It Was All Shi Nian's Fault

Dai Mubai slammed his palm viciously onto Tang San's hand, sending him flying. Tang San spat out a mouthful of blood in midair.

Then he crashed heavily onto a dining table, collapsing it outright.

This scene stunned every diner.

Just because one of them had dumped a plate of food onto the other's face, the two men who had been eating together moments ago had turned against each other?

"Shan Ge!" Xiao Wu screamed.

She glowered at Dai Mubai fiercely, pushed off with her feet, and rushed before him, about to strike.

At this moment, the Spiritual Power that had enveloped the entire first floor vanished instantly, and the mental influence from before was completely lifted.

A contemptuous, overbearing smile appeared on Dai Mubai's face. But when the real scene came into view, he was immediately dumbfounded.

He did not offer the slightest resistance, even as Xiao Wu rushed before him and launched an attack.

"Stop!" A voice like a great bell rang out.

Zhao Wuji stepped between the two of them, stopping them from attacking each other.

"What is wrong with you two? I was gone for only a moment, and you started fighting among yourselves? Don't you know they are your classmates?" Zhao Wuji barked sternly.

Xiao Wu glowered at Dai Mubai and retorted, "He was the one who attacked Shan Ge first."

Her words came out with a lisp, and Zhao Wuji still had not realized what was going on. Only when he saw Tang San climbing up from the ground did panic appear on his face.

"Tang San, are you okay? Who injured you?" Zhao Wuji hurried over and helped Tang San up.

He had already been beaten up by Tang Hao once. He did not want to be beaten up again.

Tang San said nothing. He merely stared coldly at Dai Mubai, killing intent brewing in his eyes.

Dai Mubai had earned himself a death sentence. Tang San had only accidentally dumped food onto his face, yet he had directly struck to kill.

Zhao Wuji also realized that Dai Mubai was the one who had injured Tang San like this.

Dai Mubai looked flustered. He had no idea what he had done. Wasn't the person he had struck that Canghui Academy student?

Why was Tang San the one coughing up blood and injured, while Xiao Wu kept saying he was the one who had attacked him?

The strange looks from the surrounding diners, along with the expressions on Oscar, Ma Hongjun, and the others, also confirmed that he had indeed done it.

Zhao Wuji glowered at him, then quickly said to Tang San, "Tang San, I'll take you for treatment first."

"There should be more to this than meets the eye. I believe Mubai is not such an impulsive person. After you are treated, we can all talk it out properly."

Dai Mubai hurriedly explained, "That's right, this... this wasn't my intention!"

Zhao Wuji's words slightly eased Tang San's killing intent. He recalled how he had suddenly mistaken Dai Mubai for Jiang Yi and dumped the food onto his face.

Could Dai Mubai have experienced something similar as well?

Tang San slowly nodded. Zhao Wuji immediately took him out to find a Healing Soul Master, while Dai Mubai, Oscar, and the others hurried after them.

Zhu Zhuqing followed behind at an unhurried pace. Ning Rongrong hesitated briefly before ultimately following as well.

She still wanted to watch this spectacle unfold. Dai Mubai was usually so arrogant; she wanted to see how he would handle this time.

Inside the room, Jiang Yi opened his eyes, a faint smile appearing at the corner of his lips.

After what had just happened, with Tang San's personality, wouldn't he give Dai Mubai a death sentence?

"Heh, the real highlight will come after they enter the Star Dou Forest. Tang San, let's see how you fuse with that two-thousand-year Man Faced Demon Spider soul ring this time."

Tang San's third Man Faced Demon Spider soul ring was extremely important to him.

After all, by fusing with this soul ring, he had obtained the precious External Soul Bone, the Eight Spider Lances. It would play an immensely important role in his future battles and cultivation.

If Jiang Yi could stop him from fusing with this soul ring, it would surely have a tremendous impact on his fate.

In the original story, Tang San had already barely managed to fuse with this soul ring. Now that Dai Mubai had injured him, even with treatment, he would not recover so quickly.

Absorbing this soul ring would be nothing but a fool's dream.

If he forcibly absorbed it, Tang San could just wait for the backlash.

Jiang Yi closed his eyes and resumed cultivating. Meanwhile, in the town's Medical Hall, Tang San lay on a bed receiving treatment.

The Healing Soul Master stood beside him and released a soul skill. Green light enveloped Tang San's body.

Tang San's originally pale complexion gradually began to recover.

After finishing, the Healing Soul Master was drenched in sweat, having consumed more than half of his Soul Power.

"He has both old and new injuries. The old injuries are not serious, but combined with the new ones, they are not too easy to treat."

"If he wants to fully recover, it will take at least half a month," the Healing Soul Master told Zhao Wuji.

"Alright, thank you for the treatment. We need to stay here for a while, so you can leave first." Zhao Wuji took out some money and handed it to the Healing Soul Master.

After counting it, the Healing Soul Master tactfully left without disturbing them.

Tang San climbed down from the bed and looked at Dai Mubai, who stood beside it.

Zhao Wuji said with a solemn expression, "The two of you should explain yourselves properly. What exactly happened just now?"

Dai Mubai hurriedly stood up and explained, "When Tang San dumped that plate of food onto my face, I really was angry."

"But I never intended to hit him. The person I wanted to hit was that Canghui Academy student who mocked me. I even cursed at him then. You all heard it."

At this moment, the people who had been present recalled that scene as well.

"I don't know what happened. In my eyes, I was clearly hitting someone from Canghui Academy, but it ended up hitting Tang San."

"Tang San, you said you suddenly saw me as Jiang Yi. I was the same as you!" Dai Mubai explained with all his strength.

Tang San nodded slightly upon hearing this.

"That's right. At the time, I mistook Mubai for Jiang Yi, then suddenly became furious, which was why I dumped the food onto his face."

After hearing both of them explain it, everyone present was greatly surprised. What was going on with this situation?

Zhao Wuji furrowed his brows tightly. In the end, he seemed to think of something and said, "The two of you were likely subjected to a Mental Attack."

"A Mental Attack?" Dai Mubai exclaimed in surprise.

"That's right. There are quite a few Spirit Attribute Spirit Masters on the continent. Their soul skills act directly on the brain and can silently influence others."

"What happened to you was likely caused by someone using a Mental Soul Skill on you. It may have been some kind of illusion-type soul skill that altered what was in front of your eyes."

Tang San's expression darkened. Of course he knew about Mental Attacks. After all, his Purple Demon Eye cultivated Spiritual Power.

Anyone capable of influencing him so silently must possess Spiritual Power far beyond his own.

Zhao Wuji added at this moment, "The dean of the Canghui Academy you provoked, Shi Nian, is a spirit master who specializes in mental abilities, and he is also a Spirit Saint."

"He was very likely the one who influenced you."

"A Spirit Saint." Killing intent flashed through Tang San's eyes. If Shi Nian was a Spirit Saint, then his Spiritual Power truly far surpassed Tang San's.

To dare use Spiritual Power behind their backs to toy with them—Shi Nian had earned himself a death sentence.

"So he was the one behind this!" Dai Mubai said excitedly.

After hearing Zhao Wuji's analysis, the others ultimately believed that Shi Nian had done it.

In the end, all the blame was placed on Shi Nian, who had not even shown himself and had not even followed them.