After Feigning Amnesia, My Sworn Enemy Takes Revenge Chapter 35

Ye Wenzhen truly was unaware.
She knew nothing about the person who used the blade, and had even gone to great lengths to apprehend the murderer who killed Elder Shi.
According to her, when the Alliance Meeting began, after that blade was used to kill, the murderer threw it in a nearby forest, where Ji Peilan found it.
“Ji Peilan? Your Yaoguang Pavilion’s Great Elder?” Wu Ju interrupted, asking specifically.
“Yes, she also brought the blade back, saying she found it deep in the forest,” Ye Wenzhen was bound tightly, leaning against the side of the hall, head tilted in thought. “Then she put it in her secret chamber. Ji Peilan’s secret chamber has sufficiently tricky restrictions; no one can get in. And she’s careful in handling matters, so we all felt secure leaving it with her.”
Shan Shi squatted nearby, pulling out her dagger and wiping it clean. Ye Wenzhen swallowed, continuing, “Later, later it was obtained by Fu Lingyi’s dao companion. I don’t know how that person got into the secret chamber. In any case, this blade has nothing to do with our Yaoguang Pavilion.”
Wu Ju thought for a moment. “Alright, the Sect Leader is under someone else’s roof; surely you wouldn’t dare lie.”
“How much longer do we have to interrogate?” Eyin was sprawled on a chair in the center of the hall, swaying back and forth. “It’s getting dark. I want to go find Venerable One.”
“I want to too,” Shan Shi replied, not to be outdone.
“No. You still have other things to do.”
“Ah…”
The two grumbled in unison.
“Let me go,” Ye Wenzhen’s voice was feeble. She had no thought of calling for help; these few people’s cultivation was unfathomable. Yaoguang Pavilion was truly no match, not to mention that Ji Peilan, the strongest in cultivation, wasn’t currently in the pavilion. “I promise not to speak of this, and to treat you with courtesy and escort you down the mountain.”
“Don’t be in a hurry, Sect Leader Ye.”
Wu Ju shook her head. “Our deal hasn’t been made yet.”
“The cultivation tabloids are heavily sponsored by Yaoguang Pavilion, aren’t they? Regarding the rumors about Chongxiang Sword Sect in them, we’ll trouble the Sect Leader to put in the effort to suppress them. Although I understand your eagerness to protect your daughter, this is, after all, causing our child a great deal of trouble.”
As Wu Ju spoke, Shan Shi and Eyin were perfectly synchronized beside her. One was cold as ice, twirling a dagger on her fingertips, while the other had a smile like a flower, with unconcealable deep coldness in her eyes.
“We are willing to offer your daughter, Miss Ye’s, life in exchange. Remove the rumors, and she will be completely unharmed.”
“This isn’t a transaction!” Ye Wenzhen spat fiercely. “This is clearly a threat, you dog demonic cultivators!”
“Resorting to this low tactic, we hope the Sect Leader doesn’t take offense.”
Wu Ju stopped the other two who were about to make a move.
“Everyone cherishes their own child, don’t they?”
Wu Bei was taken away by Ye Yushuang to the main peak disciples’ living quarters for no reason, and then later, for no reason, left due to some matter, abandoning her.
Leaving her alone and feeling lost in the wind.
She didn’t know anyone here and was completely separated from the others…
Why was she always the unlucky one?
“Sigh, I’ll use the Paper Kite to ask them where they are…” Wu Bei walked to a quiet, deserted place. Forming a hand seal, she summoned a paper kite. Just as she was about to send it to Wu Ju, she accidentally tripped, falling face first into the mud.
“Pah, pah pah pah!” Dust got into her throat, making her spit several times. “Seriously, what the heck? How can bad luck just keep coming one after another!”
Wu Bei turned her head, looking for what had tripped her, and saw a small stone sticking out of the ground. Although partially hidden by grass and branches, it was definitely protruding.
