Upon hearing this, what was there for Yunxi not to understand? The smile at the corners of her lips faded as she said,
"Venerable Haoyi, what exactly do you wish to learn from this junior?"
Haoyi's smile remained unchanged.
"That depends on how much you wish this Venerable to know."
The ball had been kicked back to her, immediately putting Yunxi on guard. Almost instinctively, the Flower Diadem Immortal Artifact appeared between her brows.
Venerable Haoyi raised a brow and swept a glance over Yunxi's forehead, the meaning in her eyes growing ever more profound.
Yunxi frowned and said,
"Whatever Venerable wishes to know, you may ask directly. This junior will naturally explain what I can answer, and what I cannot—"
"You need not say."
Venerable Haoyi was remarkably generous. Before asking her questions, she dropped a bombshell on Yunxi.
"Zuoqiu escaped from the Haoran Sect."
Yunxi froze for a moment, then said in disbelief,
"Master said he was sent into the Law Enforcement Hall. How could he have escaped so easily?"
Venerable Haoyi replied calmly,
"He abandoned his physical body."
Yunxi's mind raced. Then she frowned.
"Venerable, someone in the sect helped him in secret. Was he taken out of the sect by a fallen cultivator using a Soul Nourishing Stone?"
"You reacted quite quickly. That Soul Nourishing Stone you gave Haohui is now in this Venerable's possession."
After thinking it over, Yunxi guessed why Haoyi had come to find her.
"Venerable, this junior only obtained that one Soul Nourishing Stone. I borrowed it from True Lord Hanlian of the Jihan Sect in the Northern Region, merely to give True Lord Yusu's divine soul a place to reside, so that after returning to the sect, she could confront the false 'True Lord Yusu.'
"Buddha Son Yunchen of Yunmen Temple