Chapter 969 Why should I believe you?

Chapter 969 Why should I believe you?

Bai Luoying opened her eyes wide, and it was not until the last moment of her life that she realized that she had already been exposed.

She opened her mouth and wanted to say something, but only spat out a large mouthful of blood.

Finally, she fell unwillingly to the cold ground.

Her last glance fell on Ji Lier, the girl whom she had once bullied, who was now standing quietly in the moonlight with flickering flames in her eyes.

The night wind whistled past, blowing away the blood all over the ground.

Ji Lier looked at the devastated Ximen Mansion, and the fifteen-year nightmare was finally over.

Those dark dungeons, the pain of being whipped, and the life-extending pills that people were forced to take, all disappeared with the demise of the Ximen family.

"Sister Ji." Su Chenyin trotted over, the hem of her skirt embroidered with gold thread sweeping across the bluestone slabs.

She held Ji Li'er's cold hand and was surprised to find that her palm was covered with cold sweat. "Why are your hands shaking?"

Only then did Ji Lier realize that her entire body was trembling slightly.

She tried to force a smile, but the corners of her mouth twitched uncontrollably: "I... I'm fine."

The sound was so soft that it was almost inaudible.

Su Yi took a few steps closer, and the moonlight outlined his tall and straight figure.

He stretched out his hand to touch Ji Lier's shoulder, but stopped in mid-air. In the end, he just whispered, "Junior Sister Ji, it's all over."

Ji Lier turned to look at Su Yi, the moonlight illuminating his gentle eyes.

The young man who had extended a helping hand to her when she was most desperate was now staring at her, his eyes filled with heartache and pity.

She suddenly felt that all the suffering she had endured over the years was worth it at this moment.

"Well, it's over," she said softly, a relieved smile finally appearing on her lips.

This sentence was like a key that suddenly opened a door.

Ji Lier's eyes became hot and she quickly lowered her head to hide it.

A tear fell on the bluestone slab, leaving a dark mark.

She thought of Yunniang who always protected her in the dungeon, her mother's heart-wrenching cries when she was dragged away, and every night when she was fed the life-extending elixir...

"It's not over yet." She raised her head suddenly, a dark fire burning in her eyes, "Those elders——"

Her words were suddenly interrupted by a burst of chaotic footsteps.

The sound came from far away, and as it got closer, it became clearer and clearer.

Thousands of people in disheveled clothes appeared one after another from behind the rockery and at the corners of the corridors.

Leading the group was a man in a gray robe, Ximen Qin, the head of the second branch of the Ximen family.

His face was as pale as paper, with a few beads of sweat on his forehead.

When he saw Ji Lier, he knelt down on the stone floor with a plop and hit his forehead heavily on the stone floor.

"Miss, spare me!" Ximen Qin, the head of the second branch, said in a trembling voice, "We have been oppressed by Ximen Lie for many years and have been suffering unspeakably!"

The crowd behind him fell to their knees one after another like wheat waves blown by the wind, and their cries of pleading echoed in the courtyard.

There was a woman holding a young child. The child was frightened and crying loudly, but his mother covered his mouth tightly.

Ji Lier walked slowly to Ximen Qin. She recognized this man.

Four years ago, when Ximen Lie wanted to take her heart's blood, it was he who secretly gave her the hemostatic powder and saved her life.

The tip of her boot lifted the man's chin and she asked coldly, "Why should I trust you?"

Ximen Qin hurriedly bit his finger and used the blood as ink to draw talismans in the air.

"I, Ximen Qin, swear on my soul that if I take revenge on the young lady and all of you in the future, and if I become an enemy of Sect Master Ji and the Tianyan Sect, and tell everyone what happened today, I will be struck by five thunders and my soul will be shattered!"

Before he finished his words, the blood talisman turned into a golden light and penetrated directly into Ximen Qin's brow.

Seeing this, others also followed Ximen Jin's example.

In a blink of an eye, blood runes were flying in the sky above the courtyard, and each blood rune represented a person's oath.

After the oath was taken, a burst of crying suddenly came from the crowd.

Ji Li'er looked carefully and saw a woman holding a child kneeling on the ground with a thud. The child in her arms was frightened by the bloody scene and cried non-stop.

The woman's face was covered with tears, and she choked up and said, "Please spare my life, Miss! Three days ago, my son only picked half a fruit from the garden, and Ximen Lie's guards broke his leg..."

After saying that, she trembled as she pulled open the child's trouser legs, revealing the shocking festering wound.

Ji Lier looked at this scene, and the hand holding the ice blade began to tremble slightly involuntarily.

The miserable cries of her mother when she was dragged away fifteen years ago seemed to echo in her ears again, interweaving with the sobbing of the woman in front of her, making her heart ache.

She took a deep breath, and the ice blade turned into starlight and dissipated: "Since you have sworn, leave now."

The side branches of the Ximen family felt as if they had been pardoned. They all knelt on the ground and kowtowed to thank Ji Li'er for not killing them.

Some people even supported each other and ran away impatiently, fearing that Ji Lier would change her mind.

The moonlight shines on this group of ragged tribesmen, making them look like a group of lone geese surviving a disaster.

A little girl lost her embroidered shoe while running, but she didn't dare to look back to pick it up, and she stepped barefoot on the broken porcelain on the ground.

Just as these people ran away, two dark shadows suddenly fell from the sky.

The two black shadows were none other than Black Devour and Black Evil, who were sent by Su Chenyin to kill the elders of the Ximen family and the evil disciples.

Hei Shi grinned and reported to Su Chenyin: "Master, those elders and evil disciples of the Ximen family have been killed by us!"

Heixie, who was standing behind Heishi, was holding an iron chain tightly.

At the other end of the chain was a white-haired old man.

Hei Xie kicked the old man fiercely and cursed, "This old man is sneaky and wants to escape from the secret passage."

Then he added: "However, looking at his appearance, he is still four or five points similar to Ximen Lie, so I brought him back."

The old man who was kicked by Hei Xie staggered and fell to the ground, revealing his wrinkled face.

When Ji Lier saw the old man's face clearly, her breathing suddenly stopped.

This face was once her worst nightmare!

That’s right, the downtrodden old man in front of him is none other than the old patriarch of the Ximen family!

Three years ago, he resolutely went into seclusion, determined to reach the legendary ninth level of spiritual god.

However, he now looked so disheveled, with messy hair and grass debris in his beard, completely lacking his former majesty.

Ji Lier's memories came flooding back - the night of torrential rain four years ago was still vivid in her mind.

At that time, the person who always called her "good granddaughter" suddenly became so hideous and terrifying.

When he learned that Ji Li'er was not his biological granddaughter, he lifted the heavy chain without hesitation and tried to drag her into his training room which was full of mysterious atmosphere.

He kept muttering that Ji Lier's pure yin body was the perfect cauldron for breaking through the realm.

Ji Lier's heart was filled with despair and fear.

At that time, she couldn't believe that this grandfather who had once cared so much for her could become so cold-blooded in an instant.