Chapter 1742 Love That Began with Deception

"No." A playful smile flashed in Ruan Yu's eyes.

Upon hearing this, Professor Fang had no choice but to bite the bullet and walk over.

"Dean."

"Are you afraid of me?" Ruan Yu asked, somewhat amused, when she saw that Instructor Fang was trembling uncontrollably.

Professor Fang quickly denied it, saying, "No, no."

"You actually knew about Mu Liuqing's existence all along, didn't you?" Ruan Yu began to probe when they reached a secluded spot.

She stood still, her aura commanding respect without being angry.

Professor Fang was taken aback, not expecting to be discovered so quickly. "Hmm." He didn't try to hide it, his eyes filled with hatred as he stared intently at Ruan Yu.

"I never expected you to be so resilient; you actually survived!"

"So, you deliberately brought Ruan Yu into the academy so she would discover Mu Liuqing and then confront me?"

"Yes, but I never expected that the person behind you would be so terrifying!" Terrifying beyond his imagination!

Professor Fang said in a trembling voice, "It's my fault that she was ruined..."

He had already planned to take a gamble and see if Ruan Yu had the ability to rescue Mu Liuqing and then deal with Wan Qianqiu together.

Unexpectedly, Ruan Yu was too cautious. After listening to Mu Liuqing's words, she did not rush to break the magic array, but went to find Wan Qianqiu first.

When Wan Qianqiu was no match for him, he summoned Xu Lian.

result……

Thinking of this, Professor Fang's eyes reddened; he had never imagined that Ruan Yu would sacrifice herself.

I just wanted to use her to break the magic array, that's all!

"Fang Yuan." Mu Liuqing's figure suddenly floated out from Ruan Yu's "body".

Her voice was soft and melodious.

It flew to Professor Fang's side.

"Liu Qing!" Fang Yuan's eyes widened upon seeing Mu Liu Qing. "You're still alive?"

He had been to the magic circle; the formation was destroyed, and not a trace of yin energy remained. He had thought…

"Yes, it was Master who saved me and those students," Mu Liuqing said.

Fang Yuan looked at "Wan Qianqiu" in surprise: "Master?" How could Mu Liuqing call Wan Qianqiu master?

It only took him a second to realize that the Wan Qianqiu in front of him wasn't the real Wan Qianqiu: "You...you are Ruan Yu! You're not dead?"

Ruan Yu took the disguise pill and transformed back into her true appearance: "Hmm. Xu Lian and Wan Qianqiu are the ones who died."

"This...!" Fang Yuan was overjoyed.

This outcome was something he had never anticipated. But wasn't it a good ending? The person he hated was dead, and the people he cared about were safe and sound!

Mu Liuqing explained everything that had happened to Fang Yuan.

After hearing this, Fang Yuan immediately knelt down before Ruan Yu: "I'm sorry, I used you and put you in danger."

"I only have one question: how did you become so sure that I could break the magic array?" Ruan Yu asked curiously.

She and Professor Fang seem to have never met before, right?

"Does Master still remember that evil aura?" Mu Liuqing returned to Ruan Yu's back. "That evil aura was something I managed to take from Xu Lian with all my might. Ordinary people wouldn't be able to detect it at all."

“Liu Qing placed the evil energy on me. I wander around outside all day. Anyone who can find the location of the evil energy must also have a way to break the magic array set up by the source of the evil energy.” Fang Yuan said, looking at Mu Liu Qing with deep affection.

"My original plan was to take Liu Qingyuan away and leave this place of trouble after the magic array was broken."

"I'm sorry." He came to his senses and solemnly apologized to Ruan Yu: "I dragged you into this."

Mu Liuqing said, "Actually, I will not leave with you before I avenge this great grudge."

Fang Yuan also told the truth: "I know, which is why I didn't reveal my whole plan. I wanted to wait until you left before coming back to fight Wan Qianqiu to the death."

The harm that Wan Qianqiu caused to Mu Liuqing and so many students is unforgivable!

"You didn't have to go to such lengths for me." Mu Liuqing's eyes were filled with complex emotions and heartache.

"It's okay. I'm willing to give anything for you, even my life."

“If the truth is really as you say, then when you face Wan Qianqiu, you should feel anger, not fear,” Ruan Yu pointed out Fang Yuan’s flaw.

“I clearly exposed his deeds, but your reaction at the time…”

Ruan Yu shook her head, her expression unsettled.

Fang Yuan wanted to explain, but didn't know how to begin: "I... I am only at the Venerable Realm after all."

"Okay, even if what you said is true. After escaping Wan Qianqiu's courtyard, why didn't you go to find Mu Liuqing? And why did you show up in the girls' dormitory?"

“I went there, but I didn’t see Liu Qing. I thought she had already…” Fang Yuan choked up halfway through her sentence.

Mu Liuqing felt extremely distressed: "Master, are you doubting Fang Yuan?"

“It’s not a doubt, it’s confirmed.” Ruan Yu sneered and said, “After the battle, I went to the abandoned dormitory immediately, but I didn’t see you, nor did I find any trace of you there.”

"You didn't go at all!"

After Ruan Yu finished speaking, she looked at Mu Liuqing: "Whether he went or not, you know better than anyone, don't you?"

The latter hesitated to speak.

Fang Yuan quickly tried to cover for him: "I wanted to go! But it's really inconvenient for me to take the unconscious Xia Lian'er with me, so I was thinking of taking her back to the girls' dormitory first, and then..."

"Stop making excuses," Ruan Yu interrupted him. "You just said you went, and now you say you want to go. Doesn't that mean you didn't go? You're contradicting yourself. What are you trying to hide?"

"I..." Fang Yuan was speechless after being rebuked.

"The deep affection you've shown is all a facade!"

"Yes! It's a pretense! Is it wrong for me to be afraid of death?" Fang Yuan, pushed to the limit, shouted, "I just want to live, what's wrong with that?"

“There’s nothing wrong with that. The mistake was that you shouldn’t have lied to Mu Liuqing. You lied to her, saying you would risk your life for her, but the truth is quite the opposite.” Ruan Yu despised people like Fang Yuan the most.

Mu Liuqing found it laughable; had she been deceived by a man yet again?

After her death, she became utterly disillusioned with men. Fang Yuan, by chance, stumbled into the magic array.

She met him, and at that time, Fang Yuan would come to see him every day and tell her interesting stories.

Gradually, the two developed feelings for each other.

Everything was fine at first, but later, when she revealed her past, Fang Yuan rarely appeared.

But he will come.

Mu Liuqing cherished every rare meeting.

Finally, she made up her mind and asked him for help. Fang Yuan agreed, even though he knew that the evil energy entering his body would be harmful.

From that moment on, Mu Liuqing truly wanted to spend her life with Fang Yuan.

“I don’t think there’s anything wrong with valuing my life, Liu Qing. I helped you, didn’t I? Evil energy is harmful to the human body, constantly eroding my vital energy and shortening my lifespan. But even so, I still helped you, didn’t I? Are you going to leave me just because I’m afraid of dying?”

Mu Liuqing certainly didn't want to separate. Just as she was about to speak, she heard Ruan Yu say, "If you wear the Heart-Protecting Stone, you'll live longer than a tortoise that's hundreds of thousands of years old."