Chapter 425: Chapter 426: Who is the Real Moon Venerate? (Part 8)
Lou Yin was right; she had overlooked this point initially. Even if the body changes in various ways, the soul forever remains the same.
The true Moon Venerate would never harm an innocent person in peril.
“Dean, you ask the pertinent question,” Lan Yue said with a gentle smile, her gaze shifting to Mu Ruyue. In that moment, a cold murderous intent surfaced in her blue eyes. “I have a vendetta against this woman, a feud so deep it reaches the skies! I chose her first because her soul fits my needs, and secondly, because she once wiped out my entire family. Does that not constitute a deep-seated grudge? What’s wrong with me killing her? In both of my lives, what I cared about most was my family. I could die, but they could not. Yet, this woman took advantage of my absence from the Lan Family and wiped out my entire clansmen. Why should I spare her?”
Mu Ruyue ignored everything else said, only the final few sentences reaching her ears, her gaze at Lan Yue colored with peculiarity.
She could die, but her family couldn’t?
Who was it then, who had abandoned their parents and fled alone when faced with danger, without even a word to ease their departure?
And now she poses as someone deeply loyal and righteous?
If she hadn’t been aware of this, perhaps even Mu Ruyue herself would have been deceived…
“I’m aware of this matter,” Qi Rong nodded. “It’s true that Lan Yue’s entire family was eradicated. Lou Yin, what more do you have to say? Isn’t there a saying, ‘If you don’t court death, you won’t die’? She brought it upon herself!”
Hearing this, Qi Rong’s doubts dissipated. This woman was no innocent. Thus, Lan Yue’s actions were not in the wrong—completely identical to that of the Moon Venerate.
Even their manner of speaking was similar.
Besides her, who else could the Moon Venerate be than the woman who destroyed another’s family for her own gain?
Qi Rong curled his lips into a cold smirk. This selfish woman dared to manipulate Lou Yin into helping her impersonate the great name of the Moon Venerate.
She hardly deserved such a lofty title.
Lou Yin, with his face ashen with rage, glared angrily at Qi Rong, “No matter what, I absolutely refuse to condone your absurd behavior!”
Qi Rong sneered, “It’s not up to you!”
“This…” Wu Yi chuckled darkly, his eyes flicking toward Mu Ruyue, and began coldly, “I have something to say, Dean, you need not interfere with this matter. The Moon Venerate needs to consume her soul to enhance her spiritual power, which is her good fortune. In doing so, she can become part of the Moon Venerate’s force, a blessing many desire but few receive. She could step into the Peak alongside the Moon Venerate. Think about it, when she becomes part of the Moon Venerate’s body, won’t that mean she attains a status equal to the Moon Venerate’s?”
Lou Yin, pushed to the brink, laughed in anger and shouted, “Fine, Wu Yi, if it’s so honorable, then let her consume you!”
“Haha,” Wu Yi laughed dryly, “I would indeed, but alas, my soul doesn’t fit the bill.”
Joke, only a fool would march to their own death!
“Enough, no more discussion is needed,” Qi Rong turned to face Mu Ruyue, his voice stern, “For the sake of our Academy, you must make this sacrifice. Don’t worry, I will find another soul, so your husband won’t be lonely…”
Lou Yin wanted to say something else, but at that moment, a disturbance came from the distant back mountain, and immediately, he retracted his anger, joyfully announcing, “The ancestors have emerged from seclusion!”
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