Chapter 561: Split of the couple (I)

In the room, Ling Xiaoxiao frowned as she looked at the windows that were swaying violently in the sudden strong wind. She turned to the two maids standing by and said, "Turn on the lights and close the doors and windows to prevent the rain from pouring down."

"Yes, ma'am!"

As they were talking, the sky had become extremely dark, as if the sun, moon, and stars had all been swallowed up by the raging night demon.

"boom!"

There was a sudden loud noise and the tightly closed door was kicked open, which frightened the two flustered maids so much that they screamed.

The wind was strong and the rain was heavy. It whizzed into the room and made the candle flame flicker, as if it was about to fall.

Ling Xiaoxiao was furious, but when she saw the figure standing outside the door, the anger in her eyes immediately turned into shock, and then she stood up with a blank look on her face, walked forward and said: "Brother Jin, what are you doing..."

Luo Tianjin stepped into the room, ignoring Ling Xiaoxiao's confusion, and ordered the two maids in a cold tone: "You go down first!"

Hearing this, the two maids simultaneously turned their eyes to Ling Xiaoxiao. Before Ling Xiaoxiao could express her opinion, Luo Tianjin's cold voice sounded again: "Why are you looking at her? Get out!"

"Yes."

The rare rage frightened the two maids so much that they trembled physically and mentally. They dared not hesitate any longer and hurriedly agreed, then fled from the room in a panic.

"boom!"

Luo Tianjin waved his arm and with a violent force he slammed the wide-open door shut.

At this moment, Luo Tianjin's hair and clothes were soaked by the rain, his hair was in clumps, his clothes were wet, and he looked quite disheveled.

"Brother Jin, be careful not to catch a cold!"

Ling Xiaoxiao took out a handkerchief and wiped his rain-soaked cheek with a worried look in her eyes.

"Your internal injuries haven't healed yet, how can you be so careless?" Ling Xiaoxiao was both distressed and angry, complaining, "Quick, change your wet clothes, I'll have someone make you a bowl of ginger soup..."

"No need!"

Faced with Ling Xiaoxiao's tenderness, Luo Tianjin was not grateful at all. He resolutely pushed her hand away and walked to the table and sat down.

At this moment, there was a volume of "Tao Te Ching" on the table, which was the book that Ling Xiaoxiao had just read.

Noticing Luo Tianjin's abnormality, Ling Xiaoxiao couldn't help but frown, thinking about everything that had happened in recent days, but no matter how much she thought about it, she couldn't figure it out.

"what is it today?"

Ling Xiaoxiao ignored Luo Tianjin's indifference to her, still greeted him with a smile, spoke sincerely, personally poured tea for him, and asked softly, "What makes you so unhappy?"

However, facing Ling Xiaoxiao's questioning, Luo Tianjin's face remained gloomy and he said nothing.

"Forget it!" Ling Xiaoxiao walked around behind Luo Tianjin, gently rubbing his shoulders with a pair of soft hands, and comforted him, "Don't think about the unpleasant things anymore, why don't I play chess with you to relieve your boredom..."

"If one day... you are betrayed by the person you trust the most... what will you do?"

Luo Tianjin's words for no reason made Ling Xiaoxiao's heart move, and her hands paused.

"What do you mean?" Ling Xiaoxiao asked tentatively, "I'm a little confused..."

"Answer my question first." Luo Tianjin's words were as cold as ice, without a trace of emotion, and without any room for negotiation.

Ling Xiaoxiao's eyes sparkled. After thinking for a long time, she slowly said, "Maybe, things are not as bad as Brother Jin imagined. Or maybe, it's just a white lie..."

"What nonsense!"

The loud shout frightened Ling Xiaoxiao so much that her body trembled and she subconsciously took two steps back.

"Brother Jin, you..."

"Why did you lie to me?" Luo Tianjin suddenly turned around, his red eyes filled with grief, and he asked through gritted teeth, "Why did you lie to me?"

"I..." Ling Xiaoxiao was caught off guard by the questioning without any warning. She was confused for a moment and answered hastily, "I didn't..."

