After being expelled from the sect, I became the villain mentor

Yu Nian's mind was full of doubts.

When the seeds of doubt are planted, many ordinary things that usually pass by will feel unusual.

Yu Nian thought of the mural in the Snowy Source that recorded the complete story of the Soul-Returning Plan, thought of Chang Hun's conclusion that someone had entered the Snow Sea Secret Realm before them and stolen the Seven-Star Lamp, thought of Ling Qing's unusual indifference after his eldest disciple returned safely... thought of many unusual things.

Could it be that Ling Xing had been to the Snow Sea Secret Realm and seen those murals... Or perhaps the person who stole the Seven Star Lamp was Ling Xing?

If this is true, what does Ling Xing do with the Seven Star Lamp? Is he trying to extend someone's life or resurrect someone?

However, judging by the words translated on the Zihan coffin, using the Seven Star Lamp would come at an extremely heavy price and would bring about a devastating disaster...

When Yu Nian thought about this, he became uneasy.

No, she had to go back to the Ling Mansion and ask Ling Qing about this matter in person!

"Wait here for me. I'm going back to Ling Mansion. I forgot something."

This matter might be dangerous, so she didn't dare to take her disciples deeper into Ling Mansion again.

Lin Jingyao stopped her, his expression a little strange, "Is it something important? We are leaving soon, and Ling Cang will probably be back soon."

"It's very important," Yu Nian brushed away Lin Jingyao's hand, his face solemn, "Just wait here."

After saying that, she took the story book of the Soul-Returning Plan in her hand and turned back to Ling Mansion.

On the other side, Ling Qing, wrapped tightly in a mink coat, was sitting in the main seat in the hall, sipping a cup of hot tea, his right hand tapping lightly on the table.

After a while, a servant came in and said humbly, "Master, Yu Nianzhen is back and is standing outside the door. Do you want to…"

Ling Qing's fingers stopped tapping on the table, and he narrowed his eyes for a long time before he spoke: "Let her in."

"promise."

The servant withdrew and went to the closed door of Ling Mansion, pretending to open the door after hearing the knock.

"Master Yu Nian, it's cold so I took a nap. I'm really sorry to have kept you waiting for so long." The servant yawned and said apologetically.

Yu Nian expressed his understanding. In such a cold day, most people like to stay in bed and sleep.

"I have something to see Master Ling about. Is Master Ling still at home?" Yu Nian, who was still holding the book of the soul-returning plan, asked.

"It's in the front hall. Master Yu Nian, please follow me."

When the servant took Yu Nian to the front hall, Ling Qing was holding a small plate in his left hand and a small blade in his right hand, and was leisurely bending over to scrape a huge piece of agarwood.

Seeing Yu Nian come in, Ling Qing placed the agarwood chips into the mold of the incense tray and said with a smile: "Master Yu Nian, why are you back again?"

"Master Ling seems quite interested." Yu Nian glanced at the incense tray and then stopped looking at it. Then, he took out the story of the Soul-Returning Scheme and placed it on the table in front of Ling Qing. "Master Ling, are you willing to explain this issue?"

Ling Xing still had a smile on his face as he slowly filled the entire mold with incense powder. He then took the mold off and took a long incense stick to light the agarwood in the incense tray.

The elegant fragrance of agarwood quickly spread.

After doing all this, Ling Qing raised his head and looked at Yu Nian: "What do you want to explain?"

Yu Nian stared into Ling Qing's eyes, hoping to glean some insight from them. Then, he slowly spoke, "That day in the Snow Sea Secret Realm, Ling Cang felt someone following us... That person must be you, Master Ling. You must have stolen the Seven Star Lamp, right?"

She had previously wondered why Ling Qing, a Nascent Soul cultivator after all, was so afraid of the cold that he wrapped himself up so tightly...

It would make sense if the person who stole the lamp was Ling Xing. Ling Xing opened the cold jade coffin and stole the Seven Star Lamp before them. He was frostbitten by the cold air on the coffin, so naturally he would be afraid of the cold and wear such thick clothes.

