Showing Off Before a Master

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty—must I really go too?"

Because Guan Night Orchid is a tall person with long arms and legs, even when Lin Yu lifted her by the back of her collar, her feet didn't leave the ground; she just tiptoed and staggered along with Lin Yu.

Although Guan Night Orchid had practiced martial arts, her strength didn't seem to be much greater than that of an ordinary woman. Perhaps her martial arts style wasn't based on force or power. After all, judging from her physical appearance... she didn't seem to be the type with great strength.

Even top-tier external martial arts masters might not be able to defeat Lin Yu in a contest of sheer strength.

He easily manipulated Guan Night Orchid, making her helpless and dragging him forward like a kitten.

"Your Majesty, please spare me! I'm just a burden to you!"

Listening to Guan Night Orchid's constant pleas, Lin Yu could tell that... this girl was genuinely afraid of the "terrifying" being lurking here.

Only...

"It's too late for you to say all this now; we've already come so far."

Lin Yu said calmly.

By now, he had dragged Guan Night Orchid far into this "Yin Side"—the small pavilion behind them had almost shrunk to the size of a thumb.

This process also made Lin Yu realize that this "Yin Side" was indeed strange.

Within this "Yin Side," the actual distance scale of space appears to be significantly stretched.

Guan Night Orchid glanced back at the silhouette of the pavilion, her face contorted with grief, and pleaded, "Your Majesty, I beg you... A prodigal son's return is more precious than gold."

"Honestly, you're of noble birth, there's really no need for you to put yourself in such danger... The Yaomo here have obviously been entrenched and operating for a long time. Even a powerful dragon shouldn't suppress a local snake; let's show some respect to these Yaomo, okay?"

Lin Yu, holding Guan Night Orchid, said, "Don't worry, I'm not going to fight to the death with these Yaomo... I'm here because I'm confident."

Guan Night Orchid blinked. "What kind of confidence?"

"The assurance of survival, and... the assurance that I can actually find something."

Lin Yu spoke calmly, then stopped—the two had now reached the edge of a "building".

According to my Memory, this used to be a shrine within the Duxuan Sect, but now it has somewhat "melted" and turned into a dark Rule shaped Shadow.

Lin Yu, carrying Guan Night Orchid, circled the Shadow once, then led Guan Night Orchid directly towards the Shadow as if they were about to crash into it.

Guan Night Orchid screamed, "Wait! Your Majesty! No!"

But the next moment...

The two didn't bump into anything; instead, they simply... stepped inside.

The place Lin Yu just entered was the "gate" of this building—although the building was almost melted down, there was still space inside.

However, the interior space was also distorted, as if it had melted.

Guan Night Orchid was somewhat surprised. "These places are actually accessible... Wait, how did you know that?"

Lin Yu said in a low voice, "Because I can sense what's inside— Guan Night Orchid, these should be your companions, right?"

As Lin Yu spoke, he pointed to the right front of the two of them.

On the ground, which looked like gel, lay piles of corpses.

Lin Yu counted them, and there were approximately... eleven bodies.

These corpses were all dressed in night clothes and retained some traces of vital energy!

Including the two that appeared in front of the Transmission Pavilion earlier, there are a total of thirteen corpses.

Lin Yu was able to confidently step into this "Yin Side" because he was confident in his survival skills, and also because... he sensed the residual spiritual fluctuations on these corpses.

Although the mental fluctuations of one body were very weak, the combined effect of eleven bodies was too intense for Lin Yu.

Especially since there has been no sign of any other living people here for nearly a century, the factors that could cause Mental Power disturbance are extremely rare.

The lingering spiritual energy on these corpses is like the aroma of a steamed bun stall in a night market that's the only one open in the early morning; when all the other stalls are closed, it can entice anyone jogging by!

At the same time, based on the characteristics of these residual mental fluctuations and their extreme similarity to those of the two corpses, coupled with their similar attire, Lin Yu could easily deduce that these people were likely from the same group.

They were in the same batch as Guan Night Orchid.

Just as Lin Yu had predicted, Guan Night Orchid's expression changed slightly upon seeing the corpses. "They... they're all dead?"

Her voice trembled slightly, and Lin Yu could clearly feel the fear emanating from the woman in front of him!

But Lin Yu calmly replied, "Can't you guess that? You should already know that most of them have been killed, right? Aren't you prepared at all?"

Guan Night Orchid bit her lower lip, somewhat aggrieved. "Your Majesty... even if you vaguely guess, it's not the same as actually seeing their corpses."

Lin Yu looked at Guan Night Orchid and shook his head. "Not bad acting... as if this is your first time seeing her."

Guan Night Orchid was clearly not familiar with Lin Yu. Faced with Lin Yu's tone, she chuckled awkwardly and said, "Your Majesty, I don't understand what you mean."

