Chapter 158 - Shattered Dreams

Tang Mei Yi enters the room, Jiang Jin Wei and Jiang An Yi already back to their seats and Lory calmly back to her seat with Mong Yi served her more tea, Zhao Li Xin leans on his chair lazily. Tang Mei Yi's hatred goes deeper when she see Lory sit next to Zhao Li Xin while leisurely drink her tea without care.

Tang Mei Yi stands awkwardly on the middle of the room no one invited her to seat everyone pretends they didn't see her, once again she was humiliated, but she must hold her anger after what she said Zhao Li Xin would not ignore her anymore.

"What do you want?" Zhao Li Xin straight to the point.

"Oh, I…..I can cure your poisoned" She said nervously.

Everyone sneered inwardly, Tian Meng Ji faces lit up while Lory...she's confuse, what poison?

Zhao Li Xin's finger tapped the arms chair in monotone sound, his eyes fixed on Tang Mei Yi no one said anything the room become quieter, Tang Mei Yi feel something is not right she suddenly becomes anxious.

"Explained…" Zhao Li Xin said hint her to continues.

Triumph smiles brimmed on her face she can taste victory on the tip of her tongue she give Lory complacent gaze "A few days ago the fiancée of the young Master from Jiu Yun sect contact me, she needs my help to cured Li Mo Zhen the young master of Jiu Yun Sect, his fiancée said he got mysterious illness and no one can cure him not even people from the Moon Tower sect"

"Your help?" Jin Hao frowned "What can Mercenary group do to cured sick people?" Jin Hao ridiculed.

"If Dragon palace lend me a hand I can..."

"So, you used other people power to gain your need...again" Bei Li Yan scoffed "Well that's not surprised" he pours a cup of tea for himself while shaking his head with disbelieved expression.

Jin Hao laughs in eerie sounds, not even his Lord ever forces him to cured someone to gain benefit and this impudent woman dares to use him? How marvelous!

"This….this for Brother Zhao owned good!" she justifies herself "If she does not contact me, none of us know about this!" she believed she plays an important role to safe Zhao Li Xin.

"Please….the reasoned Jiu Yun people contact you is because of your connection with Hei Shen which is spread by yourself years ago, if not why would anyone contact a mercenary group like you to cured anyone?" Bei Li Yan roll mocked her, Tang Mei Yi had been used Hei Shen name for years and they only let her because of Tian Meng Ji.

Tian Meng Ji's face turns red, he knew Tang Mei Yi took advantage of Zhao Li Xin's authority normally his disciple never tolerated this kind of behavior but because of him Zhao Li Xn turn his cheeks, Tian Meng Ji feel remorse he really becomes a worse master for his owned disciple.

"Chienzi flower is Jiu Yun Sect treasure, you can say the power they have achieved to this day is because that flower for them consider giving that flower to us show how dreadful their situation is"

Jin Hao suddenly got curious about what kind of illness that even the Chienzi flower couldn't fix.

"That's why they would have no choice but to accept our request if we can cure him….."

"What if we don't?" Bei Li Yan cut her off again.

Tang Mei Yi bite her lower lips from hold herself not to shouted at Bei Li Yan "The flower is hidden inside Jiu Yun headquarter, when we try to cured Li Mong Zi they would invite us inside their place at that time the shadow guar could investigate the place so when everything goes south we could…."

"Stole from them…" this time Lory cut her off.

Everyone stunned, they never hear Lory sounds so…..angry, Zhao Li Xin also bewildered not even him have seen Lory angry before, sometimes she mocked other people or said a sarcastic word but angry? Never!

"This is Hei Shen problem, you have no right…." Tang Mei Yi furious, why everyone cut her off is she look so easy to bullied can anyone learned to be polite.

Lory raised her left hand "This token gives me every right to interfere in all Hei Shen matter!" Lory shows Xin Xen token who is hanging on her left wrist.

Tang Mei Yi eyes bulged as if her eyeballs would fall from its socket, she stares at Xin Xen token with envy and greed she glared at Zhao Li Xin her eyes ask him for an explanation but Zhao Li Xin eyes fixed on Lory.

"How….how could you…" Tang Mei Yi clenched her chest, this can't be true that token is hers! Zhao Li Xin is hers! Hei Shen is hers! Everything is hers! She staggered a few steps back she looks very distraught.

Lory ignore her "Now tell me, what do you wants to do by using my people!" Lory aura become domineering, her gaze becomes intense in a second she changed from cheery and bubbly into an overbearing and charismatic leader, who demands answers from her lowly subordinated.

"I…." Tang Mei Yi stutter she can talk back at Lory, suddenly she feel Lory presence become heavy to make her suffocated this is not Qi pressure but her heart beating so hard just like a drum, she doesn't know what happened.

