Mu Qing took a deep breath and admitted, "...Indeed, I was the one who injured Feng Xin.

Feng Xin was furious: "I knew it was definitely you!"

Mu Qing said to Xie Lian, “But that’s because Xianjing was destroyed! All the priests were trying to escape, but he stayed there and refused to leave. He wouldn’t listen when I told him to leave. If he stayed any longer, he’d be burned to death by the karmic fire. That’s why I planned to knock him out and throw him to you!”

Xie Lian said, “But you didn’t hand him over to me. Feng Xin disappeared, but he showed up here.”

Mu Qing said: "Because there was a little accident along the way."

"What accident?"

Mu Qing said, "That fetal spirit. It suddenly attacked from behind, biting me relentlessly and refusing to let me take it with me. Before I could pull it up, the Immortal Capital began to disintegrate and reorganize, and so..."

So Feng Xin was moved to an unknown place along with the land beneath him.

If what he said is true, it means that Mu Qing originally wanted to do a good thing, but accidentally made trouble and cheated Feng Xin, which is very embarrassing.

Xie Lian asked, “Then why didn’t you tell me earlier…” Feng Xin also said, “You really didn’t want me to burn to death in Xianjing? So you knocked me unconscious and left me there?”

Mu Qing's face froze. He said to Xie Lian, "The fetal spirit has been squatting on his chest the whole time. And then that female ghost Jian Lan also came. I figured she would wake Feng Xin or move him away so he wouldn't burn to death."

Xie Lian understood. He'd volunteered to save someone, probably out of guilt. After all, it was he who had knocked Feng Xin unconscious and lost him, so out of duty, he naturally felt obliged to help. No wonder he'd been so uneasy the entire way, probably worried that Feng Xin might be dead...

However, this explanation was hard to believe. Feng Xin grabbed his hair and said, "What you did is outrageous! Don't you know I'm looking for someone?! If you hadn't knocked me out, I might have found him!"

Mu Qing said calmly, "That fetal spirit is Bai Wuxiang's subordinate. Bai Wuxiang won't harm them. And they don't want to go with you. You're just wasting your time staying there. It's useless to shout a thousand times. It's better to leave Xianjing first to save your life and look for it later when there's a chance. Why did you have to rush to such a critical moment to arrange a parent-child reunion? I just made the most advantageous judgment under the circumstances."

Feng Xin wasn't as calm as him: "What a bullshit! You can only say such things if they're not your family! Wait, so what you're saying is that you wanted to save me and let me leave?"

Hua Cheng said, "Don't waste any more time talking nonsense. Answer my question: What did Jun Wu say to you?"

Mu Qing shut up and hesitated for a moment.

Hua Cheng stared at him again and asked, "Are you obeying his orders now?"

Mu Qing immediately said, "That's absolutely not the case!"

Hua Cheng said, "Then please explain this curse."

Mu Qing had been arguing for so long that his mouth was dry. After a moment, he said in a hoarse voice, "I said...you may not believe it."

Feng Xin said, "When I asked you just now, you denied it to the death. Now you admit it, of course it's hard to believe."

Mu Qing said with a hint of irritation, "Why wouldn't I admit it? If I had told you what happened just now, you definitely wouldn't have believed it! With the same attitude, who would admit it? Once I admit it, there's no way to argue. It's better not to admit it!" Besides, while Feng Xin was fortunately alright, it would be embarrassing to talk about it later. With his personality, it's normal for him not to want to admit it. Xie Lian listened patiently and said, "Let him finish his story first."

Mu Qing glanced at Xie Lian for a long moment before speaking with difficulty, "This is... because he asked me to harm His Highness, and I refused, so..."

At this point, he felt awkward and couldn't continue. Hua Cheng asked, "So, he got angry and put a curse on you?"

Silent with admiration.

Feng Xin said, "Nothing else?"

Hua Cheng's face showed no special expression. He said, "Honestly, do you believe what you said?"

“…”

Mu Qing seemed to have suffered a great humiliation and said coldly: "Believe it or not. There was a misunderstanding about me knocking Feng Xin unconscious, but I didn't take orders from anyone."

Feng Xin said: "Mu Qing, you should tell the truth."

Seeing his expression, Mu Qing's knuckles cracked as she said, "I'm telling the truth! What do you want to hear? I surrendered, and Jun Wu turned against you, right? Isn't that who I am in your hearts, Your Highness?!"

He looked at Xie Lian, his eyes agitated. Xie Lian stared at him for a long moment, lost in thought. Just as he was about to speak, Hua Cheng crossed his arms and stepped in front of him. Meeting Mu Qing's gaze, he said calmly, "There's no need to look at you like that, Your Highness. After all, you've already experienced this."

Mu Qing said, "I didn't ask you! What precedent?"

Hua Cheng smiled and said, "What precedent? Is it smooth to cultivate in the blessed land snatched from His Highness?"

There was a hint of coldness in his smile, and his tone was even more sinister. Mu Qing was stunned, his face turned pale, and he took two steps back involuntarily, saying, "You!..."

He knew that his actions in competing with Xie Lian for the blessed land were not very fair, so he was most afraid of people digging it up and pointing fingers at him. Although Hua Cheng's tone was smiling, he was subtly aggressive.

Mu Qing was shocked, but Xie Lian was also shocked. He was shocked at how Hua Cheng knew about this.

