After focusing and taking in their expressions, Wu Fei showed a trace of astonishment in his eyes. Before he could think further, he vanished from this small world.
Two figures suddenly appeared above the calm, still sea. Yin Fan swiftly summoned the Blazing Cold Sword, catching both himself and Wu Fei.
A trace of astonishment still lingered in Wu Fei's eyes, his mind in turmoil. If he had seen correctly, the way Lu Feiyuan and Yun Huai had looked at him just now...
Was that the affection parents and elders showed when looking at their own child? Who exactly were they?
Just then, ripples stirred on the sea below. The Silent Dust Pearl broke through the water and flew into Wu Fei's hand, sinking into his palm and returning to his dantian.
As Wu Fei circulated his cultivation to regulate his breathing, he pondered. Lu Feiyuan's and Yun Huai's remnant souls had appeared here a thousand years ago, and portions of their memories concerning the Buddha Spirit Sect had been deliberately erased. Then there was the formation that could only be activated with the Silent Dust Pearl...
It was highly likely that someone had secretly arranged for him to enter that place.
But what was the purpose of doing so?
"Senior Brother Wu Fei?"
The soft call abruptly brought Wu Fei back to his senses. When he opened his eyes, Yin Fan was extremely close to him.
"What are you thinking about?" Seeing him open his eyes, Yin Fan pressed a hand between his brows. "You're frowning so deeply."
In all the time Yin Fan had known Wu Fei, this was the first time he had seen such an expression on his face.
Wu Fei paused, then answered honestly, "I was thinking about Fellow Daoist Lu and Fellow Daoist Yun."
"Them?" Yin Fan was taken aback, then said, "Come to think of it, we were teleported away so quickly just now. I wonder what will happen to their remnant souls."
"Remnant souls?" A flash of inspiration struck Wu Fei, and something suddenly occurred to him. He closed his eyes to examine the Silent Dust Pearl, which had returned a moment after them. His divine sense slowly entered it, searching carefully, bit by bit.
Only after quite some time did he discover two nearly imperceptible auras within the formerly clear, translucent Silent Dust Pearl. When it returned, it had actually brought Lu Feiyuan's and Yun Huai's remnant souls out with it.
Their remnant souls rested quietly within the Silent Dust Pearl, nourished by it and without consciousness for the time being.
Wu Fei withdrew his divine sense and slowly opened his eyes. Thinking back now, hadn't the two of them been standing directly above the Silent Dust Pearl?
While Wu Fei examined the Silent Dust Pearl, Yin Fan sat waiting beside him. Seeing him open his eyes now, he raised his brows, curiosity showing in his gaze.
"Their remnant souls are now inside the Silent Dust Pearl," Wu Fei said. "Although I don't know the circumstances, this is very likely connected to my origins."
"Your origins?" Yin Fan recalled the information his Devil Cultivator subordinates had uncovered about the Buddha Spirit Sect's Buddhist disciple. He remembered that Wu Fei had been
an orphan
and had been taken in as a disciple by the Buddha Spirit Sect's sect leader from childhood. Now it seemed there was something strange about Wu Fei's origins?
"That's right." Wu Fei nodded slightly and slowly explained, "The mysterious space beneath Clear Heart Village, and this place-the various clues offer a faint glimpse of the truth."
As the two spoke, the Blazing Cold Sword sped across the sea. As they passed a mountain, the Blazing Cold Sword suddenly reacted and stopped abruptly.
Yin Fan, whose mind was linked to the Blazing Cold Sword, experienced a change in his gaze. Demonic qi blasted from his hand toward a particular spot.
Crack!
With a soft sound like shattering glass, the mountain forest before them burst apart like starlight.
It was an illusion formation.
Outside the formation stood a group of cultivators from the cultivation world. Panic appeared in their eyes when they saw the illusion formation break, but then they remembered there was still a killing formation and calmed down again.
What they did not know, however, was that this killing formation was also useless against Wu Fei and Yin Fan.
The formation inheritance Yin Fan had obtained in the great inheritance tomb had not been learned for nothing.
Wu Fei raised his eyes and swept his gaze over the cultivators outside the formation, pausing briefly on their sect disciple robes. He immediately understood.
They had come for revenge.
Yin Fan's gaze, however, held some surprise and uncertainty. He had thought Cang Xiao and the others had set up the formation to ambush them, but once the illusion formation broke, it turned out to be other people.
From his expression, Wu Fei guessed that the protagonist had probably forgotten that incident. The corners of his lips curved slightly as he said, "It seems they've come to take revenge on the Devil Venerable."
"Besides the Heavenly Sword Sect's sect leader and his lot, I actually have other enemies?" Yin Fan raised a brow.
Hearing this, indignation rose on the faces of the cultivation world's disciples outside the formation.
He really did forget... A flicker of amusement passed through Wu Fei's eyes at the sight. Outwardly composed, he reminded him, "The Seven Luminaries Sect."
Only upon hearing the words "Seven Luminaries Sect" did a measure of realization appear on Yin Fan's face.
Come to think of it, the Seven Luminaries Sect's sect leader had also been one of those who watched back then. However, he was somewhat different from Cang Xiao and the others.
"Yin Fan, you killed my master. Today, we'll use your blood to honor his memory." The speaker was Xiao Yi, a True Disciple of the Seven Luminaries Sect's former sect leader. At that moment, he was looking expressionlessly at the two within the formation.
"We are only here today to seek revenge against the Devil Venerable. Fellow Daoist of the Buddha Spirit Sect, please do not interfere. We do not wish to harm the innocent."
Wu Fei's expression remained unchanged. He knew full well that the Seven Luminaries Sect disciples would not be able to take their revenge, because...
After hearing the Seven Luminaries Sect disciples' words, Yin Fan scoffed. "You think I killed the Seven Luminaries Sect's sect leader?"
Xiao Yi said coldly, "On the day my master passed away, only your aura was present in his cave abode. Could that possibly be false?"
Yin Fan did not answer him. Instead, he looked at Wu Fei, his eyes deep and dark. "Do you think so too, Senior Brother?"
Wu Fei shook his head. "You did not kill the Seven Luminaries Sect's sect leader."
At this, the gloom in Yin Fan's eyes slowly receded, and a smile played on his lips. "You believe me, Senior Brother Wu Fei?"
"I do," Wu Fei replied.
In fact, aside from Yin Fan, no one knew more clearly how the Seven Luminaries Sect's sect leader had died than Wu Fei, who had read the original novel. His death was connected to Yin Fan, yet also had nothing to do with him.
Yin Fan had not intended to bother explaining to them, but since Wu Fei believed him, he did not mind saying a little more.
"I did indeed visit his cave abode that day," Yin Fan said, his voice slightly low. "But the Seven Luminaries Sect's sect leader's death had nothing to do with me. He died plagued by inner demons."
"Impossible!" the Seven Luminaries Sect disciples cried out.