Chapter 39
He just felt something suddenly emerge from his mind.
It seemed to be something tiny and small, giving him an indescribable feeling.
However, this was just a minor incident. Shi Anxu only found it strange and quickly put it out of her mind.
He listened from the roof of the shop for a long time, but didn't hear a single useful piece of information. All he heard was people talking about wanting to innovate and surpass them.
It seems that the matter in their reading area hasn't spread to everyone yet. He needs to resolve this as soon as possible to avoid damaging their reputation.
Based on what Shi Anxu overheard earlier, this incident was not caused by this store.
He decided to eavesdrop at the next shop, and after rearranging the tiles, Shi Anxu quietly left.
He listened for a long time in another store, but still didn't get any useful information. Moreover, the situation was similar in the first and second stores; they all seemed unaware of what was going on in their reading area.
It seems they weren't the ones who did it. If they weren't the ones, Shi Anxu couldn't think of anyone else who would frame them, or what their motive would be.
This situation is putting Shi Anxu in a difficult position. Things will definitely escalate after tomorrow, and the situation may not be as easy to handle then as it is today.
He wanted to deal with this matter as soon as possible, but he had no clue what to do, and the more he thought about it, the more his head ached.
Shi Anxu had no choice but to give up trying to find a solution. He then took out the cultivation manual that he had put back and examined it carefully to see if he could find any clues.
He read the cultivation technique over and over again, even covering it with his own divine sense, but still found nothing.
A sense of powerlessness welled up inside him. He felt as if he were trapped in a large, woven net, stuck and unable to move freely.
This feeling made him very uncomfortable. He liked the sense of security that he could find a solution whenever a problem arose.
Now it's as if a layer of fog separates him from the road ahead; he can't see the path clearly and doesn't know which way to go to resolve this matter.
However, Shi Anxu never neglected himself. Since he couldn't think of anything now, he forced himself to stop thinking about it and get some rest. This way, he would have the energy to keep the troublemakers in check, and he would also have a clear head to devise a solution.
Today, just eavesdropping at two stores has already taken up a lot of time, and now Shi Anxu feels completely exhausted, both physically and mentally.
With Mu Qingzhou gone, Shi Anxu has no one left to discuss things with, and now he has to rely on himself for anything that happens.
He strolled slowly from the reading area to his room, lay down on his cot, and buried himself under the covers, shutting out all the troubles outside.
The next day, Shi Anxu woke up very early; he didn't want to get up and face the mess outside.
He didn't open the protective barrier of Qin Nian Peak to prevent other cultivators from entering (mainly because he didn't know how). If he went to the reading area now, he would probably only face endless insults.
But what he had to face was unavoidable. Shi Anxu sighed, got off the couch, and went to the reading area to confront what he had to face.
Sure enough, as soon as he arrived at the reading area, he saw a large group of people standing there, talking about something.
As soon as Shi Anxu entered, they immediately fell silent, staring intently at him.
Shi Anxu felt uneasy under their gazes and unconsciously slowed his pace, walking into the reading area to meet their eyes.
Shi Anxu glanced at the people in the reading area and realized that they were not the same group as yesterday.
Could it be that the group of people from yesterday let them go without telling the people in their sect?
Anyone with eyes could see that this was impossible, and Shi Anxu immediately banished the idea from his mind.
Sure enough, once the cultivators saw that Shi Anxu remained still, they began their attack.
A cultivator from the Xuan Yuan Sect spoke first: "We subscribed to cultivation techniques here, spending our spirit stones, and this is the result we get!"
Shi Anxu asked, "What symptoms did you experience after practicing our technique?"
The Xuan Yuan Sect cultivator sneered, "Heh, don't you know the consequences of your own wicked deeds? Of course, it's the rupture of your spiritual roots! As fellow cultivators, you should know how important spiritual roots are to us. You've become so vicious just to make money!"
Shi Anxu explained as he had yesterday: "We didn't do this; someone framed us."
"Framed? What evidence do you have to prove it?" the Xuan Yuan Sect cultivator asked aggressively.
"We haven't found any evidence yet, please be patient, I will find the evidence soon," Shi Anxu said sincerely.
"Hahahahahaha!" Laughter erupted from the crowd instantly.
The Xuan Yuan Sect cultivator said, "Yesterday I heard from the other victims that you said you would investigate and not give them compensation. I thought things would be different today, but it seems nothing has changed."
Shi Anxu wanted to buy them some more time, saying, "The investigation won't be quick. This matter is particularly complicated, and we won't be able to find out the details in a short time. Please give us some more time."
The Xuan Yuan Sect cultivators were unmoved. He said to the other cultivators, "Let's go back and report this to the sect. This matter cannot be left like this!"
After saying that, the large group of people left again.
Shi Anxu couldn't understand why they were all unwilling to wait for him to finish his investigation before reporting to the sect.
He never said he wouldn't resolve the matter; he just didn't want to admit to something he hadn't done.
