Yao Gu's shock overflowed from her face.
Few people in the world understood Moon Shadow better than she did.
She had been the one to tell Lin Su about Moon Shadow in the beginning, but that had all been legend! Yet what had Lin Su just said? His Literary Realm of Broadness had already faced Moon Shadow in person!
A figure of legend had truly appeared in the flesh!
What did that mean? It meant that when she had traveled ten thousand miles with him to Burial Prefecture and seized the Cosmos Mirror, they had truly found Moon Shadow—and Moon Shadow had even fought him.
What kind of peril was that?
Why had it been so perilous?
Their agreement back then had been to send Moon Shadow's information directly to the Third Heaven and have a Sage deal with her. How had that brilliant plan fallen apart? If the Sage had truly acted, why would Moon Shadow have come face-to-face with him?
Countless mysteries gathered in an instant. Even tranquil Yao Gu found her thoughts in turmoil...
Lin Su lifted his wine cup. "What I'm about to say is highly taboo. You know it, I know it, and heaven and earth know nothing... First, I need to make something clear. There was nothing wrong with our original plan. I found Moon Shadow, and a Sage did act—it was the Painting Sage!"
Yao Gu's face turned pale. Scholars could not speak a Saintly Name...
Lin Su lightly waved a hand. "It's fine. I can already block the Holy Hall's surveillance..."
There was no movement around them, and Yao Gu's racing heart slowly settled. "Go on!"
"The Painting Sage acted and broke the bronze coffin where Moon Shadow was hiding. It looked as though he had killed her, but in truth, Moon