This Life's Song: The Genius Rune Master

Looking at the pill in her palm, Qinglian felt a surge of tenderness. "Is this really the pill your sect leader was preparing to use to improve his strength? How did you get it?"

"This isn't about the two of us. I brought it while the sect leader was out. You gave it to your sect leader, and she successfully leveled up. To express her gratitude to you and me, she agreed to the marriage, didn't she?" The man's eyes gleamed, a smug smile on his face.

"Bai Lin, you're so kind to me. It's getting late, so I won't bother the sect leader. I'll deliver it to her tomorrow, and I'll definitely add your credit to it," Qinglian said excitedly.

"No... don't tell the sect leader yet. If she knows I sent it, she definitely won't accept it," he said softly, then pulled the woman into his arms.

"How can that be?" the woman said, looking at the man with a shy expression.

"Give it to the sect leader first. You can talk about it after she takes it and levels up," the man said, his gaze fixed intently on the woman.

"Mmm~ I'll listen to you," she said, her voice becoming even gentler as she felt a sweet warmth in her heart.

"You little vixen, I..." The man, consumed by lust, tugged at his collar.

"Oh right, didn't you say you wanted to know about the mountain-protecting formation? Come on, I'll teach you now." She didn't notice the man's movements and broke free from his embrace.

Open a piece of paper, pick up a pen, and start drawing.

The man had calmed down by now, looking at the drawings she was making with focused concentration and seriousness, asking questions every now and then.

"Alright, it's finally finished. You can figure out the details yourself. It's getting late, you should go home." He put away his brush, glanced at the sky—it was already getting light—and quickly urged her to leave.

"Okay, I'll go now and come back to see you next time." The man kissed the woman on the cheek with a reluctant look, then turned and left under the cover of night.

She didn't see the triumph in the man's eyes as he left, nor the bloodthirsty glint in them.

Qinglian was overjoyed. "That's wonderful! The sect leader can break through!" After a while, she lay down on the bed and fell asleep.

The next day, Qinglian brought the pill to the sect leader's residence, saying, "Sect leader, look at this pill, what kind of pill is it?"

The sect leader reached out and took the pill, examining it closely. "Ah! A Breakthrough Pill! Where did you get this?"

"I saved someone at the foot of the mountain yesterday, and he gave this to me as a token of his gratitude. I don't know what kind of elixir it is, so I thought I'd ask you about it," Qinglian lied without batting an eye, her innocent expression making her completely believable.

"That's truly your good fortune, keep it." The sect leader had no intention of keeping it.

"Since it is a Breakthrough Pill, it will definitely be helpful to you. Please keep it, Sect Leader," he said, offering it with both hands with a sincere and earnest expression.

"This is your opportunity, how can I accept it?" the sect leader refused again.

"Keep it. Once you break through, I can have any kind of pill I want," he said with a grin.

"Alright, then I'll accept it without hesitation." After some polite refusal, he finally accepted it.

"I wish you a successful breakthrough. I'll take my leave now," he said happily, bowed, and turned to leave.

"Alright~ Tell the Grand Elder I'm in seclusion. Open the sect's grand formation and wait for me to emerge," the sect leader instructed Qinglian.

"Okay, I'll pass on the message. Don't worry about breaking through." Without turning back, she waved and ran off happily.

After a few days of peace, Bai Lin would still secretly come to see Lian Xue, spend some time together, and then leave.

Qinglian waited happily every day for the sect leader to emerge from seclusion, so that she could rightfully marry Bai Lin.

The unexpected happened two weeks later.

Boom! Bang! Boom!

A series of loud noises and a sudden earthquake shook the ground. Many disciples were injured or killed. Lianxue rushed out to check and saw the palace collapsing and the constant wailing.

"What happened?" someone asked urgently, pulling one of them aside.

"I don't know, it just exploded suddenly!" the disciple said, running away in a panic.

"What happened?" he asked anxiously, running towards the location of the explosion. He hadn't run far when he heard an explosion behind him. Turning around in fear, he saw that his own residence had exploded, and there were two explosions.

After dozens of explosions, silence finally fell. Qinglian, who had dodged the blasts, hurriedly checked the situation.

At this time, countless disciples within the sect were killed or injured; at least half of them were either killed or wounded.

Those who were not injured began to count the number of people, thinking that it was over, when an elder came out to direct everyone and arrange things.

Boom ~

Just then, a deafening sound reached everyone's ears, followed by an inverted halo in the sky that rapidly fluctuated before dissipating into starlight.

