Uncanny Immortal 45p2

Chapter 45 p2

There were about thirty people in the hall, both old and young, mostly relatives of the Yun clan, with a few elites of other surnames.

One of them, an elder with a white beard, said, “The real Manor Lord Yun Yi is long dead. The current Manor Lord is a twin born of an evil omen!”

Si Li asked, “How do you all know?”

The elder said, “When Yun He and his wife were out exorcising evil spirits, they ran into a former shadow guard of the manor. That shadow guard was a secret assassin trained by the former Manor Lord. He was later put to death by the former Manor Lord, but he pretended to be dead and escaped. Yun He and his wife got this secret out of him.”

With that, he had someone bring the shadow guard up, and the shadow guard truthfully recounted what had happened back then.

A trace of suspicion flashed in Si Li’s eyes. How could it be so coincidental? The assassin who had been put to death had survived by a stroke of luck, and instead of hiding far away with this secret, he had been run into by Yun He and his wife, who had gotten the story out of him and brought him back? What was this assassin after? Was there someone else behind this?

At the moment, everyone was arguing, and she had no time to think more.

Her back tensed, as if she were very nervous, but her face naturally flashed with expressions of doubt, surprise, and bewilderment.

The expressions on the faces of a few of the cultivators were full of contempt and violence.

Those were all people Yun Yi had offended in the past. They cursed, one after another:

“This is outrageous!”

“Damn it! To have been trampled on by a fraud for so long! What a disgrace!”

“Impersonating the head of the family! She deserves to die a thousand deaths! A thousand cuts wouldn’t be enough to vent our hatred!”

“Deceiving the world and stealing fame! Death is too good for her!”

At this time, a young cultivator with a different surname suddenly spoke up to stop their curses, saying gently, “Even if Manor Lord Yun is not the original Yun Yi, Tianquan Manor’s fame and status today are largely due to her… What you are saying is biased. Why don’t we call Manor Lord Yun over and talk about it face to face?”

These were also Si Li’s thoughts. Si Li glanced at the cultivator.

The cursing crowd was silent for a moment.

The uncle who had smashed the cup suddenly gave the Azure Dragon Guardian a look.

The Azure Dragon Guardian drew his saber and, with a speed that was impossible to see clearly, flashed over and cut the cultivator who had spoken up for Yun Yi in two.

The green robe of the cultivator with a different surname was instantly stained red. His eyes were wide open, and he died with a grievance. The blood from his body flowed out from the cut, flowing all over the floor, flowing to Si Li’s feet, staining the white soles of her boots a bright red.

Si Li took two steps back, her lips moved, but she said nothing.

The few cultivators continued to curse:

“And they still say she’s the master of the restoration? According to the ancestor’s prophecy, ‘When twins are born, the manor will be destroyed.’ The decline of Tianquan Manor before was most likely because of her existence!”

“That’s right! It’s the ancestor’s prophecy! She is the evil omen of the twins! If she had died at birth, our Tianquan Manor would definitely be better off now!”

“The former head of the family also deserved to die! He failed to cut the grass and pull out the roots! He left behind this traitorous bitch! Now she’s turned our Yun clan upside down!”

Si Li understood. They had gathered here today not to discuss Yun Yi’s rights and wrongs, but to eliminate a dissident.

There was no room for moderates or pacifists here, only for clearly taking a side.

In the hall, no one dared to speak up for Yun Yi anymore.

Si Li quietly listened to the insults and curses.

The thirty or so people in the hall all agreed that Yun Yi deserved to die.

They eagerly condemned Yun Yi and then, in front of Si Li, began to discuss:

There were probably still elders in the family who supported her. How to deal with them?

Kill her first and report later.

How to kill her?

A Hongmen banquet.

After she is killed, who will succeed to the position of Manor Lord?

Yun He.

Under what name will the funeral be held?

Sudden illness, died of illness.

When to act?

The sooner the better, preferably tonight.

Si Li calmly listened to the details of how to kill Yun Yi, showing no signs of panic.

After everyone had finished their discussion, she walked out of Yun He’s home. It was almost evening.

She walked to a deserted corner, her face growing paler and paler, her hands trembling uncontrollably.

What to do? When those people had no legitimate reason, they could still send assassins to assassinate Yun Yi on the street. Now that they had a legitimate reason to kill Yun Yi, and Yun Yi had become a public enemy, how could she hide?

Even if she survived this Hongmen banquet, she definitely couldn’t be the head of this family anymore.

There were too many people in the family who hated her to death, wishing she would die a miserable death. No one would speak up for her. Even if they did, after knowing her true identity, they would not dare to say any more words of defense.

The only options now were to run, or to fight to the death with Yun Yi’s trusted subordinates and the clan members.

In any case, she had to immediately pass this news to Yun Yi.

Her thoughts raced. Si Li immediately rushed to the courtyard.

