The Emperor is kidnapped, and the useless daughter destroys the three realms

As soon as these words came out, the whole place was silent.

The black-robed man continued, "Using your life to exchange for the lives of a dozen of them, this deal is an easy one, right?"

"Or maybe you are unwilling to sacrifice your own life to give them a chance to survive. If that's the case, then why did you go to so much trouble to break the barrier and enter Longyin City?"

Ruan Xihe frowned, not too shocked. Instead, everything was within her expectations.

"Boss, don't fall into their trap. They definitely want to trick you over and then catch us all in one fell swoop." Gongzi Heng said quietly, turning sideways.

Shen Yan also said: "Not appropriate."

But only Ou Ye sneered.

"Why is it inappropriate? Ruan Xihe, using your life in exchange for the lives of more than a dozen people including Senior Brother Shangguan, it's a good deal no matter how you think about it, right?"

"Don't you always like to show off your righteousness? Now that the opportunity is right in front of you, why don't you go? Are you unwilling? Or... afraid?"

When Gongzi Heng heard this, he opened his mouth and wanted to retort.

Jimo Qianyi held his shoulder and shook his head, "That's not necessary."

"Why is it unnecessary? Isn't she deliberately accusing Ruan Ruan of oppression?" Xiao Yin frowned his beautiful eyebrows and clenched his fists angrily.

Ruan Xihe didn't care what Ou Ye said.

She lowered her head and thought about why the man in black robe did this and the real purpose behind it.

If the purpose of the Holy Maiden Church and the man in black robes was her from the very beginning, the series of events that happened in the Holy Maiden Church would never have happened.

This is a bit too troublesome.

But now, the man in black robes was clearly coming towards her...

When Ou Ye saw that it was Xiao Yin who was refuting her, her brows suddenly turned cold, and the jealousy in her heart slowly ignited.

This was the countless number of times that Xiao Yin had fallen out with her because of Ruan Xihe.

She stiffened her neck and said unconvincedly, "Who oppressed her? I am telling the truth. Now that Senior Brother Shangguan and his group have been arrested, we can only consider the overall situation and try to minimize the losses."

Xiao Yin sneered, "That's ridiculous! What you said is completely a fallacy!"

"Whether it's Senior Brother Shangguan and his group, Ruan Ruan's life, or the life of anyone else in the team, we can't just use them for exchange!"

"I will never give up one person to save another. How can I exchange one life for another? The lives of ten people are lives, but the life of one person is not a life?"

Ou Ye's face darkened and he wanted to refute.

But Liu Ruyu directly signaled her to shut up, "Junior Sister Ou, if you have nothing to say, then don't say it. I don't want to see you guys still arguing at this time."

Ou Ye waved his sleeves and turned his back angrily.

The man in black robe saw that the argument below was going on and no one was giving him an answer, so he was not in a hurry.

Instead, he sat down on the top of the tower in a very leisurely manner.

He found a pot of tea from somewhere, closed his eyes and sipped the tea slowly and calmly, waiting for Ruan Xihe's final decision, as leisurely as if he was a spectator who was detached from the situation.

"Can't we just attack directly? Or capture some of their people and use them as bargaining chips?" Gongzi Heng held the sword, his eyes swept across the faces of the surrounding Saint Maiden disciples, and he was ready to make a move.

"It's useless." Dai Yan sneered, "He won't care."

Gongzi Heng also knew this. He frowned in annoyance, his peach blossom eyes narrowed slightly, "Now the enemy is right in front of us but we can't fight them. It really makes me feel frustrated!"

Shen Yan felt the same way.

He clenched the sword at his waist, even pulling out a small part of the blade, but he couldn't move. His handsome eyes and brows were cold and intimidating.

Liu Ruyu said: "The most urgent task now is to wake Shangguan Chu and the others up. If they can wake up and know what happened, things will be easier."

"It's probably not possible to wake them up now, but..." Jimo Qianyi shook his head and paused, "We can pretend to surrender first, and then work together to find an opportunity to rescue Brother Shangguan and the others. Then we can see why they are unconscious."

Jimo Qianyi looked at Ruan Xihe, "What do you think?"

On the top of the tower, the man in black heard what Jimo Qianyi said.

He took a sip of tea and sneered with some disdain.

Then, he slowly said, "Stop dreaming unrealistically."

The black-robed man slowly opened his eyes and glanced over Qing Long and Ling Hu Zhou. "Didn't they tell you what this thing is?"

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and the pendant on his palm fell off again.

The people below subconsciously closed their eyes the moment they saw the pendant hanging on the black-robed man's palm falling.

As a result, they heard the man in black robe sneer.

"You don't have to be so defensive against me. Didn't the person you trusted not tell you the truth and is still hiding it from you?"

Everyone couldn't help but become suspicious. They slowly opened their eyes and turned to look at Qing Long and Linghu Zhou.

Linghu Zhou shook his head at Qinglong, obviously still trying to conceal the true situation of the soul chain.

But Qing Long gently pushed Linghu Zhou's hand away and bowed deeply to everyone, "I'm sorry everyone, Senior Brother Zhou and I did hide something from each other before."

Afterwards, she told everyone about the soul chain.

No one spoke at the scene, everyone was silent.

If what Qing Long said was true, then the man in black robe was playing with the soul chain in his hand so provocatively, it was hard not to suspect that he had taken away the souls of Shangguan Chu and his group.

"Why are you all silent?" The man in black robe smiled, "It's boring. You still don't see the situation of mutual betrayal and killing each other..."

He twisted the soul chain around his fingertips, with a look of regret on his face.

After a while, the black-robed man suddenly turned his eyes slightly, raised his head with a somewhat happy look, and said with a smile: "I thought of something fun."

He looked at Ruan Xihe and said slowly.

"Now, I can give you another choice. There are three paths in front of you to choose from."

"First, if you choose to exchange your life for theirs, then you will die."

"Second, if you don't exchange your life for theirs, then they will die."

"Third, if you don't want to die yourself, and you don't want them to die, that's fine too. Then you can take this group of people and withdraw from Longyin City. Don't ruin our plan."

The man in black robe raised his hand and the spirit ball slowly floated up and returned behind him.

"After you leave Longyin City, I will release these people. By then, the only ones who will die will be the people and monks of Longyin City."

"How about it? Which one do you choose?"

It seems like there are three choices, but in fact there are no other choices.

Everyone was secretly angry and didn't know why the man in black robe wanted to force Ruan Xihe like this.

Only Ou Ye laughed secretly in his heart.

As long as Ruan Xihe doesn't choose the first one, no matter which one she chooses, it will arouse public anger. At that time, she won't even have to take action, Ruan Xihe might be drowned in spit.

Upon hearing this, Shen Yan put his fingers on the hilt of the sword without saying a word and pulled out half of the blade.

She was not only his fellow student, but also his employer.

Asking Ruan Xihe to exchange her life for someone else's was something that not only she, but also he, could not accept.

"I choose the first one."

Ruan Xihe blurted out the answer without thinking.