I, the transmigrated villain, please wait, gentle master.

Chapter 196 The Truth Will Be Revealed Again (5)

"Sigh, that's a good question." The eldest brother sighed. "I... can't bring myself to hate him."

However, it wouldn't be entirely true to say that there was no resentment in one's heart; it was a very complex feeling that was difficult to describe.

"Then do you hate me?" Mei Shiyu asked him directly, "You seem to dislike me a lot, why is that?"

“I don’t hate you, but you’re right, I do ‘hate’ you. I know this shouldn’t be, so I’m sorry.”

The eldest brother slowly said, "Actually, when you were very young, I quite liked you. At that time, your soul was incomplete, and all the junior brothers and sisters revolved around you, including me."

“You are not made of flesh and blood like me, but you are different from me. You are better than me, more outstanding than me, more like a human being, more like a good person.”

The eldest brother scoffed, "You think I envy you? Am jealous of you? That's why I hate you? You're really mistaken."

"Whether you rise to prominence or ascend to heaven in the future, what does it have to do with me? If I have any hatred, it is only for myself that I am mediocre and cannot compare to you."

What I find most repulsive about you is not your talent or inherent qualities, but your ignorance of your own stupidity!

"Why should others bear everything for you, while you can enjoy a stolen life without knowing anything?"

"I hate your arrogance and your self-righteousness even more!"

"Why are you always so disobedient? You've already paid off all the karmic debts you've incurred, yet you still insist on getting involved in even more complicated and messy troubles?!"

"What do you mean?" Mei Shiyu frowned. "Senior brother, I don't understand what you're saying... Could you explain it more clearly?"

The eldest brother glanced at him and said coldly, "That's all I have to say. If you don't understand, so be it. Anyway, even if you do understand, it won't help."

After thinking it over, Mei Shiyu said, "I don't think I've ever done anything to wrong you. Maybe it's just that my very existence makes you despise me."

"I originally wanted to apologize to you, but if that's the case, I don't owe you anything, so why should I apologize? So I'll just forget about it."

"It's not like you're targeting me, but rather yourself. If you're willing to let go of your own pain, maybe you won't hate me so much."

“If you’re not willing to let yourself go, then keep hating me. Anyway, your ‘dislike’ is insignificant to me.”

These words were extremely unpleasant, and the eldest brother's face showed displeasure. He turned away with a flick of his sleeve and said to the side:

"I just want you to remember one thing: kindness comes at a price! You're only concerned with showing your kindness, but have you ever thought about the consequences if you let a wolf into your house?"

"Don't always do what you think is right; do more of what you should do."

"For example, right now, listen to your senior brother and go back to your Hidden Sword Peak. Stop overstepping your bounds and interfering in the trials."

Mei Shiyu argued: "But isn't the 'right' thing just the thing we 'should' do?"

The eldest brother was probably amused and said, "Are you going to argue with me?"

How can a stubborn little donkey that's only a dozen years old compare to a stubborn big donkey that's hundreds of years old? Mei Shiyu couldn't persuade his senior brother, not even a little bit.

I had no choice but to back down: "Alright, I'll go back. But it's so late and raining so hard, we can't just leave that teenager out there and ignore him. I'll go and settle him in first..."

"No need. I've already dealt with the person. Just go back on your own and don't worry about anything!" The senior brother's tone left no room for argument.

Mei Shiyu was shocked: "Dealt with? What do you mean by 'deal with'? What did you do to him?"

"It's getting late, aren't you sleepy? I remember when you were little, you always liked to sleep in on rainy days, and you couldn't be woken up even when you were called for early class."

The eldest brother turned his head, smiled at him, and gave an irrelevant answer.

For the first time, Mei Shiyu sensed a terrifying killing intent emanating from his senior brother, with whom he spent every day.

It is precisely because this murderous aura is so difficult to detect, hidden deep within his cheerful smile, that it is most terrifying—a smile concealing a dagger.

"First answer me, what exactly do you mean by 'discipline'? What did you do to him?!"

"That's not the tone you should use when you talk to your senior brother. Do you see me as your senior brother or as an enemy? We haven't really reached the point of becoming enemies yet, have we? Why look at me like that? I'm helping you, not harming you."

The eldest brother wore a polite smile, and Mei Shiyu repeatedly asked him what he had done... In fact, he had done a good deed.

He settled a karmic debt for Mei Shiyu.

He personally pushed that stubborn little rascal off a cliff!

The little rascal was very wary, so he disguised himself as Mei Shiyu to gain her trust and get close. When the little thing turned her back to him without hesitation, he quietly tricked her.

I hope my junior brother won't blame him. With his handsome face, he did something despicable. After all, this is the karma he brought upon himself, and he should be the one to settle it.

His senior brother simply did what he was supposed to do in advance.

"In that case, I have no choice but to go to my master!"

Mei Shiyu stopped pestering him. Seeing that he was blocking her way and wouldn't move aside, she stepped onto the railing beside the corridor and nimbly flipped over.

The rain was pouring down, soaking him from head to toe, inside and out, but he didn't care at all. As soon as he landed, he ran to the back room.

The master was cultivating in seclusion on the back mountain. He once instructed that if there was anything important, one could go to the meditation room to find him. There was a teleportation array set up inside, which led directly to the grotto.

"Stop!" the senior brother shouted.

When he wouldn't listen, they went after him along the corridor.

Mei Shiyu ran in the rain and ran all the way to the door of his master's private bedroom, only to find that the carved doors and windows were tightly closed and he could not push them open no matter what he did.

A chill ran through him as he realized that his senior brother had already activated the barrier, preventing him from entering.

The eldest brother is, after all, the eldest brother. In the Dao Xuan Sect, apart from his master, he is the person with the most power.