Neither Xie Lian nor Feng Xin were gossipy people, never gossiping or spreading rumors behind others' backs. Although Mu Qing's departure had been a huge blow to them, they had never complained to anyone. As for the fight over the blessed land, Xie Lian never wanted to talk about it again, and he hadn't discussed it with anyone. Feng Xin was probably the same way.

Naturally, those thirty-odd priests wouldn't proactively tell anyone they'd stolen someone's spiritual land. They'd either keep it a secret or gloss it over. So, Xie Lian never heard of this incident again.

If that’s the case, how did Huacheng know about it?

Although he had planted many spies in the Heavenly Court, this happened too long ago, more than 800 years ago, and most of the parties involved never mentioned it. Could such an old debt be investigated?

Mu Qing asked, "How do you know? Who told you?" He looked at Feng Xin, then at Xie Lian, and finally at Xie Lian. Hua Cheng sneered, "You don't need to look at His Highness. He never tells me these things. You guys shouted it out on the top of the snow mountain. Have you forgotten?"

Mu Qing's face paled even further. Xie Lian's doubts were somewhat relieved, and he couldn't help but blush slightly.

When Feng Xin and Mu Qing started arguing, they'd relentlessly bring up each other's dirty laundry, exposing past secrets like a tinderbox, throwing a mountain of old grievances at each other like explosives. No wonder Hua Cheng was so furious. Yet, he had a vague feeling that something was amiss.

Xie Lian recalled another incident: the red-robed ghosts setting fire to the Wenwu Temple. Hua Cheng rose to fame in a single battle, defeating thirty-three priests and setting fire to all their temples and palaces in the mortal world.

Xie Lian had long forgotten how many priests had fought with him for the blessed land. He couldn't even remember their names, appearances, or what they had said. He only vaguely remembered that there were about thirty of them.

So, how many thirty are there exactly?

Could it be the thirty or so priests from back then?

If so, doesn't that mean Huacheng already knew about this?

After a long while, Mu Qing reluctantly said, "That time was that time, this time is this time! Anyway, I never thought about it..."

A few of them were arguing when suddenly, Xie Lian kicked out and shouted, "Watch out!"

Mu Qing was caught off guard and was knocked down by his kick. With two whooshing sounds, two streaks of cold light passed just above him and were pinned to the wall. Mu Qing leaped up, swatting the shoe prints off his chest. "Did you do this on purpose?! Who was the first to strike?"

Xie Lian hurriedly said, "Sorry, sorry, I really didn't mean to do that!" If he had done it on purpose, Mu Qing would have probably already punched a human-shaped hole in the wall. Everyone turned to see two sharp swords nailed to the wall, their blades still trembling. Feng Xin shouted, "Who?!"

Xie Lian said, “No one. They just moved on their own!”

Clink, clang, clang. From all directions, murderous aura surged. The weapons hanging on the walls began to stir, trembling wildly, shaking the entire room!

Xie Lian said, “Get out now!”

Unexpectedly, when he ran to the place that was originally the exit, Feng Xin said, "Why are you running there? There is no way! Where is the door? This house doesn't have a door, right? How can we get out?"

Xie Lian asked, "There used to be a door! But it's gone! What's with all these weapons? Why is there such a murderous aura all of a sudden?"

Hua Cheng clamped a long sword flying towards him between his fingers. Without exerting much force, the sword broke into pieces and clattered to the ground. He said, "It's been unused for too long. It got lonely. It sensed someone coming in and wanted to kill."

The others subconsciously turned to look at Mu Qing. Mu Qing immediately said, "It's none of my business!"

Hua Chengdao: "But, it was you who brought us in."

Mu Qing said: "I showed the way because I saw the fetal spirit!"

Hua Cheng said, "Only you saw it."

Mu Qing was speechless and clenched his fists. Feng Xin said, "What should we do now? Can't these weapons be quieted down?"

Before Hua Cheng could reply, Xie Lian suddenly remembered dealing with similar monsters before and muttered, "Yes! But... we have to let them kill."

Feng Xin said, "But we can't get out of here now. There are only four of us trapped here. How can we kill anything? What can we kill?"

Xie Lian was about to speak when Hua Cheng suddenly said, "Three."

Feng Xin: "What three?"

Hua Chengdao: "Just a correction. There are only three people imprisoned here."

Xie Lian turned his head sharply. Sure enough, the fourth person in the armory, Mu Qing, had suddenly vanished!

Absolutely true! The place where Mu Qing had been standing was now empty. Feng Xin was stunned: "How could this be?! He was standing here just now!"

Hua Cheng wasn't surprised. After all, he had already encountered this kind of thing once before. He said, "This is Bai Wuxiang's territory. Everything is under his command. He's unscrupulous and can take away anyone he wants."

“…”

If Feng Xin had previously been 80% convinced and 20% skeptical, his sharp words to Mu Qing mostly coming from anger, now he didn't know what to say. After a long pause, he finally said, "Your Highness, Mu Qing, could he really be...?"

Xie Lian immediately said, "Let's not talk about this for now. These weapons are about to riot. Let's find a way to calm them down first, otherwise they will be chopped into pieces!" As he said this, he pulled the heart from his back. But Hua Cheng suddenly held his hand down.

Xie Lian was stunned and looked up, only to see Hua Cheng staring at him, with a faint bloodshot in one eye.

He said in a deep voice: "Brother, what do you want to do by drawing your sword?"