Zeng Anmin's gaze lingered on Master Xu.
Suspicion colored his face.
"What's wrong?"
Master Xu raised a brow and looked at Zeng Anmin calmly.
"The illusion array examination came afterward, while Zhu Wanjun died before it."
Zeng Anmin furrowed his brows, staring at Master Xu as he said,
"How did he tamper with things when the illusion array was activated?"
Master Xu's eyes deepened.
Zeng Anmin had struck the nail on the head.
He looked into the distance, a chill threading through his voice.
"Zhu Wanjun and Li Jian had been conspiring for no short while. They began plotting as early as when you returned to the capital in triumph after taking Mount Bai."
"I do not know where he found that Bizarre Qi, but he began making moves against you father and son."
"Qin Shouchang's Gathering Breath Post was also one of his targets."
Zeng Anmin slowly lifted his head.
A faint light of realization flashed through his eyes as he murmured thoughtfully,
"So, when I first met him..."
"The Prismatic Spirit Stone he lost to me was deliberately given to me?"
"His purpose was to plant Bizarre Qi within me?"
The red Bizarre Qi within his Sea of Consciousness Space had already spread from the Golden Tablet Confucian artifact to the Golden Abacus.
If it was not restrained and removed soon, it would not be long before his Confucian cultivation realm was ruined.
"Yes. He simply did not expect that, aside from being a Fifth Rank Confucian Cultivator, you also possessed the combat strength of a Fifth Rank Martial Artist."
Curiosity showed in Master Xu's gaze as he looked at Zeng Anmin.
"When I planted the array imprinting on you that night, I also wished to investigate the mysteries within your body."
"Yet my divine sense was blocked