1058 - Traitor (1)

“The senior members of the Ye Family may pick any treasure from the Treasure Pavilion, with no conditions attached. If they are unsure of what to select, they can follow Old Zhou’s recommendations.” Ye Qingtang looked at the old man.

“Yang Lord, please don’t worry. I am very good with these matters,” the old man said repeatedly.

When they heard Ye Qingtang’s words, the Ye Family Branch Masters and two Elders looked rather emotional. The Yunxiao Sect treasures were extremely attractive to them!

After they left the Treasure Pavilion, Ye Qingtang’s gaze swept across the air. Her lips immediately curved upwards and arched in a mysterious smile. Here was a fish that had escaped the net.

“Eldest Young Lady?”

Daoist Zijin was rather perplexed when he saw Ye Qingtang’s odd expression.

“Come out!”

Ye Qingtang shouted coldly as her right arm reached into the void and grasped at something

As everyone stared, an old man in a black robe was dragged out of the void.

“Who are you!” Elder Bai Kui immediately shouted sternly.

They had been completely unaware of this old man who was hiding in the void!

“Elder Qu, how are you?” Ye Qingtang smiled coldly as she fixed her gaze on the old man, who was frowning deeply.

Elder Qu was a Blood Moon Sect Elder, but after the sect was exterminated, he moved to the Yunxiao Sect and taught the Yunxiao Sect disciples the evil skill of robbing others of their spirit roots. When Ye Qingtang had been in the Yunxiao Sect, she had followed her teacher, Elder Mo, and the others to the Drifting Cloud Island and coincidentally met Elder Qu and Ye You. She had learned of Elder Qu’s status from the Blood Moon Sect Elder.

“Yang… Lord…”

Elder Qu stared at Ye Qingtang. This girl was so young but was already a Yang Lord…

A thousand years ago, Elder Qu had also been a Yang Lord. But unfortunately, a thousand years later, his level of attainment had dropped too rapidly, and now, he was only an ordinary Yin Lord.

“I am willing to serve you faithfully,” Elder Qu said to Ye Qingtang.

Elder Qu firmly believed that given his value, this Yang Lord would certainly give him an important position.

However, Ye Qingtang just laughed coldly. “I don’t need your faithful service. But you may leave your life here.”

Elder Qu laughed when he heard Ye Qingtang’s words. “Yang Lord, I know the Robbing Spirit Roots Skill. With me around, I can guarantee that the Yang Lord’s family will be elevated to the next level!”

When they heard that, all Ye Family members present were taken aback and even somewhat skeptical.

“Robbing Spirit Roots Skill… legend has it that one can indeed rob cultivators of their spirit roots and use them for oneself…” Daoist Zijin was shocked. This secret skill had long been lost in this mainland.

“Hmph!” Elder Bai Kui shouted angrily. “Who would have thought that the Yunxiao Sect would be so despicable as to do such evil things? The Robbing Spirit Roots Skill is equivalent to robbing others of their martial skills. It is a great crime!”

Elder Bai Kui’s fiancée had been snatched away by the Grand Elder of the YunXiao Sect, so he had a deep hatred of stealing, even if it was in terms of martial skills.

The skill of robbing spirit roots was somewhat similar to Ye Qingtang’s Heavenly Demon Devouring Bloodline. However, when compared to the Heavenly Demon Devouring Bloodline, the Robbing Spirit Roots Skill was inferior.

The Robbing Spirit Roots Skill could be used to devour the spirit root of others. However, the Heavenly Demon Devouring Skill could devour anything in the world, from the spirit energy of a stone, to the martial skills and bloodline of a person.

“Robbing Spirit Root Skill…”

Daoist Zijin thought for a moment and then suddenly frowned.

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1059 - Traitor (2)

A thousand years ago, only the Blood Moon Sect had this Robbing Spirit Root Skill…

In that case, the black-robed old man before them… was connected to the Blood Moon Sect?!

Daoist Zijin did not care about even the three greatest powers. But the Blood Moon Sect..

A thousand years ago, it was the foremost unshakable power in this mainland. Later, the Blood Moon Sect had grown overly powerful, single-handedly beating all others. This had aroused the hatred of hundreds of sects and powerful families in this mainland. In the end, powerful sects and families had joined forces and had barely managed to exterminate the Blood Moon Sect. But they paid a terrible price…

The Blood Moon Sect… at its peak, it had over a hundred Yang Lords…

Even after the Blood Moon Sect was exterminated, a thousand years later, its senior members were slowly recovering, and the Blood Moon Sect would rise again…

If they killed a member of the Blood Moon Sect today, the consequences would not be as simple as antagonizing the Beiming Manor!

“Yang Lord, I can use my Robbing Spirit Root Skill to serve you.” Elder Qu fixed his gaze on Ye Qingtang.

“That sounds pretty good… a pity that I’m not very interested in your Robbing Spirit Root Skill… However, I am interested in taking your life.” Ye Qingtang smiled coldly as she looked at Elder Qu.

