Chapter 270 Yun Zhi Reveals Her True Identity
Upon hearing Bai Yu’s words, Yun Zhi completely lost her composure. Her delicate face immediately turned ashen white, and her body began to tremble.
At this moment, she had completely lost her previous calm demeanor. She could accept her own death, but she could not implicate the Clear Sky Sect.
Yun Zhi then stepped forward, came to Bai Yu’s side, grabbed his arm, and pleaded in a supplicating tone:
“Bai Yu, please don’t do this. Spare the Clear Sky Sect. My coming to you has nothing to do with the Clear Sky Sect, really. This is just my own idea!”
“If you want revenge, come at me. I’ll accept whatever you do; just don’t involve others.”
Bai Yu carefully observed Yun Zhi’s expression and, upon realizing that the despair in her eyes was not feigned, he let out a long sigh of relief.
He had finally managed to trick her into revealing it. Previously, this woman had been unyielding, which had greatly troubled him. Even when he mentioned the Clear Sky Sect, although Yun Zhi’s expression changed, he still didn't fully believe her.
After all, it could have been a pretense, which was why he specifically said he wanted to wipe out the Clear Sky Sect, solely to test the veracity of Yun Zhi’s identity.
Now it seemed this woman wasn’t a professional; she was just a hothead who, in a moment of impulse, had rushed over to kill him for revenge.
After all, if she were a professional assassin, how could she have exposed herself and revealed her identity after just a few words from him?
Then, Bai Yu’s lips curled into a smile. He reached out and pulled her back into his embrace, continuing his previous exploration while softly saying:
“Your own idea? Unrelated to the Clear Sky Sect? Haha, they’re all surnamed Tang, so how could it be unrelated?”
“However, you can tell me your identity now, can’t you? As for how to deal with the Clear Sky Sect, we’ll discuss that later.”
Yun Zhi bit her lip. She felt utterly uncomfortable, as if ants were crawling all over her, but she dared not move, fearing that Bai Yu, displeased, would vent his anger on the Clear Sky Sect.
“I… I am Tang Yuehua, Tang Xiao’s sister, the Clear Sky Sect’s Sect Master.”
“Ah?”
Bai Yu’s eyes widened, looking at Tang Yuehua in his arms in disbelief, even his hand movements unconsciously paused.
“Hiss, you couldn’t break through… uh, so it was you. In that case, you came to kill me to avenge Tang Hao, right?”
Bai Yu originally wanted to ask Tang Yuehua how she had managed to break through to become a Spirit Elder, but before he could ask, he remembered that this woman, Tang Yuehua, also had a duplicate.
Then there was nothing surprising about it. The notebook’s function was to forcibly increase spirit power by one level each year, and even a Spirit with defects couldn't stop it.
And as long as she broke through the tenth level, with Tang Yuehua’s many years of accumulation, it was normal for her to quickly become a Spirit Elder.
After all, her innate spirit power was level 9, and her aptitude was not weak. Even though she knew she couldn’t break through, when she had free time, she would still try to cultivate, gambling on that one in a million chance.
Tang Yuehua’s eyes flashed with hatred upon hearing Bai Yu’s words. If Bai Yu hadn't killed her brother, she wouldn't have gone to such lengths to assassinate Bai Yu and seek revenge on him.
“Yes, you led people to attack the Clear Sky Sect’s mountain gate and killed my two brothers. So, I wanted to come and seek revenge on you.”
“But my strength wasn’t enough to kill you, so I had to find another way. That’s why I came to the battlefield, hoping to help Star Luo achieve victory and use their power to deal with you.”
“It’s just a pity; I thought too simply. Even with my help, Star Luo couldn’t quickly defeat Heaven Dou.”
“And on the battlefield, I was increasingly finding it difficult to move. After that, Second Elder wanted to send me back to Heaven Dou City, telling me to give up revenge.”
“But how could I give up? So I tricked Second Elder, letting him leave alone, and then I returned to the battlefield.”
After Tang Yuehua finished speaking, Bai Yu reached out, pinched her chin, and gently forced her head up, making her meet his gaze.
“Heh heh, so in that case, that fellow playing the zither earlier was you? Emotion manipulation, quite a good ability, isn’t it?”
“And that act of capturing someone, you must have performed it more than once, right? After all, you didn’t know which part of the battlefield I would appear on.”
“You really have some nerve, don’t you? If you hadn’t escaped one of those times and were really captured, wouldn’t that have been a pointless sacrifice?”
“Tsk, no, there were also people from your Clear Sky Sect on the battlefield, so even if you were captured, as long as you revealed your identity, Star Luo wouldn’t make things difficult for you.”
“After all, they still needed the Clear Sky Sect’s help. Not bad, you played your cards well.”
“However, your seeking revenge on me is fine, but I’m very dissatisfied with your reason. What do you mean, ‘killed my two brothers’?”
“I only killed Tang Hao; your elder brother Tang Xiao is still alive. If you keep using such groundless excuses, then I’ll just have to send your elder brother down too.”
“After all, I don’t like being wronged; I don’t want to be falsely accused.”
Upon hearing Bai Yu’s words, Tang Yuehua’s pupils dilated, and she instantly lost her composure. When she reacted, she immediately asked anxiously:
“Bai Yu, is what you said true? Is my elder brother really still alive? Then where is he now? Why hasn’t he come back to find us?”
Bai Yu relaxed his body, leaned back in the chair, and his hands began to move again.
“He is indeed alive, but he’s not very free. He’s currently locked up in my Spirit Hall’s dungeon. How could he come back to find you all?”
Tang Yuehua clenched her fists, her mouth opening and closing several times, wanting to ask Bai Yu to release her elder brother, Tang Xiao.
But now that her assassination had failed and she was imprisoned, even she was under Bai Yu’s control. Where would she get the capital to ransom her elder brother?
However, even though she knew she would be rejected, she still prepared to plead with Bai Yu. After all, letting her elder brother suffer in prison was simply impossible for her to bear.
“Bai Yu, can you release my elder brother? I know that Seventh Elder’s sneak attack, which almost killed you, was the initial cause.”
“But now, the Clear Sky Sect has been disbanded by you. You should have vented your anger by now, right? My elder brother himself has no grievances with you; his crime doesn’t warrant death!”
Bai Yu looked at Tang Yuehua, whose eyes held a hint of hope, and nodded slightly, saying in a vague tone:
“Hmm, Tang Xiao indeed has no grievances with me, which is why I didn’t kill him. But he is, after all, the Clear Sky Sect’s Sect Master. If I let him go, he might cause me trouble in the future.”
“It’s better to keep him locked up. The Spirit Hall will take care of him, so he won’t die.”
After Bai Yu finished speaking, Tang Yuehua’s emotions instantly plummeted. Although she had long known this would be the outcome, she couldn’t help but feel a little disappointed.
Looking at Tang Yuehua, whose eyes were lifeless, Bai Yu pinched her pretty face, tugged it back and forth a few times, then chuckled softly.
“Heh heh, while asking me to release him directly is absolutely impossible.”
“However, you could try to exchange yourself for Tang Xiao. I just don’t know if you’re willing.”