nycdaug I saw Chapter 579.
I saw Chapter 579.
Upon exiting the dark cell, Jiang Li narrowed her eyes and discovered a group of men, women, and children blocking the entrance, all staring intently at her with hooked eyes.
Jiang Liqian trembled, her face filled with confusion: "You..."
She had barely begun to speak when the maids following behind them suddenly rushed forward, exclaiming in surprise, "Elder, Second Elder, Third Elder, Fourth Elder, Fifth Elder... Nineteenth Elder, what brings you all here? Are you here to see the future princess as well? Where is His Highness? Has he been reprimanded by His Majesty again?"
"You little brat, what nonsense are you spouting? We haven't seen the guest since we came out. Why did you bring her to this gloomy place? Don't you know how rude you are?" The Thirteenth Elder, a female elder, walked over, grabbed the maid's ear, and scolded her.
The maid rubbed her ear in pain, pouting indignantly, "It was the princess who asked to come! The princess is so amazing, I like her!"
"Hey, you girl!"
"Alright, alright, stop fooling around. Since we have distinguished guests today, please invite them and their friends to take their seats in the reception hall. The luncheon is about to begin." The elder, an old man with a full white beard, symbolically leaned on his cane, interrupting the two's playful banter, and his gaze returned to Jiang Liqian.
Although he frowned slightly upon seeing the other person on her back, he showed no unusual expression. Instead, he warmly and amicably invited the two of them to join the banquet.
Jiang Liqian didn't want to go, but seeing so many of them, and each of them keeping a low profile, she had no choice but to go with them to avoid another conflict between the two groups.
Along the way, the elders would ask her two questions from time to time: one about her family elders, one about her teacher, and one about her age.
Jiang Liqian answered each question, but deliberately obscured the details of her sect and did not tell them everything truthfully.
When they learned that she was only twenty-three years old, even the elders, who were used to seeing the world's greatest talents, couldn't help but gasp in surprise.
Too young, really too young.
Such a young Nascent Soul cultivator—could she possibly be interested in their Third Prince, who has no ambition?
"Senior sister..." Xu Youan bit her lip lightly and poked her shoulder in dissatisfaction, "The princess they're talking about isn't me, is she?"
Jiang Li's eyes flickered, and she lifted him up, raising an eyebrow: "What, are you jealous?"
Xu Youan, wearing a thin red shawl, immediately buried her head.
"Senior sister!"
Jiang Liqian chuckled to herself.
"Don't worry, your senior sister will definitely protect you. If anyone dares to try and take you away, I'll let them taste how sharp my sword is!"
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"How much longer are you going to follow me?!" On the empty grass, a girl in a pale yellow pomegranate dress turned around impatiently and glared at the boy carrying a heavy sword on his back. The hem of her dress fluttered up a patch of dandelions that had not yet fully grown.
The dandelions dissipated in the wind, and the half-sunken sun left only a remnant of cold, desolate light.
Chen Huasheng remained silent, his clear and bright eyes fixed on her, making her feel agitated and restless.
She was terrified when she was suddenly caught in an unknown vortex, fearing that she would die here before her life even began. But then, Senior Brother Chen suddenly appeared out of nowhere, grabbed her wrist, and they were swept together.
Being in an unfamiliar place, and with Senior Brother Chen being so kind to her, she was very grateful that he had stepped forward in her time of crisis, and she also wanted to get closer to him.
To her surprise, Senior Brother Chen, who had always been very friendly to her, suddenly became expressionless and ignored her. No matter what she said, he didn't even react.
She was already annoyed by not getting the artifact, and now she's become obsessed with the "abnormal" Chen Huasheng. She instantly lost all energy to act, and with a blank expression, she turned and left.
He followed her all the way.
She tried to get rid of him several times, but failed.
Unable to bear it any longer, she abruptly stopped and glared at him angrily.
Chen Huasheng stared at her silently, and just when Shen Qingqing thought he still wouldn't speak, he suddenly spoke.
"I saw it all."
Shen Qingqing's first reaction was confusion.
"What did you see?"
“You wanted to steal Jiang Liqian’s artifact, and…” Chen Huasheng stared intently into her eyes, “You controlled Junior Brother Meng and made him kill Jiang Liqian.”
Shen Qingqing was startled, and her face turned deathly pale.
Before she could react, Chen Huasheng had already gotten the result he wanted. He wanted to turn around and leave, but the reluctance hidden in his heart forced him to take a difficult step closer to her, his mouth so bitter that he could hardly swallow: "Junior sister... come back to the sect with me, I will plead for you."
"What!" Shen Qingqing shrieked, her face turning ashen. She took a step back in disbelief, shaking her head and forcing a smile. "Senior brother, what nonsense are you spouting? I don't understand a word you're saying! You want me to go back with you, but the competition is still going on. How can I just leave like that? Don't joke around, okay?"
Chen Huasheng closed his eyes in utter disappointment.
After a long silence, he said, "Junior Sister, I don't want you to go astray, and I don't want you to knowingly refuse to correct your mistakes. If you don't come back with me and confess your crimes, I won't arrest you out of consideration for our shared peak. However, I will report the truth to the elders and the sect leader. What happens then is entirely up to them, and I will not interfere."
"Now, you can choose to come back with me, or you can leave and I will return to the sect alone."
Even now, Shen Qingqing doesn't believe that Chen Huasheng really saw or heard anything. Controlling Meng Jiu'an was all done by the system; she didn't do anything, so how could he have discovered it?
As for stealing the divine artifact, when a divine artifact appears, of course someone with the ability will seize it. Jiang Liqian only cares about the life and death of those individuals, and doesn't care about the divine artifact at all. Since that's the case, why can't she take it?
She wanted to explain to Chen Huasheng that she had been temporarily blinded by greed and had long since changed her ways.
But Chen Huasheng could clearly see the guilt and resentment in her eyes.
He didn't say anything more and turned his back to her.
“Junior Sister Shen, some paths cannot be followed blindly. I want to save you. Don’t give up on yourself easily, okay? Your future is much brighter than mine. You are beautiful, talented, and have a remarkable understanding of the sword path. You will have a very, very good tomorrow. Even if you take the wrong path for a while, I believe that you can correct your mistakes, and Heaven will favor you.”
"Senior brother..."
“Junior Sister Shen, Jiang Liqian is just Jiang Liqian. There are many other Jiang Liqians in the world. You shouldn’t focus on her. You should focus on yourself. If you only focus on her, then her achievements and her setbacks will only become an unpleasant chasm for you.”