The Game with Fairies-Chapter 273 - Trustworthy?

Chapter 273: Trustworthy?

In the pitch-black prison, Li Muyang logged out of the game and stood up.

He walked slowly around the cell, constantly listening for any sounds from outside.

The prison door was no obstacle to him.

He could break out at any moment if he wished.

If Yan Xiaoru were to take action, Senior Brother Cheng, disguised as a jailer, would relay the message.

While waiting, Li Muyang pondered the situation Shen Miao had described.

From the account of the infant spirit girl, it seemed inevitable that Shen Yan would be attacked.

After the Hall of Enforcement Helmsman Ruan Mei was attacked, Shen Yan’s methods became harsh and intense.

She pursued the clues with calm and sharp determination, securing evidence and ultimately identifying all Blood Lotus Sect disciples involved in the attack on Ruan Mei.

Nine Banner Masters were implicated, spanning four branches and three incense halls—these were the current forces opposing Fang Yingtian.

More than half of the high-ranking members of the Blood Lotus Sect’s four incense halls and seven branches were not abiding by Fang Yingtian’s rules.

Having secured solid evidence against these individuals, Shen Yan went to find Fang Yingtian.

But by then, the group had directly attacked Shen Yan.

Li Muyang guessed that the attack on Shen Yan was just the beginning.

Both sides had been restraining themselves, but now, with the desperate attack on Shen Yan, Fang Yingtian must be ready to act, right?

However, Li Muyang had waited a long time in the prison without hearing any signs of an uprising outside.

Confused, he returned to the game, wanting to see the situation from Shen Miao’s perspective.

But upon entering the game, Li Muyang saw a strange scene.

——Shen Miao, dressed in plain white robes, was happily hugging Shen Yan’s dazed and bewildered soul, nuzzling against her like a spoiled child.

“Ah! Sister! I finally see you!”

The infant spirit girl, who had been trapped in the Four Directions Cauldron and had never been to the human world, was now joyfully embracing her sister Shen Yan’s soul.

Shen Yan’s soul stood dazed and bewildered in the ghost city shrouded in mist, allowing the infant spirit girl to fondle her.

Seeing this, Li Muyang immediately understood the situation.

“It looks like the fight won’t happen...”

Shen Yan had no cultivation, unlike Ruan Mei.

If she was attacked and harmed, she could simply be killed and revived.

After all, the cost of reviving Shen Yan as a mortal was very low.

Fang Yingtian’s choice made Li Muyang narrow his eyes.

“It seems with the ability to resurrect from death, it’s hard to get the Blood Lotus Sect’s guys to really fight...”

Even though both sides were on the brink of conflict, as long as the miracle of resurrection remained, there was still room for reversal.

But with both Ruan Mei and Shen Yan being attacked one after the other, Fang Yingtian’s reputation had taken a hit, yet he still remained behind the scenes without taking action... What was this old schemer thinking?

By allowing his confidants to be bullied without intervention, his authority as the leader of the Blood Lotus Sect would surely be affected, right?

Li Muyang watched Shen Miao happily cuddling with her sister and shook his head wordlessly.

“Let her go quickly, she loses life span every time she dies, don’t delay her resurrection.”

Li Muyang had Shen Miao release Shen Yan’s soul, then sent Shen Yan’s bewildered soul into the huge shadow of the Four Directions Cauldron in the ghost city.

There, Shen Yan’s shadow would use the power of the Four Directions Cauldron to reconstruct her body in the human world.

This process would take a day or two, and after the body was reconstructed, it would take another day or two to recover fully.

Li Muyang watched Shen Yan’s soul enter the Four Directions Cauldron, his eyes slightly narrowed.

He was somewhat puzzled by Fang Yingtian’s behavior.

Logically, the Blood Lotus Sect leader, who was determined to centralize power, should not have ignored his niece’s attack.

If he didn’t have the courage to flip the table, he shouldn’t have set such a high tone from the start.

Now that the other side was desperate, he backed down... Such a blow to his prestige was absolutely devastating.

Li Muyang narrowed his eyes, feeling something was amiss.

Fang Yingtian’s strange behavior was incomprehensible.

Even with Shen Miao’s third-person perspective for surveillance, he couldn’t find any anomalies.

Fang Yingtian was indeed furious about Shen Yan’s attack.

But that was all.

His response was the same as when Ruan Mei was attacked—ordering and searching for the assailant who attacked Shen Yan.

But beyond that, there was nothing more.

He still left the matter to Shen Yan to handle after her revival.

And the evidence Shen Yan had previously collected was destroyed due to her attack, so now even though they knew who the opponents were, there was no evidence to accuse them.

Everything had to start over.

Through Shen Miao’s account, Li Muyang, aware of Shen Yan’s situation, narrowed his eyes.

He turned to Shen Miao and suddenly asked a question.

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“...This Uncle Fang of yours, is he really trustworthy?”

Up to this point, Shen Yan had been loyally serving Fang Yingtian, handling the affairs of the sect.

Yet she and Ruan Mei were attacked one after the other, and Fang Yingtian still acted like a hands-off manager, not caring about anything, not even holding the attackers accountable... This was obviously problematic!

The infant spirit girl in plain white robes blinked and said, “Uncle Fang? What did he do?”

Although the girl was clever, she was far from her sister’s level.

After all, being isolated from the world, it was normal for her to be a bit naive and innocent.

Li Muyang shook his head and said no more.

But that afternoon, a visitor came to his prison.

Shen Yan, who hadn’t visited the prison for several days, came straight to Li Muyang’s cell after her revival.

In the prison corridor lit by the dim oil lamp, the girl in a thick cloak seemed even paler.

Dying once, along with the chaotic situation in the city, visibly wore down the mortal girl.

She still came alone to visit Li Muyang.

But this time, the first thing Shen Yan said after they met took Li Muyang by surprise.

“...Muyang,” Shen Yan said softly, holding the oil lamp.

“If you had someone very close to you who wanted to use you, or even harm you... what would you do?”

Shen Yan’s question made Li Muyang’s heart skip a beat.

As an undercover agent, his instinct made him subconsciously think he had been discovered. But after a brief moment of thought, Li Muyang guessed that she wasn’t referring to him.

He believed that he hadn’t shown any flaws.

Narrowing his eyes in contemplation, he asked, “Miss, who are you talking about?”

At this point, it should be quite clear who Shen Yan was referring to.

This woman, who was much more intelligent than her sweet and naive sister, would surely have noticed if someone was plotting against her.

However, when faced with Li Muyang’s question, Shen Yan, holding a lamp, had half of her face obscured by darkness.

After a few seconds of silence, she shook her head and smiled, saying, “Maybe I was mistaken...”

“Anyway, are you alright? I’ve been busy and haven’t come to see you for a long time. This time, I’ve come to get you out of prison.”

Shen Yan looked at Li Muyang quietly and smiled, “The Sect Leader has finally agreed to pardon you.”