Although he was hit by a sword in the chest, Jiang Cheng was not dead. He was just temporarily unable to move or use his spiritual power. He did not like being supported by others, so he said to Jin Ling, "Get out of here."

Jin Ling knew that he was still angry at him for running around, so he felt guilty and didn't dare to talk back. The barking of the black-maned spirit dog came from afar, and suddenly there was a cry of pain. Jin Ling was startled, and remembered what Jin Guangyao had said before, and shouted: "Fairy, run, they want to kill you!"

In a moment, Su She rushed back in the heavy rain, furious. Jin Guangyao asked, "Why didn't you kill him?"

Su She said with hatred, "My subordinates are incompetent. This dog is spineless. He is extremely brave when someone supports him. When he sees that the situation is not good and he can't win, he immediately runs away, and he runs faster than anyone else!"

Jin Guangyao shook his head and said, "I'm afraid it will attract more people. We need to fight quickly and decisively."

Su She said, "What a bunch of rubbish! I'll go in and urge them to come."

Jin Ling breathed a sigh of relief. He saw Jiang Cheng sitting on the ground with a livid face. He hesitated for a moment and said to Lan Wangji, "Hanguang-jun, do you still have a cushion?"

The four cushions they were sitting on were all found by Lan Wangji, but there were only four cushions in the Guanyin Temple. After a moment of silence, Lan Wangji stood up and pushed the cushion he was sitting on over. Jin Ling hurriedly said, "Thank you! No need, I'll just use my own..."

Lan Wangji said, “No need.”

After saying that, he sat down next to Wei Wuxian. The two of them sat on the same futon in a serious manner, and surprisingly, they didn't feel crowded. Seeing that the seat was vacated for him, Jin Ling scratched his head and dragged Jiang Cheng to sit over. He pressed the acupuncture points on his chest to stop the bleeding, and after sitting down, Jiang Cheng raised his eyelids and glanced at Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji over there, and then quickly lowered his eyes again, his face gloomy, and no one knew what he was thinking.

At this moment, an ecstatic shout came from the back of the hall: "Master! We found it! A corner has been revealed!"

Jin Guangyao's expression eased greatly, and he quickly walked back to the back of the hall, saying, "Hurry up and continue! Be careful. Time is running out."

Seven or eight pale lightning bolts twisted and crawled across the sky, and in a moment, there were bursts of thunder. Over there, Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji sat together, Jiang Cheng sat beside them, and Jin Ling dragged his own mat over. Amid the sound of the rushing rain, there was an awkward silence for a while, and no one spoke first.

But for some reason, Jin Ling seemed to want them to have a conversation. He looked around and suddenly said, "Uncle, it's a good thing you stopped the string just now, otherwise it would be terrible."

Jiang Cheng's face darkened and he said, "Shut up!"

If he hadn't been emotionally unstable and failed to pin down Jin Guangyao so that he could sneak into the gap and attack here, he wouldn't have fallen into the hands of the enemy. Moreover, Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji could have avoided the string by themselves. Even though Lan Wangji had no spiritual power now and Wei Wuxian's spiritual power was low, his skills were still there. Even if he couldn't attack, he could still dodge. Jin Ling was talking to his uncle clumsily, and the traces were very deliberate, which made the situation even more awkward.

After being scolded, Jin Ling shut up awkwardly. Jiang Cheng pursed his lips and stopped talking. Wei Wuxian also said nothing.

If it were in the past, he would have ridiculed Jiang Cheng more or less. He couldn't stand being provoked and let others take advantage of him. But now, when he thinks about what Jin Guangyao said, there is nothing he doesn't understand.

Jiang Cheng already knows the truth.

At this time, Lan Wangji stroked his back twice again. Wei Wuxian raised his eyes and saw that he was not shocked. His eyes were almost gentle. His heart moved and he couldn't help but whispered: "...You know?"

Lan Wangji nodded slowly.

Wei WuXian let out a light breath and said, “…Wen Ning.”

Wen Ning originally held the item, but now it was in Jiang Cheng's hands. On the way out of the Lotus Pier, Wen Ning did not mention the matter at all.

Wei WuXian asked, “When did he say that?”

Lan Wangji said, "When you were unconscious."

Wei WuXian asked, “Is this how we left Lotus Pier?!”

If Wen Ning hadn’t found this place yet, Wei Wuxian would have glared at him by now.

Lan Wangji said, “He feels really bad about it.”

Wei WuXian said with a hint of annoyance: “…I have repeatedly told him not to tell anyone!”

Suddenly, Jiang Cheng asked, "What don't you want?"

Wei Wuxian was startled, and looked over with Lan Wangji. Jiang Cheng covered his wound with one hand, and said coldly: "Wei Wuxian, you are so selfless and great. You have done so many good things, and you endured humiliation without letting anyone know. It's really touching. Should I kneel down and cry to thank you?"

Hearing his blunt words and the sarcasm in his tone, Lan Wangji's face turned cold. Seeing his unfriendly expression, Jin Ling quickly stood in front of Jiang Cheng, fearing that Lan Wangji would hit him to death, and hurriedly said, "Uncle!"

Wei Wuxian’s expression also looked a little ugly.

He never expected Jiang Cheng to make peace with him after knowing the truth, but he also didn't expect him to still speak so harshly. After a moment of silence, he said in a muffled voice: "I didn't ask you to thank me."

