"Oh?" This time it was Zu'an's turn to be surprised, and he temporarily abandoned his plan to cripple him. "What grudge do you have against Youyinglou?"
Jing Li took a deep breath, his eyes flashing with hatred: "My father was the sect leader of the Rift Heaven Sect, and the master of the Shadow Pavilion was my father's junior brother. In the early years, he was often bullied by the disciples of the sect, and my father always helped him. But in the end, the other party used my father to steal a large number of cultivation manuals from the sect and then set up his own sect, the Shadow Pavilion."
"My father was punished by being confined to the wall for ten years for this. When the old sect leader passed away, he passed the position of sect leader to my father and entrusted him to clean up the sect's filth."
"It was then that my father learned that the Rift Heaven Sect had failed in its several attempts to besiege the Shadow Pavilion over the years, suffering heavy losses and causing unrest within the sect. Many experts were instead recruited by the Shadow Pavilion. As a result, the Rift Heaven Sect grew weaker and weaker, while the Shadow Pavilion grew stronger."
"Back then, to prevent the two factions from fighting and causing widespread death, my father decided to duel with the other side to decide the future of the two factions. As a result, he never returned from that duel, and from then on, the Rift Heaven Sect completely disintegrated."
He was actually gambling; since this person was investigating the Shadow Pavilion, he was clearly not one of them.
The enemy of my enemy may be my friend.
Of course, if it were anyone else, he wouldn't have revealed everything like this, but the person in front of him was too powerful, so powerful that he couldn't even muster the thought of resisting.
Zuan was somewhat surprised after hearing this, never expecting there to be this layer of the story.
"Losing a fair duel is not entirely the fault of Lord Youying."
"The key point is that the duel was unfair!" Jing Li said excitedly. "You have to understand that my father was the number one talent in the Rift Heaven Sect back then, while the Shadow Pavilion Master was a notorious good-for-nothing. Some of his cultivation techniques were even taught to him by my father. How could someone like that possibly beat my father? Besides, with my father's cultivation level at the time, even if he lost, he wouldn't have lost his life. Obviously, the other party must have used some underhanded methods in that duel!"
"At that time, although the Shadow Pavilion was rising rapidly, the Rift Heaven Sect had a deeper foundation. It was still unknown who would win. In the end, it was because of my father's unexpected death that the Rift Heaven Sect collapsed."
Zuan said in a deep voice, "Didn't you see that duel?"
Jing Li shook his head dejectedly: "For the sake of fairness, both sides agreed not to bring their subordinates. Now that I think about it, my father kept his promise, but the other side may not have."
Zuan wasn't so concerned with their internal strife, and instead asked directly, "What's the name of the Shadow Lord?"
The imperial court has been investigating for so long but has not found anything, but since he is Jing Li's father's junior brother, he must know.
“Si Chao!” Jing Li’s eyes were filled with deep-seated hatred.
"Si Chao?" Zu An frowned slightly, having no recollection of the name. Among the famous masters in the world, there didn't seem to be anyone named that.
However, upon further reflection, he realized that as the king of assassins, the Shadow Lord would certainly not reveal his real name, so it was normal that he had never heard of this name.
We finally got a clue, and it just disappeared like that?
Suddenly, he thought of the puzzle pieces from the detective dramas of his past life, and an idea struck him. He asked, "What does the Lord of Youying Tower look like? Describe him in detail."
As he spoke, he took out a piece of white paper and a paintbrush. Back then, in order to learn the skill of disguise, he had received personal guidance from Yu Yanluo, and his painting skills had already reached a high level.
Jing Li was taken aback, but despite some doubts, she still began to describe it.
According to his description, Zuan wrote with great skill and speed, and soon a human face appeared on the paper.
This face is exceptionally ordinary, the kind that you wouldn't notice a second time if it were lost in a crowd—a natural assassin candidate.
At this moment, Jing Li hesitated: "I don't know if it's right or wrong. I was young back then, and Si Chao was always aloof and rarely showed his face. So many years have passed, I'm afraid I've remembered it wrong."
Zuan stared intently at the painting in front of him, because he felt that the person looked somewhat familiar.
He was certain he had seen this person before, but he just couldn't remember who it was.
Given his current level of cultivation, he wouldn't forget what he'd seen before, so why couldn't he recognize it?
I don't recognize this person, but why does he look somewhat familiar?
"Are you from the Free and Unfettered Path, senior?" Jing Li asked tentatively. Among all the members of the Demonic Sect, only the Free and Unfettered Path was the most proficient in painting.
However, he immediately dismissed this guess. When had the Free and Unfettered Path ever produced such a master? If it were truly the Free and Unfettered Path, the Demonic Sect would have long been under their control.
The strength this person just displayed was even greater than that of his father back then. No, it seems that no one in the entire Demonic Sect's Three Sects and Six Paths can compare to him.
Zuan did not answer, but carefully put the painting away: "So you deliberately impersonated a Shadow Tower assassin just now to provoke conflict between the Demonic Sect and Shadow Tower?"
“That’s right.” Jing Li smiled sadly. “Although I have been studying and practicing diligently over the years and have had quite a few fortuitous encounters, I am well aware that my strength is still far from that of the Shadow Pavilion Master. Moreover, he has many experts under his command, which is not something I can fight alone. I have no choice but to resort to this strategy.”
"You're quite clever," Zu'an said approvingly, then asked, "While you've been at the Demonic Sect's headquarters recently, have you learned of the sect leader Yun Jianyue's whereabouts?"
"Leader Yun?" Jing Li looked blank, then shook his head and said, "She is elusive and I can't see her. Besides, I have targeted Youying Tower many times recently, and it seems that they have sent people to investigate me everywhere. I usually hide in my room and rarely go out."
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