Chapter 422

「I told you to have my master come see me, but you refuse, so you can only anxiously wait. 」 Qiao Chu simply closed their eyes.

Pei Shangling thought back and forth, still felt saving Mu Yuanzhi was more important.

They're both like this— is it necessary for him to guard them?

Anderluo wouldn't risk danger to come save someone, right? Looking at him, he's not even combat capable; could it be that a great evil person still has conscience to save a companion from dire straits? Obviously impossible!

Pei Shangling decided to go find Qilin.

Maybe if Qilin comes, it could really pry open Qiao Chu's mouth.

Pei Shangling didn't know where Qilin went, so he searched the whole valley randomly; fortunately his luck was good and he soon found it!

「Qilin! 」

Qilin turned away unhappily, he was worried about Mu Yuanzhi's safety; seeing Pei Shangling, his temper worsened: 「What are you doing here? Weren't you supposed to watch those two?! 」

「His traitor disciple might know where Ah Zhi is; he'll only talk if he sees you! 」 Pei Shangling said.

「How could he possibly know, can you even grow a brain?! 」 Qilin was speechless: 「Anderluo hasn't been found yet, the valley's crisis isn't over! 」

Pei Shangling didn't think so: 「What if? What if he really knows! He and Anderluo Xiao Yichen are in cahoots」

Yue Yun: 「Master! So many people are looking for the uncle, we'll definitely find him! 」

Moreover, in her heart, the valley is naturally more important!

「Qilin! 」

「Let's go! 」 Qilin gave Pei Shangling a glance before heading back.

Yue Yun became anxious: 「Master! Are we just going to leave Anderluo unattended? 」

「Let's ask Qiao Chu first. 」 Qilin said.

Anderluo is gravely wounded, can't stir up any trouble; his disciples are all in Hangu Cave, if Hangu Cave comes under attack, the signal flare will automatically launch, and he'll know right away.

No matter how anxious Yue Yun gets, it's useless; she can only follow along.

The three of them hurried to the detention place, but before they got close, they all smelled a strong stench of blood—this odor would at least require a person's entire body's worth of bleeding!

Pei Shangling kicked the door open immediately!

Qiao Chu was still there, smiling at them, but when his gaze shifted, Ah Zi was gone!

「Where are the people?! 」 Qilin asked Pei Shangling.

「You ask me? Ask him! 」 Pei Shangling pointed at Qiao Chu: 「When I went out, the person was still there. 」

Now where Ah Zi is, there's only a shocking pool of blood.

Qilin recalled Ruohua, eyes widening: 「You wicked disciple, did you eat people?! 」

「Is that how you think of me, Master? 」 Qiao Chu retorted.

Later, Yue Yun endured dry heaves, glaring at Qiao Chu: 「What won't you do?! Qiao Chu, you're truly a beast in human form! 」

「I don't deny being a beast in human form, but I have no liking for eating people, nor have I gone into demonic deviation to lose control; senior sister, you're overstating it. 」 Qiao Chu said.

「Don't call me senior sister! 」 Yue Yun got goosebumps: 「You've already been expelled from the sect! 」

Hearing that, Qiao Chu merely smiled and gave no reply.

Qilin scanned the room and said: 「Has Anderluo been here?! 」

「As expected of Master, you knew right away. 」 Qiao Chu nodded: 「He came and took Ah Zi away. 」

Indeed it is!

Yue Yun couldn't understand: 「Why would he take the dying Ah Zi but not take you?! 」

「First, I don't know; second, I don't want to leave. 」 Qiao Chu said simply and clearly.

「Bullshit! You wouldn't not know?! What exactly are you trying to do? You won't succeed! Don't underestimate Juechen Valley! 」 Yue Yun gritted her teeth.

「What's there in Juechen Valley worth my respect? 」 Qiao Chu's eyes full of contempt: 「Just a rabble, except for the Master. 」

Yue Yun chuckled: 「Really? Then you're part of that rabble too! 」

「I don't deny it; I'm indeed not outstanding enough, otherwise I wouldn't have ended up like this today. 」 Qiao Chu did not deny.

「Qiao Chu, once, you were my unequivocal choice for the next valley chief in my heart. 」 Qilin said, disappointment welling up again in his eyes.

Yue Yun felt awful inside; she hated her own weakness, which made the Master think the valley could be entrusted to Qiao Chu—otherwise, the Master wouldn't feel so sorrowful!

Qilin once again asked Qiao Chu: 「Why exactly did you betray the sect? 」

「Master, come here, let me tell you, disciple. 」 Qiao Chu said.

「Stop the nonsense, Qiao Chu—you said if Qilin came you'd tell him where Ah Zhi is! 」 Pei Shangling couldn't stand wasting time here any longer!

Qiao Chu laughed until his shoulders shook: 「You actually believe that? 」

「Damn thing! 」 Pei Shangling kicked toward Qiao Chu, landing squarely on his wound.

Qiao Chu was in excruciating pain yet couldn't stop his mocking laughter.

Pei Shangling's kick made Qilin instinctively frown, only then realizing this disciple had already become a traitor.

He still didn't understand why Qiao Chu would betray him.

「What exactly are you after? 」

Qiao Chu lifted his gaze to look at Qilin, saying: 「Master, what I have sought from beginning to end has never changed. 」

「That just means you were never a good person from the start! 」 Pei Shangling spoke for the inarticulate Qiao Chu.

「That can be said. 」 Qiao Chu openly admitted: 「Master, it's not that I betrayed; rather, I was originally a member of the Cold Dew Stronghold. 」

Qilin never expected the answer to be like this!

Yue Yun angrily cursed: 「Unbelievable! You were actually a spy who infiltrated from the start! 」

「Master, do you regret saving me? 」 Qiao Chu asked.

「Yes. 」 Qilin replied instantly.

Turns out, just like Pei Shangling, he had come from the start with the intention of scheming against him.

He thought he had already matured, grown up, had responsibility, could support the sect; turns out he's still just like before, easily misled by appearances.

People's hearts are hard to fathom; he will not fathom them.

Having gotten a definite answer, Qiao Chu lowered his head and chuckled; the disheveled bangs falling over his forehead hid the emotion in his eyes. He said: "I thought you, Master, would say something nice, like 'It's your fault for not teaching me well,' 'It's your fault for not letting me rein in at the brink in time,' and that you still cherish our master-disciple bond."

Qilin gave a scoffing laugh: "What are you thinking, Qiao Chu? I only find someone like you disgusting!"

Pei Shangling listened at the side, as if these words of agreement were being said to him.

Qilin is just like that: if you are his friend, he can lay bare his heart; but once he knows you are approaching with an ulterior motive, he will give no chance, only coldly withdrawing.

When they first met, Qilin gave him an extraordinarily precious Hundred Spirit Grass Pill and told him his secret; at the time he only thought this little brat was stupid beyond measure, usable.

Actually, Qilin is just as pure as A Zhi, with clear love and hate.

A Zhi…

Thinking this, Pei Shangling became anxious again: "Qiao Chu, since you don't know anything, then go die!"

He said that, and Qilin had no reaction at all.