I have been bound in a forbidden place for five hundred years. Why are you crying when I am a casual

That day, Zhuofeng's fairy crane died tragically for no reason.

The whole family was shocked.

Qingxuan Supreme Guan Xuelan was even more furious and immediately blamed Gu Xiu. Gu Xiu would not admit that he did not do something, and he rarely argued in the sect hall.

Just a pity.

With the accusations of the two supreme peak masters, Xu Wanqing and Lu Qingyao, Gu Xiu had no way to defend himself and was imprisoned in a water dungeon for seven days that day. He cried out in injustice and vomited blood, but in the end he could only suffer torture in that cold water dungeon.

Unfortunately.

His spiritual injury happened to flare up. During those seven days, Gu Xiu was living a life worse than death, but no one from the sect came to visit him. Finally, after enduring seven days, Gu Xiu could no longer hold on and passed out. When he woke up again, he saw someone who had been guarding his bedside.

It’s the senior sister.

Think about it day and night.

After Gu Xiu returned, the only person who gave him warmth rarely left Tianji Pavilion, took him out of the water prison, and fed him elixirs to heal his injuries.

When he saw her, Gu Xiu immediately sought justice for her.

He emphasized that he did not poison the Fairy Crane and that he was wrongly accused. Fortunately, Guan Xuelan did not directly scold or abuse Gu Xiu like the other senior sisters did. Instead, she continued to inject spiritual energy into his body to help him heal his injuries, while constantly comforting him:

"Junior brother, I believe in you."

The word "believe" was extremely important to Gu Xiu at that time. He was like a drowning man grabbing the last straw.

only……

Straw is just straw after all.

"Actually, after I learned about your situation, I immediately used the divine divination technique. I am very sure that you would not poison the fairy crane. I asked for divination in the hope of finding the real culprit and clearing your name."

"but……"

"Although I don't know why, my divination didn't give a clear result, but I saw that because of this disaster, Master, my fellow apprentice sisters, and you, my apprentice brother, will all encounter unprecedented disasters, so..."

"I'm sorry, Junior Brother. I'm afraid I can't testify for you. Also, Senior Sister requests that you... for the sake of the greater good, don't pursue this matter further. Let it pass. As long as this matter is resolved peacefully, this great disaster may be brought to an end."

Nian Chaoxi's words made Gu Xiu unbelievable.

After returning from his forbidden land, although the eldest sister rarely left the Wentian Pavilion, every time she came out of seclusion, she would definitely come to visit him and try to help him recover his cultivation. This time, the eldest sister returned, and Gu Xiu thought she would help him clear his name.

But I didn't expect...

She has to be patient on her own.

Gu Xiu remained silent, neither refuting nor obeying, but simply felt a wave of sadness in his heart.

He had to admit.

Qingxuan might have changed, and his master and senior sisters might have changed.

He suddenly felt ridiculous.

It was ridiculous that he had spent the past five hundred years in the forbidden land, clinging to a hope that didn't even exist. It was ridiculous that in the three years since returning, no matter how much he'd been wronged, he still believed they would change their minds. Even more ridiculous, he sometimes felt that he should have died in the forbidden land, rather than returning and becoming a burden to the sect.

"Big Sister, I will investigate the cause of the Fairy Crane's death."

"All I want is justice."

In the end, Gu Xiu calmly said these words to Nian Chaoxi, but at the end, he had one more thing left unsaid:

"I want to die with a clear conscience."

There is no greater sorrow than a dead heart. At this moment, Gu Xiu's heart is dead and his soul is gone. He wants to be free and wants to end his life after investigating the truth.

Wash away the injustice and die in Qingxuan.

It can be considered...

Break away from the past forever.

Nian Chaoxi still wanted to persuade him, but seeing the determination in Gu Xiu's eyes, she finally said nothing more and hurried back to Tianji Pavilion. However, before leaving, she repeatedly told Gu Xiu not to be impulsive when encountering any problems, and when she came back, she would go back and look clearly at the puzzling points in the Tianji divination.

Gu Xiu agreed, but he started investigating as soon as Nian Chaoxi left.

