Lu Yin pursed his lips. The more aloof a person was, the more violent their outbursts would be when they couldn't control their emotions.
Xiao Qian stared blankly at Long Xi, who had suddenly appeared. "Pr- Princess?"
Long Xi stared at her with a solemn expression, "Who sent you?"
Xiao Qian panicked and dropped the cloudpass stone in her hand. She instinctively jumped in fright and took a few steps back.
"Who sent you?" Long Xi barked.
Xiao Qian trembled and stared at Long Xi in fear. She was usually aloof like Long Xi, but at this moment, it was as if her disguise had been torn apart. Fear spread like a tide, "Pr- Princess, I- I don't know what you're talking about."
Long Xi looked at her in disappointment, "I heard everything you said. Tell me everything and I won't let you die."
The word "die" terrified Xiao Qian. She had been in the White Dragon Tribe for so many years and had never experienced death. She was even more terrified now, "Princess, I didn't, I didn't hurt you or the White Dragon Tribe."
"Speak!" Long Xi barked, her voice shaking the entire room.
Xiao Qian's legs went soft and she collapsed to the ground. Beads of sweat rolled down her forehead and her eyes went blank, "It's, it's the Frigid Immortal Sect."
Long Xi sighed and looked at the paralyzed Xiao Qian, not knowing what to say.
At this moment, Lu Yin walked over, "What did the Frigid Immortal Sect send you to do in the White Dragon Tribe?"
Xiao Qian looked at Lu Yin in shock, "Long Qi?
No, Lu Xiaoxuan? "
Lu Yin had returned to his original appearance when he released Long Xi. He smiled and bent down to stare at Xiao Qian, "Since you know who I am, you should know that I won't go easy on you. Answer my questions and I might let you live. Otherwise …"
Xiao Qian hurriedly hugged Long Xi's leg and begged, "Princess, please spare me. I didn't do anything. Even though the Frigid Immortal Sect sent me to Dragon Mountain, I really didn't do anything. I didn't hurt you or the White Dragon Tribe."
"Then what were you doing just now?
The White Dragon Tribe tried their best to cover up the matter of the blood pool, but you spread the news back to the Frigid Immortal Sect. "
Xiao Qian's face was deathly pale. She had no way to argue.
"By the way, I remember something. Back then, I used the name Long Qi and Long Xi to visit the Ancestral Mang in the Mortal World. Logically speaking, it shouldn't be easy for others to find out about our itinerary. However, the Cold Immortal Sect managed to find us. They knew the time of our departure and accurately calculated our location.
Lu Yin suddenly asked.
Xiaoqian hurriedly denied it. "No, it wasn't me. I didn't say anything."
"Also, after I arrived at Dragon Mountain, I went to the Hidden Dragon Lake, but I was challenged by the other White Dragon Branch disciples. Did you tell them?"
Lu Yin asked again.
Xiaoqian panicked. "No, I really didn't tell them that. With the strength of those subsidiary sects' disciples, they wouldn't be able to affect you. I really didn't say anything this time."
"So you were the one who told me about the itinerary to pay respects to the Ancestral Mang?"
Lu Yin sneered.
Xiao Qian trembled, her face pale.
Long Xi looked at Xiao Qian and asked, "How many times have you betrayed me?"
Xiao Qian was terrified and didn't dare to say anything.
"If you don't want to talk about it, does that mean you've done a lot?
If that's the case, then there's no reason for you to continue living. "
Xiao Qian hurriedly replied, "No, I didn't do much. It was just that Junior Ancestor Bai wanted to pursue the princess, so I told them about her itinerary.
"What else?"
Lu Yin barked. This woman was not afraid of death, so he just needed to scare her a little.
Xiao Qian was frightened by Lu Yin, and she blurted out, "And those subsidiary sects' disciples?
I-I told them about the itinerary of the White Dragon Branch disciples. "
Lu Yin understood. "No wonder all the White Dragon Branch disciples who wanted to marry Long Xi were killed. I was wondering how the Frigid Immortal Sect had the ability to search the entire Central Realm, as they couldn't have sealed off every single location. So you were the one who gave them the locations."
Xiao Qian lowered her head, and her heart continued to sink. The fear of death enveloped her, and she didn't dare to hide anything.
Long Xi closed her eyes. She had also wondered how the Frigid Immortal Sect had been able to find all the subsidiary sects' disciples. There had been at least a hundred of them, and they had come from all directions. The Frigid Immortal Sect couldn't possibly have so many people to seal off every single direction, but they had still managed to do it. So this was the reason.
She had harmed them.
"Princess, I've never hurt you. Please spare my life. Spare me," Xiao Qian begged.
Long Xi's eyes were filled with grief, and there was an intense killing intent in the depths of her eyes.
Lu Yin didn't doubt that she would kill Xiao Qian on the spot. He pressed a hand on her shoulder, and she looked at him in confusion.
Lu Yin walked past her and squatted down, looking at Xiao Qian at eye level. "Let me ask you, who is your father?"
Xiao Qian's body trembled, and her eyes flickered. This question was even more terrifying than Long Xi's, and she didn't dare to answer. She didn't even dare to look at Lu Yin.
Lu Yin had only asked out of curiosity. After all, he had heard from the person across from the Cloudvision Stone that Xiao Qian's father had gone to the Fifth Mainland to join the expedition, just like Elder Ni Huang.
However, Xiao Qian's behavior was too abnormal, especially when she faced him. She had a strange fear, or rather, an instinctive fear that was even more terrifying than when she faced Long Xi.
