78. Jin Sect's Flower Banquet

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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.

"I can't believe that you're defending him." said Nie Mingjue.

Jiang Cheng was glaring at the screen.

"Wanyin, I won't do anything like that if I knew the whole picture." said Lan Xichen.

"You better not." said Jiang Cheng.

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 QishanWen 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?”

“…”

"Ah Xichen-ge. You're just too kind." said Nie Huaisang.

"I don't care if he did a lot of things like that but he killed some cultivators in front of me so I will never forgive him." said Nie Mingjue.

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.

Lan XiChen, “Meng Yao?”

"Let him die. Just f*cking let him die." said Nie Huaisang.

"He is clearly using you to keep himself safe." said Jiang Cheng.

"Calm down both of you." saod Wei Wuxian.

"No one will die that time." he added.

Meng Yao whispered, “Sect Leader Nie, back in Sun Palace, although it was to gain the trust of Wen RuoHan, I did indeed harm you and say inappropriate things. I purposely jabbed at your scar, knowing that the previous Sect Leader Nie hurts you deeply… Although I had no other choice, I’m still truly sorry.”

Nie Mingjue just scoffed.

"Ah how he can handle everything with his words. Maybe that's how he manipulated Xichen-ge." said Nie Huaisang.

"Not just a-die, he manipulated everyone." said Jingyi.

Nie MingJue, “The one you should be kneeling to isn’t me, but the cultivators that you killed with your own hands.”

Meng Yao, “Wen RuoHan had a cruel character. Whenever there was any disobeyment, he’d act as though he was mad. Since I was pretending to be someone he could trust, how could I sit back when others humiliated him? So…”

"Still, those cultivators doesn't deserved it. They died for you not anger the daredevil." said Wei Wuxian.

"Did you just called me a daredevil?" asked Wen Rouhan.

"You look like one." said Wie Wuxian.

Nie MingJue, “Good. Looks like you’ve been doing these things since sometime ago.”

Meng Yao sighed, “I was in Qishan.”

Lan XiChen sighed as well, his attacks persisting, “MingJue-xiong, he was undercover in Qishan, and sometimes there would be some things that… could not have been helped. When he was doing these things, in his heart he was also…”

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