Do you really think you can get me with just a banana?

Li Suyin pointed to a pile of spilled noodles scattered on the ground not far away.

Guan Shanyu then looked up at Yan Ruchen. Yan Ruchen was leaning against the wall with his arms folded. Seeing Guan Shanyu looking at him, he shook his head slightly in denial.

Seeing this, Guan Shanyu turned to Wang Tianyang and said, "This noodle is not poisonous. It's just that Su Yin's cooking skills are not good, so the food she made is a bit unpalatable. There is no need for you to tie her up."

Wang Tianyang snorted when he heard that, got up from the ground, rolled his eyes, and turned away. Yan Ruchen saw Guan Shanyu approaching Li Suyin, his face darkened slightly, and he turned his head to the side. Guan Shanyu helped Li Suyin up from the ground and asked: "Besides tying you up, he didn't do anything else to you, right? Did he take advantage of you?"

"Bah! She's like a washboard and I'm taking advantage of her?" Wang Tianyang retorted loudly as soon as he finished speaking. Yan Ruchen was already impatient, so he walked over and kicked him over. Wang Tianyang was completely silent now.

Seeing this, Li Suyin was so frightened that her whole body trembled, and she shook her head honestly at Guan Shanyu.

Guan Shanyu finally felt relieved. He turned around and saw that Wang Tianyang was just a little dizzy from Yan Ruchen's kick, but he was fine. So he turned to Li Suyin and said, "Is Suyi at home? I want to see him."

Li Suyin blinked at him blankly.

The guards were just ordered by Li Suyin to report, and soon, Suyi's figure appeared in the corridor, hurriedly rushing to Li Suyin's room.

Li Suyin saw him running over and quickly opened the door. Suyi's excited voice came from outside the door: "Shanyu! I missed you so much. Why didn't you tell me when you came?"

Hearing this, Guan Shanyu immediately stepped forward, but in order to avoid being discovered by the guards in the distance, he could only hide behind the door and wave to Su Yi. Seeing this, Su Yi ran in with a happy face and immediately gave Guan Shanyu a warm hug. Guan Shanyu staggered and almost lost his balance in the bear hug. When he came to his senses, he found that Qing Fan was following behind Su Yi.

"Qingfan? You're here too?" Guan Shanyu asked in surprise. Qingfan had walked in with a face full of joy, but upon hearing this question, his smile froze for a moment, and he answered hesitantly, "Ah? Shouldn't I come? I heard you were here, and I wanted to come see you too."

Guan Shanyu turned and looked at Yan Ruchen, who nodded gently. At this moment, the two new arrivals noticed Yan Ruchen's presence, and cast Guan Shanyu's doubts aside, greeting Yan Ruchen with joy.

Su Yi was a real chatterbox, chattering non-stop the moment he entered the room. Qing Fan, though not as talkative as Su Yi, was also very excited to see Guan Shanyu and the others, whom he hadn't seen for a long time. He engaged them in a long conversation, their topics ranging from "how the wounds have healed since returning to the sect" to "I heard the demons have been spotted again recently" and then to "the owner of the teahouse next door had closed down, so they couldn't find a place to go out for a late-night snack even after climbing over the wall" and other interesting things.

After Su Yi and Qing Fan finished talking, Guan Shanyu finally interrupted and reminded them, "Two big brothers! We came to you today for serious business!"

Su Yi nodded and said, "I know. You just want to catch up with us. Qingfan and I won't leave today. Let's have a good chat. Do you want to drink? I actually secretly hid a pot of soju in the room."

"You're still hiding the liquor? Daddy told you not to drink!" Li Suyin slammed the table and stood up to stop them. Suyi, remembering her sister's presence, immediately fell silent. Seeing the conversation was about to stray off track, Yan Ruchen quickly intervened, saying, "Everyone, there's something more important than drinking liquor. We've found the man who sold the fake medicine in the Immortal Gate Trial and the one who tried to kill us in Wangshuiling."

Upon hearing this, everyone in the room looked at each other in confusion.

After the disciples reported outside the door and confirmed that Li Xiuqi would take two hours to arrive at Yuchen Palace, Li Suyin, Guan Shanyu and others went to the main hall of Yuchen Palace.