Jiang Cheng laughed and said, "That's right. Doing good things without asking for anything in return is a high level of accomplishment. It's certainly different from me. No wonder my father often said when he was alive that you are the one who truly understands the Jiang family motto and has the Jiang family style."

Wei WuXian couldn’t listen any longer and interrupted, “That’s enough.”

Jiang Cheng said sternly, "What do you mean it's okay? You say it's okay? You know best! You are better than me in everything! Talent, cultivation, spirituality, and character, you all know it, but my realm is low - then what am I?!?!"

He suddenly stretched out his hand, as if to grab Wei Wuxian's collar. Lan Wangji put one hand on Wei Wuxian's shoulder and protected him behind him. With the other hand, he slapped Jiang Cheng's hand away, with anger in his eyes. Although his attack did not contain spiritual power, it was very powerful, causing the wound on Jiang Cheng's chest to burst again, and blood gushed out immediately. Jin Ling screamed, "Uncle, your injury! Han Guangjun, please show mercy!"

Lan Wangji said coldly: "Jiang Wanyin, please be kind in your words!"

Lan Xichen took off his outer robe and covered the shivering Nie Huaisang with it, saying, “Master Jiang, don’t get excited. If you yell again, your injuries will get worse.”

Jiang Cheng pushed away Jin Ling, who was helplessly supporting him. Although he was losing blood, the blood and energy kept rushing to his brain. His face turned pale and red. He said, "Why? Wei Wuxian, why the hell do you do that?"

Wei WuXian said stiffly from behind Lan WangJi: “Why?”

Jiang Cheng said, "How much has our Jiang family given you? I am obviously his son, and I am the heir of the Yunmeng Jiang Clan. But for so many years, you have always suppressed me. You gave me your upbringing, and even my life! My father, my mother, my sister, and Jin Zixuan's lives! Because of you, only Jin Ling is left without a father or a mother!"

Jin Ling's whole body was shaken, his shoulders drooped, and his expression was depressed. Wei Wuxian moved his lips, but he couldn't say anything in the end. Lan Wangji turned around and held his hand. Jiang Cheng on the other end was still relentless, cursing: "Wei Wuxian, who was the first to break his oath and betray our Jiang family? Tell me yourself, I will be the head of the family in the future, and you will be my subordinate, supporting me for the rest of my life. The Gusu Lan family has two gems, and our Yunmeng Jiang family has two heroes. You will never betray me or the Jiang family. Who said this?! I ask you who said this?! You fucking swallowed it all?!"

He became more and more excited as he spoke: "What's the result? You went to protect an outsider, haha! And he's from the Wen family. How much rice did you eat from them?! You defected without hesitation! What do you think of our family?! You have done all the good things, but you always have no choice when you do bad things! You have no choice! What is your unspeakable hardship? Hardship?! You don't tell me anything, you treat me like a fool!!!

"How much do you owe our Jiang family? Shouldn't I hate you? Can't I hate you?! Why do I feel like I'm sorry for you now?! Why do I have to feel like a clown for so many years?! Who am I? Do I deserve to be blinded by your brilliance?! Shouldn't I hate you?!"

Lan Wangji stood up suddenly. Jin Ling stood in front of Jiang Cheng in panic and said, "Han Guang-jun! My uncle is injured..."

Jiang Cheng slapped him down with a slap and said, "Let him come! Do you think I'm afraid of Lan Er?"

However, after receiving this slap, Jin Ling was stunned.

Not only him, but also Wei Wuxian, Lan Wangji, and Lan Xichen, all of them stopped moving.

Jiang Cheng cried.

As tears flowed from his eyes, he gritted his teeth and said, "...Why...Why didn't you tell me!"

Jiang Cheng clenched his fists, as if he wanted to hit someone else, or as if he wanted to hit himself, but in the end, he still smashed them to the ground.

He should be able to hate Wei Wuxian without hesitation. But at this moment, the golden elixir that was circulating spiritual energy in his body made it impossible for him to hate him with a clear conscience.

Wei WuXian didn’t know how to respond.

At the beginning, I decided not to tell him because I didn't want to see Jiang Cheng like this.

He kept in mind what he promised Jiang Fengmian and Madam Yu: to take good care of and support Jiang Cheng. If such an extremely competitive person knew about this, he would be unhappy, miserable, and unable to look at himself for the rest of his life. He would always have a hurdle in his heart, always thinking that he had achieved what he has today by relying on the sacrifices of others. This is not his cultivation and achievement at all. He would lose whether he won or not, and he no longer has the qualifications to be competitive.

Later, he was too ashamed to let anyone know because he caused the deaths of Jin Zixuan and Jiang Yanli. Telling Jiang Cheng about this matter afterwards seemed like shirking responsibility, and he was eager to show that he was also a meritorious person, telling Jiang Cheng not to hate him, you see, I also contributed to the Yunmeng Jiang Clan.

Jiang Cheng cried silently, but tears were already streaming down his face.

Crying so ugly in front of others was something he would never have thought possible. However, from now on, as long as the golden elixir was still in his body and he could still circulate his spiritual power, he would always remember this feeling.

He choked up and said, "...You said that in the future I will be the head of the family and you will be my subordinate, supporting me for the rest of my life and never betraying the Yunmeng Jiang Clan...You said this yourself."

“…”

After a moment of silence, Wei WuXian said, “I’m sorry. I broke my promise.”

Jiang Cheng shook his head and buried his face deeply in his hands. After a while, he suddenly chuckled.

He sneered, "At this time, you still need to apologize to me. I am such a rich man."