Mu Jinyu listened to the master's words, feeling a surge of doubt again, eventually beginning to somewhat disbelieve Mu Shao'ai.
After all, killing the Master of Heavenly Palace to replace him, all are merely the master's words.
He said the original Master of Heavenly Palace was the real culprit but has been killed by him; he has avenged Ah-Xiang…
But what is the truth, who really knows if it's like this?
Mu Jinyu is reluctant to delve deeply into the truth, but he knows that when Ruoxiang Man Hall returns from the Ghost World and learns of all this, with his temperament, even if the person standing before the fog of truth is the master, he will certainly investigate thoroughly.
And he might face life and death with the master before figuring it all out!
Rather than letting his rare confusion lead the situation to an irreparable state, it would be better to investigate clearly himself, and slowly consider where he should stand in the upcoming time.
The more Mu Jinyu thought, the more complicated things seemed, feeling a severe headache.
Mu Shao'ai heard Mu Jinyu's words, knowing he was starting to suspect again, smiled bitterly and said:
"Forget it, rather than talking nonsense, let me show you the scene at that time. Fortunately, I was also curious about the truth and asked the Master of Heavenly Palace…"
As he spoke, he waved his hand, and suddenly like playing a movie, a scene unfolded before Mu Jinyu.
In the dim room.
A man in a black robe stood with his arms folded, facing a Starry Sky Map, pondering something unknown.
Behind him stood a young-looking man, none other than Mu Shao'ai.
'Is that man in black robe the original Master of Heavenly Palace?'
Mu Jinyu looked at the scene, curiously thought.
"You've said so much, all to disguise your view of humanity as insignificant. Is there really no other way to leave Earth, this sealed place? I don't believe it!"
At this time, the Mu Shao'ai in the scene spoke, his tone cold and filled with great hostility.
'What had they said before this?'
Mu Jinyu's expression changed slightly, curious about what the master said before finding the Master of Heavenly Palace.
At this moment, the scene continued to unfold, the black-robed man finally turned around, no longer watching that Starry Sky Map, and spoke:
"Even if you don't believe it, there's nothing you can do. I've already said it, to leave Earth this sealed place and find a truly suitable place for our cultivation, only the Starry Sky Teleportation Array can be used."
"And to activate the Starry Sky Teleportation Array, originally in ancient times, there were many methods, but in today's world, other activation methods are impossible, the only way is to use Four Symbols' Blood!"
"I advise you not to be so obstinate, she's just a registered disciple after all, sacrificed if needed, as long as we can leave here, it's all worth it. Once away from Earth, we'll have a greater expanse."
The black-robed man's voice was hoarse and unpleasant, exactly the same tone Mu Shao'ai used before recognizing Mu Jinyu as master.
Mu Jinyu saw this and felt even more puzzled.
What is the Starry Sky Teleportation Array?
What is Four Symbols' Blood?
Why sacrifice Xiang Mantang?
Despite the confusion, Mu Jinyu knew the master wouldn't show him a meaningless scene, he hoped to get an explanation later.
In the scene, Mu Shao'ai was furious after hearing the black-robed man's words, cursing: "That's easy for you to say, she's my disciple, not yours. You think sacrificing her is insignificant, but do you think I don't see your real intention for bringing her back to Huaxia?"
"Don't you intend to use two different attributes of Phoenix Blood to create purer True Phoenix Blood? But don't you think your approach is too malicious!"
"Killing her parents wasn't enough, you still want them to commit such a vile act, you are completely inhuman!"
Seeing this, hearing Mu Shao'ai's curse, Mu Jinyu finally realized why Jian Ruyan was taken from Huaxia, went to Kunlun Ruins, and still managed to return to Huaxia.
Feeling ice-cold hands and feet, a burst of horror and dread.
It turned out that after taking Jian Ruyan, the Heavenly Palace discovered her Ice Phoenix Bloodline wasn't sufficient to be used as the Phoenix Bloodline among Four Symbols, and her parents' bloodline was equally insufficiently pure, thus they intended to exchange their Phoenix Blood to create purer Phoenix's Blood!
Afterward, they allowed Jian Ruyan to return to Xiang Mantang but couldn't reveal her true identity's bizarre behavior.
No wonder.
Jian Ruyan had gone to Kunlun Ruins for over ten years, returning with just Early Energy Transformation Stage cultivation.
This reason had baffled Mu Jinyu until now and finally made it clear.
It also explains why he asked Jian Ruyan multiple times if the Heavenly Palace killed their parents, what the truth was, and why she wouldn't say anything…
The truth turned out to be so cruel and horrifying.
In the following scene, Mu Shao'ai didn't say much more and directly fought the Master of Heavenly Palace, finally expending every effort in the incredibly challenging task of killing him.
Subsequently, after recuperating for a month, Mu Shao'ai decided to don the black robe of the Heavenly Palace Master, impersonating the Palace Master's identity, and ordered to cancel all observations and actions against Jian Ruyan and Xiang Mantang.
Seeing this, Mu Jinyu thoroughly believed Mu Shao'ai was indeed not the original Master of Heavenly Palace, and the murder of Xiang Mantang's parents was unrelated to him.
This allowed him to feel relieved even amid the coldness.
"Snap!!"
Mu Shao'ai snapped his fingers, and the scene before Mu Jinyu disappeared.
Mu Shao'ai continued: "Now, you wretched disciple, should believe the master's words, right?"
"I believe, master! I'm sorry… I shouldn't have doubted you…" Mu Jinyu smiled bitterly and apologized.
Mu Shao'ai said indifferently: "Do you now understand why that girl didn't make any moves after leaving Kunlun Ruins for over a year, yet was never captured by the Heavenly Palace?"
"Do you now understand why after she and you returned to Kunlun Ruins, the Heavenly Palace took no action? Is it because the Heavenly Palace couldn't detect her appearance?"
Shaking his head helplessly, Mu Shao'ai sighed: "That's because the Master of Heavenly Palace was replaced by me long ago. All actions against them were canceled by me… Otherwise, when you brought her into Kunlun Ruins, where would you have the chance to slowly develop in the Heavenly Sword Faction? You'd be done for immediately."
Mu Jinyu frowned and said: "But I still don't quite understand, why did the Heavenly Palace go through such trouble instead of just taking Ah-Xiang back for experimentation?"
"Because Four Symbols' Blood is unique and must follow its course naturally, coercive actions won't achieve the purpose." Mu Shao'ai casually explained.
"Then why didn't master return after avenging Ah-Xiang but continued pretending to be Heavenly Palace Master?" Mu Jinyu curiously asked.
Mu Shao'ai sighed: "Because I also want to leave Earth, this prison-like place, so I need to study whether there are other ways to activate the Starry Sky Teleportation Array."