C229 Extreme Joy Leads to Sorrow

After one step, Zheng Lei suddenly saw a rectangular stone platform in front of him. On top of the stone platform, there was a jade ruyi quietly placed there.

The entire ruyi scepter was placed in a groove that was opened up, and the groove perfectly fit the ruyi scepter, if one did not look carefully, Zheng Lei would think that the jade ruyi was a part of the stone platform.

On the two sides of the jade ruyi, there were two long grooves. It was as if the things in the grooves had been taken away by someone.

Zheng Lei leaned close to the stone table and looked at them closely, especially the two long grooves. After looking for a while, he suddenly realized that these two grooves looked like bamboo, so he quickly placed the green bamboo in the grooves.

The green bamboo and the groove matched very well!

[What the hell is going on? How come the bamboo that Master Liu gave me can fit in here? Could it be that all of this is already prepared, just waiting for me to bring the bamboo? If so, where was the other bamboo?

He was not in a hurry to place the bamboo into the groove. This sacred artifact of the demon race was not as simple as it looked. He did not dare to rashly put the bamboo in. Who knew what would happen after the bamboo was put in.

After hesitating for a long time, Zheng Lei raised his head and looked at the sky. The feeling that came from the bamboo told him that there was a deep connection between the bamboo and the stone platform.

In other words, it had a deep connection with the jade ruyi in the middle of the stone platform.

What was this jade ruyi? Could it be related to this half of the painting? A thought suddenly popped into Zheng Lei's mind.

He gently reached out to grab the jade ruyi, but when his hand neared the jade ruyi, a strong light suddenly appeared from the jade ruyi, forming a light green colored barrier that blocked Zheng Lei's hand, tightly protecting the jade ruyi.

Zheng Lei didn't stop because he saw from the corner of his eyes that the green bamboo in his left hand was also emitting a faint glow as if it was fighting against the jade ruyi and also connecting with it.

After a moment of stalemate, Zheng Lei withdrew his hand and looked at the green bamboo in his left hand. He pondered for a moment and said, "This green bamboo has a connection with the jade ruyi. Could it be that after I put it down, I can take the jade ruyi?"

After thinking for a moment, Zheng Lei decided to take the risk and give it a try. He did not know what use this sacred object had, but as a sacred object, it was not meant to be placed here to seduce people. Thus, he felt that once he placed the green bamboo in the groove, it should not be destroyed by the stone platform.

Looking at the green bamboo, Zheng Lei couldn't bear to part with it. After all, Old Man Liu had given it to him as a gift, Old Man Liu was both a teacher and a friend, and the relationship between the two of them was unclear. However, Zheng Lei still respected him, so if he lost the gift, Zheng Lei would feel heartache.

After looking at it for a while, Zheng Lei sighed and said to himself, "Sigh, forget it. Since I can put it in, even if I can't get it back now, there will still be opportunities in the future."

With that, he carefully placed the green bamboo into the groove on the left of the jade ruyi.

As soon as the green bamboo entered the groove, it burst into an intense green light, as if a dark green fluorescent tube had suddenly lit up in the dark night.

Zheng Lei's heart pounded and thumped. Although he had a feeling that nothing would happen, his worries were inevitable.

After waiting for a while, other than the glow from the jade ruyi that was comparable to that of the green bamboo, nothing else happened.

Zheng Lei let out a deep breath and tried to reach for the jade ruyi.

This time, the jade ruyi didn't appear as a barrier to block Zheng Lei's hand.

The moment his hand touched the jade ruyi, he felt his brain explode, and then he saw all the places in the half painting.

In a certain place, Tian Chenyang's eyes were tightly closed, sometimes frowning, sometimes opening his eyes to count something in his left palm.

In a place not far from Tian Cheng Yang, Lin Xi was also quietly sitting on the ground. Unlike Tian Cheng Yang, her eyes were tightly shut, never opening. Her brows were tightly knitted, and a trickle of blood seeped out from the corner of her mouth.

Suddenly, Lin Xi stretched out his hand and a green shadow appeared, heading straight for Tian Chenyang.

The green shadow was in human form, with the shape of a sword in its hand. Looking at its posture, it looked exactly like Lin Xi. However, it had no face or other color, it was just a shadow.

