True Filial Piety

"Second senior sister… Xing'er has said everything that needed to be said."

"In short, Master is a God in Xing'er's heart, he cannot be blasphemed! Xing'er would rather commit suicide than hurt him!"

"Senior sister, if you want to lay blame…"

Cen Xing'er knelt in front of her senior sister. "You can kill me or torture me. Xing'er is at your disposal!"

She looked at the stubbornly deluded girl.

Tantai Lingyin's eyes were red, and she felt a heart-wrenching pain.

After a short while, she sighed and said, "Junior sister, senior sister did all this precisely to help you get rid of the nightmare. Why are you repeating the same mistake? Why do you choose to believe that person's words again?"

"Xing'er is not repeating the same mistake."

Cen Xing'er bit her lip. For the first time in her life, she spoke out against this gentle and dignified senior sister.

"Second senior sister, you're in the wrong!"

"Master… has always cared for the three of us!"

"The reason why he is so strict with us in front of outsiders is actually to protect us!"

"Master knows that he has too many enemies and is afraid of implicating us, so he deliberately did this!"

"And those Shadow Stealing Heavenly Pearls… Master refined them to keep track of our movements, so as to protect us!"

"Master, he…"

"He's indeed the gentlest and most affectionate man in the world!"

The young girl enunciated each word with a determined expression.

Tantai Lingyin listened quietly. She wanted to say something, but in the end, she swallowed her words.

A helpless and bitter smile appeared on her lips.

Indeed.

What could she say?

Little junior sister had already been bewitched by that person to this extent. No matter what she said as a senior sister, she would probably not believe her anymore.

Tantai Lingyin closed her eyes in pain.

She had been lying low and plotting for so many years. She had waited so long and finally found this opportunity, but in the end, she had failed at the last step!

"It's the will of the heavens."

"Perhaps that person's life is really not destined to end…"

Tantai Lingyin looked at the skies above the Youluo Hall, and the smile on her lips became even more tragic.

Then, her soft body shook violently, as if she was about to faint.

Fortunately, with Ye Hongyi's help, she didn't collapse.

Ye Hongyi supported Tantai Lingyin with one arm, glared with her beautiful eyes and scolded angrily.

"Xing'er! You silly girl!"

"How can you believe the words of that heinous demon? How dare you believe him!?"

"Are you worthy of your second senior sister's trust?!"

"I…"

"Xing'er has let senior sister down…"

Cen Xing'er looked at the frail second senior sister and felt her heart ache. She kept apologizing.

"What's the point of apologizing now?"

Ye Hongyi sighed softly and hugged her best friend even tighter. She had pain written all over her face. "Xing'er, do you know why your second senior sister's health has been deteriorating day by day in recent years?"

"This is because she has long been used by that demon…"

Before she could finish speaking, Tantai Lingyin interrupted her forcefully. "Hongyi! Shut up!"

"Sigh, Ling Yin, if you don't say it, I'm afraid this girl will be so deceived by that demon that she won't be able to turn back."

Ye Hongyi sighed softly, and the pain on her face increased in intensity.

"Second senior sister, what's wrong with your health?"

Cen Xing'er widened her eyes and asked anxiously.

"It's fine. Don't worry."

Tantai Lingyin forced herself to stand up straight again.

She looked at her ignorant junior sister and tried her best to make her tone as gentle and calm as usual. "Xing'er, tell me, why did that person… ask you to look for me? Is it because he knows that I'm the mastermind behind this assassination attempt and wants me to die by way of apology?"

Towards the end, she smiled sadly without the slightest fear.

"No! No way! How could Master bear to hurt second senior sister!"

"And I didn't give you up!"

Cen Xing'er panicked and quickly explained, "Master only asked me to invite second senior sister back to the Youluo Hall for a meal! He also said… he wanted second senior sister to try his cooking!"

"What!?"

Tantai Lingyin and Ye Hongyi widened their eyes as if they had heard wrongly!

Indeed.

As a Venerable Demon, it was already unbelievable for him to lower himself to eat with his disciples.

But to even personally cook for his disciples?!

This…

Were these really the words of a peerless heavenly demon that shocked the entire cultivation world?

