He tricked his amnesiac partner into becoming crippled.

Chapter 86 My 23 Things About My Grandmaster (Part 9)

Bai Lingling's fingers gripped the ground so tightly that the soft mud sank into her nails. She struggled to lift her head, her voice stiff: "Senior Brother, I wasn't saved by Senior Sister, was I?"

Her eyes were pleading as she collapsed to the ground, broken, as if she had suffered all kinds of pain.

Ling Yifeng felt a pang of pain in his heart. He gave a warning look to Ling Liufeng, who was gloating beside him, and then turned to comfort the person on the ground.

"Lingling, get up first, the ground is cold."

"No, I won't get up until my senior brother tells me the truth!" Bai Lingling said stubbornly.

"Tch," Ling Liufeng flicked his hand, dirt and blood falling from his fist. He stared at the feigning woman on the ground, his eyes filled with hatred and rage that seemed to want to strangle her.

He sneered, "Now it's upside down."

"Ling Liufeng!" Ling Yifeng frowned and shouted, "Don't you want a mouth anymore?"

"I don't even want my life anymore." Ling Liufeng was not to be outdone, and his grief and pain were almost manic.

Sometimes he really wanted to pry open the brains of his fellow disciples to see if they were infected with a Gu called Bai Lingling.

"You!" Ling Yifeng drew his sword from his waist, pulling it out an inch.

"No, please stop fighting." Bai Lingling grasped Ling Yifeng's hand and used the force to return the sword, which was not yet fully drawn, to its sheath.

She held onto Ling Yifeng's hand, turned to look at Ling Liufeng, her eyes pleading: "Senior brothers, please don't fight over me..."

"Pah!" Ling Liufeng didn't even glance at Bai Lingling or Ling Yifeng before turning and leaving.

The pure white robes were stained with plum blossoms and mud, tarnishing their sanctity.

"If you won't save my senior sister, I will." He clenched his fists, his eyes filled with determination, and his figure, riding on a cold, gleaming sword, quickly became a small black dot.

The two remained silent.

Ling Yifeng felt guilty, while Bai Lingling felt terrified.

Their eyes met, and Bai Lingling's voice trembled with tears: "Senior brother, is it because of me that senior sister...?"

Before she could finish speaking, tears had already fallen.

Ling Yifeng avoided eye contact, not daring to look the other person in the eye.

They were the ones who were wrong; they shouldn't have pressured Xiaoyan for Lingling's sake.

Bai Lingling could tell the truth of the matter at a glance, and she was only pressuring Ling Yifeng in the hopes that he could coax her and let the matter drop.

She knew it was wrong to do this, but... but people are selfish, and she couldn't watch her beloved senior brothers die.

One death is already the best outcome.

Senior sister, I'm sorry. Let me punish myself with guilt for the rest of my life.

"Lingling, Xiaoyan is dead. We forced her to her death."

Bai Lingling was stunned. How could this be different from what she had expected?

Ling Yifeng seemed to have figured something out, and he grasped her shoulders: "Lingling, today is the first lesson your senior brother is teaching you: don't run away from things."

Bai Lingling followed behind him with a complicated expression, and the two of them stepped into the Tranquil Heart Palace one after the other.

Inside the hall, a group of disciples were already standing on both sides, except for one person who knelt upright in the formation in front.

That's Ling Liufeng.

"Master, please allow me to save my senior sister!"

After Ling Yifeng entered, he gave his junior brother a look, asking him what was going on.

The junior brother, being very perceptive, quietly leaned over and whispered, "Sixth Senior Brother went to the forbidden area alone, but the counterattack from the forbidden area's formation was too loud and disturbed Master."

After finishing speaking, the junior brother paused for a moment, glanced cautiously at his master sitting in the hall with a dark face, gestured with his mouth to Ling Yifeng and the other two to look in that direction, and then continued speaking in a low voice.

"Master was furious. He trapped Sixth Senior Brother here and said that if he caused any more trouble, he would expel him from the sect."

what?

Bai Lingling covered her mouth, her expression one of surprise, her eyes filled with pity. She tugged at Ling Yifeng's sleeve, "Senior brother, let's beg Master, Sixth Senior Brother is so pitiful."

