Lin Qi wore an innocent expression. "Fellow Daoist Chen, please see clearly. Chen Qinghui truly was not killed by me. The Memory Stone cannot lie."
Chen Hao whipped his head around, his gaze as sharp as a fierce tiger's, nearly solid enough to pierce Cheng Shiyuan's body.
Gritting his teeth, he said, "It was you!"
Chen Hao had looked at the evidence Lin Qi provided and believed her nonsense.
He had originally thought that Old Ye and Lin Qi had fallen out, and that Old Ye had taken the opportunity to ambush Chen Qinghui.
But that had only been under the assumption that there was no fifth person at the scene!
Now that Cheng Shiyuan had appeared, Chen Hao instantly guessed the truth.
The Old Ye recorded in the Memory Stone had likely been Cheng Shiyuan in disguise. She had also seized the chance to kill Chen Qinghui and pin the blame on Old Ye.
As for Old Ye... hmph.
After pursuing him all this way, Chen Hao had long since seen through Old Ye's act. He was the one who had twice disguised himself as a demonic beast to ambush Chen Hao and muddle his vision.
That man had likely been working with Lin Qi, only to be tricked by Lin Qi as well.
Chen Hao looked at Lin Qi with darkened eyes. "What a fine move—killing two birds with one stone!"
"I have been clever all my life, yet I actually stumbled over you. I fear you and that Old Ye had set your sights on me from the very beginning."
"You two wanted to join forces against me, but you harbored sinister intentions. Not only did you want my life and Qinghui's, you greedily wanted to dispose of Old Ye as well."
Yet both he and Old