SWNOVELXO Chapter 3 - The Truth Revealed, Qin Hongyi's Breakdown
Chapter 3: The Truth Revealed, Qin Hongyi’s Breakdown
“Sect Leader, your subordinate has uncovered some information.”
Suddenly, a voice emanated from the command token at Qin Hongyi’s waist.
Qin Hongyi’s body trembled violently, her voice quivering as she hurriedly responded, “Speak.”
“The massacre at Pingning Town fifty years ago seems to be connected to the Blood Demon Sect.”
The Blood Demon Sect was one of the sects Qin Hongyi had subjugated after unifying the demonic path.
Was it the Blood Demon Sect’s doing? Qin Hongyi’s eyes flashed with murderous intent, the surroundings turning as frigid as the deepest winter.
In the next moment, Qin Hongyi’s figure vanished from her spot, headed in the direction of the Blood Demon Sect.
“Blood Demon Sect, if it was truly you who did it, I will exterminate your entire sect.”
At this moment, Qin Hongyi suddenly hoped with all her heart that the Blood Demon Sect was responsible for this matter.
A few breaths later, Qin Hongyi’s red-robed figure appeared above the Blood Demon Sect.
With her current Emperor Realm cultivation, crossing the void to the farthest reaches took mere moments.
Qin Hongyi’s gaze was cold as she casually slashed her sword at the Blood Demon Sect’s protective barrier.
Boom!
In an instant, cracks spread across the barrier before it shattered into nothingness.
This sudden turn of events immediately alerted everyone in the Blood Demon Sect.
All the disciples rushed out, ready for battle.
Qin Hongyi paid no heed to these disciples, her figure heading straight for the Blood Demon Sect Master’s location.
“Who dares act so presumptuously in the Blood Demon Sect?”
Suddenly, a loud shout rang out.
An old man clad in a black patterned robe appeared in the sky above the Blood Demon Sect.
This person was none other than the Blood Demon Sect Master, Zhu Changhai.
Zhu Changhai had just finished speaking when he saw a red figure appear before him.
Realizing who it was, Zhu Changhai’s body trembled as he lowered his head respectfully, “This subordinate does not know the reason for the Emperor’s visit to the Blood Demon Sect.”
Qin Hongyi’s eyes were icy cold as she said, “This Seat has a question for you.”
“The Emperor may ask. If this subordinate knows, I will surely answer.”
Zhu Changhai’s eyes were deferential.
This was the number one Emperor of the Profound Realm Continent, commanding three thousand demonic sects and suppressing the righteous path until they couldn’t breathe. The demonic path was usually reviled by all, yet here they were, witnessing this scene.
All of this stemmed from the devastatingly beautiful red-robed woman before them.
Qin Hongyi didn’t waste words and immediately recounted the tragic massacre of the Qin family at Pingning Town.
Hearing Qin Hongyi’s frigid words and the murderous aura enveloping him, Zhu Changhai’s heart seized with fright.
He had a deep impression of this matter. At that time, he was just an outer sect elder of the Blood Demon Sect, responsible for finding promising disciples for the sect.
The Blood Demon Sect had many subsidiary sects beneath it, one of which was called the Dark Abyss Sect.
The Dark Abyss Sect had once told him that they discovered a woman in a mountain town in the northern region who seemed to possess the extremely rare Yin Demonic Physique.
This matter was a great merit for Zhu Changhai. This physique was encountered once in ten thousand years. If he could bring this woman back to the sect, he would surely be promoted to an inner sect elder.
To ensure success, he personally went to the Dark Abyss Sect and led some disciples to massacre that small mountain town.
Just when he thought it would be a simple matter, a white-robed youth suddenly appeared.
That youth’s strength was terrifyingly powerful. Just his aura alone rendered them immobile.
In the end, all the people he brought died under the youth’s sword. Fortunately, that youth didn’t kill him, which later became Zhu Changhai’s nightmare.
Afterward, the youth’s fame gradually spread throughout the continent, his elegant bearing becoming known to more and more people.
The youth’s name was Shen Shuchou, but more people liked to call him the Profound Realm Continent’s number one Sword Saint.
Apart from the dazzling brilliance surrounding the Sword Saint, the girl constantly by his side also made a shocking name for herself.
Defeating various heaven’s proud children, becoming the number one among the younger generation, Qin Hongyi’s name also gradually became unforgettable.