After the green figure rushed out, Lin Xi's eyebrows wrinkled even more. And during this entire process, Tian Chenyang seemed to have no idea that something was heading towards him.

Seeing the green shadow about to hit Tian Chenyang's head, Lin Xi suddenly bit his lips, his right hand shook and changed the incantation.

The green figure immediately disappeared at the last moment.

In the whole process, Tian Chenyang did not even detect a trace of blood, and after Lin Xi retracted his green shadow, another sliver of blood appeared.

Blood had already flowed down from Lin Xi's beautiful face. In the mountain range, the blood had seeped into her clothes from the valley.

There was only a single line of blood on her tender, pink-white skin, drawn from her neck all the way to her chest. The clothes under her chest let out a faint red color. It was obvious that Lin Xi had vomited blood many times already.

Seeing Lin Xi in this state, Zheng Lei's heart tightened. He wanted to open his mouth and call out to her, but he stopped himself. He knew that this was only what he saw. There was nothing he could do.

The helpless Zheng Lei could only silently bless Lin Xi in his heart, hoping that this fake cousin, the real Uncle-Master, would be able to survive.

Here, it wasn't just Tian Chenyang and Lin Xi, the person Zheng Lei saw next was Hu Xiaoling.

The moment Zheng Lei saw Hu Xiaoling, his heart froze. It was as if the entire world had come to a halt.

After being separated for such a long time, Zheng Lei was looking forward to meeting Hu Xiaowang soon. He had prepared a lot of things to say to her, but when he saw her, they disappeared without a trace.

The corner of Zheng Lei's eyes instantly turned moist, so much so that his eyes began to blur.

Suppressing the excitement in his heart, Zheng Lei carefully observed Hu Xiaowang and found that she was in a very bad condition.

She quietly fell to the ground, looking as if she had been there for a long time. Her dirty white dress, skinny figure, unkempt hair, and dispirited expression pierced Zheng Lei's heart like many sharp swords.

Zheng Lei couldn't help choking up and said, "Little Wan, brother has let you down!"

As he continued to look, Zheng Lei saw four furry tails sticking out from under Hu Xiaoling's skirt. There was not a single strand of light. Even her hair had fallen off, making her look lifeless. Upon closer inspection, Zheng Lei discovered that Hu Xiaowang no longer had any signs of life.

Tears gradually blurred Zheng Lei's eyes, he did not dare to believe the scene in front of his eyes.

All this time, he had been telling himself that Xiao Wan could persevere, but he had always believed in Hu Xiaowan, and never thought that she would fall from the sky.

In an instant, the cute face of Hu Wan floated in Zheng Lei's mind. The scenes that made people at a loss whether to laugh or cry became Zheng Lei's sweet and painful memory.

"Why? Why did you do this to me? Did I do something wrong? " Zheng Lei howled, tears streaming down his face.

He weakly sat on the ground, his right arm draped over the stone platform. Unintentionally, his right hand was placed on the jade ruyi.

"God! Why are you like this? What did Wan'er do wrong? Have you ever seen such a kind monster? Have you ever seen a monster that doesn't eat meat? She's just a child! No matter how ruthless you are, you should at least know the difference between good and bad, right? It all started because of me. Why can't you let me take the blame myself? "Why?!" Zheng Lei raised his head and roared.

The desolate mountain breeze blew gently, and a few withered yellow leaves appeared out of nowhere.

The leaf landed viciously on Zheng Lei's face, as if mocking his incompetence.

Zheng Lei's dejected aura grew stronger and stronger.

That feeling of being filled with hope and repeatedly telling himself that he couldn't give up and wait until he worked hard, yet was met with a hopeless result, was unbearable no matter who it was.

Even though he was already a cultivator, even though he had a certain level of cultivation, even though he believed in himself time and time again, and even though he believed in Hu Wan, the truth was already in front of his eyes. Her lifeless body was already in front of his eyes, and even her true form had appeared.

He knew that if the demonic beasts had not volunteered, they would not have revealed their true forms. Unless he was already out of control, a large portion of the reason would be death.

Zheng Lei wasn't willing to accept this reality. This was a huge blow to him.

Zhang Lei didn't know where he placed her in his heart. Honestly speaking, he didn't think about working with her for his entire life, and most of the time he treated her like his own little sister. However, it wasn't just his little sister.

