Beyond causality, atop the mountain that transcended time.
Ziling's scroll was complete.
On it were Nan Feng playing the zither, Long Zixuan throwing punches, Lin Jiuzheng drawing talismans, Jiang Li playing Chess Game...
They had all been painted by Ziling.
"In your previous life, you were already my disciple."
Dark Li Fan spoke, a hint of praise in his voice.
"You've learned the Way of Painting very well."
"But they're all your fellow disciples. Have you ever wondered why they were willing to follow me into the darkness?"
"Have you ever considered that I'm the original, and the one in the scroll is nothing more than one of my evil thoughts?"
His voice was calm and resonant, making people instinctively want to believe him.
But Ziling remained utterly clearheaded.
"No matter whether you're the remnant left behind by Master or a part of his past... none of that matters."
"Master is still in the painting!"
If she and Su Baiqian hadn't followed Li Fan here, if they hadn't seen Li Fan enter the scroll with their own eyes, perhaps they really would have been deceived by Dark Li Fan, just like Nan Feng and the others.
After all, Dark Li Fan... truly looked exactly like Li Fan.
He knew everything about Small Mountain Village. He even knew all of Li Fan's thoughts, knew every little thing Li Fan had done with them.
That was the key to why he could make Nan Feng and the others believe his words.
"So what if he's in the painting?"
"He's doomed to fail."
Dark Li Fan said this softly, then looked at Xin Ning beside him.
"Kill them."
Xin Ning immediately stepped forward and looked at Ziling and Su Baiqian.
She was the only one who hadn't been painted into the scroll. After