The room suddenly quiet no one dares to make a sounds the atmosphere inside the room becomes thin make them hard to breathe, is this the easy-going Luo Ri Yi should she be the kind and cheerful lady why suddenly she becomes like their Lord? No, they don't want to! Returned our Gentle lady!!

Tang Mei Yi can barely stand, her feet suddenly become soft "It's….for brother Zhao…." She remains stubborned.

"Don't use my fiancée name to do your bad deeds" Lory warned her "And you should start to call him Milord, just like everybody else!" Lory lean her back to the chair but her eyes fixed on Tang Mei Yi, falling in love with Zhao Li Xin is fine she can't blame for the matter of the heart but using Zhao Li Xin to do atrocious behavior is something she could never accept.

All the killing that Zhao Li Xin had done is all for self-defense and because the enemy provoked him but Zhao Li Xin never attack people who never mean any harm to him, there are many other ways if they want to get Chienzi flower so why must they degrade themselves as a thief?

"You take advantage of their grief then you used Hei Shen sect power to gives them false hopes, then you used their trust to stole from them, is Hei Shen is liar and thief for you!" Lory anger increased, her questioning make Tang Mei Yi tongue-tied she doesn't know how to refuted, while every Hei Shen sect member cheering for their future sect madam inside their mind.

"I know sometimes to protect everything dear to us we need to schemed, cheat and….kill but when we give our WORDS" Lory emphasizes the last word, she clenched her fist tightly.

"When we make a promised we valued it, we valued it more than gold, Miss Tang Hei Shen Sect may be a killer, a villain, a tyrant but we are not a scum who steal from people who trust us!" Lory squints her eyes with deprecated expression.

Tang Mei Yi face is white as sheet her mouth open and closed without speak any words everything out of her hands she never thought any of Zhao Li Xin subordinated support her, because it's for Zhao Li Xin well being she thought at least one of them would support her decision but why they all looking at her with scorn.

Meanwhile Bei Li Yan fighting his urged to gives Lory standing ovation and clapped his hands he vent his urged by hitting Jin Hao who sit close to him, Jin Hao annoyed but anyone can see his mood is exceptionally good, Jiang Jin Wei also can't hide his proud smiles every word Lory said is inlined with his heart he can't be more satisfied.

Mong Yi and Mong Yi stand quietly but their face seems elated, meanwhile Zhao Li Xin was dismay by her strong words he suddenly see the glimpse of her past life.

"My fiancée is right" Zhao Li Xin eventually speak "If I wants Chienzi flower I could offer Jiu Yun sect something who have same valued with the flower, I can't believe my Sect didn't have something that can be valued as much as the flower and even though I have the flower….the chance for that flower to cure me is still unknown isn't it….Jin Hao"

Jin Hao step up from his seat, he bow courteously at Zhao Li Xin "Yes, that because the cold poison stays on Milord body for too long the poison become part of Milord body, if we give too much antidote Milord body would also ruined but if we give too little it wouldn't affect the poisoned, that's why it was so hard to treat Milord condition"

"Was?" Tian Meng Ji frown in confusing.

Tang Mei Yi suddenly have a bad premonition, Zhao Li Xin make smiles who didn't reach his eyes his open his arms widely.

"Do I look like a sick person to you?"

"What!" Tian Meng Ji shocked beyond belief, cold poison is the worst poison in the world not because it's deathly but because how resilient the poisoned could be just like Jin Hao said but Zhao Li Xin said he already cured by it, HOW?

"Xin'er let me check your hand!" Tian Meng Ji didn't wait for Zhao Li Xin to answer he immediately check his pulse and he surprised how calm and strong his pulsed is "You....you have cured, but…how?" he shock but excited at the same time, he always feel pity for Zhao Li Xin, someone with so much potential who would die early he thought he would never see him learned his true potential but now, he has so much hope for him.

Zhao Li Xin smiles become gentle, this poison is the reason he met Lory in the first place that's why he didn't hate people who poisoned him too much and he didn't hate the imperial family as much as he used too, because of them he managed to find this gem for him is a fair trade.

"I met fruitful encounter…" he fixed his sleeve "It's almost three years since I was cured"

"What! Why You never told me!" Tian Meng Ji feel wronged.

"You never here…" he answers calmly, Tian Meng Ji shut his mouth at that time he is too busy helping Tang Mei Yi and also cultivating so is not Zhao Li Xin's fault, he is a bad Master…

On the other hand Tang Mei Yi dream crash in front of her, no wonder he didn't care with the divined fruit she painstakingly find it for him, no wonder no one care about Chienzi flower it's all because Zhao Li Xin had cured he doesn't need it anymore, he just want her to make a fool of herself, that why they look at her like a jokes they must have ridiculed her, Tang Mei Yi face has lost her color her body tremble from shammed and anger, it's ruin…..everything has ruined, her dream, her ambition, her loved…it's all become nothing.