Chapter 4
Several months later…
“I’ve finally succeeded!”
Jiang Chen inside the pill room was extremely excited. Jiang Lianyue, who had been watching for months, felt the same.
Although the image of the detestable Eldest Senior Brother from her memories would occasionally surface when she looked at Jiang Chen in white, the disdain in her heart had significantly lessened as time passed.
Over the past few months, Jiang Chen had entered the heart of Elixir Peak to refine the Fire Impurity Pill, enduring the pain of the Fire Impurity Pill entering his body and burning his heart.
While refining pills, he would work tirelessly, often collapsing from exhaustion.
Yet, he would continue refining upon waking up.
When the furnace exploded, he looked dejected and was even injured by the aftermath. But soon after, he would summarize his experiences and start refining again.
He repeated this cycle, never giving up until he became gaunt and his expression turned vacant.
During this time, Jiang Lianyue couldn’t bear to watch and kept shouting, “I don’t want the pills anymore! Stop refining!”But Jiang Chen couldn’t hear her, immersed in his pill refining. Therefore, Jiang Lianyue was perhaps even happier than he was when the pill was finally made.
“How wonderful it would be if you really were my Eldest Senior Brother?”
Jiang Lianyue murmured to herself while watching Jiang Chen in white leave with the pil, still not understanding the situation but feeling a great ripple in her heart.
Then, the scene shifted again.
The rain poured heavily that night.
Jiang Lianyue appeared in her own residence, where she saw herself curled up in bed, shivering due to the onset of the cold poison.
It was clear that with the Fire Impurity Pill used up, she had to rely on sheer willpower to resist the cold poison.
“It’s okay, Eldest Senior Brother will bring the medicine soon,” Jiang Lianyue comforted herself.
She knew all too well. When the cold poison flared up, the chill would penetrate her organs as if she were plunging into the abyss, even threatening to freeze her soul.
The cold and the pain was enough to destroy one’s sanity, making one wish for death.
At this moment, all Jiang Lianyue could do was pray that Jiang Chen would arrive quickly to save her.
Suddenly, the figure of herself in the scene moved! Despite being frozen stiff and pale, she struggled to get up and, with all her strength, made her way towards the back of the White Crane Spirit Screen.
“No! Don’t do it!!”
Jiang Lianyue’s beautiful eyes widened as she shouted anxiously.
She knew what she had to do.
Because this event perfectly matched the memories in her mind!
As expected. In the scene, she moved behind the screen to remove her clothes, intending to step into the steaming spiritual water that had been prepared.
Accompanied by the sound of clothing slipping off…
“Bang——!”
The door was suddenly pushed open, a gust of wind swept through the room, and the force was so strong that it knocked down the screen!
The next second, Jiang Chen in white burst in, shouting, “Junior Sister! Are you okay? I heard your cold poison flared up, so Senior Brother has brought the Fire Impurity Pill…”
His voice stopped abruptly.
The sight before him made Jiang Chen freeze, and the version of herself in the scene was also stunned.
“Get out!!”
Then, an extremely cold voice filled with boundless rage rang out.
The scene shifted to the main hall of Ninth Peak.
“Jiang Chen! You are unworthy of being the Eldest Senior Brother of the Ninth Peak!”
“Merely because Second Junior Brother did not greet you properly, you seriously injured him?”
“Third Junior Sister fortuitously found a Jade Spirit Grass, which could have helped her break through her bottleneck, yet you snatched it from her without hesitation?”
“Fourth Junior Brother is simple-minded, and as Eldest Senior Brother, it would have been fine even if you didn’t care for him, yet you still mock him in public for your amusement?”
“Such evil deeds are too numerous to record!”
“All this could be overlooked! As the Eldest Senior Brother of Ninth Peak, you have indeed made some contributions.”
“But!”
“Jiang Lianyue has just joined the sect and she has the potential of an empress. She is the hope of the Ninth Peak, perhaps even the entire Jiuyan Sect! As the Eldest Senior Brother, you should have taken care of her, yet how could you…”
“How could you disregard propriety, righteousness, shame, and use the pretense of delivering medicine to commit the act of voyeurism?!”
