517: Poison

Inside the room, Feng Yao, whose magic power was sealed, had nothing else to do and had lain down on the bed early to rest.

At that moment, a familiar voice suddenly reached her ears.

She turned her head to look and, upon seeing the person's face clearly, her expression lit up with joy: "Senior Sister."

The visitor was none other than that Senior Sister from before, Yan Ruomei.

"Shh, Junior Sister, don't alert the others," Yan Ruomei said in a lowered voice.

Feng Yao covered her mouth and nodded heavily, her eyes reddening with intense excitement.

A while ago, because of Zhou Luo's words, her will had been crushed for a time; she had fallen into despair and even contemplated suicide.

In her view, Revered Master likely wouldn't come to save her.

However, she hadn't expected that Revered Master would actually send Senior Sister.

Seeing her now, Feng Yao felt an unspeakable joy in her heart.

She hurriedly got up and threw her arms around the approaching Senior Sister, wanting to release the endless grievances in her heart.

Yan Ruomei gently patted her back: "It's okay now, it's okay."

"Mm-hmm," Feng Yao replied with a hint of a sob.

Yan Ruomei suddenly asked, "Junior Sister, don't you have the Lock-Love Gu given by Revered Master? How could you be caught by that Zhou Luo?"

"Senior Sister, I suffered a backlash from the Lock-Love Gu," Feng Yao said, her eyes bloodshot.

As soon as she said this, Yan Ruomei's gaze darkened slightly, and she asked in surprise, "How could you suffer a backlash?"

"Zhou Luo is a Rank Two Gu Master," Feng Yao immediately responded.

This news also greatly surprised Yan Ruomei. She hadn't expected Zhou Luo to be hidden so deeply; no wonder he was able to help Yao Wu reach the mountain Peak back then.

She had to tell Revered Master about this as soon as possible.

Then, something else occurred to her, and she quickly asked, "Then you told him everything?"

Feng Yao pursed her lips and nodded helplessly.

Seeing this, a strange light flashed in Yan Ruomei's beautiful eyes. She said no more, only: "Junior Sister, let's hurry and leave this place. You go out first, I'll cover the rear."

"Okay." Feng Yao immediately walked toward the door.

Whoosh—

Just as she reached the door, Yan Ruomei suddenly struck out with a palm.

The power of this palm strike wasn't massive, but for Feng Yao, whose magic power was restricted, it was a completely fatal blow.

Feng Yao didn't even have time to react.

She didn't react, but someone else did.

In an instant, a massive pressure crashed down. That power immediately enveloped the entire room, pressing down on Yan Ruomei's body like a heavy mountain.

Yan Ruomei was greatly alarmed and tried to use other means.

But she suddenly felt her Spiritual Qi stagnate, and her body could no longer move.

Foundation Establishment Peak!

A terrifying thought surfaced in her mind, and her entire being fell into endless shock.

Feng Yao had no idea what had happened.

She whipped her head around, only to see Yan Ruomei in the middle of a palm strike, frozen in place like a statue.

"Senior Sister!"

Her beautiful eyes widened, revealing an expression of disbelief.

"It seems your Revered Master wants to kill you to silence you."

At that moment, Zhou Luo walked in from outside the door, looking calm and composed.

He had noticed Yan Ruomei quite some time ago.

Seeing her sneaky behavior...

He knew she definitely didn't want to negotiate directly, but intended to take the girl away.

What he hadn't expected, however, was that this Yan Ruomei would actually dare to strike to kill right here.

Seeing Zhou Luo appear, Feng Yao couldn't help but retreat several steps. Yan Ruomei's eyes flickered, and a Gu insect crawled out from the back of her neck.

But just as the Gu insect crawled out, it was caught by Zhou Luo. He suddenly raised his hand, magic power flowing in his palm, releasing a dazzling pillar of light.

The pillar of light fell upon Yan Ruomei's snowy-white neck, pinning the Gu insect down.

With her countermeasure neutralized, Yan Ruomei felt as if she had fallen into an ice cellar, her whole being sinking into despair.

"Zhou Luo, you can't kill me. If you kill me, Revered Master will definitely find out, and he won't let you off," she said sharply, dropping all pretenses.

Zhou Luo gave a cold laugh and walked calmly to a nearby chair, slowly sitting down.

"Is that heartless Revered Master of yours really willing to come and save you?" he asked back.

"I'm not like Feng Yao; I am a Personal Disciple," Yan Ruomei said agitatedly.

Compared to Feng Yao, an Entry-level Disciple, her status as a Personal Disciple was clearly much higher. Furthermore, she possessed Bloodline Power, which could aid her cultivation.

These words caused a look of astonishment to appear on the dazed Feng Yao's face.

At this moment, she suddenly felt that her Senior Sister was somewhat of a stranger.

Connecting it to her Senior Sister's current actions, she suddenly realized something.

"Senior Sister, why did you want to kill me?" her voice carried a hint of anger.

Though she didn't want to admit it, the other woman's behavior was clearly an attempt to kill her.

This made her realize—could this be Revered Master's idea?

At this moment, Feng Yao, who had been full of hope, suddenly felt her body grow cold, a chill running down her spine.

Yan Ruomei pursed her lips and said with an embarrassed expression, "Junior Sister, this is a misunderstanding."

"You'd better tell the truth; maybe if I'm in a good mood, I'll let you go." Zhou Luo, sitting nearby, used his old trick, giving her a sliver of hope.

Yan Ruomei's expression changed slightly. Hardening her heart, she could only say resolutely, "Junior Sister, Revered Master said your assassination failed and it's very likely to affect him, so he said you cannot be left alive."

"It was I who pleaded with Revered Master, saying it would be enough to bring you back to the sect and keep a close eye on you."

"But I didn't expect you to actually tell this matter to Zhou... Zhou Alchemist."

"I really didn't want it to be like this, but if Revered Master found out, you wouldn't escape death anyway."

She looked at the other woman with a face full of apology, appearing extremely self-reproachful.

Those words, however, struck Feng Yao like a bolt from the blue.

She stood there stunned, her face filled with disbelief.

"Revered Master wants to kill me!"

She murmured to herself, her voice full of despair.

She never imagined that the person she trusted most, besides her brother, actually wanted to kill her.

And it seemed that he didn't value her at all; he even wanted to kill her to silence her just so he wouldn't be implicated.

These things crashed against Feng Yao's mind like a flood, making her nearly unable to stand, swaying unsteadily.

Zhou Luo, however, saw through the other woman's thoughts instantly and said calmly, "So you wanted to kill her here to silence her, and then frame me for it."

"That way, that Revered Master of yours could use the incident as a pretext to influence Yao Wu through me?"

"Quite the calculation."

As soon as he said this, Yan Ruomei's face turned pale.

With her thoughts exposed, she pursed her lips and did not answer.

Zhou Luo gave a cold laugh and wasted no more words, directly taking out a Gu insect.

That Gu insect was exactly the same as the Lock-Love Gu.

Seeing that Gu insect, Yan Ruomei's heart jolted, and her face showed panic.

"What do you want to do?"

"Nothing much. Aren't you two like sisters? It's only right that you enjoy the power of the Lock-Love Gu together," Zhou Luo said calmly.

He had refined this Lock-Love Gu recently.

Ever since being targeted by Feng Yao's Gu, Zhou Luo, who originally hadn't wanted to refine such a Gu insect, suddenly felt it was better to be prepared.

This way, if he encountered female cultivators who wanted to kill him and had decent Aptitude, he might be able to use this to control them and have them bear children for him.

He hadn't expected to use it so soon.