139: Hypocritical gentleman, the true face of Yaoxian!

"What... did you say?"

Linglong's face instantly turned pale, and her mind went blank.

Kong Wudao's words struck directly at the heart of the matter.

They completely exposed the most fatal and indefensible point in her brief yet "profound" relationship with Yao Xian.

Human nature is the least able to withstand scrutiny.

Linglong was not stupid; she knew very well what her body represented to a Cultivator.

Countless people wanted to refine her into a peerless tonic.

To enhance their own Cultivate Aptitude.

After taking human form, she hid everywhere.

Concealing her tracks everywhere, just to prevent herself from suffering such a fate.

The reason she immediately regarded Yao Xian as the most precious big brother in her heart after meeting him today...

...was also because Yao Xian, despite clearly seeing through her identity, never mentioned it at all.

And he did not show the same greed toward her as other Cultivators.

This made Linglong feel that Yao Xian was different from others!

He was the Treasure Trove in the human world she had been looking for!

Even if she were to be refined by him into a peerless tonic later on.

That would be because her brother had his own difficulties and was forced to do so!

She naturally wouldn't resent him!

Just at this moment.

Yao Xian, through the Divine Soul mark left inside Linglong's body, directly transmitted his voice to her: "Linglong! Do not be deceived by this demon, Kong Wudao!"

"From the moment I saved you, I have regarded you as my little sister and have had no improper thoughts about you! My feelings for you are sincere!"

"Linglong, you must not be swayed by Kong Wudao's sowing of discord! I have already gone back to bring reinforcements! I will definitely rescue you successfully!"

Just as Kong Wudao had guessed.

Yao Xian could see everything happening in the main hall through the Divine Soul mark left inside Linglong's body.

He naturally heard the words Kong Wudao had spoken earlier.

In order to maintain his persona.

Or perhaps because he did not want to be directly exposed, Yao Xian, in his anxiety, directly transmitted his voice to Linglong.

Linglong, who was already comforting herself.

Upon hearing these words from her brother, was truly moved beyond measure again.

"Brother Xian Yao, rest assured! Linglong has never doubted you!"

Linglong responded to Yao Xian: "Linglong knows it is the sowing of discord by the demon Kong Wudao! Linglong only trusts you, brother!"

Beside her, seeing Linglong's expression return from its previous wavering to firmness.

Kong Wudao's lips curled into a curve of anticipation.

If his guess was correct.

It must have been the Divine Soul mark Yao Xian left in Linglong's body that played a role.

It had started fooling Linglong again, something like—

"You must trust me, Kong Wudao is spouting nonsense, you must not be deceived by him!"

"My feelings for you are sincere!"

Yao Xian's actions were not only within his expectations but also within his plans.

After all, to completely destroy a person's psychological defenses.

One must let them experience it firsthand.

The despair of realizing that the person they considered most trusted just a second ago had actually betrayed them long ago.

Kong Wudao said no more, extending his finger to tap lightly.

A stream of light flew from his fingertip and merged directly into Linglong's mind.

Linglong, thinking that Kong Wudao wanted to use force and enslave her directly, immediately prepared to detonate her Origin.

But immediately after, an image appeared out of thin air in her mind!

After seeing the figure clearly, Linglong was completely dumbfounded!

It was completely different from the brother in her memory.

The Yao Xian in the image revealed an incomparable look of greed.

The voice he emitted was exceptionally harsh: "Such a peerless tonic must absolutely not fall into the hands of outsiders!"

That's right.

This was the image recorded in real-time by the mark Kong Wudao left on Yao Xian.

It could be said that the development of events had always been under his control.

Everything on Yao Xian's road to Rebirth and rise would be his, Kong Wudao's.

"How could this be...?"

Kong Wudao had removed his pressure at some point.

Linglong, having lost her confinement, did not resist.

Her face was as pale as paper, and she collapsed to the ground instantly, looking as soul-lost as a marionette.

She could perceive that everything happening in the light screen was real and not intentionally forged by Kong Wudao.

It looked like a segment of real-time transmitted footage intercepted through some special means.

"W-why...?"

Linglong's heart ached as if being twisted by a knife; her throat moved, but she could not say another word.

But even if she didn't want to believe it, she had to accept this result.

Yao Xian, who had just sworn and guaranteed that his feelings for her were sincere and that he had absolutely no improper thoughts.

Was slapped hard in the face the very next moment!

So... Yao Xian, just like everyone else, regarded her as the core Material for refining a peerless tonic!

The perfect image the other party had shown was likely also deliberately put on for her to see!

Even if Linglong were stupid, she knew exactly what purpose Yao Xian held.

Undoubtedly, it was to gain her trust and, when the time was ripe, drain her completely!

"It seems you have finally seen the true colors of your 'good' brother."

"Now, how do you feel?"

Kong Wudao leaned in close to the soul-lost Linglong again.

A stream of light suddenly shot out from his fingertip and silently merged into Linglong's body.

At the same time.

Yao Xian, far away thousands of miles away, had just sensed that things were going wrong and was preparing to transmit his voice to Linglong through his own Divine Soul mark.

When he suddenly discovered that the Divine Soul mark he had left had been erased at some point!

"W-what!?"

"The Divine Soul mark I left was discovered by Kong Wudao? When exactly was it!?"

"He clearly hadn't discovered it at the beginning!"

Yao Xian's expression shifted.

He hadn't seen the images Kong Wudao had instilled in Linglong like she had.

The development of events had clearly exceeded his expectations.

And what did Kong Wudao's words mean before the Divine Soul connection was cut off?

What did it mean to see his true colors?

"Could it be...?"

Yao Xian's expression shifted, and he had a vague, ominous premonition in his heart.

Could it be that Linglong knew his true thoughts?

Shaking his head, Yao Xian couldn't be bothered to think about it anymore.

Since the Divine Soul mark had been cut off.

Then it was naturally impossible for him to go and save Linglong.

Not only was it meaningless, but it would also be an idiotic act of suicide!

Although it was a pity.

He could only give up on Linglong!

"Damn Kong Wudao! Not only did he ruin my good deeds, preventing me from successfully reclaiming the Heavenly Medicine Sect..."

"But he even caused me to lose such a peerless tonic directly!"

"This hatred is irreconcilable!"

...

Inside the main hall of the Heavenly Medicine Sect.

[Ding! Yao Xian's road to rise has suffered a blow from the Master, heavenly mandate points reduced by 2000, remaining 14000!]

[Congratulations to the Master for triggering a double critical hit, gaining 4000 heavenly mandate points!]

Hearing this, Kong Wudao felt amused.

It was indeed as he had expected.

This little girl was also an important link in Yao Xian's road to rise.

Kong Wudao felt a bit of emotion; the Heavenly Mandate anomaly was indeed extraordinary.

Not only was he a Rebirth Heavenly Mandate Great Emperor himself, but he also had the Heavenly Dao as his backing.

And he had a fiancée with the Lunar Saint Body as support.

Just by going out casually, he could even encounter a rare Innate vegetation spirit.

If he had encountered anyone else.

With this kind of luck, Yao Xian would probably have really shown off to the sky!

It's just a pity, he had the worst luck of his eight lifetimes, and he happened to meet him.