Qi Tongwei is reborn, and he changes his fate by striking the bell

Chapter 136 With a hint of disdain

"Puff!" Zhang Hao spat out a mouthful of blood, and his vision blurred. He struggled to stand up, but found that he was weak all over, and the Qi in his body became chaotic.

"You...what did you do to me?" Zhang Hao asked gritting his teeth, his eyes full of anger and fear.

"Hahaha..." The old man laughed triumphantly, "I have only planted a 'heart-eating poison' in your body. Within seven days, your whole body will fester and you will die!"

"Heart-eating poison?!" Zhang Hao's face changed drastically. He knew how powerful this poison was. Once it broke out, it would cause people to suffer unbearable pain and eventually turn into a pool of pus.

"Why are you doing this?" Zhang Hao endured the severe pain and glared at the old man.

"Why?" The old man sneered, "Because you have the blood of Qingcheng Sect flowing in your body, because you are mine..."

At this point, the old man suddenly paused. He looked at Zhang Hao with a cold gaze and said word by word: "Because you are my grandson!"

Zhang Hao was struck by lightning when he heard this, and he was stunned...

Zhang Haoru was struck by lightning, and his mind went blank. Grandson? The word echoed in his ears like thunder, making him dizzy. He couldn't believe that the murderer who brutally killed his master and destroyed his own school was actually his own grandfather? !

"Impossible! You're talking nonsense!" Zhang Hao roared, his voice hoarse, full of pain and disbelief, "How could you be my grandfather? My parents died early, and it was my master who raised me!"

The old man smiled coldly, with a complex emotion flashing in his eyes: "Do you think I am willing to acknowledge you as an unworthy descendant? If it weren't for the Qingcheng Sect's blood flowing in your body, I would have torn you into pieces long ago!"

"You're talking nonsense! I don't know anything about the Qingcheng Sect! I grew up in Luoxia Valley and my master is my relative!" Zhang Hao roared, his heart filled with grief and despair.

"Luoxia Valley?" The old man frowned slightly, as if he remembered something. He looked Zhang Hao up and down, with a hint of doubt in his eyes, "Did you really grow up in Luoxia Valley?"

"It's absolutely true!" Zhang Hao gritted his teeth and said, "I have never left Luoxia Valley since I was a child, until ten years ago..."

At this point, Zhang Hao suddenly stopped. He remembered his master's last words before he died, the sudden massacre of the entire family, and Li Xueruo's unusual behavior... Could it be that all this was an elaborate conspiracy?

"What happened ten years ago?" the old man asked, with a hint of urgency in his tone.

Zhang Hao took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down. He knew that now was not the time to act on impulse. He had to find out the truth of the matter in order to avenge his master and solve the mystery of his own life.

"Ten years ago, a man in black broke into Luoxia Valley, killed my master, and set fire to our valley." Zhang Hao looked at the old man coldly and said word by word, "I suspect that man was you!"

When the old man heard this, his expression changed slightly and a hint of panic flashed in his eyes, but he quickly concealed it.

"What nonsense! Why would I kill your master? Your master and I have no grudge against each other, why would I kill him?" The old man snorted coldly and denied it flatly.

"Is there really no hatred?" Zhang Hao sneered and pressed on, "My master is the only daughter of the leader of the Qingcheng Sect, and you are a traitor to the Qingcheng Sect! Tell me, is there any hatred between you and my master?"

The old man's face changed drastically, his eyes filled with shock and disbelief. He stared at Zhang Hao intently, as if he could see through him.

"You...how do you know all this?" The old man's voice trembled, with a hint of fear in his tone.

"I know much more than you think!" Zhang Hao sneered, "Do you think you can conceal what you did?"

The old man was silent. He put his hands behind his back and paced slowly on the altar, as if he was making some difficult decision.

Zhang Hao did not speak, he looked at the old man quietly, waiting for his answer. He knew that this old man had many secrets hidden in him, and these secrets might be related to his life experience and the truth of the extermination of Luoxia Valley.

Time passed by, and the atmosphere became more and more oppressive. At this moment, the old man suddenly stopped, turned around, looked at Zhang Hao with complicated eyes, and slowly said: "You want to know the truth? Okay, I will tell you!"

The old man took a deep breath, as if to expel the foul air that had been accumulated in his chest for many years. "You are right, your master and I do have a blood feud! She is the jewel in the eye of the leader of the Qingcheng Sect, and I am a sinner abandoned by the Qingcheng Sect!"

Zhang Hao was shocked. He didn't expect the old man to admit his identity. It seemed that his master's life experience was indeed related to the Qingcheng Sect!

"Why are you doing this? What on earth did the Qingcheng Sect do to you that makes you hate it so much?" Zhang Hao asked, with a hint of confusion and doubt in his tone.

The old man smiled bitterly, with a gleam of pain and hatred in his eyes. "Twenty years ago, I was the eldest disciple of the Qingcheng Sect, and my master passed the position of the head of the sect to me. However, my junior sister, who is also your master, was jealous of my talent and framed me, saying that I stole the sect's treasures and colluded with the devil. My master didn't know right from wrong and expelled me from the sect. He also sent people to hunt me down. I barely escaped!"

At this point, the old man became emotional. He coughed violently a few times, and a trace of blood flowed from the corner of his mouth.

Zhang Hao's heart trembled. He could see that the old man was not lying. But was the master really such a person? In Zhang Hao's impression, the master had always been gentle, kind, upright and brave. How could she do such a thing?

"I don't believe it! My master can never be that kind of person!" Zhang Hao shook his head and said in a firm tone.

