Chapter 0418 – Devil Young Treading Snow – Absolute Return

“It’s Xu Luo.” Jian Wuji said.

“Xu Luo?” Yang Shi was startled when he heard this, “You mean, Ice Palace Elder, Xu Luo?”

“Not bad.” Jian Wuji nodded.

Yang Shi looked at Cold Snow incredulously, hoping to get confirmation from her.

Cold Snow nodded and said, “This matter is true.”

The news of Xu Luo’s death was like a bolt from the blue for Yang Shi.

“How is this …… possible?” He muttered, “Elder Xu, how can ……”

“Why would he do that?” Yang Shi asked.

“He has colluded with people from the Devil’s Way.” Jian Wuji said, “Moreover, he also has an ulterior secret with the Northern Blood Sect.”

Yang shi’s heart fluttered when he heard this, and he realized that things were more complicated than he had imagined.

“Elder Xu, has already been ambushed.” Jian Wuji said.

“Ambushed?” Yang Shi asked, “Who killed him?”

“It’s me.” Jian Wuji said.

When Yang Shi heard this, his heart became even more shocked, he didn’t expect that Jian Wuji would be so bold as to dare to kill an Ice Palace Elder on the Ice Palace’s territory.

“Are you …… not afraid that the Ice Palace Lord will blame you?” Yang Shi asked.

“I don’t need to explain to anyone when I do things.” Jian Wuji said indifferently.

Yang Shi looked at Jian Wuji and a trace of scorn flashed in his eyes.

He knew that he couldn’t afford to mess with this Demon Sect’s Young Sect Master.

“Your brother, why are you searching for the ‘Extreme Cold Body’?” Jian Wuji suddenly asked.

When Yang Shi heard this, his heart panicked, he did not expect that Jian Wuji would suddenly ask about this matter.

“I …… don’t know.” He said.

“You really don’t know?” Sword Wuji looked at Yang Shi, a trace of coldness flashing in his eyes.

“I really don’t know.” Yang Shi said, “I never ask about my brother’s affairs.”

“Is that so?” Jian Wuji sneered and said, “It seems that you are really indifferent to your brother.”

Yang Shi’s face was a bit ugly when he heard this, but he was speechless.

“You are such a lucky guy.” Jian Wuji said, “Your brother, for your sake, has done so many things, and you, on the other hand, know nothing about him.”

Yang Shi’s heart was churning with anger, but he didn’t dare to snap.

“Perhaps, you should thank us.” Jian Wuji said, “If it wasn’t for us, you would now, I’m afraid, not be the young master of the Northern Blood Sect anymore.”

Yang Shi’s face turned pale when he heard this.

Of course he understood what Jian Wuji meant.

If it wasn’t for the people of the Demon Cult killing his brother, he would, by now, be afraid of dying at his brother’s hands.

“What …… do you mean?” Yang Shi asked, a hint of trembling in his tone.

“My meaning is clear.” Jian Wuji said, “Your brother, wants to kill you and take your place.”

When Yang Shi heard this, he was struck by lightning, how could he not expect that his brother, would want to kill him.

“No …… it can’t be ……” he muttered, “My brother, how could … …”

“You can’t believe it, can you?” Jian Wuji said, “Then why, do you not dare to ask your father?”

Yang Shi froze when he heard this.

He suddenly remembered that that night, after he had killed his brother with his own hands, his father had not blamed him, but, instead, had smiled with relief.

“Did ……”

In Yang Shi’s heart, a terrifying thought suddenly surged up.

“Could it be that father, knew, long ago, that my brother wanted to kill me?”

“Perhaps he even, acquiesced in his brother’s behavior?”

Thinking of this, in Yang Shi’s heart, he was immediately filled with fear and despair.

He suddenly realized that he, himself, had always lived in his father’s shadow.

He had always thought that he was his father’s favorite son, but now it seemed that he was wrong.

He was, in his father’s eyes, just a tool, a tool that could be used to fulfill his ambitions.

“What …… are you trying to say?” Yang Shi looked at Jian Wuji and asked, a hint of fear in his tone.

“What I’m trying to say is that you, are just a wretch.” Jian Wuji said, “You were used by your father, by your father, and betrayed by your brother, and you, yet you know nothing about it.”

When Yang Shi heard this, he immediately went limp on the ground with a look of despair in his eyes.

His life, he suddenly felt, was a joke.

“Why are you …… you telling me this?” He asked.

“Because, I want you, to see reality.” Jian Wuji said, “You, are just a pawn, a pawn to be manipulated.”

Yang Shi sniffed and fell silent.

He knew that what Jian Wuji said was the truth.

He was, just a pawn, a pathetic pawn.

……

Right at this moment, Cold Snow suddenly spoke, “Mr. Yang, I have something that I need to tell you.”

Yang Shi raised his head and looked at Cold Snow, a trace of doubt flashing in his eyes.

“What is it?” He asked.

“I overheard, overheard the conversation between the Young Sect Master and the Drunken Demon.” Cold Snow said, “They said that the Northern Blood Sect’s Sectmaster, wants to establish Xia Jie as the Young Lord.”

“What?!” Yang Shi was shocked when he heard this.

How could he not have expected that his father would want Rixia Knot to be the young lord?

“How is this …… possible?” He muttered, “Father, how can ……”

“They also said that the ‘Extremely Cold Body’, was prepared for Summer Knot.” Cold Snow said.

Yang Shi was struck by lightning when he heard this.

He finally understood why his father was searching for the ‘Extreme Cold Body’.

All of this, it turns out, is for Summer Knot.

“Summer Knot ……”

Yang Shi turned his head to look at Xia Jie with anger and hatred in his eyes.

How could he not expect that the person he trusted the most would betray him?

“Why are you …… you doing this?” He asked.

Summer Knot didn’t say anything and just looked at Yang Shi coldly.

His eyes, cold and unfeeling, as if he was looking at a dead man.

Yang Shi looked at Xia Jie’s eyes, and his heart was immediately filled with fear.

He knew that he was finished.

He, who has lost everything.

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