The Truth of the Past (Continued)

Despite the difficulty of avenging her great enemy, Shi Muyan found herself with few regrets. When exactly did she become indifferent? Was it the moment she learned of Si Jingxi's death, or even earlier?

"What are you planning to do with her? Kill her on the spot?"

Si Ming had no interest in killing an opponent who couldn't fight back, especially since he hadn't even defeated the opponent himself.

Si Jingyu shook her head, gesturing for Si Shuiyun to help her over.

"... Go ahead and do it."

Sensing the approaching presence, Shi Muyan closed her eyes, awaiting death.

Si Jingyu said, "If you want to take revenge on the Si Clan, I have nothing to say, but if you want to take revenge on your great-grandmother, then you are making a grave mistake."

Shi Muyan was disheartened and remained motionless, as if she had lost all sense of the outside world.

"The murderer who ruined your face and slaughtered your family was not your great-grandmother, but your great-grandfather."

Shi Muyan suddenly opened her eyes. "You're talking nonsense!"

"My grandfather came from a security escort agency. His father once entrusted the agency to escort a rare treasure, but upon delivery, it was discovered that the item had been switched. To protect the agency's reputation, my grandfather's father had to commit suicide to atone for his sins. However, with this stain on the agency, it was disbanded a few years later."

Grandfather Tang always felt there were suspicious points about what happened back then. After a lot of hard work, he discovered that the goods had been switched from the beginning. His father had given the escort agency a fake, intending to use a pretense to secretly carry out a counterfeit, which ultimately led to the destruction of Grandfather Tang's family.

Grandfather Tang desired revenge, but lacking power and influence, and with only mediocre family martial arts skills, coupled with the nascent martial arts revolution in the Su State, he pondered deeply. Finally, he decided to use a honey trap. He deliberately approached his elders and great-grandmother, ingratiating himself with both. He tricked his great-grandmother into revealing the Mnemonic of the * Water Moon Precious Mirror *, secretly practicing diligently. Later, exploiting his elders' trust, he poisoned their food, ultimately avenging his great grudge...

"Lies! All lies! You can't fool me!" Shi Muyan clenched her fists and shouted angrily.

Si Jingyu said slowly and calmly, "A lie is always a lie, and it cannot cover up the truth. Senior, why don't you think back to what happened back then? Are there any suspicious points? If we use what I said as clues, can all the suspicious points be explained?"

Shi Muyan's expression shifted between anger and anxiety as she said, "Since Tang Lang has such a deep-seated hatred for me, why didn't he kill me too?"

"The feelings between men and women are too complicated. At first, Grandfather Tang did indeed have the intention of flattering and ingratiating himself, but gradually, even he himself could not distinguish whether it was true or false affection..."

"Then why did he ruin my face?" That was why she was convinced that Si Jingxi was responsible.

"The senior's face had nothing to do with Grandpa Tang; it was Grandma Tang who did it. That night, Grandpa Tang rushed to see Grandma Tang, told her the truth, and confessed that he was sorry to both of them and was willing to atone with his death. Grandma Tang stopped him and decided to take all the blame upon herself. She staged the scene and slashed the senior's face," Si Jingyu paused here, "Originally, she thought that with the senior's cultivation level, this injury would heal quickly. Grandma Tang did not expect that the senior would actually keep this scar for the rest of his life."

"Evidence! What evidence do you have?"

"Before my grandfather passed away, he wrote down everything and hid it in a book in his study. I only found the book by fortuitous opportunity and was able to learn the truth about what happened back then. I didn't have that letter with me, but that doesn't matter anymore, does it?"

Shi Muyan remained silent. If she wanted to believe it, there was no evidence. If she didn't want to believe it, then the letter was a forgery. So much time had passed since that incident, even if she wanted to verify it, she couldn't find any witnesses or evidence.

Besides, the answer was already clear when she asked for evidence.

