Volume 5: The Mystery of Shamo Chapter 65: The Human Heart is So Dangerous
Yao Ji watched Wu Su's figure gradually disappear before her eyes. A fleeting struggle flashed in her golden-brown eyes. Was this right or wrong? She didn't know the answer, only that the arrow was on the string and had to be released.
Although she had already decided to recruit him, there were some things that he should not see or hear with his own eyes or ears. She hoped to make the image of the junior sister in his mind more beautiful as much as possible.
She lowered her eyes and calmed herself down, then carefully walked into the secret passage leading to the Tianxuan Secret Realm alone. The secret passage was quite spacious, as if it had been forcibly dug out by someone using spiritual power. The walls on both sides were uneven, and the ground under her feet was also ups and downs. Fortunately, the ceiling of the cave was very high, so she wouldn't hit her head if she walked upright.
The passage seemed to lead straight to the Tianxuan Secret Realm. After walking about three or four hundred steps, they entered an extremely strange ice room.
She took a deep breath and knew that she had arrived.
In addition to four huge icicles, the empty ice chamber also contains a two-meter-high ice statue.
This was not her first time here, but she did not expect that it would look like this five hundred years later. The mountains of classics had been moved to an unknown place. This place was no longer a secret place since Shan Yang opened it.
Yao Ji slowly walked towards the statue in the middle. It was actually the first time she saw the ice sculpture, but it was so familiar to her because the person on the statue was clearly herself.
No need to guess, you know who made this statue. It is as pure as jade, with a charming smile. Is this how I see myself in my senior brother's eyes?
She reached out her hand and gently touched the ice sculpture. She vaguely felt a stream of light turning around. She lowered her eyes slightly and sighed softly.
Ever since she entered the Tianxuan Secret Realm, the spiritual pressure here has become extremely unstable. Have the uncles sensed her arrival? Yao Ji's lips curled slightly, but she didn't speak.
"Yao Ji... you finally woke up." A long sigh finally came from the icicle in the southwest corner.
She slowly raised her eyes, her calm gaze sweeping over the four shimmering icicles one by one, and said in a deep voice: "Masters, long time no see..."
"It has indeed been a long time, five hundred years, the time of several reincarnations... I just wonder if you have ever reflected on the sins you committed during these five hundred years?" The voice from the northeast corner was as cold as ten thousand years of ice.
"Sin? Haha, may I ask, Uncle Master, what is sin, and what is sin?" Yao Ji's face was covered with sarcasm: "Forgive Yao Ji for being dull, I only know that I love what I love, without complaint or regret! I have never known what my sin is..."
When she said this, a fierce light flashed in her eyes, and she chuckled softly, but her voice was cold and icy. Sin? If falling in love with Mo Yi was a sin, then she had already committed a deep sin and turned into a demon on the spot.
"Evil creature! Even at this moment, you still don't repent!" An angry shout came from the southeast corner. The voice echoed in this empty Tianxuan Secret Realm, carrying an incomparable majesty. Yao Ji closed her eyes slightly, but did not give in. "I have done nothing wrong, why should I repent? You are not worthy of being the elders of Sha Mo, calling yourselves masters of a generation, but you don't know what love is in the world. Why should I learn from you and become an old monster with no desires, no desires, no ruthlessness, and no love!"
There are some things that have been stuck in my heart for a long time, and I have been feeling depressed and unbearable. Now that I can finally get them out, I feel an indescribable relief.
"For the sake of one's own love, you sacrificed the lives of all people in the world, and you still say you are not wrong?!"
"If I can't even save the person I love, how can I save all the people in the world?! What a joke. Don't tell me about sacrificing relatives for the sake of justice. That's just nonsense from people who don't understand love! I am a human, not a god, and certainly not a hypocritical saint! To me, the person I love is my world, my people!" Yao Ji's expression became more and more solemn. Although her voice was not loud, every word was burning and echoed for a long time in this Tianxuan secret realm.
"Stupid! Foolish, selfish woman's views! Hopeless! You truly are hopeless!" A more direct taunt came from the southeast corner: "Brother, you heard it too, this girl is simply stubborn and refuses to change! What futile hope are you still holding on to her ! Even if she reincarnates a hundred times, she'll still be like this!"
"A person who is willing to abandon even his own daughter for his own selfish interests, do you have the right to say that I am hopeless?! Yes, I am hopeless. I am hopelessly more humane than you!" Yao Ji retorted rudely. The man in the southeast corner was undoubtedly Elder Qingfeng. Yao Ji and him had a long-standing grudge.
"Also, even if I committed a crime back then, it was against those innocent people of the Shamo clan who were implicated. But as for the four uncles, I don't think I owe you anything. Instead, you owe me an explanation!"