Zhu Changhai then learned that the girl beside the youth was precisely the Extreme Yin Demonic Physique he had wanted to bring back to the sect that year, and she was none other than Qin Hongyi, now engulfed in demonic flames before his eyes.
Later, a major event occurred in the Profound Realm Continent. Qin Hongyi, who had always been by Shen Shuchou’s side, inconspicuously reached the Emperor Realm and did something that shocked the world.
In front of all the sects of the world, Qin Hongyi committed the act of slaying her master, personally piercing Shen Shuchou’s meridians with a sword.
That wasn’t all. Immediately after, Qin Hongyi unleashed a demonic calamity, annihilating several major righteous sects in one fell swoop, becoming the strongest demonic sect in the world.
Zhu Changhai had always kept this secret buried in his heart, never telling anyone.
But now that Qin Hongyi suddenly brought it up, he had a vague feeling of unease.
If Qin Hongyi found out that he was the one who massacred her family back then, Zhu Changhai shuddered to think of the consequences.
How could he dare say it?
“Replying to the Emperor, this subordinate truly does not know.”
Zhu Changhai suppressed the fear in his heart, trying his best to maintain a calm appearance.
But how could these subtle movements escape Qin Hongyi’s eyes?
Seeing Zhu Changhai’s attempt to conceal the truth, Qin Hongyi’s conjecture was nearly confirmed. Her body trembled slightly, the murderous intent in her eyes growing into a storm.
In the next instant, a flash of bloody red light shot from Qin Hongyi’s eyes, directly piercing into the depths of Zhu Changhai’s soul.
She wanted to search his soul directly. How could a Tribulation Realm cultivator resist a Emperor Realm expert?
Very quickly, Qin Hongyi saw the scenes she wanted in Zhu Changhai’s soul.
She saw Zhu Changhai leading a group of people to carry out a bloody massacre in Pingning Town. Then, she saw the figure who had accompanied her for fifty years.
Shen Shuchou’s appearance was like a heavenly god descending to the mortal world, slaying these demonic path attackers.
Afterward, he entered the Qin family courtyard from Qin Hongyi’s childhood memories.
Qin Hongyi saw Shen Shuchou tenderly pick up her young self, his eyes filled with heartache.
“Don’t cry, be good and come with me.”
Qin Hongyi seemed to hear Shen Shuchou gently say those words again.
“Ah!”
Withdrawing from Zhu Changhai’s soul, Qin Hongyi let out a long wail.
A full fifty years. She had been kept in the dark for fifty years.
These fifty years, the man she had always hated turned out to be her savior.
“Haha… Wuwu…”
This immense disparity, upon learning the truth, madly battered her soul.
Qin Hongyi covered her face, laughing and crying as if she had gone insane.
Immediately following was soaring murderous intent.
The world changed color, the sky above the Blood Demon Sect was shrouded in terrifying black clouds.
Zhu Changhai, whose soul had been forcibly searched, now turned idiotic. In the next moment, with a bang, he exploded into a bloody mist.
Qin Hongyi’s figure crazily sped in the direction she came from. She had to go see the man she had misunderstood for a lifetime.
Before leaving, everyone in the Blood Demon Sect heard a cold, merciless sentence.
The Blood Demon Sect shall be exterminated.
In the prison cell, Shen Shuchou looked at the mere ten minutes remaining and felt very conflicted.
Sigh!
Forget it, forget it. It was all about to become a thing of the past.
These past two days, Qin Hongyi hadn’t come to torture him. It didn’t matter anyway. He was about to die soon.
The next moment, a figure suddenly appeared in the tranquil prison cell without any warning.
Qin Hongyi looked at Shen Shuchou, whom she had tortured beyond recognition, and her heart surged with intense remorse.
She hurriedly undid the chains restraining him. Due to long-term weakness, Shen Shuchou was about to collapse.
Qin Hongyi quickly embraced him tightly, tears flowing like a spring without a word.
Now that she had become an Emperor Realm expert, she didn’t know how to speak, only holding Shen Shuchou tightly.
Shen Shuchou didn’t know what madness Qin Hongyi was up to this time. Perhaps it was a different way of tormenting him.
Anyway, there were only ten minutes left. Let her do as she pleased. But soon, Shen Shuchou noticed something amiss.
It seemed like teardrops were falling on his face. Qin Hongyi was crying?