"You still dare to lie? Look for yourself what this is!"

"boom!"

With an angry shout, Luo Tianjin slammed his right hand on the table, causing the teapot and teacups on the table to fly up into the air and fall to the ground in pieces, instantly breaking into pieces.

When the horrified Ling Xiaoxiao came to her senses and looked at the table tremblingly, Luo Tianjin's right hand suddenly opened it, revealing a wrinkled note. There were only five simple and beautiful words on the note: "Seven Stars Unlimited Powder."

This scene alone was enough to make Ling Xiaoxiao dumbfounded and frightened.

"Don't tell me you don't know what 'Seven Stars Boundless Powder' is?"

Under Luo Tianjin's coercion, Ling Xiaoxiao's eyes became complicated and her face became increasingly ugly.

Looking at the horrified Ling Xiaoxiao, Luo Tianjin already understood everything without her having to explain too much. An unprecedented shame, anger and despair emerged between his brows.

"When I was ten years old, I secretly dozed off during practice, and my master punished me to reflect on my mistakes in Wenquxing Tower." Luo Tianjin recalled with a trembling voice, "Wenquxing Tower houses ancient books and classics of the Wudang School. I flipped through them when I was bored. Among them was a book called "Five Elements Herbal Classics", which recorded Wudang's unique herbal medicines, and "Seven Stars Without Boundaries"... was one of them. Because it is extremely poisonous, it was named "Seven Stars Shining" and "Longevity", which left a deep impression on me. I once asked my master why it was named Seven Stars Without Boundaries when it is obviously a murderous poison. My master told me that this medicine is a mixture of hundreds of tonics, and there is no poison in its ingredients. Instead, each one is a top-grade tonic. But because all things are interdependent and mutually exclusive, the mixture of hundreds of tonics is not only useless to humans, but instead becomes one of the most powerful poisons in the world."

Every word Luo Tianjin said was like a sword, stabbing deeply into Ling Xiaoxiao's heart.

"With hundreds of medicines, one should be blessed with longevity and good health. However, the human body is limited by itself and cannot be replenished. If one continues to rush for quick results, one will surely die." Luo Tianjin stared at Ling Xiaoxiao with mixed feelings, and added, "This medicine is colorless, traceless, tasteless and invisible. Even if it kills a person... the medicinal properties will be absorbed into the internal organs, bones and blood vessels without leaving any traces of poisoning. This is enough to deceive eight out of ten famous doctors and coroners in the world."

At this point, Luo Tianjin's eyes suddenly flashed with a bone-chilling chill, and he said word by word: "The real cause of Jiang Yiwei's death was due to taking the Seven Star Boundless Powder."

With just these words, Ling Xiaoxiao's body trembled again. There was no trace of blood on her pale face, but a hint of panic flashed across her face involuntarily.

Luo Tianjin said self-deprecatingly: "Master once told me seriously that the recipe of Seven Stars Boundless Powder had long been lost, and the Five Elements Herbal Classic collected in Wenquxing Tower was superficial and unusable. But even so, it is still the only record of 'Seven Stars Boundless Powder', and it is also the only copy in the world. I believed it without a doubt, and never thought that Master lied to me. I never thought that 'Seven Stars Boundless Powder' could reappear in the world, and... it has been lurking beside me all this time."

"Brother Jin, please listen to my explanation..."

"Looking at the Xianwang Mansion, and even the entire martial arts world, the only person who has a better relationship with Master than me is you!" Luo Tianjin said without question, "Besides you, who else in the world can Master teach you everything he knows? Apart from you, who else can take out the Wudang Sect's 'long-lost' Seven Stars Boundless Powder? Apart from you, who else can poison Jiang Yiwei to death without anyone noticing, and then silence Li Jia?"

"Brother Jin..."

"Shut up!" Luo Tianjin pointed at the tearful Ling Xiaoxiao and said angrily, "It was you who poisoned Jiang Yiwei! It was you who killed Li Jia and created the illusion of murder for money! It was you who bribed the coroner and tried to deceive my eyes and ears! It was you! You planned everything!"

