Fan Mowen?
Chen Yan had never heard that name before.
All he knew was that the instant Ding Qiu's face twisted into the shape of an old man's, his Spiritual Sense could no longer see through the other's cultivation realm.
Wanhua Realm... or even the Upper Three Realms?
Chen Yan had no idea. He couldn't understand how the other had managed such a thing.
Could it be an illusion?
That was Chen Yan's guess.
It was certainly possible. In fact, it made him think of everything Ding Qiu had done over the past decade or more.
Right under Empty Mountain Sect's nose, he had brutally murdered nearly two hundred of its disciples.
If the other party wasn't just a Spirit-Through-Realm rogue cultivator, but also had illusions to aid him...
What was this man, who called himself "Fan Mowen," really after?
Had Chen Yan offended someone while serving as Empty Mountain Sect's Dao Gate Walker?
Or was something lurking in the shadows, targeting Empty Mountain Sect?
Chen Yan couldn't keep a cool head and analyze what was happening before him.
Everything he was experiencing felt like one enormous conspiracy.
So what should he do?
The best plan was to flee. He couldn't keep tangling with the man here!
Having made up his mind, Chen Yan immediately willed his thoughts, took a piece of jade from his storage treasure, pinched it between his fingers, and crushed it.
Brilliant light burst out around Chen Yan. An immensely violent surge of spiritual energy erupted from the jade, instantly disrupting the flow of all the spiritual energy within nearly a hundred yards.
Spirit Shaking Jade.
A kind of jade infused with abundant spiritual energy by a cultivator of the Upper Three Realms. Under special circumstances, crushing one could temporarily disrupt cultivators' Spiritual Sense and perception,