Zongwu: People on Peach Blossom Island rely on their understanding to become immortals

He seemed a little hesitant, as if he had some concerns deep in his heart.

"What exactly are you hiding?" Xu Zhu asked coldly, pressing step by step.

Yue Lao San finally lowered his head and said in a low voice: "I heard that Ye Er Niang had contact with some dark forces in the world.

But I have no way of knowing who they were.

After she left, she never showed up again."

Xu Zhu's heart was full of pain and struggle.

Every word pierced his heart like a knife.

He stood there, feeling heavier.

It seemed that the whole world was about to collapse, and everything in front of him became strange and suffocating in an instant.

Nian Ci looked at Xu Zhu's painful expression and felt the guilt in his heart surge like a tide.

He slowly approached and stretched out his hand to touch Xu Zhu's shoulder, but finally stopped hesitantly.

At this moment, the wound in Xu Zhu's heart could not be easily healed by his apology alone.

"Xu Zhu..." he called softly, with an imperceptible pleading in his eyes.

Xu Zhu turned his head, his eyes dim and deep.

His voice was low, "Nian Ci, how do you let me face all this?

You knew the temple rules that I relied on back then.

But you destroyed it, causing me to lose my loved ones.

I can't stand all this."

"I..."

Nian Ci's eyes were filled with tears, but his eyes were still firm, "I know that my behavior is unforgivable.

At that time, I was blinded by my own emotions.

Every step I took was so selfish, and it was not until now that I realized that I was hurting not only you, but also myself."

Xu Zhu's heartbeat accelerated, and the pain in his chest became more intense.

The accumulation and backlog of many years seemed to surge like a torrent at this moment.

He took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and slowly put down the sword in his hand.

"So, are you willing to admit all this?

Can you bear the price of this pain?"

Xu Zhu asked, his eyes empty, as if he was asking himself and Nian Ci.

"I... I am willing to bear it."

Nianci's voice was full of determination, "I don't ask for your forgiveness, I just hope to make up for the past mistakes."

Xu Zhu was silent for a moment, his eyes passed through Nianci's eyes.

Then he looked at Yue Lao San who was not far away.

Finally he spoke slowly: "Then my mother... I need an answer to her matter."

Yue Lao San's face was still solemn.

He stood straight, as if everything was out of his control, "Xu Zhu, I do know part of Ye Erniang's matter.

She and Nianci had been in contact for some time.

Even after that, it seems that she came into contact with some mysterious forces in the world.

But I don't know the truth of this."

Xu Zhu's clenched fists trembled slightly.

He stared at Yue Lao San's eyes, took a deep breath, and slowly asked: "Power in the Jianghu?

Which power? What do you know?"

Yue Lao San hesitated, his face became more nervous, "This... I can only say that Ye Er Niang had contact with some dark forces.

But I have no way of knowing her specific identity.

She has never appeared since she left."

Xu Zhu's eyes became sharper.

He took a step closer to Yue Lao San and whispered: "What are you hiding? Is there a bigger secret?"

Yue Lao San seemed more and more uneasy.

His eyes wandered around, and it was obvious that there was an unspeakable fear in his heart.

"Xu Zhu, at this point, do you really want to know?

Some things, once revealed, you may never be able to turn back."

"Everything I want to know." Xu Zhu's words were sonorous and powerful, with an uncompromising determination.

Yue Lao San took a deep breath, and seemed to have made up his mind. He finally spoke: "You should know that although Ye Er Niang had a close relationship with Nian Ci, what she was involved in was far beyond our imagination.

Her affairs with the Jianghu even involved a taboo forgotten by the Jianghu."

"Taboo?"

Xu Zhu was startled and frowned, obviously hearing an unusual word.

Yue Lao San nodded and whispered: "Yes, this taboo, even the most secretive forces in the Jianghu dare not touch it easily.

Ye Er Niang and your father are together, I'm afraid it's not a simple accident."

Xu Zhu's thoughts were instantly in a mess, and he felt a chill spreading from his spine.

This world is so complicated that it seems that there are unknown secrets behind every layer.

Thinking of this, he suddenly felt like he was trapped in a bottomless vortex, and he couldn't see the end at all.

At this moment, a sudden burst of hurried footsteps broke the tense atmosphere.

Xu Zhu turned his head suddenly and saw a figure walking towards them quickly..

"Xu Zhu!" The voice was a little anxious.

Xu Zhu looked up and saw that it was his senior brother from Shaolin Temple, named Haoran.

He looked anxious, and it was obvious that he had important news.

"What's the matter?" Xu Zhu asked, with a somewhat anxious tone.

Haoran stopped and panted, saying, "Xu Zhu, things have changed.

Abbot Nian Ci asked us to use sticks on him."

Ye Er Niang, who was standing next to her, heard that Nian Ci was going to use sticks on her.

She was in great pain for a moment.

No.

How could this be.

She became a villain just to conceal Nian Ci's identity.

Why did Nian Ci have to use sticks on her just because she had a child with her.

This is not fair at all.

"No, you can't hit me."

Lin Changfeng, who was standing next to her, was not in a good mood when he heard Ye Er Niang's heartbreaking cry.

In his opinion, this was completely a self-humiliation.

Nianci has actually decided to follow the rules of Shaolin Temple.

That means there is no room for redemption.

Now Ye Erniang can only watch Nianci being beaten with sticks.

The people from Shaolin Temple standing nearby also had no way to watch their abbot being beaten.

"But, Abbot Nianci, have you really thought it through?"

Haoran asked eagerly, with a tremor in his voice, "This is your own decision.

Once it is carried out, the consequences will be irreversible."

Abbot Nianci showed a firm look on his face.

He nodded slowly, "I have thought it over carefully. This is my responsibility and the consequences I must bear."

Ye Erniang became more emotional when she heard this.

She could not accept such a result, tears welled up in her eyes, "Nianci, you can't do this!

Everything I did was to protect you!"

Xu Zhu stood aside, feeling mixed emotions.

He looked at Ye Erniang, then at Nianci, with doubts and pain intertwined in his heart.

As Nianci slowly knelt in the center of the torture hall.

A solemn and dignified atmosphere enveloped the entire Shaolin Temple.

The monks had complicated expressions, with both respect for the rules and concerns for the abbot.

In the torture hall, you could hear a pin drop, and only Ye Erniang's heart-wrenching cry echoed.

"Nianci! I beg you, don't do this!"