Chapter 703: Only Then Is It Perfect

"I should have shaken them off by now!"

She did not know how long she had been fleeing, but only when no sound remained behind her did Su Qinghe finally heave a sigh of relief.

By now, she was nearly out of this mountain forest; as long as she kept going for a 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 gait appeared somewhat staggering, as if he might collapse at any moment.

Finally, at a spot not far from her, 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 checked his pulse. Although her Martial Arts were nothing special, her skill in preparing medicine and saving lives was among the best 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 one who hurt me is Su Ye. In the entire Zhengyang Sect, besides Su Ye, who else could possess 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 never expected to meet you here. I fear I won't make it, but there is a secret you must know."

"Do you know why Su Ye is so determined 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 held Father in high regard, and he and Eldest Senior Brother were as close as brothers; he would never do such a thing!"

"When it comes to power, even the bond between father and son is as thin as paper, let alone a master and senior brother."

"You must know, your father only had these two personal disciples; 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 so quickly? How could he have firmly seized the power of the sect!"

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

The senior brother she had admired since childhood was actually the murderer of 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 turn a person into such a madman, that they would betray their master, senior brother, and the junior sister they grew up with without a moment's hesitation?

"Qinghe!" Seeing Su Qinghe in a daze, the old man hurriedly shook her. "Qinghe, now is not the 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."

"You must 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 level of 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 for nothing."

Giving her a fierce push, the old man stood up and blocked her path; that resolute gaze gave one a sense of tragic heroism.

"Go, go! Hurry and go!"

"Uncle-Master!" This scene left Su Qinghe unable to react, nor could she distinguish whether what she heard today was true or false. She could only stomp her feet hard, feeling deeply powerless, before turning and leaving in tears.

She knew very well that staying behind would only make her a burden and serve no purpose. 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, Su Qinghe could never have imagined that the old man, who had charged into the distance as if heroically meeting his end, simply threw his blade to the side after running for a while and sat down limply on his backside.

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

"Indeed, it was quite good—more than enough to fool a little girl!" A voice emerged from the mountain 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 walking slowly out of the forest.

Looking in the direction Su Qinghe had fled, Luo Mingxi could not 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 amateur Martial Arts, she could so easily escape someone's pursuit. And in this wilderness, how could you have happened to run into her, and she didn't even have a shred of suspicion?"

"Su Ye has protected this little girl too well; he's practically ruined her. She doesn't understand the dangers of the world at all."

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

"Given the feelings Su Ye has for her, I fear he will never be on guard. My nephew-disciple is outstanding to an absurd degree, with almost no flaws on his entire body. 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 said, "But thanks are still due. If not for Elder Xiao, how could we take down Su Ye, how could we take 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 straight 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 strike, the old man felt there was nowhere to hide.

It was as if the other party had rehearsed that scene countless times; from the drawing of the blades to his own emergency reaction, the entire process was completely under the other party's control.

Thus, in the end, Luo Mingxi's palm strike seemed as if the old man had run into it himself. The fierce palm force pierced straight through his chest, shattering his heart meridian.

The old man fell down, unwilling to accept his fate, 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!"