Bound to Mary Sue, I am against involution in the world of immortal cultivation

Ling You rolled up his sleeves, and the veins on his hands jumped again: "What little brother? You——"

"If you have any emotional issues, please put them aside for a moment," Jiang Yunsheng, who had been ignored, rolled his eyes.

Seeing that the two men were about to continue the drama that everyone could see through, she curled her lips and stepped forward to stand between them.

"..."

Ling You glanced at her and calmly withdrew his hand which had not yet been extended.

"Just say whatever you want to say," Fan Ning looked at Jiang Yunsheng who spoke. When she heard the word "emotional problems", she just smiled slightly and pulled the young master's hair.

"...?"

The young master was startled by the sudden dragging feeling above his head. He was still sitting on the ground. He just looked up and wanted to ask Fan Ning what to do, but the next second he met Ling You's cold eyes.

Well, the coldness in his eyes doesn't seem quite pure.

The young master stared blankly at the two people's hands clasped together naturally under their sleeves, and then slapped himself in the face.

"No, that's not the case... Can younger brothers lead the elder sister now?"

"..."

"...Stop talking," Jiang Yunsheng looked at him, rolling his eyes to the sky.

She even didn't understand for a moment how this person managed to survive until now... Was it just because of his cloudy eyes?

"You have a way to suppress the dark side of Jinghu, right?" Jiang Yunsheng suddenly remembered something and pressed his dry lips together.

Logically speaking, as the true owner of the secret realm, she should not be harmed by it, but unfortunately - Jiang Yunsheng, with her eyes lowered, looked particularly embarrassed.

"How is it possible...she herself has been possessed by the Dark Side!"

"Yes, Miss Jiang...you must have made a mistake..."

The people around were shocked when they heard this. They recalled all their memories of meeting Fan Ning and continued to persuade her firmly: "Miss Jiang, you must have made a mistake..."

"Can you suppress the other dark sides?" Jiang Yunsheng remained unmoved. He glanced at the people around him, his lips curled up slightly. "If you weren't here, they would have been killed by the backlash of the dark side long ago, right?"

"So many people, and every one of them is alive and well... This is a miracle that is hard to replicate."

Fan Ning: "Suppress? You think I'm too strong. Ling You was possessed in front of everyone. Are you trying to say I'm partial?"

Ling You narrowed his eyes slightly, thinking that Jiang Yunsheng probably didn't lie about this matter. After all, the fact that Young Master Ji could walk safely until now was proof. Others might not know, but didn't he know what kind of person Fan Ning was?

——But this obviously cannot be said.

So he coughed, and when everyone's eyes were focused on him, he added with a stern face: "Fan Ning and I spend the most time together."

After saying this, Ling You changed the subject: "Didn't you just come in from outside Jinghu Lake? What's the difference between here and other places... Do you really know nothing?"

Jiang Yunsheng's expression gradually calmed down. She looked coldly at the two people whose relationship had obviously deteriorated, and repeated, "I'm asking about Fan Ning."

"I know what this place is like much better than you do. Can Qiu Yinong do what she couldn't do before?"

"I didn't know dying could make a person grow so much."

"Jiang Yunsheng! Be a little more respectful to my senior sister!" Lin Shouyue frowned, extremely dissatisfied with the contempt in her words.

But before he could say anything else, the person who had not left suddenly interrupted him.

"It's okay, we are all old friends, it's a blessing to meet again."

Qiu Yinong gently guided Feng past Jiang Yunsheng, as if genuinely happy to see an old friend again. She even asked softly, "After leaving here, do you still like the cakes at Wangchunlou? It's a pity that I can no longer fulfill our original promise."

"No," Jiang Yunsheng said in a firm tone. After he finished speaking, he realized that his mood was not right. He frowned and replied again: "There is only one person left in the agreement. What's the point of following it?"

"..."

He didn't know if it was an illusion, but the moment she said this, Ling You vaguely felt that the wind around him had become colder.

Is it because of the "promise" that can no longer be fulfilled?

He didn't know, he just felt that something was gradually becoming clear in his mind.

Fan Ning smiled and continued the awkward topic, "Whether dying can improve a person is unknown, but Miss Jiang can sense it, right? After experiencing life and death, people become different from themselves."

Jiang Yunsheng suddenly looked up at her, his lips moving, as if there was something stuck in his heart that he couldn't say.

Ling You was startled. After guessing some of the inside story, he found this sentence strange to hear.

The surroundings became quiet again. The other monks, who were unaware of the situation, looked at each other. Finally, they felt that they could not continue in this stalemate, so they sent out a representative to try to ease the atmosphere.

"Between life and death, there will always be some marks left..." The monk laughed awkwardly, thinking that he could give both parties a way out, but when he looked up, he was met with an even more silent gaze.

Fan Ning seemed indifferent and said softly, "Maybe it's because his nature has been liberated?"

Jiang Yunsheng coughed, and when everyone thought she would continue to say something, she suddenly changed the subject abruptly.

"... Let's think about how to get out of here," Jiang Yunsheng lowered his eyes, his palms still curled up in his sleeves, his mouth straight, "I can leave, but you might not."

"To break free from the Dark Side's constraints is no simple matter. Not only must one discover its deepest desires, but one must also fulfill them—or even more simply, erase its soul."

Jiang Yunsheng smiled maliciously and asked, "Can you erase Qiu Yinong's soul?"

"This..." The monks who knew that they were indeed saved by Qiu Yinong fell silent.

Even if they were attracted here with bad intentions, Qiu Yinong actually gave them shelter, not to mention... she was standing here listening.

Fan Ning and the others didn't know what they would do, but it was obvious that the Qingyun Sect would no longer be influenced by a few random words to make decisions.

Realizing this, the other cultivators turned their attention to Fan Ning.

Jiang Yunsheng glanced at the air and turned the conversation to Fan Ning.

"I'm not forcing you to make a decision. It's just that these monks just don't learn their lesson and like to run around."

Fan Ning wasn't affected by these words. Her expression remained unchanged as she playfully kneaded Ling You's hand bones with her fingertips, smiling, "Hmm? Isn't it a simple matter to escape from Mirror Lake?"