Dazed and Confused

Ning Pusheng controlled the Sky Searching Mirror, and hazy mirror light shone forth, blanketing everything within several dozen meters.

The other Tianyang Mansion members standing nearby felt the mirror light fall upon them and frowned in discomfort. In the end, they all moved away from it.

Under this mirror light, a person seemed to have been stripped bare, with not the slightest secret left to hide. Even the thoughts at the bottom of one's heart seemed as though they would be revealed beneath the mirror light.

Ning Pusheng's mind was linked to the Sky Searching Mirror as he sensed the fluctuations in every inch of this place.

The Sky Searching Mirror was a Top-grade Spirit Artifact. Even with Tianyang Mansion's foundation, Top-grade Spirit Artifacts were few and far between—so scarce they could be counted on one hand.

Moreover, most of them were weapons. A functional Top-grade Spirit Artifact like the Sky Searching Mirror was the only one of its kind.

It was not that Tianyang Mansion could not afford Top-grade Spirit Artifacts. Rather, almost no one ever put them up for sale. Unlike High-grade Spirit Artifacts, which occasionally appeared on the market, even a place like the imperial capital had only a handful of records of Top-grade Spirit Artifact transactions.

Most of Tianyang Mansion's Top-grade Spirit Artifacts had been forged at tremendous expense, then nurtured for decades before gradually taking shape, provided the method was proper.

Of course, some had been acquired after destroying other sects' mountain gates. The Sky Searching Mirror was one such artifact.

This mirror could discern the finest details. Tianyang Mansion had used it for years and had almost never failed. Only matters involving the Joint Aperture Realm could obstruct it.

The person who had killed Tao Shiye could not possibly have been in the Joint