The maids and nannies waiting at the door were stunned to see only the young master and Qingfan entering, only to be met by a large group of six or seven people. Seeing their solemn expressions and hurried steps towards the main hall, they dared not ask any more questions and simply followed them to the main hall, quietly asking Li Suyin if she wanted tea.

Li Suyin nodded and ordered, "Bring fragrant tea, two plates of fruit, and a pound of melon seeds."

The maid nodded and hurriedly left. Guan Shanyu saw the maids being dismissed by Li Suyin and asked in confusion: "Why are you serving melon seeds?"

Li Suyin glanced at him and said, "Don't you have to eat some melon seeds at this time? Don't worry, my father won't mind."

Guan Shanyu frowned and nodded, looking around the hall at the seats, and naturally followed Wang Tianyang to sit at the back. Yan Ruchen had already taken the main seat. Li Suyin saw this and quickly pulled Guan Shanyu up, whispering, "Sit next to Yan Ruchen."

Guan Shanyu was confused and said, "He'll be the one to talk later, and I'll just supplement it. His two wives will definitely be sitting next to him. Oh, and you have to sit too."

Li Suyin rolled her eyes and muttered in a low voice: "You are so stupid." She quickly pulled Guan Shanyu up and pushed him to the side of Yan Ruchen's seat. Yan Ruchen happened to look over here. Seeing that Guan Shanyu was going to sit in the back, he was about to get up and go over. Li Suyin saw this and quickly said: "Brother Chen, you don't have to come over. I sent him over!"

Guan Shanyu was bewildered as Li Suyin pushed him to sit next to Yan Ruchen. Seeing this, Yan Ruchen calmly returned to his original seat. Li Suyin gave Yan Ruchen a flattering smile, then lifted her skirt and quickly moved to the last row to sit down.

Guan Shanyu turned his head to look at Yan Ruchen in confusion. Seeing that he was staring at him, Guan Shanyu felt a little confused. He glanced at Jin Yu and others, thinking that such an occasion should be led by the protagonists.

Seeing that Guan Shanyu seemed a little uneasy, Yan Ruchen slowly leaned over and said softly, "Sit next to me. When Palace Master Li arrives, you can provide further explanation."

Jin Yu and Gu Yu had finished their work and returned from outside at noon. The rumors they'd spread were neither too big nor too small, just enough to attract the attention of the Immortal Sect but not enough to cause panic. Consequently, the Immortal Sect had sent additional disciples to Linshui Town over the past two days to investigate. Furthermore, they had to investigate the disappearance of the person in the portrait and the disciples at Wangshui Ridge, leaving them with no time to spare for Guan Shanyu and the others.

"But now that we have clear clues, we need to act quickly." Jin Yulian took a few sips of hot tea to relieve his fatigue from the past few days. He said to Yan Ruchen and the others, "Once the Immortal Sect arrives in Linshui Town and finds that nothing has happened, I'm afraid they will point the finger at us next."

Everyone nodded in agreement. After Jin Yu and the others returned, Yan Ruchen immediately went to Li Suyin's room to briefly summarize the results of the investigation over the past few days and presented the irrefutable evidence. Needless to say, Jin Yu and Wang Tianyang knew who was behind the incident and were eager to eliminate it. Su Yi, upon learning that the Immortal Sect had nearly killed her at Wangshuiling, immediately decided to report everything to Li Xiuqi.

His request was exactly what Yan Ruchen wanted.

Because Li Xiuqi was the one who took the lead in launching the attack in Yan Ruchen's plan.

Guan Shanyu looked back at Yan Ruchen, who sat still and composed, yet a sense of unease remained. He supported Yan Ruchen's plan, but he wondered how Li Xiuqi would react upon learning of it. After all, while Li Xiuqi had his own issues with the Immortal Sect, truly having the courage to challenge the three major sects was another matter entirely.

Because although Su Yi was almost killed, he did not really die; although so many reactionary immortal cultivators were arrested in violation of the rules, it also benefited Yuchen Palace invisibly; as for the immortal sect's planting of demonic plants, it is hard to say whether Yuchen Palace also planted them.