Ling Xiaoxiao was flustered and argued: "Just listen to my explanation..."

"No need to explain!" Luo Tianjin was furious, "I know why you did this, because more than 20 years ago, you planned to prevent Teng Rou from meeting me. You poisoned her food and ambushed her in her guest room. Seeing that she survived many disasters, you still refused to give up, so you ordered Jiang Yiwei to hunt her down in secret, vowing to kill her!"

"boom!"

When Luo Tianjin told everything, Ling Xiaoxiao suddenly felt a buzzing in her head, followed by a blank.

At this moment, her heart seemed to have fallen into a bottomless abyss. She was anxious, sad, and uneasy, unable to extricate herself.

"Jiang Yiwei was kindhearted and refused to kill Teng Rou." Luo Tianjin continued, "When you learned that Xiao Zhirou was the Teng Rou of the past, you became jealous and wanted to kill her again. However, you could no longer kill Xiao Zhirou today, but you were afraid that I would know about your shameless behavior, so you desperately poisoned Jiang Yiwei to death, and then deliberately set up a shocking scam in order to prevent me from investigating what happened back then, so as to hide your despicable behavior."

Faced with Luo Tianjin's accusations, Ling Xiaoxiao neither admitted nor refuted.

She knew that Luo Tianjin was extremely smart and could see through Ye Zhiqiu. Since he could confront her openly, he must have guessed everything.

At this moment, even if Ling Xiaoxiao had a good tongue, she would not dare to defend herself. Because in front of the facts determined by Luo Tianjin, all her eloquence and sweet talk were useless. Not only would it not be of any benefit, but it would make Luo Tianjin despise her even more.

"What a femme fatale! What a vicious heart!"

Luo Tianjin looked at Ling Xiaoxiao in disbelief, with whom he had slept for decades. He felt a mixture of emotions and indescribable sadness. He had once had a trace of doubt about Ling Xiaoxiao, but it was fleeting and he felt deeply guilty.

Because the "traitor" he was most unwilling to believe and admit was Ling Xiaoxiao, who always thought of him and obeyed him in everything.

"It turns out that the lady I always thought was gentle, virtuous, and considerate actually did such a shameful and outrageous thing in private!" Luo Tianjin laughed angrily, "For so many years, the one who slept next to me turned out to be a cold-blooded demon who killed people without blinking an eye. You pretended to be one thing in front of people and another behind their backs. You disguised yourself so perfectly that I didn't notice a single thing... Ling Xiaoxiao, why is it you? Why did you have to be the one? You deceived me so much!"

As if touched by Luo Tianjin's words, Ling Xiaoxiao's eyes were instantly filled with indignation, and the pain and entanglement on her face gradually disappeared, replaced by a touch of almost crazy determination and arrogance.

"Yes!" Ling Xiaoxiao made up her mind and said frankly, "I did everything! I've had enough of hiding and pretending. Since we are speaking frankly today, I might as well tell you everything. It was me who poisoned Jiang Yiwei, it was me who killed Li Jia to silence him, it was me who planned the plan to cover up the truth, and it was me who sent people to hunt down Xiao Zhirou back then..."

"Why?" Luo Tianjin finally couldn't hold back his inner anger. He stood up suddenly, grasped Ling Xiaoxiao's shoulders tightly with both hands, and said angrily, "Why do you do this? You and I have been childhood sweethearts. You are not like this in my memory. When did you become so scheming and so vicious..."

"Why?" Ling Xiaoxiao glared at the pained Luo Tianjin and sneered, "Why do you say that? Xiao Zhirou was hunted down, Jiang Yiwei died, and I became a vicious woman... everything was caused by you!"

"What?" Luo Tianjin was stunned as if he had been struck by lightning.

"If you hadn't been fickle-minded, how could I have become like this? It's you! It's all because of you! Karma always comes back to you. All the bad consequences today are all because of you!"

Ling Xiaoxiao had a crazy look on her face, with ferocious features. Accompanied by the violent storms, lightning and thunder between heaven and earth, she looked extremely shocking, even eerie and terrifying.

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(End of this chapter)