Qi Fengyu didn't care about Li Geyue's mood.
In his view, since Li Geyue had been infected with the Love Gu by Ji Mofan, he was a complete liability to him, so there was no need for him to bother to cultivate a relationship with him.
The principle of "use it or lose it" has always held true throughout history.
"Alright, stop arguing." As the only elder in the main hall, Shen Yun finally couldn't help but speak up.
“You’re all just arguing all the time, but none of you have any substantial evidence.” He said this to everyone, but his gaze was fixed on Ji Mofan. “I’m tired, and Xiaoyu needs to go back to continue her treatment. If you don’t have anything new to say, then you can all leave.”
"Master, please wait."
Shen Yun intended to let the matter drop, but how could Ji Mofan let him have his way? "I still have something to say."
Shen Yun looked at him, his eyes screaming, "Spit it out!"
It seems she's run out of patience and is too tired to pretend to be a harmonious master-disciple relationship with him anymore.
"I was very interested in the meaning of the writing on this pottery jar when I first got it, so I made a special trip to Southern Xinjiang to ask a cultivator who knows Gu magic." Ji Mo Fan took out a piece of paper, unfolded it, and saw that it contained the Southern Xinjiang characters written on the bottom of the pottery jar, as well as a series of annotations in Central Plains.
"In short, what's inside this jar is a type of Gu worm called the 'Love Gu'," he said. "Once the offspring Gu is implanted in the body, it must obey the orders of the person who controls the mother Gu, or it will suffer excruciating pain."
Qi Fengyu gasped.
It wasn't because of the effects of the Love Poison Gu; he already knew this when he asked Li Geyue to search for it on his behalf.
To his astonishment, Ji Mofan had so brazenly laid everything bare before everyone.
Isn't this person at all worried about being exposed as the one who planted the Gu poison?
"No wonder I felt that Junior Brother Li's temperament had changed drastically recently. So it was because of this Gu worm?" Regardless of what Ji Mofan was thinking, Qi Fengyu's top priority now was to clear herself of all suspicions.
Li Geyue opened her mouth, but still couldn't say anything.
“Junior Brother Li, why didn’t you tell everyone? Even if others can’t help you, Elder Shen is your master, a Nascent Soul stage expert. He’ll surely find a way.” Qi Fengyu continued, “Is it because the person who planted the Love Gu in you won’t allow you to tell anyone?”
Was he watching you the whole time?
Qi Fengyu's words were practically a direct statement that the person who cast the Gu poison was among the people present.
Who could be the suspect? Li Geyue ruled them out first. Ge Gen and Shi Rusi were weak, and Qi Fengyu's spiritual power level was also lower than his. It would be easy for Li Geyue to resist.
The other true disciple was only accidentally involved today; he and Li Geyue had no connection whatsoever.
Upon closer inspection, there were only two people: Shen Yun and Ji Mo Fan.
The pottery jar was brought out by Ji Mofan, who then spoke eloquently about the effects of the Gu worm.
Qi Fengyu suddenly felt uneasy.
Everything was going too smoothly.
All the evidence is laid out in plain sight, and the most crucial piece of evidence was even provided by Ji Mofan himself from the very beginning, it's practically like...
It's like sending yourself to the gallows.
Although Qi Fengyu was slow to realize this at this moment, he clearly understood that even if he were given another chance to choose, he would only make the same choice.
He had to push everything out.
He had a vague feeling that he had been tricked, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't figure out why Ji Mofan was acting this way.
The man, with his usual gentle smile, sat high above in the main seat, seemingly enjoying the farce unfolding below.
"Xiao Fan, are you really completely unaware of this matter?" Before Qi Fengyu could figure it out, Shen Yun spoke first, "Back then in the Shen'ai Secret Realm, it was you who received the injured Ge Yue, and it was you who told him to return to the sect ahead of time to heal his injuries."
Didn't you notice that he was carrying this small earthenware jar?
“Master, you’re asking too much of us.” Ji Mofan shook the small pottery jar. “Gu cultivators value secrecy, so their pottery jars are made very small, just big enough to hold the Gu worms. With such a small size, they can be hidden on their person without being noticed.”
"Even if one uses their divine sense to sense them, without knowing their identity, they would only perceive them as two ordinary little insects."
"How could I possibly find out that my junior brother had secretly hidden something when he was deliberately concealing it?"
Ji Mofan's words were absolutely true. If he hadn't foreseen the potential problems and asked Lin Ju'an to be his eyes and ears, Li Geyue might have actually succeeded in secretly.
Qi Fengyu couldn't find fault with it. He circled his tongue around in his mouth several times before finally changing direction to criticize it.
"But Junior Brother Li was seriously injured at the time, and Senior Brother just ignored it all and punished him by sending him to the Cliff of Remembrance to reflect on his mistakes. That's really too heartless..." He feigned concern, "Wouldn't that just make Junior Brother Li's injuries even worse...?"
Upon hearing this, the expressions of the few people in the hall who were unaware of the inside story changed slightly.
Ji Mofan's eyebrows twitched almost imperceptibly, and he secretly sighed at Qi Fengyu's clever tongue.
Although it wasn't explicitly stated, it was practically as if the words "murder to silence" were plastered on his forehead.
A soft laugh suddenly broke the silence of the hall.
"Is there a problem?" he asked casually, his eyes half-closed. "This is how Master always punished me when I made mistakes in the past."
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