141: This pot is big and round.

Facing Luo Qingcheng's oppressive gaze and questioning, Lu Yi didn't show the slightest hint of panic.

"Sect Master Luo, this is a huge injustice!"

Lu Yi spread his hands, his expression looking completely innocent.

"I admit, I usually like to join the fun and occasionally cause a little trouble. But this time, heaven and earth be my witness! I really don't know what happened!"

Luo Qingcheng looked at him coldly, her eyes full of the words "keep making it up."

Seeing she didn't believe him, Lu Yi wasn't embarrassed.

He changed the subject, suddenly leaning in mysteriously and lowering his voice.

"However... although I don't know the specifics, I did notice something strange along the way."

"What strange thing?" Luo Qingcheng's eyebrows twitched slightly.

Lu Yi nodded solemnly, his gaze becoming somewhat sharp.

"I noticed that a female Disciple from your sect named 'Mu Yun' was acting very suspiciously. I vaguely saw her holding some kind of special Compass, heading straight for the deepest part of Yaochi. Not long after, Yaochi began to shake; the commotion was like a demolition site."

Speaking to this point, Lu Yi shook his head and sighed with regret.

"In my opinion, it's highly likely she was greedy for the treasures in the depths of Yaochi and recklessly touched a Restriction, causing such a huge mess."

With these words, he firmly placed this big, round scapegoat on Mu Yun's head.

Hearing this, Luo Qingcheng's brow furrowed even tighter.

Although logic told her there was a lot of padding in Lu Yi's words, and perhaps only thirty percent was true...

...it was better to believe it might be true than to dismiss it entirely.

"Mu Yun?"

A flash of sternness crossed Luo Qingcheng's eyes.

She immediately looked up, her Divine Sense spreading out, trying to pick out the suspicious Disciple from the messy crowd in the square for a confrontation.

"No need to look, Revered Master."

Just then, Chu Qianqian, who had been standing aside with a complicated expression listening to Lu Yi's nonsense, had to speak up.

She took a deep breath. Though she felt a bit uneasy, she chose to cooperate with Lu Yi and continue the act.

"Just after leaving the Secret Realm, while things were chaotic..."

Chu Qianqian pointed toward the exit of the Holy Land and said in a low voice.

"That Mu Yun... used an Escape Technique and left without looking back. By now, she has likely fled the boundaries of the Yaochi Holy Land."

"What? She ran away?!"

Luo Qingcheng's face instantly darkened, as black as the bottom of a pot.

Fleeing at this critical moment? Wasn't that a confession?

Originally, Luo Qingcheng still had doubts about Lu Yi's words.

But now, whether Mu Yun did it or not, since she had fled, she was definitely taking the fall!

"Good! Very good!"

Luo Qingcheng laughed out of sheer anger. She immediately turned and ordered the Law Enforcement Elder behind her.

"Order the Law Enforcement Hall! Immediately seal off the ten thousand miles surrounding the Holy Land! Pursue Mu Yun with all your strength! I want to see exactly what she did in Yaochi!"

"Yes!"

The Elders obeyed in unison and turned away with Killing Intent to arrange the pursuit.

Watching this, Lu Yi silently gave Luo Qingcheng a thumbs up in his heart, while also offering three seconds of silence for the unfortunate Yun Mu.

After arranging the pursuit...

Luo Qingcheng turned around, her beautiful eyes once again looking deeply at Lu Yi.

A woman's sixth sense told her...

...that this matter definitely had something to do with Lu Yi!

However... now that Mu Yun had fled, and given Lu Yi's identity as the Saint of the Primordial Holy Land, she couldn't easily detain him for questioning without solid evidence.

"Phew..."

Luo Qingcheng took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the suspicion and frustration in her heart.

"In that case, I won't disturb Holy Son Lu's rest. My Yaochi will investigate this until the truth comes out."

With that, she left a lukewarm remark and hurried away with the Elders.

Although the Yaochi Secret Realm had temporarily stabilized, the interior was surely a mess, and she still had to deal with the aftermath.

As Luo Qingcheng and the others left, the surrounding Disciples who were watching the commotion also gradually dispersed.

In the once noisy corner of the square, only Lu Yi and Chu Qianqian, who hadn't left yet, remained.

The atmosphere instantly became subtle.

Lu Yi was fine; after all, he was thick-skinned, adjusting his cuffs as if nothing had happened.

But Chu Qianqian couldn't; she desperately wanted to know the truth.

What exactly happened during the time her body was out of control?

If she didn't ask clearly, she felt she would live in this shadow for the rest of her life.

"Phew..."

Chu Qianqian mustered up all her courage. She opened her mouth, her voice trembling slightly.

"Lu... Lu Yi, that... earlier inside..."

Just as Chu Qianqian finally gathered her courage and was about to ask clearly...

"Young Master!!"

"Revered Master!!"

From the distance, a clear and melodious shout full of surprise suddenly came.

It directly interrupted Chu Qianqian's unfinished sentence.

On the outskirts of the crowd, Qing'er, Wu Mingyue, and Ling'er, who had been waiting outside, all hurried toward Lu Yi.

"Young Master, are you okay? You scared me to death just now!"

Ling'er bumped into Lu Yi's arms, tearfully checking him up and down.

Wu Mingyue pulled on Lu Yi's arm and shook it incessantly, her large eyes full of curiosity.

"The commotion just now was so loud! Was there a monster?"

Qing'er stood obediently to the side; though she didn't speak, the concern in her eyes was obvious.

For a moment, Lu Yi was surrounded by the three women, like the stars surrounding the moon.

Chirping and chattering, it was quite a lively scene.

Lu Yi laughed as he rubbed one's head and pinched another's cheek, looking relaxed and doting.

"Don't worry, how could a mere Secret Realm trap me?"

Looking at the warm, harmonious, and even somewhat "happy family" scene before her...

...Chu Qianqian, standing to the side, felt like an unnecessary outsider.

The words that were on the tip of her tongue seemed to be blocked by something, and she forced herself to swallow them back down.

Asking that kind of question in this situation? That would be like a public execution! Did she think her social death wasn't complete enough?

Watching Lu Yi chatting and laughing surrounded by the women, as if everything that happened in the Secret Realm was just an insignificant interlude to him...

...a wave of indescribable sourness and loss suddenly welled up in Chu Qianqian's heart.

Along with a deep sense of grievance and unwillingness.

"Bastard..."

She cursed in her heart, then took a deep look at the man who acted as if nothing had happened.

"Hmph!"

Chu Qianqian stomped her foot heavily.

"Lu Yi, this isn't over! I will definitely find out what happened!"

She swore in her heart.

Then, she didn't stay any longer. Spiritual power surged around her, turning into a streak of light as she flew toward the Yaochi Saintess Peak without looking back.

Leaving only a stubborn silhouette behind.