"Listen up! Guard this palace thoroughly for me, and don’t let even a fly get in! Did everyone hear that?" the Sky Dragon Sect Master demanded coldly.
"We follow your command!" All disciples from the thirty-three major sub-sects responded in unison.
"Hmm," the Sky Dragon Sect Master nodded in satisfaction.
He opened the jade slip, and a white rosy light flew out from it, enveloping the thousands of people in front of him.
The rosy light flashed, and a group of people vanished into thin air.
Zhang Xiaohao, carrying Saintess Hua Yan, flashed and appeared in a secluded paradise full of flowers and birds.
The entire secret realm was not large, only about ten miles in size.
Zhang Xiaohao and others directly appeared in the middle of the secret realm.
The layout of the secret realm was clear at a glance: directly in front of them were a simple thatched cottage and a small lake where some white lotuses grew.
Pink mist enveloped the whole secret realm.
Before Zhang Xiaohao and the others could react,
One after another, the sound of falling resonated as the people around them collapsed to the ground in succession.
Seeing this, Zhang Xiaohao frowned and sneered inwardly, "The air here is poisoned!"
Immediately, Zhang Xiaohao mimicked the others and also fell to the ground.
"Damn! The air is poisoned, and now I can’t move!"
"Ah! Why is my True Qi rapidly depleting?"
"Damn it! What exactly is going on?"
Feeling the changes in their bodies, the Saint Heirs, Holy Daughters, and the elders cried out in horror.
However, Saintess Hua Yan seemed much calmer, her beautiful eyes shimmering with cold light, faintly awaiting something.
"Senior sister, are you alright?" Black Dragon Saint struggled to speak.
"I’m fine!" Saintess Hua Yan nodded.
"Senior sister, please forgive my uselessness, I fear I will no longer be able to protect you in the future! I am sorry to our master!" the Black Dragon Saint said, ashamed.
"Junior brother!" Saintess Hua Yan called out, moved.
"Don’t be , senior sister. Rest assured, if anyone wants to hurt you, as long as I am still breathing, I won’t let them touch you! Unless they step over my dead body!" the Black Dragon Saint declared solemnly.
"I’m sorry, junior brother!" Saintess Hua Yan said, ashamed.
"Senior sister, you have nothing to be sorry for! It’s me who failed to protect you, making you suffer!" the Black Dragon Saint said.
No sooner had he finished speaking than the Black Dragon Saint exclaimed.
"Ah!! Senior sister, what is this?"
Only to see, Saintess Hua Yan calmly stood up from the ground, her body surging with overpowering True Qi, showing no signs of poisoning, completely unharmed.
"I’m sorry, junior brother!!" Saintess Hua Yan said, ashamed.
Her expression was cold, her face void of any emotion.
"Senior sister, what exactly is going on?" the Black Dragon Saint asked incredulously.
"Junior Brother, actually, everything, including the Sect Leader’s injury, was all my doing," Saintess Hua Yan said calmly.
"Ah! Senior Sister, why did you do this?" Black Dragon Saint exclaimed in disbelief.
In his memory, that kind-hearted and gentle Senior Sister, why had she suddenly changed ?
Two eyes stared intently at Saintess Hua Yan, waiting for her to explain.
"A month ago, I accidentally discovered this secret realm in the Sect Leader’s room. At that time, this secret realm was still sealed, and after I unlocked it, driven by curiosity, I plunged into this secret realm! Once I discovered that there was a deadly poison inside this realm, and the Ice Skin Lotus in the lotus pond, after careful consideration, I laid out this massive conspiracy!" explained Saintess Hua Yan calmly.
"Ah! Senior Sister, why did you do this?" Black Dragon Saint asked incredulously.
"Because I want to ascend to the Sect Leader’s throne of the White Tiger Sect! Even if for this, I have to give up everything, sacrifice the entire White Tiger Sect, it’s all worth it!" Saintess Hua Yan said calmly.
But her words were filled with a thick determination.
"Senior Sister, isn’t the position of Sect Leader worth less than so many people’s lives?" Black Dragon Saint questioned.
"You don’t understand! For this position, I have been enduring in secret all these years, laying plans in the dark, all to wait for this day!" Saintess Hua Yan said calmly.
"Why? Senior Sister, tell me why?" Black Dragon Saint asked, almost mad.
"Junior Brother, I’m sorry! Actually, I am not your Senior Sister, your real Senior Sister died thirty years ago! I am just someone who looks a lot like your Senior Sister!" Saintess Hua Yan said.
"Ah! That’s impossible! If you are not my Senior Sister, then who exactly are you?" Black Dragon Saint roared ferociously.
"I am the daughter of the Sect Leader of the Vermilion Bird Gate! The only legitimate heir!" Hua Yan said indifferently.
"What? That’s impossible! How could you be the daughter of the Vermilion Bird Gate’s Sect Leader? No! This must all be a lie you’re telling me!" Black Dragon Saint shouted frantically.
"Junior Brother, I haven’t lied to you! This is all true. My existence is meant to bring down the White Tiger Sect!" Saintess Hua Yan said.
"Ah..." Black Dragon Saint screamed miserably.
Rage overwhelmed him, his lungs almost bursting.
With a retch, he spat out a large patch of fresh blood.
His breath weakened, his gaze scattered, his life force rapidly fading.
"No matter who you are, in my heart, you will always be my gentle and kind Senior Sister..." Black Dragon Saint said, as his life returned for a brief moment.
After saying that, his eyes closed, and he fainted outright on the ground.
"No!!" Seeing this, Saintess Hua Yan let out an unwilling roar.
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She took out a precious life-saving Elixir and stuffed it into his mouth.
As the Elixir entered his stomach, Black Dragon Saint’s faltering breath gradually stabilized.
"Phew!" Letting out a long sigh of relief, Saintess Hua Yan’s tensed heart finally relaxed.
Although she was tasked with destroying the White Tiger Sect, over the past thirty years, her feelings for Black Dragon Saint were genuine, like those of a sister for a brother.
If he had died, even if she could have destroyed the White Tiger Sect, Saintess Hua Yan would have felt guilty for the rest of her life.
"Hmph! Hua Yan, you traitor, why didn’t you get poisoned?" Shoujian Saint Child asked sharply.
"Hmph! What do you know? In my childhood, I accidentally consumed a miraculous fruit of heaven and earth. Although it cannot neutralize all poisons in the world, it can neutralize most of them! It is because of this miraculous fruit that I remained unharmed!" Saintess Hua Yan said arrogantly.
"You should die!" Shoujian Saint Child said menacingly.
"Is that so? I think the ones who should die are you!" Saintess Hua Yan sneered.