The process was not smooth.

Fortunately, Gu Xiu had lived in Zhuofeng for three years after all. Even though his cultivation was completely wasted, his knowledge still remained. He spent three days to determine the truth about the death of Xianling Crane.

It was done by Jiang Xun.

This beloved junior apprentice brother seemed to have encountered an accident while refining an elixir, resulting in the poisoning of all the fairy cranes. And this wasn't just Gu Xiu's speculation; he had also gathered a wealth of physical evidence. Although there were no witnesses, it was essentially irrefutable proof.

Gu Xiu was shocked by the result.

In fact, he had never had any opinion about Jiang Xun before. Even after he came out of the water prison, his Zhufeng became Jiang Xun's animal pen, and the green bamboo pole he brought back from the forbidden area was also taken away by Jiang Xun, but Gu Xiu still did not hold a grudge against him.

Because in his opinion.

My junior brother has even greater talent, a keen understanding, boundless potential, and a reputation for character. He's bound to be a pillar of the entire Qingxuan Holy Land in the future. As a member of the sect, and a useless person who has lost his cultivation, it's only natural that I should give up anything that would aid my junior brother's cultivation.

But this time, the result made him smell something unusual.

My junior brother might not be as harmless as the outside world thinks, nor as upright as the rumors say.

he……

I'm afraid he has wolfish ambitions.

After a period of hesitation, Gu Xiu decided to go to the sect's main hall to expose the truth about Xianlinghe's death and make everyone wary of Jiang Xun.

But before he could reach the sect's main hall, Xu Wanqing came looking for him.

She didn't come empty-handed.

Not only did he bring a pill, he also brought a letter of confession.

"Junior Brother, Master has been at a critical juncture in his cultivation these past few days. He's been deeply troubled by the death of the Immortal Crane and could go astray at any moment. Senior Sister has thought about it and decided that someone needs to confess. Could you please sign this confession?"

"Don't worry, signing this confession will only put the matter to rest. You have already been imprisoned in the water dungeon for seven days. You are a mortal, and Senior Sister will plead for you and will not let you be punished any further. This matter will be over, and Master can now cultivate in peace."

"what do you think?"

Xu Wanqing still had that compassionate look on her face, and she sincerely persuaded Gu Xiu to plead guilty. However, Gu Xiu already had irrefutable evidence in his hands, so it was impossible for him to agree.

He immediately laid out the evidence he had collected one by one.

Xu Wanqing was not surprised at all. After hesitating for a while, she suddenly knelt down in front of Gu Xiu, her face filled with sorrow. "Junior brother, we are all sorry for this."

"Third Senior Sister, you...?" Gu Xiu was surprised.

"Junior brother, do you really think that Master, as the Supreme, doesn't know such an obvious flaw?" Xu Wanqing sighed and told Gu Xiu:

"Master knew from the beginning that it was Jiang Xun who poisoned the Immortal Crane."

"Even the reason Qingyao and I came forward to testify and put the blame on you was because Master asked us to. Otherwise, how could I possibly do such a thing? In fact, during the seven days you were in the water prison, I was extremely distressed and couldn't sleep at night."

"But Jiang Xun is, after all, the future of the sect and the banner of the younger generation. Countless people see him as a target. If such a person were to be tarnished because of some trivial matter, or even have his Dao heart go astray, it would be a huge loss for us at Qingxuan."

"and……"

"In fact, in order to challenge the Saint Land, Master Qingxuan had already suffered extremely serious injuries. He consumed a large amount of elixirs but was unable to recover. If nothing unexpected happens, I'm afraid his life span will not be too long."

"Do you know what this means?"

"This means that once Master dies, there will be no one left to carry the banner of Qingxuan, and the Qingxuan Holy Land will be banished back to the Eighteen Layers of Hell."

"Qingxuan's original future was you."

"But in your current situation, it's probably difficult for you to return to the peak, and the other sisters are no longer interested in leading Qingxuan. The only future left for Qingxuan is Jiang Xun. Whether you plead guilty this time or not will affect not only your own honor and disgrace, but the future of the entire Qingxuan!"

"..."