felt somewhat lost and helpless.
And on the Heart-Probing Platform, there was one last question remaining.
"The third question. Sword Spirit Long Yan, were you ever misled by Ye Zhaozhao, betraying Li Shuang, and delivering a fatal blow to her at the last moment! Respondents: Li Shuang, Ye Zhaozhao, Long Yan!"
The Xiezhi's voice fell.
Long Yan's soul body was forcibly extracted from the sword spirit space, appearing on the platform in a state of bewildered helplessness.