The news had naturally been spread by Zhou Guangqi and the others. Every one of them had suffered severe injuries. If they blamed it all on something going wrong in their cultivation, it would be far too far-fetched and coincidental. Even if one person made a mistake in cultivation, how could all five of them possibly go wrong at once?
All Zhou Guangqi had to do was grit his teeth and admit that there had been a terrifying formation on the cliff terrace where Ye Tian lived, and that they had carelessly made a mistake, ending up in such a state.
Of course, in order to salvage their dignity, Zhou Guangqi and the others described that cliff terrace and its formation as incomparably terrifying, as though it were not the residence of an ordinary inner sect disciple, but a living hell.
After that, the cliff terrace where Ye Tian lived finally gained complete peace and quiet.
Aside from cultivation, Ye Tian found a book in Zhou Guangqi's storage pouch containing information about Imperial Teaching Mountain, Imperial Teaching Academy, and Twilight City at the foot of the mountain. He kept it and read it in his spare time.
Other than taking back those supreme-grade spirit stones, Ye Tian had only taken this one book. There had been countless items in Zhou Guangqi's storage pouch, and he had only checked the important things. This utterly ordinary book had been completely forgotten.
A few quiet days passed before Zhong Wan came.
Naturally, Ye Tian did not tell Zhong Wan anything about how those people had treated her. He merely told her the general course of events—whom he had encountered in what order, and roughly what had happened.
Then he gave Zhong Wan the thirty thousand supreme-grade spirit stones and the Houtian spirit treasure.