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

Upon hearing this, the cultivators of Zihong Pavilion turned ashen-faced. With Ji Daoyun's attitude so firm, they dared not linger and slunk away, hoping to find a way to leave the secret realm as soon as possible.

The Bone Carving Sect sat in meditation under the shadow of the stone sculpture. They unanimously decided to follow the Blade-Slaying Sect at a distance, not too close, not too far. Unlike the cowardly pretty boys of the Purple Rainbow Pavilion who only knew how to dance and play with cloth strips, they wanted to follow the Blade-Slaying Sect to seek protection and opportunities.

Wei Fenglin of the Golden Cauldron Sect had lost an arm and had scars on his face, but his appearance did not stop him from interrogating Ji Daoyun and Luo Hanying: "Tell me quickly! What did you find in the underground palace?"

I've heard a little about Venerable Jiang; I heard she was a beast tamer in her lifetime and possessed a divine artifact for controlling beasts. Did you obtain that artifact?

Ruan Chayan looked at Wei Fenglin, a hint of surprise inadvertently flashing in her eyes—

How strange, he actually knows about Venerable Jiang's Kunling? He knows that the Guangxu Secret Realm was originally the Ancient Beast Secret Realm of the Canghai Realm?

Luo Hanying retorted sarcastically, feeling guilty: "Divine artifact, my foot! Do you think divine artifacts are like weeds, growing everywhere?"

"I've lived all these years and I still don't know who Venerable Jiang is. You say you do? Then tell me, what do you know?"

Seeing that Luo Hanying's expression didn't seem fake, and that the two of them genuinely hadn't discovered anything, Wei Fenglin was disappointed and too lazy to waste any more words.

Ji Daoyun, however, persisted, astutely noticing something: "It seems the fellow Daoists of the Golden Cauldron Sect know many things we don't."

The meeting place was originally suggested by my fellow Daoists, who said it was easy to defend and difficult to attack, and there was also an ancestral tomb to explore.

We had barely gathered together when the black-robed figures from the Canghai Realm arrived in an organized manner, intending to wipe us out in one fell swoop.

We previously thought that fellow Daoists from the Bloodflame Sect and Purple Rainbow Pavilion had lured them here, but they seem to have come prepared. Do any of the fellow Daoists from the Golden Cauldron Sect have any leads?

"You ignorant brat, spouting nonsense!" Cai Guangyu helped his fellow disciples to their feet and confronted Ji Daoyun. "How dare you slander my Golden Cauldron Sect so easily?!"

It was only because Shiren Sect and Baiyuzhai wanted us to unite that they contacted us, these innocent sects!

We told you back then that setting off fireworks would alert the cultivators of the Canghai Realm to our movements, and it was only after you repeatedly assured us that we agreed!

Now that something's happened, your Shiren Sect actually wants to blame us?!

"You old bald monk! Tell me! Your Beiwen Temple has always been neutral, so you be the judge and see whose fault it really is!"

The middle-aged monk Cai Guangyu was referring to was Master Wuyan.

Wu Yan put his hands together and said, "Amitabha, this old monk dares not believe one-sided words. Without evidence, this old monk is willing to believe in your innocence."

"If your Golden Cauldron Sect and the man in black robes had no contact, then why did cultivators from the Canghai Realm arrive so soon after the last sect we contacted had just arrived here?"

Ji Daoyun explained his deduction in detail: "If the black-robed man found this place because he saw the fireworks set off by your Golden Cauldron Sect, shouldn't your Golden Cauldron Sect have confronted them before our Shiren Sect, Baiyuzhai, and other sects arrived here?"

The cultivators from the Purple Rainbow Pavilion had barely left Kunling when they were forced back by the black-robed man. Wasn't it because you tipped them off?

Wei Fenglin retorted, sticking his neck out: "If you say that, I'd say it's your Shiren Sect tipping us off!"

We know that Wenren Ya of the Wenjian Sect is a spy, but your Shiren Sect still protects her and doesn't let anyone deal with her.

"You're all in cahoots! It's all because of your Shiren Sect that we're facing this calamity!"

"Since you're convinced we're in cahoots with the men in black, why don't you leave our side?"

Ji Daoyun casually plucked the strings a couple of times and said calmly, "Why don't you all use your brains to think about this? If my Shiren Sect really betrayed the Canglan Realm, with my cultivation and the Heavenly Rain alone, do you think I would give you a chance to leave the secret realm alive?"

The implication is that since they won't be given the chance to leave the secret realm alive and tell the world, why should Ji Daoyun hide his identity from them?

Wei Fenglin shut his mouth sheepishly. They might scoff at Ji Daoyun's strength, but they dared not gamble on how much of the power Ji Daoyun could unleash with the Heavenly Rain.

Ji Daoyun's words effectively cleared Shi Renzong of any suspicion.

Ji Daoyun was about to question the Golden Cauldron Sect when he heard Master Wuyan of the Beloved Temple, who had been silent all along, burst into laughter: "What a good show of dogs fighting each other! It's been a long time since I've watched something so enjoyable!"

Luo Hanying felt a chill run down her spine when she saw Wu Yan's ferocious expression. She walked closer to Ruan Chayan and pressed herself against her.

Luo Hanying looked Wu Yan up and down and said, "What the heck? Has this monk gone mad? Why did he suddenly do this? What's going on?"

Ruan Chayan stared warily at Wu Yan: [“Look at the surprised expressions on those young monks’ faces; there’s definitely something wrong.”]

Wu Yan was originally at the early stage of the Golden Core Realm. He smiled and tore off the skin-like magic artifact on his face, revealing his true appearance. At the same time, his cultivation level rose steadily and stopped at the level restricted by the Light Ruins Secret Realm, reaching the Great Perfection of the Divine Transformation Realm.

"Wu Yan" said happily, "The outside world is getting more and more interesting."

With tears in his eyes, the monk from Beiwen Temple questioned, "If you are not Master Wuyan, then who are you? What have you done to our Master Wuyan?"

Master Wuhua and Master Wuye both died in the underground palace while protecting them, and now Master Wuyan is being impersonated. The monks of Beiwen Temple are emotionally devastated.

Wu Yan shrugged: "Oh, in order to take his place, of course I had no choice but to kill him. You guys always like to ask stupid questions."

These days, explaining Buddhist teachings to you has almost made my carefully maintained hair fall out completely.

He held prayer beads in one hand and tenderly stroked his smooth hair with the other. Suddenly, a centipede the length of his forearm crawled out from his long, lustrous hair.

The crowd immediately stirred, and Ruan Chayan, after seeing clearly, exclaimed, "What a hobby! Keeping centipedes in his hair?!"

Luo Hanying got goosebumps: [“Holy crap, that’s disgusting!”]

Ji Daoyun gripped Tian Jiangyu tightly and guessed Wu Yan's identity: "You are Yan Yuan Xie Zun."

Cangya Zi paused in stroking the centipede, then gave Ji Daoyun a condescending look: "You kid do have some sense. The name of Daoist Yu Chen is well-deserved."

Ji Daoyun narrowed his eyes—

What did he see?