The fortune telling was so accurate that I accidentally accumulated a huge amount of merit!

Chapter 858 is disgusting!!!

Yunran warily stared at the pair of eyes filled with hatred towards her, forming a hand seal with one hand and holding a feather fan in the other, while simultaneously attacking the pair of red eyes.

But the result was not what Yunran had expected.

Rong Gu's red eyes clearly still carried a hint of self-reflection and consciousness.

Not only did it dodge Yunran's attack, but seeing that the situation was unfavorable, it immediately turned around and ran away.

In the blink of an eye, they disappeared without a trace.

Yunran: ...

These are truly Rong Gu's eyes; they are incomparable to those other red eyes that have long since lost their self-awareness.

Yunran did not chase after her, but turned her head to look at Rong Gu lying on the ground not far away.

Upon closer inspection, Rong Gu's chest was still rising and falling slightly; she was still alive!

"Why do you hate me so much? We've fought a few times, but it's never come to the point of being irreconcilable."

Rong Gu, who was already at her limit, scoffed.

"You killed my elder brother, made those people target me, killed my Azure Dragon, ruined my plans time and time again, and corrupted my Dao heart. Now you have the nerve to say that it hasn't reached the point of no return?"

Although the sound was very faint, it did not prevent Yunran from hearing it clearly.

Yun Ran paused at Rong Gu's words. Although she hadn't deliberately provoked or targeted Rong Gu, those things were still fresh in her mind.

However, from Rong Gu's perspective and considering the consequences, it seems reasonable for Rong Gu to hate her.

Yun Ran promptly shut up. It was one thing for her to have a sharp tongue, but it was quite another to deliberately rub salt into other people's wounds.

At least for now, there's no point in her saying anything sarcastic, so she should just watch her words.

Regardless of Yun Ran's reaction, Rong Gu continued to vent her hatred and dissatisfaction.

She clearly sensed that she had been trapped inside the Demon-Sealing Tower, and there was no longer any chance of her escaping alive.

It just so happens that Yunran, the person she hates and is most jealous of, is by her side, so it's good that she can have a good rant.

"I was born into a family in the mountains who favored sons over daughters. We lived a precarious life, and every day when I opened my eyes, I was hungry and constantly being beaten."

If I were an ordinary person with mediocre talent and a stupid mind, perhaps my life would have just passed by like this.

But ever since I can remember, I've known that I'm different from others. I remember clearly all the harsh words others have said to me and the evil things they've done to me.

Do you know how painful it is for a child to have such a good memory, especially to remember those hardships so clearly?

Perhaps it was Heaven that took pity on my talent and couldn't bear to see my potential go to waste, because I actually found an ancient book.

I can easily understand and learn things that others can't even comprehend.

I endured unimaginable hardships to leave the mountains and be revered by people.

But you ruined everything I had, even though my abilities were no less than yours.

But because you are luckier than me, and you have a sect to back you up, you can easily become a rising star in the Xuanmen (Taoist sect).

The people from the Special Administration Bureau were very polite to you, and even those big shots from the mystical sects were all very friendly to you.

But what about me? I was forced into this situation, used by others, and even thought you had lost your most important support, ending up like this. Why should I be treated like this? Hearing Rong Gu's voice, which was filled with tears, if it were someone with a soft heart or a weak will, they might really feel sorry for Rong Gu.

They even felt sorry that Rong Gu, with such good talent, had taken the wrong path because of a different starting point and ended up with such a miserable fate.

Yun Ran calmly replied, "There's no reason why you've ended up this way; it's simply because you made different choices."

Some people are talented, come from good families, and even possess many things that others don't have, yet they still end up becoming heretical cultivators.

Some people have average talent, poor background, and are bullied by many people, yet they become the backbone of the Xuanmen (Taoist sect), hating evil as if it were their enemy.

Therefore, one's aptitude and social standing are not the only factors that determine the course of one's life.

You say I'm ruthless because I've repeatedly ruined your plans and affected your life.

But have you forgotten that no one forced you to refine those things back then? At that time, I hadn't even fought with you yet.

Many of the Xuanmen people you killed were like you – born into poverty, with limited resources, yet striving to climb the social ladder.

Don't they feel wronged? Don't they hate you? You've destroyed not only their lives, but also their beliefs.

They were determined to eliminate evil and uphold justice, but their souls were imprisoned by you, causing them to be tainted with sins and depriving them of even the chance to reincarnate.

If it weren't for my own merits, which I used to help them, forcibly opening the gates to the ghost realm and sending them there to be punished, in exchange for their chance to be reincarnated.

You've probably long forgotten that someone was once deprived of everything by you simply because they were weaker than you.

That doesn't make sense. When you're better than others, everything you do is reasonable, and other people's feelings don't matter.

And when you can't compare to others, you cry out that everything you suffer is unfair, justifying your resentment.

Yun Ran's words were like a sharp sword, piercing directly through Rong Gu's resentment and grievances.

Having her facade of defending herself stripped away, Rong Gu was so angry she could hardly breathe.

He completely lost the strength to fight against the fog.

Rong Gu's body instantly turned into dust in front of Yun Ran.

It blended into the surrounding mist, becoming one of its nutrients.

Yunran: ...

Good heavens, how does this fog devour those trapped within it? It's disgusting!
Yunran immediately took out her shawl and wrapped it around her head, leaving only her eyes out to look around.

The fact that Rong Gu ended up like this was already foreshadowed when she forcibly sealed the irrational and violent ice dragon within her spiritual platform.

This kind of madness, driven by a desire for mutual destruction, is itself an act of destruction.

Especially now that the Ice Dragon has been taken away by Yun Ran, Rong Gu's hatred and jealousy have been amplified infinitely.

Even the most capable person, under such circumstances, cannot withstand such depletion of their vital essence.

Yunran walked to the place where Rong Gu had disappeared. There wasn't even a single bone left here, which seemed quite different from the other places she had seen before.

But Yunran didn't take it too seriously. The fact that the bones of those creatures could be found elsewhere might mean that they weren't swallowed up by the mist.

(End of this chapter)