Who You Are Book 2

Chapter 32 - Empathy with Chifeng Zun Pt. 6

Jin Guangyao was indeed worthy of his reputation. The same meaning but a different wording, and he was able to create a contained sense of frustration and a reserved sense of sorrow. As he had expected, Nie Mingjue's movement halted. Veins stood out under his forehead.

Having paused for a while, he clenched the hilt of his saber and shouted, "Very well! I'll kill myself after I kill you!"

Meng Yao shrunk immediately after his previous outburst. Watching Baxia slash toward him, he sprinted off at once, scared lifeless. Of the two, one striked with madness and the other fled with madness. Both staggered, still soaked in blood. In such amusing circumstances, as Wei Wuxian chopped at the future Chief Cultivator, in his heart he split his sides laughing. He thought that if not for how Nie Mingjue was under heavy injuries and lacked spiritual power, Meng Yao would probably have been dead already.

Amid all the action, a surprised voice suddenly called out, "Mingjue-xiong!"

A figure dressed in clean, white robes darted out of the forest. Meng Yao looked as if he had just seen a god from Heaven. He quickly scrambled over and hid behind the person's back, "Zewu Jun!!! Zewu Jun!!!"

Nie Mingjue was in the middle of his rage. He didn't even have the chance to ask why Lan Xichen was there as he shouted, "Xichen move!"

Baxia's strikes were so menacing that Shuoyue had to unsheath. Lan Xichen stopped him, half to support his figure and half to block his attacks, "Mingjue-xiong, calm down! Why bother?"

Nie Mingjue, "Why don't you ask what he did?!"

Lan Xichen turned around to look at Meng Yao, his face was full of terror. He stammered as if he didn't dare speak. Nie MingJue, "Back then, after you fled from Langya, I was wondering why I couldn't find you no matter what! So you became the Wen-dogs' underling and took sides with the tyrant in the Nightless City!"

Lan Xichen, "Mingjue-xiong."

He rarely interrupted others. Nie Mingjue hesitated. Lan Xichen continued, "Do you know who was the one that gave you the Qishan Wen Sect's maps of tactical formation these past few times?"

Nie Mingjue, "You."

Lan Xichen, "I was delivering them. Do you know who was the source of all that information?"

Under such circumstances, it wasn't difficult to see what he had meant. Nie Mingjue glanced at Meng Yao, who stood behind him, head hanging low. His brows twitched uncontrollably, as though he couldn't believe the matter.

Lan Xichen, "There is no need to doubt. Today, as well, I have come here to aid you only after he contacted me. Or else, how would I just happen to appear here?"

Nie Mingjue was unable to say anything.

Lan Xichen added, "After incident at Langya, A-Yao felt remorse, but he was afraid he might run into you. He could only manage to sneak into the Qishan Wen Sect and approach Wen Ruohan, then write me letters in secrecy. At first, I did not know whom the person sending the letters was, either. I only realized whom he was after discovering a few clues from a coincidence or two."

He turned to Meng Yao, then lowered his voice, "Did you not tell Mingjue-xiong of these?"

"..."

Holding the wound on his arm, Meng Yao managed a smile, "Zewu Jun, you saw as well. Even if I did say so, Sect Leader Nie wouldn't have believed me either."

Nie Mingjue remained silent, while Baxia and Shuoyue continued. Meng Yao took a glimpse at the glares from the clashes of the saber and the sword, his gaze full of fear. After a while, however, he still took a step forward. He kneeled to Nie Mingjue.