"If you had been able to retrieve the Azure Phoenix Demon Core for him in time, things wouldn't have dragged on like this." Shen Yun said this with utter certainty.
Ji Mofan couldn't help but chuckle, "Master, did you really think that I took Xiaoyu out of the Yun Cang Sword Sect's mountain gate on my own initiative when I didn't explain back then?"
"What other possibility could there be?" Shen Yun frowned and asked him in confusion.
Ji Mofan smiled and shook his head, it was unclear what he was mocking.
“This has nothing to do with me. It was Xiaoyu himself who felt too bored being locked up in the sect by all of us, so he wanted to sneak out for some fresh air,” he said. “Not only should you not say that I failed to protect him, but you should blame Xiaoyu instead. He’s the one who caused me to injure my arm.”
“But you never listened to my explanation and just threw me into the Cliff of Memories.”
Shen Yun was somewhat annoyed by his words, "If you didn't tell me, how would I know?"
"Besides, as the eldest disciple, it's your fault for failing to protect Xiaoyu. How is it wrong for me to punish you?"
Ji Mofan looked at him, smiling but saying nothing.
"You're shameless," he concluded after a moment's hesitation.
Although he had long since stopped caring about Shen Yun's attitude towards him, Ji Mofan still couldn't completely let bygones be bygones and move on from the past.
Shen Yun was completely enraged by his blunt words.
His hand was already on the hilt of his sword, looking as if he could draw his sword at any moment and stab Ji Mofan and the chair he was sitting in into a candied hawthorn.
"Master, please calm down." Ji Mofan raised his hand and made a downward pressing motion. "Although not many people come to my courtyard, if you really fight me, I won't be unable to call for help."
It's true that Shen Yun's cultivation level is higher than his, but Ji Mofan is not a weakling who can't even kill a chicken.
"Besides, the Dao Seeking Conference is about to begin. You probably don't want me to appear in front of everyone in the cultivation world covered in injuries, do you?"
The latter point clearly touched Shen Yun deeply. The Dao Asking Conference is of paramount importance to the entire cultivation world. If Ji Mo Fan were to attend with serious injuries, it would be difficult to guarantee that no one would be able to tell how he was injured.
Making a scene will not benefit anyone.
Seeing Shen Yun loosen his grip on the hilt of his sword, Ji Mofan smiled nonchalantly.
"Master, what brings you here today?" he asked. "I need to check on my disciple's cultivation later."
So please don't waste my time here.
The unspoken words were clearly not kind, but Shen Yun couldn't lash out. He could only suppress his anger, his face practically contorted with rage.
"I've learned that Changfeng Valley has finalized the gift they'll be giving to the top-ranked player on the Heavenly Ranking at the next Dao Inquiry Conference," he said, forcing a calm tone. "They've recently gained the favor of a Nascent Soul stage alchemist who will provide Changfeng Valley with an opportunity to refine pills once a year."
"I want you to win the Dao Inquiry Tournament and invite that alchemist to come out of seclusion and refine a Marrow Cleansing Pill."
Ji Mofan lifted his eyelids to look at him.
Shen Yun didn't even refer to himself as "Master" in front of him anymore, which meant he was truly angered.
"Is it all for Xiaoyu's medical treatment again?" Ji Mofan smiled. "Didn't I already say that he got injured because he brought it on himself? Why should I clean up his mess?"
"Because you are the chief disciple of the Yuncang Sword Sect." Shen Yun took a deep breath. "Because it was the old sect master who ordered me to go to Shangchun City to exorcise demons, and he also said that I could find a child with excellent aptitude there and take him as my true disciple."
"In the end, it was the old sect leader who saved your life. You can't abandon Xiaoyu, the child who carries his bloodline."
Ji Mofan couldn't help but frown slightly.
During the years when the old sect leader took care of him when he was a child, this matter was never mentioned.
He thought that he had just happened to wander to Shangchun City and happened to meet Shen Yun, who came here to exorcise demons. Then, he was lucky enough to have a completely different way of living than the first seven years of his life.
So it was the old sect leader's order all along?
But how did he know about Ji Mofan's existence when he was far away in the Yun Cang Sword Sect?
Did the old sect leader know about his background?
Doubts grew in his heart, but there was no one to answer his questions. The old sect leader had been in seclusion for many years, and no one could see him.
Ji Mofan sighed, "Why can't I just ignore this?"
Trying to use moral blackmail? He won't fall for that.
It's a pity that the old sect leader, who was such a kind and benevolent old man, had such a heartless descendant as Qi Fengyu.
"Even if it's about me repaying his kindness, every single thing I, Ji Mofan, have done for Qi Fengyu in the more than ten years since I joined the Yun Cang Sword Sect, every single thing I've done, every single one of them, I risked my life to ensure his safety."
“Even if I did owe, I paid it all off long ago,” he said.
Shen Yun never expected that Ji Mo Fan would be so stubborn and unyielding.
The flesh on his cheeks twitched, and after a moment's hesitation, he loosened his clenched teeth.
“Don’t forget, when you first joined the Yuncang Sword Sect, I took a wisp of your soul and left it in the Peach and Plum Hall of the sect,” Shen Yun said. “With the disciple’s soul lamp there, you will always be a disciple of the Yuncang Sword Sect, and you should listen to your master.”
“You have become increasingly disobedient and unruly lately. Perhaps I should consider hanging your soul lamp somewhere else.”
The surrounding temperature suddenly dropped several degrees.
Ji Mofan couldn't control his spiritual power, nor did he intend to. He let his ice spiritual root run rampant, freezing a falling petal with frost. The moment it hit the ground, it shattered into pieces like glass.
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