"You called him here to get revenge for me, didn't you?" Tang Hao continued.
"Uh," Mo Qi, lying on the ground, stretched out suddenly and stood up. "I just took a short nap, it was so comfortable."
"What are you smiling at, nephew?" Mo Qi looked at Tang Hao and said.
Tang Hao's mouth, which had been open a moment before, now couldn't close due to surprise. He remained with his mouth agape and fled shamefacedly.
Seeing that there was no more excitement to watch, the Tang family members dispersed again.
Tang Qianyu's face was once again covered with frost.
Mo Qi quickly said, "You wanted to know some things just now, I'll tell you now."
Tang Qianyu said angrily, "I don't want to listen anymore."
Mo Qi transmitted his voice, "Whether you want to listen or not, I have to tell you. I am the sole survivor among those twelve people. Wan Beifeng betrayed us. He colluded with Wu Cunxin, the sect leader of the Divine Crow Sect, set a trap, and waited for us to fall into it, intending to capture us all. What he didn't anticipate was that I am resilient and did not die."
Tang Qianyu was stunned. Her mind raced with a thousand thoughts. She pondered why Mo Qi survived, whether Wan Beifeng had accomplices, and Mo Qi's intentions for enrolling in the Heavenly Rank Academy this time.
While she couldn't find answers to other questions, she didn't find Mo Qi's survival surprising. Even the soul-shattering power in the Myriad Phenomena Valley couldn't do anything to him, so it was reasonable for him to escape the Divine Crow Sect's attack.
"Are you willing to come forward and testify against him?" Tang Qianyu asked after a long pause.
"It's not that I'm unwilling, it's that it's impossible to bring him down," Mo Qi said. "If you are willing to cooperate with me, I have a way to deal with him."
"I cooperate with you?" Tang Qianyu found it both amusing and exasperating. "Why should I cooperate with you? What ability do you have to make me cooperate?"
"I saved your life," Mo Qi said with a smile.
"A blind cat catching a dead mouse."
"Then it's up to you," Mo Qi shrugged and turned to leave. "If there's nothing else, I'll be going back."
"Tell me your plan first," Tang Qianyu said.
Mo Qi turned back and transmitted his voice again, "As long as we can find a way to capture him by surprise, your current status makes it easy to do so. Then, I'll make him take a Truth Pill, and he'll confess everything, including the mastermind behind it all, without reservation."
"Truth Pill? What Truth Pill, is it useful?" Tang Qianyu asked dismissively.
"It's useful, because I just gave you a Truth Pill, and you told me you are thirty-four years old," Mo Qi said. "Tell me yourself, are you thirty-four years old?"
"You're looking for death!" Tang Qianyu gritted her teeth in anger and kicked him again. "You liar, you said it was a beauty pill earlier."
Mo Qi once again fell straight onto the ground.
"Stop playing dead, get up," Tang Qianyu looked at Mo Qi on the ground and raised her leg as if to kick him again.
Mo Qi rolled over and got up, shouting while dodging, "I didn't lie to you, besides the Truth Pill, I also gave you a beauty pill."
Tang Qianyu asked with a mix of anger and worry, "Besides your age, what else did you ask me?" She knew that if he gave her the Truth Pill, it was only to find out if she was in league with Wan Beifeng. She could withstand scrutiny in that regard.
However, everyone had their privacy.
If those secrets were spied upon, it would be terrifying!
If nothing else, if Mo Qi learned the Tang family's secret technique...
The more she thought about it, the angrier and more frightened she became.
Mo Qi's eyes darted around. "I asked if you liked me, and you said you liked me."
"You're talking nonsense, how could I possibly say that?" Tang Qianyu's eyes widened, her cheeks flushed. Against the backdrop of her three thousand strands of red hair, she looked exceptionally alluring.
Mo Qi regretted not asking earlier.
"Think about when you've decided and notify me," Mo Qi turned to leave, afraid he would fall for her if he stayed any longer.
It was only then that he was surprised to find that what people said was true; he was indeed lustful!
