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The picture turned and she saw a person standing in front of a bookshelf. As expected, it was the Grand Master. His white attire looked quite similar to this woman in white…

"He really is your disciple?"

"My name is Ning Xiyu, he was my first disciple. I picked him up from the streets and gave him the name Ning Qing. I taught him everything he knew, but didn't think..." she paused.

"He was my disciple, but also my mistake. I died under unusual circumstances, and Ning Qing was never able to let it go..."

Her voice trembled a little but she continued, "He hated everything and everyone because of my death. He framed Qing Ji so people mistakenly thought she was causing havoc, then offered the Ten Square Formation to Ning Ruochu, thus successfully eliminating the world's most powerful demon masters. Then he took over and established himself as the supreme leader, divided demon masters into four quarters, and single handedly pushed the world down a path of chaos and destruction…"

And he was now standing next to his bookshelf, calmly reading a book in his hand. Ning Xiyu waved her hand and the vision faded away.

"You want to make up for your mistake? So you want me to tell Qing Ji the truth and have her kill him?"

"She is the only one who can. You are also the only one I can talk to, because of how little time you have left on earth."

"Why me? I am not the only one who's life is hanging in the balance."

"Yes, there are many dying people in this world. But someone who's neither human nor demon, and also hanging by a thread, you are the only one. I am also neither human nor a demon. You and I both exist outside of the five elements..."

The woman in white was still moving her lips, but her voice began to fade. Ji Yunhe said, "I'm waking up. About Qing Ji, I..."

Ji Yunhe's eyes snapped open, but instead of the ceiling, it was Changyi's face that flooded her vision. His scent still lingered on her lips.

And the blue glow had just faded inside her chest. He gave her the jiaozhu again.

Ji Yunhe sat up and he took a step back. She smiled and asked, "Got him as planned?" Changyi settled down after hearing her speak.

"Yes."

Before they had time to exchange more words, Kongming barged through the front door and stormed in, shouting at Changyi in anger, "How could you tell that fool to go after Lin Haoqing?! If something were to go wrong..."

Changyi furrowed his brows and replied, "I didn't tell her to."

Seeing Changyi had been yelled at, Ji Yunhe interjected, "Qing Ji is there, she should be fine."

"Should!?" Kongming was furious. He glared at Ji Yunhe viciously. "As long as nothing happens to this fish, you have no concerns!"

Ji Yunhe threw the monk a look, and he immediately closed his mouth. Realizing he had misspoken, he turned around and left. Soon came the sound of him arguing with Luo Jinsang in the hallway...

Luo Jinsang's voice was louder than his. "Get out of my way, I want to tell Yunhe the great news! Don't block me! Hey, what are you doing? I'm fine! I'm telling you, Qing Ji and I got Lin Haoqing! He's in the dungeon right now!"

"Luo Jinsang, can you grow a brain? Who told you to go after Lin Haoqing?"

"What's wrong with you? I got their commander from the front lines! How glorious! What are you so angry about? Are you jealous of me and Qing Ji?"

"Luo Jinsang!"

"What?!"

The two of them grew louder and louder, offsetting the silence in the room. Changyi turned his head and asked Ji Yunhe curiously, "You knew they went after Lin Haoqing?"

Ji Yunhe froze a bit then said, "Just a guess, Qing Ji likes the spotlight..." Then she immediately changed the topic.

"Since they have captured Lin Haoqing... I want to see him." Changyi stared at her for a while then finally agreed this time.

"We will go together." Ji Yunhe smiled.

Together. She liked hearing that word from Changyi. Ji Yunhe instantly felt like telling him everything -- how she never betrayed him.

But...

The pain she felt after the jiaozhu left her body was still lingering on her mind. Once again, Ji Yunhe swallowed all the things she wanted to say.

With a dying body, let's not play with those twists and turns. The situation was already so complicated, why add to the stress and confusion.