The old man snorted coldly, with a hint of mockery in his eyes. "You don't believe it? Then do you know why your master accepted you as his disciple? Why did he teach you the Qingcheng Sect's martial arts?"

Zhang Hao was shocked when he heard this. He remembered that his master once said that his parents were disciples of Qingcheng Sect. Could it be...

"Could it be that the death of my parents is also related to the Qingcheng Sect?" Zhang Hao asked with a trembling voice.

The old man didn't say anything, but just looked at Zhang Hao coldly, with complicated light flashing in his eyes.

Zhang Hao took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down. "Tell me, how did my parents die? What secrets did the Qingcheng Sect hide?"

The old man was silent for a moment, then slowly said, "Your parents are both elite disciples of the Qingcheng Sect. They are extremely talented, highly skilled in martial arts, and are deeply loved by your master. However, they fell in love with the same person, and that person is you!"

Zhang Hao was struck by lightning when he heard this. He never imagined that his life experience would be so tortuous and bizarre!

"This is impossible!" Zhang Hao shook his head. He couldn't accept this fact.

"Nothing is impossible!" The old man sneered, "Why do you think your master accepted you as her disciple? She just wanted to use you, and wanted to use your parents' blood to practice the forbidden techniques of the Qingcheng Sect!"

"Forbidden techniques?" Zhang Hao frowned. He had never heard of any forbidden techniques in the Qingcheng Sect.

"Yes, the Qingcheng sect has a forbidden technique called 'Blood Soul Meditation', which requires the blood and soul of a loved one as a sacrifice in order to be successfully practiced. And you are the key to your master's practice of this forbidden technique!" the old man explained.

Zhang Hao's heart was filled with shock and turmoil. He couldn't believe that his beloved master could be such a cruel and ruthless person!

"I don't believe it! This is impossible!" Zhang Hao roared. He could not accept this cruel truth.

At this moment, the stone door on the altar suddenly opened slowly, and dazzling golden light shot out from the gap in the door, illuminating the entire cave.

"Hahaha, the time has come! Blood Soul **, done!" The old man suddenly laughed up to the sky, turned around abruptly, grabbed Zhang Hao, and dragged him towards the open stone door.

"Master, where are you? Save me!" Zhang Hao struggled desperately, but to no avail.

"Master? Hahaha, you will see her soon, but in another way!" The old man smiled coldly and pushed Zhang Hao into the stone gate.

Zhang Hao only felt a black screen before his eyes, and then he lost consciousness.

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When Zhang Hao woke up again, he found himself in an unfamiliar environment. He looked around and found himself in a gloomy and terrifying cave, surrounded by cold and damp stone walls, and the air was filled with a disgusting smell of blood.

"Where is this? How did I get here?" Zhang Hao struggled to stand up, feeling sore and weak all over.

"Are you awake?" a familiar voice came from behind him.

Zhang Hao turned around suddenly and saw a woman in white standing behind him. It was none other than his senior sister, Li Xueruo!

"Senior Sister? Why are you here?" Zhang Hao asked in surprise.

Li Xueruo didn't say anything, but just looked at him coldly, with complicated light flashing in her eyes.

"Senior sister, are you okay? Where is my master? Where is that old guy?" Zhang Hao asked anxiously.

Li Xueruo suddenly sneered and said in a cold tone: "Your master? She is dead! As for that old guy, he didn't have a good ending either!"

Zhang Hao was struck by lightning when he heard this. He couldn't believe his ears.

"Impossible! This is impossible!" Zhang Hao shook his head. He could not accept this fact.

Li Xueruo slowly walked up to Zhang Hao, stared at him coldly, and said word by word: "Listen to me, from today on, your master is dead, and I am your new master!"

Zhang Hao took a step back in disbelief, staggering and almost falling. Master is dead? The kind-hearted master who raised him from childhood is actually dead? He shook his head desperately, trying to drive this terrible thought out of his mind.

"Impossible! You're lying to me! How could Master..."

"How is it impossible?" Li Xueruo's voice was icy cold, like a sharp knife stabbing into Zhang Hao's heart. "She was willing to sacrifice her own son to practice that evil forbidden technique. Is there anything she can't do?"

Zhang Hao felt his eyes go dark, his legs go weak, and he almost collapses to the ground. He thinks of his master's daily care for him, her earnest instructions when she taught him martial arts, the kindness and tenderness in her eyes when she looked at him... Is all this fake?

Li Xueruo looked at Zhang Hao's painful expression, and a hint of complex emotions flashed in her eyes. She slowly walked to Zhang Hao, stretched out her fingers and gently stroked his cheek, but her tone was still cold and ruthless, "Now, you should understand, right? You are just a pawn in her hand, a tool to satisfy her ambitions."

Zhang Hao violently waved away Li Xueruo's hand and shouted, "Shut up! My master is not that kind of person!"

Li Xueruo sneered, her eyes full of sarcasm and disdain, "At this point, how long are you going to deceive yourself? Look at how you look now, as pitiful as a dog that has lost its home! Do you think you can avenge your parents? Can you escape from this devil's den?"

Zhang Hao was hurt by Li Xueruo's words. He clenched his fists, his nails digging deep into his flesh, but he didn't feel any pain. His eyes were red, staring at Li Xueruo, gritting his teeth and saying, "Even if my master is really like what you said, he was forced by that old guy! I want to find him and avenge my master!"

Li Xueruo suddenly burst into laughter, her laughter full of sarcasm and ridicule, "Revenge? With you? You can't even protect yourself, and you still want to avenge others? How ridiculous!"