Chapter 368

Chapter 368: She’s Not Showing Off-She’s Enjoying Life

The Jiang clan all looked upset, especially their mother, whose face was as sour as if she had swallowed a fly.

Yu Zhi Yi smiled to comfort her mother, saying: “Mother, don’t be angry. They didn’t succeed, did they?”

She lifted a shoulder and laughed: “Their appetite was huge and their plan was careful, but Chen Tie Sheng was too arrogant. He thought he was tough enough to heal without treatment.”

“The result was that his fake death turned into a real death.”

Chen Tie Sheng had a Feign-Death Pill. After taking it, a person enters a deathlike state. Every sign looks like a real corpse.

In that fake-death state, the body’s functions almost all shut down, leaving only a thread of breath to keep someone barely alive.

But an injured person most needs treatment and a body working at full speed to fight the harm coming from the wounds.

Instead, Chen Tie Sheng took the Feign-Death Pill before healing well.

When the three days of fake death ended, he had just opened his eyes when he died.

He died from a tidal wave of infection sweeping through his wounds.

Everyone already knew what happened after that.

The old alliance leader was very grateful to his lifesaving benefactor, but he didn’t want to trade away his own son’s happiness to repay that debt, so he left Chen Ruo Lan on the mountain.

If Chen Ruo Lan could win over Jiang Yu Chuan, it would be great for everyone. If she couldn’t, he would still give the benefactor’s daughter a safe place with food and clothing for life.

Later, Jiang Yu Chuan fell in love with the clear-cut heroine of the martial world, Xiao Qing Xuan, and the two of them became a famous story in the martial world.

To marry Jiang Yu Chuan, Chen Ruo Lan refused the old alliance leader’s offer to adopt her as his daughter.

When she saw there was no hope of marrying Jiang Yu Chuan, she wanted that title of the Martial Alliance’s eldest miss after all-but the old alliance leader died.

So her status became awkward.

After hearing Yu Zhi Yi’s account, the Jiang clan still had trouble reacting.

No wonder-they had learned a “past” that was very different from what they knew, and it was hard to accept.

At last, Jiang Liu Yi was the first to recover: “I believe Jin’er. But if we go question Chen Ruo Lan, she’ll never admit it.”

There was no evidence.

Chen Tie Sheng had been dead for more than twenty years, and almost everyone who knew the truth back then was dead too.

The best witness-the madam who had treated Chen Tie Sheng-passed away in the third year after his death.

In short, besides Chen Ruo Lan, no one saw Chen Tie Sheng take the Feign-Death Pill with their own eyes.

“It’s not a big problem. I have a witness,” said Yu Zhi Yi with a calm smile.

Everyone was startled. Jiang Liu Yun asked in surprise: “Sister, where is the witness?”

Yu Zhi Yi said: “Chen Tie Sheng had an adopted son.”

Jiang Yu Wei blinked, then frowned: “Yes, there was such a person. But more than ten years ago, when he went to wipe out the Demonic Cult, someone from the cult pushed him off a cliff. No body was ever found.”

Yu Zhi Yi shook her head: “He didn’t die, and he wasn’t pushed off by the Demonic Cult.”

“In fact, Chen Ruo Lan tried to silence him.”

“What?”

For the Jiang clan, everything today shattered not only what they knew, but also how they saw right and wrong.

Except for Xiao Qing Xuan and Lin Jing Xuan, no one could have imagined that gentle, soft Chen Ruo Lan would have such a poisonous heart.

Yu Zhi Yi didn’t keep them guessing: “That man was not on the same side as the Chen father and daughter, and he had received the old alliance leader’s kindness. So even though he was Chen Tie Sheng’s adopted son, once he learned their plot, he struggled with himself and finally chose to tell the whole truth.”

“Chen Ruo Lan noticed, knelt, and begged him to spare her, saying she knew she was wrong and would change.”

“Later, when the great battle between the righteous and the evil broke out, Chen Ruo Lan took the chance and killed the unprepared adopted son to guard that big secret.”

“Sadly, the situation was too chaotic for her to confirm he truly died. She could only shove him off a cliff amid the mess. But his life was hard to snuff out-branches broke his fall several times, and he finally dropped into a river.”

Xiao Qing Xuan was overjoyed: “So as long as we find Chen Bei Xing, we can openly expose Chen Ruo Lan’s true face?”

Chen Bei Xing was Chen Tie Sheng’s adopted son and Chen Ruo Lan’s sworn brother.

Xiao Qing Xuan had suffered enough because of Chen Ruo Lan.

That woman always did things thoroughly, leaving no evidence.

Back then, Xiao Qing Xuan almost lost both her life and her baby, and she was certain Chen Ruo Lan had plotted it on purpose.

But there was no proof.

And Chen Ruo Lan’s public image was too perfect. In the martial world, everyone saw her as a pitiful lodger of the Martial Alliance. Because the old alliance leader had been saved by her family, Xiao Qing Xuan couldn’t move against her without a proper reason.

That’s why, whenever she finally caught an opening, she would slap that woman hard.

Now, at last, she saw a real chance to wipe out this deep-scheming viper, and she was the happiest of all.

Knowing her mother’s thoughts, Yu Zhi Yi wrote down an address and said: “He’s hiding here. All these years, he’s wanted to come back to the Martial Alliance and tell the truth. But after he fell, even though he survived, he lost all his martial arts and was badly hurt.”

“He can’t move well, and he fears that if Chen Ruo Lan learns he’s alive, she’ll kill him-and maybe even harm the person who saved him. So he hasn’t dared to act rashly.”

“Go to him and explain the situation. He’ll be glad to return.”

Jiang Liu Ting took the slip of paper and said: “I’ll go.”

Everyone trusted his ability, and Yu Zhi Yi did not object.

Night grew deep.

At first light, the Earthly Ranking tournament would open as planned.

Yesterday, many people felt Mount Ming was cursed and even wanted to leave. Now, they wished they could put down roots on Mount Ming.

Only then could they get close to Second Miss Jiang, ask for a way to set up defense formations, and maybe nudge Second Young Master Jiang to help buy some Lightning Command Talismans.

This grand event happened once every three years, and the number of martial world visitors was scary. Mount Ming had a special arena for matches, and it was packed. People jostled shoulder to shoulder everywhere.

When the seating ran out, crowds stood in the back rows.

Yu Zhi Yi was placed in the first row, with a wide, clear view.

Jiang Liu Yun had already prepared tea and snacks. He even carried a fox-fur cloak, afraid his sister might get cold, hungry, or thirsty.

Some martial world folks who didn’t know the situation saw this and made faces. One couldn’t help muttering: “Who is that? What a big show!”

At once, someone in the know covered the speaker’s mouth and hissed: “You dare complain about her? Do you want to die? That’s Second Miss Jiang of the Martial Alliance. She has a powerful expert behind her. When her defense formations are set, even the Demonic Cult can’t do a thing. Her brother, Second Young Master Jiang, has a Heavenly Thunder Talisman. Its power is like true heavenly thunder-a single talisman can strike down every living thing within a hundred meters!”

“She’s not showing off; she’s enjoying life.”