She climbed to her feet and cast a cleaning spell on herself. Then, feeling quite petty, she stomped on the stone.
The stone didn’t seem ordinary. When she stomped on it, it actually sank deep into the ground, burying itself in the mud.
“I didn’t even use a spell…” Wu Bei was surprised, wondering how her strength had suddenly become so great, while also squatting down to examine the spot carefully.
The stone was covered in moss. At first glance, it looked utterly ordinary. Only after careful observation could one sense a faint spiritual energy on it.
Why would an ordinary person lie on the ground to look at it?
Wu Bei was silent. Well, an ordinary person wouldn’t cast a spell on a stone either.
For now, it seemed the stone had just been stomped down. Besides that, there was no movement, and no mechanism was revealed.
Trying to press down further, it wouldn’t budge at all. This must be a secret mechanism requiring multiple parts working together to open. Activating just one spot wasn’t enough.
With her cultivation level, there was no way to directly break this open. Whoever set up this restriction must be a cultivator significantly more advanced than her.
Actually, many cultivators had higher cultivation than her…
Wu Bei studied it for a while, then gave up. Better to mark it and talk about it when Wu Ju and the others arrived.
She stood up, turned to leave, and accidentally broke a low-hanging branch.
The ground began to rumble.
No way?
One moment she was grumbling about her bad luck, the next she was touching her face, starting to doubt herself.
Maybe her luck was actually quite good?
A small crack opened in the ground, and a staircase extended downwards. An air mixed with dampness and moisture rushed forth.
Wu Bei was a little afraid, but she still steeled herself and went inside.
Inside the secret chamber, there was nothing but a stone platform placed in the very center.
She vaguely remembered that before going down the mountain, Yue Jin had told her that Ji Peilan’s secret chamber contained just such a stone platform.
Since the blade hadn’t been taken away, there should still be a blade on top.
Could it have been moved?
She searched around here and there. Everything was in plain sight, but she couldn’t find anything, just as Yue Jin had said.
“Finally came across a secret passage, and found absolutely nothing.”
Wu Bei sighed.
Useless effort. Time to go back.
Just as she was about to go up the stairs, she heard the rustling of leaves at the entrance, and a series of hurried footsteps.
Why are people coming now!
With a quick perception, she confirmed the person at the entrance had much, much higher cultivation than her. But this secret passage had nowhere to hide…
Wu Bei gritted her teeth and hid behind the stone platform, hoping to sneak out while the person wasn’t paying attention.
To her surprise, the person had definitely discovered her location and came straight for the stone platform.
Wu Bei was terrified. She hurriedly released the Paper Kite, then planned to jump out and make a desperate gamble.
The Paper Kite seemed to have a grudge against her. Every time she tried to send it, it flew halfway, then leisurely turned around and fell straight down.
However, this action unexpectedly allowed her to discover a secret under the stone platform.
“Huh?”
Wu Bei reached down and felt underneath. It was empty.
She couldn’t care less now. She squeezed inside and crawled along the narrow, winding path.
The person following behind hesitated for a moment, then squeezed in as well.
Wu Bei secretly prayed not, using both hands and feet to crawl faster. Soon, she felt something hard and flat.
It seemed like she had reached the deepest point, but it didn’t quite feel like it.
Cold sweat trickled down her. She raised a hand upwards, found it was empty diagonally above, and quickly climbed higher.
The space grew wider and wider, gradually changing from crawling to being able to walk upright.
She heard the sound of flowing water.
The light grew brighter and brighter. She squinted to adjust her eyes, and after seeing the scene before her, she immediately widened them.
“You saw it.”
The person who followed held a long blade dripping with blood. It was none other than the murderer’s magic artifact.
“Originally, I intended to spare your life. Now, you must die.”
Yue Jin got away from that peculiar person and decided to first go to Yaoguang Pavilion to investigate.
This time she returned to this familiar place. Without Fu Lingyi there, even the flowers and plants seemed strange.
