Chapter 119

Die.

Xiao Lian's eyes were wide open, fear filling her gaze.

Just then.

Just as the guard was about to unleash his flying sword, Su Yao's voice came from outside the door at the perfect moment: "Husband, what's wrong? Why all the noise?"

Xiao Lian jerked her head around, looking toward Su Yao.

She saw Su Chen walking over, composed yet slightly suspicious.

The Azure Dragon Holy Son's heart jumped; he narrowed his eyes warningly at Xiao Lian.

Then he put on a smile and went up to Su Yao: "Yao'er, why did you come over?"

"Husband, you know my nature; I didn't wait for Xiao Lian in the manor, so I came out myself to look for her."

"What's going on? Who hit Xiao Lian?!"

The Azure Dragon Holy Son immediately twisted the truth, complaining to Su Yao: "Madam, this clueless maid deserves more than a beating—she practically deserves to be killed. Look, this is what she gave me while you were away—her pills and cultivation method."

Saying this, the Azure Dragon Holy Son produced the pills and cultivation method he had prepared to give his personal sword attendant.

"I, I didn't send this, I don't have—" Xiao Lian stared at the red pill in her hand, unaware that it was the Lust Poison Pill and the Harmony Sect's cultivation method, the Harmony Technique.

Her inner self collapsed; she shook her head, face full of despair, unable to speak the shocking secret she kept inside.

If she spoke, the Holy Son and the lady would surely turn against each other on the spot.

The Azure Dragon Holy Son would certainly imprison the lady; given her stubborn nature, even without using her cultivation she would rather die than implicate the Profound Heaven Dao Sect.

"Still denying it? Lady, look at my flushed face, the fire burning in my dantian—these are signs of having taken the Lust Poison Pill. Bold maid, who in this holy land doesn't know I am deeply devoted to you? You actually dared to cultivate that evil Harmony Technique with me to boost your cultivation."

"Madam, you must not be soft-hearted; just slap her to death with one palm."

Xiao Lian trembled, her pupils clearly seeing the killing intent in the Azure Dragon Holy Son's eyes.

He feared she would leak the secret, so he wanted to kill her to eliminate future trouble.

But she herself could not die…

If she died, the lady's journey would likely…

We haven't yet reached Ganyuan City, nor have we obtained the Star Battle Body Technique by exchanging Su Yao.

The Azure Dragon Holy Son had no intention of showing his hand to Su Yao; after all, rather than perish together with her, it was better to smoothly trick her into the trap, and even if it came to that, Su Yao would likely drag him down even if she ruined her meridians forcing her cultivation.

If she really dragged him down with her, what's the point of exchanging any cultivation method?

"Executing her on the spot would be overly merciless," Su Yao said, lowering her gaze, hands hanging, fingers clenched tight.

Her heart felt as if pierced by ten thousand arrows, aching so badly she could barely breathe.

This pain made her emotions somewhat unstable.

She glanced at Xiao Lian with undisguised disappointment, then looked at the Azure Dragon Holy Son's hand holding the Lust Poison Pill and Harmony Technique, and said: "Xiao Lian, you are an orphan taken in by the Profound Heaven Dao Sect, with no outstanding cultivation talent nor any notable skill; I chose you to accompany me as a dowry maid into the Azure Dragon Holy Land, but what you have done today is truly disappointing."

"You dare dream of cultivating that lewd technique with my husband? Then I will abolish your cultivation and cut out your tongue; this punishment counts as your karmic retribution."

"If you dare to overstep again in the future, I will show no leniency."

After Su Yao finished speaking those heart-wrenching words,

the Azure Dragon Holy Son's heart eased slightly, but his expression remained grave as he stared at Su Yao for a long while.

At this critical juncture, she actually proposed abolishing cultivation and cutting out the tongue—why didn't she ask for clarification?

Could she already know something? That seems impossible; Su Yao's temperament, he knows it best.

If she knew he planned to send her to Ganyuan City to exchange cultivation methods with Ye Xuan, she would likely have sacrificed her own cultivation to drag him down.

And how could she possibly remain so composed?

Su Yao is such a person: strong-willed, she acts according to her heart, upright and righteous, her character frank and outspoken.

She could never bear the humiliation of being stabbed in the back by someone close.

Just as she couldn't tolerate it back then, when Su Chen stood with Lin Jianran, she angrily left the sect to wander, even when the Profound Heaven Dao Sect sent disciples to block her, she refused to yield, threatening with her life to leave, insisting on marrying him…

"Since the lady is soft-hearted, sparing your lowly life, why don't you just do it?"

"Abolish her cultivation, cut out her tongue; if she dares to harbor such base thoughts again, don't blame me for not showing favor." In a place Su Yao didn't notice, the Azure Dragon Holy Son's words carried a naked threat.

This maid's cultivation is low, and she can't read; cutting out her tongue now should pose no threat.

Thinking thus,

the stone that had weighed on the Azure Dragon Holy Son's heart finally fell to the ground.

Ganyuan City is less than a day away; now is not the time to invite complications.

After all, whether he can break through his bottleneck and cultivate the Star Battle Body depends entirely on this tigress, Su Yao.

Su Yao watched expressionlessly as the holy land's guards abolished Xiao Lian's cultivation and then cut out her tongue.

She watched Xiao Lian, tears streaming from the corners of her eyes, accompanied by a hysterical wail; Xiao Lian collapsed to the ground, unable to bear the pain.

Her maids never knelt before her to beg for help the whole time.

"Husband, I just regulated my breath and found I'm fine, my essence and spirit are full, so let's still depart at the Mao hour." Su Yao had the guards lift Xiao Lian back to her quarters, then said to the Azure Dragon Holy Son.

A flash of malice crossed the Azure Dragon Holy Son's eyes, but he concealed it well, feigning a sigh: "Since the lady says so, as her husband I have no choice but to follow you."

"Let's set out at the Mao hour, reach Ganyuan City earlier, and you can rest easy."

Su Yao nodded, moved, and left with Xiao Lian.

Behind her, the Azure Dragon Holy Son stared at their retreating figures, his gaze carrying a hint of scrutiny.

Returning to the ruins of the sect, Su Yao had the guards throw Xiao Lian into the cultivation chamber where a formation had been laid.

Facing Xiao Lian, whose mouth continuously bled, whose cultivation was gone and who had lost consciousness, she punched and kicked her.

After disciplining Xiao Lian,

With her mouth she spoke praises of the Azure Dragon Holy Son, saying how deep and devoted he was, while at the same time she uttered vicious words to Xiao Lian, each sentence cutting to the heart, revealing utter disappointment, and she spread her divine sense.

"Dong dong dong…"

The footsteps outside the door grew fainter and farther……

After she confirmed with her divine sense that she could no longer sense anyone.

Su Yao only then removed her disguise, tears streaming down her face as she knelt on the ground, holding Xiao Lian who lay in a pool of blood; even though Xiao Lian had already lost consciousness, she stubbornly resisted passing out, and Xiao Lian was still making hand signs, trying to explain to her.

A soft whisper came from beside her ear: "Right, sorry……"

"I know, I know everything. I've been hiding outside, listening to your conversation with that beast. I understand her scheme; he had no intention of going to Heaven Origin City to save Xiao Chen."