Since it was the eldest brother who activated the restriction, it could only be lifted by him personally; others were helpless.

Mei Shiyu stood under the eaves, wiped the rain off her face, and tasted a damp and salty flavor in her mouth.

With his back to his senior brother who arrived later, he said, "If you won't let me into the meditation room, I'll just have to expend some effort and walk along the rugged mountain path."

"Go ahead and go. I've opened the barrier, and it's uncertain whether you can even get out of the manor. Not to mention, the place where Master is in seclusion is a separate space he created using magic. Who knows where it's hidden? Going there will be pointless; you won't find him."

The eldest brother stepped forward through the fine puddles, shook his soaked sleeves, and sighed, "I really don't understand you. Why would you bring up our master to pressure me for the sake of some insignificant outsider?"

He frowned, as if he was genuinely puzzled as to why Mei Shiyu was siding with outsiders. He couldn't figure it out, so he stopped thinking about it.

Unexpectedly, Mei Shiyu was so bold as to launch a powerful attack on the barrier that was blocking him from entering!

The senior brother grabbed his shoulder and pulled him back sharply. Mei Shiyu countered by grabbing his wrist and breaking free. The two engaged in close combat, exchanging dozens of blows in an instant.

Arguing, bickering, and expressing dissatisfaction are nothing, but when it comes to physical violence, that's going too far.

Therefore, Mei Shiyu always held back, being hesitant to act for fear of causing harm.

The barrier here is not very strong; it's just a regular enchantment to prevent outsiders from accidentally entering. His attack just now almost broke through it.

The eldest brother stood alone in front of the meditation room, one hand behind his back and the other across the doorway. He was determined to die here rather than let anyone break in!

Seeing that he was so reckless and determined, Mei Shiyu clenched his fists in his sleeves, unable to advance. That was his senior brother. If he wanted to win, he would have to hurt him. If he hurt him, it would be treason and a great act of rebellion.

Senior Brother: "I'll say it again, that child has mixed spiritual roots. Even Master wouldn't agree to it!"

Mei Shiyu: "Not necessarily. What if Master agrees? Senior Brother, didn't you also..."

"Shut up! Shut up!" The eldest brother finally lost his temper and shoved him hard.

Mei Shiyu stumbled backward, only to be pulled back by her collar. The eldest brother confronted her, demanding, "Thirteen, open your eyes! Look around the sect! Besides me, who else has mixed spiritual roots? Do you even have a brain?! I was clearly the trial-and-error option! A lesson learned by our master! From me onward, he will never accept mixed spiritual roots again, do you understand?!"

Mei Shiyu was stunned by his shout, but taking advantage of his anger and lack of reaction time, she shoved him aside, broke through the barrier, and pushed open the door. Just then, a crisp, sharp crack of a whip came from behind her ear—

He didn't care at all and just kept rushing in.

He thought that no matter how angry his senior brother got, he would only whip him with the discipline whip and he wouldn't die. Finding his master was the most important thing.

He didn't know what had become of the child he had left outside and "disposed of," and he didn't want to waste a single moment!

The expected intense, piercing pain came from her back. Mei Shiyu gritted her teeth and endured it, continuing to walk forward. She knew it would hurt a lot, but she didn't expect her tolerance to be so low. She only took one step before collapsing to the ground, as if all the bones in her body had been removed.

It wasn't that he couldn't bear the pain, but rather that the thing that hurt him was too cunning.

Kunwu stone is the sole and enduring nemesis of Kunlun jade. Just as water overcomes fire, fire overcomes metal, and metal overcomes wood, just as a cat catches a mouse, a chicken eats a centipede, and an eagle kills a rabbit, they are naturally mutually restraining and absolutely suppress each other.

The marks left by the Kunwu knife on the jade can never be erased. The pain associated with these marks is not temporary; it will only become deeper and more severe over time.

Mei Shiyu curled up, drenched in cold sweat, and lost his voice several times. It was an unprecedented pain, like a venomous snake tearing through his flesh and burrowing into his bone marrow.

He seemed to hear the crackling sound of dry wood being thrown into a raging fire. He wasn't mistaken; however, it wasn't the wood that was burning, but rather his jade-like immortal bone that was breaking apart piece by piece.

Even now, the eldest brother has not put down the "long whip" in his hand.

He used the whip to tie up Mei Shiyu and threw him outside. It was pouring rain. He walked up, grabbed a piece of the whip's end, and dragged the man up.

"Do you have to spell everything out for you to understand? Do you have to tear down that thin veil before you're satisfied? Do you only believe how much your master regrets taking me in as a hybrid spiritual root if he tells you in person what a failed experiment I was?!"

The eldest brother grabbed Mei Shiyu's lower face with his hand, forcing him to look up at him, and roared at him repeatedly to vent his anger:

"You want to hear Master admit it himself, but I don't want to! I don't want to! I know all of Master's regrets throughout his life, even if he doesn't say a word! Are you so eager to expose everything, to see me utterly ashamed? Can't you give me any face?! I have my pride too! I beg you, please give me some face!!!"

Mei Shiyu's first thought was to apologize to his senior brother, saying he was sorry for unintentionally causing him embarrassment. His second thought was to refute his senior brother's nonsensical words, acknowledging that he had underestimated their master and had failed to live up to the master's kindness.

But because his mouth was tightly gagged, he couldn't say anything and could only shake his head desperately.

Xiao Shisan still firmly believes that Master's feelings for his eldest brother are not "regret" but "guilt," which is why he tries his best to make amends to him.

For example, he was entrusted with the power to manage the sect and was not allowed to disobey his elder brother. For example, no matter what kind of rare and precious materials he obtained, he was always the first to choose them. For example, his natal divine weapon was the most expensive and made of the best materials among his fellow disciples.