Qin Moyu frowned. From the moment he arrived in Xizhou to find Fen Gong, all the clues pointed to Mo Yuan, and everything had gone incredibly smoothly.
—It was as if someone in the dark was eagerly waiting for him to find Mo Yuan.
Once is a coincidence, twice is an accident, so what is the third one?
Strange as it may be, Qin Moyu could not give up the opportunity to pursue Mo Yuan based on his inexplicable intuition, since he still had not yet removed Mo Yuan from his mind.
So even knowing there might be problems, Qin Moyu still went to Chenmen with Mo Jin.
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"He seems to be suspicious of you."
Fen Qi stroked his chin, turned to look at the faceless man, and laughed, "So there are actually people who can see that something is wrong. I thought everyone was like me and thought it was just a coincidence."
The faceless man did not answer his question. He looked down at his hands, his tone filled with resentment: "Although I am the incarnation of the Heavenly Dao, the Heavenly Dao is not entirely under my control. After the war of the four continents, there are many things I can no longer do. Otherwise, how could he have noticed something was wrong today?"
“But it doesn’t matter.” He slowly clenched his fist, with a desperate madness in his eyes, “As long as our plan is completed, the Heavenly Dao will be completely under my control, and this world should rightfully belong to me!”
Fen Qi smiled noncommittally and said in a flat tone, "Yes, isn't that why I became your lackey?"
Lackey.
This was the first time Fenqi had spoken so sharply and directly about the unspoken understanding between the two of them, which showed that he was not as calm as he appeared on the surface.
"So what?" The faceless man calmed down, not taking Fenqi's resentment to heart, and simply said, "You are smart, you know the consequences of refusing."
clever?
Fen Qi found it amusing: "Then why don't you go find Xia Yao?"
The faceless man fell silent.
Fen Qi sneered, "Because you know that with what you've done, she won't help you, she'll even hinder you, even if she never makes any progress in her life."
"So what? I don't need her help." The faceless man looked in the direction Qin Moyu left. "Even if he becomes suspicious, it doesn't matter. At worst, I'll use my last bit of power to convince him that Mo Yuan killed his master. As long as I can get rid of Shen Mo, everything is worth it."
Judging from his words, he seemed to be absolutely confident in eliminating Shen Mo, and had already begun making plans.
Fen Qi raised an eyebrow: "You've already sent Zhou Donghan to the South? Aren't you afraid Shen Mo will find out?"
Zhou Donghan is the last of the five remaining Transcending Tribulation experts and the one who founded Yunqi Tower.
“Before, we couldn’t alert him, but now… he can’t suddenly call Shen Yebai back and prevent him from merging with the split soul. Although Zhou Donghan can’t kill him, he won’t act rashly either. Once Shen Yebai is dead and his strength is greatly reduced, that’s when Zhou Donghan will make his move,” the faceless man said confidently.
"But what if Qin Moyu can't kill Shen Yebai? You have to understand that their strengths are vastly different," Fen Qi said calmly.
“So you’re here,” the faceless man said.
"Me?" Fen Qi was even more confused. "But if you want me to take action, why not just let me kill Shen Yebai sooner? Why go through all this trouble to set up a scheme?"
"Because Shen Yebai loves Qin Moyu, if he dies at the hands of his beloved, the blow to him will be immense."
The faceless man chuckled softly:
"Do you think Shen Mo never considered the possibility of Shen Yebai being killed? But simply killing Shen Yebai would only injure Shen Mo for a while. Why do you think he hasn't left his cave for so many years? It's because he's confident he can use the cave's formations to resist your attacks. Given time, he can still make a comeback, even stronger. So letting you take action is a last resort. But if Qin Moyu kills him, it's a different story."
Fen Qi stroked his chin thoughtfully: "You want him to be in chaos the moment Shen Yebai dies?"
“That’s right.” The faceless man nodded. “After the split soul is killed, it will definitely return to the main body to merge as soon as possible. If you killed it, they won’t react. But if the split soul’s emotions fluctuated greatly before it died, then after the split soul merges, Shen Mo will definitely be confused and will definitely be unable to resist leaving the cave before his injuries heal. That will be the best time for us to make our move.”
Whether Shen Mo is willing to admit it or not, after Shen Yebai merges with him, it's not just the memories that are merged, but also the feelings. It's impossible to pretend that it never happened.
"Feelings... are really difficult." Fen Qi clicked his tongue twice, as if recalling something, a faint nostalgia showing in his eyes. "Our first meeting was also an accident. I couldn't imagine at the time that such an outstanding woman could one day become my wife."
Perhaps because of prior planning, and to avoid provoking Fenqi, the Faceless Man did not utter the sarcastic remark, "But you still killed her."
After all, to some extent, he was both their matchmaker and the culprit who destroyed their love.
Love, hate, separation—human emotions are so wondrous that He couldn't put them down when He played with them.
46. Chapter Forty-Six: If a glance could kill, ...
Traveling was a very boring thing, but the scenery along the way, which was different from that of the Eastern Continent, still broadened Qin Moyu's horizons. What surprised him the most was that these demonic cultivators were not as barbaric and rude as the rumors of the Eastern Continent. Apart from the fact that everyone had different patterns on their faces due to their cultivation techniques and their customs were more open, they were not much different from those in the Eastern Continent. They experienced all the joys and sorrows that were expected.
Traveling at night is both slow and dangerous, so Qin Moyu and Mo Jin have been stopping to rest as soon as it gets dark and setting off again as soon as it gets light these past few days.
As dawn broke, a heavy sword flew swiftly forward.
Mo Jin knew how to fly on a sword. Knowing that Qin Moyu had urgent business at Chenmen, he offered to fly with Qin Moyu on his sword, since his heavy sword could easily support two people. Qin Moyu declined several times, but finally agreed.
Qin Moyu sat beside the heavy sword—it was Mo Jin's sword that was special, only when it was enlarged could he sit there—his legs dangling in the air. Relying on his spiritual energy to protect himself, he ignored the howling wind while flying on the sword and silently gazed into the distance.
While flying on his sword, Mo Jin secretly glanced at Qin Moyu and inexplicably sensed that the other party was unhappy.
Actually, what attracted him that day at Guanlan Sect was not only Qin Moyu's outstanding appearance, but also Qin Moyu's eyes.
Those were a pair of extremely beautiful black eyes, pure, clean, and brimming with light.
When Qin Moyu smiled, it seemed as if the entire starry sky was shining in his eyes, attracting people involuntarily and even arousing the desire to possess and protect him.
Mo Jin didn't know what it felt like to love someone, but according to his senior brothers and sisters who had Daoist partners, love is wanting to protect someone and wanting to occupy more of that person's attention. So he thought he had fallen in love with Qin Moyu at first sight and bluntly confessed his feelings on the spot.
After being taught a lesson by Shen Yebai with a single sword strike, he realized that he was not yet qualified to say he loved anyone.