Sun Zhuo's reaction slightly eased my heart.
It appears that he is unaware of the fact that Qin Yi was taken to the Da Xiang Mountain by me. He also has no knowledge of Qin Yi's current location at the Si Gu Mountain, though he has not yet reached the mountain gate.
His expression remained unchanged, and I quietly observed Sun Zhuo's "performance."
"I know, you must remember. You intentionally say that you have forgotten, but you must also remember all the things we have talked about."
"Shen, I was truly forced."
"The Tian Shou Temple has captured Qin Yi, using her to blackmail me into doing certain things!"
"For example, the Xu Nuan's Maoxuan Yumi Zhen, I do not want it. They insists on me taking it away."
"Take Huayun for instance, I have clearly had a mind of my own, why would I do such things? I could do it, but that means I cannot have true feelings for Qin Yi, and cannot be coerced! It is because of the arrangements of the Tian Shou Temple that I have no choice but to comply!"
"Ah, about these matters, no matter how I explain now, you wouldn't believe me."
"The only thing I can ask you is that you must believe me."
"You have no idea who it is who takes your fate!"
"That person is crucial to you!"
"But that person is wearing a mask!"
"Shen, you have to believe me!"
"He is Qin Wei Zi!"
Sun Zhuo's elaborate explanations sound to me like the acts of a mere clown.
But his last sentence was about the old Qin head!
A trace of emotion appeared in my eyes.
It was a mocking tone.
Not angry.
He actually thought there might still be some twist in the story, but to my surprise, Sun Zhuo came up with such a ridiculous answer.
My heart, on the contrary, became calm and composed.
"Shen!" Sun Zhuo was obviously worried, he seemed to want to go deeper into the cave.
I ignored him, lifting the copper pestle in my hand.
I cannot have that much trust in Sun Zhuo.
I can keep my distance and speak, but if the distance is too close, I must intervene.
"Don't you trust me!?"
Sun Zhuo's voice rose much higher, making him appear even more anxious.
"Do you know why I can say all this? Because of the turmoil in the Tian Shou Temple, I had arranged someone to secretly watch over Qin Yi. He was very discreet, only glancing at her for a while every now and then to confirm her safety before telling me. A few days ago, he notified me that Qin Yi had gone missing during the turmoil at the Tian Shou Temple. However, the Tian Shou Temple continued to tell me that Qin Yi was safe!"
"I know, she must have escaped!"
"Since the Tian Shou Temple no longer has anyone who can blackmail me, I plan to distance myself from them!"
"The Si Gu Mountain is where I truly belong."
"And Shen, Qin Wei Zi has orchestrated all this to manipulate you! He had me take everything from you and hurt you, yet he still took you as a disciple. For what purpose?"
"To make you believe in him!"
"What he has in mind, only heaven knows, and I am certain that my entry into the Tian Shou Temple was also prompted by him! He has the ability to do so! To play us brothers like puppets!"
"If it were not for Qin Yi's safety, and if Qin Wei Zi had not died, I would never dare to reveal this secret."
"Shen, if you do not believe me today, you will have to pay a huge price in the future!"
Sun Zhuo spoke with certainty, his face filled with earnestness.
I coldly looked at him and spat directly in front of him.
Actually, it was spat on him, and he dodged two steps, avoiding it.
"If you had said something else, like it was the work of the Mansion of Inferno or the Yunyang Palace, I might have believed you. Defaming the old Qin head and causing him trouble elsewhere would make your death very unseemly." I coldly spoke up.
"You're just at the end of your rope, thinking that by holding onto the Si Gu Mountain, you can cling to something. It's because the Tian Shou Temple was attacked by others and had no future that you decided to give up."
"You're not content? But your discontentment is just a bunch of petty tricks. Even if you die, no one will remember you."
I replied with three sentences of cold sarcasm.
Sun Zhuo hesitated for a moment.
Suddenly, he laughed. The smile was faint, with a hint of hopelessness, distortion, and even a trace of mercy.
Sun Zhuo didn't speak anymore and turned around to leave.
As he reached the plank walkway, he suddenly paused for a moment, looked at me deeply one more time.
"If you don't believe it, I will make you believe it in the future. Facts speak louder than words. At present, I'm sorry, Shen, I won't lose. Even if the Master wants to give this candidate position to you in exchange for his inexplicable respect for the Grandmaster in front of so many monasteries and witnesses, he cannot go back on his word. And the Grandmaster cannot go back on his word either!"
"I must be the candidate!"
"By chance, the Yao Xuan Yumi Zhen's Yang Sheng Ming generates the name Lao Jun Ming!"
"You're absolutely not my match."
"I will defeat you and then persuade you!"
The sound of my words echoes continuously around the Thunder God Cliff, but this place is too enclosed, it can't be transmitted out.
My head was buzzing. I reached up to press on my forehead, it took a while before I calmed down.
However, many scenes flashed before my eyes.
In the bustling Luo family mansion, Lao Qin head said, "Shen is too heavy for his life, a fate to become an enlightened dragon, I can't accept it!"
In the icy-cold room, Lao Qin head said, "Shen, your life is too bitter. I took you as my disciple. From now on, no one will dare to bully you!"
There was a sharp, piercing pain in my head again.
When I opened my eyes again, I felt my eyelids were burning, my eyeballs were red.
I heavily exhaled a mouthful of turbid air.
I thought to myself, "That's absurd!"
How could I possibly doubt Lao Qin head?
But Sun Zhuo seemed stupid and simple-minded, in reality he was extremely cunning. He knew that any knowledge came from its beginning.
What is hardest for a person to control is actually their thoughts and emotions!
Next moment, I pulled out a thing, it was the Yin One Jade Tablet.
The palm-sized Yin One Jade Tablet lay in my palm. I lifted my hand and let the jade tablet face my face.
In the mirror-like surface, a face appeared.
But it was extremely strange...
Because this face was not me!
It flashed by, the face changed, becoming mine.
Cold sweat, but it fell down from my forehead. The face I had just realized was the one of Luo Kan!
Not only is it Luo Kan, but also somewhat like me.
This distortion should be the Yin One Jade Tablet reflecting the ghostly fate I had once altered.
I wanted to use it to eliminate possible mental demons, but why did it make me see this?
"Ahem."
Suddenly, a cough resounded.
I just noticed that I don't know when the sky has already darkened.
The cough wasn't from the old Gong, but from the other side of the cliff.
I was about to walk towards the Thunder God Cliff.
At this moment, I suddenly felt a heavy sensation on my shoulder, like someone was pulling it...
When I came to my senses, it was actually old Gong who had grabbed me.
What was even more absurd was that the direction I had been walking in was not towards the Thunder God Cliff at all. The plank walkway had developed a gap on its right side, and below it was a cliff with an abyss!
"I'm going to jump off the cliff!"