"You've definitely seen some of these bodies before," Lin Yu said in a low voice, "Because when you saw those two bodies just now, you were quite certain they were killed by something in this 'Yin Side,' and you mentioned that they 'also' had body parts missing..."

Lin Yu looked at Guan Night Orchid and Leng Jing said, "So, you must have seen some of these corpses, and you may have even witnessed not only how some of them 'disappeared,' but also how they became 'corpses'—you... you've been hiding something very important from us."

As Lin Yu began to speak, Guan Night Orchid's eyes flashed with panic as she stammered, "I... I didn't... Alright, Your Majesty, I did see how that 'Yin Side' 'killed people'... I just didn't say anything because I wanted to make myself more useful!"

Lin Yu nodded. "I knew you would say that, which is why I brought you out alone, and brought you here alone... After all, Brother Jian is soft-hearted and easily persuaded by you."

"But I'm different," Lin Yu raised his Right Hand again, Spider Silk hanging from between his fingers, demonic energy surging from within the web, "I really will kill you— Guan Night Orchid."

"I don't care if you belong to a prestigious sect, who your uncle is, or what your teacher is... I don't care what your true identity is, but that doesn't mean you can use a false identity to deceive me!"

Lin Yu spoke coldly, Guan Night Orchid's forehead beaded with sweat again. "What are you saying, Your Majesty... Although I did conceal something about the corpse, I absolutely, absolutely did not lie to you!"

Lin Yu stared at her, raising his left hand as well.

Among the corpses, a female corpse with half of her left abdomen missing, dressed in night clothes, staggered out of the pile of bodies, took a few steps, and then collapsed in front of Lin Yu.

Lin Yu lifted the corpse from the ground, revealing the woman's ashen face.

"If you are Guan Night Orchid, the 'Golden Needle, Jade Knife' of the Eight Desolations Martial Arts School, then who is this Heroine?"

As Lin Yu spoke, Guan Night Orchid's expression Cataclysm.

"Who is this...?"

Lin Yu interrupted her, "Alright, there's no need to use another Heroine's name to fill the gap. Robbing Peter to pay Paul is a never-ending cycle."

Guan Night Orchid stood there, a conflicted look on her face, and finally asked, "How... how did you figure that out?"

Lin Yu said in a low voice, "Your acting skills are really good, but... after all, this is the Prison Mountain Realm. You may have a lot of talent in acting, but this world can't bring out your full potential."

"And you have a fatal flaw. Although you are good at Deception and acting, you can't 'fabricate' anything out of thin air, so you can only borrow other people's names and identities—but this time, borrowing is obviously a bit too hasty for you."

"You might think that simply stating a name and lineage won't cause any problems, but for me, this information is more than enough."

As Lin Yu spoke, he raised the woman's Right Hand —the base of Right Hand fingers and the web of her thumb had deep calluses, and the area between her index and middle fingers was rough, even with a dent.

"If someone's nickname is 'Golden Needle, Jade Knife,' then she must use 'needles' and 'knives'... and it would be reasonable for a Heroine who frequently uses these two weapons to have calluses and marks on her hands."

Lin Yu said calmly, then his gaze fell on Guan Night Orchid's hands. "But your hands... aren't like this."

"Those are hands that have been used for practicing finger techniques."

As Lin Yu spoke, Guan Night Orchid pursed her lips, lowered her head, and sweat rolled down her forehead, neither admitting nor denying it.

"Of course... besides these, you probably didn't expect that Brother Jian had actually heard of people related to this real 'Guan Night Orchid,' so although you handled those questions well, I already had my suspicions at the time... how could you possibly fool me like that?"

As Lin Yu spoke, the woman in black said in a trembling voice, "Your Majesty... Your Majesty, I know I was wrong. Can you... forgive me? I was just too scared! After all, many Yaomo possess Curse Technique, and I was afraid that revealing my name would condemn me to eternal damnation!"

Lin Yu shook his head. "You still don't understand me at all... so you're still acting..."

"What you're fabricating, what you're borrowing from others, isn't just your title... Even your current appearance and personality, aren't they borrowed too?"

"Stop pretending. I'm different from everyone you've ever met, and I won't be fooled by you so easily."

"'Moon-Exploring Star-Plucking,' Miss. Qin Siyu."

As soon as Lin Yu finished speaking, the expression on the woman in black's face changed once again.

She stood in front of Lin Yu, then suddenly straightened up, her eyes no longer flickering or darting around.

She remained as agile and nimble as ever, but now she exuded a greater sense of confidence.

"Amazing... amazing!"

"While it's not entirely surprising that you could see through me... but to see through me so quickly and even expose my true identity is truly... unbelievable!"