Chapter 418: You Are Not at the Mortal Shedding Realm

"I should have shaken them off by now!"

She didn't know how long she had been running, but only when no sound came from behind her did Su Qinghe finally heave a sigh of relief.

By now, she was almost out of this forest; in just a little while longer, she would be able to escape back to the sect. Once there, even if the other party was the young master of the Luo family, he would not dare to act wantonly within the sect.

However, at this moment, the words Luo Mingxi had just spoken surfaced in Su Qinghe's mind, and she began to let her imagination run wild.

It was like a thorn piercing her heart, causing her to harbor a sliver of doubt toward the Senior Brother she had always trusted deeply.

Just then, Su Qinghe suddenly heard a commotion nearby and instinctively wanted to hide.

But then, she saw an old man running toward her at high speed; his sprinting figure appeared somewhat staggering, as if he might collapse at any moment.

Finally, not far from where she stood, the old man fell down as if he had run out of strength.

"Uncle-Master?" Upon seeing this old man, Su Qinghe recognized him immediately, then rushed over at once, hurriedly supporting him.

"Uncle-Master, what on earth happened? Who hurt you like this!"

While supporting her Uncle-Master, Su Qinghe carefully took his pulse. Although her Martial Arts were nothing special, her skill in preparing medicine and saving lives was second to none in the sect.

But the moment her hand touched the old man's pulse, Su Qinghe's expression changed drastically, and she said with disbelief, "The palm force of the Jingyang Palm... this is impossible!"

"It is indeed the Jingyang Palm!" Recognizing Su Qinghe beside him, the old man then said to her, "Qinghe, the person who hurt me is Su Ye. In the entire Zhengyang Sect, besides Su Ye, who else could have such power!"

"How could this be? Why would Senior Brother attack you? You are our Uncle-Master!"

"Uncle-Master? In his eyes, he doesn't even acknowledge his own master, so how could he acknowledge me as his Uncle-Master!"

Grabbing Su Qinghe's hand, the old man said urgently, "Qinghe, I didn't expect to run into you here. I'm afraid I won't make it, but there is a secret you must know."

"Do you know why Su Ye had to take my life? Because I inadvertently learned a great secret: the Sect Leader and Bai Yu were both killed by Su Ye. He has gone mad for the sake of the Sect Leader position!"

"Impossible!" Such sudden information made Su Qinghe instinctively refuse to believe it.

"Senior Brother has always been deeply respectful to Father, and he and Eldest Senior Brother were like brothers; he would never do such a thing!"

"In the face of power, even the bond between father and son is as thin as paper, let alone a master and a senior brother."

"You must know, your father only had these two personal disciples, and the future Sect Leader was to be chosen from the two of them."

"If Su Ye didn't kill your father and didn't kill your Eldest Senior Brother, how could he have become the Sect Leader so smoothly and quickly? How could he have firmly grasped the power of the sect?"

"Impossible, this is impossible!" Muttering with her head bowed in a panic, Su Qinghe felt her worldview being struck unprecedentedly again and again in just a few short moments.

The Senior Brother she had admired since childhood was actually the murderer who killed her father and Eldest Senior Brother; how could she accept this?

Furthermore, she had met Luo Mingxi today, and he had even said that it was her Senior Brother who had leaked her whereabouts to the Luo family.

Could power really make a person become so deranged that they would betray their master, their senior brother, and the junior sister they grew up with without a second thought?

"Qinghe!" Seeing Su Qinghe in a daze, the old man hurriedly shook her. "Qinghe, this is no time to be dazed. It is fortunate that I met you before I died."

"I will cover your tracks and lead away those who are coming to hunt you down; I won't let anyone discover that you are here too."

"Go quickly, go as far as you can, and whatever you do, don't go back."

"Take the truth out with you, and remember, you must be patient. Wait until the day you have enough strength to return and kill Su Ye with your own hands to avenge your father!"

【Author's Note: Gu Yao】

"Uncle-Master!"

