Chapter 240: The Sin of a Hundred Years Ago, Entangling the Present

 Chapter 240: The Sin of a Hundred Years Ago, Entangling the Present

It seemed like something had come to mind, and Mu Qing's eyes lit up. "What about those marks on your body? How do you explain them?" 

Su Zijia's face was already pale, now becoming even more ghostly white. 

His voice was hoarse and filled with complexity. "Qingqing, have you forgotten everything that happened before you died?" 

How could she forget? 

How dare she forget! 

For Mu Qing, those experiences were nothing but nightmares. 

She thought that Su Zijia had everything that shone and glittered in life, and as long as she reached out, she could have it all within her grasp. 

But she had no idea about the darkness, the filth, and the grime underneath the surface. 

She had been treated like an animal, with physical torture, mental oppression, and insults to her personality that made her wish for death. 

Those people were all perverted, they were devils! They were not human! 

Seeing the fear in her sister's eyes, Su Zijia knew that she was remembering the memories that she had tried so hard to forget. 

A look of despair appeared on his pale face, making people's hearts ache. 

"In the two years that I became Mu Qing, I slept on countless beds and met all sorts of people. Do you know what they did to me?" 

Mu Qing was afraid to listen. 

Qin Ruan furrowed her eyebrows, and a brief look of astonishment flashed across her face. 

Lu Wenbin and Qiao Nanyuan also looked complicated. 

Su Zijia's voice contained no emotion. "Some people coveted your body and appearance on stage. When the night was still, I became their plaything. 

Others sought to satisfy their own perverse desires, wanting to turn the always cold and distant Mu Qing into a dog. 

Then, I would become their dog, crawling all over the ground, trampling my self-esteem and dignity under their feet, just to please them and exchange it for your glory and success on stage." 

"No!" 

"That's not true!" 

Mu Qing slumped to the ground, moving her body back, trying to distance herself from Su Zijia. 

The black mist rushed out of the hollow chest wound, and the injury on her neck spread.

Ancient fierce beast Gou Snake's venom, even Li Kui cannot withstand it.

Su Zijia lowered his eyes, his trembling hands pressed against the ground, and his voice couldn't maintain its calmness.

"When I found out that someone with the surname Zhao had betrayed you, I beat him half to death. I even begged those beasts who used to mock me to save you. Beasts are beasts. Without paying the price of blood and flesh, how could they loosen their tongues? But by the time I found you, even though I was covered in injuries, it was still too late."

He looked up, his eyes filled with sadness, staring deeply at Mu Qing.

"Even if I am shameless, I won't touch what you care about, Qingqing. Do you really think so little of me?"

"No! That's not it!"

Mu Qing crawled to Su Zijia's side.

"I didn't mean it. I was just angry and unwilling. I like Brother Zhao so much. Why won't he marry me?"

"Because he's just like those people, a pervert."

Su Zijia reached out to touch his sister's face, his eyes shining with a deep sadness that penetrated to the bone.

Mu Qing didn't dare to ask any further, she was afraid.

She didn't ask, but Su Zijia had to tell her.

"How much cleaner is your Brother Zhao than me? He had already been played by someone behind your back, and his twisted heart vents his unspeakable experiences on others..."

"Don't say it anymore, brother, please don't say it!"

Mu Qing couldn't accept it at all.

She held onto Su Zijia's arm tightly, begging him not to continue.

Su Zijia touched her face, a nostalgic expression on his pale face.

"Qingqing, do you remember when we first met?"

"Uh-huh!" Mu Qing nodded hard.

"I was being chased and came to the Shanghai Beach, covered in bruises and dirt on my face. You stared straight at me and stopped to look at me. At that time, I was shocked by how much you looked like me, but you thought I was begging on the street, and handed me the pastries in your hand. You didn't mind my dirtiness and let me wipe my hands with a cloth. Later, when we recognized each other, you knew about my shameful past, but never despised me for stomping on my dignity and face in order to live. You are my sister, the person closest to me in this world. How could I do something that would hurt you?"

"Brother, brother..."

Mu Qing didn't know what to say, her throat was hoarse, and she could only call out to him.

Her soul was invaded by the venom of the Gou Snake, and she was very weak. Her once youthful face now looked like that of an old woman in her seventies or eighties.

Her aging face had become unbearable, but her eyes remained just as innocent and naive as before, with a hint of gloom.

Su Zijia held her in his arms and whispered as they reminisced about their past.

As the siblings spoke, Qin Ruan walked over to Qiao Nanyuan.

The conversation between Mu Qing and Su Zijia was enough for them to piece together the general situation.

Qin Ruan stood beside Qiao Nanyuan, hugging herself. "Uncle Qiao, do you know about their situation?"

"I don't know." Qiao Nanyuan shook his head.

After a moment of silence, he continued, "Back then, the disciple whom our master valued the most took on the business of a wealthy shipbuilder. If we go by seniority, I should have called him Senior Brother. 

Senior Brother didn't find out about Su Zijia's identity until after the fact, and he couldn't get past his own test of character. He chose to leave the sect on his own, and spent the rest of his life in self-blame, eventually dying from depression.

The Maoshan Sect did not expel Senior Brother. According to our master, Senior Brother was often on his mind, grieving that he had no use for his martial arts and mourning the loss of a disciple he treated like his own child.

After Senior Brother's death, our master issued an order to the inner sect to do everything they could to resolve this karma and clear Senior Brother's name, in hopes of finding an opportunity in the future. All the disciples in the Maoshan Sect know of this."

Qin Ruan didn't look too good.

Because of Mu Qing, another old case was brought up.

She furrowed her brows. "From what Uncle Qiao is saying, Senior Brother was extremely talented?"

"Yes, if Senior Brother hadn't died so young, the Maoshan Sect wouldn't have declined like this."

Qin Ruan said, "Su Zijia's death was caused by Mu Qing's hand. After she died, she turned into a vengeful spirit and every time she killed a member of the wealthy clan, she revealed her hatred for Su Zijia.

The wealthy family had already tortured Su Zijia severely before asking the Maoshan Sect to get rid of the vengeful spirit. Your Senior Brother was invited to the family's house to suppress Mu Qing. Ultimately, it all boils down to Mu Qing's doing.

Your Senior Brother died from self-blame for killing Su Zijia, but this karma has been gone for a hundred years. It's just that Mu Qing wants to drag Su Zijia down with her."

Qiao Nanyuan, who was already in the occult world, naturally understood this causality.

"After this case is resolved, I will take Qiao Jiu back to the sect. I have to comfort Senior Brother and let the sect know that this karma is no longer hanging over our heads."

"Mm." Qin Ruan felt that this was inevitable.

The sin that Mu Qing committed a hundred years ago still affected them today.

This heavy karmic debt would come at a great cost to her.

She couldn't escape any of the eighteen levels of hell.

Qin Ruan took out her phone and checked the time, realizing it was already past midnight.

Time really flies, she thought.

(End of this chapter)