"I want to know this, how are you and Shi Yun related?"

A peculiar glint flashed across Gu Ruoyun's clear and cold eyes. Her features remained calm as she asked the question.

"You want to know?" The man burst into a cold, haughty laugh, "On what basis should this Holy One tell you?"

"On the basis of..." Gu Ruoyun paused and raised her gaze towards the man who was standing in front of her before she continued on steadily, "On the basis of the fact that you will definitely not let me leave! Since that's the case, why don't you let me die knowing the truth."

"Hahaha!"

The man laughed maniacally and his laughter shook the entire cave.

"You're absolutely right, this Holy One will never let you escape."

The man looked down at the woman before him and the corners of his lips curled into a cold smile as he thought, This little girl is certainly intelligent. She knows that I won't possibly let her leave! That's very true, it's her fault that she had turned out to be that person! Be it Qianbei Ye or her, they will both die by my hand!

Except this little girl does not seem to know who I am...

"I can tell you this much. Shi Yun was simply a useless good-for-nothing. It was an epic waste of my time to painstakingly mold her into shape!" At the very mention of this, the man's voice turned incomparably eerie and became filled with thick, murderous intent, "If it wasn't for the fact that I'm temporarily unable to leave this place, there would have been no need for me to use my own blood, essence, and bones to create another human being and forcibly send her into the womb of the Weapon Refining Sect Master's wife."

This means that the Weapon Refining Sect Master's wife was originally only pregnant with one daughter. However, because of this man's machinations, Shi Yun was born as well!

Gu Ruoyun was shocked. How much power would one need to have to mold another human out of their flesh and blood and to give it a soul?

This man, just who is he?

"Who would have thought that that idiot would think that Qianbei Ye was her lover in her past life."

The man sneered scornfully and the ridicule in his words was extremely obvious.

A lover from a past life?

How could a person who doesn't even have a past life find a lover from a past life?

That idiot had actually thought that Qianbei Ye was her lover from her past life simply because she had seen him in her dreams.

Gu Ruoyun laughed and slowly regained her senses, "I understand, you and Xiao Ye know each other. You're also enemies. Shi Yun was a human created by you out of your own flesh and blood. That was why she had frequently dreamed about Xiao Ye."

At this moment, even though she was smiling as she said those words, Gu Ruoyun was finding it very difficult to calm the thoughts in her head.

This man was far too powerful. Furthermore... He was so powerful that it was terrifying!

"Haha, you're pretty good at putting the pieces together. This was why I had considered her an idiot. If it wasn't for the fact that I'm unable to leave this place, I would never have let that idiot do my bidding!" The man burst into laughter as his cold, arrogant eyes stared at Gu Ruoyun, "I've long anticipated that you would appear in the West Spirit Mainland so I had created that idiot! Unfortunately, she couldn't even handle a simple little human. I had no other choice but to gather my lost strength and descend to this mainland to kill you both!"

Gu Ruoyun's eyes darted back and forth. If this man has something against Qianbei Ye, why would he make such accurate calculations to find out when I would reappear in the West Spirit Mainland?

Could this be due to the Ancient Divine Pagoda?

Her breathing tightened at the thought of this and her features turned grave as well.

"So, you've utilized different means to lure me into this place?"

"Lure you?"

The man laughed with a sneer and exclaimed in a cold voice, "I merely calculated that you would come here. As for this 'luring' you speak of... Perhaps this was all fated from the netherworld! Gu Ruoyun, hand over the Ancient Divine Pagoda and Qianbei Ye. Otherwise, I'll make it so that even your bones will have no peace!"