Chapter 284 Selfishness and Hypocrisy
Sheng Yuhong felt guilty, believing that this matter was caused by him, so he blurted out:
"Of course I want to save Yun Qing, senior? Do you have any ideas?"

Wei Nanfeng did not give a direct answer, but sighed and said:

"The two most outstanding descendants of the Wei family have turned against each other because of you. Now one is imprisoned and the other has suffered damage to his foundation. As an elder of the clan, I am heartbroken."

Yunxi has become entangled with evil cultivators, and the Wei family will never plead for her. Since she has done something wrong, she should pay the price. The Wei family will not show any favoritism in how the sect deals with her.

Yun Qing is the most innocent in the whole affair. Her spiritual root is damaged and her golden core is shattered. It is estimated that she will be stuck at the Foundation Establishment stage from now on, which is not what the Wei family wants to see.

The Wei family has already lost one outstanding descendant; we cannot afford to lose another. Therefore, I must save Yun Qing no matter what, but I need Junior Nephew Sheng's help in this matter.”

Sheng Yuhong wasn't stupid. After listening to the other party's long preamble, he knew that the Wei family patriarch had a way to help Yun Qing, but the matter was difficult and required his help as the sect leader's first disciple.

"Senior, how can I help Yun Qing?"

Wei Nanfeng had been waiting for these words. He put down the spirit tea in his hand and said:

"Yunxi and Yunqing are half-sisters, you should know that, right?"

"I know."

"The sisters share the same origin, and Yunxi's golden core and spiritual root can merge with Yunqing's body."

Upon hearing this, Sheng Yuhong abruptly looked up at the Wei family patriarch and said:
"This is an evil practice; it must never be done."

Wei Nanfeng simply sighed softly and said:

"As long as Yunxi wants to make amends for her mistakes, this is not an evil technique."

If it weren't for the fact that Junior Nephew Sheng was wavering between the two sisters, unwilling to give up the benefits he had gained, yet also unwilling to reciprocate their feelings, things wouldn't have come to this point.

I am determined to save Wei Yunqing. Junior Nephew Sheng, please think it over carefully, and don't let Yunqing down again.

After saying this, he left behind a jade slip, took his leave, and departed.

As Sheng Yuhong watched the back of the Wei family patriarch, he felt a mix of emotions. There was one thing the other party was right about: he was actually very clear about his junior sister's feelings for him.

However, in order to easily obtain cultivation resources, he also enjoyed the sense of superiority of having the two sisters revolve around him, which is why he did not strongly refuse his junior sister. This is what caused this dispute, which not only injured Yun Qing, but also caused a fellow disciple of Haoran Sect to die under his junior sister's sword.

Sheng Yuhong picked up the jade slip left by the Wei family patriarch, probed it with his divine sense, and after reading its contents, his hand holding the jade slip turned a little white.

Inside was a matching formation that could help him extract his junior sister's golden core and spiritual root, and then transplant them into Yun Qing's body. If the operation was done properly, Yun Qing could be fully restored and would not have to abandon her path to immortality. His junior sister would only be unable to cultivate after her dantian was destroyed, but she would not lose her life. At this moment, he seemed to understand what he should do.

Sheng Yuhong knew very well that doing this was unfair to his junior sister. She did have to take responsibility for the mistakes she had made. The most severe punishment in the sect was to abolish her cultivation and expel her from the sect, rather than to extract her core and spiritual root.

However, Yun Qing's injury was caused by her junior sister, and the reason why her junior sister hurt Yun Qing was her own. It seems reasonable for her to use her soon-to-be-lost immortal path to help Yun Qing repair her injury.

Sheng Yuhong hesitated for a long time, but finally went to the place where his junior sister was imprisoned. He wanted to know the real reason why she had fallen into evil.

Although he was the sect leader's disciple, he still had to pass through layers of protection before he could see his junior sister, who was chained to the dungeon wall.

Sheng Yuhong couldn't see his junior sister's face clearly; her long hair completely covered it. Only her faint breathing proved that she was conscious. After a long while, he finally spoke with difficulty: "Junior sister, why did you do this?"

There was no response from the other party, so Sheng Yuhong continued to press:
"Junior sister, tell me what you're doing this for? Is it for me? But you should know that I have never had any romantic feelings for you. I only see you as my junior sister. The only person I love is Wei Yunqing."

At this moment, the person hanging in the stone cell finally stirred. She slowly raised her head, looked at Sheng Yuhong, and spoke in a hoarse voice:

"Hmph! You're such a hypocrite!"

Sheng Yuhong frowned deeply, unable to make out his junior sister's face.

"How could this be?"

"You should ask yourself that. You keep calling me junior sister, do you even remember my name?"

A hoarse voice interrupted his train of thought.

"Of course I remember, your name is Wei Yun."

He couldn't utter the last word, as if something was stopping him.

Sheng Yuhong was stunned on the spot.

"Speak! Why can't you say it? Am I really your junior sister? Do you really remember my name? Was it really me who injured Wei Yunqing? You only saw me attack Wei Yunqing, why don't you ask me why I attacked her? Did I really kill all those fellow disciples? And how did she explain it to you?"

One question after another was thrown at Sheng Yuhong, causing him to subconsciously take a step back. He finally realized that something was off, and he remembered that he didn't have a junior sister at all!

He once wanted his master to take that clever female cultivator as his junior sister, but she strongly resisted, and he ultimately missed the opportunity to become her senior brother.

"You are Wei Yunxi, but you are not my junior sister!"

Sheng Yuhong finally shouted loudly.

The woman's face finally became clear in the next instant: a pair of bright and beautiful almond-shaped eyes, dimples at the corners of her lips, and a cold look in her eyes when she looked at him, which instantly brought him back to his senses.

Wei Yunxi never liked him, nor would she fawn over him. Her cultivation was far superior to his, and he didn't like Wei Yunqing getting close to him either. He would never dig out Wei Yunxi's golden core or extract her spiritual root for her sake, because he simply couldn't do it.

Sheng Yuhong suddenly remembered that he had come to explore the new secret realm, while Yun Xi should be in seclusion at Lingxue Peak and would not be here at all.

Just as he realized this, everything in front of him began to blur. The next moment, Sheng Yuhong suddenly opened his eyes and found himself trapped in a cocoon, and the other person in the cocoon was Wei Yunqing.

Because he saw through the illusion, and Wei Yunqing on the other side also showed signs of waking up, he cursed his bad luck in the dark, then used his natal sword to cut the silk threads binding him and successfully left the cocoon. Wei Yunqing also fell down with him.

Sheng Yuhong glanced coldly at Wei Yunqing, a fierce glint flashing in his eyes. The illusion he had seen earlier must have been woven from their memories, and it even reflected their truest thoughts. For the first time, he realized that he was also selfish and hypocritical.

He now finally realized why he was so eager for his master to accept Wei Yunxi as his disciple, so that she would be his rightful junior sister.

When they cultivate together, go out to train, and explore secret realms, they will definitely act together. If Wei Yunxi is really as lucky as in the illusion, then he will definitely benefit from it. Perhaps this is why he looks at Wei Yunxi differently.

Subconsciously, he sensed Wei Yunxi's special qualities, which is why he subconsciously moved closer to her and even distanced himself from Wei Yunqing, who had feelings for him.


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