Battle Through the Heavens: I Am the Righteous Path

Chapter 389
Looking at the third elder in front of her, Xiao Ying's expression was gloomy and uncertain, and her mind was filled with questions and was spinning rapidly.

Why would he help me?What is his purpose in helping me?Isn't he the Seven-Star Fighting Saint?How come he suddenly became a Nine-Star Fighting Saint?
Seeing the obvious vigilance in Xiao Ying's eyes, the third elder did not speak first, but reached out and handed Xiao Ying a pill.

"Eat it, or you'll die."

Xiao Ying was stunned for a moment, looking down at his half-lost body, and then looking at the elixir in the third elder's hand, which Xiao Ying also recognized.

The eighth-grade elixir, the bone-melting and blood-melting elixir, has the effect of regenerating human flesh and white bones. It is said to be able to protect people's lives with just one breath.

After hesitating for a while, he took the elixir and fed it into his mouth.

To be honest, she couldn't trust the person in front of her, but the current situation couldn't help her not trusting him.

Although the third elder is not as strong as Xiao Wuyun, he is not a being that he can compete with. If he really wants to harm himself, he will not need pills at all.

After taking the elixir, Xiao Ying felt a warm current in her body, and then her mutilated body began to recover visibly to the naked eye.

Feeling the gradually recovering breath in her body, Xiao Ying took out a cloak and put it on her body, stood up slowly, and stared at the third elder in front of her.

"Why save me? I don't remember that I have anything to do with you." Xiao Ying paused, a hint of coldness flashed in his eyes, "And the Lord Qingge you just mentioned, should be my mother, right? What are you two doing? What’s the relationship?”

A series of questions popped out of Xiao Ying's mouth. The third elder was silent for a long time, but did not answer, and said softly.

"Don't you, do you still have your own things to do?" The third elder slowly turned around, turned his back to Xiao Ying and said in a deep voice: "There are some things that it is useless to tell you now. They are not important to you anyway."

"If Master Qingge is still alive, she probably doesn't want you to know either."

Hearing the third elder mention Xiao Qingge again, Xiao Ying's face changed, her expression moved slightly, and she stretched out her hand towards him.

"Wait, what are you doing?"

Before he finished speaking, the figure of the third elder had disappeared from here. Xiao Ying gritted his teeth angrily, shook his cloak, and disappeared from here in a flash, heading towards the secret room quickly.

Although he didn’t know the relationship between the third elder and his mother, or why he saved her, Xiao Ying had to admit that he was right. He had more important things to do now, and that was to never let Xiao Ying Yu puts suspicion on Xiao Shengyi for what happened today, otherwise his desperate act today will be in vain.

As for his affairs, we will talk about it later.

In the middle of the night, Xiao Yu arranged for the Xiao Clan's holy guards to deal with the crime scene. He took inventory of the Xiao Clan's holy guards' injuries and frowned tightly.

He never expected that the murderer of these Xiao people in the past few days would be a five-star fighting saint who was only one star lower than himself.

Who is that person?Are you from the Xiao tribe?Or an outsider sneaking in?
And Xiao Wuyun, whom he met at the end of the chase, actually went out in person for the murderer. Did he know the murderer?Could it be that Xiao Wuyun and the murderer were together?Are the cases these days also under his orders?
Questions were swirling in Xiao Yu's mind one after another, but he couldn't get an answer.

Xiao Yu returned to the Xiao Clan Holy Guard's office worriedly. When he was about to enter, he suddenly raised his eyebrows and a thought flashed through his mind.

Could this matter be related to Captain Xiao Shengyi?
Whether it was the disappearance of the Xiao Clan's holy guards or the brutal killings of Xiao Clan people in the past few days, it all happened after the resurrected Xiao Shengyi appeared.

Xiao Yu looked solemn and turned to go to the secret room in the nearby yard. After entering the secret room, he saw Xiao Ying pretending to be Xiao Shengyi sitting cross-legged with her eyes closed, which dispelled Xiao Yu's newly raised suspicion.

After hearing the door open, Xiao Ying slowly opened her eyes, looked at Xiao Yu and asked in a deep voice.

"Xiao Yu, come to me so late, what's the matter?"

"Captain, in the past two days, people from the Xiao tribe have been brutally killed one after another. We almost caught the murderer tonight, but were stopped by Xiao Wuyun."

"Oh? Stopped him?" Xiao Ying raised his eyebrows slightly and asked in a pretentious manner: "He didn't hand over the murderer to you?"

"Yes, and from what I saw, Xiao Wuyun seemed to have come specifically for the murderer, and even threatened me not to ask any more questions."

