Jiang Che had switched the pills.
Besides wanting to save Yan We iwan, he had another reason for doing so.
If Weiw an took that pill, and the pill had been refined from Yan Shicheng, then it would surely contain Yan Shicheng's soul.
When the time came, there was no telling who would actually come back to life.
Yan We iwan was only a mortal. Even if Yan Shicheng's soul remained conscious and wanted her to live, she might not survive it.
Old Yan, pitiful and hateful as he was, was better off dead for good.
As for the risks, Jiang Che had carefully weighed them.
If a Foundation Establishment cultivator was watching at that moment, his switching the pills certainly would not escape notice.
But the likelihood of one being present was extremely low.
Twenty-one years ago, he had delivered a letter directly to Ji Tian. That, combined with his own deeply suspicious identity, had alerted Jingyan's Foundation Establishment experts.
But in reality, Autumn Feather had been the only one handling this matter from start to finish.
If a Qi Refining cultivator had been watching him in person, Jiang Che would never have dared court death either. But as long as they were not watching in person, even if they were keeping guard somewhere outside beyond his perception, he was confident he would not be easily discovered. As for whether the Seven Aperture Exquisite Heart Pill produced by the Instance had any problems, Jiang Che did not know.
He hoped it did not.
But even if it did, things could hardly be worse than they already were.
Yan We iwan was a mortal, and with the dim lamplight and her poor eyesight, she naturally could not see what Jiang Che had done.
She took the pill from him and