"You came."
Deep within Divine Wind Academy, in a secluded little courtyard, the rich fragrance of tea drifted through the air. A figure suddenly descended. Yan Kuan glanced up, then called out calmly.
"Everything that happened in the Death Forbidden Zone was under your control, wasn't it?"
Meng Ke'er's jade-like face was flushed, and her emotions were in turmoil. She stood atop a Jade Lotus Platform, with jade lotus petals floating around her. Each petal was as large as a washbasin, crystalline and dazzling, radiating five-colored light. Colored mist drifted slowly over them, making them seem like divine objects from the Heavenly Realm.
The blazing five-colored light was so dazzling it was impossible to keep one's eyes open. The jade lotus petals seemed like jade yet not jade, made from the same material as the Jade Lotus Platform. This supreme treasure was said to have been left behind by Tantai Xuan, founder of the Tantai Sacred Land.
"I was not the master of the illusion. Everything was merely a reflection of your heart; it was the desire buried deep within you. The methods I used did affect you, but only by leaving my shadow in your heart. So the one who did those things was you."
Yan Kuan's words made Meng Ke'er's delicate body tremble. According to him, that seductive, lustful temptress had been another side of herself. She could not accept it.
"Impossible! That's impossible! You're lying to me..."
Meng Ke'er could not calm her mind. The illusion's influence remained, leaving her without her usual composure. In a moment of impulse, she attacked Yan Kuan, jade lotus petals dancing as they bloomed with Five-Colored Immortal Light.
"You really are walking right into my trap—throwing yourself into my arms!"
Yan Kuan reached out and waved his hand. All of Meng