Desires
Chu Yan only learned of Yu Ci's identity after that kidnapping incident. Because she did not understand him deeply and could not pin down his temperament, she found herself in a very passive position, her words carrying a hint of resignation.
Standing over her from above, Yu Ci said in a flat tone, "You were the one who rescued the Lake and Sea Wanderer that day. I want to know, what is the story behind that God Slaying Thorn? And how did you use the Hundred Spirits Manifesting Gauze?"
It's actually the Hundred Spirits Manifesting Gauze? Chu Yan felt quite surprised. The Hundred Spirits Manifesting Gauze that Yu Ci brought up was naturally an extraordinary magical artifact, but compared to the Xuan Ling Yin and the Yellow Springs Secret Mansion it pointed to, the difference in their value was immeasurable. From his questioning, she knew that Yu Ci must have been hiding nearby the whole time, taking in every word of her conversation with Fu Long. There was no question of him lacking understanding, so how could he fail to discern what was truly important?
I suppose this is what they call "taking things step by step."
Chu Yan was also a clever person. Knowing that she absolutely must not hesitate at a moment like this, she immediately replied:
"If it pleases the Daoist priest, this humble woman obtained the God Slaying Thorn from the Hundred Spirits Manifesting Gauze. The gauze holds a method to slaughter a hundred kinds of living creatures, gather their resentment, and use the sheer gauze as a medium to transform them into the God Slaying Thorn. It was woven onto the gauze by a senior expert using secret arts, and can be manifested after refining it through four layers of the Tiangang Disha method."