Chapter 1357: 1357: The Cold Case of the Past

Chapter 1357: Chapter 1357: The Cold Case of the Past

Compared to the others, He Musnow seemed more mature and thoughtful. She asked, “Ye Fei, why did you go so far?”

Although they had only known each other for a few days, He Musnow had come to understand Ye Fei quite well. She knew he wasn’t the type to kill someone just because he was strong and disagreed with them.

Otherwise, he wouldn’t have spared the Soul Infant of Zhui Feng just because Yin Hanyan had asked him to.

Today’s incident was just a minor issue. Ye Fei could have simply disciplined the young master of the Wujin Sect and revealed his identity, which would have resolved the matter without potentially sparking a conflict between two major forces.

When asked by his pretty senior aunt, Ye Fei didn’t hide anything and said, “Because I don’t have a good impression of the Wujin Sect.”

This explanation only made He Musnow more puzzled. “You just came from Earth. You haven’t had any contact with the Wujin Sect. Why don’t you like them?”

Before Ye Fei could explain, Tang Qinghe excitedly asked, “Junior nephew, you’re from Earth? Tell us, is it fun there? When the passage opens again, can you take me there?”

“Of course, no problem,” Ye Fei smiled. “But, Sister Qinghe, the passage closed only twenty years ago. You were already at the Great Perfection stage back then. Since you’re so curious, why didn’t you go and check it out?”

Tang Qinghe said with a hint of regret, “I wanted to, but those years I was busy researching how to defeat a Great Perfection cultivator who had weathered the tribulation without having to weather it myself. Later, I failed in my research and missed the opportunity when the passage opened.”

“Why didn’t you choose to weather the tribulation back then? With your talent, you should have had more chances than ordinary people,” Ye Fei asked curiously.

Tang Qinghe proudly puffed out her impressive bust and said, “Who says that weathering the tribulation is stronger than not weathering it? I wanted to defeat someone who had weathered the tribulation without having to do it myself and become the strongest person in the history of the True Emptiness Realm!”

“Don’t listen to her nonsense. She accidentally advanced directly because her cultivation improved too quickly, and she didn’t ask others for advice.

Later, she stubbornly tried to find a way to defeat someone who had weathered the tribulation without having to do it herself.” He Musnow revealed Tang Qinghe’s secret as soon as she finished speaking.

“Ugh…” Tang Qinghe let out a mournful sound, her face turning bright red as she glared at He Musnow, “Sister, you’re lying! You all promised me you wouldn’t tell anyone!”

He Musnow laughed and said, “Yes, but I didn’t tell anyone else.”

“That’s right, my senior aunt and I aren’t outsiders. She has no secrets from me, right, senior aunt?” Ye Fei quickly chimed in, winking at his pretty senior aunt flirtatiously.

This time, it was He Musnow’s turn to blush, recalling the entire afternoon they had spent together. She was so embarrassed that she was glad Tang Qinghe was innocent and didn’t understand much about relationships, so she didn’t notice anything.

“By the way, you still haven’t said why you dislike the Wujin Sect.” He Musnow quickly changed the subject to cover her embarrassment, and Tang Qinghe also nodded vigorously, clearly not wanting to talk about her embarrassing moment anymore.

Since both of his beautiful senior aunts didn’t want to talk about it anymore, Ye Fei began to tell his story, “I met a guy named Li Canghai on Earth. Have you guys heard of him?”

“I know, I know,” Tang Qinghe raised her hand like an eager student answering a question, “He was a very talented disciple of the Wujin Sect. He was being groomed as the successor to the Sect Leader back then. But for some reason, he suddenly killed his good friend, Jia Jieren, who was the head of the Wen Chang Mansion at the time. Later, the Wen Chang Mansion put pressure on the Wujin Sect, and he ended up being hunted by everyone in the True Emptiness Realm.”

He Musnow also nodded and said, “That’s right. Jia Jieren’s talent was on par with Sister Qinghe’s. Given time, he would have taken the Wen Chang Mansion to new heights. It’s no wonder the Wen Chang Mansion wouldn’t let it go just like that.”

When Li Canghai mentioned this incident, Ye Fei had thought that Jia Jingwen’s father was just the head of a minor sect, but he didn’t expect him to be the head of one of the Ten Major Forces, the Wen Chang Mansion.

He couldn’t help but ask in surprise, “Since the Wen Chang Mansion is one of the Ten Major Forces, how could the head be killed so easily? How did the murderer escape from the Wen Chang Mansion? Also, even though Jia Jieren was very talented, he was only at the Soul Infant stage at the time. How did he become the head?”

It’s worth noting that even Yin Hanyan, whose mother was the previous Sect Leader of the Cuiyan Sect, only took over after reaching the Great Perfection stage.

Moreover, Jia Jieren was still quite young, in his thirties, and Ye Fei realized that in the True Emptiness Realm, that was far from being considered an adult.

“The one palace and two mansions are different from the other seven major forces. They exist in the form of families. For their successors, they only look at qualifications, not anything else. Moreover, given Jia Jieren’s talent, he indeed had the qualifications,” He Musnow explained.

“As for being killed so easily, it was because he was killed in his private residence, with no high-level cultivators around. And the one who struck was his best friend, Li Canghai. Who could have thought of that?”

“The real murderer wasn’t Brother Li, but someone else,” Ye Fei said, though Li Canghai was now his future father-in-law, he was used to calling him that.

He Musnow was puzzled, “Not him? But even the Wujin Sect admitted that he was the murderer and sent people to hunt him down.”

“That’s exactly why I dislike the Wujin Sect,” Ye Fei said. This was precisely the reason why he had a bad impression of the Wujin Sect.

Although he wasn’t an unreasonable person, he was very protective of his own. He particularly disliked the Wujin Sect’s practice of not investigating and directly accusing their disciples, even sending people to hunt them down.

“So the situation is much more complicated than what we heard,” the two women nodded.

The Cuiyan Sect and the Qinglian Sect had no close ties with the Wujin Sect or the Wen Chang Mansion, and they were quite far apart. If it weren’t for the huge scandal at the time, they might not have even heard about it, let alone know any inside information.

He Musnow then asked, “So, who killed Jia Jieren?”

“I wish I knew. Unfortunately, I didn’t ask Brother Li for that person’s name back then. I only knew he was another very talented disciple of the Wujin Sect, already at the Soul Infant stage at the age of eighty-plus,” Ye Fei was also a bit annoyed. When he first heard about this from Li Canghai, he thought the cultivation world was still far away and didn’t ask for details.

Now, he could only rely on this limited clue.