"Go! With your Martial Arts, if you stay here, neither of us will be able to leave. Go quickly, take the truth out, and don't let my death be in vain."

Giving her a fierce shove, the old man stood up and blocked her path; that resolute gaze gave one a feeling of "the wind blows cold."

"Go, go! Hurry and go!"

"Uncle-Master!" This scene left Su Qinghe with no time to react, nor could she distinguish whether what she heard today was true or false. Feeling deeply powerless, she could only stomp her feet hard before turning and leaving in tears.

She knew very well that staying behind would be nothing more than a burden; Su Qinghe had never felt so incompetent as she did today.

Watching Su Qinghe turn and leave, watching her figure grow more and more distant, the old man waved at her with a gratified smile as she looked back. Then, he gripped the blade in his hand and charged fiercely in the other direction.

That posture truly carried the air of someone going to their death. This scene caused Su Qinghe to lose control completely, and she burst into tears. She ran toward the distance while suppressing her sobs.

Yet, what Su Qinghe could never have imagined was that the old man, who had charged into the distance as if heroically meeting his end, tossed his blade aside after running for a bit and sat down limply on his backside.

"How was that? My acting wasn't bad, was it?"

"Indeed, it was quite good—more than enough to fool a little girl!" A voice immediately emerged from the forest; it was none other than Luo Mingxi, who had just crossed paths with Su Qinghe.

Afterward, Luo Mingxi and two other figures were seen slowly walking out of the forest.

Looking in the direction Su Qinghe had gone, Luo Mingxi couldn't help but shake his head. "Su Ye is a rare talent, but I never expected the Junior Sister he raised to be so brainless."

"She actually believed that with her third-rate Martial Arts, she could so easily escape someone's pursuit. And here in this wilderness, how could you have just happened to run into her? She didn't even have a shred of suspicion."

"Su Ye has protected this little girl too well; he's practically raised her to be useless. She truly doesn't understand at all how sinister the world is."

"If she understood, how would we have had the chance!" Patting his backside as he stood up, the old man's face was filled with smugness.

"I've done everything you asked me to do. Don't worry, I know this girl's personality better than anyone; she will definitely be unable to resist going back to assassinate Su Ye!"

"Given Su Ye's feelings for her, I'm afraid he will never be on guard. My nephew-disciple is outstanding to an absurd degree, with almost no flaws on him. Only this Qinghe is his greatest weakness!"

"I can see that!" Unable to help but sigh softly, Luo Mingxi remarked, "Having raised such a Junior Sister, it will be hard for Su Ye not to die this time!"

"Elder Xiao, thank you for this time!"

"No need for thanks; we are just getting what we each need. Don't forget what you promised me!"

"Rest assured, I keep it in mind every moment; how could I forget!" Walking to the old man's side, Luo Mingxi bowed slightly and then said, "But thanks are still in order. If it weren't for Elder Xiao, how could we have taken down Su Ye, how could we have taken down the Zhengyang Sect!"

"Eh? Wait a moment, you said take down the Zhengyang Sect, you... Pfft!"

Just as the old man reacted, the two people behind him suddenly drew their blades, intending to pierce directly through his chest, but he dodged them nimbly.

Yet at this moment, Luo Mingxi, who had been bowing to him, suddenly struck him with a palm. Facing this palm, the old man felt there was nowhere to hide.

It was as if the scene just now had been rehearsed countless times by the other party; from the drawing of the blades to his own emergency reaction, the entire process was clearly mastered by the other party.

Therefore, in the end, Luo Mingxi's palm strike seemed as if he had collided with it himself. The fierce palm force pierced directly through his chest, shattering his heart meridians.

The old man fell down, unwilling to accept it, his finger trembling as he pointed at the other party. "You, you!"

"Heh, Elder Xiao, don't blame me!" Withdrawing his hand, Luo Mingxi looked coldly at the old man whose breath was gradually fading, his face devoid of any emotion.

"Why can't you understand? Only when you are dead can this play be considered perfect, and I won't have to pay a single thing!"