After all, Han Yu almost killed his eldest disciple, who was a cultivator with ice spiritual roots. Fortunately, the result was good, and Xiu Yan took the opportunity to break through his cultivation.

Ling Qing had been following behind them, so he naturally knew that Ling Cang was safe, so he was naturally not worried about Ling Cang.

Ling Qing had even been to the Snow Sea Secret Realm's otherworldly snow source before, and had seen the murals. Of course, he knew the subsequent story of the Soul Returning Plan...

Although there are still some doubts that cannot be explained, for example, if this person is Ling Xing, why would he control the snow monster to hurt people, but now almost all the accusations are pointed at Ling Xing. Only if this person is Ling Xing, some things can be explained.

Although Yu Nian was a wise man after the event, her judgment was a bit difficult due to insufficient evidence and was based entirely on suspicion, she had a hunch that the person who stole the lantern was Ling Qing.

Yu Nian thought Ling Qing would deny it, but Ling Qing admitted it without hesitation: "That's right."

Yu Nian took a deep breath, calming his shock. He spoke seriously, "Master Ling, you've been to the Snowy Land and seen the murals. You should know that using the Seven Star Lamp will bring about a catastrophic disaster that even gods cannot accept. Why are you still doing this..."

"Yu Nian, some things, whether right or wrong, must be done." Ling Qing's smile gradually faded. Suppressing the madness in his heart, he said in a deep voice, "I let you go, why did you come back?"

Seeing that Ling Qing was no longer as friendly as usual and his expression had become as cold and even sinister as Ling Cang's, Yu Nian suddenly had a bad premonition.

"You brought this upon yourself."

As Ling Qing sighed, Yu Nian's head began to feel dizzy. She looked at Ling Qing with shock and anger as he raised a sinister smile of triumph: "You..."

Yu Nian originally thought that with his own cultivation advantage, he would not be in any danger even if Ling Xing was the one who stole the lantern.

However, he still fell into the trap without realizing it.

Before Yu Nian could grab Fei Guang and make any move, her eyes went dark and she fell to the ground.

Ling Qing glanced expressionlessly at Yu Nian, who was lying unconscious on the ground. He rubbed his wrist and a stream of spiritual power shot out from his fingertips to extinguish the incense.

On the other side, the Valley of Hundred Poisons.

Chang Hun hadn't slept for five days and five nights, and had been busy in the study. He sat at the desk in disheveled clothes and unshaven beard, with dark circles and bags under his eyes almost hanging down to his chin. He was surrounded by ancient books and jade slips, and he was almost buried alive in the sea of ​​books.

However, the inhuman Ling Cang looked at the sky outside the study with an expressionless face and urged impatiently, "Master and I will leave at dusk this evening. Are you feeling better?"

"Right away, it will be fine soon..."

Ling Cang said mercilessly: "But I remember you said this two hours ago."

"Give me a little more time, just a little bit. I have almost translated the words on the coffin, but there are still a few words I can't find..." Chang Hun was about to vomit blood. He really wanted to just fall over and die without having to work so hard.

These days, his translation and research work has made progress. He found out that if you use the Seven Star Lamp to resurrect someone, using the blood of a close relative to make the wick can increase the chance of success. He also found a way to break the curse.

This method requires a drop of heart blood from a member of the Lingbingxue clan, and the success rate is less than 30%, but is heart blood so easy to obtain?

Not to mention that taking the heart blood is very harmful to the cultivator's body. If someone with ulterior motives gets the heart blood of a cultivator, there are many ways to do things that are detrimental to the cultivator.

Of course Ling Cang would not agree easily. His request was that Chang Hun translate the words on the coffin within five days.

Ling Cang looked at the sky outside, figuring it would take nearly half an hour for it to get dark, so he said, "I'll give you another quarter of an hour. After that, you can slowly come find me later..."