"What a joke! What explanation do we owe you?!" The voice from the southeast corner snorted coldly with a hint of sarcasm.
"For the past five hundred years, I have been pondering over one thing. Why did the Nayu people attack Shamo for no reason? What was their goal? I don't believe that the Nayu people are crazy martial artists. Nothing happens without a reason in this world! I thought about it for a long time, but I couldn't figure it out. It was only a few days ago that I found out by chance that it was for the legendary Sky Stone. But even I didn't know about the Sky Stone back then. In this world, apart from Jianyi and Zhuo Ao, I'm afraid only you four uncles know about it. Tell me, how did the Nayu people know about the 'Sky Stone'? I wonder which uncle deliberately leaked it out? What was their goal?" Yao Ji stood alone in the empty Tianxuan Secret Realm, her face as cold as jade. When she spoke these words word by word, what she got in return was a long silence.
"Nonsense! It's simply nonsense!" Still in the southeast corner, it seems that the feud between Master Qingfeng and Yao Ji has been serious for a long time.
"You said that someone among us deliberately leaked the matter of the 'Sky Stone' to the Nayu people, which led to the Shamo War that year? What exactly happened?" A solemn voice came from the northwest corner, which had been silent before. Yao Ji listened carefully and guessed that it should be Uncle Qingchen. She bowed slightly and saluted towards the northwest.
Yao Ji still felt a little grateful towards this Uncle Qingchen. Although he was one of the culprits who killed her back then, she felt that she could forgive him. His helpless look at that time was still deeply engraved in Yao Ji's memory. It was also he who shouted "Yao Ji, run" in front of the Shamo Temple that day. For such an uncle, she was willing to believe that he was deceived, because if it weren't for him, she would have died countless times. Most importantly, it was him who pushed her to the highest position on the altar.
That's why she came here today. She just wanted to make the bad guys get what they deserved, but she didn't want to harm too many innocent people. Otherwise, while they were still asleep and had no strong power, it would be much easier to bury all the uncles here. In the hearts of the Shamo people, these four uncles had already died five hundred years ago.
However, this was not the result she wanted. What she wanted was actually just an answer, the answer that made him die with his eyes open, which was the truth hidden by the surface as Xuan Yue said.
"In fact, some of you have long known about my love affair with Mo Yi of the Nayu tribe. You also predicted that if I knew he was cursed, I would definitely break the curse at all costs. But you deliberately led me down that path of no return step by step. Isn't this so-called sin the result of your careful planning step by step? Uncle masters, now should you give me a reasonable explanation? What crime have I, Yao Ji, committed to deserve all this?"
"What on earth is going on?!" Uncle Qingchen's voice came again from the northwest corner, but the room was silent. No one knew, or no one was willing to answer.
"Yes, what's going on? I think Uncle Qingchen would be very interested in knowing what certain uncles did secretly back then. Uncle Qingfeng, how about you, the one who started it all, tell us what exactly is going on?" Yao Ji smiled strangely, then suddenly said in a cold and deep voice, "Or, why don't you just come clean and reveal the mastermind who has been plotting behind your back?"
"Girl, what do you mean by this?" The voice of Senior Uncle Qingchen in the northwest corner was intimidating without being angry, and there was a hint of chill in it.
"How dare you! What nonsense! I didn't expect that after five hundred years you are still so stubborn! Senior brother, don't listen to her nonsense!" The voice coming from the southeast corner was obviously a little angry and embarrassed. Without waiting for Yao Ji to answer, she had already taken the initiative to attack.
"Uncle Qingfeng, even if I stepped on your tail, don't get so excited. God is watching what people do, and right and wrong are in the hearts of the people." Yao Ji had already come to the icicle in the southeast with a playful look on her face.
"Tell me your purpose. You didn't come here today to reminisce with us old men." A deep voice finally came from the southwest corner, which had been silent until now. Yao Ji's eyelids twitched slightly when these words came out. "Uncle Qingsong, don't be so excited. In fact, I didn't come here for revenge today. I just want an answer."
"Girl, don't make innuendos and say things that are not true. If you know something, just say it out quickly." Uncle Zhongyu Qingyang, who has the most explosive temper, couldn't help but speak.
"It's nothing, actually. I just came to catch up with my uncles and ask for an explanation. Since they won't give me one, I'll have no choice but to find the answer myself. Goodbye." After saying that, Yao Ji turned and walked away. After a few steps, she suddenly stopped, as if she remembered something. "By the way, I'd like to inform my uncles that tomorrow, the Shamo Temple will hold a new Chief Wizard Inheritance Ceremony for me. I hope you can make it in time to attend."