"Wait a moment!" Tang Qianyu suddenly called out from behind him.
Mo Qi turned back. "Have you decided so quickly?"
"No, you haven't established a connection between your sound transmission spirit stone and mine. How will I notify you then?" Tang Qianyu said.
"Uh, that's true. Look at my head," Mo Qi said. In his words, he had already walked back, taken out his sound transmission spirit stone, and established a connection with Tang Qianyu's.
As he was leaving, he encountered Tang Zhengtian returning from outside.
Tang Zhengtian's face was first filled with surprise, then he stopped and said, "Brother Mo, was the money in the storage bag I gave you that day not enough?"
Mo Qi rolled his eyes. In your eyes, am I someone who only cares about money and not people?
"The money was enough. Tang Qianyu asked me to come. She said she had some private words to tell me, so I followed her to listen," Mo Qi said.
Tang Zhengtian was stunned. When did that heartbroken husband begin to have inner turmoil?
"It's good that you get along well. I think you two should communicate more," Tang Zhengtian said.
"We indeed get along well," Mo Qi said. "We've talked through the walls."
Tang Zhengtian mistook "walls" for "bed" and was so shocked that his teeth almost fell out. "You guys are that capable?"
Amidst Tang Zhengtian's shocked expression, Mo Qi bid farewell and left.
Returning to his academy dormitory, Mo Qi was startled to see another version of himself winking and smiling at him.
Mo Qi exclaimed, "What demon are you, reveal your true form!"
The person wiped his face, pulled off a mask, revealing a face that was utterly punchable. It was Dugu Jun!
Dugu Jun held the mask and laughed, "My treasure is called 'Thousand Visages.' As long as I wear this mask, I can transform into anyone. Isn't it amazing?"
"Amazing, amazing," Mo Qi said casually, then walked straight inside.
The moment he entered the room, a thought flashed through his mind, and he turned back to look at Dugu Jun. "May I borrow your Thousand Visages?"
Dugu Jun glanced at him askance. "Annoying, I just got it, my hands haven't even warmed up yet."
Mo Qi couldn't help but shiver.
Mo Qi closed his room door and sat on the bed, beginning to comprehend the Sun Chasing Star Plucking Art.
This had to be done while it was fresh in his mind. Otherwise, as time passed, he would forget the details the teacher mentioned, and then he wouldn't be able to grasp its essence.
So, he followed the teacher's method, closed his eyes to meditate, felt the natural world, and felt his connection with it. After a while, he felt a wave of drowsiness and fell asleep.
In the following days, he attended a refining class. Strangely, he neither met the Snow Girl nor Tong Wuqi.
The Snow Girl likely didn't choose this class.
But Tong Wuqi had said he would choose this course. Could he have started self-study too?
Tong Wuqi's dormitory was diagonally opposite his. He went to Tong Wuqi's dormitory to inquire and found out that Tong Wuqi had been dispatched on a mission.
His roommate said enviously, "It's good to have connections. Doing more missions now and accumulating some contribution points will give you a better chance to climb higher after completing your studies."
Mo Qi looked puzzled. What connections could Tong Wuqi have? He hadn't heard him mention any.
These past few days, he had also been anxiously awaiting Tang Qianyu's reply. However, for several days, she hadn't come to find him, nor had she sent any messages through the sound transmission spirit stone.
Just as he was about to return to his dormitory to cultivate the Sun Chasing Star Plucking Art, his sound transmission spirit stone lit up.
Mo Qi immediately focused his attention and heard Tang Qianyu's voice. "I've already arranged to meet Wan Beifeng at the halfway cliff of Qingfeng Mountain. You come too, and we'll confront him face-to-face. Then he won't dare to deny it."
"Idiot!" Mo Qi cursed and rushed out as fast as lightning.
He finally understood why she had found nothing when she went to Pengqu Island to investigate Wan Beifeng back then.
"With this level of skill, how did she get into the third tier?" Mo Qi muttered to himself.
He picked up the sound transmission spirit stone again and said to Tang Qianyu, "Don't contact him yet. Let him wait for a while. When I arrive, we'll appear together. I have a better plan."