No matter what, she was the sworn sister of the Blood Moon Holy Lord. She even had the status of Blood Moon Holy Lady. As the Holy Lady of the Blood Moon Sect, Ye Qingtang must certainly act now that she had met a great traitor of the Blood Moon Sect. Otherwise, she could not answer to her handsome younger brother…

Elder Qu was taken aback by Ye Qingtang’s words. He had no quarrel with this Yang Lord, so why was she so interested in taking his life?!

“Eldest Young Lady, slow down. Let this man live for now!” Daoist Zijin was afraid that Ye Qingtang would act immediately and spoke hurriedly.

“He mustn’t be killed?” Elder Bai Kui looked at Daoist Zijin. “He is a mere Yunxiao Sect elder, why can’t he be killed? Daoist Zijin, can it be that you are interested in the Robbing Spirit Root Skill… Does our Ye Family still need these things for embellishment?!”

When he heard that, Daoist Zijin immediately shook his head and said, “What rubbish Robbing Spirit Root Skill… Bai Kui, are you brainless? Don’t you know where the Robbing Spirit Root Skill originated from?”

When he heard Daoist Zijin’s words, Elder Bai Kui was shocked. The origin of the Robbing Spirit Root Skill…

Bai Kui immediately sank into deep thought. After a few breaths, his expression suddenly changed.

As the Grand Imperial Sire of the Formidable Heavens Dynasty, Elder Bai Kui could not possibly be unaware of the origins of the Robbing Spirit Root Skill. It was the Blood Moon Sect… the foremost power a thousand years ago!

A thousand years ago, even the ancestors of the Formidable Heavens Dynasty had joined the plot to exterminate the Blood Moon Sect…

Only a senior member of the Blood Moon Sect could use the Robbing Spirit Roots Skill. Others could not possibly learn it!

“Are you saying that this man is… a member of the Blood Moon Sect?!” Elder Bai Kui was shocked.

In recent times, he had heard the news that the Blood Moon Sect was reviving but had not taken it to heart.

“Eldest Young Lady, you must not kill this man,” Elder Bai Kui hurriedly said. He was suddenly on the same side as Daoist Zijin.

“Eldest Young Lady, you should be aware of the Blood Moon Sect. It was the absolute power in this mainland a thousand years ago. Although it was exterminated, it can revive… This man must have some deep connection with the Blood Moon Sect. If he dies at the hands of our Ye Family, we will offend the Blood Moon Sect…” Cold sweat seeped from Daoist Zijin’s forehead.

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1060 - Traitor (3)

Although it had been exterminated a thousand years ago, the reputation of the Blood Moon Sect was still as formidable a thousand years later. As the saying went, a starving camel was still bigger than a horse. Even the three biggest powers of today definitely did not dare to offend the Blood Moon Sect!

Unless all the sects and powerful families in this mainland allied again against a common enemy and completely eradicated the Blood Moon Sect before it had a chance to revive fully.

However, this was impossible. If the Blood Moon Sect revived now, it would still be incredibly powerful. No one was willing to antagonize the Blood Moon Sect. Further, the Blood Moon Sect might not be powerful enough to gain dominance. If it did not impinge on anyone’s interest, who would dare to stick their necks out first and take on the Blood Moon Sect?!

Elder Bai Kui and the Daoist Zijin did not want the Ye Family to be the one to stick its neck out. The Ye Family had just risen to power. If they offended the Blood Moon Sect and was exterminated before they had achieved anything, that would be… a pity…

Now, Daoist Zijin and Elder Bai Kui made up their minds that no matter what, they would not allow the Eldest Young Lady to kill this Elder Qu. They really had the best intentions for the Ye Family and Eldest Young Lady.

Even if Ye Qingtang was a Yang Lord, no matter how powerful she was, she could not possibly oppose the Blood Moon Sect…

“Eldest Young Lady… please reconsider!”

“Eldest Young Lady, our Ye Family cannot afford to offend the Blood Moon Sect!”

“Eldest Young Lady, right now, there is no need for our Ye Family to offend the Blood Moon Sect!”

A few Ye Family Branch Masters also took the side of Elder Bai Kui and Daoist Zijin and spoke up to persuade her.

The members of the Ye Family did not know Elder Qu’s status and were ignorant of the fact that Elder Qu was a traitor to the Blood Moon Sect. They simply thought that Elder Qu was a member of the Blood Moon Sect.

At that moment, Elder Qu’s lips curved in a slight smile. He had thought of a way to extricate himself.

“Ah… so I have been discovered… I am one of the twenty-four elders of the Blood Moon Sect. If you harm me at all, it will be equivalent to opposing my Blood Moon Sect.” Elder Qu swept a gaze across everyone and smiled coldly.

All the Ye Family members turned pale at Elder Qu’s words. It did not matter whether he was speaking the truth. Even if he was lying, it was inconsequential. But if he was telling the truth and he really was one of the Blood Moon Sect’s twenty-four elders, their Ye Family could not possibly bear the consequences. If the Eldest Young Lady killed a Blood Moon Sect Elder, the Ye Family would probably fall into an abyss from which there was no return. Even Ye Qingtang would probably suffer terrible consequences…

“Elder Qu, if you are really one of the Blood Moon Sect’s twenty-four elders, then I could bear witness for you.” Ye Qingtang stared at Elder Qu and smiled coldly. “However, you actually betrayed the Blood Moon Sect and entered the Yunxiao Sect. I suppose you haven’t forgotten about that.”

