After Defying the Villain’s Fate for Nine Lifetimes, the Heroines Turn Mad! - Chapter 123

Reform? Reform who?

Jiang Chen?

Xiao Shan’s mind was full of question marks! He kept shaking his head, thinking he must have misunderstood.

Perhaps these characters ‘reform’ were referring to someone else?

Although the characters “Jiang Chen” and “reform” appear together, they can be completely unrelated.

The more he thought about it, the more Xiao Shan felt this was the case.

Although he was from the Ancient Pill Tower, he had heard of Li Fadu’s hatred for evil and his impartiality.

Reform?

This kind of thing didn’t fit Li Fadu’s character!

Seeing Li Fadu calming his aura and admiring his own work, Xiao Shan approached again with a smile on his face and said, “Elder Li, I am Xiao Shan, the true disciple of the Great Elder of the Ancient Pill Tower.”

This time, Li Fadu reacted.

Glancing at the gold embroidery on the cuff of Xiao Shan’s pill refiner’s robe, he also smiled and said, “Young nephew, at such a young age, you are already a sixth-grade pill refiner master with no small cultivation. You truly live up to being the true disciple of the Ancient Pill Tower.”

“You flatter me, Elder Li,” Xiao Shan quickly responded modestly.

The Ancient Pill Tower has only a dozen or so true disciples, and without exception, they are all sixth-grade pill refiner masters.

Although all are of the sixth grade, their achievements in the way of pill refining are vastly different.

The least among the true disciples of the Ancient Pill Tower can only refine lower-tier sixth-grade elixirs, but Xiao Shan can refine high ones!

For lower-grade elixirs, he can even produce perfect quality!

This is why he is the first true disciple and has the right to be proud!

Li Fadu liked Xiao Shan’s modesty even though he was from the younger generation, so his smile grew even warmer.

After praising Xiao Shan a few more times, he sighed and said, “You are here for Ma Wu’s ashes, aren’t you? I suppose the Sect Master must have told you that Ma Wu’s ashes have been stolen.”

“Indeed.”

Xiao Shan nodded and also sighed deeply, “Elder Ma lived a life of integrity, defending the righteous path, but to end up with such a fate is really lamentable.”

After speaking, he clenched his teeth and said angrily, “That Jiang Chen is utterly detestable!”

Hearing this, Li Fadu instinctively wanted to nod in agreement but then suddenly woke up in surprise!

The demonic seed is so terrifying!

“Nephew, Ma Wu’s death was his own fault. No one else is to blame,” Ma Wu explained calmly after taking a deep breath.

Xiao Shan was stunned again.

What’s going on?

Anyone with eyes could see that Ma Wu’s death was suspicious and definitely involved Jiang Chen’s meddling.

How did it become his own fault?

“Nephew, you are unaware, but Ma Wu went mad!” Li Fadu sighed deeply.

“Mad? Mad?” Xiao Shan blinked in confusion.

“Indeed mad.”

Li Fadu said earnestly, explaining in detail, “To tell you the truth, I too initially thought that this matter was related to Jiang Chen! But after being enlightened by the Old Ancestor, I realized that Ma Wu’s madness was due to the demonic r…!”

He wanted to say deeply rooted demonic seed.

Everyone in the Jiuyan Sect was implanted with demonic seeds, and Ma Wu was no exception.

It was precisely because of the deeply rooted demonic seed that Ma Wu had such an intense obsession with ‘justice’, and his actions at Elixir Peak before his death were likely a precursor to the complete outbreak of the demonic seed!

And taking the Heart-Devouring Soul-Bewitching Pill was just their speculation.

Previously, Li Fadu did not understand the truth.

But now, after being enlightened by the Old Ancestor and reflecting on it overnight, he realized that they might have indeed misunderstood Jiang Chen!

Not only that, the madness of Jiang Lianyue and others was probably also a misunderstanding of Jiang Chen.

At this moment, Li Fadu finally understood just how wrong he had been!

If it weren’t for the Old Ancestor emerging from his coffin and sacrificing his lifespan to save him, he might have ended up like Ma Wu, dying a terrible death due to complete madness!

Thinking of this, Li Fadu felt grateful and bowed deeply towards the Second Peak to pay his respects.

A few days ago, the Old Ancestor of Jiuyan Sect entered a state of suspended animation again.

It is said that before the suspended animation, the Supreme Elders found another jade coffin for the Old Ancestor.

At first, the Old Ancestor refused, but in order to seal his life force, he reluctantly lay in the jade coffin, saying:

“I’m not lying in this coffin waiting to die. I’m doing this to extend my life for the sake of the sect! Understand?”