Ling Yifeng felt sorry for him, after all, he was his junior brother. He was about to plead for him when Ling Liufeng interrupted him before he could speak.

He straightened his back and slowly turned his head, his gaze sharp as a knife as it fell on Bai Lingling behind Ling Yifeng, before sweeping it over everyone who had participated in the pursuit of his senior sister.

Their gazes finally settled on Bai Lingling.

She is the key.

Ling Liufeng said unhurriedly, "Bai Lingling, if you have any conscience, come and beg Master with me. After all, if it weren't for you, how could Senior Sister have died?"

These words struck Bai Lingling like a thunderbolt, making her face burn with shame, like an animal being watched naked.

With so many people watching, she got angry. It was just a life-saving favor, who cares? She'd just pay it back.

Bai Lingling ran angrily to Ling Liufeng's side, lifted her skirt, and knelt down. Her knees made a crisp sound as they etched themselves onto the bluestone slab, and her expression immediately changed.

It hurts, it hurts so much.

Xiao Yilin couldn't sit still any longer, so she raised her hand and helped her up.

Bai Lingling was ungrateful and insisted on kneeling, so one of her senior brothers found her a soft mat and took the opportunity to place it under her kneeling spot.

Bai Lingling stood up straight, tears welling in her eyes, her voice choked yet firm: "Please, Master, save Senior Sister!"

“If Master doesn’t save Lingling, I will kneel here until Sixth Brother calms down.”

Ling Liufeng turned his head, a half-smile on his face.

Bai Lingling felt guilty for being seen through, and she quickly said, "I know that my senior brothers went to great lengths for Lingling's sake, but my senior sister is also Lingling's family. Lingling doesn't want any of her family members to die because of me."

He looked earnestly at Xiao Yilin in the hall as he spoke.

Xiao Yilin remained unmoved.

Bai Lingling breathed a sigh of relief, and just as she was about to say something else, with a whoosh, Ling Liufeng put a sword to his own neck, the meaning of which was self-evident.

He glanced at Bai Lingling and mouthed a gesture.

Bai Lingling was terrified, a chill spreading from the soles of her feet.

How did he know?

This time, Bai Lingling dared not play any tricks. She put on her best acting skills, holding a long sword to her neck and making a small cut in her haste.

A smear of red blood on the sharp blade sent a chill down everyone's spine.

"Lingling!"

"Ling'er!"

……

Everyone exclaimed.

Bai Lingling's excited and anxious demeanor seemed genuine.

"If Master doesn't save me, Lingling will atone with her death!"

Her voice was strong and clear, which made it seem like she really meant it, but only she knew what she was really thinking.

Xiao Yilin frowned and hesitated, saying, "Ling'er, it's not that I don't want to save her, it's just that Xiao Yan is already dead..."

Ling Liufeng threw out a Soul-Illuminating Lamp: "Senior Sister's Soul Lamp is still lit, which means she is not dead at all."

Before anyone could react to this unexpected turn of events, they also automatically overlooked how Ling Liufeng had obtained Wen Yan's Soul-Illuminating Lamp.

"This lamp is obviously fake," Ling Liufeng chuckled self-deprecatingly. He carefully put the lamp away, creating the illusion that it was very important, so that everyone would believe that the lamp in his hand was real.

"This..." Xiao Yilin looked at the lamp and then at Bai Lingling, unable to make up her mind.

Upon hearing that Wen Yan wasn't quite dead yet, Bai Lingling felt a strange unease. She then opened her bright, watery eyes and scanned the room, lingering particularly on the senior brothers who liked her.

Having received her hint, the senior brothers all stepped forward, cupped their hands, and asked Xiao Yilin to activate the formation.

Their movements were synchronized, but their thoughts were a variety of different things.

Some wanted to give their junior sister face, while others genuinely felt guilty and hoped to alleviate their sense of guilt.

In short, they also stood on the same side as Ling Liufeng, but they just didn't have his sincere intention to save people.

So, on the day the Blood Moon was approaching, the entire Immortal Sword Sect rushed to the forbidden area, and the dark red patterns stained the entire Black Forest red.

Xiao Yilin stood in the center and slowly activated the formation.