Chapter 165: Betrayal and Truth

At that point, his younger brother Li Changyu proposed a plan and that’s to temporarily switch identities.

Li Changyu would take Li Changshou’s place and go to the Lingguang Sect.

After Li Changshou finished taking care of their mother, they would quietly switch back without anyone noticing.

Originally, Li hangshou had planned to return to the Lingguang Sect the very next day.

He hadn’t expected that the matter would still be exposed.

After finishing his explanation, Li Changshou kowtowed to Dan Zhu. "Second Elder, please, this matter has nothing to do with anyone else. It has nothing to do with my younger brother either, it was entirely my own decision. I beg you, Second Elder, please spare my younger brother."

Ye Shiyuan’s expression turned grave and even Dan Zhu didn’t know what to say.

Since they couldn’t bring themselves to speak the truth, Bai He would do it instead.

He would take on the role of the bad guy.

"Li Changshou, when we discovered that your brother wasn’t you, it was actually because... your brother was assassinated."

Li Changshou’s eyes widened in shock.

He clearly could not accept this fact.

"Little Elder Bai He, you’re not lying to me, are you? How could that be... In the Lingguang Sect, near Yaoxing Peak—how could my brother possibly have been assassinated?"

It did seem impossible, but it was the truth.

Ye Shiyuan stepped forward. "Changshou, it’s true. After I returned to the Lingguang Sect, I went to find you. I only noticed that your personality had changed somewhat, and I didn’t realize your brother wasn’t you. Not long after I left, your brother was assassinated."

No matter how Li Changshou thought about it, he could never have imagined that his brother would die because of this.

"Second Elder, what about the killer? Have you found them?"

The Second Elder shook his head. "No. Li Changshou, you know very well what you’ve done. Violating the sect rules is an unforgivable crime. You are the Sect Leader’s disciple, so this matter should be decided by him. Go back and explain everything to your mother. In half an hour, return here and come back to the Lingguang Sect."

Dan Zhu had already shown the utmost leniency.

Li Changshou was not an ungrateful person; he slowly stood up and his face filled with grief and confusion.

"Yes, Second Elder."

With half an hour to wait, Bai He had no choice but to remain there.

"If that’s the case... Second Senior Brother, there are many people who could have killed Li Changyu. We’ll have to broaden the scope."

After all, Li Changyu was not a cultivator.

"Let’s return first and see how Senior Brother decides," Dan Zhu said, then suddenly realized something. "Where is Ye Shiyuan?"

That’s right, where had Ye Shiyuan gone?

He had just been here a moment ago.

"Host, the protagonist left just now, he went to find Changshou," the Mo Zhu told Bai He.

Bai He didn’t know what Ye Shiyuan wanted with Li Changshou.

"Second Senior Brother, you wait here alone. I promise I’ll be back in half an hour."

"What are you going to do?"

"I saw a very beautiful jade, I’m going to buy it."

Bai He ran off quickly, not giving Dan Zhu any chance to ask further questions.

Of course, he wasn’t going to buy any hairpin at all, he was going to find Ye Shiyuan.

For him to suddenly leave like that, something must have happened that Bai He didn’t know about.

Not long after Lo Changshou entered the house, Ye Shiyuan followed him inside.

And just in time, he saw Changshou preparing to leave with a woman.

Li Changshou froze for a moment. "Shiyuan, you..."

"Why?" Ye Shiyuan frowned, his voice carrying confusion.

"Shiyuan, just pretend you didn’t see anything. Spare me this once."

Ye Shiyuan did not step aside.

The pain on his face was evident, he could not believe that his friend had become like this.

He had thought that although Li Changshou wasn’t favored and his cultivation wasn’t top-tier, he was still someone in the Lingguang Sect who could sincerely make friends.

"Changshou, look at the woman beside you... She’s not human."

Ye Shiyuan might not have noticed at first, but now that they were face to face, he could no longer ignore it.

The woman beside Li Changshou was actually a demon.

If he remembered correctly, she should be a demon from the Demon Cave.

"Shiyuan, I know! But I have no choice. You’ve never truly loved someone, you don’t understand that feeling! For her, I can give up everything. I don’t want my identity as a Lingguang Sect disciple anymore. Just treat me as if I’m dead, alright?"

Ye Shiyuan tried to hold himself back, but he still couldn’t resist drawing his sword and pointing it at Li Changshou. "So you let your younger brother die in your place? You killed your own brother? That day, when I first saw you, it was really you, but later, when I went to your residence, it wasn’t you anymore. Was it?"

Ye Shiyuan recalled all the details from that time, realizing how he had failed to notice anything.

Truth and falsehood, who could really tell them apart?

It was only just now, back at the pavilion, that Ye Shiyuan remembered that he had indeed seen Li Changshou that night.

But the one who died was truly not Li Changshou.

"My brother... he was always jealous of me, jealous that I could cultivate. So I let him take my place."

"But you were afraid he would be exposed, so you killed him to eliminate future trouble?"

Li Changshou gave a bitter smile. "It wasn’t just me. He also wanted to kill me and completely replace me. We were simply trying to kill each other. Shiyuan, for the sake of our years of friendship, spare me this once. Let us go."

"You’re not allowed to leave."

At the doorway, Bai He stepped in, his expression cold.

"Little Elder Bai He?"

"Master?"