Shen Shuchou couldn’t help but feel distressed. How many years had it been since he last saw Qin Hongyi cry?
“Hongyi.” Shen Shuchou’s voice became somewhat hoarse.
Hearing Shen Shuchou call her name, Qin Hongyi’s body trembled violently, unable to hold back any longer.
“Wu… Master, I’m sorry. Hongyi wronged you. Hongyi was wrong.”
Qin Hongyi’s beautiful face was drenched with tears.
Hearing those words, Shen Shuchou’s heart jolted.
Then, he slowly opened his tightly shut eyes, looking at Qin Hongyi, who was crying like a little girl, and said bitterly, “You know everything now.”
“Master, you knew all along, didn’t you? Why didn’t you tell Hongyi? Hongyi made a mistake. Master, Hongyi was wrong.”
Qin Hongyi’s entire body trembled, her shoulders shaking uncontrollably as she choked on her words.
Shen Shuchou fell silent. He naturally knew about this matter, but he couldn’t say it.
“Hongyi, Master has to leave. From now on, take good care of yourself.” Shen Shuchou gazed at Qin Hongyi with heartache, just like he had back then.
Qin Hongyi’s heart couldn’t help but clench, feeling like something important was about to disappear. Panic appeared on her beautiful face as she hurriedly used her divine sense to examine Shen Shuchou.
With this look, Qin Hongyi’s face became even more frantic. She saw that Shen Shuchou’s life force was rapidly dissipating.
“No! No! Master, Hongyi won’t let you die.”
Qin Hongyi choked, madly pouring true qi into Shen Shuchou’s body.
But doing so was futile. The true qi entering Shen Shuchou’s body simply vanished.
Qin Hongyi took out a medicinal pill from her bosom as if she had gone crazy, wanting to feed it to Shen Shuchou.
Shen Shuchou only shook his head, looking at Qin Hongyi with pity.
He already felt that he was being rejected by the Heavenly Dao. There were only two minutes left.
Seeing Shen Shuchou refuse to eat it, Qin Hongyi thought her master was blaming her, and her heart ached terribly.
She put the medicinal pill in her mouth, chewed it to pieces, then made up her mind. She cupped Shen Shuchou’s face and pressed her red lips against his.
“Hongyi, you…”
Shen Shuchou’s eyes widened, not expecting Qin Hongyi to do something so bold.
Qin Hongyi’s red lips tightly pressed against Shen Shuchou’s mouth. Seeing that he didn’t resist, Qin Hongyi grew even more wanton.
Her fragrant tongue pried open his teeth, gently stirring Shen Shuchou’s tongue.
Saliva intertwined as if wanting to fully release all the pent-up love at this moment.
Qin Hongyi’s beautiful face flushed crimson like a ripe, tantalizing peach.
A pair of peach blossom eyes gradually became hazy.
Qin Hongyi kissed passionately, indulging in the forbidden pleasure between master and disciple.
But soon, Qin Hongyi felt her master seemed to be turning illusory.
Letting go of his mouth and looking over, she saw that Shen Shuchou’s body had already become transparent, as if it would disappear at any moment.
“No, no.”
Qin Hongyi knelt on the ground, her heart-wrenching cries filling the air.
“Hongyi, you have to be good.”
Shen Shuchou said dotingly.
After saying those words, his figure completely dissolved into bubbles, vanishing before Qin Hongyi’s eyes.
“Master, don’t leave Hongyi. Wuwu… Don’t…”
Qin Hongyi crawled over, wanting to embrace the disappearing body, but it was just empty air. Shen Shuchou’s figure was no longer there.
Qin Hongyi knelt on the ground, her red hair cascading down as her body trembled uncontrollably, sobbing, “I killed Master. I caused Master’s death. Haha… Ha… Wu…”
Qin Hongyi clutched her chest. It hurt so much inside.
After a long time the crying in the prison cell gradually ceased.
Qin Hongyi stood up in a daze, like a walking corpse devoid of a soul.
Three days later, a piece of news spread throughout the Profound Realm Continent.
Not a single one of the three thousand people in the Blood Demon Sect survived.
Every day after that, Qin Hongyi would come to this prison cell she had meticulously built for Shen Shuchou.
But the figure she yearned for was no longer in this cell.
“Master, no matter if it’s the ends of the earth or the corners of the sea, Hongyi will find you.”