The familiar words and situation tore at Jiang Lianyue’s heart in the void.
In the scene. Jiang Chen in white kept explaining, trying to prove his innocence, but everyone still accused him due to his past misdeeds.
“Jiang Chen, how could you do this!”
An elder was furious.
“It’s not like that!”
Jiang Lianyue in the void kept shouting.
“Jiang Chen, no more excuses! Everyone knows you are ignorant of the ways of pill refining! Even with your exceptional talent for cultivation, it’s impossible for you to have produced a fifth-grade Fire Impurity Pill in just a few months!”
Another elder scolded.
“It’s true! I saw it with my own eyes! You all misunderstand Eldest Senior Brother, he’s really good at pill refining!”
Jiang Lianyue in the void shook her head desperately.
“Disciple, it’s not that I don’t trust you. But the elder from Elixir Peak has sent a message saying you’ve never been to Elixir Peak.”
Xiao Hongyi sighed.
“Master! This is a slander! That Elixir Peak elder has a grudge against Eldest Senior Brother, he’s distorting the truth!”
Jiang Lianyue in the void was so anxious she was practically jumping up and down.
Whenever someone questioned Jiang Chen, she would explain on his behalf.
But despairingly, no one could hear her…
Jiang Lianyue in the void cried.
She squatted and wept helplessly on the ground with teardrops sliding down her cheeks.
Why?
Why did no one believe in Eldest Senior Brother? He was innocent!! Suddenly, a familiar voice rang out.
“If master cannot bear it, then let this matter be overlooked! However, Eldest Senior Brother must still be punished! Though we need not cripple all his cultivation and expel him from the sect, at the very least, his Core Formation must be destroyed!”
Such a malicious heart!
Upon hearing this, Jiang Lianyue abruptly stood up!
She wanted to see who it was that could be so cruel to her Eldest Senior Brother!
But when she saw the face of the person speaking, Jiang Lianyue was stunned as if she was struck by lightning.
Because the person speaking was none other than herself…
Her mind was flooded with myriad thoughts, and Jiang Lianyue collapsed to the ground.
She wanted to explain this to Jiang Chen but realized that she was the cause of the misunderstanding.
If she had even a shred of trust in Jiang Chen, it would not have escalated to convening the Ninth Peak assembly!
If she had listened to even a fraction of Jiang Chen’s explanation, she wouldn’t have caused his Core Formation to be destroyed!
“Boom——!”
A tremendous spiritual force appeared.
Jiang Chen spat out blood, his Core Formation was destroyed.
After the punishment was administered, the crowd left with angry stares.
Jiang Chen stepped outside the hall in a stagger while letting the torrential rain soak him, his complexion pale as paper.
“It’s okay, everything is all right.”
Leaning slightly, Jiang Chen in white whispered, “This is just a misunderstanding. Junior Sister and Master will eventually believe me as long as I explain properly. I’m not the villain, I don’t want to become the villain.”
With those words, darkness fell before his eyes, and he unconsciously collapsed into the muddy ground.
Although several disciples passed by, not one of them paid him any heed.
Jiang Lianyue was silent.
She came to Jiang Chen’s side and sat curled up beside him.
Despite the downpour on her head, she couldn’t feel the cold rain, nor could she comprehend the torment that Jiang Chen’s heart was enduring at that moment.
“Why?”
“Why did you rush to save me, yet the Fire Impurity Pill in your hand disappeared without a trace?”
“Why did the Elixir Peak elder twist the truth due to personal grudges when you have been at Elixir Peak for months?”
“Why did a gust of wind blow the screen over by coincidence when you burst into my residence?”
“And why did the cold poison in my body suddenly vanish at the moment of the incident?”
“All of this gives me a feeling.”
“Hey, Eldest Senior Brother…”
“Tell me, is it ‘Destiny’ that’s targeting you?”
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