chapter 48

Solar Envy Sect’s best technique was soul-raising. It was not surprising for Yun Xie to say this, but Master Wushou slowly responded, “Master Yun, I will ask a few more questions. Now, seven days have long since passed since Ning Fen’s death. It stands to reason that even if reincarnation did not occur, the spirit has already forgotten everything that occurred before death. How will you ask?”

Yun Xie gestured at Jiang Xunyi, signaling him to pass his sword, then smiled at Master Wushou. “Master, I can’t be certain about things that occurred before Ning Fen’s death, but the two crimes of □□[1] and an evil tongue make it impossible for her to qualify for reincarnation this quickly. Even if she can’t speak, her soul remains in the same state as when she died, so with one look, we will know the truth.”

Master Wushou nodded and didn’t speak anymore. Jiang Xunyi swiveled the hilt of the sword and handed Extinguished Flower to Yun Xie before taking a step back.

Yun Xie held the sword in his right hand, two raised fingers tightly held together on his left hand. His fingers slowly slid across the sword. An almost transparent blue light immediately appeared on the sword. He then cut his fingers and used the blood to quickly write two lines of words on the blade. The combination of red and blue carried an indescribably strange beauty. Under everyone’s watchful eyes, Yun Xie flung the sword into the ground. With his hands forming a seal, he shouted, “Soul out!”

The scarlet words on the sword sank into the soil as if they were alive, and the earth murmured like boiling water for a while before all movement ceased.

The technique of calling on souls is the unspoken secret of Solar Envy Sect. Although many people have heard of it, few have seen it with their own eyes. When they did not see any reaction after a while, everyone felt impatient. However, the serious expression Yun Xie directed at the ground compelled everyone to forcefully restrain themselves.

After a while, there was a sudden “ka-cha” sound, and the ground was split by a big hole. A dull-looking spirit appeared in front of everyone.

Jiang Xunyi looked closely and saw that although the spirit was covered with chains all over their body, the appearance did not change at all. It was Ning Fen.

Yun Xie looked at the chain and smiled. “She indeed committed the sin of suicide, as she suffers from a prison of chains.” Although he said this, he didn’t expect others to believe him from just these words. He stepped forward and tugged lightly. All the chains bounding the spirit were pulled off and the dagger stab wound in Ning Fen’s chest was clearly visible to everyone.

Even though it was a spirit, it was still a woman’s spirit. However, Yun Xie seemed to have no sense of virtue regarding this. He squatted down and pulled the spirit to show the wound to everyone. The familiar slight sneer appeared habitually on his lips. “How is this everyone, did you notice anything?”

No one answered. Jiang Xunyi stood with his arms crossed and looked on from the side. He lightly said, “If the wound caused by the dagger was from suicide, it would be slightly to the right, going from deep to shallow.” He gestured casually. “I am taller than Ning Fen. If she really was stabbed by me, the wound should be angled downwards and go from shallow to deep.”

As he talked, Yun Xie acted out his words. Jiang Xunyi’s eyes swept over the crowd before he pointed to a thin boy and said with a loud voice, “Yu Fei, I remember your father was world-famous for his work in autopsies, and I know you have also studied the field. Can you come up and see if I am right?”

Yu Fei was inconspicuously hidden in the crowd and was shocked to suddenly hear his name. He looked at Jiang Xunyi, his eyes showing a complex mixture of surprise and suspicion.

He was originally a disciple of Pu Lin Sect, but Jiang Xunyi and Yun Xie were his biggest role models in his childhood. He couldn’t imagine that Jiang Xunyi would be involved in something like this. When he first heard of it, his heart was full of anger from being deceived. However, as time passed, his doubt increased, as it did not seem like something Jiang Xunyi would do.

He didn’t expect that Jiang Xunyi would still remember his name. When he stood up, his heart was full of mixed feelings, which were hard to express.

Jiang Xunyi naturally did not know what he was thinking. When Yu Fei stepped out, he motioned to Yun Xie to make some room for him. “Junior Brother Yu, thank you for your trouble[2].”

Even though his reputation was destroyed, Jiang Xunyi was still his former idol. When Yu Fei heard Jiang Xunyi say this, his face inexplicably became red. Yun Xie looked at him with a smile and got up to make way.

Yu Fei’s heart felt an inexplicable chill when Yun Xie looked at him that way. He squatted down quickly and carefully inspected the body.

The reason why Jiang Xunyi called him was because Yu Fei was notoriously arrogant and would never tell a lie. He really lived up to the expectations, checking the body before he hesitated and finally said, “What Senior Brother Jiang said just now was completely right. Everything indicates suicide, just…”

Wanderer Zihui seemed to see a glimmer of hope and quickly said, “What is it? Say it quickly.”

Yu Fei drummed up his courage and raised his voice. “It’s just that a woman like Ning Fen who is not capable of martial arts will inevitably be afraid before she commits suicide. Generally speaking, they will usually falter before acting. The scars they leave behind are called ‘hesitation wounds’. However, she has no hesitation wounds.”

Yun Xie immediately replied, “This can only show her determination to die. But she really did not die by A’Xun’s hand, this is clear, right?”

This time, Yu Fei nodded without hesitation. “There is no doubt.”

A middle-aged man standing in the front frowned. “This is a bit strange – Master Jiang, I would like to ask one more question. This woman has never met you before, so why did she die to frame you without any injustice? And she even killed herself so resolutely.”