When they heard Ye Qingtang’s words, Elder Bai Kui, Daoist Zijin, and even all the Ye Family Branch Masters were shocked.

This Blood Moon Sect Elder… was a traitor of the Blood Moon Sect??

“Hmph!” Elder Qu snorted coldly. “Nonsense!”

Although Elder Qu spoke with conviction, he was feeling rather guilty. How did this Yang Lord know about these events?

“Elder Qu, do you recognize me?” Ye Qingtang stared at Elder Qu.

“No.” Elder Qu had already studied Ye Qingtang and found her unfamiliar.

“Since you don’t recognize me… do you recognize this.” Ye Qingtang pointed to her brow, her lips curving upwards.

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1061 - Traitor (4)

Elder Qu was taken aback by Ye Qingtang’s words. He did not understand her meaning but involuntarily glanced at her brow.

The next moment, a thin blood-colored crescent moon surfaced on Ye Qingtang’s brow. The singular Blood Moon aura filled the entire area. The Blood Moon aura, which was unique to the Blood Moon Holy Lady, gradually surfaced.

Elder Qu was stunned for a few seconds when he saw the blood-colored crescent moon on Ye Qingtang’s brow. When he snapped out of his trance, his lips moved a little, but he remained rooted to the spot.

A thousand years ago, Elder Qu had been a Blood Moon Sect Elder. He certainly recognized the mark of the Holy Lady of the Blood Moon Sect…

The girl standing before him had such a powerful Blood Moon aura…

“H-h-holy Lady… impossible… that’s impossible!” Elder Qu could not believe it.

Elder Qu was ashen. The Yang Lord standing before him was the most mysterious Holy Lady of the Blood Moon Sect… even more mysterious than the two Blood Moon Guardians, who had never been seen before… Also, the status of Blood Moon Holy Lady was even higher than that of the Blood Moon Sect Master, almost equal to that of the Blood Moon Holy Lord.

When the Ye Family Branch Masters, Daoist Zijin, and the others saw the Blood Moon mark on Ye Qingtang’s brow, they were also stunned.

However, when they learned from Elder Qu that their Eldest Young Lady was actually the Blood Moon Sect Holy Lady, they were completely shocked. They stared at Ye Qingtang and almost forgot to breathe.

“Holy… Holy Lady, please have mercy. Great Holy Lady, please have mercy!”

With a thump, Elder Qu’s body slumped, and he kneeled by Ye Qingtang’s feet.

“Elder Qu, a thousand years ago, you betrayed the Blood Moon Sect. You collaborated with outsiders to kill numerous members of the Blood Moon Sect. Now, I am going to show you grace and be merciful.” Ye Qingtang fixed her gaze on Elder Qu and blandly spoke.

Actually, Ye Qingtang did not really identify with her status as Blood Moon Holy Lady. However, the Blood Moon Holy Lord was her sworn brother and was loyal to her. Now that she had run into a traitor of the Blood Moon Sect, she naturally needed to put the sect’s affairs in order.

Besides this connection, Elder Qu and the others in the Yunxiao Sect had also harmed many of the younger talented martial arts cultivators.

Of course, it was none of Ye Qingtang’s business as to who Elder Qu and the Yunxiao Sect had harmed, but the Xuanling Sect had almost been exterminated by the YunXiao Sect, and this was closely related to Elder Qu. No matter what, Ye Qingtang would not allow him to leave.

“Kill him.”

Ye Qingtang looked at Bai Kui and Daoist Zijin.

“Huh… what?!”

Daoist Zijin was taken aback. When he recovered his wits, he still looked rather shocked. “Eldest Young Holy Lady… kill?”

“Kill…”

Repeated Ye Qingtang.

“Hmph, I hate traitors the most. You Blood Moon Sect traitor, you betrayed the Blood Moon Sect and betrayed the Blood Moon Holy Lady. Your crimes are unforgivable!” One of the Ye Family Branch Masters stared at Elder Qu and shouted angrily.

The next moment, Daoist Zijin, Bai Kui, and a few Ye Family Branch Masters advanced together and simultaneously struck a killing blow.

Although Elder Qu had been a Yang Lord a thousand years ago, his current martial skills were merely around Yin Yang Perfected Lord Third Heaven. He could not possibly compare with Bai Kui, Daoist Zijin, and others. Within the span of ten breaths, the Ye Family members had acted together to kill him.

After Elder Qu was killed, the group from the Ye Family stared at the blood-colored mark on Ye Qingtang’s brow. They were all shaken.

Besides being a Yang Lord… their Ye Family’s Eldest Young Lady… was actually the Blood Moon Sect Holy Lady!

No wonder… no wonder she had become a Yang Lord at such a young age. No wonder she dared to challenge the Beiming Manor without fear…

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