My best friend asked me if I was still doing system tasks.

Luo Hanying hurriedly got up and took the antidote. Ran Jie helped her unseal the acupoints. She sat cross-legged, focused her mind, and refined the pill. In less than a quarter of an hour, the spots on her body faded.

After her body returned to normal, Luo Hanying finally relaxed and asked, "What kind of poison is this? Why don't I feel any pain even though I'm almost rotting? It's not uncomfortable at all, it's quite humane, suitable for euthanasia."

Jin Caiyu asked curiously, "What is euthanasia?"

Luo Hanying: "Uh... it's like someone is sick and can't be cured, and he wants to die so he won't be tormented by the illness anymore, so he wants to die in a way that makes him feel less uncomfortable."

Ji Daoyun put away the alchemy furnace and sealed the remaining antidote. Hearing this, he said, "This kind of poison is not suitable for euthanasia. When your internal organs begin to rot, you will feel the pain of your internal organs being burned by raging fire."

This poison is rare. If I hadn't seen it in Yingzhou, you probably wouldn't be alive today.

Luo Hanying nodded fearfully and bowed, saying, "I cannot thank you enough for your great kindness. If there is anything you need me to do in the future, please feel free to ask. I will certainly not fail you."

"I don't need you to go through fire and water, but I do have questions that I need you to answer."

Ji Daoyun gently revealed the secret Luo Hanying had been hiding: "You and Ruan Chayan are survivors of the Opening Heaven Gate, aren't you?"

Seeing Luo Hanying's frozen expression, he continued, "I used the Soul Searching Technique to see in that person's memory fragments that one of the questions he wanted to ask you was to confirm your identity."

I don't need you to go through fire and water for me. I just want to know if there's more to the story of the massacre at the Heavenly Gate, why these people are relentlessly pursuing you, and if you know anything about it.

Luo Hanying scratched her head with a wry smile: "Since it's already been confirmed, I won't try to deny it anymore."

"Cha Cha and I were indeed once disciples of the Heavenly Gate."

She recounted the whole story in detail.

“Back then, we were not strong enough, and those cultivators believed that we had the Spiritual Rhinoceros Dew at the Heavenly Gate, and we had no way to defend ourselves.”

Luo Hanying lowered her gaze, rubbed her earlobe, and said half-truthfully, "Chacha and I couldn't beat Qiao Hezhi and his gang, and we didn't dare to fight them, so we used the Rifting Void Talisman to escape. Unexpectedly, the Rifting Void Talisman brought us into the Invitation Fragrance Secret Realm."

She then revealed what Zhou Shuxiang and the others had done in the Yaoxiang Secret Realm, something she had been keeping hidden all along.

With all of this laid bare before everyone, Luo Hanying felt extremely uncomfortable.

She concluded, "I don't know why anyone is targeting me and Chacha. It seems like none of the things I know are important."

Ji Daoyun, unusually abandoning his calm and gentle expression, frowned and said, "No, what you told us is very important. I have a guess in my mind that I'm basically certain of."

Taibai Pavilion is definitely not a neutral intelligence organization. They probably have a secret with the people of Canghai Realm, and are plotting against Canglan Realm.

"It's almost dawn. You go and visit the people. I have something to report to the two sect leaders. I'll meet up with you after I've dealt with it."

Ji Daoyun hurried upstairs, set up an array to isolate and detect the enemy, and then contacted Hua Shiqing.

After stating his deduction, he said, "I'm afraid that the reason why other sects didn't take our warnings seriously in the past two years is because Taibai Pavilion was interfering."

Taibai Pavilion permeates every aspect of the Canglan Realm; no one knows whether their own sect has disciples from Taibai Pavilion.

He added, "Lu Xiyan's husband from the second branch of the Lu family is a disciple of Taibai Pavilion. The Lu family's current state is very likely due to being targeted by Taibai Pavilion."

It seems that Taibai Pavilion's assassination attempt on Luo Hanying was precisely because they feared we could deduce their stance through various clues.

We don't have many people we can trust right now. You should carefully consider which sects to tell this news to, so they can intervene and save lives. Once the matter of Taibai Pavilion comes to light, the Canglan Realm will likely descend into chaos.

Hua Shiqing said with concern: "But isn't the Canglan Realm in chaos now? Why bother maintaining a superficial peace?"

Such peace breeds unease; it would be better if we united to fight against the cultivators of Taibai Pavilion and the Canghai Realm.

"I am merely offering my suggestion. If you believe that announcing it to the world is beneficial to the current situation, I will not stop you."

Ji Daoyun continued to express his opinion, "But will people in the world believe that Taibai Pavilion, which brings them benefits, would spare no effort to harm them?"

We do not know how the cultivators of the Canghai Realm came to the Canglan Realm, or whether all the cultivators of the Canghai Realm came to the Canglan Realm before the boundary river closed.

The existing information indicates that they are killing people for sacrifice to steal spiritual energy, but we do not know the purpose of the Canghai Realm cultivators and Taibai Pavilion joining forces to sacrifice mortals and cultivators and steal spiritual energy.

We cannot provide a convincing reason for the people of the two seas and five continents to believe the words of our Shiren Sect. As I have said, those are all speculations based on known information.

Moreover, sometimes, some people, even when the evidence is right in front of them, will ignore it for their own benefit, and even defend Taibai Pavilion to target us instead.

Hua Shiqing asked, "So you think we should continue to pretend we know nothing?"

Ji Daoyun denied it: "No, you know better than me how to deal with the current situation."

You should discuss this with the leaders of the Xiying Sect and Wangjian Mountain. I'll await your news.

Hua Shiqing agreed and immediately arranged for a meeting of elders. He then contacted other sects, but that's another story.

Luo Hanying nodded to Ji Daoyun, who had just arrived. Ji Daoyun asked in a low voice, "How did it go? Did Jin Caiyu and the others find out anything?"

Luo Hanying shook her head: "No, it's all complaints from the victims' families. When asked about the details before their disappearance, their stories are incoherent and there's no useful information."

They said the missing person was no different from usual before disappearing, and when asked if they felt anything unusual, they said they didn't feel anything was wrong.

At most, they'd say the dog seemed to be barking, and the chickens, ducks, and geese were restless. But upon investigation, we found that the dog, chickens, ducks, and geese had very little spiritual energy; they couldn't possibly be sensing unease and issuing a warning.

"Was anyone missing last night?" Ji Daoyun asked. "I haven't received any news from the Lu family."

Luo Hanying nodded with a bitter expression: "Two quarters of an hour ago, the Lu family said they couldn't contact you, so they told Senior Sister Jin the results of their statistics. Eleven people went missing last night in two villages north of Jinye Town."

"Doesn't that mean they just happened to avoid our location?" Ji Daoyun said thoughtfully. "I just set up an array in Jinye Town last night, and the missing people happened to be outside the array. They know our whereabouts very well..."

Luo Hanying said knowingly, "Oh, that explains why you seemed to be rushing over here last night. So you were setting up an array around the town."

After understanding the situation, Ji Daoyun calmed down and listened to the old lady's sobbing complaints.

Luo Hanying spent the morning following behind Jin Caiyu, Lan Shihai, and others, witnessing the suffering of countless people.

On the dusty road, only a few people walked quickly by, and behind the windows and doors of the stone walls and gray tiles, pairs of vigilant and tired eyes were hidden.

This is just one small town with the fewest missing persons; it's hard to imagine what it's like in the countryside where more than half the population has gone missing.