Bound to Mary Sue, I am against involution in the world of immortal cultivation

"You're right," Fan Ning, who had been completely reminded, walked straight to the main seat. He supported his chin and looked down at the faces of a group of people who looked uninterested across a flight of stairs. He raised his eyebrows and sat down in an extremely provocative manner.

Ling You received a somewhat helpless look from behind him, and stood up as well, standing casually behind her like a guardian who would never retreat.

Jiang Biehe glanced at Patriarch Li, who was about to speak, and said calmly, "If you want to cut off another hand, just say so."

Patriarch Li calmed down immediately.

He took out a package from his arms, and the patterns on it unfolded, exactly the same as the logo on the clothes of Qianle Sect disciples.

"I know what you're looking for. Stop hurting them."

The head of the Li family looked around at the clan members surrounding him, his eyes like a candle extinguished by the wind, gray and dim.

"Bie He, it was our Li family who wronged you first, and now you are unwilling to let us go... We accept it, but there are always innocent people."

"After so many years, those who hurt you back then have died or been injured. Most of those who are still standing here now have lost much connection with the past. At least this time, I hope you can show some mercy."

The head of the Li family sighed, pressed his trembling legs, and seemed to be heading towards his old age.

Jiang Biehe was a little confused.

He glanced at the object that was delivered to him, pondered for a moment, and did not move. Instead, he asked with a puzzled look on his face, "When will I have the final say on this matter?"

"Colluding with the Qianle Sect, harboring a sect leader, framing innocent cultivators... After reading these charges, I don't even need to do anything. Your Li family will be finished on their own."

Jiang Biehe handed the package to Fu Yao who was beside him, without any intention of getting involved.

Fu Yao was stunned for a moment, her eyes avoiding the gradually changing expression of the head of the Li family, and without thinking of any other possibilities, she directly and roughly tore open the three layers of the package in front of everyone.

A blood-stained key fell out.

"That's it?" Fu Yao raised her voice and shook the cloth wrapped around the thing. After confirming that there were no other objects, she slowly looked at Fan Ning who seemed to be thinking about something.

"Do you know what this is?"

"Ah," Fan Ning responded, his eyes slowly falling on Patriarch Li, but he didn't express his guess out loud, "Don't you want to explain?"

Patriarch Li looked aggrieved, "...This is the key to the secret vault."

"What's inside is evidence."

"Is this evidence that an entire family was massacred just to obtain the secret manual of cultivation?" Fan Ning looked at the key that was handed to him. The blood on it had been coagulated for a long time. It was probably used once and no one opened it again.

But it has been preserved to this day, and is even in the possession of the Li family, who should have nothing to do with the incident.

...Interesting.

Fan Ning calmly threw the key to Ling You and yawned, not caring at all about how the pupils of the uninformed monks present trembled after hearing his words.

"Then let's go and take a look." She simply glanced at the people with different expressions and chuckled, "I'm really curious about the secrets that they would rather frame the innocent than keep."

The Li family led the way forward silently.

They probably never thought that this method, which had always been very effective against other monks, would be severely beaten back in the first stage.

"Don't look so depressed, everyone. You're not completely hopeless. There's still a dead end."

"What are you afraid of? This is an experience you can only have once in your lifetime..."

Fan Ning effortlessly memorized all the places she passed by: the flowers in full bloom, the clustered flower pots, the lake filled with koi...

As the road became more and more off-center, a small secret door hidden under the fallen leaves was revealed.

The excavated soil was still freshly piled aside, covered by fallen leaves, and it looked like it had been stir-fried by someone, becoming so fine and broken that it was out of shape.

Ling You gave the monk behind him a meaningful look.

Apart from that, he said nothing, and even after hearing the words from the Li family, he bent down and put the key on the door.

"I'll take care of the rest."

There was a "click" sound, and Fan Ning suddenly clasped her hands on the door. Under the sudden focused gaze of the Li family behind her, she smiled slowly.

"I don't want to miss this critical moment."

The old door was opened, and Fan Ning faced the dark underground passage, her beautiful eyes narrowed dangerously.

"It looks quite intimidating... Who will go down first?"

She turned her gaze to the Li family members who were closest to her.

None of the cultivators spoke, except for the Li family members who were almost named, who were stunned and subconsciously shrank back at the darkness underground.

It's an instinctive fear of the unknown.

But he also knew he had no choice.

The young man made up his mind and closed his eyes, "I, I..."

"If you don't dare to go, forget it." Seeing that the man had already reached the edge, Fan Ning put a hand on his shoulder and smiled nonchalantly. "It seems that the Li family has not been here for a long time... Is it because this place doesn't belong to you?"

Ling You noticed the strangeness in her words and chimed in, "It's not mine to begin with, and I don't have the power to control it... I'm just looking at it anyway, so it's better to turn a blind eye."

"Perhaps... in the middle of the night, when I wake up in my dreams, I'm afraid that the real victim will come and take my life."

Ling You's voice suddenly dropped very low. The Li family members who knew about the situation all took a step back, feeling that the air around them suddenly became cold.

...But, how is that possible?

Those people are all dead!

"Of course, no one will come looking for you if you're completely dead, but the boundaries between species don't have to be so rigid."

Fan Ning half-leaned inside the door, sat on the ground, and added in a tone that sounded like "What a nice day today!" "Maybe one of them can cultivate with their souls, or maybe the pets they raise are actually demonic beasts... Yeah, there are also distant relatives and so on."

"People who kill people frequently know that there are many things to consider when exterminating an entire family."

After the words fell, some young people who couldn't hide their thoughts swallowed their saliva.

He thought he was speaking quietly, but the surroundings were so quiet that not only the sound of his swallowing, but even the sound of his fingers rubbing against the fabric could be heard clearly by the group of monks.

Several pairs of eyes looked over.

The monks who were mentally prepared looked at each other, and all showed expressions that it was as expected.

"It's really like this..."

"You can't even hide anything..."

"Is there anyone waiting down there?"

"What's the difference between this and breaking the jar..."

"..."

Hearing these voices, the head of the Li family glared at the young man fiercely and finally had a heart attack.