Jiang Xunyi looked at him and Yun Xie immediately whispered beside him, “Shen Chong from the Chan[3] Buddhism Sect.”

Jiang Xunyi immediately said, “Shen Daxia[4] said it well, regarding this point, Xunyi has the same doubts in his mind.” He turned to the old man who had not spoken for a long time. “Uncle Chen, I have always been very respectful of you. Without injustice, why do you want to scorn me? That night, did Senior Sister Qiu really run out of my room? Did the half of my sleeve you took out really come from her?”

Although Uncle Chen’s face was pale, he did not hesitate to speak. “I saw it with my own eyes; There is definitely no mistake.”

Jiang Xunyi looked at him with a trace of disappointment in his eyes, and Yun Xie immediately said, “This is easy to handle. Since that is the case, may Senior Sister Qiu and Uncle Chen please compare your recollection of what happened. If all of the details match, then we will listen to your words. How do the two of you feel about this?”

When Feng Xue heard Yun Xie say this, he immediately pulled on his daughter, who was standing next to him. With his voice lowered, he asked Feng Qiu, “Are you sure?”

Feng Qiu slowly frowned as if she didn’t recognize this and turned blank eyes to her father, then slowly moved to the two people standing in the middle of the crowd. Jiang Xunyi stood straight with his hands clasped behind his back, and Yun Xie stood besides him lazily with his arms crossed, expression cynical and indifferent. However, when you think about it, he was always standing half a step away from Jiang Xunyi’s side, as if to ensure that the other can find him as soon as he reaches out, always accompanying him like this.

“Father,” Feng Qiu suddenly said in a low voice. “At that time… were all the things you said to me true?”

Feng Xue was immediately vigilant. “We’ve already come this far, what else do you want to do?”

However, Feng Qiu had no time to answer because Yun Xie had already walked over unhurriedly. He greeted with a slight smile, “Senior Sister Qiu.”

Feng Qiu looked at him and saw that Jiang Xunyi, who was in the distance, had also cast his gaze over, but unlike usual, he did not approach. A bitterness appeared in her heart, and she turned her head to say, “A’Xie.”

Yun Xie slightly nodded with a gentle smile on his lips. His elegance was truly unrivaled. He looked directly at Feng Qiu and spoke in a concerned tone. “Senior Sister Qiu, in fact, I also know that your feelings are not fake. A’Xun and I are very sorry for repeatedly asking you about this matter. However, this is related to his reputation. We can’t be careless, so I don’t know if you… can you allow us to cross-examine your recollection with Uncle Chen’s?”

His words were both comforting and thoughtful, but he didn’t plan to really listen to Feng Qiu’s opinion. He raised his hand and made a ‘please’ gesture to Feng Qiu.

Feng Qiu had loved Yun Xie from an early age and was unable to resist such tenderness. She was compelled to take two steps forward before she was suddenly caught by Feng Xue. He quickly and heavily urged, “Qiu’er.”

Yun Xie raised his eyebrows. Feng Xue turned to him and said, “Sect Master Yun, my daughter doesn’t want to be near Jiang Xunyi, so considering this, just let her talk here. “

Although Yun Xie always called him “Bastard” and “Smelly Kid”, the most unacceptable thing in his life was others criticizing Jiang Xunyi. He was immediately fired up and rudely shot back, “Family Head Feng, what do you mean by your words? What is ‘Don’t want to be too close to Jiang Xunyi’? Jiang Xunyi is handsome beyond measure and absolutely stunning. Who in this world doesn’t know? Why don’t you want to be close to him?”

Feng Xue originally intended to emphasize Feng Qiu’s experience again, selling it as a miserable memory, but he had no idea how he angered Yun Xie again. The blunt rebuttal caused his mouth to fall open and he was speechless for a while.

Feng Qiu took the opportunity to step forward and whispered, “A’Xie, I want to ask you a question first.”

Yun Xie was actually very angry with her, but the exploiting-beauty plan he decided on earlier had not been completely finished yet, so it was not good to change his face immediately. “Please speak.”

He still had a smile on his lips and a soft voice, but his eyes were cold.

Fortunately, Feng Qiu didn’t look at his eyes but instead lowered her voice even more. “A’Xie, why are you so good to Xunyi?”

What kind of question was this? Yun Xie raised his eyebrows in surprise. At that moment, he almost thought that Feng Qiu was aware of something. However, he soon found that he was overthinking it, because Feng Qiu followed up by murmuring, “Although the Dual Jade of the Spirit Stage are inseparable and your brotherly love is like the relationship between the hands and feet, Solar Envy and Hidden Spirit are two separate sects. It is impossible for all of your interests to be exactly the same. The two of you, the way you treat him… do you really need to devote yourself to this degree? Did you ever think that if there was no Jiang Xunyi, you would be able to dominate the younger generation…”

At the beginning, Yun Xie still had an incredulous expression, but once he heard the last few words, his face gradually became more serious. He suddenly interrupted Feng Qiu. “You couldn’t have thought of this yourself. Who told you?”

[1] □□ – it was originally censored like this but I think it’s prostitution

[2] 有劳了 – directly, it’s “I am troubling you” but I wrote what it’s supposed to feel like especially with Yu Fei’s reaction

[3] 禅宗 – Zen Buddhism

[4] 大侠 – kinda means hero, is how to respectfully refer to a warrior