What a good Old Ancestor!

Everything he did was for the sake of the sect!

With this thought, Li Fadu’s eyes filled with tears, and he bowed deeply again.

Seeing Xiao Shan and the others looking at him as if he were a ‘madman’, he straightened up and said, “Ma Wu’s madness is beyond doubt!

Nephew, you must not be too obsessed with justice!

You must know, the demonic path is insidious and omnipresent!”

The fact that the Jiuyan Sect was all implanted with demonic seeds if known by other sects, would surely become a laughingstock, so it could not be disclosed.

Moreover, even if he wanted to speak, he couldn’t due to the Old Ancestor’s sealing and prohibition.

Therefore, he gave a meaningful reminder.

Xiao Shan didn’t understand. But after glancing at the overturned First Peak and feeling Li Fadu’s fluctuating aura, he seemed to understand.

“The demonic path is indeed not to be underestimated,” Xiao Shan nodded in agreement, feeling that the conversation had gone off-topic.

He quickly returned to the main point: “Elder Li, even if Ma Wu really went mad, Jiang Chen shouldn’t have cremated him and scattered his ashes! As the head of the Hall of Enforcement, how can you not punish him severely?”

Hearing this, Li Fadu frowned again.

Why did the topic return to Jiang Chen? And from Xiao Shan’s tone, it seemed he had an extreme dislike for Jiang Chen?

Moreover, he was no longer in charge of the Hall of Enforcement.

Could it be…

“Nephew, why do you dislike Jiang Chen so much?” Li Fadu inquired.

“Jiang Chen is utterly evil, a cancer of the righteous path. Since the day I became a disciple, I have sworn to stand against evil!” Xiao Shan replied instantly.

“Have you ever seen Jiang Chen?” Li Fadu asked again.

Xiao Shan shook his head.

“Have you ever seen Jiang Chen commit any evil deeds?” Li Fadu asked for the third time.

Isn’t that a rhetorical question?

Xiao Shan was speechless.

He had never even met Jiang Chen, so how could he have witnessed him doing evil?

He could only shake his head again.

“Indeed, as I suspected!”

Li Fadu exclaimed in shock, “My dear nephew, you must be mad and not even aware of it!”

Xiao Shan’s face was full of question marks.

Li Fadu wanted to elaborate, but considering the reputation of the sect, he held his tongue.

However, this made him feel more at ease.

He had thought that only the Jiuyan Sect had been infected by the demonic path, but it seemed that the Ancient Pill Tower was in the same situation.

The demonic path treats everyone equally!

“Nephew, heed my advice. It’s not too late to let go of your obsession.”

Li Fadu waved his hands as he spoke, “Leave quickly, and remember; only by enlightening others can you save your life!”

Xiao Shan felt that Li Fadu had lost his mind and was impossible to communicate with.

Not wanting to waste any more words, he took out a pill from his chest and placed it in Li Fadu’s hand.

The pill was cool to the touch and carried a hint of a chilling aura.

“What is this…” Li Fadu frowned.

“Seven Abyss Pill!”

Xiao Shan lowered his voice and explained, “This is a new poison pill developed by our Ancient Pill Tower, made from the spirits of a hundred ghosts and combined with six types of yin spirits! This is a seventh-grade pill, personally refined by my master.”

After looking around to make sure there were no bystanders, he continued, “If a cultivator takes this pill, they will feel as if their heart is being devoured by a hundred ghosts, their flesh consumed, and their mind eroded! A Core Formation cultivator would turn into an idiot, only a cultivator of the upper four realms can suppress it!’”

“Why give me such a poison pill?” Li Fadu’s eyes turned cold.

“Elder Li, if you wish to uphold justice, you must be prepared to tarnish your own feathers! Keep this pill for now. Whether to use it or not is up to you,” Xiao Shan said meaningfully.

Clearly, he wanted Li Fadu to use this poison pill against Jiang Chen!

“Thank you for your time, I shall take my leave now.” With that, Xiao Shan bowed again and left with his companions.

Looking at the poison pill in his hand, Li Fadu suddenly became furious!

Any fondness he had for Xiao Shan vanished in an instant!

Was he being asked to poison Jiang Chen? Wasn’t that harming him?

He felt somewhat relieved, thinking that if it weren’t for the Old Ancestor waking him up, he might have actually gone through with it!

Li Fadu wanted to crush the poison pill immediately, but then he glanced at the word ‘reform’ on the stone wall and fell into deep thought.

In the end, he pocketed the poison pill and headed towards the Ninth Peak.

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