Zhu Yanyi wore an expression that said, "I am speaking the absolute truth." "Is what I said wrong?"
"Zhu Yanyi, if you drive these beasts away, I will agree to three of your conditions," Yin Mei said, trying this approach as a last resort.
"Yin Mei, did you leave your brain at home, or do I look like a fool to you?" Zhu Yanyi looked at her with disdain. "Do I really look that stupid? Would I ever believe a word you say?"
"You?" Yin Mei was so stunned by her retort that she nearly fell from the tree.
Zhu Yanyi continued, "I never thought of myself as a good person, nor do I think you, Yin Mei, are brainless. I clearly remember what happened over three years ago. You kidnapped my master, leaving me in a panic. You were the first to do such a thing. However, the Mu Lingxi poison I gave you these past years seems to have worked well. You’ve suffered enough."
At the mention of Mu Lingxi, Yin Mei’s expression darkened.
"Zhu Yanyi, let’s not talk about the past. At least Master Yao is living well in our Holy Sect now," Yin Mei said, though her mind was racing with countless schemes.
"Yes, precisely because I know my master is living well in the Holy Sect, I haven’t killed you directly," Zhu Yanyi said with a smile. "Letting you live all these years has been generous enough. Now, I just want to collect some interest from the Holy Sect."
"What exactly do you want to do?" Yin Mei’s face grew cold.
"Kill you. It’s such an obvious goal, can’t you see it?" Zhu Yanyi looked at her as if she were incredibly slow.
Yin Mei calmed down slightly, staring at her. "You want to kill me? Can you even kill me?"
"Under normal circumstances, I might not be able to. You hide in the Holy Sect like a turtle in its shell, making you hard to find. But things are different now. You are here. This place belongs to the Capital, which is my territory," Zhu Yanyi said with an innocent smile, as if commenting on the nice weather.
She laughed softly. "The Holy Sect is destined to fall, and you are destined to die. If you don’t die, how can the destruction of the Holy Sect begin?"
"You’re using me as the fuse?" Yin Mei asked directly.
"Don’t flatter yourself. You as a fuse? You’re overthinking it," Zhu Yanyi sneered. "With your status, you’re not even a fuse. The Holy Sect has many leaders. It depends on who the Father promotes. I’m just telling you: starting today, the day I destroy the Holy Sect begins."
Zhu Yanyi seemed quite pleased. "Yin Mei, hearing this, aren’t you happy? Proud?"
Happy my foot, proud my ass, Yin Mei wanted to curse. "Zhu Yanyi, I advise you not to act like a mantis trying to stop a chariot. The Holy Sect is not something you can shake."
"Take it slow. One day, it will be destroyed. I am young; I can wait," Zhu Yanyi said cheerfully. "Besides, this is a great opportunity. After killing you, I’ll go kill your Holy Son. I’m sure your Father will be grateful to me."
"Zhu Yanyi, do you know what you’re saying?" Yin Mei couldn’t believe she wanted to kill not only her but also the Holy Son.
"I’ve told you so much, why don’t you understand? Of course, I know what I’m doing." She pulled out a lollipop and continued eating. "Alright, Yin Mei, no more unnecessary talk. Our reunion is over. It’s time for you to die."
Zhu Yanyi scanned the surroundings. "Look around. Beasts are everywhere. If you die here, I guarantee you’ll have no grave. You’ll be torn apart. Survival will be impossible."
Yin Mei’s triangular eyes, dark and cold like a viper’s, stared at Zhu Yanyi, as if trying to burn a hole through her.
Zhu Yanyi shrugged, unbothered by her glare. "Alright, stop hiding up there. Come down quickly. So many cute little friends are waiting for you."
As she spoke, she flashed forward and kicked Yin Mei off the tree.
Yin Mei hadn’t prepared himself and fell directly to the ground. He tried to struggle up, but a leopard pounced on him, seeing him as delicious prey.
For the first time, Yin Mei truly felt the threat of death.
Yin Mei was alert. He rolled to the side, narrowly dodging the leopard. But as the saying goes, you can dodge the first day of the month, but not the fifteenth. A baboon was nearby.
It didn’t eat people, but it treated him like a toy. It grabbed him and threw him forward.
The baboon was incredibly strong. It had no caution. To it, Yin Mei was just a toy, and toys are meant to be played with, regardless of whether they break.
So, very decisively, in just two or three moves, Yin Mei was played to death.
At first, the baboon was excited by Yin Mei’s screams. When he went silent, the baboon shook him. Yin Mei was already limp and lifeless. Annoyed, the baboon grabbed his legs with both paws and tore him in half. It angrily threw the remains aside and went to chase someone else.
Carnivores like the leopard rushed in to scavenge. Soon, Yin Mei’s body was gone, not even bones left.
Watching from the side, even Luo Gang’s face turned pale. She looked at Zhu Yanyi, whose expression remained calm. "Miss, aren’t you afraid?"
"I am a doctor. I’ve seen many human body parts. This isn’t even that gruesome. I didn’t even see brain matter. Why should I be afraid?" She glanced at the others still in the trees. She had no interest in them and turned away. "Let’s go. Let’s go see the Holy Son."
"Leave these people alone?" Zhou Feng asked.
"Why bother with them? Whether they live or die after returning to the Holy Sect is up to their own skills. But first, they must survive leaving this Changbai Mountain," Zhu Yanyi said. She didn’t kill them because she didn’t want to stain her hands with more blood, but that didn’t mean she would mercifully let them go.
Following someone like Yin Mei, it would be strange if their hands weren’t stained with blood.
However, Zhu Yanyi didn’t plan to act directly. She left it to fate. There were many animals around. How many survived depended on their luck.
Zhu Yanyi led Luo Gang and the others to find the Holy Son.
At that moment, the Holy Son had been forced to the edge of a cliff. They saw countless beasts pressing in on them, forcing them to retreat backward.
"Miss, I’m afraid we don’t even need to act. They will jump off the cliff," Luo Gang said. Although one could see the bottom, the cliff was at least five or six hundred meters high. Jumping from such a height, the chance of survival was very small.