12: After switching to demonic cultivation, the senior disciples regretted it.

[Plot Introduction for This World Mission]:

The Original Owner, Qin Jiuge, is the Sect Master of the Guyun Sect and the Senior Brother to his several Junior Brothers and Junior Sisters, existing in their eyes as both a brother and a father.

The Second Senior Brother, Lin Yanshu, is gentle and modest, while the Third Senior Brother, Shen Qingci, is carefree and unrestrained.

The Fourth Junior Sister, who is the heroine of this world—Su Ling—is sensitive and jealous, always wanting to monopolize the partiality of the three Senior Brothers. This obsession leads her to view the Fifth Martial Sister, Leng Ruxue, who is also a woman, as a rival. Indeed, only women make things difficult for women...

The Fifth Martial Sister, Leng Ruxue, has a cold, arrogant, and taciturn personality, with a distant expression. In Su Ling's eyes, however, this became the perfect disguise for "feigning innocence to gain sympathy."

In her past life, Su Ling lived her life in the Cultivation world like a "harem drama."

When Lin Yanshu handed Leng Ruxue a healing Medicinal Pill, she would cry and make a scene: "Second Senior Brother is biased; my Medicinal Pill is definitely not as good as hers."

When Shen Qingci taught Leng Ruxue sword techniques, she would snatch the sword tassel and throw it on the ground, saying: "Third Senior Brother only dotes on her, not me."

Even when Qin Jiuge casually instructed Leng Ruxue: "Junior Sister, be careful when you go down the mountain," she could misinterpret it as "The Senior Brother only has eyes for the Junior Sister."

She would cling to her Senior Brothers, acting spoiled and playing the victim, while turning around to corner Leng Ruxue with sarcasm and mockery.

Yet Leng Ruxue never argued back, simply avoiding her in silence.

This only made Su Ling feel that she was "calculating," convinced that she was always badmouthing her in front of the Senior Brothers, and mistook her yielding for disdain.

Su Ling fought this absurd battle for "favor" her entire life.

Until that calamity of the Demonic Array, which completely ignited her resentment.

At that time, she and Leng Ruxue were trapped together, and the Devilish Qi coiled around them like poisonous snakes, the bone-eroding pain making her nearly faint.

Qin Jiuge led Lin Yanshu and Shen Qingci to break into the array. The moment his sword shattered the Devilish Qi, he clearly saw their situation: Leng Ruxue's Spiritual Root was pure but fragile, and the Devilish Qi had already invaded her heart meridians; if delayed for even a moment longer, she would surely perish.

Su Ling possessed a mutated Spiritual Root, and although severely injured, she could still hold on for another half an incense stick of time.

The veins on Qin Jiuge's hand gripping the sword bulged, and he painfully shouted, "Save Ruxue first," thinking he would immediately turn back to pull Su Ling out after saving her.

But when he turned around, he only saw Su Ling glaring at him with bloodshot eyes, roaring: "You really only dote on her! I knew it!"

Afterward, she actually directly drew the Devilish Qi to devour her heart, ending her own life within the array.

But Su Ling was not completely dead; a wisp of an ancient demonic soul followed the opening of her self-destruction and coiled around her remaining soul, ready to perform Possession in the blink of an eye!

Qin Jiuge saw through it instantly! That was an ancient demon that had been sealed for ten thousand years!

If it were truly allowed to be Reborn using Su Ling's body, the entire Cultivation world would suffer!

When he rushed over, the demonic soul had already invaded Su Ling's Sea of Consciousness; Su Ling's eyes became increasingly hollow, yet the corners of her mouth curled into an eerie smile.

Qin Jiuge's hand holding the "cloud chasing sword" was shaking; he knew that Su Ling was already beyond saving... If he didn't act now, the consequences would be unimaginable!

In the end, he closed his eyes and personally thrust the sword into Su Ling's heart. When the sword was pulled out, it still carried the black aura of that demonic soul.

In Su Ling's remaining consciousness, she only saw Qin Jiuge's bloodshot eyes and heard his broken "I'm sorry," but she merely took it as a hypocritical excuse, and with a heart full of resentment and poison, she completely dissipated.

When she opened her eyes, Su Ling had actually returned to three months before the calamity of the Demonic Array!

The grievances, unwillingness, and hatred of her past life surged instantly!

She looked at Lin Yanshu, who was offering her an osmanthus cake and asking with concern, "Are you tired?", and then glanced at Qin Jiuge not far away, instructing Leng Ruxue, "Don't be too hasty in practicing sword techniques." She only felt a surge of nausea in her stomach; she no longer cared for the partiality of these people!

Late concern is even cheaper than the stones in a latrine!

In this life, she would walk the path they hated the most! She would make them regret not having her in their hearts back then!

Su Ling turned around and threw Lin Yanshu's osmanthus cake on the ground, then returned to her Immortal Cave with a cold face.

That very night, she secretly took out the hidden Demonic Path Cultivation Technique and turned to the Demonic Path.

She no longer clung to Qin Jiuge to ask about sword moves, nor did she pester Shen Qingci for Medicinal Pills.

Every day she cultivated behind closed doors, the Devilish Qi around her becoming heavier and heavier, and even the way she looked at people carried a bone-chilling coldness.

Soon, the Devilish Qi on Su Ling attracted the attention of various major Sects, all demanding that the Guyun Sect hand over the "fallen Disciple."

As the Sect Master, Qin Jiuge stood in front of Su Ling at the first opportunity.