When she arrived at the pear blossom courtyard, she saw that Yun Yi’s right arm and left leg were covered in blood. She was sitting under a pear blossom tree, bandaging herself.

Seeing Si Li come, Yun Yi was taken aback for a moment before she recognized her. She coughed a few times and said a little uncomfortably, “The evil spirits today were a bit powerful… On the way back, I ran into a rather powerful ambush. Although those people have all become souls under my saber, I will have to rest for a few days. For the next few days, I’ll just stay in the courtyard…”

Si Li’s heart was in a knot, and her expression froze.

It really couldn’t get any unluckier…

This was not the same as the plan discussed in the hall. Perhaps it was because they were afraid of the news leaking, or perhaps it was a feint. In any case, those people had acted ahead of time, and who knew what kind of bloody storm there would be tonight.

The option of fighting to the death was cut off. Now, the only option left was to run.

Seeing that Si Li was silent for a long time, Yun Yi asked, “What’s wrong with you?”

Si Li said hoarsely, “You’re always getting hurt…”

Her lips were very pale, and the color had drained from her face. Her voice trembled with nervousness. If it were any other time, Yun Yi would have been suspicious of this helpless appearance.

But this time, Yun Yi was injured.

Every time she was injured, Si Li would be so worried and nervous.

Yun Yi said gently, “I will be careful in the future.”

For some reason, Si Li did not reveal that Yun Yi’s identity had been exposed. She just steadied herself, went up to her, and bandaged her wounds, chattering about the interesting things she had seen on the street during the day. Finally, she said with great interest, “There are no outsiders here in the courtyard. How about I disguise you?”

Yun Yi, wanting to soothe her nervousness, smiled. “Who do you want me to disguise as to play with you? I don’t have your exquisite disguise skills.”

Si Li said, “You’ll know when I’m done with your disguise.”

The pear blossom courtyard was like their second home, and there were all sorts of disguise accessories.

Yun Yi sat under the pear blossom tree, and Si Li stood in front of her. She put a human-skin mask on her face, applied makeup, and changed her eyebrows and eyes. Before long, she had skillfully disguised her as herself.

Si Li held her face and quietly gazed at her eyes.

Yun Yi also looked at her and said, “In a few more years, when Feng Lan and Qing Luo are a little older, and when I have paved the way for them, I will retire with you and will no longer ask about the affairs of the manor.”

Si Li smiled and asked, “Then do you like me or not? Give me a straight answer.”

The two of them had been together for many years, and she had hardly ever brought up this topic again. Yun Yi had also never taken the initiative to express anything verbally.

Yun Yi also smiled and asked, “I’ve been waiting for you to ask me this question for the past two years. Why did you stop asking?”

Si Li said, “Of course it’s because I don’t want to get a very annoying answer!”

Yun Yi said, “I’ve done almost everything I wanted to do. I’ve fulfilled almost all my responsibilities.”

Si Li said, “So you can give me a straight answer now. You just like me very much, right?”

Yun Yi nodded and was about to say something when Si Li suddenly hugged her and kissed her on the lips, saying, “That’s enough, that’s enough. Don’t say it. This is enough.”

If she said any more, she would be reluctant to leave.

Yun Yi pressed her lips together and looked at Si Li with an extremely soft gaze.

Before long, Si Li had disguised herself as Yun Yi.

The two of them exchanged their outer robes. Si Li said with a playful smile, “Today, I will be the Manor Lord, and you will be the Manor Lord’s wife.”

Yun Yi wanted to give her Tianquan Saber to Si Li as well, but Si Li said, “You keep the saber yourself. I have a fake Tianquan Saber.”

With that, she took out the prop she usually used when she disguised herself as Yun Yi from a room in the courtyard.

Si Li then asked Yun Yi, “By the way, didn’t you say you were going to take me to see the teleportation array? Where is it?”

“Deep in the pear forest.”

Yun Yi limped and led Si Li deep into the pear forest.

She cut her finger and dripped some blood on a few pear trees. Some incantations and a few interconnected lines immediately appeared on the ground, forming a teleportation array.

Si Li looked at the teleportation array and asked, “When you built this courtyard, did you already plan to retire with me?”

Yun Yi hummed in acknowledgment.

Si Li sighed with great regret. “Then why didn’t you tell me earlier?”

If she had known earlier, she could have been happy for a long time…

Yun Yi said, “I wanted to give you a surprise. Come, let’s stand on it and try. The other end of the teleportation array is also a pear blossom forest. I’ll take you to see it.”

Just as she was about to step into the array, her whole body suddenly stiffened, and she couldn’t move at all, not even able to say a word.

Si Li had slapped an immobilization talisman on her back, then turned her around to face her, and apologized with a trembling voice, “I’m sorry… the self-defense talisman you drew for me, I’ve used it on you. With your cultivation, it will take at least two shichen for you to break the restraint…”

With that, tears streamed down her face.