After a long time.

Ye Hongyi was the first to react. "Lingyin, this demon can't be trusted! Don't go!"

"No, Hongyi, I have to go."

"You don't know him. If he really wants to kill me, no one can save me."

"If he doesn't want to kill me, I'll take the opportunity to find out his attitude regarding the upcoming sectmaster election."

Tantai Lingyin turned around and looked at the skies above the Blood Kitchen. It was filled with demonic energy.

"Master, Master, are you trying to bewitch me like you bewitched my junior sister?"

"Then you have underestimated Lingyin."

"Ever since I found out the truth about the Gu poison in my body, it's impossible for me to ever trust you again in this lifetime."

"That's impossible!"

…

…

Youluo Mountain, forbidden grounds of the Blood Kitchen.

Tantai Lingyin followed behind her junior sister, Cen Xing'er, and slowly walked towards the pitch-black underground secret room.

She was not as familiar with the route as her junior sister.

She had only been brought to this place by that man once, when she was very young.

Therefore, the bloody scene here really made her feel uncomfortable.

"Senior sister, the cave abode in front is one of Master's cultivation paradise in the Blood Kitchen—the Immortal Pool."

"Master is waiting for you inside!"

Cen Xing'er's eyes flickered.

"Yes, thank you, junior sister."

Tantai Lingyin nodded and looked at the pitch-black cave that seemed to lead to an unknown dark world.

Somehow.

She, who had always been calm and composed, actually felt a fear that went deep into her soul.

"Junior sister, aren't you… going in?"

She couldn't help but ask.

Cen Xing'er shook her head, and a trace of envy quietly flashed across her eyes. "Master said that he wants to talk to senior sister alone…"

"Okay, got it."

Tantai Lingyin gritted her teeth and stepped forward.

After passing through the cave entrance and walking a little further in, there was finally a trace of light ahead.

Tantai Lingyin looked over.

Under the illumination of some soul flames, a tall black-robed man sat on the high obsidian throne and stared at her calmly.

This familiar and terrifying pressure…

This caused the young guardian of the sect to unconsciously kneel on the ground. She gritted her teeth and said, "The guardian of the headquarters, Tantai Lingyin, greets Hallmaster Bai!"

"Lingyin, you've really disappointed me."

The man spoke in a hoarse voice.

Tantai Lingyin was shocked and didn't know what to say.

"I know your purpose."

"The reason why you're willing to return is none other than to seek my support in helping Ye Hongyi ascend to the position of sectmaster, am I right?"

Bai Feng asked calmly.

"I can't escape Hallmaster Bai's eyes."

Tantai Lingyin bit her lip. Just as she was about to use her speech technique, she was mercilessly interrupted by the other party.

"You don't need my help."

"You befriended the daughter of the first wife of the Ye family and was placed in an important position by the Ancestor. You were promoted to be guardian, and the entire Ye family is your backer."

"In fact, you've been trying to draw a clear line with me all these years. Now, you're begging me for my support."

"You have no respect for me."

"You even…"

"You aren't even willing to address me as Master."

The man's voice was unusually gentle and calm.

However, each and every word pierced into Tantai Lingyin's heart like a steel needle!

"Master…"

Inexplicably, she called out softly with tears in her eyes.

However, in the next second.

When she looked up.

The demonic shadow from her childhood memory, which was as tall as the Heavenly Tower, had already come in front of her!

The master and disciple stood and knelt so close to each other.

Bai Feng glanced at the gentle and beautiful girl below him. She was like a fairy from the Cloud Palace. He couldn't help but reach out and remove her hairpin.

Three thousand strands of black hair cascaded down like a waterfall, falling on her shoulders.

Throughout the entire process, the young girl was like a soulless puppet, motionless and at his mercy.

"Come bathe with me."

"It's time to show your filial piety."

"Yes."

Tantai Lingyin nodded, her eyes still calm.

Bai Feng turned around expressionlessly, but he secretly heaved a sigh of relief!

However, speaking of which…

My Lingyin's temperament is so gentle and ladylike!

I'm in love.

Then, next…

Then, he could start spreading true love!