14. Is This Where It Ends?
Baili Yue’s schemes were the epitome of a master plan.
But it had a fatal flaw: the person he chose had no quarrel with the dynasty and was willing to act for him.
But as fate would have it…
The person he found was a descendant of the Baiyao family, and her parents had died at his hands.
The hatred of family and parents, a deep-seated grudge that could never be forgotten.
Hearing this, Baili Yue finally understood.
He had brought this upon himself.
From the moment he mistakenly trusted this seemingly hardworking and ruthless girl, who had mercilessly killed her own roommate in the training camp, his fate was sealed.
“Hahahaha…” Baili Yue couldn’t help but laugh. “I spent my whole life guarding against the Baiyao family, yet I never thought they were right under my nose.”
“Guarding?” Baiyao Sheng sneered. “Although we carry this mission, two thousand years have passed. We had almost given up.”
“My parents lived in seclusion in a small border town, wanting nothing more than a peaceful life. They had no intention of overthrowing the Baili royal family.”
“They told your secret guards this countless times, but they wouldn’t listen, and you certainly wouldn’t.”
At this point, Baiyao Sheng’s anger could no longer be suppressed, and she laughed, shaking her head.
She laughed at this vast dynasty, with no place for the Baiyao family. Did they have to be forced into exile, to leave their homeland and seek refuge in another land?
This was something no one from the Baiyao family could accept.
“Yes, how could you think you were wrong?”
“The Baili family used treacherous means, betrayed the friendship between the two families, and even tried to annihilate them. In your mind, the Baiyao family was born with hatred for you. They didn’t deserve to live in peace, only to live in hatred.”
“If you had just turned a blind eye, no matter what the Sword Emperor’s lineage did, my parents wouldn’t have let me take this risk.”
“But you… how could you believe such a thing… for you, the best way was to silence them forever, and then repeat the Eight Desolations turmoil a thousand, ten thousand times, without ever affecting your position.”
“In that case…”
She slowly raised her longsword, her eyes filled with the blazing flames that sought to burn everything in this world.
“Then it’s only natural for me to kill you here!”
Witnessing this, Gong Yiling didn’t want Baili Yue to die here—he should die in a place where many could see, to change the public’s perception of the Baili royal family.
This would make the change of dynasty smoother.
However, on the one hand, this was a deep-seated blood feud. She, an outsider in a sense, had no right to interfere.
But just then, an unexpected person suddenly stood before Baili Yue, stopping Baiyao Sheng’s attack.
“You…!?” Baiyao Sheng looked at Leng Yuli in disbelief. “Do you know what you’re doing, Qin’er!!”
Leng Yuli’s expression was also extremely complicated. She didn’t answer Baiyao Sheng, but forced herself to calm down and said softly, “Can I call you ‘sister’?”
Baiyao Sheng stared at her for a long time, then nodded.
“Sister, to achieve this goal, did you deliberately guide Baili Yue to slaughter many noble families, then feign to recruit those you intentionally spared?”
Actually, not long after she left, she had revealed her identity to Jiang Chenmo—not as a descendant of the Baiyao family, but as Leng Yuli.
Jiang Chenmo had no reason to provoke a descendant of the Leng family, so he didn’t care that she had helped Gong Yiling trick him.
But when the two of them returned here, they happened to encounter the standoff between Baili Yue and Yue Huasheng.
Knowing the situation was irreversible, Jiang Chenmo, lost in thought, neither entered nor left, but frowned as if planning something, while she overheard their entire conversation.
At that moment, Baili Yue certainly wouldn’t have lied.
If what he said was true, then to drain Baili Yue’s luck and build an army strong enough to resist the Baiyao Dynasty’s forces, her sister’s hands were also stained with blood.
Even more so than Baili Yue…
“Indeed.” Baiyao Sheng directly admitted it. “I will never deny what I’ve done. To achieve this goal, I will resort to any means. After I’ve finished, I will bear all the sins myself.”
“Sister…”
“Qin’er, nothing in this world is without a price. This is a world of survival of the fittest. Without scheming to reach this position, it’s impossible to have a say.”
She raised her longsword at Leng Yuli again. “Now, behind you is our parents’ killer. Get out of the way. I won’t say it a third time.”
“Miss Baiyao.”
At this moment, Gong Yiling, while paying attention to the changes in the reputation system, suddenly asked, “I have a question for you.”
“What question?”
“You didn’t use the Baiyao family’s name, but the Star Pavilion’s to rally your forces, right?”
Baiyao Sheng was taken aback. “Is there a problem?”
Gong Yiling smiled. “Normally, a rebellion should have a more… legitimate cause. But I don’t see that in your actions.”
“And if you had used the Baiyao family’s banner, it would have been a better way to honor your parents’ memory. I think you should have thought of that.”
Hearing her every word, Baiyao Sheng’s expression became more and more unnatural.
Ever since Gong Yiling guessed this person’s identity might be related to the Baiyao family, she had been wondering about one thing.
Honestly…
If you were from the Baiyao family, why use the Star Pavilion’s name to start a rebellion?
Although the Star Pavilion was mysterious, to most people, it was a rather scoundrel organization. How could such an organization compare to the Baili royal family in terms of legitimacy?
Wasn’t that just asking for trouble?
Unless she was forced to, and had no other choice but to use another name.
