The Game with Fairies

Li Muyang was skeptical.

But seeing the genuine nervousness and unease of the two people closely guarding Shen Yan, it didn’t seem feigned.

Everyone present was deeply concerned for the well-being of Miss Shen before them.

Indeed, her prestige within the Blood Lotus Sect was high.

After a brief contemplation, Li Muyang asked, “You say I’ve come to the Blood Lotus Sect to be an undercover agent… does that mean you’re not willing to accept my surrender?”

Up until now, Li Muyang’s reaction had been calm.

Even surrounded and with his true purpose revealed by Shen Yan, Li Muyang did not panic.

There was no guilt of having his plot exposed.

Seeing Li Muyang so composed, Shen Yan gently shook her head and said, “Since you’re willing to surrender, I will certainly accept you.”

“You are a promising seedling, and it would be a waste for you to fall into the Demon Refining Sect.”

“If you could join the Blood Lotus Sect and serve our cause, your future would be much broader.”

Saying this, Shen Yan turned to the others and said, “You all step back. Let me have a word with him alone.”

Shen Yan’s command made Ruan Mei instinctively object: “Miss!”

But ultimately, at Shen Yan’s insistence, the followers of the Blood Lotus Sect on the official road retreated to a distance of thirty feet.

Only Shen Yan and Li Muyang were left on the roadside ridge.

The young man in a white robe sat on the ridge, quietly looking at the girl.

Shen Yan still stood on the road, and only after everyone had stepped back did she speak softly.

“Actually, I don’t fully believe you came to be an undercover agent.”

After everyone had left, Shen Yan surprisingly contradicted her own accusation.

“The risk of you being an undercover agent is too great, and the benefits the Demon Refining Sect can offer you couldn’t possibly exceed those of our sect.”

“Purely from the perspective of self-interest, it would make more sense for you to come down the mountain and join our sect.”

“But I still have doubts, why didn’t you surrender back on Pingyang Hill?”

“As an ordinary disciple of the Demonic Sect, you shouldn’t be so loyal, right? Do you have any family in the Demonic Sect that you’re concerned about?”

Shen Yan looked at Li Muyang’s profile, waiting for the young man’s answer.

After pondering the question, the young man on the ridge said, “Yan Xiaoru, the elder of the Hall of Enforcement in the Demon Refining Sect, is my wife. It was for her that I held my ground and refused to surrender on Pingyang Hill.”

Li Muyang spoke the plain truth.

But upon hearing this, Shen Yan couldn’t help but laugh.

“…It seems you’re really sincere, daring to say such nonsense and suicidal things.”

“Even if you really were sent by the Demonic Sect to be an undercover agent, if your words today were to spread, do you think that strict and old-fashioned enforcer would tolerate you?”

Shen Yan shook her head with a smile and once again turned her gaze towards Li Muyang, her smile fading as her expression grew serious.

“Let me ask you one more time… why did you refuse to surrender back then?”

As the girl’s demeanor became more solemn, the air seemed to grow heavier as well.

The youth on the ridge was silent for a moment before he spoke: “Back on Pingyang Hill, there was an inner disciple named Cheng Feiyang. He was the chief of the Demon Refining Sect’s Hall of Enforcement, and he saved my life half a year ago in Demon Sword City.”

“At that time, I was only an outer disciple.”

“And you on Pingyang Hill were only willing to spare my life but not the lives of the others on the hill.”

“If I had surrendered to you, then everyone on that hill would have died, and wouldn’t I, Li Muyang, have become a despicable traitor seeking glory at the expense of my friends?”

Li Muyang spoke these words with a calm demeanor and an indifferent tone.

Then he looked at the girl and said, “A few days ago, my junior brother Cheng returned to the sect, no longer in danger.”

“Now that I have come to join the Blood Lotus Sect, the benefits you promised me before are still valid, right?”

Li Muyang’s words made Shen Yan nod slightly.

“They are valid. If you join our sect, I will focus on cultivating you and make you the seventh Helmsman of our sect.”

“However…”

Shen Yan looked at Li Muyang and said, “Your sister in the Demon Refining Sect and your parents in Jiuyuan City, aren’t you worried about them?”

Li Muyang frowned and looked at the girl in front of him without speaking.

In the midst of such a fierce war between the Demon Refining Sect and the Blood Lotus Sect, this woman actually had the time to investigate his background?

Seeing the hostility in Li Muyang’s eyes, Shen Yan shook her head and said, “Don’t misunderstand, I have no intention of threatening you.”

“I’m just worried that after you join our sect, the Demon Refining Sect will learn of it and target your family.”

“If you wish, I can send someone to Jiuyuan City to bring your parents here.”

Shen Yan’s expression was sincere: “But if you don’t want that, you can also tell me how to arrange for your family’s safety.”

“The news of you joining our sect will leak out sooner or later. By then, your family in the Demon Refining Sect will be implicated…”

This mysterious girl with high prestige in the Blood Lotus Sect was indeed very sincere towards Li Muyang.

Li Muyang was silent for a while before he slowly spoke: “You’re busy with the war, right? With your army of tens of thousands facing the endless attacks of the Demonic Sect, it’s strange enough that you can hold on… Do you still have the manpower to fetch my family?”

Shen Yan shook her head lightly: “The power of our sect is not just what you see on the surface. In the shadows, we also have agents and spies.”

“For this uprising, our sect has been preparing for years, and the power lurking in the dark is beyond your imagination.”

“Although it’s difficult to bring your family through the war zone to Tianjiao City for a reunion, it should be no problem to quietly take them out of Jiuyuan City.”

Shen Yan was very confident.

But looking at Shen Yan’s serious expression, Li Muyang fell silent again.

After a long while, he finally spoke slowly: “I appreciate your kindness, but your information is outdated.”

Li Muyang rubbed his temples and said, “Last night, as I crossed the war zone, I encountered a friend of mine outside the Demonic Sect’s camp. From my friend, I received some news.”

“Due to your high-priced recruitment of me and my absence for a month, the Demon Refining Sect has determined that I have secretly joined the Blood Lotus Sect.”

“To make an example, my parents in Jiuyuan City have been executed.”

“My sister managed to escape with the help of a friend and is currently missing.”

“If you take the trouble to check, you should be able to find this information.”

Since the Demon Refining Sect had arranged for Li Muyang to be an undercover agent, they naturally put on a full performance.

These details were clearly explained in the letters from the leader of the Demonic Sect.

A youth whose family was mistakenly killed, harboring hatred, and thus defecting to join the Blood Lotus Sect…

What a plausible storyline!

Shen Yan, who initially thought she held all the cards, was taken aback by this news, which was clearly unexpected to her.

She immediately turned around, found Banner Master Ruan Mei, and quickly gave a few instructions.

Soon, a white spirit bird flapped its wings and flew into the sky, disappearing into the horizon.

Half an hour later, when the spirit bird returned, it brought the latest news that Shen Yan had requested to be verified.

The Li Family of Jiuyuan City had been executed by the Demon Refining Sect.

The charge was that the only son of the Li Family, Li Muyang, had sought wealth and betrayed his sect to join the Blood Lotus Sect…

Shen Yan, holding the latest intelligence report, returned to the side of the ridge and looked at the youth on the ridge.

“We’ve also found out about your sister’s whereabouts.”

Shen Yan said after a few seconds of silence: “Our intelligence shows that after escaping for a day and a night, your sister was caught up with by the Demon Refining Sect’s enforcers this morning and was executed with the Demonic Sect’s most severe punishment, leaving no remains…”