Ji Mofan looked extremely innocent. "I found this at the place where a senior passed away. When I got it, I encountered a protective formation and was even trapped in an illusion for a while."
"Is Elder Shen also one?"
Although Ji Mofan's attitude towards him wasn't exactly respectful, it was at least peaceful, a stark contrast to the confrontational demeanor Shen Yun had witnessed in the secret realm, which made Shen Yun feel an undeniable sense of unease.
But once he was out of the illusionary formation, he was quite certain that this place was real, and that Ji Mofan's attitude was genuine.
His mind was a complete blank; he couldn't even remember how he had broken through the illusionary formation.
Could it be the work of inner demons?
His inner demons have now become so severe that they can usurp control of his mind and cause him to lose his memory for a period of time.
"...Elder Shen?"
Ji Mofan's voice brought Shen Yun back from his reverie. He turned around and replied, "...Oh. This manuscript is quite profound, and I also need some time to comprehend it."
Ji Mofan had no intention of lingering with him and bid him farewell decisively.
Watching Ji Mofan's figure disappear outside the courtyard gate, Shen Yun withdrew his gaze and glanced at the little servant who was still sleeping beside him.
...Strange, if he just wanted to send him this manuscript, why would Ji Mofan have to knock out his servants?
He is no longer the figure he once was, when rumors were rampant and he was almost universally hated in the Yun Cang Sword Sect.
His memories were disrupted by his inner demons, to the point that Shen Yun completely forgot that when he first entered the illusionary formation, he clearly sensed Ji Mo Fan's spiritual power within the formation.
Looking at the tattered scroll in his hand, Shen Yun unconsciously clenched his fist.
Qi Fengyu did not tell him the truth.
Or rather, at least he wasn't told the whole story in its entirety; he only told part of the truth in a way that was favorable to himself.
Those seemingly plausible words successfully aroused Shen Yun's guilt, both towards Ji Mofan and Qi Fengyu.
Qi Fengyu was just a sickly person who had been stuck in the Foundation Establishment stage for ten years. How could he have known that his request would hurt Ji Mofan so badly?
Ji Mofan would not refuse, and Shen Yun indulged him, which turned Qi Fengyu into a person with blood on his hands, making him witness the death of the person he cherished most on the day they finally got married.
But looking at Ji Mo Fan's appearance in the illusion just now...
Shen Yun looked down at the array manuscript in his hand.
When Ji Mofan handed it over, he didn't give any warning. Shen Yun didn't expect that the trap that Ji Mofan had already opened would be used on him again, which is why he was caught off guard and fell into the formation.
But in reality, the formation wasn't very complicated; he recognized it.
Because of this understanding, it is even clearer that the illusions simulated by this formation are not unfounded.
All things possess a spirit. When spiritual energy is channeled into an array, the memories contained within can be awakened through specific runes.
Shen Yun glanced again at the door where Ji Mofan's figure had just disappeared.
He couldn't have met Ji Mofan, who died on his wedding night, so that part must have come from Ji Mofan's memory.
No wonder he suddenly changed his ways; it turns out he had already seen his own fate, which is why he tried every means to create another way of life for himself.
He had no grounds to accuse Ji Mofan of concealing the truth, after all, he knew very well how badly their relationship had deteriorated.
But he couldn't help but take his anger out on Qi Fengyu.
Ji Mofan's death was clearly unusual; it couldn't possibly have been due to exhaustion as Qi Fengyu had described.
Who would remove their inner core before their health is ruined?
Moreover, such chaotic swordsmanship could not possibly have been done by Ji Mofan himself.
Even if he were extremely weak, he would never resort to such a clumsy move.
The murderer could only be one person—Qi Fengyu, who shared a room with Ji Mofan that night.
He would have all night to perfect the whole incident into what he called an "accident"... no, he wouldn't even need to do anything extra.
Even if Shen Yun witnessed such a horrific scene with his own eyes, given that Ji Mo Fan was already dead, he would only think about how to protect the living.
Even setting aside Qi Fengyu himself, the mere fact that the Yun Cang Sword Sect's young sect leader was accused of plotting against the chief disciple was a disaster for the entire sect.
However, that's something Shen Yun would have done in his previous life.
The situation has now largely changed, and Ji Mofan has not become useless due to his injuries as Qi Fengyu claimed. There is no reason for him to abandon Qi Fengyu, whether from a moral or logical standpoint.
But Qi Fengyu seemed to think otherwise.
His use of such ambiguous statements to fob off Shen Yun was an attempt to sow discord between the two.
At the very least, it would make Shen Yun feel guilty and stand in front of Ji Mofan when faced with the conflict between the two of them.
Qi Fengyu wanted to shift the blame and use Shen Yun as his shield.
Unconsciously, her fingernails dug into her palm, the scarlet color meandering across the thin rice paper.
*
"Are you just going to abandon him like this?" Xiao Wangyan, sitting in his flying magical artifact, couldn't help but keep looking back at the mountain peak of the Yuncang Sword Sect.
"Hmm." Ji Mofan nodded. "I don't need to worry about it; he'll take action on his own."
Xiao Wangyan looked utterly bewildered. "Wouldn't it be easier to just kill him? Aren't you afraid something might happen if we let him keep running around?"
“No.” Ji Mofan shook his head. “Shen Yun has been forced into a corner with only one option left. He will help me find Qi Fengyu.”
Ji Mofan spent several teleportation talismans to make a special trip to his old employer, not genuinely to deliver any array manuscript to Shen Yun, but to see him suffer from inner demons in the illusion array, which was just an appetizer.
The real main course is to make him turn his guilt towards Qi Fengyu into resentment, and to drag him into their life-or-death game as well.
Qi Fengyu has now disappeared from the Yun Cang Sword Sect, but Ji Mofan has no choice but to continue participating in the Dao Asking Conference.
He was in the open while the other party was in the dark. Although Ji Mofan had many friends, he did not want to harm other people's cultivation by getting involved in this karma of human lives.
Of course, you have to use someone like Shen Yun who is insignificant to you.
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