If this is their problem, they will not shirk responsibility, but will help them solve the problem and provide some compensation.
It seemed that all the cultivators who came to cause trouble were very anxious and demanded that he give them an explanation that very day.
Shi Anxu put himself in Shi Anxu's shoes and realized that if he had encountered the same situation, he would have demanded an explanation on the spot.
However, if the shop owner says they need to investigate before giving an explanation, he can understand, but he will stay by the shop owner's side the whole time to prevent them from running away.
If you put yourself in their shoes, you can understand their current behavior, but Shi Anxu still feels that something is not right.
The situation is already very bad; he can only try to find evidence to prove his innocence as soon as possible.
But he had no clue and couldn't find any evidence. Without evidence, he couldn't solve the problem, and it had almost become a vicious cycle.
He now not only has to find evidence, but also worries about whether the sect will punish him, since everyone knows about this matter.
He desperately needs someone to give him advice, but Mu Qingzhou is still in seclusion, so that's impossible.
Who else can he ask?
That's right! He could also ask Jiang Linyu. Besides Mu Qingzhou, Jiang Linyu was the person he knew best in the sect, so he had no choice but to go to him now.
Shi Anxu is a very proactive person. Since he had already thought of this, he got up and prepared to find Jiang Linyu to ask him for advice.
Just as Shi Anxu reached the door, he suddenly stopped.
He didn't know if Jiang Linyu had ever come to the reading area to subscribe to cultivation techniques, or if he had been persecuted by those who had framed him, just like the other cultivators who came to him demanding answers.
It seems we can't just go directly to Jiang Linyu. What if he's also been persecuted and thinks they're the ones who caused his situation? If he goes there directly, he'll be walking into a trap.
Thinking of this, Shi Anxu decided to enter Yunyang Peak first, then hide inside the peak and observe Jiang Linyu's attitude from the shadows before deciding whether to reveal himself to Jiang Linyu directly.
Afterwards, Shi Anxu did indeed arrive at Yunyang Peak as he had imagined, revealing himself directly and swaggering into the peak.
Once inside, Shi Anxu felt something was very strange.
Logically speaking, by now the news of their reading area should have spread throughout the entire cultivation world, but when he entered Yunyang Peak today, the disciples' attitude towards him remained the same as before, without any change.
Although Shi Anxu found it strange, he still found a reason for the phenomenon on his own.
The sect leader's orders to them last time should still be effective, and so far the sect hasn't punished them again, so they don't dare to act rashly. Otherwise, if the sect leader blames them, they won't be able to bear the consequences.
However, Shi Anxu overlooked one point: for cultivators, matters concerning their future path of cultivation are something no one takes seriously. If someone were to be injured because of him, regardless of the sect leader, everyone would want to seek justice for them.
Why would they want to invite you in so politely as they are now?
However, at that time, Shi Anxu only wanted to find someone to help him share some of the pressure as soon as possible. He did not consider all aspects and overlooked this point. Later, he paid a heavy price for this oversight.
Now he took out the invisibility cloak he had used before from his spatial ring and put it on.
He had visited Jiang Linyu's residence several times before for various reasons, so finding Jiang Linyu was now a piece of cake for him.
Shi Anxu controlled his steps and walked towards the place where Jiang Linyu lived in his memory, but just as he was about to arrive, he found that the place had been covered by a barrier set up by Jiang Linyu.
He patted his chest, thinking to himself, "Luckily, I noticed it in time and stopped, otherwise Jiang Linyu would have noticed."
Looking at the barrier in front of him, Shi Anxu hesitated. He was now unsure whether coming to find Jiang Linyu was the right decision.
There are only two possibilities for Jiang Linyu setting up a barrier in his own residence.
The first possibility is that he was also affected by this incident and is currently in seclusion to heal his wounds.
The second possibility is that he is doing something shady and has set up the barrier to prevent others from discovering it.
Shi Anxu's intuition told him it should be the second scenario, but his reason told him it was the first.
He didn't know why he had this intuition, but when he was with Jiang Linyu, he could feel that Jiang Linyu was a good person, and he knew he shouldn't make such malicious assumptions about him.
However, this vague sense of unease lingered in his mind, making it impossible for him to ignore it so easily.
However, he wondered if his intuition had misled his junior brother Jiang. He felt he should still sneak into the barrier to see what was going on.
Because he had previously reinforced the protective barrier, Shi Anxu had also read books about barriers, so he knew what kind of formation Jiang Linyu had set up.
It's not a particularly high-level formation, but it's more than enough to defend the disciples inside the peak.
Even if Shi Anxuguang used his own spiritual power to break the barrier, he definitely wouldn't be able to, but he had the magical artifact left behind by Su Qinyi.
Wuyuan can pass through any barrier and formation without being detected by its master. He easily passed through the barrier by relying on Wuyuan.
Upon entering the barrier and seeing the scene, Shi Anxu's pupils dilated instantly.
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