Xiao Yu hesitated for a long time, but still told the situation truthfully, while Xiao Ying snorted coldly, with a tone full of disdain.

"Hmph, do you even need to think about this? Xiao Wuyun must have secretly sent people to murder those Xiao clan members."

"But what benefit does this group of people secretly kill the Xiao people to him?"

Xiao Yu's expression was very tangled. You said that it was okay for the missing Xiao Clan's holy guards to be placed on Xiao Wuyun's body. It could be explained that he was absorbing blood, but the corpses of these murdered Xiao Clan people were all normal, and there was no problem. Without anything, for what purpose could Xiao Shengyi do this?
In this regard, Xiao Ying's answer was unceremonious.

"That man is ruthless and capricious. Although I don't know why he did it, it must be for his own dirty purpose." After saying that, Xiao Ying closed her eyes again, "Tell the Xiao Clan's holy guards, You must not have any misunderstandings or conflicts with the Xiao clan people on this matter. This is a good opportunity to ease the relationship between the Xiao clan and the Xiao clan holy guards, and it must not be wasted."

"As long as the relationship between the Xiao Clan and the Xiao Clan Saint Guard is well established, even if the Xiao Clan Saint Guard's resentment becomes so great that it leads to Xiao Wuyun's murderous intention, he will at least find a reasonable reason because of those Xiao Clan people. , otherwise if he directly attacks the Xiao clan’s holy guards, he will definitely suffer the loss.”

Xiao Yu was silent for a moment after hearing this, then lowered his head and answered.

"Yes, I understand."

Immediately, Xiao Yu turned around and left the secret room. After Xiao Yu left for a while, Xiao Yingcai breathed a deep sigh of relief.

"Luckily I came back in time."

She can't lose Xiao Yu's trust now. Once Xiao Yu knows that Xiao Shengyi is a fake, she won't be able to secretly command the Xiao Clan's holy guards as she does now.

Outside the secret room, Xiao Yu glanced sideways at the secret room, with a hint of coldness in his eyes.

Although no evidence could be found, Xiao Yu's instinct told him that the person inside was not Xiao Shengyi at all.

When they first met, he and Xiao Lei both believed that there was no benefit at all in pretending to be the dead Xiao Shengyi. Coupled with the undisguised hatred for Xiao Wuyun in Xiao Shengyi's eyes at that time, they believed it.

But afterwards, the more Xiao Yu thought about it, the more she felt something was wrong.

To put it simply, I think too much and forget the most basic logical issues.

Even if only the body is destroyed, is it really possible for a person to be resurrected when his soul has been completely wiped out in front of everyone?This is too far-fetched no matter how you explain it.

Even if he is resurrected, the soul inside is definitely not the original Xiao Shengyi.

But even though Xiao Yu was so clear-minded, for more than a year, he still did not directly ask or expose him, but strictly followed his orders.

Because for now, everything Xiao Shengyi said was in the interests of him and the Xiao Clan's holy guards, so it was not a bad idea to obey his orders.

The fake Xiao Shengyi inside may know Xiao Wuyun better than himself, know better how to deal with Xiao Wuyun, and even hate Xiao Wuyun more than himself.In other words, the directions of interests are consistent, at least for now.

For the time being, let's just take advantage of each other.

Time flies, and half a year has passed since the night when the Xiao Clan's holy guards surrounded and suppressed the murderer of the Xiao Clan's people.

In the past six months, as Xiao Ying expected, the gap between the Xiao Clan's holy guards and the Xiao Clan's people was disappearing at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the hostility between the two sides gradually decreased.

On the contrary, the resentment of the Xiao Clan Holy Guard against Xiao Wuyun has not diminished at all. Rumors that are unfavorable to Xiao Wuyun are still circulating among the Xiao Clan Holy Guard. During this period of time, I also gradually heard the rumors that had been circulated among the Xiao clan members, which completely packaged Xiao Wuyun as a victim.

Over time, the Xiao Clan's holy guards became more dissatisfied with Xiao Wuyun, and many Xiao Clan people learned from the Xiao Clan's holy guards completely contrary to the rumors, and they did not trust Xiao Wuyun as much as before.

In addition to these, another thing was revealed between the Xiao Clan Holy Guard and the Xiao Clan people, and that was the death of Xiao Shengyi.

According to many people in the Xiao Clan's Holy Guard, Xiao Shengyi is a loyal captain who never strays beyond his reach and strictly abides by his duties. It is difficult to imagine that such a person would use the resources of the clan without authorization for his own selfish desires.

