Villain Saving System (BL)

"Yes, Yizhou. It’s him, it has been confirmed by more than one elders. From the aftermath of the scene, it’s obvious that Heimo and the immortal were engaged in a destructive fight. There is no way that he wasn’t heavily injured by that. I want you to pursue his track and eliminate him once and for all. Can you do that, Yizhou?"

Lines were formed between Lu Yizhou’s brows. "If I refuse..."

"If you refuse," Sect Leader Ling continued with a calm expression. "I am planning to hand the task to that Shan boy. His cultivation has improved leaps and bounds lately."

Lu Yizhou clenched his fists under the table until his knuckles turned white. No. Fucking. Way. He wouldn’t let the male protagonist get close to Heimo. Taking in a breath, Lu Yizhou tried to add a hint of reluctance to his tone so as to mask his eagerness. "This disciple will accept it."

"Good." Sect Leader Ling harrumphed in satisfaction. "I know you will not disappoint me."

Lu Yizhou contemplated how to word the sentence so as to gauge the past connection between Heimo and Sect Leader Ling but it turned out he didn’t need to do that. Sect Leader Ling divulged it by himself in the next second. It seemed like the talk of Jingxue-Jun being his confidant was true. Lu Yizhou only hoped that this world’s Jingxue-Jun wasn’t involved in whatever deed Sect Leader Ling had done otherwise... how could he face Heimo again knowing that he was one of the people who had harmed him? Well, technically it wasn’t Lu Yizhou who had done that but he was Jingxue-Jun now and Jingxue-Jun’s mess was Lu Yizhou’s mess to solve.

"Our people suspect that Heimo is up to no good again. Killing an immortal, using demonic cultivation to thrive..." Sect Leader Ling sighed. "At first, I expected him to stay low and know his place after I executed two of his people but it seems like I am wrong."

Lu Yizhou’s heart thudded in his chest. Two people. According to what he had heard from Heimo’s conversation with his Shijie, it seemed like they had just lost their parents recently. Lu Yizhou’s features hardened and he slowly let out an exhale. No wonder... No wonder that...

"It seems like those two people are more important to Heimo than I assumed they were." Of course, Lu Yizhou shimmered in anger, Sect Leader Ling had just killed his parents. Of course Heimo would want to take revenge. Of course he would want to kill Lu Yizhou. If Lu Yizhou were in his position, he would also— "I don’t expect you to understand my decision, Yizhou. You have always been more righteous than anyone else, believing that demonic cultivation is just another way to cultivate, another source of energy that can be used with the correct method. But it’s an unorthodox way, and the world will not accept such an existence. Lingyan is the symbol of sanctuary for ordinary people. As long as demonic cultivators exist, there will not be peace among us."

"Who says?" Lu Yizhou sneered before he could hold himself back, his eyes a whirlpool of stormy ice. "All these while, we have been living peacefully alongside each other. Who says that they are harmful?"