Chapter 200 The Mysterious Treasure Land
Upon hearing Li Yundang's words, Ye Li's pupils dilated. "You mean them..."
Seeing that Ye Li didn't speak, Li Yun assumed that she didn't believe him either, so he shrank his neck and whispered, "I told you I wouldn't say anything, and look, you're going to laugh at me too."
Ye Li finally recovered from her shock. She hesitated and said, "I don't disbelieve you. I just want to know why you have this assumption that the person who came back..."
At this point, her throat tightened, "It wasn't them."
Li Yun had been keeping this matter to himself for a long time, but whenever he mentioned it to others, they would not even listen to the whole story before saying that he had been poisoned and his brain had been damaged, and they simply did not believe him.
He was very frustrated and could only keep it to himself.
Finally, someone believed him, and he explained the whole story in a straightforward manner.
...
Li Yun was an inner disciple, and because he had a water spiritual root, he was assigned to the Shuiyun Sect for cultivation.
When he went to Twilight Cloud Island for the trial that day, although he was unconscious due to poisoning, the poison did not completely take away his mind; it only numbed his body, leaving him in a daze.
He remained in a semi-conscious state, during which he heard people talking, but due to his weakness, he could not understand what they were saying at all.
He was awakened by a deafening roar.
He struggled to open his eyes and, through the crack, saw a blood-red scene around him, with what appeared to be people lying in the distance.
He was then knocked unconscious.
...
Hearing this, Ye Li asked in confusion, "Then why didn't you say it back then?"
Li Yun scratched his head. "I was still under the influence of the poison and was in a daze. When I woke up, everyone was fine. I thought it was all a dream."
"If that's the case, then why did you say it wasn't them who came back?"
Li Yun lowered his voice, "That's because of Chen Dajing."
Chen Dajing...
Ye Li remembered that it was the disciple Abi had mentioned who had half his head cut off.
Li Yundang and Chen Dajing were both disciples of the Shuiyun Sect, and the two had always had a good relationship.
When he was entangled in the vines, it was Chen Dajing who came over to help him cut off the tree roots, and in doing so, his arm was burned by the venom.
At this point, Li Yun pulled open his collar and pointed at his neck, saying, "I was also injured back then, and I still have the mark."
His skin was dark, and the new flesh that had peeled off the burn marks looked very abrupt.
“It’s been a month or so, and my injury still hasn’t fully healed. But we’ve only been back for a few days, and Da Jing doesn’t have a single mark on him.”
Logically speaking, they were all injured around the same time, so the scars should be similar. Even if they healed faster, the difference shouldn't be that much.
“I didn’t take it seriously at the time, but even stranger things were yet to come.”
Ever since Chen Dajing returned from the trial on Twilight Cloud Island, he has become much more mysterious.
He used to love drinking, and he would come over to have a few drinks with me almost every few days.
But ever since returning from Twilight Cloud Island, Chen Dajing has kept his room door tightly shut every night, and he won't even leave the house, let alone go out for a drink.
On two separate occasions, he brought wine to Chen Dajing's door, but Chen refused to let him in, claiming that he was practicing cultivation and had already given up drinking.
Li Yun was really curious about what Chen Dajing did at night. After being rejected again, he climbed through the window in the middle of the night.
A strange thing happened: Chen Dajing, who had just been talking to him, was no longer in the room.
He was at the door the whole time. When did Chen Dajing go out?
Li Yun thought Chen Dajing had heard him climbing over the wall and was trying to scare him, so he squatted down at the door to wait for him, thinking he would also give him a fright.
Little did they know, they would wait all night.
The next morning, Chen Dajing actually came out of the room.
Li Yun found it unbelievable, "How did you get out of there?"
Chen Dajing chuckled, "This is my room. If I don't come out from here, where am I supposed to come out from?"
Looking at Chen Dajing in front of him, Li Yun felt that something was not right.
Not only Chen Dajing, but other disciples also exhibited some strange behavior to varying degrees.
For example, a junior disciple who used to love eating started fasting. In the past, he was always the first to rush to the dining hall at mealtimes and devour all the food on the table. Now, however, he ignores all the delicacies on the table.
My senior brother, who used to be diligent and hardworking, practicing his sword skills in the courtyard before dawn every day, now hides in his room all day with the door tightly closed. Occasionally, instead of the familiar sound of a sword, strange whispers can be heard. When someone gets close to listen, the sound stops abruptly.
The junior sister, who was usually timid and cowardly and could scream even at the sight of a mouse, actually went alone to the rumored haunted back mountain at night, completely without her usual fear.
He had tried to talk to people about these strange things, but since he wasn't eating or drinking, they were all minor issues.
Besides, we all spend every day together, what problems could there be?
The disciples, however, believed that he had been damaged in the head by the poison and was hallucinating.
Everyone said that, so he could only keep quiet about it.
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After listening to Li Yundang's explanation, Ye Li's expression also became more serious. "So, you suspect that those who returned to Tianmen Sect were not the disciples?"
"I suspect they are..."
Li Yun looked tall, but he was timid. When he said the last word, his voice trembled, "ghost."
Ye Li: "..."
If she were truly a ghost, it would be simple; she's just a wandering spirit, and she's never had any intention of harming anyone.
So ghosts aren't scary, people are.
For the next half day, Ye Li listened to Li Yundang recount his discovery while searching for the treasure location that Abi had mentioned with Mu Xi.
Apart from the Deer Mangrove Forest, the surrounding area was peaceful and there was nothing unusual.
It was getting late.
The disciples returned to their encampment, and everyone had gained something, more or less.
Ye Li looked around and realized that two people were missing.
It was those two disciples who went to find Suzuka.
Why haven't they come back yet?
The disciple who was looking through the spiritual herbs casually said, "They're probably still looking for Suzuka. Everyone says Suzuka is hard to catch. I heard from a senior sister that you have to set a trap to catch it, and it can take several days."
"Yes, Junior Sister Jiang Li, you don't need to worry. We all have signal flares on us. If they encounter any danger, they will definitely notify us."
Just then, Feng Jingxuan came over, waving his folding fan with a big smile, "It seems everyone has had a very fruitful day."
"Yes, Sect Master, look how beautiful the spirit flowers I picked are!"
"Beautiful, indeed, the flower reflects the person."
"Haha, Sect Master Feng always knows how to make us laugh."
"The trials are tough, so it's one of my responsibilities, Feng, to make everyone happy."
"..."
Laughter erupted, but Ye Li felt out of place among it.
For the next two days, Ye Li spent almost every day and night searching for clues on the island.
The result was that nothing was gained.
As time went by, she grew increasingly anxious.
If we go back like this, wouldn't it be impossible to prove that Chu Wei was framed?
On the third night, Ye Li returned home a little late. As soon as she approached the crowd, she heard their excited voices and saw many people packing their things.
She was a little puzzled. "What's wrong?"
"Junior Sister Jiang Li, we've found a treasure trove!"
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