Hei Cheng sneered, "Then go ahead and do it. To tell you the truth, Su Xian'er is a pawn of your Great Snowy Mountain. Decades ago, you deliberately set a trap for me to walk into, so she could get close to me and infiltrate the upper echelons of the Hei clan. The so-called Su Xian'er's Night Escape was nothing but a scheme. Soon after, the Su clan was wiped out. Do you think it was my Hei clan's doing? Hmph! It was your Great Snowy Mountain cleaning up the traces for Su Xian'er!"
"What? This... how could I not know this?" Hearing this shocking news, Xue Song Zi found it hard to believe.
"What do you know? You're just the master of the seventh branch peak. The upper echelons of Great Snowy Mountain have always only had three leaders. I know you don't believe me, but I have solid evidence in my hands." Hei Cheng took out an Eastern Window Gu and tossed it to Xue Song Zi.
Xue Song Zi caught the Eastern Window Gu, infused his divine sense into it to inspect, and after a moment, cold sweat beaded on his forehead.
Hei Cheng raised his head to the sky, let out a long sigh, and a look of desolation appeared in his eyes: "Back then, I was recognized as a Gu Immortal seedling, but I was young and ignorant, and I fell into their calculations. Su Xian'er's Night Escape, heh, Su Xian'er's Night Escape was merely a meticulously crafted scheme of mutual infiltration and conflict between the righteous and demonic paths."
"I married Su Xian'er, and we had Lou Lan. I genuinely thought our days would be happy like this forever. Then one day, a Gu Immortal suddenly appeared before me and threw me ironclad evidence. What you have seen is just a fragment of that evidence."
"How can this be? How can this be?" Xue Song Zi muttered to himself.
With this evidence, everything was turned upside down.
Even if Hei Cheng used the Yin-Yang Life Extension method to scheme against his beloved wife, it would be seen as a righteous act of placing justice above family loyalty, because the righteous and demonic paths are irreconcilable. It would absolutely not invite criticism. On the contrary, everyone would praise him.
"You set me up! You actually set me up!!" Xue Song Zi pointed at Hei Cheng, extremely furious.
He had thought he was always in the dominant position, holding Hei Cheng's leverage, but never expected to be framed by Hei Cheng instead.
Xue Song Zi foolishly followed Hei Cheng, hunting Hei Lou Lan, and fought fiercely with Fairy Li Shan and others, putting himself in a precarious situation. Hei Lou Lan, Fairy Li Shan, and the forces of the ancient Central Continent sects became a lingering shadow in Xue Song Zi's heart.
Hei Cheng composed himself and turned his gaze back to Xue Song Zi: "And now, I have obtained new evidence. Remember what Hei Lou Lan called Fairy Li Shan when she was undergoing her tribulation? Fairy Li Shan and Su Xian'er are most likely blood-related. I have Su Xian'er's blood, and I also have Hei Lou Lan's blood. When I confront Great Snowy Mountain in the future, this will be another solid piece of evidence."
Xue Song Zi took a few deep breaths, forcing himself to calm down: "Good one, Hei Cheng. Truly extraordinary. I only extorted a few dozen immortal essence stones from you in total, and you've already dragged me into the water and made me jump into the pit. Fine, I have to admit, even if you attacked Hei Lou Lan, scheming in every way to capture her, you could dismiss it as a father disciplining his child, hoping for her to return to the right path. As long as you never use the Yin-Yang Life Extension method on Hei Lou Lan, I will never have real leverage over you! But your schemes end here. You are weak and isolated, and your opponents have joined forces with the Central Continent powers. Heh, Hei Lou Lan has already become a Strength Path Apex Immortal. It will be even harder for you to capture her."
Hei Cheng fell silent.
The more Xue Song Zi spoke, the sharper his thoughts became: "My position is precarious, but your days won't be easy either. You harmed Su Xian'er, Hei Lou Lan's desire for revenge is etched into her bones, and the Central Continent forces might come looking for trouble with you too!"
"So, the two of you are already tied together. Only by cooperating with my side do you have any hope of victory." A female voice suddenly interrupted the conversation between Xue Song Zi and Hei Cheng.
"Who goes there?!" Xue Song Zi was greatly startled.
A graceful figure gradually materialized. It was a female Gu Immortal, dressed in a purple robe, charming and alluring. A tempting, faint smile adorned her beautiful face.
Xue Song Zi was not an ignorant person. Stunned for a moment, he recognized her: "So it's Fairy Jiang Yu."
He immediately turned his gaze to Hei Cheng.
All Gu Immortals on the North Plains knew that Fairy Jiang Yu was Hei Cheng's twenty-seventh concubine. She was also a Dark Path Gu Immortal, possessing the Immortal Gu Dark Passage, which could conceal spiritual mechanisms and interfere with deductions.
The reason Hei Lou Lan was able to hold on for so long without self-destructing due to her Strength Extreme Physical Body was also because Fairy Jiang Yu had acted, using the Immortal Gu Dark Passage to conceal and seal the aura of the Ten Extreme Physique, preventing a reaction from heaven and earth.
Unexpectedly, when Hei Cheng saw Fairy Jiang Yu, his attitude was extremely cold. He snorted: "You came after all."
"Many years ago, when I first brought you the evidence of Su Xian'er's Night Escape, I said one thing — I will appear when I am needed." A mysterious smile appeared on Fairy Jiang Yu's face. "What do you think? I told you before, relying on yourself to capture Hei Lou Lan is impossible; it will only make a bigger mess. Only by cooperating with my side do you have any hope."
Xue Song Zi looked at Hei Cheng, then at Jiang Yu, his gaze shifting between the two.
The attitude of the conversation between Hei Cheng and Jiang Yu secretly shocked him. Fairy Jiang Yu's identity was very extraordinary, seeming to be a representative of some mysterious force. Hei Cheng was only able to see through the deception of Su Xian'er's Night Escape thanks to Fairy Jiang Yu's warning.
Hei Cheng lowered his eyelids. The fact that Fairy Jiang Yu could approach so close to him without being detected deepened his wariness of her.
Although Fairy Jiang Yu appeared on the surface to be a wandering cultivator of the North Plains and Hei Cheng's beloved concubine, in reality, she had always been shrouded in a mysterious fog.
Hei Cheng fell into deep thought.
He was not afraid of Fang Yuan's Myriad Self Army; in fact, he had a hint of disdain for it in his heart. Although he had no means to directly confront the Myriad Self Army, battles between Gu Immortals required an all-around competition. Just from the fact that the Myriad Self Army could not catch up to Hei Cheng, it was clear that the Myriad Self Army posed no great threat to him.
In the previous battle, if Hei Lou Lan's side had not taken the initiative to retreat, once the Strength Path projections dissipated, Hei Cheng would undoubtedly have gained the upper hand, even potentially securing the victory.