Yu Sui's hand never stopped as she reached for the jade hairpins. She picked up a Jade Magnolia Hairpin and examined it, decided it didn't suit Li Jinshuang, and put it back while waiting for Wei Ren's answer.
It seemed the people who had taken him away really were from the Agricultural School.
Besides Wei Ren, there were other disciples in the academy who belonged to the Agricultural School's traitor organization.
Lu Haiye had been dead for some time. Why had they suddenly come to Wei Ren to verify things?
Did the Agricultural School think something was wrong?
That night, while practicing in the Military Formation, Yu Sui had reached Soul Control Triple. She discovered she could split her soul and control more Five Elements Light Cores, and with greater precision—more precisely than when she used Five Elements Qi to embody Nine Schools Techniques.
At that moment, she focused her split soul and could sense the Five Elements Light Core she had placed near Wei Ren, pinpointing its location in the outer city.
Wei Ren knew nothing of this. He braced himself for the predicament before him. In the darkness, the man's questions carried a hint of menace, as if warning him: if you want to live, you'd better tell the truth. This is your last chance.
"I already told you everything last time." Wei Ren's gaze flicked from side to side, his tone languid. "That night, Mei Chengyu and people from the Nangong Family arrived too quickly. I didn't see anything before Mei Chengyu's Nine Schools Techniques knocked me out of there."
"Is that so?" the man in the darkness asked in a low voice. "Why was he killed, while you survived?"
"I only wanted to see how things were going partway through. I didn't do anything, but I