Si Jingyu said, "Grandfather Tang married into the Si Clan, so he became a member of the Si Clan. Our Si Clan is willing to bear the consequences of his mistakes. However, if you, senior, want to destroy the Si Clan because of this, we will not obediently accept it."

"A mistake? Tang An avenged his father, what mistake did he make? If we deny his revenge, then my revenge loses its basis; conversely, if we admit he did nothing wrong, then I have even less reason to seek revenge. Sister Xi just doesn't want me to know this, so she takes all the blame upon herself..."

Shi Muyan stared blankly at the blue sky, emanating an aura of lifelessness, as if her entire life had been negated.

Si Jingyu offered no words of comfort, nor did she feel there was anything wrong with telling the other party the truth. The ancestor had her reasons, and she had her own stance; she wouldn't continue to harm the Lineage's interests for the sake of an unrelated outsider.

"Let's leave." Si Jingyu patted Si Shuiyun's arm.

"Miss, just in case..."

"No need. She's old and has suffered such a serious injury; it will take her three to five years to recover. By then, I won't be afraid of her anymore."

"Miss is right."

Si Ming was too lazy to complain about Si Shuiyun's sycophancy, but he couldn't help but grumble, "Is that all? So I just came here to make a cameo? I should have stayed and made tea; I would have gotten more screen time, and maybe we'd already be in the finals by now."

Si Shuiyun retorted angrily, "What do you take the young lady's safety for? Compared to her life, that lousy competition is as insignificant as dirt under a fingernail!"

"Nasal smegma is something that needs to be removed anyway, so there's no question of whether it's unnecessary or not."

Si Ming looked around at the badly damaged stone statues and said, "The Lu Lineage will have to spend a fortune on repairs."

Si Shuiyun said indignantly, "They're getting off easy by only paying a small repair fee! Miss, I suspect the Lu Lineage is colluding with that person."

"This is not something you can joke about," Si Jingyu criticized, adding, "You need evidence."

"When we arrived, the stone forest's formation was activated, and we were almost blocked from entering. It's one thing for that woman to use the Lu Lineage's territory to ambush the young lady, but how did she know how to activate the formation?"

"Then how did you get in?"

Si Ming, "I know a friend from the Lu Lineage. She came with us and, after discovering that the formation was activated, she rushed back to find the clan elder in charge. Of course, in the end, she couldn't help. I was worried that things might change if I delayed, so I just barged in."

Si Jingyu asked curiously, "You understand Law Technique and numerology?"

"I don't understand, but I know a physical method to break through an obstacle. First, tie a rope to a tree, then walk straight ahead and destroy any obstacles you encounter."

For example, to break the Peach Blossom Formation on Peach Blossom Island, all you need to do is cut down all the peach trees. The reason others haven't done that is simply because they are wary of Huang Laoxie, who lives on the island and is the Peach Blossom Formation.

In contrast, Zhuge Liang was much smarter. His Eight Formations Diagram was made of a pile of random stones and cloth, simple materials that could be picked up anywhere, making it very troublesome for the enemy to destroy.

Upon arriving at the entrance to the valley, Si Jingyu witnessed the results of the so-called "physical formation-breaking technique."

A straight passage leads from the outside to the inside. The stone statues and trees along the way have all been smashed to pieces. You can vaguely hear creaking sounds, as if the mechanism has been jammed.

Si Shuiyun sneered, "Brutal and simple, that's a barbaric approach. Let's see how you explain this to the Lu Lineage when they arrive!"

Si Ming, "What's there to explain? In an emergency, we have to act expediently and save lives. We're in the right this time; they need to give the Si Clan an explanation, while we just need to turn our backs on them."

Si Jingyu also said, "Simplicity isn't necessarily a bad thing. The important thing is to achieve the goal. Whether you break it using numerology or just flip the table is secondary. It mainly depends on which method you are better at."

With tears in her eyes, Si Shuiyun said, "Miss, you promised you wouldn't embarrass me!"