A distant dream, illusory.
"Excuse me, sister, what does this sentence mean... Did I ask something wrong?"
"Lu Nanzhi, don't you look down on me? I am just a menial disciple, and you are a genius from the inner sect."
"I am in the inner sect because of the spiritual body gifted by God, not my own ability, so I don't think I am that good. If I exchanged bodies with you, I am afraid you would achieve more than me."
"You want to kill me?"
…
"Lu Nanzhi, aren't you tired of following these rules every day?"
"This is the Lu family rule. I have been like this since I was a child. I am used to it."
…
"You want to cultivate the way of disobedience, why do you still need to abide by the Lu family rules?"
"I, Lu Nanzhi, will no longer abide by the Lu family rules and will only act according to my heart!"
…
"You are right. You were right all those years ago. What I want to cultivate is the way of disobedience!"
No, I was wrong, Lu Nanzhi, come back, please come back!
Jiang Yuebai suddenly sat up from the bed, covered in cold sweat and her heart pounding like a drum. She gasped for breath and looked around, finding herself lying in an unfamiliar dormitory.
There is green smoke curling up from the incense burner on the table, which is the smell of soothing incense.
She was thrown into the woods outside the city that day. Not long after, her master found her. Only after seeing her master did she feel relieved and fainted.
I was in a daze and dreamed about many things from my childhood, all of which were related to Lu Nanzhi.
Jiang Yuebai curled up into a ball and hugged her knees. If she knew that a joke she made in her childhood would lead Lu Nanzhi to this path, she would never say it again even if she was beaten to death.
Jiang Yuebai lowered her head. She knew that Lu Nanzhi had chosen her own path and no one could interfere.
But she still felt sorry for Lu Nanzhi. From now on, she would be alone on the path of evil, hiding in the darkness, rarely seeing the light of day, and even had to give up her name.
The door was pushed open, and Jiang Yuebai saw Xie Jingshan's mother Ding Lanzhi walk in with a bowl of medicine.
Jiang Yuebai frowned slightly, and shrank back in alert, with his right hand pressing on the storage bracelet.
Ding Lanzhi noticed her little move and said with a smile, "If we wanted to kill you, our Pavilion Master could have just waved his hand to kill you that day, without waiting for me to do it. Drink the Five Treasures Replenishing Essence Soup, it will quickly restore your weak internal organs. Jingshan made it himself."
Jiang Yuebai took the soup from Ding Lanzhi, took a sip, and asked, "Why am I here? Where is my master? How many days have I slept?"
"You slept for two days. Jingshan is very hospitable. The foundation-building disciples of your Tianyan Sect and several Jindan Zhenren are staying at my house temporarily. Kongfang City has such a big incident, and martial law is being imposed."
"No one is allowed to leave until the investigation is complete. Your master and his men are currently discussing matters at the Kong family. I'm afraid it will take a few days for them to come back to pick you up."
Jiang Yuebai felt that the weakness in his internal organs had recovered a little and there was nothing abnormal. He drank the medicine in the bowl in one gulp and returned the bowl to Ding Lanzhi.
Ding Lanzhi didn't wait for her to ask, "I'll let Jingshan tell you what happened in the past few days. You are a smart person, you should know that ignorance is bliss."
Jiang Yuebai swallowed the words that were about to come out of her mouth and nodded. Ding Lanzhi wanted her not to mention the matter of Feiyan Pavilion to Xie Jingshan.
Not long after Ding Lanzhi left, Jiang Yuebai heard Xie Jingshan's noisy voice coming from far away.
"You just woke up and you should have a good rest. Why are you looking for me? I was asking Zhuo Qingfeng for advice on sword skills. My mother told me that you came to me as soon as you woke up. You didn't even see Zhuo Qingfeng's eyes that looked like he wanted to eat me."
Jiang Yuebai put on his outer robe, got out of bed and went to the table to get some water to drink. He frowned when he heard Xie Jingshan's words, feeling that Ding Lanzhi's way of conveying the message was a bit strange.
"What's wrong? Every time you enter a secret realm, you become unconscious for a few days after coming out. You and the secret realm are in conflict. In the future, avoid secret realms and don't go in."
Xie Jingshan sat at the table and poured himself some water.
"Thank you for helping me make soup." Jiang Yuebai said.
Jiang Yuebai: … …
"Forget it, let's get down to business. Tell me everything that has happened since the day Fengyun Club ended."
Xie Jingshan sat down. "I was just about to tell you that something really bad has happened. Do you know how many people in the Fang family died? In addition to those Yuanying, all the people in the Fang family with giant barbarian bloodline, both direct and indirect, have died. The Fang family leader and the great elder have also been..."
Xie Jingshan made a gesture of wiping his neck.
"Not only the Fang family, but also several elite disciples from other families who were guarding under the ice pillars were killed..."
Outside the house, Xie Guihong, who was lying on the corner and eavesdropping, sighed softly. He turned around and saw Ding Lanzhi standing in the distance with her arms folded, looking at him.
"When did you learn to eavesdrop?"
Xie Guihong frowned and looked worried, "Lanzhi, what will you do if your son ends up living alone?"
Ding Lanzhi laughed and shook her head. "What can I do if he lives a lonely life based on his own ability? He is either not smart or pretending to be ignorant. Let him be. Just let him be happy. Come with me and think about whether there are any omissions in the whole thing."
"Then don't go to the study. How about coming with me to the room to discuss it?"
"roll!"
In the guest room.
"... Most of the people trapped in the secret realm that day are fine. The mastermind behind the scenes probably didn't intend to really destroy the secret realm. He just wanted to hold back the many Yuanying so that he could attack the Fang family..."
"Do you know who killed so many people from the Fang family?" Jiang Yuebai asked tentatively.
Xie Jingshan's eyes darkened, he stood up and walked to the window and door to check, then turned on the soundproofing array in the house.
"There are many rumors out there now, and the Fang family has never responded to them, but the most popular rumor is that... Lu Nanzhi said that she didn't want to marry Fang Mingyi, but the Fang family refused to let her go, so she colluded with the demon clan and killed people to vent her anger."
"Did you go after her in the end? I feel like my mother... was involved in this. I seemed to see her coming out of the secret realm, but I didn't dare ask her."
Jiang Yuebai looked at Xie Jingshan's inquiring eyes and said, "Anan asked me to say thank you to you. I'm sorry I can't say anything else."
Xie Jingshan narrowed his eyes slightly and got some information from Jiang Yuebai's words and reactions.
Jiang Yuebai did see Lu Nanzhi later and was able to say thank you, which meant that Lu Nanzhi was fine.
The rest cannot be said and he does not deny it. He does not deny that Lu Nanzhi killed Fang’s people, nor does he deny that his mother was involved.
There may be a lot of things involved behind this matter. Xie Jingshan is rough but meticulous, and he has his own scheming and way of dealing with things.
"Okay, I get it. What else do you want to ask?"
"A few more things..."
Jiang Yuebai asked, and Xie Jingshan answered that his information was always better informed and more reliable than others.
"… That's all I know. You should take a good rest. I'll tell you when I have new information about what's happening outside."
As soon as Xie Jingshan left, Jiang Yuebai lay on the table, his eyes gradually becoming darker.
From what Xie Jingshan had just said to her, as well as what she had seen and inferred, she had basically pieced together the whole picture of the incident.
The woman wearing fox fur that I saw that night was Fang Ruyan, the leader of Feiyan Pavilion.
Fang Ruyan must still be unwilling to accept that she could not take the position of the head of the Fang family because of her female status.
This incident may have become her inner demon before she became a god, and it was also the fuse of the whole incident.
(End of this chapter)