NOVEL WEB Chapter 126:
Chapter 126:
Inside a cave within Ghost Mist Valley, two guards from the Demonic Sect had sinister intentions toward Jiang Ting.
Outside the cave, hidden behind a large rock in the shadows, Xiao Yang silently put on his dragon-patterned mask.
“Don’t come near… don’t come near…”
Inside the cave, Jiang Ting was sobbing in terror.
She had always been sheltered, like a delicate flower grown in a greenhouse.
She had never experienced anything like this before.
She had seen firsthand the horrors of the Demonic Sect back in Heifeng City.
The tragic fate of her junior brother, Qin Fei, who had been tortured by two male members of the Demonic Sect, was still fresh in her mind.
She would rather die than let these vile men defile her purity.
Xiao Yang couldn’t just stand by and watch Jiang Ting suffer at their hands.
He was about to step out of the shadows when—
“What do you think you’re doing?!”
A loud voice suddenly echoed through the cave.
A dark figure rushed in and grabbed the two Demonic Sect members who were about to harm Jiang Ting, hurling them away.
The two men screamed in shock as they slammed against the cave walls and collapsed to the ground, too injured to stand.
“You dare touch her? You must have a death wish!”
The intruder roared at the trembling men.
“It’s him?”
Xiao Yang immediately recognized the voice.
It was none other than Ming He, who had escaped from Heifeng City.
“Y-Yes, sir! We were wrong!”
The two Demonic Sect members lay on the ground, trembling with fear.
“If you do this again, you’ll die without mercy!”
Ming He’s voice was cold and unforgiving.
“Rest assured, sir! We won’t do it again…”
The terrified guards promised.
Just then, an eerie gust of wind swept into the cave without warning.
A shadowy figure appeared silently in the dim light.
“Yin Yue, you’re here too?”
Ming He was momentarily stunned to see the newcomer.
Yin Yue ignored him completely.
She walked forward, extended her hands, and suddenly grasped the tops of the two men’s heads.
“No… please spare us!”
“Don’t kill us!”
The two men cried out in horror.
But before they could struggle, Yin Yue activated her dark arts, absorbing their energy.
In mere moments, the two men were reduced to dried corpses, their life force completely drained.
Whoosh!
Yin Yue exhaled a murky breath.
“Yin Yue, are you insane? They were from the Li family!”
Ming He scowled in anger.
“So what? They deserved to die!”
Yin Yue replied indifferently.
“If you wouldn’t do it, I would!”
She added nonchalantly.
“You…!”
Ming He was furious, realizing that Yin Yue had only used this as an excuse to absorb their cultivation.
“It’s you two…!”
Jiang Ting finally recognized Ming He and Yin Yue.
“What are you trying to do?”
She demanded, both terrified and furious.
She never imagined that all of this was part of Qin Fei’s plan—to use her as bait to lure Xiao Yang.
Xiao Yang remained hidden, silently retreating deeper into the shadows.
Ming He and Yin Yue were Qin Fei’s most trusted subordinates.
They wouldn’t harm Jiang Ting.
If anything happened to her, all of Qin Fei’s efforts would have been for nothing.
“Miss Jiang, you should rest for now.”
As Yin Yue spoke, she waved her hand toward Jiang Ting, releasing a faint, fragrant mist into the air.
“You…”
Jiang Ting felt her eyelids grow heavy and soon fell unconscious.
Just then, footsteps echoed from outside the cave.
“You dare kill my men?”
A stern voice rang out.
A man stepped into the cave with a powerful presence.
“Li Gaitian?”
Ming He and Yin Yue were visibly startled.
Xiao Yang, concealed outside the cave, was even more shocked.
The newcomer was none other than Li Gaitian.
He had never imagined that Li Gaitian, the city lord of Jiuxiao City, was actually part of the Demonic Sect.
Li Gaitian—known for his righteousness and loyalty—was hiding too well.
In the Northern Territory, he was considered a formidable warlord.
He was also the deputy master of the Shifang Qimen Sect.
Who could have guessed that someone with such a high status and reputation was actually an undercover agent for the Demonic Sect?
Li Gaitian, always preaching righteousness and morality, was nothing but a façade?
This man shared the same surname—Li.
