Chapter 22: Traitors of the Southern Frontier

Chapter 22: Traitors of the Southern Frontier

Everyone was horrified.

The atmosphere suddenly became strange.

Mencius's parents were deathly pale, as if they had been painted with multiple layers of white paint.

At this moment, the image on the recording stone paused for a long time before Meng Siyu's figure reappeared. What was alarming was that his expression was extremely crazed, and his eyes were filled with gloom.

"Why isn't my mother pregnant?!"

"Is it really that difficult for Foundation Establishment cultivators to have children?!"

"It must be because you haven't tried hard enough!"

"You keep saying you'll cure my illness!"

In the end, I still have nothing!

"It's all your fault, it's all your fault!"

"If you hadn't given birth to me, I wouldn't be like this!"

Meng Siyu's voice grew increasingly frantic, his eyes bloodshot, like a wild beast that had lost its mind.

The light from the photo stone went out.

All eyes turned to Meng Siyu, shocked and feeling a chill run down their spines.

Could the other person have murderous tendencies?!

The thought that their everyday greetings to each other might have been a brush with death filled them with dread.

The several sycophantic male cultivators were jolted awake as if struck by a thunderbolt. They realized that deceiving their feelings and spirit stones was acceptable, but they couldn't deceive them with their lives!

“You’re not Xiaoyu, our Xiaoyu isn’t like this!” Meng’s mother suddenly let go of his hand, staggered to her feet, and looked at Meng Siyu as if he were a stranger.

Meng's father quietly let go of his hand, and although he didn't say a word, his face was full of suspicion.

Seeing the changes in his parents' expressions, Meng Siyu felt a chill in his heart. He had anticipated this outcome after the memory stone was released.

But thinking of his parents' usual pampering and doting, he still harbored unrealistic fantasies.

Now, his illusions have been ruthlessly shattered!

Meng Siyu suddenly felt breathless, her face turned red, and she pounded her chest with her hands, trying to get her breathing easier.

In the past, at this time, Meng's parents would have rushed to his side with heartache.

And now, they remain motionless.

The photo stone was a huge blow to them, as if someone had told them that Xiaoyu was not their biological son and that they had raised someone else's child for decades for nothing.

As Kui Houming watched this scene, he slowly closed his eyes, feeling the turbulent waves in his heart, yet his thoughts were calmer than ever before.

Some things are not worth remembering.

Break free from the shackles of your mind!

Kui Houming's aura began to rise continuously, and spiritual energy from all directions surged in, forming a huge vortex in mid-air.

Kui Houming suddenly opened his eyes, and in a flash, he arrived at the center of the vortex, where spiritual energy rushed into his body.

Lou Yuqing looked up blankly: "What is this?"

Gu Bugai succinctly stated, "Breakthrough."

Si Nidie clapped her hands: "Well done, Captain Wei!"

Elder Kui Tu's face lit up with delight: "He truly is my disciple."

This trip not only resolved his inner conflict but also allowed him to break through his cultivation level—it couldn't be better. Ming'er has been accumulating strength over the years, and breaking through his bottleneck is practically a certainty.

"boom!"

A muffled thud came from the air.

The vortex of spiritual energy slowly dissipated, and a glint flashed in Wei Houming's eyes, revealing that he had already advanced to the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm!

Everyone was stunned. He broke through just like that?

"When I broke through to the Foundation Establishment stage, I took Foundation Establishment Pills, set up a Spirit Gathering Array, and even had someone protect me, but I still failed," someone said absentmindedly.

A passerby comforted him, saying, "Brother, you're not alone. Think positively. There are always geniuses in this world. This person must be a genius at cultivating immortality."

Lou Yuqing watched as Captain Wei landed on the ground, feeling overjoyed. His fate had changed, and he would no longer suffer the tragic ending shown by the system.

"Cough cough cough!"

When Meng Siyu saw Wei Houming break through, he felt resentful. The emotional turmoil made it even harder for him to breathe, and he coughed incessantly.