He turned and took Lin Yanshu and Shen Qingci to kneel before the various major Sects to plead guilty: "It is our failure to discipline her properly that allowed Su Ling to go astray. We ask all Sects for leniency," "We are willing to cripple our own Cultivation to trade for her life, and we will never let her wreak havoc on the Cultivation world again!"

As the words fell, Qin Jiuge was the first to crush most of his own Spiritual Root. Lin Yanshu and Shen Qingci also followed suit without hesitation, crippling their own Cultivation.

The three of them were pale, but they only thought: As long as Su Ling can feel their care, she will surely turn back.

But they did not expect that Su Ling was completely unaware of all this. She only felt that the "goodwill" of her Senior Brothers was incredibly ironic.

Lin Yanshu held a freshly made osmanthus cake, blocking her outside her Immortal Cave, his eyes red as he asked: "Fourth Junior Sister, was the Medicinal Pill I gave you last time not enough? I will give you everything in the storehouse!"

Shen Qingci tugged at her sleeve, his voice trembling: "Did you not learn that move I taught you before? I will teach you ten more times, no, one hundred times, is that okay?"

Even Qin Jiuge, whose Cultivation was greatly damaged, blocked her outside the mountain gate when she returned after killing a Righteous Path Cultivator. Holding the "cloud chasing sword" in his hand, he thrust it into his own heart without hesitation, blood staining his white clothes.

He stared at her, his voice as hoarse as a broken gong: "Fourth Junior Sister, don't go astray anymore. The Senior Brothers beg you, please call me Senior Brother one more time, will you?"

Su Ling watched their tearful, humbly begging appearance, and only felt incredibly satisfied.

She lifted her foot and stepped over the bloodstain beside Qin Jiuge, sneering: "Senior Brother? I am a demon now, and I am not worthy of your care."

After saying this, Su Ling turned and left. No matter how much Lin Yanshu and Shen Qingci tugged at the hem of her clothes, her footsteps did not stop for even a moment.

She threw herself wholeheartedly into the Demonic Path, relying on the memories of her past life and the talent of her mutated Spiritual Root, killing and hacking her way forward. She stepped over the bones of countless Cultivators and climbed to the summit of the Immortal Emperor realm.

On the day she reached the summit, she stripped off her demonic robes, donned the brocade garments of a leader of the Righteous Path, and proudly declared to the world: "What bloodthirsty Demon Venerable? I do not accept this title! Let the world remember, I am Immortal Venerable Lingxi."

Afterward, Su Ling stood at the pinnacle of the Cultivation world, accepting the worship of ten thousand people.

As for Qin Jiuge and the others, because they had crippled their own Cultivation and suffered too much depletion, they later accidentally intruded into an ancient dangerous land while secretly protecting Su Ling from being hunted down by the Righteous Path.

Their already broken Spiritual Roots were completely destroyed, and they became Mortals with no power to truss a chicken.

They returned to the dilapidated Guyun Sect, watching the legend of "Immortal Venerable Lingxi" spread throughout the Cultivation world, watching that Su Ling who was high above and no longer needed them, and could only guard the empty Sect to pass their days.

Qin Jiuge cultivated land at the foot of the mountain. Lin Yanshu set up a stall to repair small Magical Artifacts to make a living. Shen Qingci helped people with Feng Shui to exchange for rice and grain. Leng Ruxue guarded the courtyard, planting it full of the osmanthus flowers that Su Ling used to like, but she never waited for the person who used to snatch her osmanthus cake again.

Su Ling would occasionally transform into a Mortal to go down the mountain to see them, watching Qin Jiuge hunching his back to farm. Watching Lin Yanshu being harassed by customers without daring to retort. Watching Shen Qingci bowing and scraping for a few pieces of broken silver.

In her heart, there was only thick mockery: Look, this is the outcome of you choosing Leng Ruxue and driving me to the brink of death back then! You regret it! You regret not having me in your hearts! Now you can only live like dogs!

Later, Su Ling felt that the Guyun Sect was an eyesore, so she secretly instructed her subordinate Demonic Path forces to destroy that Sect overnight.

Watching the sky-high flames, she stood in the distance, the corners of her mouth curling into a cold sneer, only feeling that the resentment in her heart had finally dissipated. What you owe me, you will never be able to repay in this lifetime!

Later still, Qin Jiuge, Lin Yanshu, Shen Qingci, and Leng Ruxue all died of old age in the marketplace. No one knew they had once been Cultivators of the Guyun Sect. Even less did anyone know that the high and mighty "Immortal Venerable Lingxi" was the Fourth Junior Sister they had protected with half their lives.

As for Su Ling, the heroine, relying on the favor of the Heavenly Dao's Luck, she finally became the only Immortal Emperor in the Cultivation world, standing in the clouds, coldly watching all things in the world. There was not a ripple in her heart; she only felt that the ending of those people was what they deserved.

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[Plot Introduction Completed]

[World Mission: Fulfill the wish of the Original Owner, Qin Jiuge]:

[1. Hope that the Fourth Junior Sister, Su Ling, is forever happy.]

[2. Realize the dream of the Second Junior Brother, Lin Yanshu—to become the strongest Magical Artifact Grandmaster.]

[3. Realize the dream of the Third Junior Brother—to become the strongest Feng Shui Grandmaster.]

[4. Realize the dream of the Fifth Martial Sister, Leng Ruxue—to own the most beautiful garden.]