Therefore, Guan Shanyu and the others were essentially gambling, betting that Li Xiuqi would stand up and denounce the Immortal Sect. But if their bet was wrong, they would definitely be arrested by the Immortal Sect immediately, and their fate would probably be very ugly.

But Guan Shanyu chose to believe Yan Ruchen. After all, he was following the protagonist, so he always felt more at ease.

Thinking of this, Guan Shanyu took another sip of hot tea and quietly turned his head to look at Yan Ruchen. Unexpectedly, as soon as he turned his head, he saw Yan Ruchen looking at him. His heart couldn't help but tighten. Caught off guard, he hurriedly asked, "Ruchen, why are you...looking at me like that?"

Yan Ruchen turned towards him and asked softly, "Are you nervous?"

Guan Shanyu touched his face, thinking that he had been too serious earlier, so he nodded honestly. Yan Ruchen smiled, took Guan Shanyu's hand, turned it so that the palm was facing up, and took something out of his pocket and gently placed it on it.

Guan Shanyu was a little confused, and when he lowered his eyes to take a look, it turned out to be a handful of melon seeds.

"Li Suyin just asked the maid to bring it over. If you're nervous, just eat a little. It should help," Yan Ruchen whispered. He then grasped Guan Shanyu's palm tightly and pushed him into his arms before releasing his hand.

Guan Shanyu stared at his palm full of melon seeds with a confused look on his face.

The protagonist is in such a good mood... and he still has the mood to ask him to eat sunflower seeds at this time???

"What on earth just happened! Don't you know that demons have appeared in Linshui Town again? I haven't even arrived here yet and I've been called back!"

Guan Shanyu was still in a daze when a resounding voice suddenly rang out from outside the hall. The disciples straightened their backs instantly, realizing it was Li Xiuqi's return. In a moment, Li Xiuqi stepped through the hall's threshold with an impatient expression.

As soon as Li Xiuqi came in, all the disciples hurriedly stood up and bowed respectfully to greet him. He nodded casually, his eyes swept across the disciples sitting in the hall and his daughter who was secretly eating melon seeds in the corner. He turned around with a headache and waved to the guards outside the door to leave. Then he slowly walked to the main seat in the hall and sat down leisurely.

As soon as he sat down, a maid quickly served him a cup of fragrant tea. Li Xiuqi sipped the tea leisurely, waiting for the tea to penetrate his heart and spleen, making his whole body feel relaxed. Then he looked up at Su Yi and asked slowly, "Su Yi, tell me, have you found your murderer?"

Upon hearing this, Su Yi stood up and nodded resolutely. Li Xiuqi nodded slightly at him and asked, "Who is it?"

"It's Master Yuan from the Purple Sky Spirit Realm!" Su Yi's voice was so high-pitched that it practically echoed throughout the hall. However, upon hearing this, Li Xiuqi paused, slamming his teacup onto the table with a loud thud, and angrily shouted, "Nonsense! You're lying in broad daylight! Aren't you afraid of causing trouble?"

Su Yi's momentum was instantly diminished by his shouting. Li Xiuqi slammed the table several times and cursed again, "Never mind that there are disciples from Tianxuan and Yulintai here. If you talk nonsense here, you'll be in trouble if the news leaks out!"

Upon hearing this, Guan Shanyu quickly turned his head to look at Li Suyin.

Li Suyin received the look and helplessly threw away the melon seeds in her hand. She stood up from the stool and quickly walked to Suyi's side. She hugged his body, which was slightly stiff due to fear, tightly. She turned to Li Xiuqi and cried with tears in her eyes: "Dad! Without solid evidence, how dare we speak nonsense? Now that we have witnesses and evidence, we are discussing it with you. Have you forgotten the tragic situation your brother suffered that day? If it weren't for Ruchen and others who risked their lives to save him, your only son would be gone!"

When Su Yi heard this, she and her sister immediately hugged each other and burst into tears: "Sister! We almost died together!"

Upon hearing this, Li Xiuqi finally calmed down his anger. His gaze fell on the brother and sister who were crying bitterly. He shook his head heavily. After a moment of silence, his tone gradually became calmer. He asked, "What witnesses and evidence are there? Where are they?"

Yan Ruchen observed the other's expressions from the side and replied at the right moment, his voice steady, "Palace Master Li, please take a look."