Mencius' parents ignored this and instead looked at Wei Houming with eyes full of guilt.

Kui Houming turned his head away and looked at Elder Kui Tu: "Master."

Meng Siyu's illness flared up very violently, and it would be troublesome if he suddenly died here.

Kui Tuchang understood his unspoken meaning and said helplessly, "Alright, alright, I'll grant your request this once."

Having said that, he made a hand seal and sent a powerful burst of spiritual energy into Meng Siyu.

Meng Siyu instantly felt much better, but Wei Houming's next words made him panic.

“As you know, I didn’t do this to save him. When the demonic calamity struck, the city where the Meng family lived was destroyed overnight, and at that time some people suspected that there was a traitor.”

With the calmness unique to the Enforcement Hall during trials, Wei Houming said, "It's a pity we haven't been able to catch this person. Now that it's been confirmed that Meng Siyu is suspected of colluding with demonic cultivators, we must pry the truth out of him before he dies."

Once the matter is confirmed to be true, whether Meng Siyu committed the crime alone or in a group with others, he will receive the punishment he deserves.

Elder Kui Tu nodded and said, "That's right."

He went to the city to provide support years ago and found Ming'er on the way, but by the time he arrived, the city was already a river of blood and there was not a single living person to be found.

Looking back now, the Meng family was able to evacuate safely probably because of Meng Siyu's warning.

The burly man with thick eyebrows said, "Senior, the matter of the demonic cultivator is no small matter. I have just informed the city lord, and he will be here soon."

Elder Kui Tu said with a half-smile, "Alright."

He knew exactly what the other party was thinking. They were afraid that he would take Meng Siyu away without permission, which would be difficult to explain to the city lord, since this matter was a great achievement.

The burly man with thick eyebrows felt a chill run down his spine and silently looked away. He knew he couldn't hide it from this senior, but he had to say it, or he would be in big trouble. Fortunately, the senior wasn't an unreasonable person.

It’s over…

Meng Siyu collapsed to the ground, her eyes lifeless.

He desperately wanted to faint, but the spiritual energy Elder Kui Tu had given him was so powerful that no matter what tricks he used, he was stabilized.

In his ears, he heard Meng's father's angry rebuke: "How could I have given birth to such a vicious son? At such a young age, you already know how to scheme against your parents and brothers. How can you face us!"

Mencius' mother then pleaded with Kui Houming, "My child, I was wrong. How could I have believed this heartless wretch? Could you... could you give me another chance to correct my mistake?"

Meng Siyu gave a mocking smirk.

He didn't realize that they were saying this because Wei Houming was ignoring them, and he was trying to please them by belittling himself!

He also wanted to know if Wei Houming would fall for it.

Meng Siyu rolled his eyes and looked at Wei Houming. To his disappointment, Wei Houming stared at him expressionlessly, showing no emotion whatsoever.

"Hehehe..."

It seems that it's no longer working.

Meng Siyu thought maliciously.

Father, Mother, I can't escape it.

You can forget about severing ties.

"I'm going to report them! They're all insiders!" The sudden strength made Meng Siyu straighten up; he really couldn't wait to see his parents' reaction.

Sure enough, upon hearing his words, Meng's parents showed expressions of horror and hurriedly denied it, saying, "Don't try to frame us! We knew nothing about it. There's a record on that photo stone; it was all your doing!"

Meng Siyu smiled dismissively.

If yellow mud falls into a ditch, it's still considered excrement, even if it's not.

How many people would believe their claims?

Mencius' parents looked around in a panic, and as expected, everyone cast hostile glances at them. They were immediately filled with despair.

They really didn't do it!

Kui Houming said calmly, "After the interrogation, we'll know whether we did it or not."

Mencius' mother secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

“Fellow Daoist, this man is a traitor from my Southern Frontier. I’m afraid you can’t take him away.” A young man dressed in a distinctly different style suddenly spoke up from the crowd.

When Mencius' mother saw this man, her pupils suddenly contracted.