Zheng Lei had always been unsure if he would eventually get together with Hu Xiaoling. Ever since he started cultivating, Zheng Lei knew that there were too many uncertainties in his future path. He didn't dare to think about it, nor did he want to.

However, tragedy always happened quietly when he was most unwilling to face it.

"NO!" Little Wan didn't die! Little Wan couldn't possibly die! Little Wan, you promised me that you would be fine! Hurry up and get up! " Zheng Lei shouted crazily.

However, Hu Xiaoxiao still didn't have any reaction. That damnable mountain breeze seemed to think that Zheng Lei's mood wasn't chaotic enough. Occasionally, he would roll up a few dried up leaves and place them on Hu Wan'er's body.

Zheng Lei could only watch helplessly as these leaves slowly buried Hu Xiaoling, but there was nothing he could do about it.

"Scram!" Damn the leaves! Get out of my way! " Zheng Laisi roared.

But was it useful? The leaf was just a dead object, not to mention a dead one.

"Remove your hand from the jade ruyi!" A cold and delicate shout interrupted Zheng Lei's grief. This voice sounded somewhat out of breath, as if the owner of this voice had run a long distance before coming here.

The voice came from behind Zheng Lei. At the same time that it broke his sadness, it also dispersed the scene in front of his eyes.

Hu Wan's image was shattered into pieces in front of Zheng Lei's eyes.

Zheng Lei's eyes were bloodshot. Without looking back, he gritted his teeth and shouted, "Scram!"

His words were like thunder, and at this moment, Zheng Lei felt the sealed spiritual energy return to his body.

He raised his hand and conjured the [Five Thunders Rippling Technique]. Without even thinking about it, he sent it flying behind him.

A bolt of lightning as thick as an arm shot out furiously from Zheng Lei's hand. Bringing along his boundless rage, he charged towards the owner of the voice.

Zheng Lei's mood had already dropped to the lowest point. Now that the owner of this voice had interrupted him at such an inappropriate time, causing him to be unable to even look at Hu Wan'er, how could he not be angry?

"Aiyo, Five Thunder Righteous Bestowal. I'm so scared!" A creaking sound rang out, but there was no sound of lightning striking people. Clearly, the lightning had no effect.

"Hehe, I really didn't expect that there would be such a great harvest from tricking this little girl into coming here!" "Looks like I really haven't come in vain these few times. Not only is there a big fish like you, but there are also those small ones. Tsk tsk, that's great!" Zheng Lei was disgusted by the sound. It sounded like the voice of a bawd in the Yi-Hong Courtyard, making people panic.

Zheng Lei clenched his teeth and slowly closed his eyes. His entire body was trembling as he slapped his bag of holding and held the heartfelt nail in his hand.

The spirit energy instantly poured into it and fiercely flung backwards.

A red shadow flashed past Zheng Lei's eyes as he charged back with an even greater force.

At the same time, the person said, "Kid, we haven't seen you for a few days, but your cultivation has grown! "Hehe, that's good. You and I can be even better!"

Although Zheng Lei was extremely angry, he already knew who the owner of the voice was.

However, he did not have the time to turn around to look. The Thrusting Heart Needle brought a gale with it as it flew towards the back of his head. Zheng Lei lowered his head and let the Thrusting Heart Needle pass by.

Zheng Lei involuntarily slid forward from the huge force of the Needle.

Zheng Lei could not stop himself from grabbing onto the jade ruyi.

Even though the jade ruyi was only placed in the groove, the sudden force did not pull it out at all. It was still lying quietly in the groove.

The strength of the Needle was too great. Zheng Lei held onto it with one hand while holding onto the jade ruyi with the other. After a while, the strength of the Needle gradually fell.

During this process, Zheng Lei saw a red ribbon graze past his body. It didn't look like it just brushed past him, but it originally wanted to attack him. However, another force changed its direction and prevented it from hitting him.

Zheng Lei knew that it was Jade ruyi that had saved him once, because he discovered that his body was also covered by a layer of dark green light. Zheng Lei did not know if it was the jade ruyi's light or the green bamboo's light, but he was holding onto the jade ruyi right now, so it shouldn't be because of the green bamboo.

Zheng Lei stood still and didn't let go of the jade ruyi. He slowly walked to the other side of the stone platform and half bent over as he looked at the woman in front of him. He coldly said, "I hope you've been well!"