The three figures before him were, in all likelihood, connected to Shen Miaoyin's former life. They might even have been formed from memories and power left behind in the past.
But for some reason, those memories and that power had remained sealed within the Immortal Pillar here.
Even after Shen Miaoyin had come here and spent centuries in this place, she had never truly mastered them.
Now that the three figures had been stirred into action, there were only two possibilities.
First, Shen Miaoyin had accidentally awakened her former power while maintaining the formation here.
Second, Demon Buddha Jizhao, Fan Tianshu, had done it. He had used a secret art to draw out these remnants of her former consciousness, clearly intending to use them to seize complete control of Senior Sister Shen Miaoyin.
If it was the first possibility, the timing was far too convenient.
As for the second, it matched what Fan Tianshu had done not long ago.
He had appeared to urge Su Shi'er to come here and help Shen Miaoyin through her crisis. In truth, Su Shi'er's arrival had plainly distracted Shen Miaoyin and disrupted the formation here.
After all, if the formation had not changed, he would still be trapped on the Moonlight Path.
At this thought, cold sweat broke out across Su Shi'er's body, and his wariness of Fan Tianshu deepened.
Fan Tianshu, what a cunning scheme.
With a silent sigh, Su Shi'er swiftly steadied himself, resolve returning to his eyes.
If Fan Tianshu succeeded, there was no telling what would become of Shen Miaoyin.
But now that he was here, he had to find a way to help Senior Sister Shen Miaoyin survive this ordeal and foil Fan Tianshu's plot.
I can't keep tangling with this lingering figure!
Su Shi'er thought it over.
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