kingnovel Chapter 582 Li Qian, Actually I Had No Choice
Chapter 582 Li Qian, Actually I Had No Choice
"Why aren't you leaving?" She lowered her head, her white robes fluttering, a few specks of dust falling around them. "Are you here too... waiting for me?"
For a moment, the young man's gaze fell on her face, filled with deep sorrow.
But when Jiang Liqian looked up, his gaze had already drifted away with the autumn wind to a distant place that could never be reached.
"The Elders' Hall of the Tianqian Sect has a total of twenty-eight elders, half of whom are here, waiting for me to fall into their trap. Where else can I go?"
What he meant was—it was irrefutable, there was no need to argue, and no one would argue with it.
With her last glimmer of hope gone, Jiang Liqian almost laughed, but the desolation in her heart grew infinitely before she could, and tears fell in the cold wind.
"Su, Yan, Qing!" She gritted her teeth and uttered these three words, and the pitch-black sword shadow gradually condensed into the sharpest blade in her hand.
Jiang Li's eyes were slightly red, and a fierce aura enveloped her, lifting her into the air.
Her voice was filled with overwhelming hatred, and her grief and indignation were full of the pain of his betrayal: "They were once your friends, they once lived and died with you, Su Yanqing, you were so good to Lianlian all the way, just to kill her in the end?"
"Tell me, say it!"
"How could you? How dare you!"
She roared, and Shi Tianjian, sensing the extreme sorrow in her heart, instantly transformed into a sky full of sword energy, rushing towards Su Yanqing on the top of the temple.
Every strike is a fatal weakness, showing no mercy.
Amidst the flashing swords and the clash of blades, their once incredibly familiar features became blurred.
"I have only one request. I implore the sect leader to grant it. If the sect leader does not agree, this disciple is willing to kneel before the pavilion until death."
"What do you want to do?"
"Find the real culprit who killed Lianlian and Beiyao, kill their enemy, and avenge them!"
"...So what do you want to do?"
"There are too many coincidences on the road to Yecheng. Someone must have been watching us from the beginning. Perhaps it wasn't for Lianlian's... key. But later, they must have found out by chance that this person was either among our group or was extremely good at hiding their tracks and had been monitoring us all along. He is the real culprit who killed Lianlian and Beiyao."
"Since the other party wants the golden key, they must be aiming for the entrance array to the Outer Realm. Now that the golden key is missing, whether or not it has fallen into that person's hands, the next thing they want to do is definitely to find out where the entrance to the Outer Realm is."
“I am but a humble disciple, and my words carry little weight. However, as the sect leader of the most powerful sect in the world, if you spread false information and pretend to reveal the entrance to the Outer Realm, that person will surely believe that we have laid a trap for him and will not let him escape!”
"Besides you and Xu Youan, there are only two other people who are not members of my sect. Don't you have an answer in your heart?"
"……No."
"lie."】
Yes, she lied.
The moment she suddenly realized how coincidental it all seemed, she already knew the answer. But she still didn't want it to be him; she hoped she was wrong.
But fate never favored her; each betrayal pierced her heart, leaving her bleeding more than she could bear herself.
Those are Lianlian and Beiyao, her best older sisters and closest fellow disciples.
She finally got all of this after so much hardship...
She had it so hard!
"Su Yanqing, I want you to apologize to them, with your blood, with your repentance!" Jiang Liqian's emotions grew more and more agitated as she fought, her sword almost becoming a blur, each strike carrying a chilling, terrifying sword intent, aimed directly at Su Yanqing's face.
Su Yanqing dodged left and right, trying to counterattack several times, but was forced back by the opponent's sword energy. Thunder roared from the sky, exploding all around him.
His movements faltered slightly with the shockwave of the heavenly thunder, and suddenly Jiang Liqian pierced his heart with a sword, blood spurting out, and his face turned deathly pale.
But if you look in the direction of his gaze, it is still pitch black, deep, and as still as stagnant water.
Dark clouds churned and gathered in the sky, and a strong wind blew.
The two people under the dark clouds had their clothes fluttering in the wind.
The autumn wind stung my cheeks.
It was Su Yanqing who was stabbed by the sword, but it was Jiang Liqian who was in tears.
Her eyes were filled with sorrow, and she was almost sobbing uncontrollably.
"Why did you do this? Answer me, Su Yanqing, answer me!"
The Su Yanqing she knew wasn't like this.
The boy she knew, the one who fought with her for a bowl of wontons, wasn't like that!
"Does the reason matter?" Su Yanqing reached out and grasped the blade of the Shitian Sword as if she were not afraid of being cut off. Blood instantly flowed down the blade. "They did die because of me, and I have nothing to say."
"Important!" Jiang Liqian trembled with rage, her eyes bloodshot as she drew her sword and roared as she plunged it deep into his heart again. "I fucking said it's important, did you hear me? Give me a reason, give me a reason!"
Su Yanqing frowned and suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood.
The divine sword truly lives up to its name; its power is simply too great. With the blessing of its beloved master, it is even more terrifying, and even more... painful.
Could it be that what he thought was "easy" could cause such unbearable pain?
"Hehehe..." He suddenly laughed, his mouth full of blood.
Jiang Liqian looked at him as if he were a complete stranger with an unfamiliar demeanor and eyes.
"Because I am the devil!"
A sudden shockwave rippled outwards, causing Jiang Liqian's vision to darken, and she was flung away along with her sword.
The spiritual energy within his dantian became chaotic, and he instantly broke out in a cold sweat.
The person who was stabbed twice in the chest showed no signs of pain. Instead, a surge of demonic energy continuously emanated from his body, rapidly healing her wounds.
Even though her heart meridian had been severed, he didn't die. Apart from his face being completely bloodless, he looked no different from a normal person.
She stared at his wound in disbelief.
Jiang Liqian had seen the demon.
Which one of them wasn't extremely ugly, fierce, and bloodthirsty? When have they ever been so careful to hide their demonic aura?
Moreover, she hadn't noticed at all after all this time!
"You...how could you..."
"I am the demon." Su Yanqing looked down at her, his coldness piercing to the bone, and the demonic energy surging around him almost materialized under the thick black clouds.
Thunder roared, but he remained unmoved.
"Li Qian, those low-level demons are nothing more than dogs we raise and let out to bite people. They can't be considered true demons."
Jiang Liqian was shocked, and then felt a chill run down her spine.
Just... a low-level dog?
Are those who died tragically not even as good as dogs in his eyes?
Su Yanqing lowered her eyes: "Do you remember the question I asked you back in Shuiwan City?"
"I ask you, if you have to hurt another person for the sake of another person, would you still persevere?"
"Li Qian, I actually had no choice. I didn't even have the chance to deceive myself."