Yue Jin slapped her own face. Why am I thinking about her?
Now that she had cleared her name and regained her innocence, she would never return to Chongxiang Sword Sect .
Even if Fu Lingyi begged her, she wouldn’t go back.
“Hmph, who told you to put on airs with me? No matter what, I saved you!”
“Serves you right!”
The same phrase, “Serves you right!”, came from two other people. Yue Jin tilted her head, searching for the source of the sound.
In the long corridor courtyard, two junior disciples were sitting on the steps, one above and one below, slacking off and chatting.
“If you ask me, that Fu Lingyi just deserved it!”
“What did she do to you that you’re cursing her like that?”
“Who told her to go back on her word and treat Senior Sister Ye like that?” one disciple muttered, pulling at a piece of dogtail grass and braiding it, her face full of indignation. “Back then, she cultivated the Heartless Dao, which is why Senior Sister Ye finally managed to give up hope. Now she’s finding a dao companion? What, not cultivating the Heartless Dao anymore, not walking the Great Immortal Path? I think she just deliberately found a terrible excuse to reject Senior Sister Ye!”
“Now look! The dao companion she found is a demonic cultivator. Doesn’t she just deserve it?”
“It hasn’t been confirmed that she’s a demonic cultivator yet. Although the cultivation tabloids say so, most people don’t quite believe it.” The other disciple’s gaze was indifferent, not caring at all.
The person who spoke first laughed. “That’s where you’re wrong. You probably don’t know yet, but Huang Yi Valley was wiped out, and demonic cultivators have re-emerged. The cultivation world is buzzing with rumors about whether Fu Lingyi’s claim of annihilating the demonic cult and killing the demon lord is true or false.”
“Huang Yi Valley?”
“A recently risen frontier sect, also using swords. Don’t you think this demonic cult just has something against swords? Our Elder Shi also used a sword.”
“Don’t talk anymore,” the other disciple interrupted. “You’re being careless with your words. Do you want everyone to hear? You’ll be punished with confinement in the water prison.”
“Good if they hear!”
That disciple was unhappy about being scolded and suddenly stood up. “Let everyone hear! Let everyone hear what kind of person this outwardly righteous Senior Sister of Chongxiang Sword Sect is! As expected, the more perfect someone appears on the outside, the darker and more unbearable their heart is…”
“You shut up!” Yue Jin flipped over the garden wall nearby, startling the two of them.
“Who are you?” The disciple who had stood up was very puzzled. “These clothes… are you newly initiated?”
“We’ve been initiated for a long time; we’re your senior sisters. How dare you eavesdrop on us?”
“Ah, I…” Yue Jin stammered. She didn’t know why she had just rushed out like that.
She just kept listening, and an inexplicable irritation suddenly surged in her heart.
What did they understand about Fu Lingyi?
Did they know that Fu Lingyi handled everything methodically every day, managing all sorts of matters perfectly and neatly?
Did they know that Fu Lingyi had very high prestige in Chongxiang Sword Sect , and that everyone greatly respected and loved her?
Did they know that Fu Lingyi would be punished by the Sect Leader and their Venerable One, and still endure it without saying a word?
They simply didn’t understand.
“You simply don’t understand…”
Yue Jin’s aura surged. She stepped onto the stone steps, her face showing anger. “Stop spouting nonsense here! Otherwise, I’ll pull out your tongue!”
“Come on!” the disciple replied, not to be outdone at all. Rolling up her sleeves, she formed a hand seal and silently chanted. “A newly initiated junior with low cultivation dares to defy a superior? See if I don’t beat you until you kneel and beg for mercy!”
A single falling leaf dropped straight down, changed direction in the air, and swiftly sliced between the two of them.
A long bloody mark appeared on the back of the hand of the disciple confronting Yue Jin.
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Almost there, a small section of the main story is ending. After this, it’ll be sweet, sweet, sweet.