Chapter 142

Chapter 142: Boomerang

Ye Zhao Zhao’s face twisted a little.

Li Shuang held back a laugh and said calmly: “Oh? Is Ye Zhao Zhao really so useless? For the past ten years she poured her heart out for you all. I thought that after she died like this, you would feel at least a little sad.”

Sheng Yuan frowned. He did feel a tug in his heart when Ye Zhao Zhao died, but he could not say it out loud. [Is Senior Sister Li trying to get a promise from me?]

Sheng Yuan answered without hesitation: “Ye Zhao Zhao is of the Devil Path! Ever since she joined Ling Xu Peak, every move she made was to stir us up against each other. For a person like that, saying she deserved death is already too kind.”

“Is that so?” Li Shuang suddenly said: “Then do you know that inside the Sword Sect, the Dragon Roar Sword suddenly vanished? The elders guess that Ye Zhao Zhao might still be alive. Maybe she used some Corpse-Seizing Rebirth method and revived in another body. If you meet her again, Junior Brother Sheng, what will you do?”

Sheng Yuan and Shen Yue both jolted inside.

They had been out on missions and did not know the Dragon Roar Sword had gone missing.

Long Yan had already signed a Master-Servant Contract with Ye Zhao Zhao. In theory, if she died, Long Yan should grow weak and die soon after.

But he not only did not die, he vanished together with the Dragon Roar Sword?

They quickly thought of one possibility.

Ye Zhao Zhao…

[Could it be Corpse-Seizing Rebirth?]

Their faces turned ugly for a moment.

Ye Zhao Zhao’s expression twisted even more. Others might not notice, but she had a strong feeling: Li Shuang suspected her.

[This woman is that sharp?]

Ye Zhao Zhao pushed down her panic and snapped in her heart: [I already said Long Yan is just a Defective Sword Spirit. With the Master-Servant Contract, I only need one thought to make him scatter like ashes. Once Long Yan dies, my Corpse-Seizing Rebirth is flawless. But you insisted Long Yan was useful and even spent energy to pull him out! Now look, you left this giant hole!]

She had been told by the System that it pulled out the Dragon Roar Sword and Long Yan, and she could sense Long Yan’s presence, but the Dragon Roar Sword was not by her side at all. The System said it sent Long Yan to a place where he could transform.

[With a Defective Sword Spirit like that, how far can he even transform?] Ye Zhao Zhao did not believe it at all.

The System felt a bit annoyed. Ever since it found it could not detach from her, Ye Zhao Zhao had gotten more and more brazen.

Yet it could only endure for now.

The System explained: [I only discovered it when I unleashed demonic energy at full power in the end: the Dragon Roar Sword actually holds hidden depths. Don’t worry. When he appears again, he will surely give you great help.]

“It better be like that,” Ye Zhao Zhao muttered, still gloomy: “Now Li Shuang already suspects me. What should I do?”

The System let out a cold laugh: [Her suspicion is a good thing.]

[Good? What does that even mean?] Ye Zhao Zhao blinked.

The System said: [I told you, your Corpse-Seizing Rebirth is flawless. Normal ways to check soul compatibility won’t work on you. If Li Shuang is suspicious, she will try every way to test you. But no matter what she does, the result is the same: you are not Ye Zhao Zhao. The more she doubts you, the more you look like the wronged one, and the more she looks unreasonable. You’re best at turning this kind of situation, aren’t you?]

As the System spoke, Ye Zhao Zhao’s eyes brightened.

According to the System, Li Shuang’s doubt might actually help her.

Ye Zhao Zhao calmed down a lot.

Meanwhile, Sheng Yuan answered Li Shuang with a firm voice: “Ye Zhao Zhao is a fiend. If she dares show up again, I and Third Junior Brother will crush her bones to ash and never let her be reborn!”

Having ties to the Devil Clan is a huge taboo, and Sheng Yuan’s tone could not be more certain.

Ye Zhao Zhao: “…”

[To tell the truth, if I could choose, and if I didn’t have this parasitic problem, I’d rather chop down the people of Ling Xu Peak before I kill Li Shuang.]

But in this cultivation world, she had to grow stronger to survive.

Li Shuang was her stepping stone to become strong.

The two men from Ling Xu Peak were foolish, which made them easy to use.

Ye Zhao Zhao forced down her anger and squeezed out a smile: “Since Ye Zhao Zhao is a fiend, then no matter how she is treated, it isn’t too much. I just don’t get it, Fellow Daoist Li, why compare me with that fiend? Do you, Daoist Friend, suspect I have something to do with Ye Zhao Zhao?”

As she spoke, her face grew more and more aggrieved.

Li Shuang’s gaze stayed calm: “Daoist Friend Fang, you’re overthinking it. I only feel you two seem somewhat alike. If Ye Zhao Zhao were reborn, she would likely look like you.”

Ye Zhao Zhao showed deep hurt and anger: “Righteous and devil never stand together. To compare me with a fiend is a huge insult! How did I offend you, Daoist Friend, for you to think of me so maliciously?”

Watching her agitation, Li Shuang lifted an eyebrow.

She had brought up Ye Zhao Zhao to stir the person in front of her.

With Ye Zhao Zhao’s nature, she would act.

Once she acted, it would be easier to catch her slip.

Li Shuang said evenly: “Oh? It seems Daoist Friend Fang also hates the Devil Path. Then what do you think of a person like Ye Zhao Zhao, a Devil Path spy hiding inside the Sword Sect and secretly stirring up storms?”

Ye Zhao Zhao froze.

[An evaluation? She wants me to scold myself? She really is doing this on purpose!!]

Rage rolled through Ye Zhao Zhao’s chest, while Luo Ming Yue and the others looked at her, measuring.

Through gritted teeth, Ye Zhao Zhao said: “Ye Zhao Zhao has done countless evil deeds and deserves to die, hated by both gods and men…”

While she cursed herself, she swore inside: [Just you wait. Today’s shame is only for now. Later, I will settle accounts with every one of you.]

“Daoist Friend Fang truly detests the Devil Path,” Li Shuang said with a small smile: “Then I misspoke earlier. You are a straightforward person; I trust you will not hold it against me.”

Ye Zhao Zhao: “…”

[My head is buzzing. Are our roles reversed? Back at Ling Xu Peak I always stared at Li Shuang and said: “First Senior Sister is straightforward and will not mind.” “This thing is useless to First Senior Sister, so give it to me; she won’t mind.” “Did I do something wrong? First Senior Sister is generous and won’t mind.” Now every one of those lines has come back like a boomerang and stabbed into me.]

She ground her teeth and said: “I… of course will not hold it against you.”