Yun Yi looked at Si Li, her eyes full of bewilderment, astonishment, and helplessness.

Si Li said, “Listen, your identity has been exposed. Go quickly, and never come back. Go and travel the world. There are so many fun, delicious, and beautiful things in this world.”

“Not many people have seen this face of mine. You can start a new life. You don’t have to hide like you did when you were a child. This time, I guarantee that no one will come after you.”

“In these years, I have lived very happily under your protection. Thank you…”

Her voice grew more and more trembling. She seemed to want to squeeze out a few more elegant words of farewell, but her vocabulary was limited, and she really couldn’t.

She blinked, held back her tears, and said, “It’s time to part. How about you let me kiss you a few more times…”

Si Li leaned forward, held Yun Yi’s face, and gently and preciously kissed her brows, her eyes, her lips.

In truth, she had also wanted to go with her.

But Yun Yi probably hated that kind of displaced, hiding life. When she was a child, she had hated it so much that she would rather give up her own life than continue to escape from others’ pursuit…

Yun Yi’s eyes were red, and two lines of tears flowed down. She glared at Si Li, her eyes wide with anger, so much so that her eyes were filled with blood.

Si Li clutched her chest, where a heart-wrenching pain was spreading, so painful that she could barely breathe.

She took a deep breath, forced a smile that was uglier than crying, and teased Yun Yi, “Oh, it’s the first time you’ve looked at me with such a fierce look… One whorl is poor, two are rich, three and four open a pawnshop… eight lose their wife… you really are fated to lose your wife…”

Yun Yi suddenly couldn’t bear to glare at her anymore. Her gaze became very soft and sad, as if she were humbly begging, begging her not to do this.

“Alright, alright, don’t cry. You can’t ruin the makeup I did for you. Eh, if you can find my reincarnation, then keep me by your side… Forget it, forget it. What if I fall for you again? That would be so suffocating. You just focus on cultivating your Dao. You are to become an immortal, and I will continue to be my common self…”

The faint sound of chaotic footsteps came from outside the courtyard. Si Li closed her mouth, and as if she had made up her mind, she pushed Yun Yi into the teleportation array, recited the incantation, and watched as Yun Yi’s figure disappeared before her. Then, she strode out.

In these years, Yun Yi had taught her many skills for self-defense and escape. Today, they finally came in handy.

In the dark night, a dozen or so masked black-robed cultivators chased her from the courtyard outside the city to a sword furnace in Tianquan Manor.

The dozen or so cultivators surrounded her. In the darkness, a dozen or so more figures floated out. They were the four great guardians of the manor, the relatives of the Yun family, a few of the respected elders of the family, and also the group of people who had been discussing killing her in the hall this afternoon.

They advised her to confess the truth and surrender.

She thought in her mind, what would Yun Yi’s reaction be at this time?

Her heart was breaking, and she couldn’t think clearly. She let out a long laugh and said, “I am the head of a manor. I cannot die at the hands of you rats.” Then, she leaped into the sword furnace.

The flames shot into the sky, and the fire engulfed her. The tongues of fire instantly swallowed her whole.

The illusion suddenly shattered. In a dizzying spin, the master and disciple returned to the sword mound of Tianquan Manor.

Her chest pounded, and her eyes were sore and hot. Xie Qingzheng was crying, unable to catch her breath.

A trace of sorrow flashed in Mo Jiangxue’s eyes. She smelled a thick scent of blood.

She followed the scent and walked past the stone tablets of the sword mound.

Xie Qingzheng followed behind her, crying.

Finally, they saw a disheveled woman in front of a newly erected stone tablet.

The once elegant as a lotus, high-spirited, and ambitious woman was now covered in blood, curled up into a small ball, and sat wretchedly by the stone tablet.

She pressed her hands on the rough stone tablet and rubbed them back and forth, as if unconsciously, rubbing until the stone tablet was stained with blood, and her ten fingers were dripping with blood. It was unknown how long she had been rubbing. The flesh on her ten fingertips had been worn away, revealing the white bones.

She had worn away the eight whorls on her ten fingers, but her wife would not come back.

The evil omen of the twins… hunted by her own father, hiding for seven years… a thousand-pound burden, a manor full of holes… her hands stained with blood… her lover dying for her, her body not even whole…

What responsibility of the head of the family? What turning the tide and saving the day? What master of the restoration? Illustrious fame, unparalleled prestige?

In the end, it was a complete failure.

Everyone was criticizing her, cursing her. She was lowly, she was the shame of the family, she was the blemish of the family, she was the evil omen that deceived the world and stole fame.

All because of the existence of that prophecy, all because of this twin identity, all the effort she had put in, her achievements in exorcising demons and protecting the peace of the four corners of the world, were all completely erased.

No one was grateful for her efforts. They just wanted to kill her painfully.

It was all her own fault. She was self-righteous, she was too clever.

She was nothing. She had nothing.

Her whole life was a complete joke.