Even though he had caused a ruckus at Dragon Mountain under the alias of Long Qi and caused the White Dragon Clan to lose face, it wasn't enough to make Xiao Qian so terrified. His words had been threatening, but Xiao Qian's reaction didn't seem to be as simple as that.
"I'm asking you, who is your father?"
Lu Yin asked again.
Xiao Qian's voice trembled as she replied, "Elder … Elder Green Apricot."
Lu Yin was stunned. "Elder Green Apricot?"
Even Long Xi was curious. "You're the daughter of Elder Green Apricot from the Cold Immortal Sect?"
Xiao Qian nodded.
"You seem to be very afraid of admitting it," Lu Yin commented.
Xiao Qian panicked. "Father has helped Bai Shaohong force the princess many times. Many of the assassinations against the White Dragon Clan's branch disciples were done by him. He even contacted the Boundless Assassins." She paused and looked at Lu Yin. "Assassinate Long Qi, so I don't dare to say it."
Lu Yin stood up and looked at the limp Xiao Qian on the ground. He hadn't expected her to be Elder Green Apricot's daughter, and he hadn't expected someone as old as Elder Green Apricot to have a daughter.
Long Xi hadn't expected this either. "No wonder you betrayed the White Dragon Clan so easily. So you told your father. To be honest, this isn't betrayal, but rather theft."
Xiao Qian kept begging Long Xi to let her go.
Long Xi was about to attack, but Lu Yin suddenly said, "Wait."
Xiao Qian looked at Lu Yin hopefully.
Long Xi didn't understand. "You want to save her?"
Lu Yin replied, "Keeping her alive is more useful than killing her. We can use her to steal information from the Cold Immortal Sect and even use them."
"Then what about what she did in the past?"
Long Xi's tone turned cold. "Those branch disciples died because of her. Who's going to avenge them?"
"Princess, I can help you mislead the Cold Immortal Sect.
I can help you steal information from the Cold Immortal Sect, but please don't kill me. Please, Princess, "Xiao Qian begged.
Lu Yin replied, "I won't stop you from killing her, but think about the White Dragon Clan's situation. Using her is more valuable than killing her."
Long Xi lowered her head and looked at Xiao Qian, her eyes filled with anger, killing intent, and disappointment. "I thought that you were like me, but I was wrong." She then turned around and walked out of the courtyard.
Xiao Qian heaved a sigh of relief, but her eyes were filled with bitterness. After so many years, she had feelings for Long Xi as well, but their positions were different.
Lu Yin's voice rang out, "Being alive isn't necessarily better than being dead. If I can keep you alive, then I'm confident that I can control you." He then raised a hand and sent the Grim Reaper's Seal into Xiao Qian's body. Xiao Qian wasn't even an Enlighter, so the Grim Reaper's Seal didn't have much control over her. Some people would rather die than have their Astral Origin Cyclone destroyed, as losing one's cultivation was far more painful than dying.
However, to Xiao Qian, death was the most terrifying thing.
"I can kill you with a single thought. If you don't believe me, you can ask the Cold Immortal Sect for help. Of course, there's only one chance. If you try and fail, you'll die without a complete corpse."
Xiao Qian's body trembled. "I wouldn't dare try. Thank you, Long Xi. Thank you, son-in-law."
Lu Yin raised a brow; he hadn't heard the words "son-in-law" in a long time.
"Aside from the killing technique planted in your body, there's someone else I want you to meet. Part of the reason why you're still alive is because of him." He then took out Mount Supreme and released Elder Green Apricot.
When Elder Green Apricot came out, he looked at Lu Yin in confusion, not knowing what to do.
Lu Yin replied, "Don't say that I'm heartless. I'll protect your daughter for you, but whether or not she can atone for her crimes will depend on her own luck."
Elder Green Apricot was still confused. "Daughter?"
Xiao Qian, who was paralyzed on the ground, stared at Elder Green Apricot in a daze. Why was he here?
An indescribable feeling of having seen a ghost grew in Xiao Qian's mind. She would never have dreamed that Elder Green Apricot would be carried around by Lu Yin. Who would carry someone around with them?
Lu Yin pointed at Xiao Qian. "You don't even recognize your own daughter?"
Elder Green Apricot looked at Xiao Qian and frowned. "She looks familiar." Suddenly, he recalled something. "Aren't you Princess Long Xi's maid?"
Lu Yin's expression changed when he heard this, and he suddenly stared at Xiao Qian. He reached out and grabbed her hair, pulling her up. Xiao Qian's face paled, and her eyes filled with despair. She tried to struggle, but she couldn't break free.
Outside the courtyard, Long Xi walked in, not understanding why Lu Yin had suddenly attacked Xiao Qian.
"You dare trick me?" Lu Yin's tone was icy. He had never thought that he would be tricked by a nobody who could control his life and death at any time.
He had really thought that Xiao Qian was Elder Green Apricot's daughter, which was why he had protected her and kept her for his own use. He hadn't expected this woman to lie to him even before her death, and her lie had been almost perfect.
Ever since he had stepped onto the path of cultivation, Lu Yin had used all sorts of methods to stay alive. He had hidden, disguised, lied, and used all sorts of methods, but he had still fallen into the hands of a little girl who could be crushed to death at any time.
Elder Green Apricot couldn't figure out what was going on.
Long Xi stared at Xiao Qian. "You're lying even before your death. Either everything you said before was a lie, or you can't reveal your father's identity. Tell me, who is your father?"
Lu Yin tightened his grip on Xiao Qian's hair. "I need to know who your father is. Tell me."