Chapter 264 - Yiyi Is Pissed Off

The dark stone room was illuminated only by two candlesticks.

Zhuang Yan's eyes were calm, his hair was messy at the moment, and he had lost the immortal aura he once had as a Sword Sect Elder. His hands and feet were also bound with Immortal Locks, and he was confined to the wall with cold iron chains.

Two Elders were sitting on wooden chairs, questioning him with solemn eyes, while Yun Yiyi was at the side with a black quill in hand, silently recording every word Zhuang Yan said.

"In the Sword Pavilion murder case, I asked Xue Xinghai to kill those inner disciples, remove one of their internal organs, and sew them together to form a demonic body. However, unexpectedly, Xue Xinghai missed one person and then met the Third Lady in the market. I sensed something was wrong and rushed to take him away, but the Eldest Lady seemed to have noticed something... and later came with Elder Hu, so I had no choice but to use the soul-searching technique to destroy Xue Xinghai's soul."

Zhuang Yan turned to look at Yun Yiyi with a trace of resentment and resignation in his eyes.

The two Elders nodded. "What about the Jade Snow Peak? What do you have to say?"

"In the case of the Jade Snow Peak, I wanted to take the blood essence of the Eldest and the Second Ladies to complete the demonic pill. It was going smoothly at first, but I didn't expect that at the last moment, two unknown young cultivators would break my alchemy furnace. They threw a Water Spirit Pearl into it, causing turbulence of the water and fire spiritual energy and the furnace exploded..."

... ...

The interrogation went on for a long time.

After all, Zhuang Yan was also an Elder of the Sword Sect, and although he had made such a big mistake, things were pretty clear now. The Elders choose not to use the soul-searching technique on him. Instead, they just asked questions one by one like a normal interrogation.

Yun Yiyi listened to the testimony, remaining silent throughout the process, taking the role of an official registrar, quietly recording on paper.

Recording the facts of the case was just a chore. Even if Zhuang Yan's case involved Yun Kunwu, it could be done by any high-level inner disciple.

As for why Yun Yiyi didn't go back to Flowing Water Peak to rest and rather took over this matter despite being exhausted physically and mentally, it was because of the words she heard from Feng Yu Die at that time.

---"Young Master Ye!! What are you doing? You should have expected that it would be like this..."

This sentence alone was enough for her to connect everything that happened during this period.

Feng Yu Die and Ye Anping had known each other for a long time.

When Yun Jiujiu met Feng Yu Die, Yun Xi met Pei Lianxue, and she met Ye Anping.

In the initial Sword Pavilion murder case, it was Ye Anping who hinted to her that there was something wrong with Zhuang Yan.

Zhuang Yan said that two people threw a Water Spirit Pearl into the alchemy furnace. One of them was Feng Yu Die and the other was Ye Anping.

Ye Anping acted like an outsider in front of her, yet every single thing was related to him as if he controlled the whole matter from beginning to end.

Not only the events but also the people involved seemed to be mere pawns in his hands.

"Eldest Lady, rest well. Don't get tired..."

Yun Yiyi nodded, quickly stacked up the dozens of slips she had written, and walked out of the stone room.

When passing by Xue Xinghai's cell, she stopped for a moment and glanced inside through the gap in the iron grill. She could see the former master of the Sword Pavilion looking over with innocent eyes. "Aba Aba... Baba..."

"..."

Yun Yiyi smiled bitterly and shook her head, then continued toward the elevator and the entrance platform.

... ...

At dusk, the outline of the distant mountain peaks was dyed with a golden hue.

Escorted by two Sword Sect disciples, Yun Yiyi flew with her sword to the Flowing Water Peak, but the more she thought about it, the angrier she became.

---Ye Anping had been lying to her from beginning to end! He was never interested in her at all, and never regarded her as his fiancée.

I can't get it up, he said!! Let's wait until after the wedding, he said!

Yun Yiyi reckoned that Ye Anping would definitely abandon her and leave after she returned.

"... Having come to the Sword Sect, do you think you can flee without leaving anything behind?!"

"?" "?"

Behind her, the two escorting disciples were confused. "Eldest Miss, what did you say?"

"Hoo--"

Yun Yiyi closed her eyes and let out a heavy breath. She twisted the flying sword under her feet, turned around, and headed toward the Middle Peak.

"I'm going to the Middle Peak to get some pills."

Still confused, the two disciples following her asked, "Eldest Miss, we can go on your behalf. What pills do you need?"

"..."

Yun Yiyi ignored them and accelerated toward the Middle Peak. She only thought to herself: You deceived my feelings first, so don't blame me for tricking you as well!

If you can get out of bed tomorrow, don't call me Yun Yiyi!