"Defense! Enemy attack!" someone shouted.

haha~

"I never thought it would be so difficult to destroy your sect. It took me a lot of trouble, but hard work pays off. Today is the day your sect is destroyed!" An old man with a full beard flew over and laughed as he announced his death.

"Who are you and why did you attack my sect?" The First Elder spoke, demanding sharply.

"Haha~ You call yourself the Grand Elder? You don't even know who I am? Let me tell you, I am Kuang Aohu, the Sect Master of your rival sect, the Aotian Sect!" The old man scoffed.

"Kill these people. No need for words. What's there to say about a bunch of lambs to the slaughter?" A man in white appeared behind him, waved his hand at the crowd, and everyone rushed forward.

"That's right, no need for further words, kill!" The arrogant tiger roared and charged forward.

"Aren't you afraid our sect leader will come out and kill you? Our sect leader is about to break through, you're all doomed!" The Grand Elder dodged the attack, then released a giant sword formed from spiritual energy to attack the enemy.

"Haha, what a joke! If she can break through, wouldn't I become a god?" The arrogant laughter echoed in the killing field, chillingly loud. He struck the Grand Elder in the chest with a palm strike.

While dealing with the enemies around her, Qinglian looked back and suddenly saw a white figure. She was caught off guard and was slashed. Ignoring the pain, she quickly used a teleportation technique to get there.

"Bai Lin, what's going on? Why did you bring people to slaughter my disciples?" Surprise and even fear made her voice tremble and become incoherent.

"Tsk tsk~ How pathetic. I was going to take care of you, but you were too sensible and insisted on the sect leader's permission. I didn't expect you to survive two explosions. But killing you and then enjoying yourself wouldn't be bad, haha." He uttered these lewd, disdainful, and even insulting words.

"What exactly happened to Bai Lin? What are you talking about?" She couldn't believe that someone who had been so good to her could do this, how could this be? She shook her head and backed away. It couldn't be, she didn't want to believe it.

"Stop thinking about it. Are you just hoping your sect leader will come out of seclusion so you can just stall for time?" Bai Lin's lips curled into an evil smile, his eyes filled with malice.

"Let me reintroduce myself. I am not an unknown disciple. I am Bai Lin, the next successor of the Aotian Sect," he introduced himself with a nonchalant air.

"What? Why you? And the pills you gave me?" Nothing could compare to his deception. But the Pill Sect Master was overwhelmed by regret, and her body trembled helplessly.

"Oh dear! You guessed it! It's a poisonous pill, what should we do?" Bai Lin looked at him with an expression that said, "That's exactly what I can do."

"Ah~ I'll kill you!" It turns out that everything, everything, all the kindness shown to me was a deception, all a ploy to slaughter the sect. Looking at the once magnificent palaces, the once vibrant disciples, now…

She had become the executioner. At this moment, Qinglian had gone mad and was frantically hacking at Bai Lin. There was only one belief in her mind: to kill Bai Lin.

Finally, the sect leader appeared: "Ignorant brat, how dare you destroy my sect? I'm not dead yet!"

"You're just putting on a brave face. Wipe the blood from your mouth before you speak," said the Arrogant Tiger with a disdainful look.

"Arrogant Tiger, I never expected you to resort to such scheming and framing!" The sect leader was furious that he had been framed by a mere brute.

"What are you talking about? I don't have that ability. It's you, my good disciple, who dates Bai Lin every day, creating opportunities for him to frame you. See those explosions? Bai Lin set them up under the guise of getting close to her. And you just told her you wanted to marry her, and she gave you the poison pill. Nuo, isn't the sect's protective formation also... hahaha!" The arrogant tiger spoke while resisting the opponent's attacks, his arrogance unparalleled.

"You, sigh!" What can be said now? She couldn't stand the good man, and it wasn't her fault that she was deceived. It can only be said that the sect has suffered a calamity.

She was already at her last gasp, but she couldn't just stand by and watch her sect perish.

"Bai Lin, why? Wasn't I good enough to you? Why can't we live happily together..." He roared hoarsely, realizing he had become a sinner of the sect. Watching the once vibrant lives fall one by one before his eyes, the pain was excruciating.

"Don't be silly. There are thousands of women in the world. Why do I have to choose you? If you have no use to me, then you are nothing in my eyes." After saying this, he took advantage of Qinglian's distraction while she was questioning him and stabbed her in the heart with his sword.

"Why are you so cruel?" Qinglian collapsed to the ground after saying this.