Could he be a member of the infamous Li family within the Demonic Sect?
In Xiao Yang’s previous life, Qin Fei had opened the sealed Abyss of Demons, unleashing the demonic race trapped within.
At the same time, numerous Demonic Sect spies across the Northern Territory revealed their true allegiances.
Xiao Yang distinctly remembered that Li Gaitian had once vowed to fight the Demonic Sect to the death.
It was all an act.
Who would have thought that the esteemed city lord of Jiuxiao City and a deputy sect master of the Shifang Qimen Sect was an undercover operative of the Demonic Sect all along?
What happened after that in his previous life, Xiao Yang never found out…
In his past life, Xiao Yang had faced Qin Fei in their final battle at the peak of Qingyang Mountain. In the end, Jiang Ting had desperately shielded Qin Fei, allowing him to take the opportunity to pierce Xiao Yang’s heart with his sword, leading to his tragic death.
Never in his wildest dreams did Xiao Yang expect to stumble upon such an earth-shattering secret in this life.
He immediately recalled his past experiences in Jiuxiao City.
In his previous life, a Demonic Sect expert had infiltrated Jiuxiao City in an attempt to assassinate him.
At the time, he had wondered how such an expert had managed to slip into the heavily guarded city.
Now it all made sense—Jiuxiao City’s city lord had been an undercover agent of the Demonic Sect all along.
Everything fit together perfectly now.
Good… this was getting very interesting.
‘Li Gaitian, in this life, I will definitely expose your true identity.’
“Where is my nephew?”
Li Gaitian’s voice echoed from inside the cave.
“The young master is where he should be,” Ming He replied with a grave expression.
“My foolish brother followed Qin Fei in his madness and ended up with a tragic death in Tianshui City, his body completely destroyed. I am not Li Kuang, and I won’t play such meaningless games with him,” Li Gaitian said coldly.
Xiao Yang, eavesdropping outside the cave, was stunned.
Even with his experience dominating the Northern Territory for a thousand years in his previous life, this revelation shook him.
Li Gaitian… is also Qin Fei’s uncle?!
“The young master has ordered you to kill Xiao Yang as a way to repay his favor,” Ming He cautiously suggested.
“You killed my men, and now you want me to do your bidding?”
Li Gaitian’s voice turned icy.
“These two were useless. They deserved to die,” Yin Yue said indifferently.
“Hmph!”
Li Gaitian stretched out his right hand and struck out at Yin Yue without warning.
Yin Yue was caught off guard, never expecting Li Gaitian to attack so suddenly.
Boom!
A dull thud echoed as Yin Yue was sent flying, crashing hard into the cave wall.
The entire cave trembled violently, with dust and debris falling from the ceiling.
“My men are not yours to kill as you please!”
Li Gaitian said coldly.
“This…”
Ming He’s heart pounded with fear.
It seemed Li Gaitian was already on the verge of taking the next step in his cultivation.
Without another word, Li Gaitian turned and strode toward the cave entrance.
“I will kill Xiao Yang, and from now on, Qin Fei’s affairs will have nothing to do with me.”
His voice echoed as he left the cave.
Ming He hurriedly chased after him.
By the time he reached the entrance, Li Gaitian had already vanished.
Xiao Yang, hidden nearby, quietly observed everything.
It seemed that Qin Fei and his uncle didn’t have the best relationship after all.
Even within the Demonic Sect, factions and rivalries were clearly at play.
However, the fact that Li Gaitian wanted to kill him was no trivial matter.
Li Gaitian was already on the brink of stepping into sainthood.
Facing him would be a tough battle.
Even with the help of his two ninth-rank spirit beasts, Xiao Yang wasn’t confident of gaining the upper hand.
This had just become far more complicated than he had anticipated.
He never imagined that Qin Fei could call upon someone as powerful as Li Gaitian.
Nor had he expected a man of Li Gaitian’s stature to personally take action.
Li Gaitian was not only the city lord of Jiuxiao City but also the deputy sect master of the Shifang Qimen Sect.
If his identity as a Demonic Sect spy was exposed, everything he had painstakingly built in the Northern Territory would crumble in an instant.
He would become the sworn enemy of the entire region and have no place left to stand.