He took out the "Thousand Visages" he had borrowed from Dugu Jun, intending to put it on, but he hadn't decided who to impersonate yet, so he put it away.
As soon as Mo Qi stepped out of the courtyard, he saw several people closing in on him from different directions.
He had made too many enemies recently, and he didn't know which faction they belonged to. He had no intention of getting entangled with them now. He slipped through the middle before they could form a complete encirclement.
He soared into the air and flew away into the distance.
The people behind him pursued him relentlessly.
After flying for a while, those people still didn't give up, and he couldn't shake them off. So, he made a decision to go down and deal with them.
This was because the place he was going to was not convenient for them to accompany him.
So, he descended from the clouds and entered a clearing below. The pursuers also descended without hesitation and confronted him.
Mo Qi scanned the opposite side. There were a total of four people, all wearing blue Taoist robes with a uniform emblem, but Mo Qi didn't recognize it.
"May I ask why you are tracking me?" Mo Qi asked.
One of them, short and stocky, with a scar on his left cheek, said, "Nothing much, we just want to take your head."
"Such arrogance," Mo Qi chuckled. "Who are you people, and why are you so audacious?"
"We are wearing Taoist robes, so we are not afraid of you knowing our identities. In any case, the outcome will be the same whether you know or not," said the scar-faced man. "I am Mu Shaoyang, the Peak Master of Qinghu Peak, Tiandu Sect."
"Ximen Hu, Deputy Peak Master of Qinghu Peak."
"Mr. Nan Guo of Qinghu Peak."
"Mr. Dong Guo of Qinghu Peak."
"Mr. Nan Guo and Mr. Dong Guo, could you please be more specific with your names?" Mo Qi asked.
"My surname is Nan Guo, and my given name is Guo."
"My surname is Dong Guo, and my given name is Guo."
What grievance did he have with the Tiandu Sect? Mo Qi suddenly remembered that Tong Wuqi had once said that Yuwen Dong's father, Yuwen Changsha, was the sect leader of the Tiandu Sect. Then everything made sense.
"You are here to avenge Yuwen Dong, aren't you?" Mo Qi asked.
"That's right," Ximen Hu said. "Offending our young master is a dead end. Also, so you know, our young master wants you dead. The debt is clear. If you have any lingering grievances in the underworld, don't seek revenge from us."
"Alas, what are you talking about? I'll turn you into vengeful spirits first, and then seek revenge from him," Mo Qi said nonchalantly.
"Boasting shamelessly, aren't you afraid of the wind and flashing your tongue?" Mr. Nan Guo said with a smile.
"I think he's scared out of his wits and is talking big to bolster his courage. Hahaha..." Mr. Dong Guo laughed.
"Alas, what a pity," Mo Qi sighed. "You are dying for Yuwen Dong. Do you think it's worth it?"
Mr. Dong Guo and Mr. Nan Guo were still laughing, but Ximen Hu couldn't stand it anymore and said angrily, "Even if an ant roars like a lion, it won't scare anyone. I'm too lazy to talk nonsense with you. Die."
As he spoke, Ximen Hu formed a hand seal, and a mass of black energy erupted, striking towards Mo Qi.
Just as Mo Qi was about to form a hand seal, his sound transmission spirit stone lit up. He looked closely and saw that it was Tang Qianyu transmitting to him, but there was no sound.
He sensed that Tang Qianyu was in danger and became anxious.
He had to cut the Gordian knot quickly.
"Phoenix Fire Dance Art!" After a vast ocean of red spread out, the four people instantly vanished without a trace, leaving no bones behind.
Fortunately, they left their names: Ximen Hu, Mu Shaoyang, Mr. Nan Guo, and Mr. Dong Guo.
Mo Qi also remembered the fear and disbelief in their eyes in their final moments, as well as their unconcealed unwillingness.
He then stepped forward to check their storage bags. He found that they didn't have anything substantial. Only Mu Shaoyang had a ruler-shaped magic treasure, which he took.