Please Spare My Life, Disciple of the Demon Lord

Chapter 220 You Don’t Want to Do This

As the heavens and the earth shook, the rioting monsters received even stronger stimulation and became even more excited.

The disciples of Wenhe Academy were divided into different places; some went to the city, some went to the sea, and some were stationed at the border of the academy.

Jiang Tingwan, who was flying on the sword, had long forgotten that he was afraid of heights. He just wanted to find Shen Zhui as soon as possible and stop his next move.

It was with this leap that she saw a huge wave sweeping in from outside the academy, and the people stationed at the border were using talismans to consolidate the barrier and resist the impact.

There was a faint glimmer of light among the huge waves, as if something was coming towards the academy.

Amidst the chaos, Jiang Tingwan found a familiar figure on the trunk of the towering Wutong spirit tree.

At this moment, Shen Zhui was standing between the tree trunks. The dense branches and leaves obscured his figure. Unless someone was looking for him deliberately, the people passing by in the yard in a hurry would not be able to spot him at a glance.

I would never have thought that he would appear in Wutong Courtyard.

Jiang Tingwan fell behind him. Shen Zhui noticed the person behind him and turned around, still with a bit of joy of seeing him again in his eyes.

But this time, Jiang Tingwan was not so enthusiastic to greet him.

Seeing this, Shen Zhui understood everything, and his face looked lonely.

"You know everything," he said.

"understood."

"Why did you come alone?" Shen asked and got to the point.

Yes, why did she come here by herself? If she told the three sects what Shen Zhui was going to do next, or if she went to find Cang Shuzi first, she would definitely have a better chance of success than if she came alone.

Jiang Tingwan was stumped by this question and couldn't answer for a moment. Thinking back on his several encounters with Shen Zhui, he didn't seem like an ambitious person. Although he was a little hard to figure out at times, he didn't seem like a sinister and cunning bad guy either.

Jiang Tingwan thought about this question for a long time, but Shen Zhui became absent-minded after seeming to remember something because of her hesitation.

After a short silence, Shen Zhui spoke first, "Shen said that my feelings for you are only for me, not for anyone else, and naturally not for you. I don't even need to know who you are or what your name is, and you don't need to feel any burden because of it, and it doesn't need to affect your judgment of what I do. Shen is already in the dark, and it is only natural for you to do what is just and eliminate evil and defend justice."

After Shen Zhui finished speaking, Jiang Tingwan's face flickered slightly. She had never met a person as insightful yet complicated as Shen Zhui, and her heart trembled unconsciously.

"It has nothing to do with it."

She directly denied him, and her tone became heavier. "I am always slow to react to emotional matters. If someone hadn't explained it to me, I would never have known about it. But even if I knew, it wouldn't have had much of an impact on me."

She analyzed her inner thoughts frankly and also said that she would not look at Shen Zhui differently because of this. After all, she did not belong to this world, and the word "emotion" was so absurd.

Hearing her words and seeing her slightly cold attitude, Shen Zhui did not show any anger on his face. Instead, he smiled as if she was the type he admired.

Jiang Tingwan's voice continued, "The reason why I came here alone today may be because my subconscious is telling me that you don't want to do this either."

Hearing this, Shen Zhui was stunned unexpectedly, with a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes. He paused for a moment before asking, "Why do you think so, young lady?"

"Because in Cangnan City, that night when you found me on the street, you told me in person that you didn't want to become that kind of person." Jiang Tingwan looked at him and replied.

However, because of her words, Shen Zhui stared at her for a long time. His almost paranoid eyes wanted to see through the body in front of him and see the real her.

"That night, you told me the origin of the One-Eyed Silver Wolf. In your description, you admired and appreciated that immortal cultivator, but your eyes that night said that you were disappointed and helpless towards the person who turned him into an orc. Obviously, you would not have such emotions towards Wen Bumian. That person can only be someone you admired and believed in."

"If I'm not mistaken, that person is your master Yu Tianyi. He raised you personally. Although you are master and apprentice, you can be said to be as close as father and son. Therefore, you regarded his ambition as your own and were willing to give everything for it. But that night, because of the identity of the one-eyed silver wolf, you doubted it. So after Cangyu Sect and Wen Bumian reached a cooperation, you still chose to tell me the answer of the orcs."

"It was Sanyuan Sect and you who brought this news to Qinghuai City."

Jiang Tingwan's voice came word by word, like a sharp blade, piercing into Shen Zhui's heart, bringing a little pain.

Many expressions flashed across his eyes in an instant. After a long while, he looked at her and smiled, "It turns out that the girl has seen through Shen Zhui a long time ago."

His words sounded like an admission, and Jiang Tingwan's eyes lit up. She was about to say something else, but Shen Zhui's next words left her no room to continue.

"I have been in the Cangyu Sect since I can remember. My master taught me the art of taming beasts and the way of cultivation. When I was ten years old, I subdued a blue bird in the Jindan stage. It became my friend and accompanied me for more than ten years. However, because of this, it could only fly between heaven and earth for a few months."

Shen Zhui's expression gradually became dim, and his tone became low, as if he was recalling something.

"People only know that the Linglong Pearl of the Cangyu Sect is a treasure used to imprison strange beasts, but they don't know that if a spiritual beast is subdued, it doesn't need to be imprisoned at all."

"The reason why they are placed in the exquisite beads is that in this world, they are naturally opposed to humans. If mortals see strange beasts, they will regard them as aliens. Those who kill the monsters will either gain reputation or obtain spiritual treasures. This situation has been formed for a long time, so much so that when someone traced the question of whether monsters are born to cause trouble back to the beginning, it was no longer clear whether the monsters attacked humans first or humans killed the beasts first."

"But the disciples of Cang Yu Sect deeply understand one thing, that is, beasts are different from humans. Once they recognize their master, they will give all their loyalty, and even the master's own kind will give up the hostility to attack. But under the rule of the jungle, for those who need to gain something, wild and untamed monsters can still be feared, and spirit beasts that have lost their wildness and will not attack people become their best choice."

"So, from that moment on, I knew that although Bluebird had gained the recognition of the Cangyu Sect, it had lost its freedom forever."