Although it was not stated explicitly, the Xiao clan members figured out the truth of the original incident based on their evaluation of Xiao Shengyi. Almost everyone thought the same thing.

That is, in order to quell the public's anger, the clan leader Xiao Wuyun placed all the blame on Xiao Shengyi and beheaded him in public to satisfy his grievances.

As soon as this speculation emerged, it spread like waves within the Xiao clan. Almost everyone in the Xiao clan knew about it, except for one person.

That is, Xiao Wuyun.

The Holy Guard of the Xiao Clan that he founded was at odds with him, and the Xiao Clan people now did not trust him as the clan leader, and Xiao Wuyun, who did not have any channels to obtain information, naturally had no way of knowing.

Nor did he expect that his reputation within the clan would plummet like a dam bursting.

In the secret room, Xiao Yu reported the current reputation of Xiao Wuyun in the clan to Xiao Ying, who was pretending to be Xiao Shengyi, with unconcealable joy in his eyes.

Of course, these unfavorable rumors about Xiao Wuyun did not appear out of thin air. Instead, he followed Xiao Shengyi's instructions and seemingly unintentionally described Xiao Shengyi's personality and work style. There was no need to deliberately arrange it, just If you need to tell the truth, the Xiao people will figure out the truth on their own.

Everyone's impression of Xiao Wuyun now is that of a deceiver and a scumbag who wantonly harms his fellow clan members and subordinates for his own status and power.

Although the Xiao clan members knew that this was just speculation, it was enough to change their attitude towards Xiao Wuyun.

Rumors are the easiest thing to confuse people. It is normal for most people to just listen to the wind.

What's more, Xiao Yu knew very well in her heart that this was not an unjust accusation against Xiao Wuyun, but something that Xiao Wuyun had actually done. Even if Xiao Wuyun stood up and denied it, he wouldn't have that much confidence.

Facts always speak louder than words.

First the First Elder and the Second Elder, then the Xiao Clan people, and then Xiao Shengyi and the Xiao Clan Holy Guards. Xiao Wuyun's behavior so far has almost offended the Xiao Clan from bottom to top.

No matter how strong this kind of person is, if others don't say anything, how can they convince you in their hearts?

If Xiao Wuyun really didn't care what the people below thought of him, it would be fine. He was one of the few people who stood at the pinnacle of the late Nine-Star Dou Saint stage and stood at the top of the world. Why should he care about the opinions of the weak?

The premise is that he really doesn't care.

But it is a pity that Xiao Wuyun still has greed in his heart. He wants to go further. He is not willing to be just one of the few people at the top of the world, but wants to be the only person standing at the top of the world.

To this end, he must improve his image among the Xiao clan. He needs these Xiao clan people to continuously provide him with blood to help his ambition to become the Dou Emperor.

But now it seems that Xiao Wuyun is completely dead on this road.

"Xiao Wuyun is still kept in the dark. By the time he knows, it will be too late."

Xiao Yu slightly raised the corner of her mouth and laughed, while Xiao Ying spoke softly.

"Inform Xiao Lei and Xiao Ling and let them come back." Xiao Ying frowned slightly, with a ruthless look in his eyes, "Everything should be over soon."

"Well, I'll notify them right away."

Xiao Yu nodded, and when he was about to turn around and leave, he suddenly stopped and glanced over his head in Xiao Ying's doubtful eyes.

"By the way, if possible, don't give orders as captain in the future."

？ ！！

Hearing Xiao Yu's words, Xiao Ying's pupils suddenly shrank, and then she asked indifferently.

"What do you mean?"

"Ha~ Still don't want to confess?" Xiao Yu chuckled and waved his hand casually, "Then let's do this for now. After everything is over, I hope you can let the captain rest in peace. He is already dead. It’s so pitiful that I’m still being used by you until now.”

As Xiao Yu left and the secret room slowly closed, Xiao Ying's face was solemn and her expression was a little distorted.

What he said just now left no doubt that he was not Xiao Shengyi at all.

When did he find out?

This doubt popped up in Xiao Ying's mind, and she quickly threw it aside.

Well, since he knew he was a fake but didn't expose himself, it proved that he believed that the two of them were going in the same direction, and it was okay to use each other, so there was no need to worry too much.

Although it was just, he thought it was enough for Xiao Ying.

Xiao Yu still thinks that Xiao Ying is just like them, they just hate Xiao Wuyun, that's all.

In fact, Xiao Ying's purpose is definitely not just that.

Xiao Ying's eyes flashed with a hint of coldness.

Xiao Yu will understand sooner or later that people who think they are smart will die more miserably than stupid people.

(End of this chapter)