A whole host of "whys" swirled in his mind, and the feeling of suffocation brought him to the brink of death. Qi Fengyu felt that his brain had never been spinning so fast before.
But after going through the motions several times, he still couldn't come up with a single solution. His consciousness teetered on the brink of collapse in just a few breaths, and Qi Fengyu felt that he could no longer open his eyes.
My body suddenly felt weightless, followed by the sensation of my bones falling and hitting the ground one by one.
The pain came late, and he lay on the ground coughing in a sorry state.
"Take Xiaoyu away."
The first voice to enter Qi Fengyu's mind was actually from Ji Mofan, but he didn't have time to look up. When the true disciple behind him helped him up, he was still coughing so hard that he felt dizzy.
His vision finally cleared up a bit, and he hurriedly looked in Li Geyue's direction.
With just one glance, his pupils suddenly shrank to tiny points, and he was so frightened that he staggered back half a step.
Li Geyue's current state is really too abnormal.
His crimson robes were torn at the hem by the cold wind of Yiku Cliff, and now they were being blown away by the spiritual energy fluctuations around him, making him look like a burning flame.
His eyes, which should have been dark and bright, were now strangely crimson, as if soaked in blood, or as if surging emotions were about to break free of their restraints and pounce on him like a tiger.
It was Ji Mofan who saved him. He held Li Geyue's arm with one hand, and his cold spiritual power spread throughout the hall, forcefully suppressing Li Geyue's outburst of emotions.
“It was because you lost control and seriously injured your fellow disciples that I punished you by sending you to the Cliff of Remembrance to reflect on your actions.” Ji Mofan’s voice was devoid of warmth, and his face showed an unusually cold and inhuman expression. “Now it seems that you have not repented at all, and you still only know how to resort to violence when faced with problems.”
The incident happened so suddenly that even Shen Yun didn't have time to react, let alone the others present.
Only Ji Mofan kept a portion of his attention on Li Geyue, which enabled him to act immediately after the incident and rescue Qi Fengyu from his clutches.
It's not that I feel sorry for Qi Fengyu's life; given all the awful things he's done, he deserves to be strangled ten times over.
But since his life is still somewhat useful to Mo Fan, we can't let him die so easily.
"Wait!" Seeing that Ji Mofan intended to cripple Li Geyue's meridians, Shen Yun shouted, and Ji Mofan was pushed away by his Nascent Soul stage spiritual power.
He also took a few steps back following Shen Yun's force, and looked up at Li Geyue, who was being pressed to the ground by the pressure.
Then he turned to Shen Yun, who had just put his hand down.
“Master, Junior Brother almost killed Xiao Yu just now,” Ji Mo Fan said. “There are so many eyewitnesses present. Even if this matter is brought to the main family of the Li clan, the Yun Cang Sword Sect will stand on the side of reason.”
"Foolish! Can't you see that Ge Yue was bewitched by his inner demons and lost control to hurt people just now?" Shen Yun flicked his sleeve, his brows furrowed with gloom.
Ji Mo Fan lowered his eyes.
How could he not be gloomy? His little apprentice was doing well, but suddenly he discovered that such a strong inner demon was hidden within him. Anyone would find it hard to accept.
But Jimo Fan not only accepted it well, but even wanted to applaud it.
After all, this inner demon was basically something he nurtured himself.
In essence, he did nothing but reject his junior's confession.
Li Geyue's inner demons stemmed from his belief that no one genuinely cared for him, and that everyone connected with him was only doing so for personal gain. His only true refuge was Ji Mofan.
But now that Ji Mofan has so clearly stated that he wants to abandon him, the Love Poison's control over his heartbeat has further intensified the fermentation of this emotion.
He had been imprisoned on the Cliff of Remembering Bitterness for so long, and now that he was finally able to see Ji Mofan, his surging emotions were about to erupt, but Ji Mofan kept suppressing them and ignoring him.
In addition, Qi Fengyu kept adding fuel to the fire without his knowledge.
It would be strange if it didn't explode directly with lightning.
“I haven’t seen any other examples of people being possessed by inner demons.” Ji Mofan stood to the side with his hands in his pockets, his expression quite calm, as if the person suffering from inner demons not far away was a stranger.
However, no one cared at this moment; everyone was only focused on Li Geyue, who had just gone berserk.
Shen Yun couldn't find fault with what he said. How old was Ji Mo Fan? Only twenty years old. Normally, at his age, let alone the outbreak of inner demons, his cultivation level wouldn't even be enough to nurture a seedling of inner demons.
But Li Geyue is the strangest of all. He is only sixteen years old and his cultivation level is only at the Golden Core stage. Where does such a fierce inner demon come from?
"Is it... related to the Gu worms...?" Qi Fengyu finally recovered and managed to stay upright, leaning on someone to try to speak.
Shen Yun wanted to step forward to check, but the spiritual power surging around Li Geyue forcefully forced him back from his search.
Forcing your way in will only intensify your inner demons, and the consequences will be even more uncontrollable.
"Junior Brother Li, calm down..." Qi Fengyu struggled to speak.
But the feedback Li Geyue gave him was an increasingly violent spiritual energy.
"Xiaoyu, you should go back and rest first," Ji Mofan said. "You used to get all worked up over the smallest scrapes, but you've become much stronger now."
"Although I was injured by Junior Brother Li, we are still fellow disciples..."
"Xiao Yu, listen to Xiao Fan, go back and rest first." Shen Yun interrupted Qi Fengyu's listless words.
As he said this, his gaze remained fixed on Li Geyue.
Is it a coincidence?
Just now, when Qi Fengyu spoke, he clearly felt that the pressure he had released was met with fierce resistance. But when Ji Mofan spoke, the resistance obviously weakened.
It's definitely not a misperception, so let's try isolating Qi Fengyu from him first.
Qi Fengyu wanted to open his mouth again, but he could only hold on for a moment. His vision went black, and he leaned his head against the shoulder of the disciple next to him.
"Junior Nephew Luo, please escort the young sect leader back safely." After Shen Yun finished speaking to the True Scripture Master who was supporting Qi Fengyu, he turned his gaze to Ji Mofan beside him.
“Xiao Fan, Ge Yue used to listen to you the most,” he said. “Try to see if you can call him out of the prison of his inner demons.”
Shen Yun watched as Ji Mo Fan opened his round eyes, raised his head, and pointed uncertainly at himself.
"Me?" he asked, puzzled. "Me?"
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